Friday<\/span> – Dorado<\/u><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Saturday<\/span> – Parguera <\/u><\/p>\n The wind in Parguera was strong enough to kite. Everyone seemed to be on the water to take advantage of strong winds. Youri was equally impressed by the flat water and strong winds of Parguera. After he was done with the morning session of the clinic, Youri pulled out his equipment and did a \u201clittle practice\u201d himself. That big splash you heard Saturday<\/span> afternoon was everyone\u2019s jaw dropping to the water when we saw Youri complete the most unbelievable tricks. For about 30 minutes, he put on a show that no one will soon forget. \u00a0Our kids have their work cut out for themselves. Hopefully, we got some good video of Youri\u2019s demonstration to put up on the AKA website. A special thanks goes out to Luijo and Jafet for their stewardship of the Parguera Clinic. Despite the crowds, everyone was kept safe, everyone got their kites up without incident and a great time was had by all.<\/p>\n Sunday<\/span> – Parguera \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n Sunday<\/span> proved to be a day of high expectations and low wind. The original plan was to have a Youri Clinic in Isabela. But with an island-wide forecast of low wind, the executive decision was made to return to Parguera in the hope that wind might return there. Alas, those hopes were not fulfilled. Still Jafet towed the kids around on the back of the boat while riding on paddle boards with Youri. Then Youri held a small \u201cclassroom session\u201d under the shade of the mangroves to talk about kiting, answer questions and the like. I think Youri might have gotten hand cramps from all the autographs he signed. And I observed he signed every autograph that was asked of him and took a smiling photo with every kiter that wanted one: young and old.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Today, Youri returns to Holland. But I think given the wonderful Puerto Rican welcome he received and his observations of the great kiting conditions we have here, we will be able to get him back again next year!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sincerely,<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Michael<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What a weekend! Youri Zoon \u2013 what a class act. If there was a role model for our kiteboarding youth, he\u2019s it!: humble, approachable, friendly, articulate, and an all-around nice person, not to mention a two-time world champion kiteboarder. A special thanks goes out to Patrick Demann for his initiative, organization and incredibly hard work […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/yourZoon1.jpg?fit=1080%2C680&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=813"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":821,"href":"https:\/\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813\/revisions\/821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"youri3\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/youri3.jpg?resize=300%2C197\")
Friday\u2019s<\/span> Dorado Beach Clinic was as productive as it could be on a low wind day. There was a video presentation and question and answer session at Ambassadors of the Sea. Youri talked to the kids about the importance of equipment maintenance. Coach Hurdman had a bunch of land training equipment out on the lawn to work on. Then there was paddle boarding activity out on the water. Finally, late afternoon the wind picked up and a couple of the Falcons were able to go out on the water with their kites and Youri riding the jet ski. Coach Hurdman picked up with things at 4:30pm<\/span> with an abbreviated Falcons practice with a bunch of young girls who are potential newcomers to the team for next year. Friday\u2019s<\/span> clinic concluded with a festive cook out and a beautiful sunset. Melissa Neugebauer brought the most wonderful salad. Sammy\u2019s Mom brought fixings for the hamburgers and there were so many deserts brought, I can\u2019t remember everyone to thank. \u00a0This was Youri\u2019s first trip to Puerto Rico and everyone left him with a very positive impression. Youri commented several times about how welcome he felt by the kids and parents alike. He thought the kiting set-up at Goodwinds was one of the best he had ever seen. Imagine what he will think next year, when we have wind!\u00a0 Thank you Phil and Karla for allowing us to use Goodwinds for the Youri Clinic. Thank you Coach Hurdman for helping Youri in the Dorado Clinic.<\/p>\n![\"youri2\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.amateurkiteboarders.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/youri2.jpg?resize=300%2C202\")
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