<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747564820021416078.post1934932630024683119..comments</id><updated>2007-03-26T00:21:00.369-05:00</updated><category term='Trips'/><category term='Skateboarding'/><category term='hydrofoil'/><category term='Surfing'/><category term='plans'/><category term='techniques'/><category term='Antarctica'/><category term='Forecast'/><category term='Freestyling'/><category term='videos'/><category term='Austin'/><category term='Worldwinds'/><category term='Corpus Christi'/><category term='photos'/><category term='Gear'/><category term='packing'/><category term='Yacht'/><category term='Air'/><category term='Waves'/><category term='Ron Jon Surf School'/><category term='Hotels'/><category term='Windsurfing'/><category term='Mistral'/><category term='F2'/><category term='Competition'/><category term='Trip Report'/><category term='Fanatic'/><category term='food'/><category term='resources'/><category term='Cocoa Beach'/><category term='Sailing'/><category term='classes'/><category term='Weather'/><category term='joke'/><category term='Lodging'/><category term='Wind'/><category term='learning'/><category term='JP'/><category term='planing'/><category term='Tricks'/><category term='restaurants'/><category term='PaddleBoard'/><category term='Kiteboarding'/><title type='text'>Comments on Wind Addict: Taking a Beginner's Class (or Why Windsurfing is E...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.windaddict.com/feeds/1934932630024683119/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6747564820021416078/1934932630024683119/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.windaddict.com/2007/03/taking-beginners-class-or-why.html'/><author><name>John M. P. Knox</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09842543518651197297</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747564820021416078.post-8339804926171095576</id><published>2007-03-26T00:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-26T00:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jason, I think the cute Russian girl that John was...</title><summary type='text'>Jason, I think the cute Russian girl that John was talking to about windsurfing was on his mind when he wrote the first paragraph ::grins::&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I definitely agree, though. The beginner and intermediate classes are very well done.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I found that although they mentioned steering in the beginner class, I really sucked at it (everyone else did a fine job of avoiding me).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6747564820021416078/1934932630024683119/comments/default/8339804926171095576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6747564820021416078/1934932630024683119/comments/default/8339804926171095576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.windaddict.com/2007/03/taking-beginners-class-or-why.html?showComment=1174886460000#c8339804926171095576' title=''/><author><name>Freddy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872455959923903433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.windaddict.com/2007/03/taking-beginners-class-or-why.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747564820021416078.post-1934932630024683119' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6747564820021416078/posts/default/1934932630024683119' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-871193547'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747564820021416078.post-5831656401568353781</id><published>2007-03-26T00:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-26T00:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by the author.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6747564820021416078/1934932630024683119/comments/default/5831656401568353781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6747564820021416078/1934932630024683119/comments/default/5831656401568353781'/><author><name>Freddy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872455959923903433</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.windaddict.com/2007/03/taking-beginners-class-or-why.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747564820021416078.post-1934932630024683119' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6747564820021416078/posts/default/1934932630024683119' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-871193547'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747564820021416078.post-3631040497159488427</id><published>2007-03-25T20:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-25T20:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I completely agree.  That first paragraph was most...</title><summary type='text'>I completely agree.  That first paragraph was mostly written about me, right John?   :)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The most frustrating part of learning on your own is that there are LOTS of variables, and you need to figure out how to map all those variable onto the obvious controls:  speed up, slow down, turn left, turn right, and all without falling.  The beginner class explains the variables that will get you </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6747564820021416078/1934932630024683119/comments/default/3631040497159488427'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6747564820021416078/1934932630024683119/comments/default/3631040497159488427'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.windaddict.com/2007/03/taking-beginners-class-or-why.html?showComment=1174873560000#c3631040497159488427' title=''/><author><name>Jason</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18299946689027541037</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.windaddict.com/2007/03/taking-beginners-class-or-why.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747564820021416078.post-1934932630024683119' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6747564820021416078/posts/default/1934932630024683119' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-648368287'/></entry></feed>
