Kiteboarder collides with a windsurfer - Page 3

#21 05-13-2008, 09:37 AM

My major professor's wife was named Wendy. I commented the first time I met her how a better name was simply not possible. She knew right off the bat I was sort of off kilter for loving wind THAT much

I just ate at Wendy's last night (big surprise).

more crap.... "Addicted to Wind" "Wind Addict" "Wind Junky" "Wind Me Up" "Get Blown"

TBKA · #22 05-13-2008, 09:39 AM

"Wind...makes me GRIN!

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"Mother Nature is a HOTTIE!"
Scott's classic license plate: "Prey for Wind"

How about a relay race with kiters and windsurfers on the same team?
Lesson exchange program among instructors?

bryanleighty · #23 05-13-2008, 10:27 AM

its pretty rare for us to deal with a huge windsurfing and kitesurfing population in one area...

ive kited in the gorge and recently in hatteras area.. there are places where the windsurfers outnumber the kiters 20 to 1 or more.. almost like a wall of windsurf sails across the water.. every time you try to yield to one, youve got 3 more riding up behind you full speed expecting you to get the F outta their way... you cant jump, you cant tack.. its a mess in some areas..

i dont think its a problem in our launches..

some days are busier than others.. but i'd say weve got bigger things to worry about..

it is kinda sad that there would be any sort of annimosity between two groups of people looking for the same thrills on different equipment..

id bet a lot of it is overblown and invented..

#24 05-13-2008, 12:34 PM

I don't know what the deal is at other places, but everywhere I ride I feel zero animosity among kiters and windsurfers. I usually try to race with them and stuff. I knew most of them from when I use to windsurf (not well) a ways back. Many of them have become kiters (Randy and Raul possibly the first), but many are still dedicated solely to windsurfing.

I like the idea of getting the windsurfers and kiters together for a race. That would be fun. We had a couple join in on one of Matt's impromptu races.
I am moderately confident that Britt from NBWS would be interested and am sure Steve-O could get some windsurfers interested. I would just like to course race more period. I suck at it, but it's very fun.
All we need is a few guys and something to aim at. It doesn't need to be a big deal.

#25 05-13-2008, 01:08 PM

I think a friendly, and free, but official (advertised, permit if needed, etc) race for both wind surfers and kite surfers would be a neat event.

I would avoid mixing us in one race because lets face it, we have 3x as much sail area higher up, and no mast in our face, and no sail to pull out of the water when we fall ... too many differences to make it even.

But a joint event would be great...

Would have been cool if they could have been part of the tampa bay race... but I'm not sure how much fun winder surfers are going straight down wind.

Thank God for Wind

TBKA · #26 05-13-2008, 01:58 PM

How about a short DW or upwinder for us, tagging off to our windsurfing teammate who races a course set up just past the finish area? Fastest paired with slowest in both to keep it fun.