Happy Sports Filled Canadian Visitors Weekend Everyone!

Simon · 2006-11-04, 12:19 PM

Back from the beach.

They're trying...but there's a non-stop misty rain with a strong wind that's making the ocean too choppy for the wakeboarders to do much of anything except fall down. Hey, if 'misty rain' didn't sound porn-y enough, how about: I'm home because I couldn't watch one more amateur who couldn't keep it up.

Interesting, with the title of this thread being what it is, there were quite a few vehicles with Canadian plates parked at the beach. Seems last year's Pro-Am winner is from up there.

> Added: actually it's Humboldt, Saskatchewan, which Google tells me is 2,824 miles from here. That's a long drive to wind up having to compete in weather like we have here today. <

Maybe I'll try later if the weather changes, otherwise I'm sure I can find something to do around here.

emmanuelle · 2006-11-04, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Simon

> Added: actually it's Humboldt, Saskatchewan, which Google tells me is 2,824 miles from here. That's a long drive to wind up having to compete in weather like we have here today. <

I wonder where someone from Humboldt trains? An irrigation ditch?

cd34 · 2006-11-04, 01:05 PM

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I wonder where someone from Humboldt trains? An irrigation ditch?

Palm Beach County has the longest straight flat-water stretches in the state (and a world-class waterski park).

The flat-water stretches are irrigation canals that go in all different directions, so, if the wind is blowing from the East, you go to a north-south canal.

Tara Hamilton is from Lantana which is just south of here and got into wakeboarding because another wakeboarding superstar (who's name I cannot remember) dared her. Now she and her sister are top ranked.

Toyota ended up sponsoring the guy and he had a free boat, a free truck to pull it, and quite an endorsement racket. Getting paid to wakeboard.....

So, we get to see our fair share of people training. Andy Mapple should be coming down soon who used to be the in the top 5 ranked slalom skier for almost 20 years -- and trains a few miles from my house.

So, yes, irrigation ditches are popular.

emmanuelle · 2006-11-04, 01:30 PM

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So, yes, irrigation ditches are popular.

Please allow me to introduce you to irrigation ditches in western Canada
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/co...mber=VIEW-8453

this one is in Alberta, a slightly more cosmopolitan place than Saskatchewan

2006-11-04, 12:19 PM	#1
Simon That which does not kill us, will try, try again. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Conch Republic Posts: 5,150	Back from the beach. They're trying...but there's a non-stop misty rain with a strong wind that's making the ocean too choppy for the wakeboarders to do much of anything except fall down. Hey, if 'misty rain' didn't sound porn-y enough, how about: I'm home because I couldn't watch one more amateur who couldn't keep it up. Interesting, with the title of this thread being what it is, there were quite a few vehicles with Canadian plates parked at the beach. Seems last year's Pro-Am winner is from up there. > Added: actually it's Humboldt, Saskatchewan, which Google tells me is 2,824 miles from here. That's a long drive to wind up having to compete in weather like we have here today. < Maybe I'll try later if the weather changes, otherwise I'm sure I can find something to do around here. __________________ "If you're happy and you know it, think again." -- Guru Pitka Last edited by Simon; 2006-11-04 at 12:28 PM.. Reason: 'cause I wasn't done :)

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