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Recently Jodie and I went on a trip with a bunch of kiteboarding nuts from the Seattle area to Cancun/Playa Del Carmen area. The wind was too light a couple days during the week, but we got in a few days of riding. The last day at Isla Blanca was crazy! Cranking wind and super shallow water = amazin...

Sounds like a blast and too bad we are not there this year! Hopefully next year for sure! Have a blast everyone!

Rock on
Mike N (and Jodie)

Wow, so very sad to hear news like this......

Our thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. It would be nice to know what happened.

Jodie and Mike N

AWESOME Chris!!! Congrats and have a ton of fun!

Keep in mind your fellow kiteboarding MS in Mech Engineering friends (um, like me!) if you ever need any more help!

Keep in touch!
rock on
Mike N

I am not an MD, but I deal with sports injuries all the time. Heck, I just did a session with an athlete who had a shoulder issue just today. A few questions 1) did the doc ban her from doing the sport or does she have pain in a specific movement? 2) if she has pain, what movement causes pain? If it...

Great photos Jen! Really good. I will put one up on my site today or tomorrow and hyperlink it back to you as we talked about on Friday.

Yes, helmets are good.

Rob-man, where is your helmet?

Rock on
Mike T Nelson

Jodie and I are sending many positive thoughts and prayers to you. Is there an address where we can send cards to him? I only met him in person once when I was first looking at getting into kiteboarding and he was incredibly positive and energetic about it. Plus he took the time to answer all my que...

Cool! I think I would pass on the sharks though. Anyone else going to be in Padre around Nov 17-22/23 that wants to split a room or share a car perhaps? I am looking at going down then, but not quite sure I can swing it yet. If you are interesting in splitting things, let me know. michaelTnelson AT ...

Hahaha, Yes, it was nutty out there for sure!

Rock on
Mike T Nelson

Thanks to all that rode and helped me out this past Fri. WOW, that was epic and nutty sized waves. A huge thanks to Randy L for driving up, Jen for going with too. Thanks to Tighe for holding my harness down so I could get my board on without sending my kite into that scary Charlie Brown Kite Eating...

Malmo instead of Fr Hennepin?

Wind wind wind!!
rock on
Mike N

Screw it, I am in. Looks like epic conditions. I have never ridden there, so it should be interesting. From looking at the weather, I wonder if my 8m will be over powered! ha! :shock: Randy L, do you need a mooch (I mean passenger) to help pay gas and car pool since you are in White Bear Lake area? ...

Ooooh, I may have to try to keep Friday open now too.

Nate, drop me an email when you have time as I have some ideas for you about some final knee exercise work. I am at
michaelTnelson AT yahoo DOT com

Great to see everyone!
rock on
Mike N

Sweet! Thanks for the update Randy and hope to see others there tonight at the Bear. ETA 6pm for me.
Great to see you at Reddy too Randy!
rock on
Mike N

Anyone hit up White Bear Lake today or planning to tonight?
Looks like the wind is due S now and not SSE.
I may be able to get out tonight around 6pm.
Ramsey or Rutherford park?
Rock on
Mike N

Just a shout out to everyone I met up with at Reddy Creek this past Fri and Sat. Wow. Epic days, esp Friday and soooooo fun. Great to see everyone again and thanks to all for the kite catches and launches too. My abs and right hip flexor were a bit sore, but other than that I was good. Hope to see e...

Glad it worked well for you man and that you got in a good sess!

I am finishing my PhD in Exercise Phys at the U of MN and run my training and nutrition business (http://extremehumanperformance.com/), so if there is anything I can help you with (or anyone else), let me know!

Rock on
Mike T Nelson

WOW, looks like it is supposed to be warn, sunny and super windy! Dare I say 8m wind??? Ooooh boy. I did not sleep last night (like, not even a couple minutes) so I am running on fumes until 10pm tonight, so I will sleep a bit tomorrow AM and then head up. Where are you staying up there Rob man? Loo...

Greetings! Wow, time flies by waaaaay too fast and I am finally hoping to get out this Friday. Any thoughts of where to ride? Looks like good wind so far, but it may switch from SSE to SSW which blows moose balls in the past for riding at da Bear. Hoping to see everyone in a few days! rock on Mike T...

Wow, looks awesome!!!

Rock on
Mike N