Clay Feeter is back -- new windsurfing pub, e-zine in the works. NEED YOUR HELP!

[clayf...@aol.com]

SUBJECT: Wind Tracks coming back with a new name, new format in works!

Hi to my bros and broettes of the wind!

Clay Feeter here, former publisher of Wind Tracks Magazine, now a work-
a-day world guy from New Hampshire, living on a lake, loving life but
wondering what happened to the grass roots of our sport.

I sold my mag to John Chao/American Windsurfer in Dec. 1999. I asked
him a month or so ago if he is going to use the Wind Tracks name and
tho he is not he's being a bit stingy with it. He wont let me use Wind
Tracks (I understand) so I need a new name.

No worries. Anybody have any ideas?! ")

There is NOthing like windsurfing and the people and life that
surrounds it.
-I live on a beautiful small and pretty windy lake
with my life partner and soulmate Joyce Bilodeau, a total jock who
works as a top operating room nurse by day and runs, kayaks, mt. bikes
and now windsurfs after work each day (and we snow shoe in winter;
hoping to iceboard next winter!).

I have come back to windsurfing BIG TIME (have already bought 4
boards) after 5 or so years sabbatical from windsurfing. ...and LOVING
IT!

Sometimes being away from something -- especially going cold turkey --
makes it taste better than ever when you return.

Are You With Me?
I am poised to bring back a publication and ezine that embodies the
life, spirit and awesome feel of catching it good in your own
backyard. And the term "good" has stretched wonderfully these days.
One of my boards is a 14'5" Serenity. Sailing into the dusk on the
lake is like meditating.

I really do not see a "real windsurfer's" mag out there (WindSurfing
mag tried to do that with their latest issue but even by Eddie the
Editor's own admission they failed. Eddie's a great guy but he is
chained to the mulit mag machine that publishes WS).

America needs a windsurfing revival (can you hear "The times
they are a changin'" by Bob Dylan).

What do you think?

Am I nuts? Would you pull out some old (and NEW!) images and words for
me? Help me start a collection of ideas and energies to populate this
new venture.

Spread the word! Something's brewing. The feeling is back!

Send me your thoughts, ideas.

Thank you, and see you on the water.
-Clay

Clay Feeter
PO Box 17 (UPS/FedEx: 16 Ridge Rd. "along lovely Lower Suncook Lake,
second only to Lake Wobegon for pristine beauty" -- to be read in your
best Garrison Keillor Praire Home Companion voice)
Center Barnstead, NH 03225
(603) 209-4343; ClayF...@aol.com

[clayf...@aol.com]

[M. Gunn]

in article 1180023445.3...@q66g2000hsg.googlegroups.com,
clayf...@aol.com at clayf...@aol.com wrote on 5/24/07 9:17 AM:

> SUBJECT: Wind Tracks coming back with a new name, new format in works!

Excellent!
A WindRiders Continuum...what goes around comes around.

Best of luck on your new adventure. I'm sure it will be successful!

mo
--
Team Coyote
http://www.teamcoyote.net

[Bill]

> (603) 209-4343; ClayFee...@aol.com

Hey Clay!

Great to hear you are ramping back up. Funny story recently regarding
a little reminiscing about old WindTracks. I was meeting Dana M for a
wave session at S-Turns just north of Rodanthe on Hatteras Island a
few weeks ago. Both he and I were sporting an old WindTracks Staff T-
shirt from the days of yore! I remember having about 3 of them back
in the old days, but now I am down to only one. Some white paint on
it, but the blue still shines though!

Having a box of those wind rags at the BrewThru when I worked there
years ago was a wonderful thing!

Good luck on bringing it back!

