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Well it's been sometime since my last update....going on 2 months now! Our life has been so busy with travel to Germany, family from England visiting, then just recently good friends from Germany spending some time with us, I've rarely...
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Posted: July 4th, 2008, 2:45am CEST by Brad
Start of one of Sunday's races (picture courtesy of Chris Marchand) Lisa Kremer coming into the first jibe buoy Sunday morning skippers meeting Kids race participants with their medals! All the first place winners! I love this picture from my...
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Posted: June 21st, 2008, 4:24pm CEST by Brad
Formula Class winners L-R: Allison Shreeve (3rd), Fernando Martinez (1st), Ron Kern (2nd) A-Fleet Open Class winners L-R: Jeff Adamski (3rd), Andy Gratton (2nd), Arden Andersen (1st), Ian House (5th), Woody (4th) RSX/Hybrid winners L-R: Lisa Kremer (3rd), Richard White...
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Posted: May 21st, 2008, 4:53am CEST by Brad
Josh rippin' on the JP/7.5 Paul, Woodette, Josh and I made the fun trip to see our friends and compete at The Dam Jam! It started with packing the trailer full of windsurf gear (lots of gear!), then making the...
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Posted: May 13th, 2008, 3:03am CEST by Brad
Myself and "Rum Doug" preparing the boat for launch Slip slidin' away! We were the only boat in the harbour this day Getting ready for the big speech It was a real pleasure to be speaking in front of so...
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Posted: April 27th, 2008, 3:45pm CEST by Brad
Master Chef Woody grillin' up some meat! We woke up to this on Saturday morning! Look at my awesome shovelling form! Just two days ago, we were in the middle of redoing the deck to compliment our new BBQ which...
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Posted: April 13th, 2008, 4:24pm CEST by Brad
Strategy session before hitting the lake Strat and Brenna having fun Woodette with her 6m Flysurfer '2Cool' enjoying the blue sky Guin showin' some style Dr. Evil jumping to the frickin' moon Tommy from Shaw TV doing a story about...
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Posted: April 6th, 2008, 4:46pm CEST by Brad
I know it's been a long time since my last post, but I've been desperately trying to find some 1987 vintage shorts (like the ones in the photo above) for my upcoming windsurfing season. NOT!! OMG can you believe...
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Posted: March 4th, 2008, 2:24am CET by Brad
Rigging for Woodette...even in the winter! Some of the kiters for a group photo. Look at the shine off my goggles! Marg and I before the race The Champ in her playground Paul coming down after a 20' jump! haha...
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Woodette & fellow Team World member Jeff "Footloose" Adamksi Kiters heading out for 20+ miles of thigh burning pain! Hey, we're off this weekend to Garrison, MN for the 4th Annual Mille Lacs Kite Crossing. The weather is shaping up...
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Call it the winter blahs I guess, but I sure wish I was windsurfing somewhere right now! Windsurfing would mean we would be on water, NOT ice & snow and the temperature would be a whole lot better than...
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Posted: January 28th, 2008, 12:56am CET by Brad
Knowing there was a warm fire burning in the ice shack, we decided to walk down to the lake and just hang out for a bit. The wind picked up, so we rigged our kites and headed out into...
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Posted: January 20th, 2008, 4:59pm CET by Brad
*Woody competing at the Canadian Championship's in 2004* Well, as was announced last week to Dryden's Centennial Committee and the media blitz that followed, Northwest Ontario Windsurfing (NOW) is super stoked to let you know that Dryden, Ontario will...
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Our cheerleading section! Both teams post game photo For the past 5yrs now we've been gathering at our good friends Barb and Rick's place challenging the kids to a hockey game on Link's rink on the lake. The annual 'Parents...
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Well this Christmas season has been extremely busy with work, family and everything else I seem to find myself getting into to use up my spare time. I'm making a New Years resolution (haha) to try and not be so...
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Posted: December 4th, 2007, 7:26pm CET by Brad
After shoveling 4' snow drifts around the FJ. Driving back to Dryden in a snow storm. Not fun! It's that time of year when we just can't seem to do much in the area of 'windsports'. Our lakes have frozen...
