![]() This site has been a great find (well, found because John Barresi recommended it). I know it's mother nature and she's unpredictable, but are there areas that geographically around here that tend to be more windy similar to the gorge? is the wind there pretty consistent? I looking to find areas around portland metro and suburbs (I live in Beaverton) that tend to be windy. I may go over for the whole weekend if the weather is right. I'm looking forward to the lincoln city kite festival coming up the 1st of October. And the best part is its only a half mile away! I agree the coastal breeze is unbeatable. The football fields there turn out to be an excellent location with very minimal obstructions and pretty consistent direction when the wind is blowing. I just recently moved and coincidentally near my old middle school from years ago. Areas with multiple hilltops create wind that rolls in waves, similar to water at the beach, with a ripple effect at some altitude that feels like you're flying on marbles. Buildings have a bad habit of creating wind that likes to change directions abruptly, left, right, left, right, left. In other words, if you have a 40-foot tall tree line behind you, to have the best possible wind beyond those trees you must stand 10x40 = 400 feet downwind of that tree line. Ideally, any location should have 10 times the height of the tallest upwind obstruction in linear ground distance clear to the place you are flying in to give the wind time to "reorganize" after being disturbed by the obstruction (trees, buildings, other hills, etc.). Gives you the same speed at ground level as you have further up, a nice compressed wall of air. I really like gently sloping hills when the wind is blowing directly up the incline. That being said, the most obvious places would be hilltops, with no obstructions around them. Just remember that ocean breezes are SOOOOO much nicer than inland stuff, so even though I prefer to fly on grass, whenever I can catch a good beach breeze, I go for it. Give them a day or two to recover from The Washington State International Kite Festival (WSIKF), which was in progress for the last week, and I'm sure some of them will chime in with their favorite locations. Would that be Portland, OR? If so, you have a heap of damn good fliers all around you.
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