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General Gps & Speed Waves Foiling Gear Reviews Lost & Found WA NSW QLD SA VIC TAS

John340

QLD

3410 posts

John340

QLD, 3410 posts

13 Jan 2021 7:37am

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

More like you tried to windsurf, failed because you didn't have the skill or persistence and settled for kiting instead

FormulaNova

15100 posts

FormulaNova

WA, 15100 posts

13 Jan 2021 5:42am

John340 said..

More like you tried to windsurf, failed because you didn't have the skill or persistence and settled for kiting instead

You may have made a mistake. I think lotofwind was talking literally. He worked as a poledancer and the 'hire' place is something we shouldn't be talking about on a family friendly forum

olskool

QLD

2462 posts

olskool

QLD, 2462 posts

13 Jan 2021 2:27pm

When your 100+ sessions a year drops to maybe 30. Coz every other week there's another ache, break, or groan stopping you from TOW.
Im only 50yo FFS....

decrepit

12872 posts

decrepit

WA, 12872 posts

13 Jan 2021 12:55pm

/\ +1

MarkSSC

QLD

642 posts

MarkSSC

QLD, 642 posts

13 Jan 2021 10:45pm

olskool said..
When your 100+ sessions a year drops to maybe 30. Coz every other week there's another ache, break, or groan stopping you from TOW.
Im only 50yo FFS....

Only the good die young!

hardie

4133 posts

hardie

WA, 4133 posts

13 Jan 2021 9:03pm

When you have to cancel another roadtrip to a top Windsurfing destination because your back's gone into spasm again

firiebob

3182 posts

firiebob

WA, 3182 posts

13 Jan 2021 10:18pm

olskool

QLD

2462 posts

olskool

QLD, 2462 posts

14 Jan 2021 3:54am

MarkSSC said..

olskool said..
When your 100+ sessions a year drops to maybe 30. Coz every other week there's another ache, break, or groan stopping you from TOW.
Im only 50yo FFS....

Only the good die young!

Obviously ive got a looong way to go. Haha..
But damn I'm sure being punished for my wild younger days...

Bondalucci

VIC

1580 posts

Bondalucci

VIC, 1580 posts

14 Jan 2021 9:17am

When people ask you if your boom got run over by a car and you have to explain to them that 'it's called a Z-boom'

Tardy

5337 posts

Tardy

5337 posts

14 Jan 2021 11:40am

When Jesus ,my god ,and farkit become common words .

Cam

3 posts

Cam

WA, 3 posts

15 Jan 2021 9:17pm

When your user name on Seabreeze is Cam

THE DONG

VIC

518 posts

THE DONG

VIC, 518 posts

16 Jan 2021 9:24am

when the only chicks checking you out at the beach are pensioners walking there labrdoodles

cammd

QLD

4437 posts

cammd

QLD, 4437 posts

16 Jan 2021 8:56am

When your kids start buying their own windsurf kit.

decrepit

12872 posts

decrepit

WA, 12872 posts

16 Jan 2021 9:22am

cammd said..
When your kids start buying their own windsurf kit.

Sorry, grandkids

John340

QLD

3410 posts

John340

QLD, 3410 posts

16 Jan 2021 2:05pm

cammd said..
When your kids start buying their own windsurf kit.

Cam, I bet you were cheering!

silvertop

NSW

3 posts

silvertop

NSW, 3 posts

27 Jan 2021 3:57pm

WHEN YOUR 86TH BIRTHDAY IS SEVEN WEEKS AWAY

kato

VIC

3527 posts

kato

VIC, 3527 posts

27 Jan 2021 4:46pm

Getting old is when you're new purchase isn't a sail it's a new elbow brace

tbwonder

NSW

748 posts

tbwonder

NSW, 748 posts

27 Jan 2021 9:56pm

silvertop said..
WHEN YOUR 86TH BIRTHDAY IS SEVEN WEEKS AWAY

You are an inspiration to us all Al. I reckon you will still be sailing at 90!