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Windsurfing in Canada late into November requires some serious planning in order to minimize your risk to the elements. I've outlined some safety procedures I hope you all benefit from. Rig your gear (with warm clothes on), then place beer...
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Guess who is R I G G I N G ! Strat on the liquid mercury... Surfy rippin' on her JP180/6.2m Strat and I blasting on the flat water! Ooooooo, jibing in the butter flat water! We've been blessed with...
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Doing what I do best...rigging, rigging, rigging! Paul with his wolf 'block heater' hat that he wore sailing all day! Strat warming up his feet in Paul's 'hot water' cooler! Waiting for the wind at the Dryden Yacht Club. Woody...
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Posted: October 29th, 2007, 1:41am CET by Brad
- Air Temperature: 4C - Water Temperature: 3C - Wind Speed: 15-22 knots - Windsurfing: Priceless!! Woodette and I decided today to go windsurfing from the Dryden Yacht Club today. We still had all of our gear in The Blue...
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Posted: October 22nd, 2007, 12:13am CEST by Brad
So many times throughout the year windsurfing, we are full-on crashing through the waves, racing overpowered so you can be 'just a bit faster' than your competitor, or not going out because it's not windy enough.... Here we are...
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Posted: October 2nd, 2007, 3:19am CEST by Brad
Our big blue surfmobile "The Blue Moose". Always a fun ride! Starting on port (GER 17) with 2nd place 'Professor' Rob Evans Full-throttle windsurfing with the kiters Pooped after racing Strat and I chatting after the race The "Tonka Boys"...
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A-Fleet start at the Windpower Champs My mast before/during/after race 1 Busy racing at the jibe marks Ulf 'The Crazy Swede' leading a pack through a jibe mark Can you spot the four Woody's on the water? What a terrific...
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Ha ha, it took her three tries to blow out 4 candles! So, how may boyfriends do you have!?? The horns above her head say it all :) Today is Schwaby's birthday! You'd never guess her age by looking at...
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Future surfer dude! A well attended "Sunday at Sandy Beach" NOW last club outing of the season NOW club member Bruce Houston giving some instruction Strat paddling out to rescue Jeremy in the zodiac after he stopped the motor too...
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Posted: August 27th, 2007, 6:38pm CEST by Brad
Josh with great form closing the gap! Josh jibing!? Who would have thought!! Guin on a JP180 with a 5.5m sail Josh chop hopping?! WTF!!? Josh hangin' loose... This past 'Sunday at Sandy Beach' was extra special in that our...
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Posted: August 13th, 2007, 3:39pm CEST by Brad
This is our new sailboat! She's a Tanzer 22 that has been in the Dryden Yacht Club for a number of years now and is happy to be back on the water with crew aboard. This boat has a...
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Posted: August 11th, 2007, 12:11am CEST by Brad
Here's a couple of short video clips that Bruce Houston from our windsurfing club took last Sunday when we had our N.O.W. "Sunday's at Sandy Beach" program going on. The wind was around 12 gusting to 20 knots at...
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Posted: August 3rd, 2007, 5:48am CEST by Brad
Ready to go with my helmet cam... We've been having awesome winds here the past few days with today reaching 30+ knots in the gusts! Crazy stuff! Strat and I ventured out on Wabigoon Lake that was 'alive' with...
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Posted: July 31st, 2007, 4:58am CEST by Brad
The CN tower at night is amazing with the led lights now Guin, Steph, Cary and Josh ready to go on the Drop Zone. I almost died on that ride!!!! Jeremy mid back flip on a bungy trampoline. He...
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Posted: July 10th, 2007, 5:15am CEST by Brad
Dryland instruction before we hit the water Just a great mix of people this day! Smiles Smiles And more Smiles Our local windsurfing club N.O.W. (Northwest Ontario Windsurfing) had a great outing last Sunday at Sandy Beach. We taught...