Bill
http://obxbeachlife.blogspot.com/

[Bill]

> Having a box of those wind rags at the BrewThru when I worked there
> years ago was a wonderful thing!

note: wind rags = magazines

just in case there are some rec.dotters not familiar with some of the
"language" of old WindTracks

[windsurfwahine]

I think that would be AWESOME. I loved Windtracks. I was just
talking to someone about that the other day. Remeber back in 96(I
think) The Trade show in The Gorge. You guys went to The Dalles and
bought a bunch of old furniture and made a living room. You had a
cover of Windtracks with the middle cut out and you stuck your face in
it to be on the cover!!!!!!!!!! FUN! We had some great parties that
weekend. It was the grand opening of Northwaves Loft. Someone took a
pic of my windsurfing tattoo and it was in the next issue. Those were
the days it was a magazine about real people your friends and
neighbors and people you met in your travels...
Bring it Back!

[marc rosen]

Hey Clay,
Where have you been? There has been a "Real windsurfer's Mag for
about 13 years, give or take that has never ceased publication or
changed its format or bought out by others and is focused on,
dedicated to, and thrives upon the submission of its readers- that
means WINDSURFERS! . It is called the New England Windsurfing
Journal. And please don't tell me that because it is not a glossy
publication it ain't a magazine.
Having said all that, welcome back to windsurfing.

Marc.

> I really do not see a "real windsurfer's" mag out there (WindSurfing
> mag tried to do that with their latest issue but even by Eddie the
> Editor's own admission they failed. Eddie's a great guy but he is
> chained to the mulit mag machine that publishes WS).
>
> America needs a windsurfing revival (can you hear "The times
> they are a changin'" by Bob Dylan).
>
> What do you think?
>
> Am I nuts? Would you pull out some old (and NEW!) images and words for
> me? Help me start a collection of ideas and energies to populate this
> new venture.
>
> Spread the word! Something's brewing. The feeling is back!
>
> Send me your thoughts, ideas.
>
> Thank you, and see you on the water.
> -Clay
>
> Clay Feeter
> PO Box 17 (UPS/FedEx: 16 Ridge Rd. "along lovely Lower Suncook Lake,
> second only to Lake Wobegon for pristine beauty" -- to be read in your
> best Garrison Keillor Praire Home Companion voice)
> Center Barnstead, NH 03225

> (603) 209-4343; ClayFee...@aol.com

[Glenn Woodell]

Welcome back Clay. I still have my blue staff shirt from days gone by.
Best of luck with yoru endeavor.

Glenn

[mbar...@roadrunner.com]

Hey Clay, You had me at "Hi".....where do I sign up? I know it costs a
lot to produce but I absolutely loved the "WindTracks Journal" format,
similar to "Surfers Journal". At the same time, I'm also a big fan of
the more grass roots "New England Windsurfing Journal" format already
mentioned by Marc.

New name suggestions for the mag....Windsong, Wind Chimes, or what
about Windsurfing Tracks?

Best of luck and keep us updated, Mac

On May 24, 3:38 pm, Glenn Woodell <lets...@cox.net> wrote:
> Welcome back Clay. I still have my blue staff shirt from days gone by.
> Best of luck with yoru endeavor.
>
> Glenn
>

> >(603) 209-4343; ClayFee...@aol.com- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

[The Dog]

On May 24, 2:10 pm, marc rosen <duckb...@qis.net> wrote:
> Hey Clay,
> Where have you been? There has been a "Real windsurfer's Mag for
> about 13 years, give or take that has never ceased publication or
> changed its format or bought out by others and is focused on,
> dedicated to, and thrives upon the submission of its readers- that
> means WINDSURFERS! . It is called the New England Windsurfing
> Journal. And please don't tell me that because it is not a glossy
> publication it ain't a magazine.
> Having said all that, welcome back to windsurfing.
>
> Marc.

The original Wind Tracks wasn't glossy either... And it was a damn
fine mag. I have trouble believing NEWJ could be that good, but then
I've never seen one.

Dog

[wind.sh@dow]

On 24 May 2007 09:17:20 -0700, clayf...@aol.com wrote:

>wondering what happened to the grass roots of our sport.
>
>I sold my mag to John Chao/American Windsurfer

Looks like you answered your own question. :0

Yeah, where do we sign up? I agree with marc, NEWJ is the real thing,
but I would love to see WindTracks or whatever it's called come back.

