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| - | Be sure to check out the new pictures, and visit[[http://www.bellinghamkiteboarding.com/50mph/index.html|http://www.bellinghamkiteboarding.com/50mph/index.html]] to see kite surfer Andy Holmes' collection of delta pix taken sometime early on December 11th. | + | Be sure to check out the new pictures, and visit (//no longer valid address//) to see kite surfer Andy Holmes' collection of delta pix taken sometime early on December 11th. |
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| Geezussss….I leave town for one week and I miss out on all the action. There is now a new speed record for B'ham bay (17 mph) but does it count if you were ferried back to shore by the CG? As for turning in the high winds with a Huki, my experience was that it was difficult even with Jude's biggest rudder but I did manage to do it by speeding down a wave and pulling a sharp U-turn while in the troff in front of you. However, that only worked in 6 foot waves. We didn't have any news on our television in a remote part of Mexico so my first inkling that something happened was a message left on my cell phone (at home) from the Whatcom County Sherriff's office wanting to know how I was involved. Shouldn't they be calling Mike G. when it comes to headliners? I did manage to get in some surfing with a Perception Aloha 8.5 while I was down there. We had several days of high winds and rain and I manage to con the hotel into letting me use one. The Aloha is a plastic sit-on-top and is 8.5 feet long, with a wide tail and no rudder. Once you got on a wave, the only way that you could steer this thing was to paddle faster than the wave itself. The only paddle was a 5 lb. Hobie brand with a fixed right hand feather (I use left hand). As the wave would pick me up, I would accelerate at a high speed until the steepness of the wave would drive the nose of the Aloha down into the reef and the stern would pass over my head like a rainbow. The locals loved it. I would then stand up with sand filling my nose and ears with a Sea Urchin stuck to my forehead and the crowd would cheer. I was the king of Pitchpoling. However, after that first day, each time the hotel staff would see me coming down the beach, they would hide the Alohas and raise up a red flag to signal unsafe waters. It's good to be home……\\ | Geezussss….I leave town for one week and I miss out on all the action. There is now a new speed record for B'ham bay (17 mph) but does it count if you were ferried back to shore by the CG? As for turning in the high winds with a Huki, my experience was that it was difficult even with Jude's biggest rudder but I did manage to do it by speeding down a wave and pulling a sharp U-turn while in the troff in front of you. However, that only worked in 6 foot waves. We didn't have any news on our television in a remote part of Mexico so my first inkling that something happened was a message left on my cell phone (at home) from the Whatcom County Sherriff's office wanting to know how I was involved. Shouldn't they be calling Mike G. when it comes to headliners? I did manage to get in some surfing with a Perception Aloha 8.5 while I was down there. We had several days of high winds and rain and I manage to con the hotel into letting me use one. The Aloha is a plastic sit-on-top and is 8.5 feet long, with a wide tail and no rudder. Once you got on a wave, the only way that you could steer this thing was to paddle faster than the wave itself. The only paddle was a 5 lb. Hobie brand with a fixed right hand feather (I use left hand). As the wave would pick me up, I would accelerate at a high speed until the steepness of the wave would drive the nose of the Aloha down into the reef and the stern would pass over my head like a rainbow. The locals loved it. I would then stand up with sand filling my nose and ears with a Sea Urchin stuck to my forehead and the crowd would cheer. I was the king of Pitchpoling. However, after that first day, each time the hotel staff would see me coming down the beach, they would hide the Alohas and raise up a red flag to signal unsafe waters. It's good to be home……\\ | ||
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