- 72 sessions on the water:
- 31.5 days of short boarding (1/2 in Bonaire, 1/4 in Baja, 1/8 in Hatteras and 1/8 at home)
- 30.5 days of foil / long boarding (Mostly foiling up on Georgian Bay)
- 6 kona races (enough for 3rd in Toronto Silver fleet)
- 4 days of kiting
#1 Best photo. Definitely Bonaire windsurfing with Jen and the photo that wound up in Windsurfing Now.
#2 Best dad windsurf moment: Watching Katie and Phillip windsurfing up at the cottage
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| Go Katie! |
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| Katie Waterstarting |
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| Phillip flying |
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| Phillip jumping |
- Chris
- Adam and then later on his new board
- Rich
- Sebastian and Konstantine
- Fabienne (I taught her son 4 years ago and he is now a windsurf instructor in France)
- Hailey
- Maxx
- Bil and Sherif
- 60 year old John turned out to be the best of the year! (or I've gotten better as a teacher?)
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| Jen showing how the simulator seems to be the key to getting beginners out successfully! |
#4 The new logo: The wonderful logo for the Launch Pad that Len created has helped solidify the name for the island.
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| The new launch pad logo |
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| My gear rigged and ready |
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| Thanks Len! |
#5 Loyal to the foil: I got a surprise round of applause from my friends while foiling!
Foiling has completely changed my view of light wind days. I'm out whenever there is 6-10 knots hoping for a gust so I can get up on the foil. From 10-15 knots I'm up on the foil laughing about how 3 years ago I would have been on shore cursing the not quite enough for planing wind. One Friday night when a few friends were watching and I glided by above the water barely making a sound, they started applauding. Something that has never happened (or at least that I've heard) in the past!
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| Foiling vastly increased my days on the water. |
#6 Vanessa and Len windsurfing: My niece Vanessa and her partner Len are wonderful together and I'm so excited for these two windsurfers as they expect their first child!
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| 5+ months pregnant and that wasn't even the last time Vanessa windsurfed in 2019 |
#7 My wave of the day and one of the best so far! I got the wave of the day at the Pritchard Windsurf camp in Baja While the whole week was great, I'll remember this 1 minute, 6 turn 500m run for a long time.
#8 A new long distance record? I had a 113 km day in Hatteras which was part of a great week in North Carolina!
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| 99 kms before lunch, another 14 after! |
#9 Wednesday night race results! I came in 3rd in the TWC Kona Silver Class. The Toronto Windsurfing Club annual dinner included awards. The Kona fleet is pretty small, I only did six races and one night on the committee boat, but with a lot of nice people.
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| 81 Year old Chris came in 2nd - I was happy with 3rd! |
#10 Full page spread: I was featured in Wealth Professional an investment industry magazine which profiled my windsurfing in their "Other Life" column.
#11 Bonus moment - Decisions for 2021
No link for that yet - but there is a plan...
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