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"You know you're an Old Windsurfer when"

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lotofwind
lotofwind
NSW
6451 posts
lotofwind lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
9 Dec 2020 12:55am
wully
wully
6 posts
wully wully
6 posts
11 Dec 2020 9:36pm
You know you're old when you remember "The latest, greatest invention in windsurfing" when it came around the first time...
winddoc
winddoc
NSW
76 posts
winddoc winddoc
NSW, 76 posts
12 Dec 2020 8:48am
When you take up wing foiling and left the foil at home at the beach.
AlexF
AlexF
548 posts
AlexF AlexF
548 posts
16 Dec 2020 6:32pm
Quite a German language thing, but if a younger guy is asking you "darf ich Sie mal was fragen" instead of "darf ich dich mal was fragen", you really feel old
In English both translates to "may i ask you something", but in German that's a difference, at least at the beach.
Boobah
Boobah
5 posts
Boobah Boobah
5 posts
17 Dec 2020 9:38am
...when your boom was secured with a knot.
decrepit
decrepit
WA
12872 posts
decrepit decrepit
WA, 12872 posts
17 Dec 2020 10:17am
when your first record player was a wind up gramophone that played 78s with a steel needle, (that had to be replaced when the sound went scratchy)
firiebob
firiebob
WA
3182 posts
firiebob firiebob
WA, 3182 posts
17 Dec 2020 11:22am
When your first treadly had a fixed axle, no gears and no brakes.
ka43
ka43
NSW
3101 posts
ka43 ka43
NSW, 3101 posts
17 Dec 2020 6:35pm
It takes 5 minutes to drive to your windsurf spot and takes the same amount of time to get out of the car and walk properly before rigging.
greenleader
greenleader
QLD
5283 posts
greenleader greenleader
QLD, 5283 posts
18 Dec 2020 8:50pm
When you open one of your tool boxes from the Nineties and the spare Chinook tendon joint in a zip lock bag has turned to orange powder........just last week too!
Al Planet
Al Planet
TAS
1548 posts
Al Planet Al Planet
TAS, 1548 posts
19 Dec 2020 2:38pm
When you missed your opportunity to go "pro" in 1982 at the Ripcurl Wave Classic. Hey....not being able to loop was legit back then ...and they still counted "transitions". (No I didn't enter but the gap between how the pros sail and the rest of us sail seems a lot lot bigger now.





Tardy
Tardy
5337 posts
Tardy Tardy
5337 posts
19 Dec 2020 2:37pm
when a root is something you trip over ,
gavnwend
gavnwend
WA
1374 posts
gavnwend gavnwend
WA, 1374 posts
19 Dec 2020 3:04pm
When you no longer think you are dunkerbeck or robbie naish when you sail.
NCUSAGUY
NCUSAGUY
65 posts
NCUSAGUY NCUSAGUY
65 posts
26 Dec 2020 10:46pm
When you have had to sit out of windsurfing for a year, waiting for the bone to grow securely around your hip replacement.
MarkSSC
MarkSSC
QLD
642 posts
MarkSSC MarkSSC
QLD, 642 posts
28 Dec 2020 6:45am
Al Planet said..





When the $20,000 prizemoney would buy you a complete house and land
BEACHSTART
BEACHSTART
NSW
93 posts
BEACHSTART BEACHSTART
NSW, 93 posts
29 Dec 2020 9:17pm
You could body drag in 25 knots wind
John340
John340
QLD
3410 posts
John340 John340
QLD, 3410 posts
29 Dec 2020 9:24pm
BEACHSTART said..
You could body drag in 25 knots wind


On the way to a catapult
greenleader
greenleader
QLD
5283 posts
greenleader greenleader
QLD, 5283 posts
29 Dec 2020 11:59pm
When you can show off your 1982 windsurfer class membership keyring thingy




greenleader
greenleader
QLD
5283 posts
greenleader greenleader
QLD, 5283 posts
30 Dec 2020 12:10am
I love that it wasn't transferable.....
thedoor
thedoor
2500 posts
thedoor thedoor
2500 posts
30 Dec 2020 4:07am
greenleader said..
When you can show off your 1982 windsurfer class membership keyring thingy





Respect
aus201
aus201
63 posts
aus201 aus201
63 posts
6 Jan 2021 8:53am
Boobah said..
...when your boom was secured with a knot.


And the boom is made of teak.
aus201
aus201
63 posts
aus201 aus201
63 posts
6 Jan 2021 8:55am
When I forget to remove my hearing aids before going out on the water.
Just make that... when I forget.
NCUSAGUY
NCUSAGUY
65 posts
NCUSAGUY NCUSAGUY
65 posts
11 Jan 2021 4:19am
When you first harness was a "chest" harness with the hook over the sternum, you wore it like a jacket.
greenleader
greenleader
QLD
5283 posts
greenleader greenleader
QLD, 5283 posts
11 Jan 2021 8:52am
When you used to look like this


WindmanV
WindmanV
VIC
819 posts
WindmanV WindmanV
VIC, 819 posts
11 Jan 2021 5:49pm
You can remember when the Palm Harness first came out during the early 90's and was advertised is the US "Windsurf" magazine.

The promise was that it would revolutionise the sport.......... but it didn't.
lotofwind
lotofwind
NSW
6451 posts
lotofwind lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
11 Jan 2021 6:10pm
greenleader said..
When you used to look like this



Weren't you in The Rocky Horror Picture Show????
yoyo
yoyo
WA
1646 posts
yoyo yoyo
WA, 1646 posts
11 Jan 2021 3:21pm
lotofwind said..

greenleader said..
When you used to look like this



Weren't you in The Rocky Horror Picture Show????


Back then probably half the males of that age looked like that. Seemed normal at that time.
lotofwind
lotofwind
NSW
6451 posts
lotofwind lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
11 Jan 2021 8:28pm
Yeah I heard back then everyone wanted to look like the lead singer from Queen lol.
But in another 50 years people will post pictures of themselves from back in 2021, covered in tattoos, and the youth of 2071 will say wtf.
Orange Whip
Orange Whip
QLD
1080 posts
Orange Whip Orange Whip
QLD, 1080 posts
12 Jan 2021 7:22pm
^ hahahaha. You're dreaming if you think there will be human life on this planet in 50 years time It's time you learnt to windsurf loto, your time is running out.
lotofwind
lotofwind
NSW
6451 posts
lotofwind lotofwind
NSW, 6451 posts
12 Jan 2021 9:18pm
Yeah been there done that.
I use to poledance and worked at a hire place,
but got a bit bored with it, and like most found kiting more of a rush, besides, I couldnt grow a Queen style mo so got some tatts and kited instead
Tardy
Tardy
5337 posts
Tardy Tardy
5337 posts
13 Jan 2021 5:10am
lotofwind said..
Yeah been there done that.
I use to poledance and worked at a hire place,
but got a bit bored with it, and like most found kiting more of a rush, besides, I couldnt grow a Queen style mo so got some tatts and kited instead


Its like a second marriage then ? do you have a mum tattoo
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