The fist time I took my girlfriend; who is now my wife, sailing, we pitch poled a Prindle 16 off of Claremont Ramp in Long Beach, CA. Out of the corner of my eye I saw her flying through the air and land face fist into the water. My initial thought was she will want to go back to the beach and have no more to do with sailing; however, I was very surprised when she came up laughing and asked - “that was cool can we do it again?”