Where did our kite beach go? Nowhere to fly after the storm.
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2023
- My 2,003rd kite video. Only one kite on display this time, and it wasn't on the beach, as our usual flying spot has virtually disappeared - just temporarily, we hope. With luck, the beach will return to normal before long.
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Hi JIm, hope you will have better conditions to fly soon !
I hope so too, Christian. I haven't done much flying in recent weeks, but it's winter so I suppose I shouldn't complain.
Fingers crossed that everything returns to normal and you can get back to flying those beautiful kites 👍
I hope so, Andrew, but the weather generally has been most unfavourable for flying in recent months and we've flown far less than in previous years.
Lots of new kite anchors Jim.
There are, David, and I doubt if the council will clear much of it away, so we should be OK for a long time.
Surf is up! Looks like a few new kite anchors in your future!
Yes, we won't be short of things to tie to for quite a while.
Jim, it mirrors the conditions at Morro Bay last winter. Afterward, there was a change in the contour of the beach below the waterline. Rocks and boulders either washed up or were exposed by scouring of the sand. Tarballs got on shoes, beach mats etc. Later, there was a pestilence of ladybird beetles that rode the debris from streams to the sea and to the beach. The local government did nothing to clean the beach before the kite festival. A citizen took the initiative and spearheaded the scraping of the debris a day before the event. Take my advice, Jim. Be cautious about returning to your usual pattern of beach flying. If you go onto the sands and twist your leg or back, things will not be the same for you for quite a while. I know.
Thanks for the advice, Glenn. Certainly we can't rely on the council to clean it all up, but with luck nature will be kind and put things back where she had them before. It may take a while, but I haven't seen the conditions at low tide yet to know just how much the beach contour has changed.
Good kite video 🙏 thank you
Thank you too, Vikram.
Impressive storm!! Mother natures full fury....i did notice that you are lucky to have many tie downs in different forms...our beaches are wide and full sand to the dunes so have to use bags... Hope conditions improve....take care
Yes, we have a lot of anchors, including all these new ones. Our council very rarely does any clean-up on the beach. I haven't had to use sand anchors for many years, which is good as people used to let their dogs pee on them (we have some terrible dog-owners here who don't think it necessary to control their animals).
Mother natures!! I love it
Nature gives, and she takes away! I hope she'll give back our missing sand soon. It would be boring if everything was always the same.
Never good to lose a kite in the ocean. There's only been a few times when I was able to retrieve them unharmed. Hoping things get back to normal for you soon!
Thanks, Michael. Things can change very quickly, so we may be back to normal soon - or maybe not!
the music really matches lol!
I always try to pick suitable music, but it's not easy to find something suitable and copyright-free. Most of UA-cam's free audio library is rubbish, unfortunately, although there are a few good items among the dross.
Jim; during our Winter here when we have the King Tides, our beach & waves looks the same as yours. We have the high tides that come up to the grass and flood the beach parking lots with debris & impassable roads. But we are lucky. NO SAND LEAVES THE BEACH. However; up the coast the waves do take out the sand. The sand ends up down here near the top of the Peninsula. 10 years ago, the street that ran along the ocean is NOW 10 streets in. We now have 10 more streets with homes on them. At Ocean Park; you might not see the ocean for long being blocked by houses. And up the coast; the homes & streets are being washed away.
Nature is never static, for sure. I hope that "new land" on which people have built more homes doesn't disappear on you one day. Here we are being warned that people living near the coast may have to move as sea levels rise.
If you look at the map the Long Beach Peninsula sticks out from the Washington Coast. Our weather is strange here. I can look out of my windows to the West and it is raining and the roads are wet. I walk out my front door on the East; the it is not raining & the road is dry.
Dramatic video, due to our fragile local coastline millions have been spent recharging the beaches to hopefully reduce erosion and risk of flooding ongoing battle though, hope your flying sight is usable again soon Jim
Nothing is spent on combatting erosion here, Colin, except planting a bit of marram grass on the dunes to try to stabilise them. They talk of "managed retreat" from the coast as being preferable to making any effort to keep the sea at bay. My dad used to work on the sea defences in Sussex, and was appalled when he came here to see that such things don't exist.
What nasty storm you’ve had. The beach is gone. Perhaps you might want to take a short break from kite flying and do some walking tour videos. Good if you can show us your hometown😢😊
It's extremely boring compared to yours, and to be honest I never go into town these days. Nice to see you doing kite videos, though!
