How has windsurfing improved your life?

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Richiefish
Richiefish
QLD
5612 posts
QLD, 5612 posts
23 Feb 2009 11:52am
How has windsurfing improved other areas of your life in general ?..

I find I have improved balance skills when standing on public transport ! Just bend that back leg a bit and RIDE !!!
P.C_simpson
P.C_simpson
WA
1492 posts
WA, 1492 posts
23 Feb 2009 11:11am
yep, i can now tell which to stand when having a BBQ not to get smoke in my eye's.
ka43
ka43
NSW
3101 posts
NSW, 3101 posts
23 Feb 2009 1:30pm
Taught me that a cold beer tastes even better after a good sail
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
WA, 23647 posts
23 Feb 2009 11:33am
I have seen flying fish. Lots of people don't even think they exist.
ka43
ka43
NSW
3101 posts
NSW, 3101 posts
23 Feb 2009 1:43pm
Now who and why would you red thumb Marks comment????
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
WA, 23647 posts
23 Feb 2009 11:56am
some humourless w^nk#r who doesn't like some of us due to posts we made, and he red thumbs all my posts. One of the regular trolls I think.

Anyway serious answer: it puts my back "in".
If I don't sail for a month I get a couple of vertebrae in between my shoulder blades that slip out and cause pain. One sail fixes it... but no other stretch or anything puts 'em in. Weird but kinda cool excuse to sail
FormulaNova
FormulaNova
WA
15100 posts
WA, 15100 posts
23 Feb 2009 1:41pm
Windsurfing has been good as it has stopped me spending all my spare cash on cars... which of course, now goes on windsurfing kit...

It's also given me an excuse to travel all over the place just looking for some decent wind.

Mark, do you mind if I borrow your 'need to get the back in' reason? Sounds like a good one to me!
choco
choco
SA
4181 posts
SA, 4181 posts
23 Feb 2009 3:13pm
P.C_simpson said...

yep, i can now tell which to stand when having a BBQ not to get smoke in my eye's.


The BBQ smoke always seems to follow me around.....it must mirror the shifty winds we get on the lake

Gonewindsurfing247
Gonewindsurfing247
WA
966 posts
WA, 966 posts
23 Feb 2009 1:49pm
Mark _australia said...

I have seen flying fish. Lots of people don't even think they exist.


First time I saw one out the back of Lano I raced in to tell my mates on the beach, I thought I had discovered a new species. They thought it was real funny. Apparently I was the only person who hadn't yet seen one.

Last week were were out fanging across Warnbro Sound and one jumped out and parted my mates hair. Bl oody dangerous little buggers really.
Mark _australia
Mark _australia
WA
23647 posts
WA, 23647 posts
23 Feb 2009 1:53pm
I rang my wife to say I saw a sea monster

she told me to stop drinking and come home straight away.

FNova, anyone can use that back excuse it works well. Go for it fellas
FormulaNova
FormulaNova
WA
15100 posts
WA, 15100 posts
23 Feb 2009 2:03pm
Mark _australia said...


FNova, anyone can use that back excuse it works well. Go for it fellas


Sounds good to me. Of course, it also requires a cool beer or two to let those back nerves settle down as well


Old Salty
Old Salty
VIC
1271 posts
VIC, 1271 posts
23 Feb 2009 5:50pm
My Physio says its the best sport for my back as long as I have the correct stance. I soon know when I am not standing properly on the board.
Stops my wife spending money on horses and stops me building a deck a big deck.
Maybe a big deck would improve my life also. Wood fired oven, BBQ, old surfboards as seats, spa, beer fridge. Damn I could almost ......... nah cant go there
nobody
nobody
NSW
437 posts
NSW, 437 posts
23 Feb 2009 6:57pm
Restarted windsurfing in 2007 to get some exercise in an effort to improve my health. It helped me appreciate the value of exercise again and so took up two further activities. No point doing exercise you don't enjoy as you generally won't stick to it long term.

