yay... good thing we have teflon shoulders

jsnfok said...

yay... good thing we have teflon shoulders

Thank goodness for us that the Coefficient of friction µs for Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (Teflon® DuPont registered brand name) is a low 0.04

Otherwise sh1t like that might stick

It's handbags at dawn in the SUP forum funny as ****

^^^^^^YAWN
New material anyone??? The above has been repeated over and over since the fast decline of polers in the late 90's

C'mon flipper,,your the new face/breed of poledancers that are leading the hobby forward, you are the only one here under 60,,,,show the old dogs something new and less predictable.

Give the young people a reason to give it a go,,,,,you are the wind forums youth voice and they should hold you high on their shoulders.
The youngens need a reason to try it,other than it is really hard to do and it takes till your heaps old till you might even get half decent.Not really selling points to the new "throw away" society.

At the UNSW windsurfing club, we are actively putting young blood in the sport, doing beginner lessons for 40AUD/day and then using the money to buy decent second-hand gear.

BTW, if you have old wetsuits for grabs, just shoot me an email.

Go windsurfing ! Kitsurfing cannot cope with gusts...

So much hatred so little understanding really. Tribalism kinda sucks really. The funny thing is that we all owe our existence to surfing, the grandaddy sport. Can I ask how many of you surf?

Personnally I am a very happy little vegimite being a kiter Windsurfer

You caught me on that one, it is late, jetlag you see ....

ummmmm are the polies now talking about kiters???.........nice one flipper

gregc said...

Can I ask how many of you surf?

I've never surfed - mainly because the opportunity / circumstance never arose living inland & spending our family hols water skiing & fishing on the Murray River.

I've started SUPing though - does that count? (or is that a whole other discussion!?!)

gregc said...

Sail hack the reason I asked is cause most that seem to have this need to tell everyone else they are wrong don't, or haven't, tried another form of watersport. I say get out there and surf, sail, kite, SUP or bodysurf it will only make you better

Agreed, I said so in many others posts (go have a look).

However it takes idiots from any activity to get beaches closed, to be dangerous to bystanders, to be in the way. I'm sure you will agree there.

By the way, yes I surfed up to 25yo or so- Wanda and other southern beaches. So what about it ??

gregc said...

Sail hack the reason I asked is cause most that seem to have this need to tell everyone else they are wrong don't, or haven't, tried another form of watersport. I say get out there and surf, sail, kite, SUP or bodysurf it will only make you better

You need to go to the longboard and shortboard forums, or the SUP forum when it is invaded by shortboarders.

All those guys do is start threads that tell everybody else that they're doing it wrong.

Gorgo the reason for my post is cause it seems dumb to me that if you choose a watersport that isn't what we do then your some form of dweeb. I've surfed for I guess 38 years and it's no better there long boarders are dicks, short boards suck etc etc. To be honest I reckon more sports mean more time on the water. There are some on here that would go even one further and tell you if you aren't blasting or busting loops your not a windsurfer.

My local Kite boarding club's season opener

All this "My watersports the best and everything else sucks" crap that infests seabreaze ATM is getting really monotonous. Week or so ago I had what I call a perfect day. Forecast was for 30+ knots. Morning flat calm. Quick surf on the 8 1/2 footer before the Northerly hit. Zap home for equipment change. Everything in the ute. At the beach, 25-20 kts onshore notherly, Awesome sail with 5.0 mtr and 79litre JP wave. Winds swung to the west and cranked to 30-35. 4.0 mtr time. bit of a rest at lunch. Bit knackered. Mid afternoon, Oh look, Its right round to the south and nice 20 knots. Enough energy left for a lovely flat water session with my 11m F1 bandit and 134 twin tip. Perfect. After tea a quick snooze in front of the telly and the little lady wakes me to tell me the kids are in bed. As luck would have it she is in an accommodating mood. Arr Yes. went to sleep a happy man that night.