Sweet photos, makes me want to be there.  I have that problem  where
3.7(my smallest) is way too overpowered.  So there is a need for
something even smaller..also i have a waterlogged rastaboard waveboard
(20+lbs) that i use  when my other boards are being too violently
grabbed by the wind. Best wishes,  john in jupiter

--- In ecfw@yahoogroups.com, mshim82261@... wrote:
>
>
> I was at Cape Hatteras this past week! Here's some pics. It blew
every day?a 3.7 was way too much for my 165lbs?for 3?days straight!?
Yesterday there were 21 ft waves! Scary.?Thanks to all my ECFW sailing
buds for an excellent winter in central?FL. Back to Connecticut for
now. ?See ya'll.? Mike Colombo
>

Wind was fluky side on, bad, to side shore and up to 12 mph.  But at
least it was puffy, and pretty darn huge.  I'd say the swells here....

This was on the iwindsurf discussion board..

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:59 am    Post subject: Canadian Hole went
nuclear

---------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------

Gigantic Thanks to Charlie at Ride Hatteras for hooking me up w/
3.7m sail that rocked and all the hospitality that sailors can only
find at a place like Avon in Hatteras. OBTW the egg/tater burritos
were the shit! Windsign started rumbling in the midwest as tornadoes
dropped out of a massive system with the lowest I\'ve seen the
jetstream drop and stay, isobars started to stack and the flow was
on!! Drove in from New Bern, NC late Sun missed the rain and sailed
SW side off 30+, Monday went scalar nuclear onshore with NNW 35-45
peak gusts 60+, Tuesday more laminar N 30-40 side on all day long
with pitching port ramps and sky launches like I was kiting or
something. My bone density increased by 50% with the heavy weather
pounding my vertebral column, tendons sting, skin shredded, eyeballs
have sandmarks and salt spray streaks but my permagrin is definitely
is imprinted with the Canadian Hole\'s fury. Saw some stellar fellas
huckin it out there, props all round to the locals who showed up and
played some buck nasty with the Pamlico sound!!

Thomas T from Tennessee

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The swell(courtesy of the gail center that whipped up our strong
west winds) appears to be heading this way from the carolinas and is
still being made as well.  the wind forecast has lessened in
velocity, but still has good direction.  Thursday looks a bit
onshore and lighter in jupiter but ruc is showing later afternoon
sideshore sse 15+ north of the cape to up past jacksonville.  Friday
shows more velocity, offshore s-sw around the cape, maybe more
sideshore south down near jupiter, hopefully it will be offshore for
a bit and no chop.. then the seabreeze will force it sideshore for
some classic clean conditions.

A few days yet to finalize the weather details but it looks
promising.  Not sure what the coldfront will do for the weekend
(forgot to look before typing), below is nws from the florida offices
(NWS tampa is missing, my fault).  This is not summer weather yet.
Best wishes, john in jupiter


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
400 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008

.MARINE...WITH THE
APPROACHING COLD FRONT...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WITH
THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT...WINDS AND SEAS SHOULD DECREASE
INTO THE LATE WEEKEND.


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
241 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008

.MARINE...SAUF1 AND BUOY 41012 ARE REPORTING WINDS GENERALLY IN
15-20 KT RANGE AND SEAS ARE RUNNING 3-5 FT. WILL ADD A SCEC TO
NEAR SHORE WATERS FOR THE EVENING HOURS UNTIL SEABREEZE COLLAPSES
NEAR THE COAST. HIGH PRES WILL DRIFT SWWD INTO THE ATLANTIC
VEERING WINDS ROUND THE CLOCK TO SW BY FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.
NEXT HEADLINES ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY.


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
235 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008


THU-FRI... WINDS WILL BE OUT OF
THE SOUTHEAST THURS AND THEN VEER TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST THURS NIGHT
INTO FRIDAY IN ADVANCE OF A FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO THE NORTH.

