Broken leg on today's DW'er.

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DavidJohn
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30 Jun 2012 8:38pm
Sad news I know.. .. But it can be fixed and I'll be back with more DW vids soon.

DJ

robdog
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30 Jun 2012 8:45pm
Knowing your practical joker side I was always a bit suss about this post.
But then I thought what if he really broke his leg?
You had me there for a minute.
DavidJohn
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30 Jun 2012 8:56pm
One of the three legs broke right off at the foot.. Buggar!

Cold temps + plastic = snap... I guess I was pushing the limits..

Bummer that it happened in the first few minutes of the run.. I paddled over and stuck it in the bushes just before Pt Ormond and then paddled on with Jonathan just as the wind kicked in at about 30 knots.. Jonathan was flying in his new Starboard 'dug-out'..

DJ



ka43
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30 Jun 2012 8:57pm
Love the DW vid's but why are you dressed like a kiter DJ???
DavidJohn
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30 Jun 2012 9:03pm
ka43 said...

Love the DW vid's but why are you dressed like a kiter DJ???


I'd rather be dressed like a kiter.. than like a male ballerina..

I've worn boardies over wetties windsurfing before kitesurfing was even invented..

It first it was just boardies over springsuits and I'd be thinking.. 'What cold weather.. I'm in boardies' .. and made me feel like it was still summer.

DJ

laceys lane
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30 Jun 2012 9:11pm
dj, for a moment i though you must have had a run in the canoe
Scotty Mac
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30 Jun 2012 9:00pm
yer had me worries for a sec. interesting angle. had good 25 knot 8km run on a canoe in the gulf here this afternoon.
fairhaven
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1 Jul 2012 12:19am
I liked the ending when the camera went under the water.
HumanCartoon
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1 Jul 2012 10:54am
ka43 said...

Love the DW vid's but why are you dressed like a kiter DJ???


The big baggies catch more breeze on he downwinders
BruceT
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1 Jul 2012 2:36pm
that mount just gets bigger and better - the angle was great, could see the swells much better
Simondo
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2 Jul 2012 1:23am
Good work DJ!
laurie
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2 Jul 2012 1:54pm
Hey DJ - great looking rig, and great angle -- good stuff.

I've been laid up for a bit, and while I was, I got an iPhone game called "Bridge Construction Kit" .. fun game that teaches (indirectly) about tensive and compressive forces, and this kind of break happens all the time when you're trying to build a bridge out of wood! lol.

A counterweight might help reduce some of the load on the 3rd leg?



PTWoody
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2 Jul 2012 2:32pm
Hmmm... note to self... never cross a bridge that DJ built. Especially one made out of PVC.
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