Intelligent dialogue about SF accident

Last post
webguy's picture
webguy
Offline
Joined: 12/31/2000 - 22:01
Posts: 13785
Intelligent dialogue about SF accident

A guy got lifted on to an adjacent road in gusty 30-50 mph winds a couple of weeks ago. No update on his condition.

A good discussion about it (without dwelling on the crap in the media): http://www.bayareakiteboarding.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13862
pages 3-4 are where the better comments are.

SF is a very windy place.

Quote:
OB [Ocean Beach] regulars own 5m's,and were not talking small guys
my smallest 6m,and i have been op'd on it there & next to impossible to self land in those conditions .

vid mentioned which shows how quickly things go wrong and the need to quickly decide to punch out decisively

Stay safe out there.

0 Like
Randy's picture
Randy
Online
Joined: 05/05/2002 - 10:38
Posts: 4656
Re: Intelligent dialogue about SF accident

I thought intelligent dialogues were pretty much forbidden in any type of wind related sport. People who are intelligent don't rely on wind.

What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.

0 Like
webguy's picture
webguy
Offline
Joined: 12/31/2000 - 22:01
Posts: 13785
Re: Intelligent dialogue about SF accident

Au contraire. Intelligent people gladly use the wind for recreation.

College sailing rankings spring of 2015
http://www.sailingworld.com/sailing-world-college-rankings-may-6th-2015

Quote:

Yale [7] 281
Georgetown [5] 278
Charleston 255
Boston College [1] 247
Stanford [2] 246
Brown 218
Coast Guard 190
Old Dominion 173
St. Mary's 168
Harvard 149
Roger Wiliams 140
Bowdoin 123
Navy 116
Tufts 112
Fordham 108
SUNY Maritime 100
Dartmouth 46
Vermont 39
U. Penn 26
Boston University

"It is the clever, intelligent and resourceful among us who learn to master nature."
- source: some guy on the internet

0 Like
webguy's picture
webguy
Offline
Joined: 12/31/2000 - 22:01
Posts: 13785
Re: Intelligent dialogue about SF accident

Apologies, Randy. Realized you were talking about us (as a group).

You're right. We do bring down the average. Crazy

0 Like
Randy's picture
Randy
Online
Joined: 05/05/2002 - 10:38
Posts: 4656
Re: Intelligent dialogue about SF accident

Oh, I was just having a bad day after driving to MAP to use the wind for a theoretically useful purpose (recreation) and failing to do so because of lack of wind.......The worst part came when I asked some lady who had been swimming if there was any wind and she said "No - it's dead calm!!!" Yes 3 like that was a good thing.

What happens in a black hole stays in a black hole.

0 Like