[Craig Goudie]

Hi Clay,

You are most definitely nuts, or was that rhetorical ;*)
I remember sitting on the patio at the WhiteCap (now Fullsail)
about 1993 blowing brown suds out my nose while reading
an article on "Hospital Air" in the nonglossy upstart mag.

How about a nice punk title like "BLOW" that ought to get people
talking ;*)

-Craig

On May 24, 10:17 am, clayfee...@aol.com wrote:
> SUBJECT: Wind Tracks coming back with a new name, new format in works!

> Am I nuts? Would you pull out some old (and NEW!) images and words for

> me? Help me start a collection of ideas and energies to populate this
> new venture.
>
> Spread the word! Something's brewing. The feeling is back!
>
> Send me your thoughts, ideas.
>
> Thank you, and see you on the water.
> -Clay
>
> Clay Feeter
> PO Box 17 (UPS/FedEx: 16 Ridge Rd. "along lovely Lower Suncook Lake,
> second only to Lake Wobegon for pristine beauty" -- to be read in your
> best Garrison Keillor Praire Home Companion voice)
> Center Barnstead, NH 03225

> (603) 209-4343; ClayFee...@aol.com

[clayf...@aol.com]

Hey Craig,
Now I'm the one blowing homebrew thru my nose! Just that now it's not
Full Sail but Smuttynose IPA from New England (not bad either!):

<I remember sitting on the patio at the WhiteCap (now Fullsail)
about 1993 blowing brown suds out my nose while reading
an article on "Hospital Air" in the nonglossy upstart mag.>

The vibe is alive!

Looks like indeed we need a vehicle to make this (above) happen
again...start sending the goods, Team USA!
-Note: My working theme so far is "Windsurfing -- and the
things we do when we're not."...but that could change as does the wind
and popular consensus.

Rock on,
-Clay

>
> > Clay Feeter
> > PO Box 17 (UPS/FedEx: 16 Ridge Rd. "along lovely Lower Suncook Lake,
> > second only to Lake Wobegon for pristine beauty" -- to be read in your
> > best Garrison Keillor Praire Home Companion voice)
> > Center Barnstead, NH 03225

[brett]

I'm in!!

Blow! or Wind Rag, both pretty good name IMHO.
I like the NEWJ, still miss Shredder and the Great Lakes mag too, but Tracks
was magic. I think this is the year of "grass roots" too, with longboarding
back in a big way, color back in sails, freestyle getting big. Hell yeh,
I'm in.

Brett

Smuttynose IPA... mmm... that's one thing I miss from NH.

[timwn...@gmail.com]

Ah man! You're speakin' my language. I've been sounding like a
broken record on this forum everytime someone mentions what current WS
magazines should cover and how they could change. I love the Surfer's
Journal and I'd love to see a magazine like that for windsurfing. I
think there are so many super fine folks in windsurfing that a
lifestyle oriented mag would just be awesome.

I'm down, I would subscribe in a heart beat.

-Tim

[Cliff Frost]

I'll subscribe! I'll try to contribute if that'd help.

I think you came up with the new name already: "Blowin' in the Wind"

Cheers,
Cliff

[wsurfn]

>
> How about a nice punk title like "BLOW" that ought to get people
> talking ;*)

I agree. Good name Craig.

Clay, we need it. Stay true to what made WT great. I'll subscribe.

[James]

Cool deal, Clay!

Marc Rosen raises a good point that "The New England Windsurfing
Journal" is already out there doing a pretty good job of what you're
describing, although maybe to a more regional audience. Before you
launch your own publication, maybe you can work out a way to team up
with the NEWJ or at least talk about how your magazines could coexist.

For a title, how about "Windsurfing America".

I could contribute an article about the intro-to-windsurfing program
we're doing this summer to boost the sport in Hampton Roads, VA.
Seems to be working so far.

PS- Have you sailed the formula stuff you bought from me yet?

[d...@lostinchina.org]

> Center Barnstead, NH 03225(603) 209-4343; ClayFee...@aol.com

Clay

You were the best! I owe you. Contact me.

