jp747 said...

this could be a first..newbie sailing for first time in hi-winds in a formula board with kiddie rig..local children flock around her amused and one dives underneath unseen and when lifts head up hits board or gets grazed..newbie girl freaks out and goes for my friend teaching her as crowd gathers..lil' boy was crying and gets consoled cooler heads prevail but family of boy wants him checked out add to this the tipsy uncle trying to make his image good says he's the police captain..so he's brought to hospital and board with fin is impounded and when all is well my friend picks up board at police station with signed paper it doesn't belong to him but borrowed..i laughed so hard when i heard this..A board??

Its getting ridiculous isn't it? Whatever happened to personal responsibility..in the old days the kid would have been told off for being silly.

Yes it should be put down to you live and learn. But also you gotta think kid's dont see consequences so should have been told to stay clear before it happened.

MikeyS said...

If person teaching newby was experienced, they probably should have foreseen (with 20/20 hindsight) that any newby is a risk to themselves and anyone within a radius of the mastlength. Scare the kids away for their own safety.

But I wasn't there so I can't pass judgement.

a bit true teach was in the hut since newbie was already comfy with rig however it's the kid's family who also has responsibility for watching out where their son as well

jp747 said...

MikeyS said...

If person teaching newby was experienced, they probably should have foreseen (with 20/20 hindsight) that any newby is a risk to themselves and anyone within a radius of the mastlength. Scare the kids away for their own safety.

But I wasn't there so I can't pass judgement.

a bit true teach was in the hut since newbie was already comfy with rig however it's the kid's family who also has responsibility for watching out where their son as well

Life is kinda like driving don't you think- don't expect others to be responsible or be doing the right thing

If newbie couldn't foresee the problem obviously they werent in a position to be left alone. Probably the parents don't windsurf either so they would be ignorant to potential problems also- they look across and see their kid looking at a windsurfer with a bunch of other kids.

Here we launch in an area with lots of kids swimming and with them being attracted to shiney/techno looking things (as we all are ) you let them satisfy their natural curiosity but either move or tell them to watch out when it's time to sail away.

and why would we want to discourage their curiosity or have parents run down to the water screaming "jonny look out!" as if it's jaws coming to get them, instead it should be "dad, i want one of those windsurfer things dad dad windsurfer dad"

theWaterBoy said...

power gives way to sail

sail gives way to small kids

The way I read it, it sounds like the kids have crowded around to have a look and one dived down and hit his head on the board when he resurfaced. The kid deserves a slap around the head for almost denting the board (red thumb away!).

What is it with people and their 'darling' kids these days that can't do anything wrong? I was waiting for the wind one day when some idiot and his kid walked up, the kid was about to use my sail as a trampoline, and the father just looked on. What ever happened to making sure your kids kept away from other people's stuff? It was a huge patch of sand, so it wasn't like it was in their way.

When I was a lad, this just wouldna happened...

well kids are kids and newbies are that's it new and can't control or stop immediately or maybe didn't have the fury to shout injectives at the kids..formula nova said it right when the kid dived..but still i believe it's still a 50/50 responsiblility i side with the newbie though at the age of 35 really gorgeous, lean bod and got the bumms and the legs to go with it

FormulaNova said...

jp747 said...

well kids are kids and newbies are that's it new and can't control or stop immediately or maybe didn't have the fury to shout injectives at the kids..formula nova said it right when the kid dived..but still i believe it's still a 50/50 responsiblility i side with the newbie though at the age of 35 really gorgeous, lean bod and got the bumms and the legs to go with it

She is a danger to society JP. Send her over here with the rest of the convicts!

The government closed down the female factory at Parramatta years ago and they don't assign convicts to free settlers anymore.

sorry guys with much respecto misus and the Almighty i am trying to get her celfone number as of the moment just for keeps

jp747 said...

this could be a first..newbie sailing for first time in hi-winds in a formula board with kiddie rig..local children flock around her amused and one dives underneath unseen and when lifts head up hits board or gets grazed..newbie girl freaks out and goes for my friend teaching her as crowd gathers..lil' boy was crying and gets consoled cooler heads prevail but family of boy wants him checked out add to this the tipsy uncle trying to make his image good says he's the police captain..so he's brought to hospital and board with fin is impounded and when all is well my friend picks up board at police station with signed paper it doesn't belong to him but borrowed..i laughed so hard when i heard this..A board??

windsurfing is a dangerous sport and shouldnt be done on public beaches.
You guys really need to self regulate better before more little kids get hurt or killed.
Maybe time to consider bringing in a licensing system to stop this maming of the general public from this extreme sport. or total ban maybe

FormulaNova said...

lotofwind said...


windsurfing is a dangerous sport and shouldnt be done on public beaches.
You guys really need to self regulate better before more little kids get hurt or killed.
Maybe time to consider bringing in a licensing system to stop this maming of the general public from this extreme sport. or total ban maybe

You're right. I for one will stop windsurfing on the beach and stick to windsurfing in the water from now on. As we are all old people we can probably all agree to stop posing for cameras and trying to do tricks near shore.

The only thing left that could risk our sport getting banned is the general public's misconception that kiting is windsurfing...

Maybe the uncle in JPs story was a kiteboarder?

last i heard teach thought he was a community leader which they call locally as 'captain' too..so he asks the question and he was one during the commotion..slap in foreheadtoo bad he was the real thing