Post by windkid on Oct 21, 2007 19:11:04 GMT -5
The Dark Side of the Hamburg Furies....
In this world you must learn how to walk away from every debacle, disaster and setback with some lesson, some insight into who you are, and how that is measured best by what you do.
Ouch.
That would make me some form of Lake Erie Laundry.
Or worse a side show for the local Ambulance Corps. (who apparently can't understand why any sane person would throw themselves between a sailboard and a wall of jagged rocks as if they were saving a child from drowning. )
Hey kids cost less than a 93 Liter JP ok?
Back to the lessons learned....
1. When the big dogs stand around the launch site discussing "The Conditions"- the puppies shouldn't go where no three digit IQ would dare...i.e. the wind dummy factor.
2. Windsurfers from Buffalo have a permit to sail with a 4.9 on a 117 Liter Board in 40 mph wind because they have a personal relationship with the devil and you should ignore them at all costs.
3. If there is a 20 knot current that is just itching to drag you into a wall of stone....think about it. Walk 50 yards upwind.
4. Small boards are an advantage in high winds unless they are smaller then an insert you put in your sneaker.
5. Getting into the staps as you hit the volatile peak of a violent white cap is not as easy as it might seem. Really.
6. Niagara Falls is not THAT far away!
7. H2O Authority Rick is either on steroids or his daddy was a Sequoia. Legs like that are not from this planet. End of story.
8. Ted, the "Jibe Architect" knows what he's talking about, he just doesn't know who he's talking to. I can jive in gale winds I just can't Jibe...ok? It's a linguistic anomaly.
WD
