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Thursday, August 27th, 2009

August is a time for those late summer blooming flowers on the north coast to come to life.  My  front walk looks decorative and there is a sweet flowery scent along it. The House on Sorority Row full movie Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa dvd T buy Dark Water The Last Supper film Appaloosa movie full download The Getaway [...]

Walking at Oak Openings

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Winter is the time for getting out and doing a daily walk.  The geography along the North Coast here in Ohio is flat as a pancake for the most part.     The flat terrain extends right to the shoreline of Lake Erie so we have no wind shadows from hills or cliffs to contend with.  At Maumee Bay State Park I [...]

Stick Bug

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

This is totally unrelated to windsurfing but every summer I run across one of these buggies on the garage door.  I couldn’t resist taking a picture of it this year.  My Sanyo Xacti on auto focus does a pretty darn good jobs with close ups.  This has to be the   strangest insect on the North Coast.  [...]

BSAF – NCSKG – July 18-20, 2008

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

A Firefox rip nother Black Swamp Air Force North Coast Kite Stunt games is in the history books.  I camped at the park Thursday through Saturday nites in the Lucky Dog.    Each night after dark Terry G. made a great camp fire for people to gather round.   It was hot and humid this year and lucky for [...]

4th of July on the North Coast

Friday, July 4th, 2008

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Helmet Cam – Take a Kite Buggy Ride

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

I put the Sanyo Xacti camera on a helmet and took a kite buggy ride.  Follow the ride from my view from takeoff to landing.   No loud music or narration just a bit of wind noise.  Filmed May 13 2008 at on beach parking lots at Maumee Bay State Park which is located near Oregon Ohio on the shore [...]

Remembering NABX 2008

Friday, April 25th, 2008

I  created a little video slideshow about NABX 2008 for You Tube using my new Sanyo camera and the Adobe Premier Elements software that came with it.   The video came out pretty nice for my first project.   I hope to be creating   windsurfing videos this season for the different events I attend. 

NABX 2008 – 8 days of wind !

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Mother Nature threw the best it had at NABX 2008.  I arrived on Sunday morning and left the following week late Sunday afternoon.   Temperatures in the high 70′s,  wind every day and no rain in the forecast made for a great time in the Mohave Desert.    Ivanpah Dry lake lived up to it’s reputation as being a [...]

Peter Lynn XR+ Long Style

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

I‘m happy to report besides the XR buggy I now have the XR+ kite buggy from Peter Lynn in stock including some spare parts.   Frame parts between the XR and XR+ are interchangeable however the XR+ has beefier tubes in the frame and comes with large 20mm axle bolts verses the 15mm bolts on the XR.   The old standard [...]

Kite Buggy Seat Back

Monday, January 7th, 2008

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