Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.18/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA189347649; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 14:00:49 -0800 Return-Path: <morita@corsair.com-DeleteThis> Received: from vishnu.corsair.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.16/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA040847649; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 14:00:49 -0800 Received: from [204.255.192.137] (fox.corsair.com [204.255.192.137]) by vishnu.corsair.com (8.7.6/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA05076 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Tue, 11 Mar 1997 13:58:56 -0800 (PST) X-Sender: naomi@corsair.com-DeleteThis Message-Id: <v02130511af4b724f129c@[204.255.192.137]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 14:01:40 -0700 To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis From: morita@corsair.com-DeleteThis (Naomi Morita) Subject: Re: Feedback on ABK
>I am considering sending my wife to an ABK clinic during the
>summer. I would appreciate any feedback about the level of
>instruction and the potential to improve skills by attending.
>Also, what do you do if it does not blow during the class?
>
If the wind does not blow (much), there's lots of light-air stuff that they
teach. BTW, this stuff is good for your general windsurfing skills, too
(it's fun to "impress" the beach jockeys with your "tricks").
>My wife is an ex-ski racer who won the Junior Olympics 3
>times, so she is very athletic. She can water start with ease
>and wants to learn how to get in the straps/harness with ease.
>My attempts to teach were not.....er.....very succesfull. I am hoping
>that a clinic may be able to get her up the learning curve faster.
>
The part I like about ABK (I am a reasonably athletic woman) is that they
stress the finesse aspect of windsurfing--this approach is very well suited
for my 110 lb, no-upper-body strength limitations. Windsurfing was alot
more comfortable for me (meaning I felt more
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