van
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Another good deed by a kitesurfer
Some of you might know Phil. He's the owner of the local kiteshop here in the Houston area. Here's the link to the story.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinlim/8895583253/in/photostrea...
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wow , i wonder if this hit the news yet. it must have been a tanker wave ..... no idea
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van
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pics say it was taken on May 30th .. He just posted on facebook just now about it so it would be old news by now.
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COOL!
I'm going to take a nap now
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That's awesome!
Some of this some of that and a little bit of everything.
World English Dictionary
kitesurfing (ˈkaɪtˌsɜːfɪŋ 
— n
the sport of sailing standing up on a surfboard while being pulled along by a large kite |
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It's nice to hear about someone doing something heroic in situation such as this. It is unfortunate someone was drowned in that event, and condolences
go out to the family for the loss.
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The sad part is, the two men in the picture are smiling. I bet the guy being body dragged was kinda laughing about the situation and how cool it was
to be towed in by a kite, but that must have been before they realized one of his friends was gone. That is really heartbreaking.
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Goes to show how fast #@%$#! can hit the fan. It's a good thing they were there at the time to respond. Quite commendable of them to jump to action
like that too.
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Quote: Originally posted by Demoknight  | | The sad part is, the two men in the picture are smiling. I bet the guy being body dragged was kinda laughing about the situation and how cool it was
to be towed in by a kite, but that must have been before they realized one of his friends was gone. That is really heartbreaking. |
Doesn't look like they were smiling.. he's got same look as me when I'm struggling to body drag upwind.
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