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Sunny, 34 degrees. Water temp: 44 degrees. Sail sizes 4.7-4.0. Hard core winter windsurfing.

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Gene rigging on New Year Day.

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William windfoiling

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New Year Day 36ºF on car thermometer

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Haizar Launching

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Paddle boarder winter camping

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3 Windfoiling Buddies: Gene, Hamdi, Barrett

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Channey windsurfing

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Ed, Rhett, Channey, Barrett, Stuart

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Stuart wing foiling

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Stuart after an epic day Jan. 28

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Rhett winging on Jan. 29 when the temp.broke 50ºF.

Lake Lanier Icebreakers - January 2024

Undeterred by cold weather, Atlanta windsurfers take advantage of windy days at Lake Lanier.

Lake Lanier Icebreakers - January 2024

Randy & Becki creatively dressed for the party

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Queueing up for dinner in kitchen below the tower

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Christmas Party at PDK control tower, Becki, Howard, Carol, Debi, Chris, Channey, Richard G., William, Haizar, Langdon, Amy, Randy handing out gifts, Barrett taking photo

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Carol displaying windsurfing Barbie gift

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Haizar playing guitar

2023 Christmas Party

Windsurfing/Boardsailing Christmas Party at the old Peachtree -DeKalb control tower overlooking t

2023 Christmas Party

Sun sets on late sailing session, day of arrival in Nags Head

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Philip completing last run as sun drops below horizon

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Barrett, Howard & Kia surf ocean waves on low wind day

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Kia catches a wave

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Surfing is a blast

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Howard watches pelicans flying along the surf line

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Kitchen comraderie - Philip, Howard & Jan, Peggy, Alain

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Howard & Jan watching sun set from deck

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Barrett, Philip, Kia, Alain windsurfing in rain

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Alain joyfully windsurfing rain

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Kia & Dad turn a rainy day into a fun day

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Ted wins Right, Left, Center

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KIa powered up with 5.2m sail

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Howard enjoying late day session

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Windsurfing group start Week 2, Betsey & Philip, Howard, Ruth & Ted, Barrett, Kia, Peggy

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Kia - camera on nose of board

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Ted enjoying a perfect day on the water

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Howard's WS photo cup

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Starfish on the beach

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Peggy walking the beach

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Manteo Bike Ride, Philip, Ted, Betsey, Barrett & Peggy, Ruth

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Barrett & Philip, speed run with 5.2m sails

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Sunset sail before packing up on our last day in Nags Head

OBX Fall Get Away 2023

OBX Fall Get Away 2023

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Chris C heading out

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William jibe sequence

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William and Neil get a fun light air session

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Drifting back in

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William - another light air session

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William - overpowered 4.7 gusts 30+

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Rhett was just right on a 4.2

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Chris P and William

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Zee, Chris and William waiting for the wind to fill in. It eventually did.

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Van Pugh Spring Sessions

Photos by good friend (and future windsurfer) robertb

Van Pugh Spring Sessions

Rhett windsurfing 4.2m sail, day of arrival in Nags Head

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Philip jibing 4.5m sail

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Howard & Jan's Pizza night with Peggy, Philip & Betsey

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Howard showing off pizza

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Rhett walking out foil board from shore to deep water

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Peggy picks up dinner at food truck during Pandemic

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Sunset on deck at B-20; Peggy & Barrett, Betsey & Philip, Rhett, Howard & Jan, Kia

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Crow we got to know, flying off deck with grape

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Ride on coastal bike path, Betsey & Philip, Kia, Howard & Jan

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Sunset over pier, Nags Head

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Alain windfoiling

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Randy arrives with new wind toys, pumping up inflatable board

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GoPro of Randy windsurfing

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Randy winging with inflatable paddleboard

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Barrett & brother, Philip, windsurfing

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Group photo week 2. Philip & Betsey, Randy, Barrett & Peggy, Eric, Paz, dog "Hurley"

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Girl therapy paddle board session, Terri, Peggy, Amy

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Nags Head Woods Preserve, Barrett & Peggy, Dave & Mindy

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John J. - Lake Allatoona's master of the longboard

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Sailors Week 3, Ted, Randy, William, John, Dave, Barrett

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Willam showing how it's done

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Barrett, GoPro selfie windsurfing 6.0m & 111L board, Nags Head

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Family-style dinner; Dave, William, Randy, Mindy, Ruth & Ted, Barrett & Peggy, John

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Ted, Barrett, Dave, surfing ocean at Nags Head

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Dramatic sky as Ted returns from a sailing session

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Farewell sunset & dinner - end of OBX Get-Away

OBX Spring Get-Away 2021

OBX Spring Get-Away 2021

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NJ Trip Summer 2021

Made a trip to NJ to visit family late July into early August.

