tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124426997314960696.post8644384633950403458..comments2024-03-25T00:33:33.371-07:00Comments on James' Blog: Cool Scuba and SUP SessionsJames Douglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15380226220764974087noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124426997314960696.post-92107277859366580552009-06-27T04:28:21.453-07:002009-06-27T04:28:21.453-07:00James,
SUPing is a great sport. It's perfect ...James,<br /><br />SUPing is a great sport. It's perfect for no-wind days on the Hudson.<br /><br />BTW, I “borrowed” a picture from your blog, giving you full credit, of course. I'm writing an editorial in defense of the lowly daggerboard and needed a good pic. Yours was the best I could find. Let me know if it's a problem.<br /><br />-Ian<br /><br />www.hudsonwindsurfer.blogspot.comIan Bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02411010411008594212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124426997314960696.post-20027146760975232852009-06-26T10:07:26.176-07:002009-06-26T10:07:26.176-07:00Dad- Well, you should give it another try on your ...Dad- Well, you should give it another try on your superlight and see what all the stink is about. All that floundering and falling would be good elder excercise and balance building. If worse comes to worse you can always cheat and sit or kneel to get back to the beach.James Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15380226220764974087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124426997314960696.post-27013739550668798052009-06-26T09:24:58.124-07:002009-06-26T09:24:58.124-07:00SUPing is getting much bigger than I would have ev...SUPing is getting much bigger than I would have ever thought. There was a huge photo and article in the Daily Olympian (Olympia, WA) on this new rage today.Johnny Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103363529913545124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124426997314960696.post-70409966177950825282009-06-25T09:35:00.617-07:002009-06-25T09:35:00.617-07:00Oh, about the shark- you are lucky to have seen on...Oh, about the shark- you are lucky to have seen one because they are really getting rare on account of overfishing. Next time see if you can get a better look and ID the species. ;)James Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15380226220764974087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124426997314960696.post-56660112369986561382009-06-25T09:32:05.542-07:002009-06-25T09:32:05.542-07:00Puffy- Well, maybe I can rig up for a lesson and t...Puffy- Well, maybe I can rig up for a lesson and then do some pre- and post-lesson freestyle practice. It wouldn't hurt to build some muscle memory for my port tack duck jibes. I recently took the footstraps off my Kona and added a longboard leash, so there's more sup waveriding in my future, too. Plus I picked up an older exocet formula board for $200, so if there's enough to plane with an 8.7 on that, that's probably what I'll be doing. Nice to have some choices...James Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15380226220764974087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124426997314960696.post-22167933475215977182009-06-24T18:59:44.069-07:002009-06-24T18:59:44.069-07:00These are good days for you to have fun with light...These are good days for you to have fun with lightwind freestyle...rig a 5.2 and get on your SUP or teaching board (am I telling you what you already know?) I truly enjoy the lightwind stuff as long as good practice water is available.<br /><br />Hey could have used you last week...saw my first shark. I'm told that in Florida you guys see them all the time...it was a new (and alarming) <a href="http://www.peconicpuffin.com/the_peconic_puffin/2009/06/windsurfing-shark-encounter.html" rel="nofollow">experience</a> for me. My buddy said afterwards that I should have paid attention to the fin morphology and so forth. I was paying attention to keeping out of the thing's mouth.PeconicPuffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15727526949787504644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124426997314960696.post-41922497610233052472009-06-16T11:49:52.487-07:002009-06-16T11:49:52.487-07:00Yeah, you're probably right. Most of the time...Yeah, you're probably right. Most of the time I was just trying not to get bounced off my feet, but I did manage to do the heel side sliding transition from one tack to another a couple times. I haven't tried that with the kite yet. I also need to get more comfortable with toe-side edging. It's been a long time since I've kited so I'm worried I'll have forgotten a lot.James Douglasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15380226220764974087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124426997314960696.post-75538367257204097682009-06-16T07:03:39.259-07:002009-06-16T07:03:39.259-07:00If you're still thinking of learning to kite, ...If you're still thinking of learning to kite, James, the time on the wakeboard will help immensely. Better yet: go to the cable park in Orlando or Fort Lauderdale (ski rixen).uglyjiberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019366693320141256noreply@blogger.com