Full moon as well.
I tend to watch the international weather these days as well as local and have been watching the rain come over NZ
This happened five days before the full moon, which happens today (Monday here in NZ). I think all of the high tides for a while will be right up the beach, but with luck we'll get some decent flying weather sometime when it's low tide. We've not had a lot of rain here in Christchurch, but the North Island has certainly suffered a lot this year.
Oh man. That is sad to see. I am sure it will take some time to get cleaned up. At least you still have beach. Our here is still 1/2 under water due to high water levels. That’s why I don’t fly down there any longer. Too small and too crowded.
There's very little of our beach at the moment, Ken, and it's only flyable at low tide, but I'm sure it will eventually build up again. Nature does whatever it wants, so we just have to accept it, I guess.
King Tide + a storm? We've had that combination a few times, but the beaches have eventually recovered. Here's hoping yours does too!
I'm sure it will - we've had worse in years gone by, and nature always seems to put things right sooner or later.
Wow must of been a bad storm Jim. Ron
I think it was mostly out at sea, Ron, as we were surprised to see the state of the beach after a not-too-bad night in the city.
Never good to lose a kite in the ocean. There's only been a few times when I was able to retrieve them unharmed. Hoping things get back to normal for you soon!
@michaeloxman3820 Thank you, Michael.
If that tide gets any higher you won't need a car to get to the beach. The little chap is working hard to clean it up. Who says the young people aren't willing to work these days.
Yes, he looked as if he was doing a good job, Carl. That was until an extra big wave came and swept him away - sadly I missed that on the video.
Wow! What a mess. Your once beautiful beach is gone. How long will the clean up take? Thanks for the update Jim!
It's maybe not as bad as it looks, Dewey. I haven't been down at low tide yet to see how much the beach profile has changed. The council seldom do much cleaning up of the beach, but they may need to take some action this time.
Thanks for trying....better days ahead.
Let's hope so!
That was a whopper of a storm. Always interesting to see what washes up, but dont turn your back on those waves. Any word from nearby beaches that might have been unwilling recipients of all that sand? Perhaps theyd be eager to give it back to you.
It would be good to have the sand back, for sure, but it will return once the conditions are right. In the meantime, we'll just fly at low tide on the few occasions when the weather lets us fly at all.
With all your beach experience, how fast will it reform? Maybe dramatic, swift changes due to storm are easier to notice than slow steps that return to a steady state..
Unless the council decides to shift them, many of the big logs will be there semi-permanently. My biggest concern is that we seem to have lost a lot of sand off the beach, which means that until it builds up again the sea will come right in with every high tide and we'll only be able to fly when the tide is out.
I would have sat and watched the raging sea.
I stayed at the beach for over two hours - it's always fascinating to see the power of the sea.
Does this happen often? Do you have an alternate flying site?
It's happened before, Gary, and will happen again, but fortunately not too often. The beach is where we fly 99% of the time, as there are few open spaces here without trees around them, and those there are consist mostly of sports fields where we can't fly, of course, when they're in use. The beach will be fine to fly on shortly, especially when the tide is out, so no big problem.
Will we ever see any Large UltraFoils made again? I missed out on buying when they were available.
Into The Wind lost the factory they had used for 30 years in China, and have had to hunt around for replacements, as no one factory seemed able to take on all their production at the right standard and at a reasonable price. Some of their kites are back in production now, and others will apparently follow (some of them this year), but I don't know if the UltraFoils will be included. ITW would probably tell you if you inquire. You can get them custom made by the designer, Ray Merry, if you contact him on his website at Cobra Kites. Prices will be quite a bit higher, though, but you have a choice of colors.
Hi Jim, thank you for the Cobra kites information. I did reach out to Cobra kites but have not heard anything back. Maybe they are on vacation?
@@rayr1426 I haven't dealt with them for a long time, but I understand they no longer have their store and now only do custom work. They do say on the website that email is the best way to get hold of them and they will (eventually) answer all emails.
Hi Jim, I did hear back from Cobrakites. They can not make the same design ITW Ultrafoil 30 kite due to an agreement with ITW but offered to make me a custom kite.
@@rayr1426 Sounds good, Ray, but I guess the price is fairly high. Have fun with your kite if you order one.