Kitesurf Location - Lake Mendota / Burrows ( ID lake_mendota___burrows )
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Continent: North America
Country: Wisconsin (USA)
Next Big City (Airport): Madison
Next Town: Madison
Latitude: 43.1022
Longitude: -89.369
Type:
- Lake
Rider Ability:
- Intermediate
Good for:
Features:
- Parking
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Type:
- Shallow
Hazards:
- Bridge
Quality:
- Cloudy
Best Tide:
- Tide Independent
Largest chop of all spots to ride in Madison. This is good and bad.
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Type:
- Sand
Size:
- Small
Hazards:
- None
Location crowds:
- June
There is a beach to launch from but do not launch from the beach with life guards. Grassy rigging.Edit
Spring:
- Normal Wetsuit
Summer:
- Shorty
Fall:
- Normal Wetsuit
Winter:
- Thick Wetsuit / Drysuit
Season from early spring (April) to late fall (November). Wetsuit needed almost all of the time, summer warmer.Edit
Wind Statistic Wind Forecast Wind Report
Best Months:
No Information
Wind Type:
- Frontal Winds
Best Direction:
- N
Main Direction:
No Information
Works in SW, W, NW, N (N is best).Edit
Transport:
- Car
Access:
- Short Walk
Madison Airport. City park on the East shore.
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Do not launch from the beach with life guards. Burrows is a little better than Tenny but there are a lot of boat piers to either side of the park which get in the way if you can not stay up wind.Edit
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