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 ===== Regrouping, Bike Tumbles, and Foot Straps 2015 =====
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 **Incident Report\\
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 Today I was involved in an educational bit of swim practice while surrounded by Ancient Murrelets. The setting was directly west of the tunnel while we were on a classic Duncan-trailer eight-person down-winder from Larrabee to Marine Park. We were riding the leading edge of a front and the waves basically kept building from the south the entire run.
-For a few weeks, I have been enjoying learning to paddle a V10 in bigger water rather than my beloved Huki R. Today was no different. I was having a great time trying to see if I cold get it moving faster on the waves and experimenting with cutting tighter line on the waves. After about 30 minutes I started to try some interval sprints on the waves. The result was a quick dump.
+For a few weeks, I have been enjoying learning to paddle a V10 in bigger water rather than my beloved Huki R. Today was no different. I was having a great time trying to see if I could get it moving faster on the waves and experimenting with cutting tighter line on the waves. After about 30 minutes I started to try some interval sprints on the waves. The result was a quick dump.
 **Remount #1** went off quickly enough from my weaker side, which involved banging a 3 month old titanium hip (ouch). Once sidesaddle the boat moved to beam really quickly as I messed with foot straps and tried to get the bum leg into the boat. Before I could get the blade into the water I was over again. The **next three tries** involved similar curfufles with hats and paddles floating away in different combinations, while I hand paddled around for a few seconds between swims. By that time, my pulse was over 200 and the big nylon underarm vents in my NRS neoprene shirt were working very well to assure maximum core chilling.
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 I'm good at barking orders ain't I ?… Under the circumstances I believe things went pretty well…..once Mike decided to settle down and lay over his boat, rest a while, then we could regain our composure. Great and I do emphasize great, that ol Bob was on an oc-1 today and riding sweep. Perhaps we should try and make that a configuration for future epic downwinders. oc's as rescue boats work very well indeed. Later paddling out to the coastes to let them know we had things under control I witnessed friendly acknowledgment, as they threw the 400 hp quick response craft in neutral. I was surprised and pleased to see how quickly they showed up..within 10 min. Exciting times on the Bay. \\ D
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 **Dean Bumstead**
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 Another one bites the dust, update. On one of the last rides coming down from fragrance, over 6 weeks ago, I took a spill, banged my elbow and hip, got up and dusted myself off, no big deal. The two weeks later did the first weds night race and the next day I noticed my elbow had swollen up to a mushy balloon. Bursa filled with fluid. After continuing to the paddle in the waves it go worse. I tried to soak it which helped some then would go paddle and it would get pretty hard and bothered. Eventually went to the doc who drained it, put in some steroids and told me to lay off the paddling for a week to 10 days which means I'm missing all these nice wave reports. I tempted to go but the doc said it could become chronic and take a long time to heal. The mountain biking seems to have a higher risk reward ratio than kayaking. Falling out of the boats, even being rescued, seems more an injury to the ego compared to the potential of even a small spill. I hope to be back soon, hearing the reports are the worse part of the recovery. \\ DMow
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 **lbussinger@…** \\ 04/05/15 #17154
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 Cheers from PDX. \\ Jim
-**Dan Harris Challenge up next, Sunday April 26th. \\ John Rybczyk** \\ 04/06/15  #17171
+**Dan Harris Challenge up next, Sunday April 26th. \\ John Rybczyk** \\ 04/06/15 #17171
+After reading these many posts over the past couple of weeks, I'm convinced that the the best way to win a surf ski race around here is to give mountain bikes to all of your competitors about a month before the race. However, as race director, I'm also worried that at this rate there won't be anybody left to race. If you do manage to keep the rubber side down over the next few weeks, the Dan Harris Challenge is ON for Sunday, April 26th, 10 am start, Boulevard Park. We'll have long course and a protected short course.
-After reading these many posts over the past couple of weeks, I'm convinced that the the best way to win a surf ski race around here is to give mountain bikes to all of your competitors about a month before the race.  However, as race director, I'm also worried that at this rate there won't be anybody left to race.  If you do manage to keep the rubber side down over the next few weeks, the Dan Harris Challenge is ON for Sunday, April 26th, 10 am start, Boulevard Park.  We'll have long course and a protected short course.
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