Yeah,

Gene is cool. He use to ride SS (like all of us) up until about 2 years ago.
He is about my height but a little more stocky, semi-crazy on the water (goes for crazy tricks) but an exceptionally nice guy. Cool.

I have heard the same about the kite split and demographics from others, thanks for the info. Also have heard they are very friendly there.
Wow, the helix actually sticks to the sand in wind. Very interesting, thanks.
I obviously got it backwards (I thought it would get blown away).

One last question, any weird nose or ear-aches?