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Been a while since I was in here since I moved back to Sweden. Just wanted to tease with a great snow kite clip from my part of the world, can't wait for the white stuff coming this year.... Cheers, Uffe (former Des Moines guy, now Stockholm, Sweden guy) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_e...

This is your final reminder that the 3rd Annual Saylorville Dam Jam windsurfing regatta will take place this weekend in Des Moines, IA on Lake Saylorville. The schedule of events is the following, subject to change at any time: Friday May 15th: Registration starts at noon until 7 PM. Practice races ...

Hey Surf Dudes and Dudettes. It is time again to start the planning to attend the 3rd annual Saylorville Dam Jam Regatta. Last year was a great success of this regatta. Lots of fun on and off the water for windsurfers and windjunkies of all formats. Windsurfing racing course racing style, slalom sty...

Hey Steve, do you still want to part with the BIG 08 Frenzy you have? I would love to match that with my 11m for light wind days. Let me know.

/ Uffe

Steve, do you still have your 08 BIG Frenzy? I got the 11m but I'm ready to buy the BIG one from you if you would like to sell it. I'm moving back to Sweden in about a month and would like it for this winter there. Shoot me a msg if you would be willing to part with it.

/ Uffe

Great Initiative Mike, this would be so fun, I can see where there will be lots of local sailors taking up windsurfing racing agian if they get teased out on Tuesday night racing. What about finding a local company to sponsor a race series with a "dash for cash" weekly race? I will try to ...

Speaking of the KA sails, I can say nothing but good things about them. I have a 2007 KA Koncept 7.5m sail for sale for $275, (similar to a NP V8 but faster). I used this in Worthington US National's on the two windy days on and I was super happy how fast and stable it was. KA Koncept has some of th...

Remember you do NOT NEED a US passport if you are a US citizen to go to Canada by car, all you need is a bith certificate and a valid form of ID to cross the border and get back in to the US. That's the rule until next summer (July 2009) just wanted to throw this out there so no one uses that as an ...

I follow a windsurfing / kiting forum in Sweden and there has been quite the discussion on how "expensive" the formula equippment is compare to other windsurfing gear. Especially if you are going to have the latest and greatest gear. Well in comparison to what you get performance wise it i...

I'll be there Tuesday night after work. Team Iowa should have at least 4-6 showing up.

Start tuning your sails, polish your boards and fins, this is going to be so much fun.

DaveC are you crashing at the Kremer house? I am planning on it, got offered a spot in a room upstairs.

Im starting to get some awesoem photos and recaps from people who attended the Dam Jam here in Des Moines, IA. I thought I would start a thread for people to put links to pictures and stories from the weekend. Guess it was way more windy than I first thought on Saturday once it started blowing, no w...

Saylorville Dam Jam took place this weekend, A full report will follow, with pictures and stories, but in short, we did 11 races over two days. We saw all conditions, from a glass lake with no wind until noon saturday, then it started blowing like crazy, we did 2 course races on a box course, then w...

Wow, this might be the best conditions we could have wished for. Tomorrow, sunny, high of 78, winds 15-25MPH, Saturday forecast, high 80 WINDY , 20-30 MPH, this will be to cool to miss (I know I am bias since I am organizing part of this event but if I was a wind junkie and lived close to Iowa I wou...

That works, I am pretty sure they are flexible swapping sites ones you get there. Section D is in a differnt "loop" but right next to "C". Looking forward to see you there.

/ Uffe
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Hi Michelle, are you camping with a camper or with a tent? I currently have 3 sites booked, one will be for our "event headquarters", the other extra ones for people who come support the event or haven't gotten a chance to book yet. Larry Low Boom also has two sites, Randy Howell has one, ...

The 2008 MOWIND windsurfing race series has now started. The first race was last weekend in Alum Creek, OH Check out how it went here http://www.mowind.org/wp/?p=66 This weekend May 10-11 Kevin Gratton host the Walley Waggata in Fond Du Lac, WI http://www.mowind.org/wp/?page_id=43 The weekend of May...

Todd, sorry to hear about your accident, hope you have a speedy recovery and get well soon.

/ Uffe
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Im still planning on coming Friday if things work out for me at work the next few days. Hope to see someone esle there as well, I know Larry Low boom is thinking about driving up after work on Friday and he gets done around noon, so he might be there by 3-4 or so. Anybody else from Des Moines, or no...

Jerry, is that noon on Friday or ? I got most of Friday off so I can leave Friday morning from Des Moines and be in Worthington by noon, if you meant Saturday that would work as well.

/ Uffe
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I think if enough of us went to worthington this weekend and ran some "hot laps" in the Midwest speed quest windsurfing speed event the ice would melt by the warm friendly stoke it would generate. I am planning on making the trip up from Des Moines, the more the merrier, who can go speed s...