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08-05-2008, 08:28 PM
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Mike with the older Naish C kites and UnderGround board?
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#2
08-05-2008, 08:46 PM
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Had a guy yelling at me on the phone today because he hasn't received a call in two weeks for a lesson. I told him if he could find a snowboard instructor in Colorado right now I would give him a kite lesson tomorrow.
Glad to hear that Mike is not seriously hurt. Its just not worth it. Better to wait for the snow to come.
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08-05-2008, 10:05 PM
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Dr Mike resting after surgery
Dr Mike - ION 2 14.5M was the unfortunate kiter. He is not a newbie but had his back to weather when the micro burst hit. Winds went form 12 to 30 in minutes and Mike was caught unable to flag the kite in time. I picked him up from Sarasota Memorial Hospital tonight after finger surgery that required 3 screws to fasten his finger bone back together...no fun except for the drugs. Mike was a rag doll and suffered bruised ribs as well.
Moral of the story - don't kite in the summer or get rid of the 14.5 in winds exceeding 30 MPH. He tried to land and flag the kite instead of getting rid of it.
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08-06-2008, 06:05 AM
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screws in finger?! wow, must have really shattered the metacarples
Heres hoping a speedy recovery to him. BTW, Ive got nothing against summer kiting, its just kiting the edge of a squall is crazy.....if we only had a tropical low just off our coast or something!
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08-06-2008, 06:20 AM
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sorry to hear about the damage and ...
really glad to hear it was not worse
as an OG who is always worried about seriously screwing up his body I wish him a speedy recovery OS/SRQ ps: Chris with Rhino Construction who busted both heels at Lido 6 months ago is doing much better - we all hope to see him out on the water again this fall
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