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Thank you.

deanaoxo - 3-4-2011 at 05:18 PM

As many of you at the event know, i was hospitalized Wednesday night with a severe arrhythmia. Basically they told me i had about another 2 minutes to live.

I'm fine now, but they will not let me out of the hospital until i have it fixed. That is supposed to happen Tuesday, April 5th.

I felt like i let the event down, and i let my team down.

So let me tell you about our event and my team, which is our team.

Not only did the show go on, bigger, better and badder than ever, i was able to give a short speech over the phone to everyone on Saturday night from my hospital bed.

Everyone stepped up, and threw down.

I've heard reports that the parties just kept getting better, that there was racing and freestyle, and out n back and all sorts of good stuff, that the food was out of this world(everything tastes better on the playa!)but, in the end.

I'm still not certain what happened, and i don't have the names yet, but whomever won the buggy in the raffle, gave it back! That's right, they gave it back, and then added $300 to it and it was auctioned off to raise money for my hospital visit! Then John Eckes (sp) won that beautiful Kieron Ozone kite, and he gave it back and it was auctioned off.

Simply put i was speechless. Those that know me, know what that must take.

NABX is something special. It's more than an event, a gathering, or a party. It's truly a family reunion. Where we meet old friends, and new. Where most everyone has a spare kite or a spare tube, where someone has that extra 'five minutes' to help Freeman, or there's some spare bearings to fix a wheel. Still, this is beyond.

Never has it been more apparent to me this year how really special it is. I really wish i could have been there. Truly. I will never forget what was done though, for me, and by the community of brothers and sisters that have become a part of my family.

To everyone who attends and supports our crazy little world, i just want to say, form the bottom of my slightly defective heart, thank you. To the people that helped out when a brother was down, and you know what i'm talking about, i got your back.

I'm in complete awe of this thing we have. You humble me, and make me feel honored to be associated with humans of this high quality.

I apologize to anyone who didn't have something they needed, or had to wait for something. I'm truly sorry i was not there. I also apologize to all the new people for not being able to welcome them. I hope i see you next year.

Meanwhile.

Thanks for letting me be me, thanks for coming, it will be better next year, i promise you i'll work even harder next year(and don't worry, with doctors clearance!).

We will return!

Aoxomoxoa is found in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

ripsessionkites - 3-4-2011 at 05:26 PM

nope, thank you for making it special for all of us.

get well soon, we are here until next FRI ... if you need anything just call - 360 325 3774

write up to follow ...

WELDNGOD - 3-4-2011 at 05:31 PM

It' a kiter thing........AOXOMOXOA!

indigo_wolf - 3-4-2011 at 05:31 PM

to the members of the Rogues Gallary.

Take care of you, Dean. Hope you are back to 100%, soon.

And, this because it seems to fit.... especially around 0:24.



ATB,
Sam

Bladerunner - 3-4-2011 at 06:04 PM

So sorry to here about the trouble but happy / hoping the pacemaker isn't required ?
Your Team came through and never missed a beat. The ONLY thing missing was YOU!

AOXOMOXOA !
:bigok:

dman - 3-4-2011 at 06:07 PM

Dean, you have a life of good Karma sitting on your side. I was witness to some beautiful human behavior Saturday night at the auction. If you had been there I would have missed out on THAT!

You are right about about the community we have. I took my 14 year old son out this year and he spent the whole ride home talking about the greatest people he had ever met this week. That is a tough one to replace for me as a Dad trying to raise kids these days.

bigkid - 3-4-2011 at 07:00 PM

I was sorry to not see you but understand the health/hospital thing and wish you the best.
Not to say you are not needed at the event, which you are, but you have a great team behind you to take care of things, you should be very proud. I was very happy to help where I was needed..

Heal quick. See ya at the next one:bigok:

nocando - 4-4-2011 at 10:31 AM

Deano, it was a very profound experience for me.

As I was telling people all week that I had
been shot in the butt with the biggest rainbow known to man.

