DirtyBird222
DirtyBird222 Reader
8/21/08 8:28 p.m.

Someone tried Kite Boarding during the storm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyZWmpaGoW4

Also have to mention that today the storm was battering my neck of the woods today and near GRM headquarters. A couple was swimming in Daytona Beach during the storm and the lady drowned, they said she prolly got hit by a wave smacked her head against the ocean floor and that was it. It's sad but are you serious? Swimming during a tropical storm?

neon4891
neon4891 Dork
8/21/08 8:34 p.m.

I'm all for darwinism, but, DAMN

Xceler8x
Xceler8x Reader
8/21/08 8:57 p.m.

Surfers here love it when a hurricane is blowing up offshore. They all migrate to the Outer Banks and Va Beach to take advantage of the much larger waves.

"...But, I knew you wouldn't miss the fifty year storm, Bodhi."

Gratutious Point Break reference.

DirtyBird222
DirtyBird222 Reader
8/21/08 10:41 p.m.

Point Break is an awesome movie. I recently purchased it on blue ray because i like it that much. My freshman year in college I think I watched it about the first 20 days because thats all my buddy would play at his apartment.

Anyways surfing is a different story than kite boarding. Especially with the major wind gusts a tropical storm brings.

MitchellC
MitchellC Reader
8/21/08 11:44 p.m.

Tonight I went running and grilled out. IMO there's nothing more American than grilling in inclimate weather.

gamby
gamby SuperDork
8/22/08 12:16 a.m.
DirtyBird222 wrote: Someone tried Kite Boarding during the storm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyZWmpaGoW4

Saw this on another board yesterday.

What was the extent of the guy's injuries??? I'd imagine they were severe.

Dummy.

mad_machine
mad_machine SuperDork
8/22/08 6:48 a.m.

all I can say... Ouch

cwh
cwh Dork
8/22/08 6:52 a.m.

He was admitted in critical condition, now upgraded to serious, so he will be laid up awhile, but recover. He wasn't all that stupid. He and his friends had gotten out of the water because things were getting hairy and was in the process of taking off his equipment when the gust caught him. Very experienced kiter, but could not reach the release because of the power of the gust. E36 M3 happens.

poopshovel
poopshovel Dork
8/22/08 8:52 a.m.
MitchellC wrote: Tonight I went running and grilled out. IMO there's nothing more American than grilling in inclimate weather.

A mother berkeleying men.

Type Q
Type Q Reader
8/22/08 12:05 p.m.

I used to windsurf quite a bit. The most radical thing I ever did was sailing when a typhoon was coming in near the place I was living in Japan. Luckily the sail was attached to the board so I got blown over when things got too strong for me, but I didn't get picked up and carried away like that.

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