.MARINE...WNAWAVE REMAINS QUITE AGGRESSIVE IN BRINGING AN INCRSG NE
SWELL INTO THE MARINE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO WED. HAVE SLOWED ONSET
OF HIGHER SWELL INTO THE OUTER WATERS...KEEPING SEAS BELOW 6FT THRU
06Z WED AND BELOW 7FT THRU 18Z. WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING SCA FOR
SEAS PENDING SEEING AN ACTUAL INCREASE AT OFFSHORE BUOYS...BUT WILL
ISSUE SCEC FOR LATE TONIGHT.

SOUTHEAST WINDS THURS AROUND 10 KNOTS WILL VEER TO THE
SOUTH/SOUTHWEST FRIDAY AND INCREASE TO AROUND 15-20 KNOTS OFFSHORE
AS PRESSURE GRADIENT BEGINS TO TIGHTEN IN FRONT OF AN APPROACHING
FRONTAL BOUNDARY. NORTHEASTERLY SWELL LOOKS TO KEEP SEA HEIGHTS
ABOVE ADVISORY LEVELS MAINLY OFFSHORE THROUGH FRI WITH SEAS
BEGINNING TO DECREASE FRI NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND.


AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
223 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008


.MARINE...
THE WINDS WILL  CONTINUE TO
SLOWLY SWING TO A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION BY LATE THIS WEEK INTO THIS
WEEKEND. THE SPEEDS WILL ALSO REMAIN AT 10 TO 15 KNOTS THROUGH
THIS WEEKEND FOR ALL OF THE CWA WATERS. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME
NORTHEAST SWELLS OF 2 TO 4 FEET THAT WILL WORK INTO THE ATLANTIC
WATERS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...DUE TO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF
THE MID ATLANTIC COAST.


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
215 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2008


  ANALYSIS AS OF 100PM...DETAIL A SLOWLY WEAKENING 992 MB GALE CENTER
LOCATED AOA 35N
AND 65W. THE SYSTEM TRAILS A TROUGH SOUTHWEST TO ACROSS THE BAHAMAS
AND THE FLORIDA STRAITS.

If you have sailed at the BRR in the last couple of years during the winter season, most likely you met Dominique Vallee.

Preregistered for the event, I was disappointed to see her name removed from the entrant list by the end of the first day in Ulsan, Korea. Guess she didn't officially register at the event site. I knew she was having trouble getting gear for slalom rascing after losing a deal with Edourdo because what had been promised her was not going to arrive in time. This morning I got this email:

I am sponsor by Exocet and I got Neil Pryde rig from Notik shop in Brest (I have the sail until June 15) so I will have to find another deal after.

After driving 6 hours from Brest to Paris, Flying Paris to Amsterdam, Flying Amsterdam Seoul, I took the bus to the Gimpo airport from Seoul airport, Flying Gimpo to Bussan and taxi from Bussan to Ulsan... I finally arrive for the PWA opening ceremony last night exhausted. Gul was already here.
 
Today May 13, light wind shifting ... thunderstorm... so no race. Rain and cold
The shore break is about 1.50m and the wind is pretty light. I sail with 7.8m with the 105 exocet.

I  broke fewwww batten in the short brake but seems that any other sailors had spare batten ???!???! Some really nice Korean guy fix it (but unfortunalty did make a hole in my sail in the main panel :(((().

Whatever, everything should be ready tomorow.

Keep in touch!

P.S. Another of the "BRR Girls" who raced last lear on the PWA and is competing this year is Gul Tercan.

