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- Mon Jan 09, 2017 6:56 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: Do "Windsports folks" communicate by just texting now?
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Do "Windsports folks" communicate by just texting now?
I think (and this is just my astute observation) that "wind people" tend to communicate through text messaging now in place of using their vocal cords and making a phone call. Partly I think there is a "fear factor" involved. When you text message, YOU have complete control of th...
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 12:12 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: Are you part of the 28.6% or the 100%?
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Are you part of the 28.6% or the 100%?
It's hard to believe with windsurfing on my mind 24 seven, that I really only have a CHANCE to get out on the water 28.6% of any given week (and that's if I'm lucky to have wind)! This is due to the fact that I work Monday through Friday (dayshift) and only have the weekend free. What about those of...
- Fri Jan 06, 2017 7:11 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: If weekends are all you get to sail, then U need a big board
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If weekends are all you get to sail, then U need a big board
A big windsurf board ensures that you'll get "some" good fast windsurfing at least on a fairly regular basis. If you work a day shift Monday through Friday (like I do) then we only get two days out of the seven days in a week to sail. That means we have to hope that there's decent wind on ...
- Tue Jan 03, 2017 6:06 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: The Boarder Hoarder hasn't bought a board in 6 months.....
- Replies: 3
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Re: The Boarder Hoarder hasn't bought a board in 6 months...
I think my Techno 148 will be for sale or possibly trade for a 115-125L board. Mmm....I might have a board to trade ya for it....but my Bodega (windsurf wearhouse) has the door frozen shut. I might have to wait for a mid January thaw to get to it. I've got in my mind a 125 liter "Swiss made&qu...
- Mon Jan 02, 2017 6:05 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: The benefits of ordering in a boardshop vs on-line
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1449
The benefits of ordering in a boardshop vs on-line
My last S. Padre Island trip (in Dec.) was warm when it started,,,three days of upper 70's and 20ish wind. But on the fourth day, the air temp dropped to 43 and North wind blowing at 37 mph. I deliberately left my hood at home. SO, I deliberately made a "B-line to a kiteboard shop (Air Padre) w...
- Sun Jan 01, 2017 10:37 am
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: The Boarder Hoarder hasn't bought a board in 6 months.....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2923
The Boarder Hoarder hasn't bought a board in 6 months.....
Happy New Year to all wind boarders! Nice today (warm) and sunny air temps. around 30. Not much wind today. Of course on the ice you don't want too much either. On ice there's almost no friction to deal with. SO: an iceboat (like a DN or Nite) or a winter kiteboard can go four times the speed of the...
- Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:21 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: I Love to carry the smell of the sea onto the airplane....
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I Love to carry the smell of the sea onto the airplane....
It is so convenient to be able (always on my last day) to go windsurfing all day and then catch the "night flight" to go back to the land of Snow and 4:30 darkness. On South Padre Island, (at Windsurf Inc./South Padre kiteboarding) I sometimes take advantage of the free hot showers (I brin...
- Tue Dec 27, 2016 6:47 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: Learn how to "Register" there is a "Trick" involved...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2645
Re: Learn how to "Register" there is a "Trick" involved...
Mike:
Glad to help out.
Happy New Year!
Quetzalcoatl (aka: Eric) out.
Glad to help out.
Happy New Year!
Quetzalcoatl (aka: Eric) out.
- Sun Dec 25, 2016 12:52 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: Learn how to "Register" there is a "Trick" involved...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2645
Learn how to "Register" there is a "Trick" involved...
Say: "Fellow "People of the Wind"..... I think that maybe it's not the "Facebook Craze" that is causing sailors NOT to chime in on Lawaka chat,,,(Maybe partly the cause) but Maybe some of YOU just don't know HOW to register in order to contribute or answer posts on the Lakaw...
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 4:58 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: JUst back from S. Padre, scored five days of Planing! 80 deg
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JUst back from S. Padre, scored five days of Planing! 80 deg
Just got back from S. Padre Island last night on a Sun country "night flight!" Yeah! loved the 74 degrees night air temp when I arrived at Harlingen, TX airport. Sailed from Philip Money's Windsurf Inc./South Padre Kiteboarding for two days of 78 degrees with 20ish mph South wind,,then thr...
