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jim 12-03-2007 07:01 PM

Lame lame lame is what the wind has been. Downright depressing.

Steve-O 12-03-2007 09:39 PM

If it were 10:30am instead of 10:30pm, this front might be a different story. Just like the last one, it peaked during the night hours with not much left over. I had a good laugh with Danny on the phone....decided to come up with a new copyrighted term....no longer "cold fronts" just "cold maybes".

Hope it holds until the morning.

BigR 12-04-2007 04:22 AM

uuuuooh, this "cold maybe" seems a lill'l chillier than the rest...


:D

WindRyder 12-04-2007 08:47 AM

yeah, our sensors suck too. so we just make a 5-10 minute jaunt to a spot and check it. a couple guys were out at one spot all day lit up on their 10 and 9. i rode the 8M Era, roy was on the 10M. beautiful sunset too!!

Tom Stock 12-04-2007 11:52 AM

just switched..
 
Just switched to N, seabreeze... thinking it might work today in a couple of hours on the beaches.

Danimal8199 12-04-2007 03:04 PM

this wind sucks big time...

Can anyone on here say anything to cheer me up? I got the no wind blues.... :confused:

All i heard all summer is that when october comes how great the wind starts to pick up, I buy a shiney new 12m over a month ago and I haven't even inflated it yet.

What the french toast man?

Sean B 12-04-2007 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danimal8199 (Post 25920)
Can anyone on here say anything to cheer me up?

Falafel :cool:

Danimal8199 12-04-2007 03:36 PM

what does that mean???

Sean B 12-04-2007 04:16 PM

Falafel (Arabic: فلافل falaafil (help·info); also known in Egypt and Sudan as ta'meya, Arabic طعمية), is a fried ball or patty made from spiced fava beans and/or chickpeas.


It was just a shot in the dark, i was trying to give ya a quick laugh. Oh well, maybe next time....

Skyway Scott 12-04-2007 04:38 PM

Falafel King in Gainesville use to be great. :)

PaG was good today from about 12:30 to 2:30.
Unfortunately, I showed up at 2 and Tom a tad later :(

Two windsurfing friends were fully powered (and it was obviously windy) when I first arrived. I rigged and rode powered for about 20 minutes, then it started to die. I switched to the Glide and rode for about an hour (sight seeing upwind, basically). When I was switching boards, I got the "it was good 2 hours ago" talk. (UGGGGHHHH!!!!!)
Then it really took a dump, to sub-10 knots.
It basically sucked.

There is a reason no major kite school ever evolved in St. Pete -- there is a lack of anything close to consistent wind here support the operation.
Not enough to draw people from out to town here, anyway. St. Pete just isn't that great a place to give consistently reasonable lessons.
Unless you consider watching a student flounder around in less than 12 knots a reasonable lesson.

Imagine how huge a kiting school we would have here if it blew every day, even if just 6 months of the year.

I am sure Steve-O and other instructors can attest to how difficult it is to actually schedule a lesson around here in reasonable wind.
It's hard enough to find wind just to ride. :(


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