Thank you
Good Health
Get well soon

GREAT WINDS:wee:

Dave367 - 4-4-2011 at 06:32 PM

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Originally posted by bigkid
I was sorry to not see you but understand the health/hospital thing and wish you the best.
Not to say you are not needed at the event, which you are, but you have a great team behind you to take care of things, you should be very proud. I was very happy to help where I was needed..


The highest kudos to any organization is to be able to run it without being there. Dean's little "disappearing" act challenged the organization he heads--yes, Dean's actually in charge (more or less--grant me some poetic licence here, dog!) of the organic, writhing, ever-evolving thing we call NABX--put the organization to its acid test--and it came off perfectly, seamlessly, organically--without its head.

My hat is off--way off--to the many people who stepped up and threw down. Thank you Blake. Thank you Cory. Thank you Carleton, Claxton, Jim, and dozens more, for doing what you love to do; what you do so well. Thank you for making the hundreds of little decisions--right decisions--that cause an event like NABX to come off.

Oh, and thank you Dean, for building an organization capable of closing ranks and carrying on--without a hitch, without a glitch--one of the best NABX's *ever* at Ivanpah--while you lay helpless and voice-less in a hospital bed 40 miles away.

Nice work, Bud.

Bladerunner - 4-4-2011 at 07:25 PM

Now you know what Dean calls AOXOMOXOA' mate!


Quote:
Originally posted by nocando
As I was telling people all week that I had
been shot in the butt with the biggest rainbow known to man.

Good Health
Get well soon

deanaoxo - 4-4-2011 at 07:31 PM

excuse me if i'm a little overwhelmed.

Tomorrow is the big day.

I sure hope i'm posting here tomorrow night!

fingers crossed.

thanks for the well wishes everyone! Nocando, DC, Indigo thanks for the Queen, right on time that. Bladerunner, dman, Jeff, Weldngod, i saw that buggy bike for a second out there, didn't get to see much this year.

Rip and the gang just left. Showed me a video. Damn, so sorry that did not air Sat night.

Met with the Flexi team last night on my hall pass(many at this hospital did not know you could get one of those!)have had many visitors, the nurses are really wondering what the hell is going on now. I've invited a few to come back with me....we'll see*wink.

Feeling it, let me tell you, feeling it much.

much aoxo now, need a whole bunch tomorrow, y'all keep me in your thoughts tomorrow, thank you some more.

dj

nocando - 4-4-2011 at 07:33 PM

Sure do and a big thank you to all

You made me feel most welcome

:wee:

acampbell - 5-4-2011 at 12:14 PM

Dean, this is the first i am hearing of this since I had to leave the event early. Yikes! Maybe you are on the table now so we are all praying in our own way. It's no surprise that you team and the NABX gang stepped up like that.

Thanks again and heal well.

Hope to see you at JIBE where we will already have something of a recovery ward set up!

BeamerBob - 5-4-2011 at 12:37 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Dave367
Quote:
Originally posted by bigkid
I was sorry to not see you but understand the health/hospital thing and wish you the best.
Not to say you are not needed at the event, which you are, but you have a great team behind you to take care of things, you should be very proud. I was very happy to help where I was needed..


The highest kudos to any organization is to be able to run it without being there. Dean's little "disappearing" act challenged the organization he heads--yes, Dean's actually in charge (more or less--grant me some poetic licence here, dog!) of the organic, writhing, ever-evolving thing we call NABX--put the organization to its acid test--and it came off perfectly, seamlessly, organically--without its head.

My hat is off--way off--to the many people who stepped up and threw down. Thank you Blake. Thank you Cory. Thank you Carleton, Claxton, Jim, and dozens more, for doing what you love to do; what you do so well. Thank you for making the hundreds of little decisions--right decisions--that cause an event like NABX to come off.

Oh, and thank you Dean, for building an organization capable of closing ranks and carrying on--without a hitch, without a glitch--one of the best NABX's *ever* at Ivanpah--while you lay helpless and voice-less in a hospital bed 40 miles away.

Nice work, Bud.


