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Just got back! Headin' 2 Bellaire( Means good air in swahili) Hope I've got some company!! J.N.

Hoping 2 B back from a working road-trip by noon on Fri. & get in another
pole-board session at Bellaire. That'll be 3 outings in 8 days...not bad for Windasota!

At M. Winter's behest: Slingslut Saturday!!

I'd be happy to volunteer to bring any OPW's(other people's wives) to the swap. Any swapping that occurs after that is out of my hands! Which begs the question,"Is it bored housewives, or board housewives?" Ask the closest wind-surf widow! J.N. P.S. Buy my TIGA 288, my Rushwind kiteboard, ...

A buddy on our softball team used it to restore a dried glove... never caught another ball. J.N.

Green with envy(shades of Kermit) that is!! Happy 4 U that we share the same sickness. It'll add whole new levels to your "windictionitis." Do they make a pill to cure it ? I hope not!! Only wish I coulda been there to watch. Missed those beers at Louie's with you guys, not to mention your...

Glad we finally met at the kitefreeze/Calhoun event. Your ARE real!! Hope you can make it up to Mille Lacs this summer for Kiter Kindergarten with the rest of us rookies. C U there Jim N.

I made a shim out of an old trim box adapter & attached it via a long srew going into a round brass ferule fitted to the top center of the fin
If you don't want the hassle...I'm looking for just that exact size fin, and would be happy to buy it from you...call my cell at 612 619 0242. JIM

Luiz, If you look in most sailbaord catalogues in their fin section, they will usually list the range of sail sizes that match that size fin. Right now I'm running a 30 cm for 5.0 on down, a 36 cm for 5.5 and 6.5, a 38 for 7.5 & 8.5, and a 44 on 9.5 & 10.5. It also seems true that a wider bo...

Check out the Techno 2/66. Its a good transition from wide style. It has 125 ltrs. volume, is 66 cm wideX260 long. I've got the 148 ltr. version and it has to be the easiest to jibe shape I've found. You should be able to sail it down to 5.0 conditions. Noticed our local Bic retailer has last year's...

Circled the Maxi-Pond today since I had biz in Brainerd....Its not ready yet: It has thawed out to about 20 yards from shore, but the ice pac remains. I had to stop and Malmo, and if I squinted my eyes and tapped together my ruby red slippers, I could see all of us out there rippin it up in the wind...

WUZIT AWESOME ER WHUT!! LIKED THE FEEL OF ALL THE DUCK-JIBES AND SWITCHBACKS, NOT TO MENTION SCHMAKIN' D'LIP! I'M TOTALLY JAZZED...SAN CARLOS ANYONE? J.N.

Wow, its hard to believe that happened a year ago! Good shots of Laura, & Sandell. Are you going to show? Haven't heard from you in ages. Hope U R back on the water soon!! JIM N. P.S. Want to deal on your other TORO? OOPs, I guess that was 2001."Du-oH!"

ANOTHER STELLAR DAY @ RAMSEY: SUN, 5.5 TO 7.5 WIND...ALL THE USUAL SUSPECTS; EVEN A COUPLE OF KITERS SHOWING OFF. NICE AIR SHOW JUDD & MIKE!!

CHECK ABOUT 20 POSTS PREVIOUS. COME CHECK OUT MY TIGA 288. MIGHT BE A GOOD 1ST HI-WIND BOARD IF YOU'RE SMALLER. @200# I RUN FROM 5.0 TO7.5 M SAILS ON IT. C U THERE: JIM N.

Good to see you all@ the Bear! Went by at Noon and it was still more ice than not....checked back at 3:30 and found Steve E.,Wes & Scotty out planing their brains out. I rigged too small(of course) but managed a couple of planed up runs. Zimmy showed later and rocked on some unbelievably small g...

Open water by Tally's & the Boatworks over to the south tip of Manitou, back to Bellaire and east to the sandbar. Mahtomedi was still "slushed-in" while up at Ramsey it was open about 1/3 of the way to the rock pile, and slush beyond that. This is all as of Thu. @ 4:30 P.M. Called Judd...

I'm hoping we can sail d'Bear on Fri. Tried to drive by earlier, but traffic was grid-locked that way. Hope to check it out 1st hand on Thu. Crossed
fingers! CU/H20 Jim

To quote my cultural heroe, Rodney King,"Can't we all just get along?" I feel suddenly divided, or more accurately, sitting on the sidelines puzzled. I don't know what caused two friends that I admire and respect to reach this point. Don't make us choose sides! Maybe a little compromise: l...

Guess I'd prefer d' Bear if it opens by Friday P.M. Will be watching the web-cam to see if it opens. Otherwise I'll watch for you guys on St. Croix waters. Jim N.