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Posted: July 4th, 2007, 2:03am CEST by Brad
What a wonderful weekend of camaraderie on and off the water at our annual Moose Regatta, which may now become better known as the 'Moosette Regatta' after 3 of the 4 classes were won by woman! With 25 on the...
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Posted: June 16th, 2007, 4:52pm CEST by Brad
Smiles all around! Strat mid jibe on his Go 165/7.5m sail combo Josh just taking off from the beach on a 5.5m/JP 180. Woodette and Surfy out in the lumpy conditions! Strat fully wound on the Mistral Radar/ 7.5m...
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Posted: June 6th, 2007, 4:20am CEST by Brad
The View from Sandy Beach Park Giving some rigging tips That's Steph, myself, Jeremy & Josh on the water together for the first time! All packed up Last Sunday we had our first N.O.W. Club session of the season....
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Posted: June 4th, 2007, 5:49am CEST by Brad
Well wouldn't you know what I found while downloading the pics off our camera...look at Strat with his homemade windsurf board transporter. Not only does it transport boards, it looks like he has his buggy made to do sails...
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Posted: May 27th, 2007, 9:53pm CEST by Brad
I've updated my Photo Gallery with 2 new albums located on page 2 of my gallery. One album is from the "Moose Regatta 2006" and the other is from the "Saylorville Dam Jam". Cheers...
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Posted: May 25th, 2007, 3:22am CEST by Brad
Josh giving a thumbs up! Our oldest son Josh just returned from a week in Toronto after completing his course to become a certified windsurf instructor! He had a full program spending time with Guin, Allen and Cary when...
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Posted: May 15th, 2007, 4:31am CEST by Brad
Ridin' in style in The Blue Moose 3rd place goes to "Superfreak Paul" Mmmmm Pizza! Jeff Adamski from Minnesota Paul and Margot crossing tacks Woodette haulin' butt! 2006 US Windsurfer of the year, Kevin Gratton who was also Race...
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Posted: April 21st, 2007, 2:23pm CEST by Brad
Rigging up behind the house. Rick from Maui sails stopped by to let us demo a whole bunch of stuff. Margot water starting! YEAH!! Me fully wound on a 4.8 Maui Sail. Way too much fun! Video analysys every...
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Posted: April 20th, 2007, 1:04am CEST by Brad
Me ripping on a 6.2 and Kevin's old Mistral Vision (I use to own this exact board!) Margot ripping on a 5.0 and a Prodigy! Nuts!! That's John Darling ripping past Marg out in front of our place! Woodette...
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Posted: April 19th, 2007, 2:00am CEST by Brad
Woodette cruisin' around on a 4.2 and a Naish board. Wiped out jibing around the bouy. It was cold this morning! Jack the bartender Margot the master chef. Look at that yummy salmon! Loading up the plate. Got my...
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Posted: April 18th, 2007, 12:25am CEST by Brad
Getting ready to go out this morning. See my new blue helmet! Margot practicing her water start technique on the dock. The bases are screwed to the deck. Margot heading out to the island. She practiced her water starts...
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Posted: April 17th, 2007, 1:09am CEST by Brad
"Team Matousek" Water level is up 3' due to the onshore winds Driving through the flooded streets The boys enjoying a hot tub in our house overlooking the Pamlico Bay Some guy blasting off a ramp in the 70-80km/hr...
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Posted: April 15th, 2007, 10:24pm CEST by Brad
At the Norfolk airport bar hooking up with Uffe the Swede Checkin' out Ride Hatteras windsurfing shop Uffe handling a 50-80km/hr session on a 4.2m/100l board Paul chose this 95l Goya freestyle/wave board and a 4.0m sail OMG WE...
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Posted: April 13th, 2007, 5:36am CEST by Brad
This is a cool little video of the conditions we'll be seeing in Avon, North Carolina this coming week. Woodette and I decide to treat each other to a 20th anniversary present with a week long windsurfing vacation. The...
