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Kitesurf New Orleans
The MOST Watched Kiteboarding Site for New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Gulf Coast
Category 5 Kiteboarding is a loose group of riders in and around New Orleans. The objective of this site is to let everyone know kiteboarding is alive and well in New Orleans.
The best weather for kiting runs from September until June. Anyone traveling to New Orleans is welcome to come down and ride with us.
We update this site regularly with current riding conditions and info on launch sites. We also send out Email blasts of the latest riding news.
Kiteboarding Report for the Disaster Coast: 7/28/10: I hope you got to ride Sunday, the coming week looks light. Check out the new MDOT webcam on the Bay St Louis Bridge. Ask Dave about fishing while kiting in Mississippi. Cat 5 Forum Check out the video of Robbie getting lofted by an incoming storm at Dan's house on Lake Pontchartrain. This first loft carried him about 150 feet downwind over some nasty rocks. Unfortunately for the video (fortunately for Robbie), Dan dropped the camera to go help Robbie since the second loft slammed Robbie into the second floor of Dan's house. Robbie was lucky to have stopped there on the second floor after leaving a dent in Dan's second floor ceiling. Moral: Don't push your luck. If a storm is coming in, quit before the downdraft hits. If you get lofted, don't freak out, keep control of the bar and kite; at least that way you can control where you will land. Bonnabel and UNO/Pontchartrain Beach are closed due to levee work until Spring 2011. The East Jefferson Levee District will begin dumping a new 6 ft high broken concrete barrier along the shore. We will work something out to launch at Bonnabel! Links to the most useful sensors around the area:
Support LPBF. They are helping us with water access at Bonnabel http://www.saveourlake.org.
Support the Friendsofwestend. Hopefully we can get better access at West End. Gulfport Board Sports has expanded their inventory. Give them a call and pick up your new gear on the same day! Tell them you ride with Cat 5. Check it out: www.gulfportboardsports.com
Summer is here.If you want to ride during the summer you need to develop a Summer Strategy:
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Kiteboarding wherever we can, in whatever wind we are given! The water is brown because the wind is stirring it up.
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