OK, You win Richie

1. Smashed the nose of my freeride board.
2. Ripped a footstrap screw out of my speed board . (Thanks very much to Vando for the help with 2 above repairs )
3. Almost got stuck near Green Island (Thanks again, Haircut, thought I was going to have to camp at Green ) - Damage done : pride and temporary cerebral scarring at the thought of becoming shark food -
4. Sliced feet on oysters whilst trying to sail barefoot like the pros ;)
5. Catapulted and hit my GPS on the mast, rendering it about as useful as a pencil sharpener for recording data.

How did I do, Richiefish ?

Richiefish said...

how much gear have you broken in the last few weeks ? me:
1.trashed a panel in north ice with harness hook
2. sliced bootie and foot on sharp rock/oyster
3.broke screw in waveboard fin
4.snapped uni
5. broken boom clamp
6.bent mast(sleeve/ferrule)
7.baton into luff sleeve, pryde wave
8.webbing broke, mast thru top of luff sleeve, of naish redline.

That gives you a good excuse to buy some new gear

Punched a hole in my 7.4 Loft02. Easily fixed and as I was fixing it my wife spotted it and recommended I get a new sail as the old one (just over 12 months old) looked tatty.
Some times a women's point of view has advantages and I never tell her she is wrong
I declined the offer of course (yea right I did) slipped in the order that day.

Wet Willy said...

Richiefish said...

how much gear have you broken in the last few weeks ? me:
1.trashed a panel in north ice with harness hook
2. sliced bootie and foot on sharp rock/oyster
3.broke screw in waveboard fin
4.snapped uni
5. broken boom clamp
6.bent mast(sleeve/ferrule)
7.baton into luff sleeve, pryde wave
8.webbing broke, mast thru top of luff sleeve, of naish redline.

1 mast broken mysteriously on the beach, left rigged in semi-shade
10 toenails cut (please let that count)
2 small cuts on hand from falling down drunk
1 standing electric fan broken in drunken falling-down incident (so it's wind-related)
small cut on left toe from sandals

...and you call yourself hardcore????

willy, if you do your drinking lying down (ie. in bed) then you can't fall down and will remain a lot safer>

1x mast lent to mate

Wet Willy said...

Richiefish said...

how much gear have you broken in the last few weeks ? me:
1.trashed a panel in north ice with harness hook
2. sliced bootie and foot on sharp rock/oyster
3.broke screw in waveboard fin
4.snapped uni
5. broken boom clamp
6.bent mast(sleeve/ferrule)
7.baton into luff sleeve, pryde wave
8.webbing broke, mast thru top of luff sleeve, of naish redline.

1 mast broken mysteriously on the beach, left rigged in semi-shade
10 toenails cut (please let that count)
2 small cuts on hand from falling down drunk
1 standing electric fan broken in drunken falling-down incident (so it's wind-related)
small cut on left toe from sandals

...and you call yourself hardcore????

You should trim ALL of your toenails !!! Usually being drunk will save one from getting hurt. You must have been a bit too sober ???

Wait! I forgot to mention!!

SUNBURN!!!!!

do kiters break things or do they just get punctures ???(and tangles)

Richiefish said...

do kiters break things or do they just get punctures ???(and tangles)

Kiters mostly LOSE things. They break boards, ankles, etc, too.

Richiefish said...

do kiters break things or do they just get punctures ???(and tangles)

they tear stuff and if they're lucky no one else sees it happen, otherwise other kiters bag them out on the forums for self launching, not self launching, self rescuing, not self rescuing, climbing onto rocks, pulling the safety, not pulling the safety, not being far enough away from the beach, being too far from the beach to swim in, wearing a board leash, not using a board leash, or just simply beeing a kook it's tough work being a kiter when there's a seabreeze forum

Upthere said...

How Much gear do you think Jason Pollakow breaks every season? I reckon it would come close Richiefish

but he makes it look good !

buying new / newer gear havent broken anything yet touch block of wood i call head yet fingers crossed

I was hoping I wouldn't get to post here for a while.

1. Broken boom

thems the breaks