KARMA

pdxmonkeyboy · Mon Feb 16, 09 8:14 pm **KARMA**

Thought I would share a good story for everyone and try to share the stoke a little.

So several months ago we were building the unicorn winch and Stringer (Andrew) came over to help one evening with the laborious task of drilling holes in steel stock and screw shit togther. He calls me about 4 nights later and says something to the effect "dude, is my slingshot surfboard sitting out by the road"? Now while I don't live in a particularly bad part of town, its still inner city NE Portland. So the answer is..No, there isn't a surfboard out there. "Shit man, that was by dads board!!" (I make a mental note never to loan my son any of my kite gear at that very moment).

So that pretty much freakin blows as hard as it can possibly blow. I mean, losing your own surfboard would suck hard enough, but loosing your dad's surfboard. Ouch.

Fast forward three months and I'm sitting on the couch and hear a knock on the door. "Hey, I saw that NWkite sticker on your car...do you kiteboard"? I'm thinking great, now people are knocking on my door for lessons. "Yeah, I kiteboard why"?

"Are you missing a kite board?" It took my like 2 seconds to answer.."No, but my buddy is and he sure would be stoked to have it back". "Yeah, ok, it was sitting out across the street for like two days so I asked the lady (the lady nobody talks to) if it was hers and she said go ahead and take it, its just been sitting in my yard".

I offered him reward money (since it wasn't going to come from me anyways Smile

) and he wouldn't take it. He dropped the board off this evening and I gave him a 6-pack of beer. nice to know that there are still honest people in the world.

For the record, the guy is a carpenter who does all kinds of renovation and historically correct restoration. So if you need a carpenter, it may be worth giving Derek a jingle at newolder@gmail.com.

Stringer, my son wants to borrow your board, I hope that's alright.

Mark · Mon Feb 16, 09 8:36 pm

I have a red Slingy surfboard that I will trade for a 6pack of beer!

Moto · Since 03 Sep 2006 2698 Posts Still a gojo pimp! Moto Mouth

Cool story!!

Kraemer · Since 24 Apr 2006 1736 Posts Sky Pilot Unicorn Captain

Kataku2k3 · Since 14 Aug 2005 3753 Posts Los Angeles, CA Videographer

Awesome!

Chooch · Mon Feb 16, 09 9:29 pm

Just saw that tonight at New Seasons....thought about picking it up just cuz of the name.

$ociopath · Since 28 Nov 2007 523 Posts Twilight Zone Addicted

great story couldn't have happened to a better guy! on a side note; karma please grant me a few months off this summer namely june,july and august so that i may pursue my career as beach bum/slacker kite junkie. Economy Shmonomy. 9$ for a six pack of light beer that is what f-ed us besides the fact that you are hard pressed to find anything manuf-ed in the USA today. damn i talk a gang of shit when im drunk, Exclamation

P.S. 6 pack of what? red slingy? dibs i call dibs Laughing

i mean if Kreamer doesn't want it Wink

Tony · Since 28 Aug 2006 940 Posts Portland Opinionated

I don't know Kreamer....It's gonna be fu#@ hard to replace my PBR's.....

pdxmonkeyboy · Mon Feb 16, 09 10:33 pm

I think Mark meant to say that he was going to deliver the board for a 6 pack.

$ociopath · Since 28 Nov 2007 523 Posts Twilight Zone Addicted

Sold

for one 12 pack delivered Laughing

wait; whats the catch? i know there's a catch Rolling Eyes

there's always a catch Confused

Gman · Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped

"This February, Redhook Ale Brewery will get a bit skinnier with the release of Slim Chance, its first year-round light ale. The beer, named for your chance of getting any blonde-action tonight"

So the kid left dad's board in your neigbors yard - bad kid!

Good Karma!

stringer · Since 31 Jul 2007 694 Posts Chucktown Flying Tomato

I need to start doing some good deeds...
Pretty sure I used up all of my karma on that one (maybe dipped into monkeyboy's too)
Should be easier to fill up my karma account than my bank account right now.

oh, did I mention

THANKS!!!

my hero

hopefully the Navy will help me not be such a dumbass...

wakeup · Since 11 Sep 2005 328 Posts always Obsessed

jus so you know
slim chance was a wakeboard trick long before a kite trick

lawnmower · Since 14 Dec 2007 153 Posts Stoked

Big grins this morning as that SRT is mine. Many thanks Monkey. Now if I can just get Andrew to bring it back safely. Future words of advice for your son : buy him his own well stocked toolbox and his own kite gear. No borrowing!

Mark · Tue Feb 17, 09 8:36 am

Can't quite remember who the red SRT belongs too..... It been to long..... pretty sure a six-er or two and the memory will be completely erased... Laughing

nz · Since 15 Sep 2007 47 Posts Â

I wish karma work everywhere.
I may have driven away from the event site leaving my borrowed kite+lines,plus my board and brand new harness sitting in a nice pile behind my car, but someone still took it.
I know stupid move, but my name and number was on the board and no call.
Hopefully the person that picked up the package, ignoring the fact that the gear will be missed, gets some evil karma back.
I try not to hate, but really I wish everything was actually "all good in the hood"