I generally find its the electronic pump crew, they even have an e cig theyre that lazy

gkawo said..
I don't get it. I know it's a habit, and some may even enjoy a drag after a kite session, but really? You've just exercised your body, taken in the sun, fresh air, the ocean water (clean stuff I presume), and then you pop out a cigarette? Come on!

I don't get smoking in general. How does knowingly doing gradual unfixable damage to yourself satisfy people. The compromise is so large.

PaulyOS said..

gkawo said..
I don't get it. I know it's a habit, and some may even enjoy a drag after a kite session, but really? You've just exercised your body, taken in the sun, fresh air, the ocean water (clean stuff I presume), and then you pop out a cigarette? Come on!

I don't get smoking in general. How does knowingly doing gradual unfixable damage to yourself satisfy people. The compromise is so large.

Although Smoking is probably the worst thing the same thing could be said for people abusing Alcohol or Pharmaceuticals (which is more than you would think) on a regular basis. People do stupid things to their bodies all the time.

I'm no advocate for smoking, nor do I smoke, but I can see why people might.
All I can say is that at least e-cigs are almost eliminating people from polluting your airspace or meal with tobacco smoke, i'd say they are a pretty good invention really. Although I highly question how safe the chemicals they use to replicate tobacco flavour and vapour reproduction are for the body.

I don't get it either. Its ****en stupid. I can kinda understand an older guy who took up smoking years ago before the plethora a evidence came to light how badly this **** kills you.

But what excuse do young kids have who start smoking? Stupid. One can only assume it is the stupid people intent on removing them selves from the gene pool.

That said.

Alcohol kills you, As does coffee, bacon and sugar.

A good Cuban Cigar brings everything together!
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I bet there's ten times more kite boarders getting on the booger sugar after a session then having a dart

Jonopark said...
Crazy hey. Some people even have a beer!!

Haha nice!

gkawo said..

bjw said..

Jonopark said...
Crazy hey. Some people even have a beer!!

Haha nice!

Yeah. That is the icing on the cake after a good sesh, and you're chatting away about kites, tricks, etc with your mates, but that 'dude' then pulls out a cigarette and I am like... okkaaayyy... I am out of there. Just kills it for me.

But gkawo, don't others freak out when you don a adult diaper and pretend to ride a painting of a bike on the road? Or is that common practice over there?

I don't smoke but it it makes someone happy, let em be.
I'm not a school teacher, its their choice.

... the worst is when you get the ignorant arses who smoke upwind of a kite and let the f'ing ash burn holes in the canopy

Kamikuza said...
That'd be fine, if it wasn't YOUR tax dollars paying for their cancer and emphescema treatments...

Funny thing here, where most of the population seems to smoke, is in the kiters there are only one or two who do. And I wish the dickheads wouldn't stand around my kite while doing it.

Why do it? Cos nicotene is more addictive than heroin.

As an ex smoker I can attest to the fact that the reason there aren't many kiters that smoke is cause most of them don't have the breath to exert themselves that much . I haven't touched a smoke in 14 years yet due to my past habit I am living with a severely reduced lung capacity , and I struggle every time I exercise . Smoke'em if you got em

I reckon a lot of peopele have lain in their death bed wishing they had never smoked, just saying.

i am an ex smoker

When you spend 15 years as a chain smoker you will inevitably scar your lungs , lung tissue does not regenerate , once you sustain damage its permanent . I am a pretty active person , that works full time and exercises , nor am I over weight . Smoking should be banned period !

I too hate it when someone with a 17m is smokin upwind of me when I'm on a 10.

PaulyOS said..

gkawo said..
I don't get it. I know it's a habit, and some may even enjoy a drag after a kite session, but really? You've just exercised your body, taken in the sun, fresh air, the ocean water (clean stuff I presume), and then you pop out a cigarette? Come on!

I don't get smoking in general. How does knowingly doing gradual unfixable damage to yourself satisfy people. The compromise is so large.

It is a "reverse" satisfaction, i.e. you start hammering your finger... and it feels so good when you stop it....
(translated: hammering - you create an intense craving with nicotine addiction; feels good to stop it - lit a cigarette not to feel the craving)
You can relate to this only if you ever been a smoker... :-(