J'y suis allé. Mais j'ai pas planché.
Le coin le mieux c'est long bay.
Amène ton matos sinon c'est hors de prix.
Si tu bosses pas à côté du spot c'est compliqué car les routes sont limitées à faible vitesse et du coup tu mets très longtemps pour aller d'un bout de l'archipel à l'autre.
Après selon la direction du vent tu peux aller vers d'autres spots mais c'est pas aussi bien que long bay par nord est ?
Je vais voir si j'ai des infos de l'époque.
Voilà:
Glenn got back to me, "Rental rates are $50/half
hour with a min of 1.5hr."
Better be good!
Long bay in Somerset seems to be the place for
northern winds. I've seen many potential launch
sites but would have to know what lies near the
surface, lots of reefs.
Elbow beach has kite surfers, they seem to go
between the shore and the reef which isn't that
far at all. The chop is a little crazy, the swell
gets tamed down quite a bit by the reef.
The reefs which surround the archipelago kill the
waves and create a chop that looks like would
beat you up. Also, I don't think it's safe to go
beyond the reefs as they are too close to the
surface. Waves were breaking pretty hard on
them. The distance between the shore are reefs
is quite small (1000 feet max).
The transportation system is very slow as
Bermuda is long and narrow (speed limit is
20mph everywhere). So it can be difficult to
reach a spot from one side of the islands to the
other.
South shore of Elbow Beach offers the longest
reaches on South days. Horseshoe is quite small.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mwZyU8ff3MShelly bay looked good but small as well unless
one can get further out of the bay.
There were lots of seaweeds piled up on some
of the beaches.
The best setup looks to be long bay in Somerset
on the NW, it's one ferry ride away from
Hamilton + a taxi ride ($$$) or scooters can be
taken on the ferry. When northern winds blow
in, it makes for great long rides (see http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJuMiYtCa9A ).
Also the harbors looked ride-able. Glenn was
willing to meet me somewhere, that would
definitely help. I'm sure there are many other
spots (not necessarily beaches) where one could
launch but one would have to know what lies
beneath sort of thing...
So this is what I found out after spending a
week there. I'm sure locals will have more
knowledge. I am somewhat disappointed that I
couldn't get rides but for $200 for 2hrs I was
looking for some really nice conditions.
One great thing about the islands is that it
seems to be very windy and last the whole day.
I'm not used to that so much riding inland