When i was very young, they asked me the meaning of mother's day and
i said it means we can't go fishing. (my mother tells me we went
fishing anyway)

so fast forward three decades and i was watching the weather this
last week, and noticing it would be windy west late weekend so i
just planned on sailing then(under guise of a stuart lowes visit)...
so i had skipped a few sunset south sessions late week in
anticipation of sunday.. and then it dawned on me, sunday is
mother's day, and i can't go windsurfing.. and i didn't:( go

But i'm still hopeful for late week(except i might have to work).
Bad news is melbourne still hasn't mentioned the swell but good news
is i still see it on the models, bad news again is nws miami(not the
sharpest tacks) is talking about the swell.   Models show as many as
three days of south winds, beginning thursday, and should be some
swell opposing from the ne.. so atleast there is hope for yet
another round of down the line waveriding..

Glad to hear of the fun winds enjoyed.. Best wishes, john in jupiter


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
516 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008

.MARINE...
  WINDS WILL GRADUALLY VEER FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST
THROUGH THE REMINDER OF THE WEEK...BUT A NORTHEAST SWELL EMANATING
FROM LARGE CYCLONE DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTH ATLANTIC WILL
GENERATE HIGHER SEAS IN THE LOCAL WATERS FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. NOAA WAVE WATCH GUIDANCE REMAINS
CONSISTENT IN FORECASTING MAXIMUM SWELL HEIGHTS AROUND 4 FEET WITH
THIS EVENT.


NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
502 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2008

.MARINE... SOME INCREASE IN WINDS/SEAS AGAIN BY LATE
WEEK WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASING ON BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH.

Quite a few made it to Titusville cswy anyway.  I was lit up and doing
downwind runs in the gusts over the knee deep flats on a 5.2 sail and
85 liter board.

One number says it all for me: 4.0. At times over powered, at times just
right and just a few times, a chance to rest when I found the expected
west wind hole.

Wore me out...having so much fun...Shared the day with Mark B. and
family. Mom and Dad are in town to see the new grandchild. Mark's magic
number was 4.2 and as might be expected, he sailed a wee bit more than
me...We both retired from the playground ready for a nap...

Good fun down in Melbourne as well.  Mark B. and I sailed of the beach
in Indialantic in the late afternoon.  Totally lit up on 6.2s with the
wind increasing as the afternoon wore on.  I was lamenting not taking
the time to re-rig to a 5.2, but still a great afternoon.

John T.


--- In ecfw@yahoogroups.com, johni952004 <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Afternoon session was fantastic.  Did 6.2 and the 105 liter wave
> board.  Side shore to side off.  Me, Sam W. and Bruce K. got some
> pretty stellar winds.  Too bad the waves were so small, but there were
> still quite a few nuggets to eek out some practice on.
>
> There was no shore pound.  It was as friendly a day there as I've seen
> anywhere...
>

ruc thinks there could be more south seabreeze today(friday)for palm
beach county.  More importantly,   Later next week could go off with
sse winds and north swell!!  Nothing for sure this far out but it
sure looks promising for some ho'okipa without the rocks.


I sailed a quick late morning session thursday, 4.7 was not often
planing on the way out, almost always on the way in.  The board
(freewave 95)  just takes off planing on any waveface.  spent some
time just outside the shorebreak(the only break) backwinding out,
then sheet in and plane off immediately on a wave, get speed, then
carve upwind and float into a backwind at the top of the peak as it
hits the beach and head out backwinded.. distance was maybe 10-20
yards from in to out.  then was opposite.. backwinding heading in
and a wave got vertical and i  took off planing and was able to
easily steer the board, and just worked it in the section heading
upwind backwinded down the waveface, then carved out upwind over the
peak as it shorebroke and  sheeted in normal heading back out.. that
backwind waveride made my session, it is a bit of a leap of faith to
get planing backwinded and have faith it will work out but it got
easier planing so might try that again soon..

I went out late afternoon again and was fully powered on 4.7, rode
some small waves and overrotated a back loop..

Now i'm just excited about the possibility of later next week.  Best
wishes, john in jupiter

Afternoon session was fantastic.  Did 6.2 and the 105 liter wave
board.  Side shore to side off.  Me, Sam W. and Bruce K. got some
pretty stellar winds.  Too bad the waves were so small, but there were
still quite a few nuggets to eek out some practice on.