Don

[Michael]

Dog, NEWJ is excellent, and a spiritual cousin of Wind Tracks, in my
opinion. Still, I am stoked for the return of Wind Tracks with a new
name. I still leaf through a select collection of old issues.

Clay...count me in!

P.S. John Chao...what is he thinking?

[josh.s...@worldpub.net]

Hi Clay,

Wow, that's great news. I came into the industry and started
working with Eddy after the WindTracks era, but I hear about it all
the time, and have even managed to get my hands on a few old issues to
read.

Anyways, welcome back, and looking forward to what you've got to show
us!

[youngwatery]

Hi Clay.

Will you be putting on any new speed events?

http://www.stableroad.com/videos/bsy3speed.htm

Welcome back dude!!!!

Aloha from Maui.

Robert and MJ

[sailin fool]

Great Clay! ....... only one thing! you need to move back here to the
west coast & let New England Journal do the east coast! ... we need
more local coverage IMHO. Back to Pistol! or here in Da Gorge. .....
So when are you packing?

Caleb Walker aka WindWalker #2

Chinook R&D

[jmcv...@yahoo.com]

Way to go guy. I hope you do it.
Jeff
(Pistol local living at the lake)

> (603) 209-4343; ClayFee...@aol.com

[The Dog]

Screw speed events... Bring back Hero Jybe!

Dog

[youngwatery]

Re: Screw speed events...

Dog - you obviously have not been to one of Clay's speed events. His
format rocked! Everyone there had a really great time. Even Mark
Angulo showed up one day and sailed my Equipe with an 8.0 race sail -
and had a blast!

Now what's the story about Hero Jybe??

[The Dog]

On May 25, 2:17 pm, youngwatery <youngwat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Re: Screw speed events...
>
> Dog - you obviously have not been to one of Clay's speed events.

Too true... But I have been to a Hero Jybe event. And that format
rocked too. The funniest thing I ever saw, and I think they won the
event, was Barry R and his wife pulling a tandem jybe on way too small
of a board. The funny part was Barry was wearing some outlandish
costume that include a Joker mask. It's pretty much a jybing free for
all.

I'll split the difference with you. Hero Jybe and Speed event!

Dog

[The Dog]

On May 25, 8:05 am, Michael <MichaelAl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dog, NEWJ is excellent, and a spiritual cousin of Wind Tracks, in my
> opinion.

Well, if someone sent me one, I might know that for myself (hint,
hint).

And it is my opinion that those who's sole pursuit is of the almighty
dollar tend not to think. What were you thinking?

B

[d...@lostinchina.org]

"the feelings back"... and with Clay, you can believe it!!..
I think that many "former" windsurfing businesses, although initially
motivated by a love of the sport, lost purchase on the dream, sheeted
out, dropped off a plane, freestyled one last move and then, leveled
in the brine, rested... arms across the board.. staring out away from
shore, across the chop, disassociated..... and then, ya get the
second wind... swim the sail around, set the water start, pull up from
beneath the booms, catch a gust on a 20 knot day and scream back to
shore.. thirsty for more... yeah... "the feelings back"...
I don't well know the ways of this world we live in. Sometimes the
deserving get their share... and some times the undeserving take the
last piece of cake...
In the sport of windsurfing, there is a "filter"... a "tended"
passage, minded by a fair and kind albeit perhaps not so wise an
entity. Most all who enter our sport, though certainly not without
fault, are the better kind of person... but not all. There are other
kinds of people that "get in"... those that speak from both sides of
their mouth. From one corner the make promises and sing accolades.
>From the other corner then make deals with a distant coconspirator;
lawful, but dishonest, polished but cold, simple but abiding no
respect... their breath fouls the very air we jibe through and their
spirit demeans the vigor of the sport.
I am generally not one to say "who is or who is not" one or the
other... nor to discern the why's and why not's of a person's behavior
or philosophy, but, of these two "poles" that, by indirect means I
have attempted to describe, I am certain that Clay falls far within
the former and not possibly near the latter... heart of gold...
truly...
Go for it CLAY!!... your readership is alive and well!!

[Michael]

send me your mailing address (at madlp1...@aol.com) and I will.

