: True enough, although one of the big races in this country is in
: Chicago. I wasn't advocating their universal desirability or
: availability, just responding to Malcolm's opinion that they
: were only suited for flatwater.

: But - they can be a lot of fun and a very good workout on
: relatively flat water. My local workout venue is a reservoir
: with about 5 miles of fetch. Given a good afternoon wind I have
: had some decent surfing in the last two miles of that short
: 'lake'. Ya gets yer yeehaws where ya can find 'em.

We do have one dealer that has Epic's but their test area is a pond about 100 ft. across. I've asked them how exactly you were supposed to turn this thing around in that pond and they didn't understand and they are the dealer.

The details are the trick, if I could even rent one for a day I could figure out how to build it. I've been to the Chicago Shoreline Marathon btw.

Guess I'll eventually take a drive to California and go play and probably bring one back, the wildly colored Huki's are just seriously cool :)

http://huki.com/

Bill H.