I met my future wife in Buffalo. The connection we made was through windsurfing. I was shocked to find a pretty lady in Buffalo who knew how to windsurf. I’m still not sure how I impressed her, and for some reason she didn’t disqualify me.
Memorial Weekend has been good around here for wind. It’s been around 6.5 every day and customers are blasting around. I’m really liking our new RRD Fire Ride. It jibes effortlessly and is very forgiving. Just found out the windmill at the old Windmill Point restaurant will be moved to Roanoke Island. Now all the old windsurfers won’t be able to find the windsurf spot down here without the landmark. Kiteboarding is coming soon. Stay tuned.
Well, we’ve pulled the boats out of the water in Nags Head and started the winterizing process. At Nor’banks in Duck we still have boats ready if needed and we’ll milk that a little until November at the latest. The only thing we have going in Nags Head is windsurfing. Last winter I was sweating bullets over the economy and how it would affect the summer business. We wound up being down a little but nothing hugely signficant. I read in Consumer Reports that vacations were the one thing the general population would actually spend more on now that they’ve reprioritized their finances. Hard to pinpoint the thinking behind that. We had a very good staff this season which makes it more enjoyable for everyone. The key phrase for a business owner like myself is “no drama”. Just give me a group of people that show up to work everyday … Continued
Last weekend was our first ever regatta at Kitty Hawk Water Sports and although the turnout was small everybody had good fun. The racers were mostly locals except for the Marines who came in to pick up a new purchase and what better way to give it a shake down cruise than at our regatta. On Saturday the weather held off and we got in 6 races on the triangular course. Afterwards, we had a great social at Pamlico Jack’s just a block away. If you get the chance to go there they have a great deck bar overlooking the sound. Sunday morning we woke up to clouds and cool weather. After much debating we decided on a mid-distance race across the sound. The winds were great, around 12 mph, and we were zipping across the water. Chip Forbes won the regatta on a Hobie 16 with Chris Matthews coming … Continued
Hurricane Daniel passed by last night and unless you looked at the ocean you wouldn’t have known. This morning I showed up to work and it was turning into a nice day without the mugginess. Around mid-morning a few windsurfers came out to enjoy the nice NW winds hovering just below 15 mph. Our former instructor, Alexis, was out there having a great time. When I finally got on the water I just couldn’t get that board on a plane. I swear I’m going to lose weight this winter.