There was no shore pound.  It was as friendly a day there as I've seen
anywhere...

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
949 AM EDT THU MAY 8 2008

.UPDATE DISCUSSION. INCREASING
SOUTHERLY GRADIENT WINDS WILL PRODUCE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS REACHING
THE LOWER 90S INTERIOR AND NORTH COAST. A STRONG (~20 MPH) SE SEA
BREEZE WILL DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE CAPE EARLY THIS AFTN BUT WILL NOT
PUSH INLAND VERY QUICKLY. SEA BREEZE WILL BE DELAYED NORTH OF THE
CAPE WHICH SHOULD ALLOW DAYTONA BEACH TO REACH 90F FOR THE FIRST
TIME THIS YEAR.

&&

.MARINE...SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY INTO
TONIGHT AS PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE MOVING
OUT OF THE MIDWEST INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES AND HIGH PRESSURE
CENTERED EAST OF THE AREA OVER THE ATLANTIC. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
AROUND 20 KNOTS OVER THE NORTHERN OFFSHORE WATERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SEAS NOT EXPECTED TO BUILD UP TO 5 FT SO
WILL RAISE A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR WINDS BEGINNING AT 5 PM FOR
PORTIONS OF THE OFFSHORE WATERS.

Sounds windy already in jupiter, looks to get windier all day(we
hope?)on florida's east coast.  Further north in Hatteras, looking
even windier for them..If i leave jupiter early afternoon, i can be
up there for the early session the next morning(not going for this
one, but..) best wishes, john


S Of Cape Hatteras To Ocracoke Inlet Nc Out 20 Nm

Today
SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Dominant period 5 seconds.

Fri
SW winds 25 to 30 kt...diminishing to 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 6 to 9 ft.

Sat
NE winds 10 to 15 kt...diminishing to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 4 to 6 ft. A chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon.

Sun
becoming SW 25 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

Mon
W winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Winds and seas higher in and
near tstms.

RAY,THE WINDSURF GEARS AND THE SUBWAY!!!! (WITH PICTURES)

OK my friends… first, I just want to say something, All that I did or still do in my life, wasn't thinking ever that could inspire some ones, that never was my intention, I do the things that I do first (and this is most people that know me opinion ) cuz I am Crazy, 2: Cuz windsurfing is more than my life for me (even when I am not that talented has Jason P. or R. Naish )

But with all respect, there is something that I do have about windsurfing "BOLS".. -Sorry- but I can't handle when I hear some body saying "Ohh yeaa… windsurfing is my hobby, it looks so nice!!!" Dude, if you don't FEEELLL the windsurf has an extension of your body, If you don't put names to your boards, If you don't talk to your board when you are sailing at a rocket speed… Then I guess, yes… it most be just your hobby. But not your life. So, now that everybody knows that is not my intention being FUNNY or looks cool or "Radical"… Here is then, "THE SUBWAY STORY".

So…,it tokes me some time but finally I convince my girlfriend to help me in my "Crazy" adventure,… and we went to the subway station here in Nostrand ave. Brooklyn (foto)

Clik the Title to this story to find the fotos.

Later thursday might have some 20-25 sideshore sse seabreeze up the
entire florida east coast(ruc lighting up north of the cape).. hot
and windy low tide late afternoon..

  Today wednesday will have some workable flow but not as much as the
seabreeze will be heading inshore a  bit more..

Nice when NWS mentions 'seabreeze pinned along the coast'.
  Best wishes, john in jupiter


AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
605 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2008

.MARINE... TODAY WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS DOMINATING
IN THE AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC AND DEEPENING LOW ADVANCING TOWARDS THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
WILL PRESENT INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE LOCAL AREA..WITH
SCA HEADLINES POSSIBLY INITIATING LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON/THURSDAY
EVENING.


AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MELBOURNE FL
425 AM EDT WED MAY 7 2008

THU-FRI...

