Summer vacation to Shippagan, NB

We are just leaving Lac Brome, Quebec, on our way to Shippagan, NB. We should be there Sunday afternoon. Should be a great trip and it might even be windy. Not sure about the internet availability over there so I am not sure if clips will be available for a while.

Clip from about a month ago at Long Beach

A bit of a delay on this one, sorry. You see Ke, Eric and Brenda and I think Yurii on this clip. Lake Erie has been really nice this summer so far.

Long Beach July 17 2010 from jf lamarche on Vimeo.

Club LaSalle July 28 2010

Finally got the chance to go to LaSalle. Cliff, Deny, the Welchsss and Neil were there. It was a nice day with winds from the SW at 15-20 knots, gusty as usual. There was a cool red ship in the background and we even saw the Empire Sandy at the end of the day. Here is a clip from that day

Club LaSalle July 28 2010 from jf lamarche on Vimeo.

Sauble Beach

Cliff and I met Yurii at Sauble beach last week. I have to say that it was probably the most thrilling windsurfing day for me. Winds were from the NW at 25 knots and we were using 5.0 and 5.3s with our 100 litres boards. Steady winds with beautiful ramps. We had the beach to ourselves.

Here is a video from that day:

Sauble Beach from jf lamarche on Vimeo.

Updating videos

I have been in the process of updating the videos to a better quality and in HD. The Long Beach vid from June 16 is now done and the others will be updated as I go along. To watch the video in HD, start it and then you will notice an icon on the right saying "HD is off". If you click on this, you can watch the HD video on vimeo. The HD quality is much better.

It seems that the video are of better quality when you watch them on vimeo as opposed to the embedded video on this blog. To do this just click on "vimeo" on the bottom right of the vid.

Quiet week on Lake Ontario (a few days of 7.5) but early next week is looking promising!

Good times at Long Beach (new vid in HD)

What a great day at Long Beach last Wednesday. Winds were from the SW at 20-30 knots with a good number of windsurfers (Ke, Denny, John, Dirk, Bob, Rob, Dan, Chris, Cliff plus many more with names that I do not know or forgot--sorry, will get it right soon!). I tried to get a few of you on the clip below. Works best if I am near you but it did not turn too bad I think. Got a bit of Cliff doing a loop. Sail sizes were somewhere in the 4.0 to 5.0 range.

Long Beach June 16 2010 (new) from jf lamarche on Vimeo.

Finally some wind! What a spring.

Denny and I went to the park just before Niagara-on-the-Lake. This is a great spot for NE winds. Today we were on our 7.5/8.0 with winds in the 15-19 knots range. It picked-up nicely around 2pm and we were both fully powered. The water is warmer (around 19 degrees). For those who kitesurf, there was one at the park and he launched just a bit downwind from us in a clearing near a rocky point. Directly across, although hard to see, is the CN tower in Toronto (maybe 22 nautical miles across).

Great spot. When you arrive, take the small road that will lead you to the very far left (west) part of the park. There, you can rig and walk about 10 yards to the water. Here is a clip from today.

Niagara-on-the-Lake, June 15 2010 with Denny from jf lamarche on Vimeo.