Well, yesterday was a fitting conclusion to the '06 lesson season. Great wind, often in the 10 to 15 range -- just as forecasted -- hot and sunny. Typical group -- all 4 from Atlanta area. Very stoked. What a wonderful lesson season it has been this year! It just seemed everyone was so positive. Not surprising, since 3/4ths of the students drive 2 to 3 hours to get here for a 6 hour lesson at $95/person. These people want to learn windsurfing! I had 30 total students in my formal lessons this year, which may not sound like a lot, but it is. Considering all that's going on in the summer on weekends (including LTW clinics in two places), herding folks into a minimum group of 3, not more than 5, on the available weekend dates -- that's about all one can do. And, one really can't. A prodigious THANKS to Chris Campbell, a.k.a., nitrojiber for his voluntary assistance at many of those lesson days.
A highlight was Georgia Public TV 's "Outdoor Georgia" coming with a camera crew to film my lessons for a segment on windsurfing in the special to air next Spring, "The Great Lakes of Georgia". The producer insists they are coming back to film the exciting action on a high-wind post-coldfront day this fall or winter.
You may be intrested in where the students came from:

17 from Atlanta area
4 from Charleston
3 from Columbia, SC
2 from Aiken, SC
1 from Charlotte
1 from Perry, GA
only 2 from Augusta. ("If you can't shoot it and eat it, or put gas in it, we ain't interested" -- that's the motto in Augusta.)

3 have bought all the gear already. A couple more came for followup sessions on other lesson days. I know a couple or more have rented gear from that other windsurfing shop in Atlanta. So, slowly we grow and increase the stoke.