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Posted: March 23rd, 2007, 12:35am CET by Brad
Woody with his new Woody! The wood is oh so smooth! Today our friend Paul delivered my brand new 2007 Mistral Screamer Woody!! It's always a thrill to open up something new, but this was special. Woodette ordered this...
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Posted: March 15th, 2007, 3:21am CET by Brad
Roland "The Ironman" Rioux winning as usual Paul just edging Roland at the finish line of a race Me after a long day kiting The three amigos Start of the kiter cross race where I'm in 3rd place...not for...
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Wer'e back after another funfilled adventurous weekend at The Mille Lacs Kite Crossing. The crossing this year was 38km long. Paul and I opted to do the short course due to the fact we wanted to get home at...
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Well here we are in Garrison, MN in the good ol' USA attending the Mille Lacs Kite Crossing. The conditions today as you can see from the pictures were BIG! Gusts to 50+km/hr with snow making for white out...
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We were down on the lake teaching 2 new guys to snowkiting on the weekend. Although they only flew a 3m trainer kite for about an hour each, they both want to return for more and are asking where...
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Posted: February 9th, 2007, 6:22am CET by Brad
I'll bet this guy wished he had a Neil Pryde V8 for some quick planing power!!...
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Posted: January 26th, 2007, 3:35am CET by Brad
Too good not to post! Enjoy!!...
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Posted: January 7th, 2007, 4:33pm CET by Brad
What a gorgeous kitchen! View from kitchen to living area Kids up on the 2nd floor Look at the view of the lake from the 2nd floor! Paul's house from the lake Paul giving some lessons on using a...
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Posted: January 3rd, 2007, 5:57pm CET by Brad
Every once in a while you have a sign.... After work today, I hurried myself out on the lake to go Kite Skiing. As I was setting my kite up on the lake I noticed the full moon rising...
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Posted: January 1st, 2007, 8:21pm CET by Brad
Margot, Mom and Guin The bonfire and its glow Guin and Allen by the fire Big Al: The Grand Marshall of the fireworks! The moment they told me of their engagemant! Another year is upon us, and what not...
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Time to go work off that 'holiday gut'! Team Kids - rebels, pure rebels! Team Adults - gotta love the jersey's! Scramble in front of the Adults net! The ice master himself, Link! What a great way to finish...
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We've had a wonderful evening.... It all started with a very tastey supper served by the hands of our 'Master Chef' Schwaby. We then moved to the living room for our traditional opening of presents from the Deutchies, followed...
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Watch out I have a power saw in my hands!! Look at the nice little trail in the bush Me and Frau Woodette Cutting down our Christmas Tree And with a little push...T I M B E R !...
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It's the time of the year when we just can't seem to get out and do much of anything. The water is too hard now for windsurfing, the ice is not quite thick enough for kiting on the lakes...
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Today, Wabigoon Lake is frozen over completely eliminating the possibilty of another ride on our windsurfing gear. Woodette and Strat were out windsurfing for the 'very last time' this past Tuesday as seen in the video above. When the...
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Posted: November 5th, 2006, 9:04pm CET by Brad
We're getting use to rigging in the snow now!! Look at the sails laying on the ice!! This picture says it all.....major shrinkage!! Well, when you have to walk through 50' of ice to get to the water line...
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Posted: October 29th, 2006, 3:29pm CET by Brad
You can barely see me through the snow flakes!! Woodette on the move!! When it's late October, the air temperature is hovering around zero degrees celcius, winds gusting at times in the 40km/hr range, visibility really crappy due to...
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Posted: October 20th, 2006, 12:19pm CEST by Brad
Belinda Jensen of NBC "You'll never be the same" This is so funny! When we were attending the Mille Lacs Crossing at the end of September of this year, Woodette and I were interviewed by the local NBC station...
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Posted: October 14th, 2006, 9:59pm CEST by Brad
Rigging in the snow...why do we live here!? My butt was getting cold! Self timer with my 'photographer' Woodette No worries in the world at this moment! The sky came alive at the end of the day! Everyday a...
