"You know you're an Old Windsurfer when"

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John340
John340
QLD
3410 posts
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
FormulaNova
WA
15100 posts
WA, 15100 posts
13 Jan 2021 5:42am
John340 said..

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


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
olskool
QLD
2462 posts
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
decrepit
WA
12872 posts
WA, 12872 posts
13 Jan 2021 12:55pm
/\ +1
MarkSSC
MarkSSC
QLD
642 posts
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
hardie
WA
4133 posts
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
firiebob
WA
3182 posts
WA, 3182 posts
13 Jan 2021 10:18pm
olskool
olskool
QLD
2462 posts
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
Bondalucci
VIC
1580 posts
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
Tardy
5337 posts
5337 posts
14 Jan 2021 11:40am
When Jesus ,my god ,and farkit become common words .
Cam
Cam
WA
3 posts
Cam Cam
WA, 3 posts
15 Jan 2021 9:17pm
When your user name on Seabreeze is Cam
THE DONG
THE DONG
VIC
518 posts
VIC, 518 posts
16 Jan 2021 9:24am
when the only chicks checking you out at the beach are pensioners walking there labrdoodles
cammd
cammd
QLD
4437 posts
QLD, 4437 posts
16 Jan 2021 8:56am
When your kids start buying their own windsurf kit.
decrepit
decrepit
WA
12872 posts
WA, 12872 posts
16 Jan 2021 9:22am
cammd said..
When your kids start buying their own windsurf kit.


Sorry, grandkids
John340
John340
QLD
3410 posts
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
silvertop
NSW
3 posts
NSW, 3 posts
27 Jan 2021 3:57pm
WHEN YOUR 86TH BIRTHDAY IS SEVEN WEEKS AWAY
kato
kato
VIC
3527 posts
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
tbwonder
NSW
748 posts
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
GeroLad
WA
1 posts
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
Maussie
WA
4 posts
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
Loreni
80 posts
80 posts
5 Feb 2021 2:33am
When you don't care about being the fastest anymore...
mareks360
mareks360
119 posts
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
mareks360
119 posts
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
myusernam
QLD
6158 posts
QLD, 6158 posts
8 Feb 2021 12:01pm
if images like this are still in the bank
mareks360
mareks360
119 posts
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
Dcharlton
320 posts
320 posts
14 Feb 2021 10:55am
When you need to use the theraband after each session to manage the tennis elbow pain...
Freddofrog
Freddofrog
WA
522 posts
WA, 522 posts
15 Feb 2021 12:34am
You can remember when Seabreeze used to have red thumbs
patsken
patsken
WA
717 posts
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
Roger303
NSW
163 posts
NSW, 163 posts
17 Feb 2021 12:54am
. . . when you actually know how to separate a stuck mast.
wafer
wafer
1 posts
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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