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FYI I rescued a capsized canoe once on Calhoun. The technique I used was: I pulled the upside down canoe across my windsurfer so the canoe was at right angles and balanced. I rolled the canoe down the windsurfer until it was upright. I stood on the windsurfer and got in the canoe. I pulled the peopl...

All I know about Groupon is that a friend did a similar coupon for his bootcamp style training business and he was swamped. Apparently, Groupon is very popular, out here at least. I am clueless about the MN scene these days. The "bad Karma" post was sarcasm, right?

It can be good, but the wind is more iffy in spring. Also, the current is strong and cold from snow melt.

Randy wrote:Even though it's embedded into an ad for one of his sponsors, I really enjoyed the interview with this icon. Thought I'd share.

http://vimeo.com/16495833

I remember a guy working for you who named his boy Robby. Was it Bill Brink?

If I still lived in a Minnesota, I would be tempted to try those sticky palm/finger wide receiver gloves. The problem I had with windsurfer gloves was they slipped and you had to grip really hard.

http://www.kgw.com/video/featured-video ... 60967.html
Rooster Rock is below Crown Point and gets monster winter easterlies.

Gizmodo article: http://gizmodo.com/#!5770476/watch-a-ki ... -landscape
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6bU43RCIVw[/youtube]

Listening to Patrick Reusse podcast and Pat talked about how he drives all the way to Litchfield for ribs. http://1500espn.com/shows/satsportstalk MP3 http://pcast.1500espn.com/SST021911-1.mp3 Makes me hungry.

Costco has a Hero 960 kit out here in OR.

Another way to do the bending technique is have two people hold the mast at each end and shake up and down. Some people pulverize the sand with a rubber hammer. The rubber hammer is useful for stuck fins, too.

If you want unique or bizarre in Seattle:
Seattle Underground Tour
Bruce and Brandon Lee grave
Jimi Hendrix grave
Experience Music Science Fiction Museum http://www.empsfm.org/
Feed Seagulls at Ivar's Acres of Clams at ferry pier

SIR RICHARD BRANSON TO CELEBRATE HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY BY KITESURFING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL http://www.thekiteboarder.com/wordpress/2010/07/sir-richard-branson-to-celebrate-his-60th-birthday-by-kitesurfing-the-english-channel/ http://www.thekiteboarder.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Sir-Richard-...

To anyone coming out here sooner:

I was following Tighe's link to the SPI trek and spotted a Jeff Young sticky. http://www.nwkite.com/forums/t-17502.html There was video of the launch site at Three Mile Canyon. I remember one day I was at that very spot and didn't go out because it was too windy for me and it was much less wind than...

You could try the Turnagain Arm of Cook Inlet near Anchorage. It is famous for having a high tide differential.

http://www.peconicpuffin.com/the_peconi ... g_in_.html

I didn't know Jeffery and that he was from Minnesota. I thought I knew all the Minnesota transplants out here. It is a sad family story. An article today in the Hood River News says the river was very very intense out east on the day it happened. http://www.hoodrivernews.com/News%20stories/2010/MAY_...

Why not just call it a "warning" instead of a "ban". From a distance it seems kind of weird to ban something so it won't be banned. To me, a ban sounds too confrontational for you laid back kiters.

I saw this on the news while at the gym: Hood River windsurfer Jeffrey Young found dead next to Columbia River Three Mile Canyon is a very wide spot in the river way east of Hood River that has amazing rolling swells when it is on, but you often sail far from shore and far from other surfers because...

My trainer friend that I showed this thread has taken suspension training to a new level(so to speak)
http://www.bootcampresults.com/