So I took up kitesurfing a couple of months ago and have found it to be the most addictive sport I have done. All I want to do is get out there but here is the dilemma....wind. It seems to always be on when I'm at work and I have just realised that I can see the local kite spot from my office.

So now today I watched 3 kites zipping around the sky thinking that I may skip work early and get wet only to have the wind drop and swing south right on knock off time..........2 options.....quit work or turn my desk around!!

It takes a bit of time to learn and understand the wind at your local ridding spot, keeping an eye on forcasts and current conditions will help you make the right desicions in when is the best time to knock off work early or take a sicky

Remember if you are having a sicky dont get toasted, remember the sunblock. I forgot this once and went in to work verry burnt the next day after apparently being to sick to get out of bed, its a bit of a give away

sucked in....

p.s... for those few hours, it was crankin too...!

Become a Milko home by 9am every day

koma said...

Change your work hours. Renegotiate your contract so that you can start at 7am and be out on the water by 3:30pm... or shorten your working day. ;)
My workplace is quite understanding and lets me take a couple of hours out of the day so i can catch a seabreeze... as long as i make the hours up later it's fine. Works great until there's 7 days straight of sensational wind, then i start getting the evil eye.

totally agree... the days of "everyone must comply with 9-5 standard working hours" are over in the big cities. Imagine EVERYONE in cities like melbourne or sydney, working from 9-5... can you imagine the traffick jams on the road, trains etc etc... as if isn't already bad enough. It is ridiculous for companies to demand that all employees do those exact hours. In fact, having people do different shifts would help ease traffic congestion during peak hours... i.e. some people would prefer coming in later and leaving later, and dedicated kitesurfers prefer to start very early, and knock of 3 pm (in case there is wind). What about families with kids in school who have to be picked up at 3pm etc. In summary, if you do your job good, the boss won't care what hours you do, although you may get an evil eye from other employees, but then if you gain good reputation, who gives a **** what those lazy colegues who can't be bothered to get up early think anyway...

Don't worry Dr Funk, in time you'll rearange your life conveniently to support your kitesurfing needs. Just one advice: do not ever renovate a house during the season.!! Big mistake!!