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Messages - starman
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« on: September 19, 2017, 06:14:43 PM »
Thanks for that one Headmount. It may have been an optical illusion but Dave's board had an interesting nose and tail outline.
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« on: September 01, 2017, 10:06:19 AM »
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« on: September 01, 2017, 09:39:47 AM »
Probably easy to emulate. Yea, just stuff the slack down your swim shorts at the waist.
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« on: August 23, 2017, 10:21:45 AM »
Good advise cleaning those plugs on a regular basis. Not to sure this is a good idea,,, You can grease the o-ring with a little silicon grease . It's best to avoid chemicals on o-rings unless you know what they are made of. http://www.efunda.com/designstandards/oring/oring_chemical.cfm#chemAlso not sure why you would want to seal the threads with glue, there is very little pressure passing through those plugs and unless you take your board underwater over 20 feet or so no water is getting by those threads.
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« on: July 29, 2017, 11:00:01 AM »
Seems like it could have been taken from the ancient Polynesians. Used mostly to ship coconuts around the South Pacific.
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« on: July 26, 2017, 09:32:11 AM »
Great picture of Rudy. If anyone had met Rudy and his family you would understand that the words on that tee shirt were perfect. Rudy was a really great kid from a terrific family. I would never have met Rolf or his family if not for SUP. In fact Rolf is almost an invisible SUP'er in these parts as his family always came first. His 1,000 miles were being done at sunrise when I'm still in bed. He's one of the rare few that actually has a race board in town and uses it. But we did manage to get in some paddling and races in at the same time as well as some surf sessions. Losing Rudy is a tough one but I have learned recently that Rolf is rock solid emotionally and will certainly get through Rudy's loss together with his very loving family.
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« on: July 23, 2017, 02:29:16 PM »
I like the view, Mt. Hood I would guess. I hope to see the winter view of the property.
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« on: July 21, 2017, 08:47:22 AM »
Thanks for sharing that Bill. I certainly would not have called it "race pace" as JR looks totally relaxed and makes it look effortless. Although the speed reading makes me think he's not human.
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« on: July 20, 2017, 08:05:28 AM »
A waist PDF, when inflated and worn is impossible to swim with. Whoever is suggesting that I think hasn't though it though or tried. Bad suggestion.
Yugi, you do understand the difference between swim aids and safety equipment right?
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« on: July 19, 2017, 02:54:36 PM »
Add a snorkel and nose clip to that and I could swim all day.... Maybe,,,maybe not. We always assume that we just fall off the board and are forced to swim in. But what happens if you fall off or roll off the board because you are having a problem physically. Cramp, pull or tear a muscle, get knocked in the head, etc. and swimming may not be your first option. It could be just keeping your nose above water is the best you can do. They being the case I finally decided that having some buoyancy when I hit the water is not a bad idea depending on conditions and distance from shore. So I went with one of these: http://stores.wetsuit.com/buoyancy-impact-vests/ (There was quite a few posts on these things at one time) It's just enough float to allow you to deal with whatever other issues you may be having but not enough to restrict your motion. In warm water it's not a good choice as I would cook. The waist PFD is great but it's a last resort for me. But that assumes you are in a state of mind where you can find and pull the cord, then pull it over your head and strap it down. And yes leashes are important but I sure as shit don't think it's a fail safe method to keep you from drowning. It's Swim, Leash,Vest and/or PFD if you really want to avoid these drownings as much as possible.
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« on: July 14, 2017, 02:17:10 PM »
You can add MFC to the growing list of foils;
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« on: July 12, 2017, 11:26:29 AM »
Not if you paddle it everywhere. But seriously, if you plan on renting from Big Winds, no. You pick up the board you reserved at the event site, ride their shuttle to Viento, get blown down the river to the event site then return the board. Then repeat assuming you can get a board and spot on the shuttle. Pray for wind and have fun.
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« on: July 10, 2017, 08:29:44 PM »
I'm not sure the time for any run at the Gorge means a whole lot. Everyday is different, wind, water flow, height of the river and the fetch of the swell, etc., etc.. I had one magic day there last year when you couldn't help but catch rides the entire run. Prior to and after that the runs could be just a grind the whole way and nothing connected. I spoke to one of the OC1 guys at Viento the next day and he described it as riding an escalator, some days you can just stand there and others you have to walk to get to were you are going. So times there may sound nice but it's just saying you had a lucky day when the conditions all came together.
But I'm with Laszlo, I have more fun just sharing and exchanging the glides with my friends while keeping an eye on each other. When the conditions are just right there you don't want the run to end. Better to save your self for a 2nd.
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« on: July 06, 2017, 10:26:09 AM »
Neither are planing boards, but that trade off seems acceptable to me to keep paddle-surf capabilities. That is not a good trade off. You most certainly want the board to plane otherwise you will never get to experience the joy of windsurfing. Boards with too much rocker just plow and the result is a lot of load from the pull of the sail. Not fun and not a good path to getting into more advanced sailing. Anyway there seems to be a few more choices for you, Maybe the RRD V1 or the Exocet windsup along with a few others. Although it seems the windsups have shifted to inflatables for some of the manufactures.
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« on: July 06, 2017, 10:02:23 AM »
Apples and Oranges would be my uneducated guess. Like Wardog mentioned, the foil on a sailboard is just a bigger fin. When powered up on those boards you are basically transferring all that drive from the sail to the foil with your back foot. Pretty much like you would with a big racing fin. The SUP foil is getting most or all of it's drive from wave energy, there is no other external power source (other then "pumping" the board). So I would think the foil placement and design is quite a bit different. Here is the link to the HyperNut foil board: http://star-board-sup.com/2017/board/74-x-30-hyper-nut-foil-board/Then there is the Slingshot windsurfing foil board: http://www.slingshotsports.com/Dialer-145-Foil-Board#.WV5s34qQz64
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