Hello, thanks, and a few questions

natazoo · Since 08 May 2007 7 Posts hood river Kook

I'm sure I've met some of you at the Spit, Lyle, or elswhere. Just don't know your screen names. I've been reading everybody's posts for a few months now and wanted to thank you all for all of the advice that I've received.

Thanks to you, I've ditched the board leash, gotten plenty of practice at upwind body dragging, and gotten some other good tips. I got stoked this morning when I read a post describing "pop" & initiating moves, exaclty what I needed to read right now.

Was riding up between Wells and the Hatchery today and lost my board. I tried dragging back and forth up to it, but eventually lost it bobbing up and down in the swell. Sucked. What sucked even more was dragging back down to the spit after finally giving up hope. Maybe I could have taken out at the hook, but a rocky, windsurfer laden landing was not what I wanted for my new 13's maiden voyage. Thankfully I recovered my board after driving along Hwy 14.

QUESTION 1: Are there times (depending on current, wind, swell, etc.) when upwind body dragging just will not get you back to your board, no matter what? Or do I need to spend more hours perfecting my drag?

QUESTION 2: What is the best adhesive for re-sticking old footpads? One of my Liquid Force Deluxe pads (no adhesive) tore off when I got worked one day at Lyle. LF will replace them for me, but I need to send back what I have & would be out of bindings for about 1 1/2 weeks. Thats no good in the middle of the season, when I'm trying to get on the water every day. In the meantime, I'm using an old Slingshot pad that I took from another board. I tried contact cement, but that doesn't seem to be the best. Any ideas?

Whoa. Long post. Thanks for reading.

Kraemer · Since 24 Apr 2006 1735 Posts Sky Pilot Unicorn Captain

A. It's not the body dragging I have trouble with, its spotting the board.
Sometimes I send the kite to get a birds-eye view of where its at. Many a times I'm above the board, but way aside from it.

B. Gorilla Glue works great-- don't get it anywhere you don't want it! -- usually permanent.

Glad you found your board! Very Happy

TWIN-FIN · Since 24 May 2006 805 Posts Portland, OR Hot Monkey

Some one posted a suggestion last week about counting:
One onethosand, Two onethousand.......ect., when you are body-draging and looking for your board. I have been using it lately and seems to work much better than gussing.

But spotting your board imedately after getting "your boys" worked on a missed landing is the secound thing I think about. Shocked

Kataku2k3 · Since 14 Aug 2005 3753 Posts Los Angeles, CA Videographer

Scribble · Since 18 Nov 2005 636 Posts NoPo Addicted

I almost lost my board last week at Rock Creek. Tried a trick dropped the kite and the wind died. Luckily I got the kite up long enough to get close to my board then I had to swim for it while I was still attached to my kite. There was absolutely no wind for like 15 minutes so I was able to swim while still attached.

Andy

natazoo · Since 08 May 2007 7 Posts hood river Kook

Thanks for the info.

A couple thin beads of gorilla glue under the heel and toe are definately holding. In the water less than 2 hours from application and that foot pad is going nowhere. We'll see how well she comes off this winter!