Madeira Beach Middle School "Curriculum Celebration"

Awesome great job guys!

[TBKA]

I met with some of the faculty and the principal yeasterday,and they are very excited to have us at their event! It is to highlight the students projects and achievements of the current school year with staff,volunteers, program directors, students, and families. If you want to check out the school, their website is http://www.mb-ms.pinellas.k12.fl.us/
They estimate 600+ people, and there will be a variety of vendors, businesses, and sponsors there, including several surf shops. As I understand it,the "vendors" will not be selling anything. We will probably not have use of the dock because a Coast Guard cutter will be docked there, but there is a small parking and beach area by the bridge for anyone who wants to check it out and stay out of the crowds.
Our wakeboarding demo is at 6:45 PM, we should be on the water from about 6:00-7:30.
I am sorry to report that Adam Bomb tore his bicep in a Wakeboarding competition this weekend, so he will not be able to ride. He is sending a friend in his place, who is also a great wakeboarder. Adam's injury sounded pretty serious,and it looks like he will be out of commission for a while, let's all wish him a speedy recovery!
Heal fast my brother!!!

Some members are also attending an event at Lake Seminole this Saturday May 10 for disabled water-skiers. I will have more info on this event Thursday night. If anyone wants to come check it out with us, give me a call.
Steve (813) 389-3683

Sorry to not provide you with more entertainment, Outsider.
This thread wasn't constructed (and then de-constructed) for your entertainment.

This thread turned into a rapid fire exchange of ideas (at least on my part) that wasn't backed with enough information to even warrant comment on my part. Given that and the nature of written material on forums (it can hang around forever), I decided to delete my posts after Steve deleted his.
I didn't do it to be nice, I did it because the last two posts deserved to be shi.t canned. There is nothing wrong with asking questions and wanting answers, which is how the thread started, but there is a point where you should draw the line on drawing conclusions.
I crossed that line and I am sorry. If I could go back in time and not have written posts that day, I would. Second best is canning it.

The reason my views and posts were not fully informed is that I have not participated in TBKA meetings or discussions. I basically therefore have no understanding of what is fully going on. Given that, I shouldn't have drawn a conclusion based on such little information. If I am truly interested and want to know, I should join the forum and discuss, like everyone else that does.
If I am not, I should just plain shut up until I have more information.
I don't have a problem grilling things I feel confident are wrong.
In those situations I usually triple check my facts and make sure that I feel I am right. In this instance I was working off of bias not facts and drawing a conclusion was wrong.

So, the posts were deleted because the last two anyway sucked and shouldn't have been made.

That's a public apology to Steve that was coming anyway. I don't really give a crap about Mr. Outsider's boredom. It did serve as a reasonable lead in, though.

Geez, Outsider must think he is cute.

Whining about guys deleting their posts and not entertaining him enough, only to delete his the second someone posts and responds to his statement.
Either way, the apology is sincere and was coming with or without some Outsider making a comment.

What I really need is more cow bell.

[TBKA]

Thanks Scott- no worries. We are all passionate about our sport and want to see it move in a positive, less commercialized direction, and I think the efforts and direction of TBKA will be realized in the near future by everyone, even the skeptics. We have some good stuff in the works that will certainly build positive relations with kiters, non kiters, schools, city officials, etc. and will benefit our local kiters and citizens on the beach and on the streets.
You guys want to see positive things happen with more needy schools? No problem. This stuff is all quite simple, but requires belief, support, cooperation, and volunteers to make it happen.
That is the 4 missing ingredients of this whole pie, always has been. Give us those 4 things and we will far exceed your expectations. I guarantee you that.
Let's try getting along and working together and see where it gets us.

[toby wilson]

The Steve's plan a great event for a great cause for our community's youth.

Sean B. attacks the validity of it and then pulls back on the reins some.

Josh shows more maturity than a good amount of the full grown adults on this message board.

Bayflite gives his short but sweet support of the charitable event.

Amber writes a novel supporting TBKA.

The forum addict duo continue with their $0.02 on EVERYTHING.

Taryn pops in with her sarcastic but effective comments.

Toby (not to mention the rest of the kiteboarding community) is sick of the drama, shut up and go ride.

-Every time I log into this forum all I see is drama, great entertainment but the negativity sure is getting old...

Awesome post Toby! Right On! Did you ride yesterday? I did, it was awesome!

[CrazyJay]

Tom, are the seabreezes good? I havent been able to get out but it seems like its hitting around 4 pm.