Lost 7 Kg and feeling better. Bank balance isn't looking too good lately though.
CROWEMAN
CROWEMAN
VIC
268 posts
VIC, 268 posts
23 Feb 2009 7:07pm
Exposure to hour after hour of direct sunshine means that the next time I return to the UK to visit family I can avoid jocular questioning along the lines of:

''you must be the palest man in Australia''; or better still..
''you did say you'd moved to Australia and not Austria...'' etc etc.

Despite liberal applications of Factor 30, I've developed a modest 'touch' of colour. I'm now perhaps the 2nd palest man in Australia - but its a good enough reason to windsurf.
Windxtasy
Windxtasy
WA
4019 posts
WA, 4019 posts
23 Feb 2009 5:21pm

Windsurfing has improved my interpretation of weather maps
McMahon
McMahon
VIC
129 posts
VIC, 129 posts
23 Feb 2009 7:26pm
I used to be a fat 114kg blob, so I took up running to get back into windsurfing.
I lost 27 kg and successfully ran a half marathon in the process
Way fitter and as a result, get more lovin.
bought my first wave board this week.
Trousers
Trousers
SA
565 posts
SA, 565 posts
23 Feb 2009 6:56pm
sailing lets me get away from project deadlines, telemarketers, and irate loan sharks.

on the flip side, I am told I am intolerable to live with if i don't get to sail for two weeks.
sausage
sausage
QLD
4874 posts
QLD, 4874 posts
23 Feb 2009 6:57pm
Don't know about my life, but definately improved my wife's as a lot more chores get done when it's windy.
stamp
stamp
QLD
2797 posts
QLD, 2797 posts
23 Feb 2009 8:20pm
it led me to take up kiteboarding....

(i couldn't resist. don't take it too seriously)
Sailhack
Sailhack
VIC
5000 posts
VIC, 5000 posts
23 Feb 2009 9:38pm
It's stopped me from sitting in front of my computer all day, browsing forums for anything remotely......


HANG ON!!

I'm obviously still doing it...
pierrec45
pierrec45
NSW
2005 posts
NSW, 2005 posts
23 Feb 2009 10:42pm
Windsurfing keeps me alive.
eyeMhardcor
eyeMhardcor
255 posts
255 posts
23 Feb 2009 8:47pm
It made me popular. You can tell by my green thumbs above
timford
timford
NSW
510 posts
NSW, 510 posts
23 Feb 2009 10:50pm
-13 kg with a massive smile while doing it and is a complete break from the world of work although never long enough.
Greenroom
Greenroom
WA
7608 posts
WA, 7608 posts
23 Feb 2009 8:58pm
If I didnt windsurf, I would have less than half the mates I have now.
Windsurfing has allowed me to ride waves when the seabreeze is in.
Windsurfing has been the best thing I have ever done.
I wish I had started it alot earlier in life.
spot1
spot1
WA
1588 posts
WA, 1588 posts
23 Feb 2009 9:09pm
once you in you never get out bit like the mafia
Greenroom
Greenroom
WA
7608 posts
WA, 7608 posts
23 Feb 2009 9:21pm
spot1 said...

once you in you never get out bit like the mafia

Yeah and because you have gone to the darkside, Im gonna have to get uncle Frank onto you[}:)]

spot1
spot1
WA
1588 posts
WA, 1588 posts
23 Feb 2009 10:02pm
gloo oct
lano jan
greenhead feb
m/river feb
now that is livin
jp747
jp747
1553 posts
1553 posts
23 Feb 2009 11:37pm
it taught me how to reason out of obligations, functions, etc..and made me a good weatherman
greenleader
greenleader
QLD
5283 posts
QLD, 5283 posts
24 Feb 2009 1:37am
it introduced me to wellington point then the gold coast.

yay!
Bertie
Bertie
NSW
1351 posts
NSW, 1351 posts
24 Feb 2009 2:57am
it taught me about human anatomy. in particular the knee
frant
frant
VIC
1230 posts
VIC, 1230 posts
24 Feb 2009 7:28am
Richiefish said...

How has windsurfing improved other areas of your life in general ?..

Windsurfing provides one half of the "deep" question " what is better SEX or WINDSURFING". I personally could never let windsurfing win so must continually strive to improve sex.

....can only form an opinion if both sampled on the same day.
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