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 3:06 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: HOW DO WINTER BOOTS fit into footstraps on Snowfer/icebrd?
- Replies: 4
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Re: HOW DO WINTER BOOTS fit into footstraps on Snowfer/icebr
Hey Mike: Thanks for your info. on Snowfers. I couldn't answer till now because I just got back last night (midnight:30) on a Sun Country flight from S. Padre. Five days straight of Planing.....! Two days of 80 air temp and 20ish S. Winds. All changed to North winds and 30's winds and 43 degree air ...
- Fri Dec 09, 2016 9:04 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: HOW DO WINTER BOOTS fit into footstraps on Snowfer/icebrd?
- Replies: 4
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Re: HOW DO WINTER BOOTS fit into footstraps on Snowfer/icebr
Thanks to "The Man from Madrid" for your response. Yah Mike, this I DO believe is a true bonifide "Snowfer", because it has skis (K2 downhill) mounted under an Elaine Snowboard. This it can work on ice,,but it's really designed for snow,,,when the snow is too deep to go iceboatin...
- Thu Dec 08, 2016 5:13 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: HOW DO WINTER BOOTS fit into footstraps on Snowfer/icebrd?
- Replies: 4
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HOW DO WINTER BOOTS fit into footstraps on Snowfer/icebrd?
Hey Ice surfers! A question to you all. I Now own a SNOWFER. So,,,,the footstraps look to be big enough to fit tennis shoes or my windsurf booties. Do people use BIG winter boots or should I just go out into the windstorms (blizzards) with my 6mm thick water booties? The straps that are on this boar...
- Wed Dec 07, 2016 8:09 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: Sun Country is BACK BABY w/ non-stops to Harlingen/S.Padre!!
- Replies: 0
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Sun Country is BACK BABY w/ non-stops to Harlingen/S.Padre!!
HEY!! This year Sun Country brought back their non-stop "cheap" flights to Harlingen/S. Padre Island Texas. So GO on DOWN! It's in the 70's this week! You can rent Kite-boarding from Air Padre, (on North Padre Boulevard) or...kite boarding from Phillip Money or Winsurfing From Phillip Mone...
- Tue Dec 06, 2016 3:19 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: Thanks for the Padre Island report!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1677
Thanks for the Padre Island report!
Hey Matt: Good details of the Bird Island (North Padre) trip!
Eric.
Eric.
- Tue Dec 06, 2016 3:17 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: Thanks for the Padre Island report!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1661
Thanks for the Padre Island report!
Hey Matt: Good details of the Bird Island (North Padre) trip!
Eric.
Eric.
- Mon Dec 05, 2016 1:52 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: Calling on Matt: How was Bird Island?
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Calling on Matt: How was Bird Island?
Matt: How was it? Please share some details.
Eric out.
Eric out.
- Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:52 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: Facebook will be extinct by 2020?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1954
Facebook will be extinct by 2020?
There's a lot of talk about the demise of facebook. Some associate facebook use as a type of disease. This is because the initial interest (and subsequent interest) grows on a curve like some diseases where it reaches a peak and suddenly drops...or dies off. I've read that there are predictions that...
- Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:18 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: Mat: How was Padre Island (at Bird Island).care to share?
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Mat: How was Padre Island (at Bird Island).care to share?
Mat or Chad: (The brothers),, how was North Padre?
Did you have some good days of windsurfing?
Please share some details!
Eric out.
Did you have some good days of windsurfing?
Please share some details!
Eric out.
- Tue Nov 29, 2016 7:18 pm
- Forum: LAKAWA Chat
- Topic: It's all about Latitude!...(attitude?) no... Latitude
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It's all about Latitude!...(attitude?) no... Latitude
Hey: Ya know Here in Minnesota in December it's dark by 4:30, but in South Texas (S. Padre to be Specific) it's still light out at 6:00 pm. I've often been there windsurfing in the Laguna Madre (in Dec.) with plenty of light (sun still on horizon) at 6:00 pm. South Padre Island is in the same Time Z...