RE: HIT ON THE HEAD - oh yes....

From: Jeremy Shaw (jeremy.shaw@centurasoft.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Thu Sep 17 1998 - 15:38:40 PDT


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From: Jeremy Shaw <jeremy.shaw@centurasoft.com-DeleteThis>
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Subject: RE: HIT ON THE HEAD - oh yes....
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 15:38:40 -0700
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Golf? Oh - you must be thinking about rigging at 3rd Ave...

jeremy.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Gavalakis [SMTP:gandolf@us.ibm.com-DeleteThis]
> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 1998 2:30 PM
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> kinda like golf, huh?
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> wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis on 09/17/98 01:46:16 PM
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> Split eyebrow learning to backloop. Broke Nose learning to jibe.
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> I think that like all sports, when you are pushing it & trying new
> stuff, you'll crash more & harder.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zeev_Gur@peoplesoft.com-DeleteThis [mailto:Zeev_Gur@peoplesoft.com-DeleteThis]
> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 1998 1:10 PM
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> My experiences include:
> hit on the head by mast after a big jump - about 5 times
> smacked in face/ear/head by boom after attempted jump/jibe - too
> many
> to
> count
> go over the handlebars while trying duck jibe or other move and get
> launched, hit head on mast/boom - too many to count
> smacked on head by rail of board - a few times
> smaked on head by bottom of board - few times, mostly while wave
> sailing
> dig head into corral/sand - 2times while wave sailing
> run into by other sailors - once
> got in fight with surfers, who tried to hit my head w/fists - once
> at
> ft. point
>
> so do I always wear a helmet - no. I wear my brain bucket when the
> wind
> is
> crankin' <5.0 sail size required (which is a lot of wind for my 207#).
> When I try to loop, I wear it. I will also sometimes put it on when I
> sail
> crowded locations - although lately, I have just been sailing upwind
> to
> get
> away from the crowd. I like the feel of the wind in my hair........
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> deleted@netscape.com-DeleteThis (Deleted) on 09/17/98 12:46:40 PM
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> Subject: HIT ON THE HEAD
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> Hi all!!
>
> Has anyone been hit on the head while windsurfing? I wear a helmet for
> moutain biking and other contact sports but never considered one for
> windsurfing..
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> I see a few folks wearing helmets and I wonder if it is just to
> protect
> their teeth or are they actually worried about getting hit on the
> head?
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> Does the mast hit you on the head or the nose of the board? I consider
> a hit on the head pretty dangerous but I am not yet sure this happens
> while windsurfing? I usually sail in deep water is the helmet for
> shallow water?
>
> I sail Natural Bridges and do the seaweed skid a lot.. My body goes
> flying over the nose of my board at amazing speeds but I have never
> hit my head. Looking for any info?
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> Thanks!!!
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