INCREASED GRADIENT FLOW WILL KEEP THE EAST COAST SEA BREEZE
PINNED ALONG THE COAST THU...IF IT FORMS AT ALL.

Tuesday was quite the surprise.  Daytona N was strong NE by compare.
I had been keeping tabs only on N Brevard on iWind.  It filled in at
Titusville cswy by 3:45 or so.  12-20 NE then N.  Afternoon SB on top
of some weak gradient...

The RAY STORY ABOUT CROSSING THE 90 MILLES OF OCEAN

So my dudes!!!... I will try to do it good and short with my english: April 22th 2004,8:00am,...

I was In Matanzas cuba,and the day after I was sailing as usual with my friends... and the idea of escaping just came to my mind,when we finish windsurfing,I ask to one of my friends to sleep that night at my place cuz I will need his help for something (I didn't tell him what fore) at 6:00am we toke all my gears and put it on the bike trailer that I use to have there (and I'm planing to rebuild here) and we went to "FARO DE MAYA" = "maya lighthouse" a very secluded area at the coast of Matanzas city, the wind start blowing a little bit at 8:30am and around 9 was kind of good enough,So.. then I told my friend what fore we where there (hahahahaa, you just miss his face!!!!, I bet you hem didn't believe it till I just disappear in the horizon... hahhaaaa)

So... from that point was all sailing and sailing till I reach the middle between Cuba and florida THEEENNNN you just imagine the size of the waves (OCEAN WAVES DUDES... OCEAN ONES!!!!) Those don't brake like use to happen close to the beach... this are like titanic elephants,slow but HHHHHHuuuuuuuggggeeeeeee... and because of that, I crash 1 of the 3 times that I crash, cuz i told myself "where and when the hell are you going to see waves like this" so... I ride couple of it... but cuz my gear wasn't the write one (nothing new,back in cuba we never had "the wright things")

OK,MANY OF YOU MOS BE WANDERING WHAT KIND OF GEAR I WAS USING THAT DAY. Take a sit first..,this is going to be hard to believe it: (remember this was in 2004) I was in my 1990's "BIC VELOCE" 3.10 cm (several repairs on it...of course) with just a 30cm fin (wrong one),the foot-traps where just old foot-traps skeletons tided with scot-tape ,the boom was full of epoxy and repairs, the harness line was just 2 pices of rope covered with plastic host and tide to the boom with no more than hand knots (don't make fun of me please... I told you guys,we do and repair and invent anything, just to keep sailing) the sail was a 6.5 bic freelite...

no compass, no maps, just a bar of a kind of peanut butter and 1L of fresh water. (sailing and stopping 15min/h the all trip will be around 8 or 9h) but around 4pm and around 20 miles from one of the florida keys (I guess Marathon key) US coast guard don't give much info, the USS CONFIDENCE COAST GUARD catch me, and toke me back to Cuba (with all that means) but not without give me some documents that finally after 3 years of interviews, the us gov give me the VISA has a political refugee with permanent residence and all the benefits from the gov.

And I become a FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE of communism and dictatorship !PERSON! ... but this my friends is a veeeeeeeery reduce part of the story.... But, if tomorrow one of you want to know more, I finaly are going to be around Conney Island beach and Brighton beach SAILING, that... if I don't get arrested first for carrying all my stuff on the subway... I will be there around 3pm,I don't think it will be hard to find me, not many windsurfers are going to be sailing at the same time...hahahaha....

See you around guys!!!!!!!! good winds for all!!!!!....

PS: If there is any doubt about if all this is true, try to check with the US Coast guard, maybe some one know some one that knows how!!!.. what I remember when I get on board of the coast guard.., more than one of the crew was with video camera and photo camera... and believe me, I will love see some of it!!!!!!!!!!!!! or have some copy!!... who knows!!... maybe thanks to "iWindsurf" I finaly get it!!!!!!!!!!

looking kinda windy sideshore sse thursday, maybe getting stronger all
day.



