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Gonewindsurfing247
Gonewindsurfing247
WA
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Gonewindsurfing247 Gonewindsurfing247
WA, 966 posts
17 Nov 2006 8:10am
Us windsurfers are a strange bunch, we all know that, but what is it that drives us to this addictive state that dominates our every waking hour? Why does it make us feel so good, why do we dream of little green arrows, why do we get butterflies driving down to the beach on a windy day, why do we get so down when there is no wind????????

When someone asks you “why do you love windsurfing so much”? How do you answer them?
Brett Morris
Brett Morris
NSW
1205 posts
Brett Morris Brett Morris
NSW, 1205 posts
17 Nov 2006 11:14am
Good question. Wish i knew the answer....
hardie
hardie
WA
4133 posts
hardie hardie
WA, 4133 posts
17 Nov 2006 8:32am
quote:
Originally posted by Brett Morris

Good question. Wish i knew the answer....


Feelings Drive Behaviour, so it's simple it's how I feel when I windsurf.

For those Scientifically or Technically minded, it's the response of the Hypothalamic - Pituitary - Adrenal Axis which stimulates the limbic system causing the Amygdala to activate at a neural level which sends a neural messages via the amygdal - hypothalmic pathways to the Hypothalamus which in turn activates the Sympathetic Nervous System, which activates the Adrenal Glands to produce adrenalin. The adrenalin then is sent via the cardio-vascular system to the body causing feeling sensations, or more technically the adrenalin rush.
Pugwash
Pugwash
WA
7733 posts
Pugwash Pugwash
WA, 7733 posts
17 Nov 2006 8:38am
I have a theory about this one...

I think it has something to do with adrenaline (epinephrine) and neurotransmitters (dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin).

When rippin', I think the brain gets flooded with happy drugs, hence the addictiveness, and anticipation (butterflies) when it starts pumpin'/goes green! This may also explain the depression when all we see is red Windsurfing induced bipolar disorder

Anyone ever been accused of being a grumpy-bum when it is ALL red ALL weekend
Pugwash
Pugwash
WA
7733 posts
Pugwash Pugwash
WA, 7733 posts
17 Nov 2006 8:39am
Oh dam, Hardie beat me to it as I was typing... No surprise he has some ideas on this one - he he he...
hardie
hardie
WA
4133 posts
hardie hardie
WA, 4133 posts
17 Nov 2006 8:44am
quote:
Originally posted by Pugwash

Oh dam, Hardie beat me to it as I was typing... No surprise he has some ideas on this one - he he he...


Are you trying to say I'm F#cked in the head, well that's a cruel way of saying that I'm afflicted with mental disturbances... The truth hurts
Pugwash
Pugwash
WA
7733 posts
Pugwash Pugwash
WA, 7733 posts
17 Nov 2006 8:48am
quote:
Originally posted by hardie

quote:
Originally posted by Pugwash

Oh dam, Hardie beat me to it as I was typing... No surprise he has some ideas on this one - he he he...


Are you trying to say I'm F#cked in the head, well that's a cruel way of saying that I'm afflicted with mental disturbances... The truth hurts


Not quite, an interesting interpretaion though... Just figured that this may be an interest area for you...
Crash Landing
Crash Landing
NSW
1173 posts
Crash Landing Crash Landing
NSW, 1173 posts
17 Nov 2006 12:03pm
I was accused of being like a grumpy/stropy kid who couldn't get what he wanted last Sunday. The other half took 2 days to talk to me!

The reason?

The NE 20 knots forecast for Sunday, that I had being looking at with much excitment through the week, was re-forecast Sunday morning to 10 knots variable. I was beyond miserable!
elmo
elmo
WA
8894 posts
elmo elmo
WA, 8894 posts
17 Nov 2006 9:31am
I find the DVD "Step into Liquid" best describes what surfing and windsurfing means to me.

Some people go to church to enlighten their spirit and soul.

