For five years awhile back the wife and I went to Aruba at least once per year (all the way back to when she was "the girlfriend") and had a lot of good times and good friends there. When I stumbled across this compilation of local TV coverage of Aruba's Hi-Wind races (1987-2006...this is one of several pieces from the collection on Youtube) I started looking for Aruban friends.
I was surprised (just a little) when the first person I spotted was Long Island's mighty Bill DeGeorge, who always does serious damage to competing egos at the East Coast Windsurfing Festival, Fall Regattas etc. (He was top-five in the Masters division in the clip above). I haven't sailed in Aruba in a few years, but this clip reminded me of how much fun it was to rip in the Blue Highway when Fishermans Huts was going off.
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This is awesome! It's cool to see how different the old slalom boards and sails were. Now I want to go to Aruba.
Posted by: James Douglass | December 14, 2011 at 11:19 PM
hey james how about posting some more video from your neck of the woods,luv to check out horse neck,the cape,matunuck,etc.ive been to matunuck & the cape but only got corp beach real good.
Posted by: scott k. | December 15, 2011 at 08:28 AM