12-30-2003, 03:00 PM
[size 2]Thanks for your concern of the safety aspects. We were out to have fun and if for any moment I was to feel in jeopardy of my safety or my sons none of this would have happened.
Keep in mind that this full half hour of kicking was right in front of the lifeguards, life jackets were in place for both of us and the bouy was directly 20yds from the shore that we launched from. This was just a simple excercise on what to do in a windy situation.
As TD says, sometimes the wind can kick up when we least expect it and takes us to places that we don't expect.
After the excercise, I changed to a different style of fins and showed little Tubie how I could kick the same distance in the same conditions in only 5 minutes without risk of life or limb or tackle.[/size]
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Keep in mind that this full half hour of kicking was right in front of the lifeguards, life jackets were in place for both of us and the bouy was directly 20yds from the shore that we launched from. This was just a simple excercise on what to do in a windy situation.
As TD says, sometimes the wind can kick up when we least expect it and takes us to places that we don't expect.
After the excercise, I changed to a different style of fins and showed little Tubie how I could kick the same distance in the same conditions in only 5 minutes without risk of life or limb or tackle.[/size]
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