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| Albertan's on the water! |
Today started out as usual. Dog River for Coffee and Bette's for Breakfast, followed by some shopping.
I went to Big Winds to buy a board bag for my foil bag. They had a nice "Day Bag" that they sold me for $87. We also had our obligatory visit to Sailworks to talk to the guys.
We all started to gather at the event site around noon. Mike is still in Roosevelt so was the only one missing.
Al was going out on a Foilboard! Maybe we are converting him; as he, Harold and Mike are the last hold-outs. He said he didn't have a choice. He was at Sailworks and they already had him set up with a Demo foil, and Big Air Jim's JP board. (Jim is buying a new /used North Pacific Board.) Al said he had a lot of fun, but he isn't quite ready to buy.....
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| Al - the latest Foiler |
It was another Alberta day on the water. There were a few "Non-Albertans" on the water, but not many.
Big Jim had a great day. He said he didn't get to 125km like Mike did the other day, but he is pretty sure he did 125 uphauls. He initiated several "spectacular" crashes.
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| Big Jim |
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| Big Jim - practising Freestyle, and then uphauls! |
Kent was trying to do a few 360 turns. I am not sure that he understands that to do a 360 you have to go all the way around in a circle, because the attempts that I saw only went partway around and then ended spectacularly after about the first third of the turn.
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| Kent |
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| Kent - Initiating a 360 turn! |
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| I don't think this is how it is supposed to look Kent... |
Ross had a good kiting session, and Andreas was making progress kite foiling. Sorry no photos, as they were nowhere near the camera. Kent had a great time chasing Ross around up by the White Salmon Bridge where the wind was a bit higher.
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| Ross came down early on his E-Bike to have a look. |
Cam was really making it work, completing several jibes! Cam is really happy with his new LP foil. He said that with so many watersports it is difficult to keep up with all the required equipment.
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| Multi-Sport Cam - Foiling! |
Blaine and Brad are also making jibes and looking great.
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| Blaine - mid jibe! |
I had three sessions for a total of about 26km. I was overpowered most of the day but making it work. I did make a couple of jibes holding some speed, but I am not even close to keeping the board out of the water yet.
Handre was a foiling machine. He foiled 46km and was on the water almost all day.
Big Air Jim was trying out the new (used) North Pacific board which his is thinking of buying. Based on his great day - there is not much doubt that the purchase will happen in the morning.
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| Big Air Jim on his North Pacific Board. |
Jim Mudry came out to chat but didn't go sailing today. Dale Cook came out right at the end of the day and foiled up to Swell and back in about an hour. Wow!
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| Handre, Jim and Cam - watching the action. |
We all were off the water by about 6:30. It was a beautiful day, so we sat and on the beach and had a beer before we de-rigged.
The call was 6th Street Bistro for supper. Most of the guys had the Ribs. It is a very large meal, but everyone deserved it after all the work today.
We ended the day with a few glasses of wine at Handre's condo.
Another great day! Here is a link to all of my photos from the day on my
Flickr Site
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