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Posted: October 11th, 2006, 7:29pm CEST by Brad
Loading the gear into my older Bro's guest house by the lake OOPS, looks like we forgot a couple of boards! You can see the wind gusting offshore on the water! Well [SIGH], we used our only free time...
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Posted: October 5th, 2006, 10:56pm CEST by Brad
With the fall colours at there peak, there wasn't a better time to get on the water and try out my new (to me) Mistral F2004 formula board. After work today, I raced to Thunder Lake in The Blue...
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Posted: October 2nd, 2006, 11:01pm CEST by Brad
Here's a bit of a breakdown of my regatta: I rigged my largest sail, a 9.8m Neil Pryde V8 and had my trusty ol' Mistral Prodigy under my feet. By the time I had made my way on the water,...
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Well we've made it to the good ol' USA!! Yesterday we arrived late afternoon and hung around socializing for the most part. Last night we had a great supper at the Y-Club where you're greeted by a sign at the...
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Well it's not really the first day of The Crossing, but it is the first day of "The Ultimate Challenge"! Just finished packing up our gear for tomorrow. You'd think we were going to the moon with all our...
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Not too many other windsurfing events in North America have had the longevity of The Mille Lacs Crossing held annualy in Garrison, Minnesota on Lake Mille Lacs. 'The Crossing' as its become better know as, is an all out...
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The Blue Moose with Stu's boat in tow Richard running(!) with a picnic table on his back Look at the size of that frying pan! Yummy!! The comforts of home! My camping gear!! The campsite landing from the lake...
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Well wouldn't you know it, Woodette turned 34 again! We celebrated this day at The Lodge with some of our friends, and everyone marvelled at the youthful appearance of Margot with her new 'sassy' hair cut. Margot is the...
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Posted: September 5th, 2006, 12:42am CEST by Brad
Ya ya, the grass needed to be cut, the yard cleaned up and probably a bunch of other outside stuff, but I figure it'll snow in a couple of more months and cover up all my work...hehehe. What a...
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Posted: August 28th, 2006, 12:14am CEST by Brad
The Pirate coming in for a landing off some voodoo chop Ian Matthews from Toronto sendin' it!! A tow back to shore results from equipment failure during the race Just presented the gold medals from John Darling of Windsurf...
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Posted: August 27th, 2006, 8:28am CEST by Brad
We have an aewsome breakfast here everyday. Reminds me of the Big Fat Greek Wedding movie!! The cones are made by hand right in this store. Sweet treats!! Some of the crew at the supper club waiting for the...
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Posted: August 25th, 2006, 7:50pm CEST by Brad
Well we managed to get in course racing today!! I finished the day off with a 3rd, a 1st, a 1st and a 4th!! Well you can imagine that I'm just super stoked right now!! I'm pretty sure I'm in...
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Posted: August 24th, 2006, 6:33pm CEST by Brad
Fenced area for our gear during the weekend. Paul is by his trailer. Race area of the lake isn't too wide, but forever in length!! Typical scene from the Pirate...resting to save it for the races Well, not much...
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Posted: August 24th, 2006, 8:12am CEST by Brad
The three amigo's We stopped at the Terry Fox memorial statue for a shot of motivation in our quest... We almost ran out of gas driving through the night from Wawa to Sault Saint Marie. There were some gas...
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Posted: August 22nd, 2006, 12:00am CEST by Brad
Well, Paul and I are off to the Canadian National Windsurfing Championships being held in Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario! Four full days of racing are planned from Thursday til Sunday, so we'll see how our bones hold up...
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Posted: August 10th, 2006, 2:02am CEST by Brad
Well it sure has been a busy couple of weeks for The Woody's!! Two weekends ago with The Surfer's we attended the inaugural Bradford Beach Jam Regatta held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the water's of Lake Michigan and had an...
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Posted: August 2nd, 2006, 1:33am CEST by Brad
Well, we just returned from a fun filled, adventure filled, mechanically filled and water filled weekend in Milwaukee, WI. The Strat's and The Woody's left on Thursday and stayed overnight at the Edgewater Best Western in Duluth, Mn. If...
