The Sport Show at 5 - 30 p.m.

At one time in my life, I did a three-hour radio show aboard an America's Cup yacht skippered by Dennis Conner, one of the best in the business. Jibing and tacking are not household terms to me or probably to many of you here in Arizona, but as John Gustafson tells us, a group of ASU students enjoy the sport... the club of sailing. It's no secret we live in the desert, so naturally we are all drawn to the water, but oddly enough sailing has yet to really catch on in this state. Many of us are missing the boat. One of the most beautiful sounds in the world is the wind filling the sails and water rushing by. It's a sensation not easily described, but once you experienced it, you may find yourself hooked. The best thing about sailing is you can do it sitting down with a sandwich in your hand and be damn good at it. The only problem with learning to sail is you need a sailboat or a friend with a boat, unless you are a member of the Arizona State sailing club and then it's a breeze. I actually grew up in Seattle and learned to sail in Arizona. I think I must've been water deprived or something. It's always fun to teach someone how to sail because you can just see it on their face that their learning something new and they really like it. Across the United States, there are many collegiate sailing programs, but Arizona State's club is unique. In fact, last year they were honored by the US Sailing Association for their work with disabled students. Most people think that sailing in Arizona is really odd. I think that it's a great opportunity for non-disabled people and disabled people too. It gives me a great feeling of independence. You're using the power of nature to move you around and especially for someone like myself who uses a wheelchair, it's great to be able to get out of your chair once in awhile. and experience something from a different perspective. That's very cool. It's a club, not a team because they don't compete against Washington State or Oregon or anything like that, right? Right, it's a handful of kids... probably like 10 or 12 and they got a bunch of volunteer instructors who donate their time and it's just a great thing to do out at Tempe Town Lake. Like today when I drove by it, there must have been 30 or 40 sailboats out there. What could they use? Because if it's done by students and people are just volunteering their time, I'm sure a group like this could use an old boat that's laying around or people who know what they're doing out there. I'm sure you've seen sailboats sitting the side of people's yards. A lot of times around here. They never move. But these kids probably could use a loaner boat. They got one right now and they got five the club owns. If you know somebody out there who has a sailboat and you want to loan it to some kids for a good cause, it would be a good place to go. Do you know jibing and tacking? Did you have to learn all that while you were out there? You know, I learned it, and I've already forgotten it. It's pretty complicated, all the stuff these guys are doing, but it was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed it. The sensation of the wind blowing you around, it's neat. That's really cool...