wind n weather without all those damn ads

 It seems it terms of sites - people are saying this is the ONLY one !!

https://darksky.net/forecast/45.481,-74.0562/us12/en

I may as well set up a widgets page with local sites then - damn it

or maybe it is time to go for iwindsurf or windalert membership 

BUTT they have ads too $%^&*()_ AND barely fit on my screen ...

here's one from windy.app widgets - try sliding the bar :-) or clique the link !!

11 knotsParc national d\'Oka, Canada 05:01:51 am, GMT-4 Model: gfs27_long, updated 10 minutes ago

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11	9.5	8.7	12	14	13	5.6	4.7	4.5	3.7	2.9	4.7	7.2	6.2	10	9.9	8.5	7.8	6.8	7.4	6.4	7.4	7.0	6.8	7.0	6.6	9.5	10	9.5	9.1	8.9	6.2	5.2	3.9	3.5	2.3	5.8	1.7	4.3	4.3	4.1	3.9	2.5	1.0	3.9	2.9	4.5	5.4	7.2	10	5.0	18	15	16	16	16	15	13	16	17	17	17	17	17	15	13	15	14	15	13	6.2	5.4	5.4	6.2	9.5	8.5	10	9.5	4.5	2.3	3.1	5.8
18	16	12	14	17	23	13	10	8.3	4.8	3.9	4.7	7.6	11	18	20	16	14	14	14	13	16	16	15	15	14	18	21	18	17	18	15	13	12	9.5	7.4	9.3	2.5	9.5	7.6	5.2	5.0	5.6	2.5	5.2	3.9	5.2	11	16	19	20	24	25	23	25	27	27	24	23	22	25	28	32	31	28	24	21	18	20	19	11	13	10	13	13	11	13	12	4.7	2.3	3.1	12
-6.0°	-7.0°	-6.2°	-2.4°	-0.7°	1.1°	-1.6°	-2.3°	-3.3°	-3.8°	-1.5°	2.9°	5.4°	4.9°	2.7°	1.1°	1.5°	1.1°	1.8°	2.3°	3.0°	3.6°	3.6°	3.2°	2.8°	2.5°	1.9°	0.8°	1.3°	1.3°	1.4°	1.3°	1.3°	1.4°	1.8°	3.4°	4.7°	5.2°	4.3°	4.1°	3.9°	3.8°	4.8°	9.5°	11°	12°	7.9°	7.1°	6.8°	6.1°	8.2°	11°	8.4°	6.2°	4.6°	2.9°	0.9°	0.5°	0.1°	1.9°	3.5°	4.4°	2.6°	0.7°	-0.9°	-2.5°	-1.5°	3.5°	7.3°	8.2°	3.2°	-0.2°	-1.4°	-2.8°	-0.7°	5.0°	9.0°	10°	4.9°	2.5°	2.0°	2.8°
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Made it to OKA Labour Day Weekend

 All summer I have been avoiding public places due to this covid thingie

Bin goin to the chalet and longboarding it on a small lake up north - actually NE

Wind was supposed to be 20-40 kph from the WSW, but was from the NW and felt stronger - side shore

Started off with my HotSailsMaui SpeedFreak 8.5 sail on the Fanatic Shark 145 HRS using the Hydrotech G10 40 cm weed fin that I purchased this summer. The fin was fine and I was planing NO problem. The issue was the wind was NOT onshore as hoped and the waves were over one foot "au large", but I planed and jumped some waves. When the wind kicked, it was too much for me... I tried to stay closer inshore, but that did not work. Felt like I flew faster than I ever have before - forget footstraps man lol

If I felt more comfortable I think  I could have handled the bigger winds with the NorthSails Duke 6.9 in my Toyota Prius C. At least I can say that I planed a lot on this day :-)

When I arrived I was the first one to park in the 2nd section and when I left, the place was packed. It seemed like there were more kiters than windsurfers .... This pic is from Georgie taken later in the day with a menacing cloud.

Oh yeah .. it was $8.90 for an adult to go to the parc and needed to be purchased online before. Once there it was another $9.94 for parking - wait, that's supposed to be for the beach parking and from the camping area that is blocked off. Means it was almost $20 just to get in the place. 

Last week a 60 year old kite surfer died on the water at les Isles de Madeleines - due to a heart attack. Buddy Marc was there the next day on the same beach and said that was all everyone was talkin about.

So ... I thought that if I could jibe or water start in deep water more readily, perhaps I would have stayed on the water longer on that day ...  By chance I saw Peter Hart's 10 Steps to Gybing which he sells as a DVD - asked about an electronic copy which apparently exists for £17 which is ~ $30 CDN. Sounded like too much money as compared to Dasher's 12 steps on youtube ...

BUT THEN I found this trick on this video which just sounds amazing - fall in the water on the other side ready and in waterstart position - now THAT i gotta try :-)

and i found this one too - quite long and old, but lotsa good info !!

Since September 2020 I made it out to OKA Parc's La Crête about eight(8) times.

COVID-19 and  loss of my van reduced and changed my windsurfing for 2020 entirely !!