I was passing through the Columbia River Gorge very quickly, but made some time to stop and take a few action shots in Hood River. First, stand-up paddleboarding is apparently quite the thing:
But the most popular sport, by far, was kiteboarding. Witness this kind of awkward shot:
More sweet tricks:
The cool thing about kiteboarding was you could actually hang from the kite for quite a while. This lady's trick was just jumping way high and hanging in the air for about 15 seconds:
I just wanted to get the bridge in the background here, as well as a sense of the size of the kites. They're big!
But it was a bit windy for that in the main channel. Saw a couple windsurfers, which used to be the most popular thing there:
But the most popular sport, by far, was kiteboarding. Witness this kind of awkward shot:
Also, too:
More sweet tricks:
The cool thing about kiteboarding was you could actually hang from the kite for quite a while. This lady's trick was just jumping way high and hanging in the air for about 15 seconds:
I just wanted to get the bridge in the background here, as well as a sense of the size of the kites. They're big!
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