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Posted: July 20th, 2006, 6:30am CEST by Brad
We've been really busy this summer windsurfing and getting new faces on the water with our new Club N.O.W.(Northwest Ontario Windsurfing). We are still stoked to see the smiles on the faces of the noobs, and can understand the frustrations...
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Posted: July 6th, 2006, 4:54pm CEST by Brad
The Swede, where else but out front!! Larry Reed and Woody at the leward mark Top finishers in each class The Team! Relaxing after Saturday racing It was a solid two days of wind with some gusts in the...
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Posted: June 26th, 2006, 6:46am CEST by Brad
The annual pilgrimage to Blue Lake Provincial Park was so much fun! Our usual group of friends with kids pulled out the campers and pitched some tents to have the official start to summer go off with a bang....
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Posted: June 14th, 2006, 6:24am CEST by Brad
We're back from another fun-filled Worthington Windsurfing Regatta and The Unvarnished Music festival held together at Lake Okabena in Worthington, MN. This trip was the maiden voyage for The Blue Moose since being 'pimped out' over the past few...
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Posted: May 12th, 2006, 11:09pm CEST by Brad
Well today I turn the clock one more year.... This past year has been a challenging one for sure for many reasons including more recently my damm laptop hard drive crashing!! I have a whole bunch of info on...
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Posted: April 27th, 2006, 5:43am CEST by Brad
Today we received our brand new 'Voodoo Blue' 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser!! This machine is awesome and the colour is oh so cool! The FJ Cruiser is also loaded with utilitary type handles, gauges, rubber floor etc. We have the...
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Posted: April 23rd, 2006, 7:27pm CEST by Brad
Well we've just finished up a really fun 3 day sports/trade show to promote our new windsurfing club N.O.W. and holy cow what a success it has been so far! Over 50 people have signed up for lessons! Cool...
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Posted: March 20th, 2006, 2:41pm CET by Brad
Here's a few shots of The Iowa Crew. These guys are sailing machines! Randy had sailed 78 miles yesterday and I don't think Larry was too far behind. Uffe was tuning his gear to try and score 30mph, but...
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Posted: March 20th, 2006, 1:21am CET by Brad
Well, today was a carbon copy of yesterday. 50K winds and 28C...tough to take [laughing as I type]!! Margot and I were able to get on the water windsurfing together for about 3 hrs while the kids stayed at...
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Posted: March 19th, 2006, 5:20am CET by Brad
Wow! Today we scored some great winds around 50K and temps in the mid to high 80's! Margot was on a 150l JP Freeride with a 4m Gaastra Manic sail and was nicely powered up. She sailed for a...
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Posted: March 18th, 2006, 3:06am CET by Brad
Well, here we are in Corpus Christi Texas windsurfing at Bird Island on the Laguna Madre. The water is warm, nice sandy bottom and waist deep for miles! Great for teaching the kids or getting some jibes dialed in....
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Posted: March 12th, 2006, 11:35pm CET by Brad
Well, this Tuesday the Woody's are off to Corpus Christi, Texas for some fun in the sun and windsurfing! We're driving to Minneapolis Tuesday evening and staying overnight HERE which is located right beside the airport and only a...
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Posted: March 9th, 2006, 1:40am CET by Brad
Well, Paul and I were down in Minnesota this past weekend doing some kiting and hooking up with some of our Team World members. Lots of fun was had by all as usual! Some of the Iowa crew made...
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Here's an awesome picture of Paul hooked in to his 13m Speed and cruisin' the snow of one of the many lakes around Sioux Lookout. Flysurfer, the company that makes the Speed kites have a Worldwide Contest going for...
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Posted: February 2nd, 2006, 3:24am CET by Brad
This is a picture of my son Josh (15) who has just taken up kiting. He had only flown my 3m trainer once before, then this day he went on his snowboard for 2 solid hours with only the...
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Posted: January 19th, 2006, 2:00am CET by Brad
Well, we're off to the good ol' USA this weekend for the North American Snowkite Jam being held in Garrison, Minnesota on Mille Lacs Lake. This is the same lake that we have our windsurfing ultimate challenge 'The Mille Lacs...