[The Dog]

On May 26, 9:19 am, Michael <MichaelAl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> send me your mailing address (at madlp13RE...@aol.com) and I will.

The shop address isn't secret, so send it there. I'm sure the other
guys would enjoy reading it too.

Mariner Sails
10903 Indian Trail, Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75229

Thanks,
Dog

[wind.sh@dow]

On 26 May 2007 08:20:11 -0700, The Dog <google_po...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

No wonder you never get things I send you. I always use this address:

Home of Baddass Truck
ATTN: Beermeister
Sovereign Nation of Texas

[The Dog]

On May 26, 10:31 am, "wind.sh@dow" <just lurking> wrote:
> On 26 May 2007 08:20:11 -0700, The Dog <google_posting_...@yahoo.com>

No... I get those too. But that mail is delivered via semi truck and
it takes awhile to sort through all of it. I'm currently about 7
years behind. ;-)

Dog

[Michael]

It will be on its way shortly!

[barry...@msn.com]

I took the Hero Jibe Contest idea from Clay, with his permission, and
recoined it the Ego Jibe Contest. It's been about the only annual
event that our club members will attend. Same simple rule as HJ
Contest - jibe around a buoy, everything else is game. Judging is
subjective and scandelous. Judges have been known to give out high
marks with a bribe as simple as a cold beer. Jibers with scowls or
other too-serious looks are punished with poor marks...

There was once a time, I think it was during the last Gorge AWIA trade
show, when I decided to enter the HJ Contest on a whim. Due to HR
being glassy calm, Clay and crew moved the HJ Contest to Stevenson.
Gary Cockrell and I had flown out for the trade show and were
gearless. Thankfully, the Windwing crew took pity on our souls and
loaned Gary and I gear in time for us to bolt to Stevenson and catch
the HJ contest. When it was time for my session, I decided to be a
bandit and enter the contest, by jibing a couple times, without having
officially registered. Before the awards, I thought I'd go over and
tell them I had crashed the event. Good thing I did, because they were
trying to figure out the mystery entrant. I wound up getting 3rd Place
and a T-shirt that I still proudly wear. Seems I might have even
scored 2nd if I had been wearing a chest, instead of seat, harness.
Perhaps sailing w/o prescription sunglasses might have helped boost my
score even more, but there was no way I was going to jibe blind and
naked...

-Barry

[Alan White]

Yeah haw!

Windtracks will rise again!

Alan

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> (603) 209-4343; ClayF...@aol.com
>

[barry...@msn.com]

2nd posting - 1st one never posted...

Clay,

Other than the NEWJ, grassroots pubs in the US have dried up and
pretty much blown away. It's a desert out there. Glad to see that you
are going to reseed and make the green, green grass grow...
To heck with Chao and his midas touch - name your e-zine, Windtrax. If
you want to check out an awesome e-zine that has become successful,
it's Winding Road [www.windingroad.com]. Without the high print press
and shipping costs to recover, the rag is a free download.
I can't wait what the evolution from California Boardsailor - West
Coast Windsurfing - Windtracks will be...

-Barry 'NM-0'

PS - Hope to see you and your new monster gear at the Toucan this Sept
7-9 -- one of the great grassroots regattas that is still alive.

On May 24, 10:17 am, clayfee...@aol.com wrote:

> SUBJECT: Wind Tracks coming back with a new name, new format in works!

...snip...

> What do you think?
>
> Am I nuts? Would you pull out some old (and NEW!) images and words for
> me? Help me start a collection of ideas and energies to populate this
> new venture.

...snip...

[Dan Weiss]

My first speed event was one put on by Clay on Floras Lake. A ton of
fun, with a combination of skill, equipment and approach. I think it
was about 15 knots max, I hit 24.x knots over 100 meters sailing a 5.7
and a borrowed speed board from Bob Camp. Fast board, slow sailor
mean moderate speeds. I think Bob easily cracked 30.

-Dan

[The Dog]

On May 26, 3:59 pm, Michael <MichaelAl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It will be on its way shortly!

They were received and read thoroughly... Thanks.

Dog