On Monday, July 1, 2013 6:42:10 PM UTC-4, wrote:
Why did Chip give up, and go home at the 15 meter Nationals? He let a lot of people down.

From Dave Nadlers blog:

"Chip Garner told me he was having trouble getting it together, had lots of things go wrong, and decided to withdraw before something serious went wrong."

Sounds like the right decision.

2C