Re: Kiter at Sherman

From: Maureen E. Gunn (mogunn@home.com-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Tue Aug 07 2001 - 09:53:21 PDT

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Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 09:53:21 -0700
Subject: Re: Kiter at Sherman
From: "Maureen E. Gunn" <mogunn@home.com-DeleteThis.com>
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Perhaps Kirk, we should request that all windsurf wannabee's wait 14 years
until they mature enough in the sport to be able to handle the "extreme
conditions" encountered at the 3rd and Coyote launches :-)

I've heard of experienced boardsailors at Coyote being frustrated at having
to run the gauntlet of downed road-kill and out of control newbee
windsurfers on the inside bent on watching their feet instead of where
they're going only to splat right in front of the unsuspecting expert sailor
without as much as a hand signal or blinker of warning. How dare those
beginning sailors...not to mention the fact that those same neophytes insist
upon dragging thru the entire launch area, top to bottom and thru the
swimming area, all while trying to learn to waterstart (a very dangerous and
tricky maneuver.) What are they thinking??? Can you imagine if we get 20 of
them at Coyote on a weekend? :-)

Having a beginning kiter plow into your back (how can he hit you from behind
when you're launching?) would be far less painful than having an out of
control boardsailor ram into you at mach 2 because he couldn't unhook or
didn't notice he was in only 4 inches of water with a 14 inch fin. That's
why you wear protection, right? ;-)

Sound the alarm..."Four incidents of major injury have occurred at Coyote
Point in the past 3 months. Two sailors suffered compund leg fractures. One
sailor suffered a spiral fracture of the ankle while the fourth had a
separated shoulder and required the assistance of the USCG to remove him
from the bay waters." This is from The San Mateo Times circa 1989...I guess
windsurfing was in its beta stage :-)

In case you missed it, all of the above was written tongue-in-cheek only to
make a point. (Notice all the smiley faces :-) ) Surfing, windsurfing,
kitesurfing and whatever is yet to come are supposed to be about fun. It's
always the new kid on the block who gets kicked around. There will be kooks
in every sport. Get over it.

Can't we all just get along?

Now, go out and have fun (safely, of course)

--
M. E. Gunn
mogunn@home.com-DeleteThis.com
http://members.home.net/mogunn/TeamCoyote/
> From: Kirk Lindstrom <KirkLindstrom@ix.netcom.com-DeleteThis.com>
> Reply-To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com
> Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 07:51:51 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>
> Subject: Re: Kiter at Sherman
> 
> 
> Perhaps we should request that all 4 month wannabe's wait 14 more years for
> the
> sport to mature and thus leave more room for windsurfers?
> :)
> 
> In all seriousness, it seems 3rd Ave has good places to launch kites but I
> have
> heard of some less experienced boardsailors at 3rd being quite frustrated by
> kiters there as the kiters crash and the beginners run over lines they don't
> see...
> 
> I almost had a beginning kiter plow into my back while I was waiting for a
> puff at Coyote to launch..  Lucky for me, the guy next to me saw him barreling
> down on us.... This clown dragged down the full beach from the ASD launch into
> the swimming area while in the "learning mode".  Can you imagine if we get 20
> kiters at Coyote on a weekend?
> 
> On the hole, the few kiters we have at Coyote seem quite considerate and it
> has
> not been a problem except for the incident I mentioned.  I hope it stays that
> way.
> 
> GREAT sailing day yesterday!
> 
> Kirk out
> 
> 
> Allen H Zimmermann wrote:
> 
>> As a 14 year windsurfer and a 4 month kitesurfer, I would tell all you
>> wannabees that kiting is one of the most difficult sports ever invented.  I
>> do not reccomeend any of you taking up this dangerous undertaking.  Please
>> wait at least 5 or 10 years till they finally figure out the safest way to
>> learn.  Your life may depend on it.----- Original Message -----
>> From: <Gr8Jibe@aol.com-DeleteThis.com>
>> To: "Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK"
>> <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>
>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 8:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: Kiter at Sherman
>> 
>>> Today's mishap was a deep gash two or three inches long near the
>>> Achilles' tendon of a kiter at 3rd Avenue, apparently from the
>>> caribiner on his leash opening up and cutting him a long way from
>>> shore.
>>> 
>>> I would love to learn the sport, but is it still in the beta testing
>>> phase as far as safety is concerned?
>>> 
>>> Bill
>>> 
>>> [HTML file part2 deleted by listprocessor]
>>> 
>>> 
> 
> --
> best regards
> Kirk Lindstrom
> Editor: "Kirk's Investing & Personal Finance" @ Suite101.com
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> 
>

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