I can't say it any better than this. dean you can certainly feel comfortable that the event wasn't compromised by your absence other than you were deeply missed. I was there quite a while looking around trying to spot you before I heard you had been rushed to the hospital. Thoughts and prayers still heading your way. I can't imagine how fantastic next year will be with you on the playa with us and having a whole year to kick it up a notch yet again. Rock on brother! :thumbup::thumbup:

shehatesmyhobbies - 5-4-2011 at 12:54 PM

Dean, best wishes on the surgery today. I can only say that I am glad you have a great support system with you.

I must honestly say that this PKF family just keeps on shining! I think the whole world should power kite, it may make the world a better place!

I really hope that I can make it out next year to meet the rest of you!

kitemaker4 - 6-4-2011 at 09:25 AM

Best wishes and a speedy recovery Dean.

By the way the buggy was donated back by Mark Barton from Lafayette Louisiana.

Susan (npw goddess)

bobalooie57 - 6-4-2011 at 09:36 AM

IMHO, some of the most shining examples of humanity exist right here in our little world of the PKF. A big thank you to all! Good luck on your recovery, Dean.

doublespeed360 - 6-4-2011 at 05:35 PM

thank you dean, get well ,i know you will bounce back ,thanks to jose for the use of the blokart thanks to claxton for picking up my friend ,mike ssarauw on his first try at the out and back ,thanks to carlton for the great food, thanks to team flexi for the shows,thanks to scott skinner for selling the lucky tickets, thanks to cory your wisdom is always welcome ,thanks to grant for changing my tire ,you make it so easy.and demo your kite , reactor 2, thanks ziggy ,mark groshen , dave aikman ,mike sarauw . for how you guys are,thanks to dave midgly for carting me along ,thanks to tsune and miki its a long way, thanks to blake for the races ,thank to the dutch boys to show how to race and build buggys,thanks to team peter lynn on how to jump ,thanks lenka and slawek for the videos, thanks ranger ryan for not giving any tickets and another year to play, thanks to glen ford you are a hoot,thanks to chris shultz and flash ,kyle ,HQ for demo of the toxic,thanks to popeye for your presence and buggy and thanks to fran for starting this whole experience and everybody else who show up this year this was, special. you guys are the best.paul....aoxo forever

Ozzy - 7-4-2011 at 12:57 PM

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Originally posted by doublespeed360
thank you dean, get well ,i know you will bounce back ,thanks to jose for the use of the blokart thanks to claxton for picking up my friend ,mike ssarauw on his first try at the out and back ,thanks to carlton for the great food, thanks to team flexi for the shows,thanks to scott skinner for selling the lucky tickets, thanks to cory your wisdom is always welcome ,thanks to grant for changing my tire ,you make it so easy.and demo your kite , reactor 2, thanks ziggy ,mark groshen , dave aikman ,mike sarauw . for how you guys are,thanks to dave midgly for carting me along ,thanks to tsune and miki its a long way, thanks to blake for the races ,thank to the dutch boys to show how to race and build buggys,thanks to team peter lynn on how to jump ,thanks lenka and slawek for the videos, thanks ranger ryan for not giving any tickets and another year to play, thanks to glen ford you are a hoot,thanks to chris shultz and flash ,kyle ,HQ for demo of the toxic,thanks to popeye for your presence and buggy and thanks to fran for starting this whole experience and everybody else who show up this year this was, special. you guys are the best.paul....aoxo forever


Dito,....nothing more to add,...it was awesome, thanks to everybody ,.. Ozzy

Bladerunner - 7-4-2011 at 04:18 PM

You have been part of my daily prayers Dean. ( Todd + Don as well )

How did it turn out ?

:bigok:

nocando - 7-4-2011 at 07:59 PM

A great recovery for you Dean

Will be thinking of you all very often

acampbell - 8-4-2011 at 09:47 AM

Any word on how Dean is doing and what had to be done? Pacemaker? Defibrillator? I hope he did not have to have his chest cracked. Still praying

deanaoxo - 8-4-2011 at 11:58 AM

Just plugged in my computer.

