Wednesday 7/13 - Michigan Windsurfing2024-03-29T15:26:44Zhttp://miwindsurfing.com/forum/topics/wednesday-713?feed=yes&xn_auth=noTom, added your log to the 'W…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-07-15:5427722:Comment:160202011-07-15T17:02:42.244ZBrianhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/Brian
<p>Tom, added your log to the 'Windsurfing Links"</p>
<p>brian</p>
<p>Tom, added your log to the 'Windsurfing Links"</p>
<p>brian</p> I totaly agree. To quote some…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-07-15:5427722:Comment:163012011-07-15T15:25:49.567ZDon Fergusonhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DonFerguson
<p>I totaly agree. To quote someone that is quite big in the windsurfing industry, "Kiting was like a virus which cleansed all the weak windsurfers away leaving only the dedicated ones."</p>
<p>I love that! So often I hear guys saying how great they used to windsurf before they got bored and started kiting, however my recollection of their windsurfing skills were not at par with their stories about how great they were,</p>
<p>Ego's are funny sometimes, and yes, leaving windsurfing now would…</p>
<p>I totaly agree. To quote someone that is quite big in the windsurfing industry, "Kiting was like a virus which cleansed all the weak windsurfers away leaving only the dedicated ones."</p>
<p>I love that! So often I hear guys saying how great they used to windsurf before they got bored and started kiting, however my recollection of their windsurfing skills were not at par with their stories about how great they were,</p>
<p>Ego's are funny sometimes, and yes, leaving windsurfing now would leave too many things undone for me, I think I will always have new things to try or learn in it and that is what keeps me coming back.</p>
<p>I do a bit of kiting but it just hasn't cought me the way windsurfing has. I started sailing in 1985 and I am more enthusiastic about it today than ever. We will see if kiting holds their attention as long! Also I enjoy snowboard kiting as it puts in the winters for me.</p>
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<p> </p> Don, As we know windsurfing i…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-07-15:5427722:Comment:161052011-07-15T14:53:06.487ZTom Janickihttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/TomJanicki
Don, As we know windsurfing is a practice and if you try to learn new skills it keeps it interesting. That's the main reason I don't kite, there is still so much to learn in windsurfing be it lite wind tricks or big wind tricks.<br />
I like to work on learning new stuff as much as possible and by mentioning it in a log it's easy to watch the progross.<br />
As bad as this wind season has been I'm only 3 sessions behind last year.
Don, As we know windsurfing is a practice and if you try to learn new skills it keeps it interesting. That's the main reason I don't kite, there is still so much to learn in windsurfing be it lite wind tricks or big wind tricks.<br />
I like to work on learning new stuff as much as possible and by mentioning it in a log it's easy to watch the progross.<br />
As bad as this wind season has been I'm only 3 sessions behind last year. Hey Tom great to see you are…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-07-15:5427722:Comment:160192011-07-15T14:35:47.436ZDon Fergusonhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DonFerguson
Hey Tom great to see you are at it! Great idea the blog, I will likely do one for Ann and I as well. I like the way you are keeping track of the details as our memory tends to blunt things sometimes and I can only write down so much on a small calender square. You have given me some incentive with the 360's, I am still a bit sketchy on duck jibes on port tack alhough I am pretty much planning through them on the starboard side if I can get well powered, probably the reason I break so many booms…
Hey Tom great to see you are at it! Great idea the blog, I will likely do one for Ann and I as well. I like the way you are keeping track of the details as our memory tends to blunt things sometimes and I can only write down so much on a small calender square. You have given me some incentive with the 360's, I am still a bit sketchy on duck jibes on port tack alhough I am pretty much planning through them on the starboard side if I can get well powered, probably the reason I break so many booms as I usally sail really, really powered up so the turns are effortless. We would still love to come over to BL to sail with your group sometime soon, but the forecasts have been late bloomers. That is except for Wednesdays' nice to see that they can still get it right once in a while! Don,
I have the same experien…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-07-15:5427722:Comment:162042011-07-15T13:48:26.214ZTom Janickihttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/TomJanicki
<p>Don,</p>
<p>I have the same experience with Lac St Clair, We call it the evening anomaly.</p>
<p>I got out with a few others at Blue Lagoon on Wednesday sailed 5.5, 100 liter from 4:00 to 8:00pm.</p>
<p>Not bad for an after work session. Second session this week on Monday got out at Metro Beach with a WSW wind on a 6.0 100 liter.</p>
<p>I now keep an on line blog of my windsurf activities I am at 17 sessions for the season.…</p>
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<p>Don,</p>
<p>I have the same experience with Lac St Clair, We call it the evening anomaly.</p>
<p>I got out with a few others at Blue Lagoon on Wednesday sailed 5.5, 100 liter from 4:00 to 8:00pm.</p>
<p>Not bad for an after work session. Second session this week on Monday got out at Metro Beach with a WSW wind on a 6.0 100 liter.</p>
<p>I now keep an on line blog of my windsurf activities I am at 17 sessions for the season.</p>
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<p>Belle River wind graph, 7/14/11</p>
<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1495012667?profile=original"><img width="550" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1495012667?profile=original" class="align-center"/></a></p> Usually here Northerlies blow…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-07-14:5427722:Comment:160142011-07-14T14:20:37.994ZDon Fergusonhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/DonFerguson
Usually here Northerlies blow stronger in the morning, die off a bit in the afternoon (almost to nothing yesterday), and then, more often than not, come back as evening falls and the land cools off. I usually don't get to excited until I see the marker buoy on St. Clair hit around 18 mph as it will sometimes buffer out as it comes into shore. Usually once it begins to pick up it blows at least until dusk and sometimes even longer, as it was still 18 on St; Clair this mornin g when I got up. I…
Usually here Northerlies blow stronger in the morning, die off a bit in the afternoon (almost to nothing yesterday), and then, more often than not, come back as evening falls and the land cools off. I usually don't get to excited until I see the marker buoy on St. Clair hit around 18 mph as it will sometimes buffer out as it comes into shore. Usually once it begins to pick up it blows at least until dusk and sometimes even longer, as it was still 18 on St; Clair this mornin g when I got up. I was pretty much wasted by 8 last night I could have probaly gone back out again on 5.5 for the last hour if I had the energy. I thought about going after w…tag:miwindsurfing.com,2011-07-14:5427722:Comment:160112011-07-14T13:26:02.847ZBrianhttp://miwindsurfing.com/profile/Brian
<p>I thought about going after work last night, but didn't think it would last! Although I don't know if the wind showed up on this side??</p>
<p>Brian</p>
<p>I thought about going after work last night, but didn't think it would last! Although I don't know if the wind showed up on this side??</p>
<p>Brian</p>