Learn to deal with it sunshine.

You are doing you're assignment today due to poor time management.

- need of wind, it continues for the rest of you're life
- hell yeah, and now with the f***ing internet there is less imported and it's more worked on order base which means less of last year's sellouts available for the teenage windsurfer to spend his mc$'s on.
- yep, if you're lucky you have a friend by the seaside and can bike/train everywhere (a tip is spend less on windsurfing gear and buy a car).
- not really now that I look back I wish I'd spent less and only had 2 sails, 1 board and slowly got another waveboard and some high wind wave sails from there.
- breakages aside you're worst day on the water is better than you're best day in the office. I've had many days of awesome sailing with no faults, alot of it is built from the people you sail with too (blasting and doing stupid ** with good mates is hard to beat).

*Don't worry I know where you are coming from, I was a teenage windsurfer with poor time management also

You live in WA
The best windsurfing spot in the world by a lot of peoples standard.

Yep doing crap assignments and following the routine we are all expected to do is very depressing. When the trees are bending and you know others are out there carving it up. That is murderous.
I hear you and remember that feeling when I still worked Up to 5.00 in the afternoon. Start planning you future now to make every afternoon free. Look at what career can fit in with windsurfing, not the other way around.

mkseven, i have got a car thanks to my parretns loving me, just need to wait 3 months till i get my l's, so rite now i am spending my money on a super freek, adn i have no firends close to the water, and i do ride everywhere, in the last 5 months since i have had my trip computer i have ridden 798km, nebian, faults can be faling in, goin through you sail, forgetting your faverout fin, or breacking your faerout fin, any fault, you know, i think last time i brought my 5.4 but didnt chech inside the bag so insteadf i brought my 3.8 and had to get my dad to drop it off to me wich took 2 hours, and buy then the wind died compulety, things lik that, and bubs, i would usally hate to be you, but because im on exams, i havent got any sympathy, and i think your in year 10 from previose threads, so that is the yer 12 and 11 way of getting back at you, well thats wot i feel and it makes me feel bettrer looking at it that way

Jord,

I remember when you where talking about getting away from school, into something else. I've recently put some action towards my words and taken to the workforce. No school anymore, get paid and feel bloody good after a good days laboring. hrs 7 - 4 Mon to Fri, weekends to windsurf, or when I get my license, afternoons will be good too!

Sure, more hrs than school, but I love it because you can forget everything after one day (doesn't work with school), plus you get paid. Next weekend I'll probably be shopping for a new skinny!

O ermm sorry... Yea isn't all smiles and soaring this time of year, can't wait for next summer. Plus I tore my 5.0 today. Not bothering me though because I have money to spend and time to work and relax while the wind is no good.


James

i think everyone has been in your situation, im in first year uni now so i have my own car to take me and my stuff everywhere, so thats fine. but i was lucky throughout school, started really gettin into windsurfing in year 10 and was aiight by year 11 so yeh i was doin 6 tee and still managing to windsurf lots cos me, my brother and my mate could all keep our stuff at south perth yacht club, till bout 6 months ago. so we would just head off from there over to peli point, and back at the end of the session. also my brother is 2 years older so had his P's by the time we were really into it but never fear, soon you'll be old enough to have your own car and more gear, then you'll only be worrying bout fuel costs of driving everywhere hahah

Try Zoloft Jords

Hey Leech leave me out of this!!! The worst part about the sport is living on a tropical island surrounded by warm water, plenty of wind, yet with absolutely no-place to launch and sail from.

Now that is frustrating!!!!

Besides Jordo, you could always spend the time that you have no sailing by inventing a spell checker for this website.

all the bad things on a sailing day = your best day at work or school as far as i am concerned.

the other month when i spent 45mins repairing my universal and the wind was cranking was still better than not being there at all.

Make the most of your days in school, they will fly by and you will wish you were back there.

as far as gear goes, i ride gear thats over 10 years old. My Tiga 375 is still going strong and is still a fast board. it gets a grin on my face and thats all that matters, getting out amongst it.

Just realized your on the westcoast, so your already a step ahead of the rest of Australia when it comes to wind

G

yeah stay at school jus dont get a an apprenticeship as a marine electrician at henderson whenever the wind is up i just stand at the top of the boat and stare out at woody point just dreamin of a windsurf till my boss comes along and gives me a hurry up so annoying. preety much every afternoon over summer wen the wind was pumpin my boss new there was no chance of me doin over time that dayo iwas always out as quik as i could. the novelty of a car weres of after a few months anyway dont get to excited.
freak out

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Originally posted by payno

yeah stay at school jus dont get a an apprenticeship as a marine electrician

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Hmmm, you say "don't". I'm led to believe that a qualified, and good-experienced marine electrician (or any 'specialist' trade) could earn a fair income.....income to spend on good windsurfing gear - and, once qualified, if you're a good enough tradesperson, negotiate working hours around leisure-time (windsurfing).

I, on the other hand, chose timber joinery....low pay, no 'on-call' rates, most of time spent in a shed surrounded by noisy/dusty machinery. On the upside, I enjoy what I do, meet good people, spend my time-off with family in a house we can afford! and when the wind's up, straight to the water!

My advice for the 'young'uns', work hard to get a job you'll enjoy, once you've got it, work smart, and become great at what you do (you'll enjoy it more.)
The other option is (if you're good enough), apply the above to windsurfing & get sponsored. Either way.....you have to enjoy what you do & balance work/play, you don't want to look back in years from now and regret what you enjoy doing now - windsurfing, because it's caused you financial ruin - or, on the other hand - look over your share/property portfolio & realise that you've base your whole miserable life on increasing profits and not enjoying the ride.

yeah iv got no quams about the work just the location and how busy we are and nah not at austal thats the dodgyest place out wouldnt go near there im at sbf next door just build like 20 to 40 ish meter boats but my boss and i are the only 2 sparkys so i do like 2 ta 3 hours of overtime a day and saturdays boss does even more than me and were still always behined