Turnagain Arm Alaska Windsurfing

[Windshark]

Hey guys I found this video about the Turnagain Arm in Alaska where the second greatest tidal shifts in the world are - looks like an amazing place.

http://www.blinkx.com/watch-video/windsurfing-alaska/m5yR4TNjZAfol0t3EVXoWw

I also added it to the windsurfquest map were I 'have reason to believe it to be'. So if anyone wants to update it or tell me of any correction please feel free.

http://www.windsurfquest.net/site_zoom.php?siteid=214

[nada]

I've sailed the Arm - it can go from ripping flat water to overhead swell in 40 minutes flat once the bore pushes through. Current is fierce and if you fall in, it's like being on a conveyor belt. The window for sailing is relatively tight because when it switches to outbound the next stop is China and there's no rescue options.

Local sailors are a tight knit bunch and the definition of hard core. I think the second guy climbing down to the launch is Thor Kallestad. He once told me that "sailing the Arm is like the Gorge on steroids" and he was right.

[skyhigh]