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chanson
Since 31 Jan 2006
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WISCONSIN
Chimey
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 Tue Jun 19, 07 7:25 am Home sweet Home?? |
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Just got back from 8 days in Lake Geneva, WI for a high school buddies wedding and figured I'd bring the gear....
-so out of 8 days and 2 attempts at a boat launch, I got one super light-wind downwinder......and a super-punchy over-powered session yesterday before we left.
here are some pics and more coming...
I was kinda surprised at how nice the boat launch worked.....but the landing was a different story. 
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| guess the Water Safety Patrol didn't mind. |
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| Damn...look at those "lake cottages" |
jake LG....JPG |
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
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Los Angeles, CA
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| Tue Jun 19, 07 8:45 am |
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| Good stuff, Jake. How warm is the water there, and how's the wrist doing?
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Onad
Since 04 Mar 2005
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Coast<<PDX>>Gorge
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| Tue Jun 19, 07 8:48 am |
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| Nice! Any other kiters there? Was this a pioneering session for the lake? Do you know if you were the first to kite it?
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chanson
Since 31 Jan 2006
1873 Posts
WISCONSIN
Chimey
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| Tue Jun 19, 07 8:55 am |
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| Quote: | | Good stuff, Jake. How warm is the water there, and how's the wrist doing? |
DUde, water is money!! no suit needed at all.....but went swimming In Lake Michigan on a no-wind day and damn!! that's still super-cold.
Man,, the wrist is a major set-back....nothing unhooked and minor other fun stuff(loops, big air, etc.) 
-but, as of now I do need surgery again....I have what is called a "non-union", basically my bone never healed from last year and there is a significant gap in the bone, being held together by the screw.....so,, I am trying an alternative route....acupuncture, tons of bone-stimulating vitamins, and supplements until Aug 1st...then an x-ray to see if the "gap" is getting smaller and if so I will continue the methods untill no gap.
hope this works, cuz, if I go back and do surgery again, there is no garuantee that I will have my range and motion like I do now.
-So, if any of u's know any methods or vitamins to stimulate bone-growth.....hook me up! 
but, looks like you NW riders got some goods while I was gone!
| Quote: | | Nice! Any other kiters there? Was this a pioneering session for the lake? Do you know if you were the first to kite it? |
I wish....no, no other kiters out there last week...but when I learned, I used to do downwinders with these two older dudes that were windsurfers turned kiters.... During the fall (when it actually blows) there will be 2 guys out there...max... They are the Hurn or Hern brothers and go the the gorge once and year to windsurf, anyone know them??
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EdG
Since 19 Dec 2005
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| Tue Jun 19, 07 10:10 am Acupuncture WORKS! |
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| chanson wrote: | | ....so,, I am trying an alternative route....acupuncture, tons of bone-stimulating vitamins, and supplements until Aug 1st...then an x-ray to see if the "gap" is getting smaller and if so I will continue the methods untill no gap. |
I started acupuncture after 5 weeks of non-movement of my wrist and fingers. During the last treatment when they 'plugged me in' I was able to move my wrist. next appointment Wendsday.
Acupuncture WORKS!
Good luck with your healing.
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chanson
Since 31 Jan 2006
1873 Posts
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Chimey
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| Tue Jun 19, 07 10:24 am |
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| Quote: | I started acupuncture after 5 weeks of non-movement of my wrist and fingers. During the last treatment when they 'plugged me in' I was able to move my wrist. next appointment Wendsday.
Acupuncture WORKS!
Good luck with your healing. |
Thanks man...Anyone have any referals? Carl, I am still calling your girl, just looking for someone closer to NE-PDX, or Mall 205.
-jake
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Jax
Since 04 Jun 2007
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Portland, OR
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| Wed Jun 20, 07 9:43 pm more pics.. |
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Here are the rest of the pics from Lake Geneva, WI with jake.
-still trying to figure the whole boat-launch thing out!
-these were from the first light-wind day..Jake was on a wakesurfer/12m killin it
-Blake on the wakesurfer when the wind died
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tch
Since 08 Aug 2005
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| Thu Jun 21, 07 9:09 am Oregon College of Oriental Medicine |
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| chanson wrote: | | Quote: | I started acupuncture after 5 weeks of non-movement of my wrist and fingers. During the last treatment when they 'plugged me in' I was able to move my wrist. next appointment Wendsday.
Acupuncture WORKS!
Good luck with your healing. |
Thanks man...Anyone have any referals? Carl, I am still calling your girl, just looking for someone closer to NE-PDX, or Mall 205.
-jake |
There is one of the most esteemed acupuncture colleges in the US right behind Mall 205. The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
There are a bunch of highly trained doctors (the US recognizes their education and now offer a doctorate program) in their clinic and prices are very reasonable.
I don't have any specific practitioner recommendations - but tell them what you are looking for and they'll hook you up. Good Luck
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chanson
Since 31 Jan 2006
1873 Posts
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Chimey
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| Thu Jun 21, 07 9:33 am |
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Hey thanks man..
I'll look em' up!!!
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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
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Portland
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| Thu Jun 21, 07 12:05 pm |
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Cool pix! 
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barfly
Since 31 Mar 2005
1210 Posts
Seaside
BRACKISH
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| Thu Jun 21, 07 12:20 pm |
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| Nice to break in WI! Love the O-Regan shorts and NW tan Blake. Represent!
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chanson
Since 31 Jan 2006
1873 Posts
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Chimey
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| Thu Jun 21, 07 12:21 pm |
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Gman, that's some strapless lightwind riding for you
12m waroo, and strapless wake-skim-surfer-thing....with only 6-8knots
-I almost thought I was Gman. 
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Tony
Since 28 Aug 2006
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Portland
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| Thu Jun 21, 07 12:56 pm |
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| chanson wrote: | Gman, that's some strapless lightwind riding for you
12m waroo, and strapless wake-skim-surfer-thing....with only 6-8knots
-I almost thought I was Gman. |
2 things amigos....
1st thing.....
Blake/Jake....Cool pix...Maybe it's the light but the water looks cleaner than the columbia...Wind looked pretty light....
Hey, where's all the sandy beaches you were talking about...All I see is trees - lots of trees...
2nd thing...There is only "1" Gman.....
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airtime
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| Tue Jun 26, 07 8:40 am |
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Surely you meant "younger dudes".
Cuz the only "Hirn" brothers I know that kite and windsurf in Wisconsin are "younger dudes".
This one of them?
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
4329 Posts
Hood River
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| Tue Jun 26, 07 8:47 am |
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| That picture of wake slashing at the wake looks awesome!!! I wanna do that behind some of those large boats in the marina!
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chanson
Since 31 Jan 2006
1873 Posts
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Chimey
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| Tue Jun 26, 07 8:47 am |
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The Hirn's I know live on the East end of LG, like to drink at Chucks, know the Goes bro's, and Tommy and Steele, and sail LG in the Fall when it's nukin' , and I have been kiting with them at Lake Andrea once or twice when I was learning.
-and yes, I think that's one of them ragin' the pole-board.
Are you a Hirn?
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