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Posted: January 3rd, 2006, 1:56am CET by Brad
Well, another fun-filled year has passed us by, with many more stories and memories of family & friends to recall for many years to come. 2005 has really been a 'Year of Healing'. My Mom and Dad are finally on...
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Well today after work I went kiteskiing for 1.5hrs on Wabigoon Lake with a 10m Ozone Access kite. I have to say that I think this was the most enjoyable kite session I've ever had!! One of the biggest...
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What a wonderful Christmas that has just passed!!!!!! Ya, I know we all got our favourite socks, nice books, and maybe even a new tool set, but I got a new 'WOODY'!! That's right! Woodette ordered me a 2006...
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Happy Birthday to our good friend Strat who turns 40 something today!! A heck of a windsurfer he has become this past year after taking the plunge in buying a board (new)! Rarely will this guy get anything new!!...
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On the weekend we drove about 10 miles north of Dryden to a little trail in the forest where we've been getting our Christmas tree for the past few years. This year our good friends the Surfer's come along...
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Now that the lakes are completly frozen over, it will end my thoughts of getting out 'one more time'. This has really been a terrific season on the water!! Thanks everybody for the memories... Mistral Woody update: It appears...
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Well I almost can't believe it that Mistral is making a board for 2006 called the 'Screamer Woody' I laughed my head off and almost crapped my pants when I noticed the board on the Mistral Web Site. The...
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Happy Happy Birthday to my Big Bro Al who is cruising through his prime years in fine style! I don't know if you can see it, but I photoshopped a pic of Pam Anderson on the dock waiting for...
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Well, you'd never know that Surfy's Birthday is today. I mean, do you remember last year?! We started her birthday celebration in January for god sakes!! So I ask you, who could ever forget Nov.10?! Kidding aside, Surfy has...
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Posted: November 2nd, 2005, 3:37am CET by Brad
It's sad when I go and check my Blog and all I see is a white page...lets me know that I haven't made a post in a couple of weeks!! I'll be making it up with a whole slew of...
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Posted: October 19th, 2005, 3:10am CEST by Brad
You are looking at the new 'windsurfing-road-machine' for The Woody's!! Today I was informed by my bosses in Thunder Bay that I had the winning bid for this van! AWESOME!!!! My bosses also told me "We know how important...
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Posted: October 5th, 2005, 2:43am CEST by Brad
Well, we're back with great success from yet another VERY challenging Mille Lacs Crossing held in Minnesota this past weekend!! "Team World" rose to the occasion by bringing back three of a possible 5 first place finishes!! Roland Rioux...
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Well, today celebrates our 15th year of marriage!! We sure have come a long way since meeting each other on the tropical island of St. Lucia, some 18 years ago..... As it stands today, we have three wonderful children,...
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Posted: January 1st, 1970, 7:00am CET by Brad
Inspiration: [in-spuh-rey-shuhn] a divine influence directly and immediately exerted upon the mind or soul.... A few days ago our good friend Ulf The Swede made a heart-felt post on his blog that made me realize just how precious 'time' is....
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Posted: January 1st, 1970, 7:00am CET by Brad
Well the snow is on the ground now here in Canada, which means the windsurfing season has almost come to an end. It's always a sad time of year when you have to put the gear away, and for...
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Posted: January 1st, 1970, 7:00am CET by Brad
yes it's been sometime since my last post no doubt, but what not a better way to start the 'posting' season off with an update for our annual Moose Regatta. You know, there are 'prizes' for the winners of...
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Posted: January 1st, 1970, 7:00am CET by Brad
A story run in our local newspaper about The 6th Annual Moose Regatta. Click HERE Enjoy!...
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Posted: January 1st, 1970, 7:00am CET by Brad
We are busy getting prepared for the 2010 Canadian Windsurfing Championship right here in Dryden Ontario on Wabigoon Lake. Above is the artwork for billboards that will be displayed east and west of the city. The championship event will...