  Yesterday(monday) i collected some bags of seashells at the inlet and
the breeze was plenty strong enough to sail, there was trace long
period swell(tiny) coming in.. the winds got stronger after i left and
it was planing winds late afternoon sse.    Had the swell been a bit
bigger, it would have been going offf good all afternoon.



I'm not watching the weather too close, instead trying to get some
work done. But i did notice the cloudline hanging overhead yesterday
and not advancing inland, and that is a pretty good indicator of
sideshore sse locally.  Best wishes, john in jupiter

Cool, Looks like a Formula kit but easier to sail with a narrow sleeve
light sail.

Personally, I can't wait to see a planning class for windsurfing at the
olympics. Esp. in the France/UK Channel it is windy enough all year to
get this type of hull going.

Vincent.

OK, so I finally signed up for this group, but only a few of you know
that I was essentially one of the original 3 ECFW members... A long
time ago I wrote a proposal (at the urging and with support from Beth
and Greg) to host the 2000 Olympic Trials for windsurfing in Brevard
County FL.  I guess for lack of competition we won the proposal, and
soon after formed a loose set of participants called the SpaceCoast
Partnership for the Olympic Trials (see SPOT sail).  The test event in
1998 was held at PAFB, then plans moved the event to the Eau Gallie
YC.  We incorporated ECFB (boardsailors) in 1997 to help drive the
event from a windsurfing perspective.  We (Tom, Dave, and I) maintaned
ECFB for a several years after the Trials completed in 1999, hoping to
eventually gain momentum to start a fun club in the area.  It didn't
get off the ground physically, but it certainly did virtually!  I got a
little sidetracked from windsurfing for the last few years... I had 2
babies in less than 2 years.  I am looking forward to a fresh start on
the water in the coming months; 'til then it'll be a fresh start
online... Cheers to all!  - Laura Lewandowski (nee Chambers) USA-22

Have you heard about the Formula One Design proposal?

http://forums.windsurfingmag.com/showthread.php?t=429

 Islands magazine...the June issue has a story about Greg and Beth Winkler and their life in Bonaire: http://www.islands.com/article.jsp?ID=1000059620

Good post.  Cheers to ECFW!

--- In ecfw@yahoogroups.com, "Clyde" <clydepeggy@...> wrote:
>
>
> May 1st marks another orbit around the sun for the ECFW: 5 years
old,
> 150 members and still growing. Last year's Olympic hopeful, Nancy
> Rios, has been nominated by U.S. Sailing to this year's Olympic
> team. Regular visitor, Canadian Dominique Valle, will be joining
the PWA
> tour in Ulsan, Korea. Alex Stankie, now sponsored by Maui Sails and
> Fanatic, becomes the youngest ECFW member to turn pro. Most of you
> already know Eddy Patricelli has handed off WindSurfing magazine to
Josh
> Sampiero, both ECFW members. Eddy is now working for Islands
magazine
> and the June issue has a story about Greg and Beth Winkler and their
> life in Bonaire: more ECFW family.
>
> I can remember back in the mid 80's when short boards were new and
> cool. In fact, back then it was more cool to sail a short board
than a
> long board. Almost overnight, every major board brand now offers a
long
> board and some, multiple choices for the long boarding that appeals
to
> you. I guess long boards are now cool… No matter what kind of gear
> you use, where you prefer to sail, or what flavor of windsurfing
taste
> good to you, when it comes to gear, we have more choices than a
Chinese
> buffet…good for us.
>
> Raise your glass to toast: cheers to another trip around the sun…One
> thing I've learned this year: hanging out with my windsurfing
> friends is fun. We all yearn for TOW(time on water) but TNW(time
near
> water) has it's rewards too: my chance to see what a good bunch of
> eggs you really are.
>
> Thanks to all of you for sharing this marvelous adventure we all
feel so
> passionately about.
>