Lake Washington Sunday 17th

Dean Rizer · Post by **Dean Rizer** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:52 am

Great session from 10AM to 6PM and beyond. Mike Winter put on a clinic, the dead man was hangin!! Any pics? Mike I was most impressed with the ones you didn't make when you went in upside down. When you crash, how are you able to keep the kite above you and stable? In those conditions I worry that if I crash I'll loop the kite. 15-20 windsurfers, 4-5 kiters, lot's of smiles.

chanrider · Post by **chanrider** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:11 pm

Hey Dean, great to hear you're back in the saddle, or as Nate Dogg might say "Ya gotch yer crunk back on!" (I have no idea what crunk means, just thought it sounded cool)

Reddy was sweet with the rollers yesterday, sounds like Washington had more wind tho... hope to see you out there soon, crunk or no crunk!

Dean Rizer · Post by **Dean Rizer** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:56 pm

Thanks Mark, the crunk got fixed, and I was back on the water in 12 days!!. Felt great. Washington was the best I have seen in a long time. SSW 20-25 occasionally into low 30s. 9 CB and Rip 38. Jerry wasn't there......did that have something to do with it?? Missed his singing.

chanrider · Post by **chanrider** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:36 pm

Woops, someone just forwarded this to me from the Urban Dictionary. Sorry, Nate, did not mean to imply you would actually use this term! I had never heard it until I read it in of all places Windsurfing mag recently. Guess I need to watch more MTV!

crunk

A cliched and overused hiphop term that has been beat to death more than "Bling-Bling" and "Shizzle". It means to get crazy and drunk. The term lost it's "cool" factor like two years ago...

Mike W · Post by **Mike W** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 8:34 pm

Dean, Washington was the place to be on Sunday. I almost went to Reddy, but was worried about the Mille Lacs effect on S winds. Washington delivered all day. Kara got some dead man pics, but I am having some trouble with my computer now. I will try to get them up.

You were looking dialed out there. Would have never guessed you were just under the knife.

Mike W · Post by **Mike W** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 7:19 am

Dean, I neglected to respond to your question about keeping the kite stable on hands-off tricks. I ditched my Cabrinha bar for a SS bar, because I wanted the stopper for just this kind of thing. As I am setting up for a dead man, I slide the stopper down so the kite stays powered up when I let go. This way the bar is right there to grab when I come back from being upside down. It might sound dangerous, but it is basically treating the bow kite like a C kite. I am always a bit nervous when I crash head first about what the kite will do, but the Crossbow is a very stable kite so I have not had any trouble.

Chad_B · Post by **Chad_B** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:02 am

My second trip out to Washington and it delivered full throttle. (I hope that term is not overused). It describes the wind conditions best on Sunday. It was the best Fathers Day gift I could have received. The family was along for sun and water time. What a great place to swim kids, waist deep and sandy for yards.

I was way overpowered on my 5.5 (smallest sail in my quiver) but it made the sailing that more intense. I was standing in the water ready to start; then a HUGE gust ripped through me and tore my rig, board and all, out of my hands and threw it about 15 feet downwind. At that point I was intimidated to sail back to the launch! Then I gritted my teeth and hung on to the boom as much as I could. The waves were challenging ripping across the water at what had to be 30 mph or more. It was a "Maui remembered" moment for me on Sunday. Truly epic and I hope we have another day like that very soon! The 96 liter JP was perfect, thanks to Dean for giving it up at the swap this year. I finally got to feel what that board can deliver. It was a perfect Fathers Day for me.

Great to see many people out on the water and hanging at the beach, kiter's and windsurfers alike. It makes the lake look alive when no one else (a.k.a recreational boaters) dare to challenge those conditions.

Dean Rizer · Post by **Dean Rizer** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 9:17 am

Mark, I put my crunk in an old bird cage a while ago. I let it out to boogie once in a while, but back in the cage it goes. It didn't need fixin.
Mike, that CB 12 really looked stable in those gusts. Were you able to use the SS bar w/o modifying the lines? Hope the pics turn out. It was a great day. What a great place to bring the family. You guys should return the favours and take your wives there on Mother's Day and your kids there on their birthdays. That's the least you could do to show your gratitude.

Chad, I was tempted to take you up on your offer to ride my old board, thanks! That's a magical feeling riding in the Washington SW swell on a powered up 4.2 day. Haven't quite reached that state of calm on my kite.
I have to apologize again to my pal " The Commissioner" Jay Corbett. I jumped and got an unexpected secondary boost which dropped me further down wind than I had expected. I wound up dropping my lines in front of Jay causing him to have to sail thru them.

No harm caused. but I know better. If looks could kill.......