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by Quetzalcoatl
Mon Jan 09, 2017 6:56 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Do "Windsports folks" communicate by just texting now?
Replies: 0
Views: 1446

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...
by Quetzalcoatl
Mon Jan 09, 2017 12:12 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Are you part of the 28.6% or the 100%?
Replies: 0
Views: 1405

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...
by Quetzalcoatl
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
Replies: 0
Views: 1423

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 ...
by Quetzalcoatl
Tue Jan 03, 2017 6:06 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: The Boarder Hoarder hasn't bought a board in 6 months.....
Replies: 3
Views: 2923

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...
by Quetzalcoatl
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...
by Quetzalcoatl
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...
by Quetzalcoatl
Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:21 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: I Love to carry the smell of the sea onto the airplane....
Replies: 0
Views: 1371

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...
by Quetzalcoatl
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.
by Quetzalcoatl
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...
by Quetzalcoatl
Wed Dec 21, 2016 4:58 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: JUst back from S. Padre, scored five days of Planing! 80 deg
Replies: 0
Views: 1373

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...
by Quetzalcoatl
Wed Dec 21, 2016 3:06 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: HOW DO WINTER BOOTS fit into footstraps on Snowfer/icebrd?
Replies: 4
Views: 3204

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 ...
by Quetzalcoatl
Fri Dec 09, 2016 9:04 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: HOW DO WINTER BOOTS fit into footstraps on Snowfer/icebrd?
Replies: 4
Views: 3204

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...
by Quetzalcoatl
Thu Dec 08, 2016 5:13 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: HOW DO WINTER BOOTS fit into footstraps on Snowfer/icebrd?
Replies: 4
Views: 3204

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...
by Quetzalcoatl
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
Views: 1805

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...
by Quetzalcoatl
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.
by Quetzalcoatl
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.
by Quetzalcoatl
Mon Dec 05, 2016 1:52 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Calling on Matt: How was Bird Island?
Replies: 2
Views: 2422

Calling on Matt: How was Bird Island?

Matt: How was it? Please share some details.

Eric out.
by Quetzalcoatl
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...
by Quetzalcoatl
Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:18 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: Mat: How was Padre Island (at Bird Island).care to share?
Replies: 0
Views: 1693

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.
by Quetzalcoatl
Tue Nov 29, 2016 7:18 pm
Forum: LAKAWA Chat
Topic: It's all about Latitude!...(attitude?) no... Latitude
Replies: 0
Views: 1714

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...