We had a free afternoon so Chris and I headed out to a new spot we had been looking at for a while. The wind was South West and 20-25mph. We launched from the new housing development off the Levee to ride the man-made channels. We ended up walking about a mile with our kites to the shore and launching there since the channels were a little sketchy. After launching we headed to the south and then to the North to check out the shoreline and that is when we found “The Slick”. It consists of about a square mile of area of water 6-12″ deep with hundreds of small reed islands between sections of water. This makes it a butter-flat riding area with lots of natural features to jump and ride between.
The second time we rode it we parked in a new area and had to swim across a channel to get to a “launch spot”, I use that term loosely as we just drift launched off a muddy reed bank…it was kind of a mess. So we still need to find an ideal launch area to reach the Slick. I have a few ideas of where we can go that will be a lot easier to get out and back in. Enjoy the video below..Hatteras has got nothing on the Houston’s “Dollar Slick”.
Looks cool. Deep enough to work on unhooked tricks?
Yes for sure. The bottom is soft so when you mess up it isn’t bad at all. I didn’t find anything too hard out there…yet:)
Wow!! You guys make it look too easy, i can’t wait to get down to houston so i can book some lessons, hopefully you can get me pointed in the right direction (literally
so i can learn to rip like a guy half my age, hopefully!!
That place looks bad ass!!!! I can’t wait to hit that spot up, is that place just a little north of the levee? Time to get on google maps.
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I was looking at the maps and saw the new development on beach drive that you were talking about. Was wondering if you can drive in the development out to the end of the channels for launch? And also are they working on the site or is it on hold with the hard times?