NJ Trip Summer 2021

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Peggy checking into Mystica Lodge

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Driving 4WD road to Tico Winds windsurfing

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Arrival at Tico Wind conditions are good, but a storm is approaching

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Wing foiler & kiter on Lake Arenal

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Barrett windsurfing Lake Arenal in stormy conditions on day 1

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Peggy overlooking Lake Arenal while holding on to walking stick to avoid being blown over.

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300 year old Ceiba tree

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Broad Billed Motmot

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Monkey searching tree for delicious mango fruit

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Lake Arenal at sunset with clearing skies

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Barrett enjoying warmth of fire after windsurfing

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Peggy at Tico Winds, Lake Arenal on last windsurfing day

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Windsurfer carving, Lake Arenal

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Kiter, 4 Windsurfers, Wingfoiler on Lake Arenal

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Close-up of action at Lake Arenal

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Barrett on right, local pro on left

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Arenal volcano & dam at North end of Lake

Costa Rica 2021

In April, 2021 Barrett & Peggy traveled to Costa Rica, including a four-day stop to windsurf

Costa Rica 2021

West side of Maui,

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Sophie going out at Ho'okipa

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Goya/Quatro Center in Haiku, getting tips on board setup from Pascal Bronnimann

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Big wave day at Ho'okipa (very little wind, but waves were 20-30ft)

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Spreckelsville Beach

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Ho'okipa on the day we crossed it off our bucket list

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Goya, Quatro, MFC center... really cool place, they make all the prototypes there and gave us a full tour.

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Ho'okipa big wave day in the morning from another angle. The waves look small from the cliff...they were huge.

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Flying with 4 boards, 7 sails, 2 booms and 6 masts

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Ho'okipa - Sophie on yellow Ezzy, Sarah Hauser further back on S2Maui

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Sophie at Kanaha

Maui 2020

Hello from Columbia Gorge,

Phillip 7.5m2 168 l.

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Flock of geese on the water reflecting sunset

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Alain grilling colorful vegetables

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Sails in the rack

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Sunset with heron (by Phillip)

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Peggy on the beach with flowers

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Barrett and Phillip

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Barrett foiling with 6.7

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Alain jibing 6.3m2 109 l.

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Rhett and "Sister", his dog

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Barrett carving JP 111

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Ted, Betsey and Peggy enhoying the sun

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Week 2: Philip, Alain, Barrett, Ted, Rhett with dog Sister

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Phillip and Alain board "surfing"

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Alain, Ted, Phillip, Barrett, Rhett

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Phillip, Ted and Ruth relaxing soundside

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Phillip and Barrett

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Dinner - Peggy & Barrett, Ruth & Ted, Alain, Rhett, Betsey & Philip

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Alain holding cup made by Phillip

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Biking to the pier

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Alain surfing in the fog

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The house - view from the water

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Phillip and Alain boogey boarding

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Barrett and Ted with the Old Man Windsurf T-shirts

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Phillip (wing), Ted (windsurf)

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Crashing waves from Hurricane Epsilon

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Barrett 's sunset session

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Barrett in the sunset

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Barrett carving Hurricane Zeta Day 1

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Wind from ex-Hurricane T.S.Zeta

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Barret jumping Hurricane Zeta Day 2

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Barrett and Peggy last sunset

Nags Head Oct. 2020

Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 Pandemic, we hosted another successful Fall trip to

Nags Head Oct. 2020

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Sunday Nov 8 2020 East Wind

The weekend of Nov 7-8, 2020 brought a couple of days of relatively warm east winds.

Sunday Nov 8 2020 East Wind

Boards on the beach in the morning

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Skipper's meeting

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Chris chasing Scott

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Eric on the downwind

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Pontoon Support Boat No. 1 David and Debi

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Langdon and Bill racing for the finish

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Near collision on the race course. Who's on starboard?

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Eric chilling while waiting for the race committee

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Eric snaps a selfie after a race

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William snags a finished water bottle.