I go to the beach for my spiritual well being

Alby
poor relative
poor relative
WA
9106 posts
poor relative poor relative
WA, 9106 posts
17 Nov 2006 9:51am
Freedom.
The most perfect feeling of freedom ever.
knot board
knot board
QLD
1241 posts
knot board knot board
QLD, 1241 posts
17 Nov 2006 12:23pm
quote:
Originally posted by Gonewindsurfing247


When someone asks you “why do you love windsurfing so much”? How do you answer them?


If they have to ask, they wouldn't understand....
Steptoes Son
Steptoes Son
QLD
88 posts
Steptoes Son Steptoes Son
QLD, 88 posts
17 Nov 2006 1:08pm
quote:
Some people go to church to enlighten their spirit and soul.

I go to the beach for my spiritual well being

I'm with you Elmo.

If I don't get a dose of ocean on a regular basis I'm nowhere. Can't think, am unfriendly and anti social.
Either Windsurf, Surf, swim or body surf like this morning.
Gotta have it, don't want to be without it.

Simon.
Leech
Leech
WA
1933 posts
Leech Leech
WA, 1933 posts
17 Nov 2006 11:30am
quote:
Originally posted by elmo

I find the DVD "Step into Liquid" best describes what surfing and windsurfing means to me.

Some people go to church to enlighten their spirit and soul.

I go to the beach for my spiritual well being

Alby


I do both, and sometimes I'm closer to God on the water.
grumplestiltskin
grumplestiltskin
WA
2331 posts
grumplestiltskin grumplestiltskin
WA, 2331 posts
17 Nov 2006 11:54am
quote:
Anyone ever been accused of being a grumpy-bum


see user name
joval
joval
WA
8 posts
joval joval
WA, 8 posts
17 Nov 2006 12:39pm
The answer is blowin in the wind
sinker
sinker
WA
255 posts
sinker sinker
WA, 255 posts
17 Nov 2006 2:27pm
Hardie:

It must be much more than just the adrenaline rush (if that was true we'd become addicted to almost falling off a stepladder!!!!)
poor relative
poor relative
WA
9106 posts
poor relative poor relative
WA, 9106 posts
17 Nov 2006 3:03pm
funny you say that i love falling of a step ladder. wahts even better is almost falling off a step ladder.
hardie
hardie
WA
4133 posts
hardie hardie
WA, 4133 posts
17 Nov 2006 3:27pm
quote:
Originally posted by sinker

Hardie:

It must be much more than just the adrenaline rush (if that was true we'd become addicted to almost falling off a stepladder!!!!)



I wasn't trying to give the absolute definitive answer, I was just trying to make poor reli laugh, and he didn't, so I'm quite distressed at the moment, I'm lying here in the foetal position, in the time out corner of my office and I'm intermittently sobbing and verbalising the term "mummy".........I think I'm going through one of my infantile regressive states, and wouldn't mind a breast or two to suckle on.............
poor relative
poor relative
WA
9106 posts
poor relative poor relative
WA, 9106 posts
17 Nov 2006 3:55pm
did someone say suckle and breast in the same sentence??
nebbian
nebbian
WA
6277 posts
nebbian nebbian
WA, 6277 posts
17 Nov 2006 4:30pm
I'm convinced that it's got something to do with semi-randomness, a connection deep in our psyche that attaches to anything that's fractal and harmonious. As humans we enjoy finding patterns in things, and the sea provides just the right mix of repetition and randomness to keep us interested. It doesn't matter if you go windsurfing, surfing, kiting, swimming, or just camp near the sea and listen to the whoosh, there's something primal that it excites in all of us. Perhaps something to do with our ancestral home?

The other aspect is learning new skills. I'm not a slow learner in most sports, but one year after starting I'm still coming to grips with turning around without falling off! It's easy to get moving on a windsurfer, but there are so many subtle aspects of the system that I reckon people who've been doing it for 20 years are still learning new skills. Deceptively simple, this windsurfing business...

