Last season. I was happy just to be creating a wake and sometimes getting back to where I started from. Then came the run on a borrowed Bic which had been set up properly. Disappearing downwind at obscene speed and frozen in a position that resulted from the desperate lunge to avoid falling off backwards I tried to remember what to do next. The only article that came to mind was about gybing in which it was stated "Sheeting in halfway into a gybe turns off the power like a tap" so I sheeted in, resulting in a doubling of velocity, much to my dismay.
I bailed out just before running out of water.

Mine was at Cabarita lake, thought I was planing on my old bombora plastic fantastic but no, when my new mistral lifted up and started really moving I was in awe at how the waves were suddenly still! It was like ice skating on frozen waves, I could go up and down the face of the wave as if it was standing stock still. Off in the distance I could see that waves were moving, but the ones under the board were frozen solid

I believe the phrase uttered was something like FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*splash*

It was at Greenhead, 25Knts + 4.7(rigged on a 460 mast!) and a Windsurfer Transformer! Went screaming out to main break out of the straps and harness, hitting the first wave was the scariest thing I have ever done

Would you say that your first time planing was better than your first root?

same sort of feelings -Nervous, scared of coming off once you get going, are you doing it wright?, will you sound like a bozo if you start chanting 'yeeeeeahh hhaahhhhhh' once you get going. etc

anyway I know both things lasted about the same time for me

1987, after buggerising around on long Fun boards thinking I was planning and going fast, local Dealer rocks up at Lake with this new fangled Strapper world cup Slalom board.

Gave me a go.

I will never forget it