The articles Woody mentioned require good writers and even better
photographers. Events at Worthington have been covered by several
professional or semi-professional photographers and we also have very
good amateur photographers. How do we recognize which of us are good
writers? How do we get the writer's together with the photographers?

One possible place to start is a "Daily Globe" newspaper in
Worthington. They are covering the event for the newspaper and have
photographers. We can hope "Daily Globe" reporters are also able to
adjust their writing to a magazine article. The Daily Globe might be
interested in getting some recognition for their people, and we know
the Daily Globe supports for the event.

And there were other media reporters at Worthington in 2003. Maybe we
can make a concerted effort to make sure all of the media people know
how to contact the windsurfing publications so they can try to get
their articles and stories published that cover our events. That might
also work with the Bradford Beach Jam in Milwaukee.

Another possible way to go to have many writers producing sections of
one article. Even those of us who do not regard ourselves as "writers"
can write down our impressions and give them to one or more compilers
or writers.

A surprising amount of article writing can be done before we get to
Worthington. The race details have to wait, but much of the great time
we have in Worthington is this year's variation on the experience each
of us had the first year we were there. We can already write about
windsurfing while listening to the music from the stage, about the
enthusiastic welcome we get from the community, about being on the
water with new beginners and encouraging them, about getting together
with friends we haven't seen for months, about our private competitions
with the racers closest to our own abilities, about the thrill of
beating a much better racer in even one race (or even one leg of a
race), about which part of our of racing we are most trying to improve
in this year, about the new equipment we bought since last year's event
so we could be better this year, about the practicing we did (or didn't
do that we knew we should have) to improve our technique.

By the way, one of those local or national media outlets might pay you
for the article you write.

Back to photography: you can't take the pictures ahead of time. But
you can plan ahead. If you do the "screenplay" for that photo essay
before you get to Worthington you'll know which pictures you want to
take.


Del


On May 5, 2008, at 3:55 PM, Brad Woodworth wrote:

> I also agree with the single starts for all. Perhaps a longer start
> line would alleviate some concerns of collision with Formula boards
> going full speed to the line...
>  
> And to touch a bit on the "no PR" from Calema. Maybe we as a
> longboard/hybrid group should be selling ourselves better to the
> windsurfing magazines of the world to let them know about
> the longboard racing scene that is alive and well in the Midwest,
> organized by MOWIND. Maybe after each MOWIND event, someone with good
> writing skills should send a report including pictures to the
> 'magazines'. Maybe then they'll start publishing stories about
> longboards, and our great inland lakes where we windsurf most of the
> time.
>  
> Woody
>  
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Arden Anderson <ardenalan@...>
> Date: Monday, May 5, 2008 12:18 pm
> Subject: Re: [mowind] Re: The Favoritism Issue
> To: mowind@yahoogroups.com
>
> > I strongly agree with Jeff's points. Safety/fleet-size is really
> > the only definite reason to split up starts. Any other reasons
> > are a matter of preference. MO'racing, MO'fun, MOWIND.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Jeff & Bonnie Koeberl <jeffkoeberl@...>
> > To: mowind@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Monday, May 5, 2008 12:02:23 PM
> > Subject: [mowind] Re: The Favoritism Issue
> >
> >
> > I was thinking about what Scott said below, and about the race
> > director meeting the other night, and have personally come to
> > the
> > following conclusions.
> >
> > 1) At midwinters, we (longboa rd & hybird) got to race 10 races,
> > while
> > Formula only got to race 4 races. I was there to race, so I'm
> > pretty
> > happy I wasn't in the formula fleet - aside from going out and
> > trying
> > Friday & Saturday, they only got to actually race mid-day
> > Sunday.
> > Thus, we got more than our money's worth! However, interesting
> > to
> > note that in the recent Windsurfing magazine, no reference to
> > the fact
> > there even was a longboard or hybird fleet. Conclusion: though
> > the
> > windsurfing world in general seems to ignore non-formula (or non-
> > Kona)
> > equipment, we get more time on the water going generally faster.
> > I'd
> > rather be there than on the beach!
> >
> > 2) While I had been of the opinion that formula deserved its own
> > start
> > as it is a different type of race, I've changed my mind. Open
> > lives
> > by regional customs in other regions (Tino for example did not
> > even
> > cater to an open fleet), formula can live with our customs and
> > start
> > with us in our region. If they don't get their wind, they can
> > sit and
> > watch. Starts should take place as long as there is any wind.
> > The
> > only deviation should be if fleet size dictates the prudence of
> > splitting A fleet.
> >
> > 3) We must be sure to abide by USW NRT Open fleet rules as well
> > as
> > other fleet rules even if those rules are not followed in other
> > regions.
> >
> > 4) It is about racing and having fun. More racing, more fun.
> >
> > --- In mowind@yahoogroups. com, "Scott Haas" <shaas@...> wrote:
> > >
> > we only got to race in the light air as did the Kona
> > > fleet. The few hours the wind was up each day the Formula
> > Fleet
> > was
> > > doing or trying to do back to back races so they had the start
> > > line.
> >
> >  
> >
> >
> >      
> >
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