Because that's the noise they make when they break.

boom boom Mr Derrick

also the noise when they hit ya in the head

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knot board said...

Because that's the noise they make when they break.

The only thing I hear is the old girl saying "not another one"

Don't they just bend till they are asymmetric?
Now my boom head is about 150mm off centre

Ya will have to ask chick chick BOOM! chick chick BOOM! I think she windsurfs

I think it is because they extend or "boom" out the sail.

It's from sailing where they are also called booms.

So why are they called booms?

A: They just are.

BOOM BOOM.

That's the sound of two booms in two days...

I suppose the original question was rhetorical,
but just when you thought that booms with a 's' was unique to windsurfers...



An amazing boat that uses the windsurfing-type boomS... The nearest thing to windsurfing where you can sit and have a tinny or two whilst sailing...

Chik chik boom!

Remember that interview???

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MintoxGT said...

Chik chik boom!

Remember that interview???

Yeah, what happened to Clare?

Did you know that in French it's called : "Le Wishbone" !

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pierrec45 said...

MintoxGT said...

Chik chik boom!

Remember that interview???

Yeah, what happened to Clare?

Clare was so hotttt she was world famous for a while. now she has gone all quite. she was the hottest chick on youtube

boom (n.)
"long pole," 1543, from Scottish boun, borrowed from Du. boom "tree, pole, beam," from a M.Du. word analogous to O.E. beam. The business sense (1873) is sometimes said to be from this word, from the nautical meaning "a long spar run out to extend the foot of a sail;" a ship "booming" being one in full sail. But it could just as well be from boom (v.), on the notion of "suddenness."

I miss party boy Corey, now he was HOT, esp. his nipple piercing

wishbone booms came from Chesapeake Bay fishing boats and would have been forgotten if not for their modern adaption to windsurfers.
that has to be a good thing

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LeStef said...

Did you know that in French it's called : "Le Wishbone" !

Yes, because when they break, if you get the bit that is still connected to the mast, you are lucky.