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SamD0g
Joined: 10 Aug 2002 Posts: 77 Location: Hood River, OR
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject: Ralph Abdo |
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One of the passengers on that plane of 9 parachutists that crashed
Sunday west of Yakima was Ralph Abdo, who sailed a lot at Doug's and the
Hatch (and Seattle).
Ralph was a really sweet guy and the host of the Freestyle Windsurf Group. He will be sadly missed. |
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SamD0g
Joined: 10 Aug 2002 Posts: 77 Location: Hood River, OR
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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The victims of a plane crash Sunday evening in Washington's central
Cascades that killed the pilot and the nine skydivers on board:
- Ralph Abdo, 27, of Issaquah, Wash., was a program manager at
Microsoft, where he worked for the past seven years, but he thrived
on extreme sports.
"He would not do wind surfing casually like most people do,"
recalled his girlfriend, Diana Antczak. "He took it up and had to do
freestyle moves and front loops, back loops."
His older brother, Nadim, said Abdo was not satisfied with the wind-
surfing boards available on the market so he learned to work with
fiberglass and started making his own.
He took up skydiving this past winter. |
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kevinkan
Joined: 07 Jun 2001 Posts: 1661 Location: San Francisco
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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really sad news. i don't think i ever met ralph... may have sailed w/ him when i visited the gorge, but i did enjoy the freestyle windsurfing yahoo group that he started... even if it was short lived. he was learning to vulcan. |
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SamD0g
Joined: 10 Aug 2002 Posts: 77 Location: Hood River, OR
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 10:52 am Post subject: |
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Information about his memorial service provided by Ralph's family and friends follows:
Dear Friends of Ralph and Fellow Windsurfers,
As many of you witnessed first hand, Ralph's love of windsurfing had no limits and his passion for the sport was contagious. It would be Ralph's wish to be remembered as a windsurfer. I would like to invite you to a Memorial Ceremony at one of his favorite launch sites, to share stories and pay respect to a windsurfer that will be very much missed.
In Memory of Ralph
Waverly Beach, Kirkland, Washington
Sunday October 14th, 3:00pm
-Ralph's Family
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