X-OldHeader: From jrstudio@home.com-DeleteThis.com Thu Aug 9 08:56:22 2001 Return-Path: <jrstudio@home.com-DeleteThis.com> Received: from opus.labs.agilent.com (root@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com [130.29.244.179]) by jr.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id IAA05496 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 08:56:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.58]) by opus.labs.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id IAA13048 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 08:56:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from femail48.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail48.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.254.60.42]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E762AC20 for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 09:56:20 -0600 (MDT) Received: from home.com ([24.1.69.3]) by femail48.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with ESMTP id <20010809155620.GCN9819.femail48.sdc1.sfba.home.com@home.com-DeleteThis.com> for <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>; Thu, 9 Aug 2001 08:56:20 -0700 Message-ID: <3B72C13C.FC8BD764@home.com-DeleteThis.com> Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 08:58:39 -0800 From: JR Johnston <jrstudio@home.com-DeleteThis.com> Organization: @home X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 (Macintosh; I; PPC) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf To: wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com Subject: Re: Kiter at Sherman References: <000f01c12094$2760f9c0$4c4a2a3f@computer>
Alan,
Protecting our children from this menace is like the DEA's war on drugs, or
the INS Border Patrol's effort to stop
illegal immigration. I just don't think there is much that we can do(!?)
except to send our kids to Texas and have them dummy up.
On the lighter side: I heard that G.W. Bush is getting into the SF Runway
Expansion debate and is proposing opening up Jenna
Bush's Federally Protected Wetlands to the public in exchange for more
runways!
JR
Allen H Zimmermann wrote:
> JR, how can we protect our children from this horrible menace??
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JR Johnston" <jrstudio@home.com-DeleteThis.com>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list WIND_TALK"
> <wind_talk@opus.labs.agilent.com-DeleteThis.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 10:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Kiter at Sherman
>
> >
> > "One beginner was having a friend wade behind them and hold their
> harness to
> > keep them under control.
> > It seemed to me that you should not be attached to a kite you can't
> control
> > with your own weight, period."
> >
> > Dear Peter,
> >
> > This is how they teach beginners in Maui :-) The instructor rides
> behind the
> > student holding onto their harness and instructs
> > them on water relaunching and maneuvering, etc. - if his friend was a
> beginner i
> > guess that would be a different story all together though:-)
> > (I don't see them instructing here in the bay area using this teaching
> method
> > for whatever reason?)
> >
> > The Fact is: Kiting is very dangerous. Just look at the insurance waiver
> you
> > sign when you buy one. Or the label on the kite,
> > "removing this tag & you except all liability. . . Kiting could result
> in
> > death."
> > Do you guys really want broken bones? Lopped off fingers and ears from
> kite
> > string? Torn rotator cups that will never functioin
> > properly again for the rest of your life. Death?!! Just put your kiting
> > ambitions to rest and stick to what you know!
> > You'll be much happier!!
> >
> > ALoha,
> >
> > JR
> >
> > Be careful of thermal bubble conditions too! In case you didn't hear Eric
> Eck's
> > trip to heaven (almost literally) got caught in a thermal bubble as it
> released
> > from a hot spot on the ground just as he was about to land his 15.5 and
> went
> > straight up about 150' to 200'. Bummer he and friend Donnel,
> > who accompanied him in the ambulance, couldn't finish out the contest. We
> are
> > all thankful he did not get seriously hurt.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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