registered
Since 12 Jul 2005
1319 Posts
tsunami
Sandbagger
Thu May 16, 13 5:52 am
i wish he would have stayed a windsurfer..
Wind Slither
Since 04 Mar 2005
2622 Posts
The 503
METAL
Thu May 16, 13 6:06 am
It's not our southern boarder we should be worrying about!
chrissmack
Since 08 Jun 2005
526 Posts
portland
Addicted
Thu May 16, 13 6:48 am
you guys have some catching up to do;
the guy telling the story on iwindsurf has 11,000 (!!!) posts.
get typing boys....
wytcap
Since 10 Mar 2005
203 Posts
NW oregon
Stoked
Thu May 16, 13 7:43 am
sounds like a guy that should stay north of the border!
I do not get the us vs them audited, very childish.
Windsurfing came first and is not going anywhere.
In fact I am pulling out y old gear this year and getting it wet
DrewB
Since 16 Aug 2006
384 Posts
PDX
Obsessed
Thu May 16, 13 9:46 am
I skimmed the thread...there is not much comic relief from the contributors.
My favorite part was when they suggested that the kiter was perhaps stressed out due to something like "pot smoking withdraw".
It brought back some memories.
I skimmed the thread...there is not much comic relief from the contributors.
My favorite part was when they suggested that the kiter was perhaps stressed out due to something like "pot smoking withdraw".
It brought back some memories.
thats funny. i remember finding one of those smoking lighters guns like that that blow the smoke in your mouth in my uncles garage when I was 14. Ummm, ya know, it was a fun day, and i didn't have to repeat the 8th grade.
That thread is pretty up tight. I wouldn't go and think too many people are like that, but some are. So............
Sella
Since 21 Apr 2007
1794 Posts
Doin' The Dalles
FLY'IN HIGH PIE GUY
Thu May 16, 13 11:05 am
He drives an old blue-green Dodge Caravan with a crudely-finished hand-crafted fiberglass aerodynamic topper box about 15" high for his gear.
Well the van description narrows it down to about 30 guys I know.
Hopefully he loads his gun with some tasty BC Bud and takes a long deep pull to help him chillax because no river "right of way" bullshit should require law enforcement involvement.
westender
Since 09 Aug 2008
41 Posts
Portland/Stevenson
Thu May 16, 13 2:07 pm
I'll delete this thread tonight. People wondered if the Kite community was aware of the person in question. It was not indented, nor do I think anyone took this, as any sort of anti kiter thing.
Thanks for your indulgence.
BeerKite
Since 29 Mar 2011
471 Posts
Obsessed
Thu May 16, 13 4:58 pm
I would have probably had a little more sympathy for the windsurfer in question had I not been run down and nearly hit by a windsurfer last year at the Hatch. I think this probably comes down to a he said, he said argument. The guy wasn't arrested so I'm sure the cop wouldn't let a knife wielding maniac on the loose just because someone didn't want to press charges. Stuff like this is unfortunate but incredibly goofy. I don't get it. I used to windsurf and I've had kiters and windsurfers cut me off and try to out "upwind" me. Never pulled a knife or intentionally ran anyone down. Let's all simmer down and take some advice from officer Stedenko.
TWIN-FIN
Since 24 May 2006
805 Posts
Portland, OR
Hot Monkey
Thu May 16, 13 7:12 pm
Just a heads up:
The US is Canada's Mexico.
Maybe thats why we have so many pissed of Windsurfers. They just dont get it.
westender
Since 09 Aug 2008
41 Posts
Portland/Stevenson
Thu May 16, 13 8:39 pm
Guess it'll have to go away on it's own?
registered
Since 12 Jul 2005
1319 Posts
tsunami
Sandbagger
Fri May 17, 13 7:00 am
Sorry we went to joker mode as usual....
I guess first off don't cut people off. Just because you dont have the tangle danger directly connected to you while pole dancing does not mean you need to get close and tempt fate or in this case tempers.
When a windsurfer goes kiter and still is going postal beware..
Thanks for sharing the beta . Hopefully this will help self police the situation a bit.
Its a big world and we are bound to run into a nut job once and a while.
What would the windsurfer crew suggest we do.. We could get a congressional hearing about it but thats a joke too....
And fyi no anti poleboarder sentiment here less kiters the better for us to.
Take some responsibility .........bitch slap the guy and be prepared to defend yourself ..
Or not and reach out to the forum of peeps...
Good luck and better days.
Procktor
Since 11 Apr 2013
46 Posts
Hood River
Fri May 17, 13 8:46 am
The guy is having a weed withdrawal? Sounds like someone who learned everything they know about herb from watching hannity. Yep all that beasters he puffed in Canada fucked up his head, now he comes to the gorge, gets run down by some windsurf gang and pissed. _________________ ''If Al Qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. We're going to say, look, every other place in America is off limits to you, except San Francisco. You want to blow up the Coit Tower? Go ahead.'''
Inept_Fun
Since 14 Apr 2005
1417 Posts
Hood River
XTreme Poster
Fri May 17, 13 10:18 am
4 pages about some kook dude on vacation who doesn't know how to kiteboard, and gets riled up when some less than nice windsurfers call the cops on him. Im failing to see what the big deal here is. Oh yeah, its a windsurfing forum... _________________ I heart dangling
bulae99
Since 12 Jul 2006
1691 Posts
I give out bad advice.
Fri May 17, 13 3:02 pmThe Great White North : How to Get a Mouse in a Beerbtl
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