GeroLad

1 posts

GeroLad

WA, 1 posts

30 Jan 2021 6:43am

You still look at the trees swaying to gauge the wind speed rather than checking a website

Maussie

4 posts

Maussie

WA, 4 posts

31 Jan 2021 8:56pm

When you snapped a wooden boom because it was still undecided if you should sail hook up or hook down with this new thing called a harness. You chose hook up, but have sailed hook down ever since.

Loreni

80 posts

Loreni

80 posts

5 Feb 2021 2:33am

When you don't care about being the fastest anymore...

mareks360

119 posts

mareks360

119 posts

6 Feb 2021 9:51pm

"when you called boom a wishbone (constructed from two booms), fin called skeg, windsurfing called boardsailing, rocker called scoop,"
""when you remember attaching boom to the mast by rope" - gee after 17 years of windsurfing, getting a clamp boom was such an improvement (23 years ago)!

mareks360

119 posts

mareks360

119 posts

6 Feb 2021 10:05pm

Tardy said..
You blame your gear ...so you buy new sh1t

Or the alternative is:

I guess I already have enough gear to rotate to forget that I have already blamed this one in the past
So.. , I try again without buying another one :)

Me either Windsurfing Hoarder or.. Windsurfing Connoisseur ?!
8 Windsurfing/windfoiling Boards
24 Windsurfing/windfoiling Sails
12 Windsurfing/windfoiling Booms
14 Windsurfing/windfoiling Mast

Got to keep Excel Workbook to keep track.

myusernam

QLD

6158 posts

myusernam

QLD, 6158 posts

8 Feb 2021 12:01pm

if images like this are still in the bank

mareks360

119 posts

mareks360

119 posts

12 Feb 2021 2:21am

You are an Old Man only in the moment you sing the song that you are an Old Man.

I sometimes sing this Song on Local Shanty Singing Events around Seattle WA, USA.
Gee, I had no idea that it was written by an Aussie.
(my second Homeland is Australia, triple citizen now)

"Old Man's Song"

Words and Music: Bill Scott

Bill Scott, folklorist, poet, and author of books for children, was born in Bundaberg, Australia in 1923. He worked at many trades, including cane cutter, steam engine driver, miner, and publisher before becoming a professional writer in 1974. (GB)

When I was a young man I followed the gold
Down in a mineshaft all muddy and cold
Deep in the dark with the flickering light
And nary a nugget to gladden me sight

Chorus
And it's way aye now I am old
The mornings were silver the sunsets were gold

When I was a young man I followed the sea
Cold wet and shivering often I'd be
Rocked in the rigging or rolled down below
Or sweating me soul out where the gulf traders go

Chorus
And it's way aye now I am old
The oceans were sapphires the beaches were gold

Now I'm an old man I sit in the sun
Thinking and dreaming of the things that I've done
Remembering laughter forgetting the pain
And I'd go out and do it all over again

Chorus
And it's way aye lift it along
What good is your life if it isn't a song

Old Man's Song is recorded on the album Harbors of Home and is in the songbook Hey Rain!

Dcharlton

320 posts

Dcharlton

320 posts

14 Feb 2021 10:55am

When you need to use the theraband after each session to manage the tennis elbow pain...

Freddofrog

522 posts

Freddofrog

WA, 522 posts

15 Feb 2021 12:34am

You can remember when Seabreeze used to have red thumbs

patsken

717 posts

patsken

WA, 717 posts

15 Feb 2021 8:26am

Dcharlton said..
When you need to use the theraband after each session to manage the tennis elbow pain...

.... or you have no idea what a theraband is or does !

Roger303

NSW

163 posts

Roger303

NSW, 163 posts

17 Feb 2021 12:54am

. . . when you actually know how to separate a stuck mast.

wafer

1 posts

wafer

1 posts

6 Mar 2021 11:30pm

AlexF said..
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.

Oh yes

Greetings from cold germany

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