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The Gift...
Rigging in the snow...why do we live here!?
My butt was getting cold!
Self timer with my 'photographer' Woodette
No worries in the world at this moment!
The sky came alive at the end of the day!
Everyday a 'gift' presents itself in life...
...what that gift is may be sometimes hard to find, but most often you can see the gift with your eyes, smell it with your senses, or feel it with your body. Today's gift for me was rigging my sail in the fresh white snow, walking through the icey cold crystal clear water until my 70cm fin cleared the sandy bottom, jumping up on my board, hooking in to my harness and leaning back to begin a fully wound session on my Mistral F2004 formula board/ Neil Pryde 9.8m V8 sail.....
I had a most memorable sail today on Thunder Lake. The wind started to die off late in the day, and it was at that time, the sky just started to come alive in colours.
What a gift I had today 
**NEW** Click for windsurfing video HERE
Posted by Brad at October 14, 2006 8:59 PM
Comments
You were just rippin out there!!! I'm really glad you got to enjoy and feel that new board under you feet. I don't quite have that "Crazy Canuck" blood flowing in my veins and gladly volunteered to take pictures!!!
Way to go Woody! 
Posted by: Woodette :) at October 14, 2006 9:49 PM
I would have been there, if only......
Posted by: Shan/Surfy at October 14, 2006 9:55 PM
....if only you could have got your board attached to the van!
Posted by: Woody at October 15, 2006 9:11 AM
You betcha'!! 
Posted by: Shan/Surfy at October 15, 2006 10:19 AM
The whitecaps yesterday looked so nice I was "almost" tempted. You should send the pics to
the Thunder Bay chapter of the Frozen Gonads Society. I bet the Observer would print it too!
Posted by: Pavel at October 15, 2006 10:20 AM
You are NUTS! 
Try & help me convince the whole family move to a warmer client. How's about Australia? I'll go first! 
Posted by: Guinevere at October 15, 2006 10:29 AM
Cool video!
Posted by: Shan/Surfy at October 15, 2006 1:01 PM
How warm was the water?
Posted by: Mikey at October 15, 2006 1:25 PM
Nice vid Margot.
Posted by: Big Al at October 15, 2006 8:26 PM
Yehaa! It really turned out well. We have to do more of those. 
Posted by: Woodette :) at October 15, 2006 8:43 PM
Thanks Guin and Al for the help getting the video online BOTH ways! I'm gonna be posting all kinds of videos now!
Well, not every kind of video 
I'll leave those up to Bib Bro Al!! HAHA
Posted by: Woody at October 15, 2006 8:58 PM
Hey Guys, great pictures Woody, how warm is the water up there? Nice to be on a Formula board when it gets cold, that thing is so stable so you don't have to worry about falling in so much...:)
Keep em coming, you should mount a steel nose on that board so when the ice gets to float around you can cut through it with the board. :)
Posted by: Uffe at October 16, 2006 9:31 AM
It's not so bad falling in....you just have to make sure you get out fast. Trust me! 
Posted by: Shan/Surfy at October 16, 2006 9:48 PM
Nice post Woody. You were cruising pretty good. It's a good thing winter is setting in so that you can't get too fast on that rig before next year ;)
Posted by: Arden at October 17, 2006 10:19 PM
i was waiting for the gybe ...
Posted by: shredulato at October 19, 2006 3:08 PM
HAHA! I'm still waiting to GET the jibe!!
Posted by: Woody at October 19, 2006 4:14 PM
