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Stay connected in the wind. This forum is for anyone who rides the wind, winter or summer, on whatever board suits their fancy. Share the stoke, find out where people are going, ask any question, share your discoveries, and discuss any esoteric idea you may have related to the pursuit of wind. Please keep it positive.

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PLEASE NOTE: If you registered but didn't get back a notice of activation, please contact us directly. mike@lakawa.com We get many bogus/spam registrations and we don't always do the best job filtering them.

Chat is Minnesota's online, wind passionate community.

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Keep the stoke positive. No bitching. The wind and/or life doesn't always treat us the way we like, but bitching about it to others does nothing to release that.

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