Oh, and I saw a dolphin today
HAIL
HAIL
SA
1160 posts
HAIL HAIL
SA, 1160 posts
17 Nov 2006 8:11pm
simple....cause its the frikin best sprot in the hole wide world!!
mineral1
mineral1
WA
4564 posts
mineral1 mineral1
WA, 4564 posts
17 Nov 2006 7:10pm
Well there ya go see, D_T was so cited, he couldn’t even type sport, and typed sprot, just thinking about windsurfing

When people ask me at work, why, I jus don’t know, I just say cos it is, alright. Watching some of the top people makes one think, gee I could do that, (well dreaming I could anyway)
Last weekends bingle on the water trying , just cost me $3500k for some medical repairs, (no new sails this season) and where am I gong this weekend. Bloody windsurfing of course, where else.
elmo
elmo
WA
8894 posts
elmo elmo
WA, 8894 posts
17 Nov 2006 7:18pm
quote:
Originally posted by mineral1

Well there ya go see, D_T was so cited, he couldn’t even type sport, and typed sprot, just thinking about windsurfing

When people ask me at work, why, I jus don’t know, I just say cos it is, alright. Watching some of the top people makes one think, gee I could do that, (well dreaming I could anyway)
Last weekends bingle on the water trying , just cost me $3500k for some medical repairs, (no new sails this season) and where am I gong this weekend. Bloody windsurfing of course, where else.



And we will all get to see where you spent the $3.5k every time you sail past with the big smug grin on ya face
mineral1
mineral1
WA
4564 posts
mineral1 mineral1
WA, 4564 posts
17 Nov 2006 7:47pm
Not a bloody chance, I have a "large" wad of impact padding and a role of 100 mile an hour tape to wrap arround my big cheesey grin, supplied to me from my concerned staff at work .

And where was my trusty Gath helmet at the time, hanging in the shed in its bag of course, where else.

Best I use it from now on, A well if I want to stay on my wifes good side and and keep my bank balance in the green I will
easty
easty
TAS
2213 posts
easty easty
TAS, 2213 posts
17 Nov 2006 10:58pm
quote:
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Originally posted by Gonewindsurfing247


When someone asks you “why do you love windsurfing so much”? How do you answer them?

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If they have to ask, they wouldn't understand....

I used to be totally addicted to rockclimbing, and everyone used to quote the old classic line " why do you climb a mountain? because it's there". But then I read a book by a top climber who had a different answer, the same as knot board. "If they have to ask, they won't understand the answer" It's simple, and saves troubling the cerebal system trying to come up with an answer that will never adequately explain it in under a couple of thousand words. And so so true.
Greenroom
Greenroom
WA
7608 posts
Greenroom Greenroom
WA, 7608 posts
17 Nov 2006 9:01pm
A crystal meth user once told me "The day I quit is the day I die"
greenleader
greenleader
QLD
5283 posts
greenleader greenleader
QLD, 5283 posts
17 Nov 2006 11:37pm
good topic guys,

to me the windsurfer lies dormant on the beach begging to be tuned.
downhaul, outhaul, mastbase, harnessline and fin position.

THEN: you are the master of the seven seas.

you will be amazed at the places you can sail solo, and with sooo many friends!

so many places, so little time.
elmo
elmo
WA
8894 posts
elmo elmo
WA, 8894 posts
17 Nov 2006 9:45pm
quote:
Originally posted by greenleader

good topic guys,

to me the windsurfer lies dormant on the beach begging to be tuned.
downhaul, outhaul, mastbase, harnessline and fin position.

THEN: you are the master of the seven seas.

you will be amazed at the places you can sail solo, and with sooo many friends!

so many places, so little time.



Reality check

Never the Master

greenleader
greenleader
QLD
5283 posts
greenleader greenleader
QLD, 5283 posts
17 Nov 2006 11:53pm
always the master elmo,

take a deep breath.

unless you want to be a slave!
fitz66
fitz66
QLD
575 posts
fitz66 fitz66
QLD, 575 posts
18 Nov 2006 5:46am
Its the best fun you can have with your clothes on..... or off along as your harness line finds the right hook
fitz66
fitz66
QLD
575 posts
fitz66 fitz66
QLD, 575 posts
18 Nov 2006 5:53am
On a serious note, no two days are the same and its always challenging but a hell of a lot of fun at the same time. And you meet a lot of great people
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