Opening Day

Opening Day

September marks the beginning of the windsurfing year. As the air cools and jet stream descends from its summer vacation in Canada, gentle summer breezes yield to blustery autumn winds.

The lakes empty as kids go back to school, adults go back to work and football season keeps most people away on weekends.


These football fans are enjoying their opening day. That's why you have a parking spot at your favorite park. That's why we love football.

The water is still warm, warm enough to invite us back until we become reverse lobsters, staying in the water, unaware, as it slowly cools until by February it becomes hypothermic.


Opening day sometimes means keeping your head low and wearing safety orange.

It's time to put away the large boards and sails of summer, dust off the smaller gear, sand the nicks off the small fins and chase the rodents who've nested in our small sails all summer.

If we are lucky, it will blow on a September weekend. It's opening day.

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Re: Opening Day

Thanks for reminding us that windsurfers & kiters have much to look forward to as summer draws to a close. Here's hoping the wind picks up and today (Sat.) is opening day.

Barrett

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