Well, it didn't work. They tried the procedure on Tuesday the 5th of April, and they could not get my heart to race, or go into any arrhythmia. Bummer.

They let me go on Weds. Corey and Phil picked me up after making me wait outside the hospital for 45 mins or so. I was flying a kite that Susan Skinner made for me when they showed up.

That night we went to see Mystere in the light box. I kept it cool, and when we went for drinks(it was early) of course i had no alcohol.

Later, my heart went back into arrhythmia and Phil drove me back to the hospital where i was quickly admitted and later told i was not to think of leaving until they fixed me.

That's where i am now.

I have not gotten to talk to my doctor but once.

I will try to post info here when i can, but after certain procedures i can not use my computer as i'm to wired up.

I'm sorry i'm not out, i really want to go home and make kites, but i'm going to try and work this out.

Thanks again for all the well wishes, kind thoughts, and visits.

Thanks most of course for the support for the event. I love nabx, and i hope that it shows.

hoping for aoxomoxoa las vegas, nevada

pbc - 8-4-2011 at 07:58 PM

Maddening.

I hope they can get you fixed up soon. Let us know if we can help.

Philip

acampbell - 8-4-2011 at 08:27 PM

Dean, we will put another wing on the convalescent ward at JIBE and nurse Ratchet will be sure to take good care of you. Godspeed to you and hope to see you soon.

popeyethewelder - 10-4-2011 at 01:00 AM

All the best Dean, with all the people behind you wishing you well, I am sure you will bounce back real soon....

deanaoxo - 12-4-2011 at 08:20 AM

Ground Hog day again today, 12:30.

fingers crossed.

aoxo

Bladerunner - 12-4-2011 at 04:50 PM

Special Prayer sent !

:thumbup:

macboy - 12-4-2011 at 05:06 PM

You know...a guy who's been all heart all his life must surely be due for a tune up. Add another prayer to the bank. (The Big Guy's gonna start to get suspicious soon...all these kiter prayers.......he's gonna figure we have no plans of comin' up anytime soon unless carried by ripstop :lol: )

Craig Sparkes - 13-4-2011 at 03:10 AM

If you have not heard, we have been informed by the one that is Dean Jordan that it was a SUCCESS!

I'm sure you will all agree this is a huge relief to us and are stoked to hear that he is on the Mend!

Get well soon bro!

acampbell - 13-4-2011 at 03:38 AM

YAYYYYY!!!

nocando - 13-4-2011 at 06:47 AM

kewl:wee:

Bladerunner - 13-4-2011 at 04:41 PM

:bouncy:WOOP:bouncy:WOOP:bouncy:

snowspider - 14-4-2011 at 05:35 AM

Very good news ... just like timex.

KitePwr - 14-4-2011 at 03:25 PM

Just to confirm Sparkles report... I talked with Dean yesterday and he was out of the hospital and looking forward to heading home. The procedure was done and, as he said, while there is no warranty, he's pretty happy with the results thus far.

Darrin

deanaoxo - 16-4-2011 at 03:34 AM

So, just to bring it full circle.

Home again. At my trusty desk, fresh coffee, re-wired heart.

How close was it?

Way to close for comfort. I've been close before but this one, or actually two, unsettled me quite a bit.

Meanwhile, random acts of kindness continue to amaze me.

Being part of what we all have built, what we share, and what our little group does, never ceases to amaze and astound me.

Next year, oh next year will be here soon enough, but for now, i just want to look at everyones pictures, see what i missed, hear the stories, and take stock of my life.

What else can i say?

Aoxomoxoa sought, Aoxomoxoa found.

dean is in Florida! It's humid, there are bugs, and it is home!

WindWiz - 16-4-2011 at 09:36 PM

Glad to hear you came through it and made it home safely!! Now take good care of that ticker! :wee:

Bambi - 17-4-2011 at 08:27 PM

Dean, get well and we all will look to see enjoy your presents next year.

and big thanks to all for great event again

good winds to all