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Scott getting a tow

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Wakeboarding on the way in

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Sometimes getting a tow is nice

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Sometimes it isn't

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All racers received a cool Fall Classic logo mask courtesy of Bill Herderich

Fall Classic 2020

Despite COVID-19 restrictions, water pollution issues and everything else Mother Nature threw our

Fall Classic 2020

Richard heading out tg

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Richard and Alejo 2 tg

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Richard and Alejo 1 tg

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Ricard heading back to Vanns tg

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Langdon on the foil tg

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Gene (foil) Richard (kite) Hamdi (foil) tg

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Gene on the foil 2 tg

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Gene foiling tg

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David jumping tg

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Alan foiling tg

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Alan on the foil tg

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Alejo and Richard tg

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Alejo jump 1 tg

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Alejo jump 2 tg

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Alejo jump 3 tg

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Alejo jump 4 tg

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Alejo jump 2.1 tg

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Alejo jump 2.2 tg

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Alejo jump 2.3 tg

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Alejo jump 2.4 tg

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Alejo jump 2.5 tg

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Alejo and David 1 tg

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Alejo and David 2 tg

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Alejo and David 3 tg

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Alejo and David 4 tg

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Wind line early Monday hd

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Preparing to launch lg

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Parking and rigging lg

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Hamdi rigging lg

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Dave D. back for some more Wed. morning hd

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No action shot of Barrett but he does have a cool T-shirt bw

Sally 2020

Photos during the week of September 14, 2020 as Atlanta came under the influence of Hurricane Sal

Kai giving the foil a try cv

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A windy day at Van Pugh. Gene, William, Bill, Hamdi and Rhett (l-r) bw

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Gene after an intense jibe practice session cv

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William, Zee and Kai cv

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Kai and William (background) cv

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Mike kiting at Old Fed cv

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Hamdi, William and Rhett (l-r) foiling bw

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Gene on wing bw

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Dark clouds and virga (rain that doesn't reach the ground) BW cv

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Neil finds the upper limit of his foil with a 4.0 wing BW cv

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Barrett is all smiles. BW cv

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Kai making his way back hard overpowered BW cv

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Chris P safely back on the beach.BW cv

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Chris P making his way home after the big blow but still overpowered BW cv

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Eric taking advantage of one last swell before getting safely back from the big blow BW cv

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Pretty much the kind of day that almost only sailors on the water BW cv

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Eric and Kai powered up on 4.7s BW cv

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When even a 4.2 is too big. Coming in. BWcv

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William heads out as Barrett is coming in.BW cv

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Kai gets slammed trying to make it back BW bw

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Chris P coming in BW bw

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Kai safely in BW bw

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Neil starting up on the wing BW bw

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Earlier in the day. Roxanne, Anna, Joshua and Jeremiah while dad (Marcel) is on the water BW bw

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Kai, Pascal, and Eric BW bw

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Eddie B and John M waiting out a blast at West Point BW ms

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Eddie B ripping it up BW ms

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West Point was sunnier than Lanier but still breezy BW ms

Early May and Big Wednesday

The usual spring windy season was late this year. March was almost record breaking warm.

Early May and Big Wednesday

Ed coming back to the beach

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Barrett giving a thumbs up on the conditions

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Hi! Smile for the camera

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Getting the gear on shore

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Was Netflix filiming Gilligan's Island 2020 Sunday?

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Barrett elevates

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Ed making it back

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Another Barrett jump

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William trying to fly all the way back in.

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Kai returns to the water and William in the background

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Neil prepares to wingfoil

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up a bit and Zee in the background taking a breather

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a little higher

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Up and ready to fly

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The lawn was full of gear

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Rhett and Rhett Jr.

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Roland on only the second day of wingfoiling

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Alan helping the Minicat up into the grass

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Marcel, Roxanne and the kids

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The Minicat out in the wind

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Eddie B (foreground) andLangdon

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Neil is almost up

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Roland coming back in.

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Foils lining up for takeoff and landing

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Rhett and Rhett. Multi-generational windsurfing.

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Rhett the Elder

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Swinging around

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Neil with wingfoil rig

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Stephen gets air on Hartwell

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The evening sun poking through the heavy clouds and lit the water like a switch

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Stealth kitefoiler saying hello

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And, off he goes!

Windy Spring Day at Van Pugh

A cool and windy late April day brings out a crowd to Van Pugh Park on Lake Lanier (4/26/20).

Windy Spring Day at Van Pugh

Scott and William

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Barrett's off the water

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Shred Dog (Scott Spreen) soars

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Scott and Chris

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Barrett with a good jump

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Scott (foreground) and William

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Barrett and Alan

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Barrett shows off his weed fin.

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Barrett coming back to the launch

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Langdon rising off the water

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Scott and Barret survey the conditions

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Barrett smiles for the camera

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Scott (l) and William running deep offwind

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Chris (l) and William

Thursday the Thirteenth

A windy and chilly Thursday in February, 2020.

Thursday the Thirteenth