Hey
I am from Switzerland - have been here in St. Kilda / Melbourne with my husband and 12 month old son since 3 months and can't wait to get on the water.
I have seen there are surfing mums and just wonder if there are also windsurfing or kitesurfing mums close to St. Kilda as well?? Don't have a babysitter and wonder if there are some mums who also would like to go windsurfing so we could watch our kids doing turns.
Wind conditions are often great during the week which is kind of mean because I have to wait until my husband is back from work.

Way to make us newbies welcome!
(What a boys club this is)

Why don't you get yourself a real financial strategy so you can quit your job and spend time fully satisfying your woman.

Good luck with that.

smooch said...


Way to make us newbies welcome!
(What a boys club this is)

Why don't you get yourself a real financial strategy so you can quit your job and spend time fully satisfying your woman.

Good luck with that.

I thought that was a financial strategy!

Why should it be the man's job to make the money? I, for one, have better things to do!

BTW I didn't mean to be rude with my "good luck with that" comment; I just wanted an intro to the main point. So I humbly apologise if it came across wrong; you can all remove those red thumbs now, thank you very much!!

dism said...

Don't listen to Wet Willy (not representative of the windsurfing community),

OI!! What's that supposed to mean???

Roxy777 said...

Hey Guys
I guess most of you like to have the mums / girlfriends / wifes waiting on the beach for you having all sandwiches ready and probably already knitting on your next sweater while you enjoy every second on the water.
Watching windsurfers from the beach with leo (my son) is basically like having chocalate in front of my nose and not be able to eat it. So I really hope there are some women close by who also want to come windsurfing. Attaching Leo to my harness wouldn't be my option

Hey, not at all. I would love to sail with my wife. I have tried to talk her into it so many times. At least now 2 of my daughters have started.

Thanks Dism, from what I've read so far, I figure a girl has to have pretty thick skin if she wants to fit in around here. (Or be a ditsy tryhard 21yo)
But from what you said:

"most here would rather go windsurfing with any free-windy-time (that's not a bad thing right?), as non-windy times = the missus loving times!"

Good or bad? Well it does highlight where your priorities are - based on what the wind is doing, not what your missus is doing.
My view, yes, it is a bad thing - cannot help your relationship long term.

Wet Willy said...

I thought that was a financial strategy!

Why should it be the man's job to make the money? I, for one, have better things to do!

Hey Willy, (ha ha, btw... probably a small one at that), Yeah, that's a strategy, but a very male chauvinistic one. I didn't say that it was a man's job to be the bread winner, I just said a "real" strategy. By that I meant one that is equitable to both parties and doesn't have you pleasing yourself the majority of the time...just cos the wind's a-blowin.

You don't think we females have better things to do?

*insert a nice remark to show I'm friendly and would like people to like me* !


PS: How do you put quotes from different people in the one post??

I love Aussie women. I mean, I love the fact that they're in Australia and I'm not.

I won't be dragged any further into this. Your posts refute themselves, no need for outside help.

Dreamy set of lips there smoocheycumin at ya coz ya nova casinova

Haha, smooch, do you want to windsurf, or just berate men?

If you want to windsurf, ignore Wet Willy and talk kids and nannies for windsurfing (like Roxy777 wants to, see seems to actually want to ws, not to play battle of the sexes on the net).

Wet Willy - get in your cage! Or at least pipe down a little for a sec (we love ya crazy calls but maybe not in the 'winsurfing mums' thread!)

Maybe a little sexual tension between smooch and wet willy?, haha, put those names together!

Smooch - are you in St. Kilda? Help your fellow sailor and female out, share the water and kids!

Trying to get gf involved with ws, she likes going fast and in warm climes but methinks the female stereotype of being anti-sporty (but being fashionable and too soft to do some things) stops alot of chicks windsurfing (n.b: I do not agree with or anything with the stereotype, just observe social patterns).

To all the windsurfing females, all the power to you (who doesn't want to see more chicks sailing (in both ways)).

dism said...

Haha, smooch, do you want to windsurf, or just berate men?

If you want to windsurf, ignore Wet Willy and talk kids and nannies for windsurfing (like Roxy777 wants to, see seems to actually want to ws, not to play battle of the sexes on the net).

Wet Willy - get in your cage! Or at least pipe down a little for a sec (we love ya crazy calls but maybe not in the 'winsurfing mums' thread!)

Both!! WS cos I love it and berate because you deserve it.

If I hadn’t piped up after Willy’s first comment, someone would have probably added another witty remark, all in jest of course, as you don’t really mean it. Buy why say it in the first place if you’re not aiming to get a giggle out of it, because there is underlying consensus with the statement.

Comments like these are degrading and unnecessary if you do not want to offend the people you claim to be supporting.

I can ignore Willy, which is probably what 99% of the females on this forum must do. But we shouldn’t have to. If we were one big happy WS community, then thre would be no derogatory remarks. (Hhmmpf, as I said....boys club, my solo comments wont change it)

And Willy, you copped it, but it could just as easily have been any bloke that I happened to catch making a comment like that.

To all the windsurfing females, all the power to you (who doesn't want to see more chicks sailing (in both ways)).

See, even when trying to be nice that typically male attitude shines through.
Don't worry Dism, I know your heart's in the right place, it's just that XY mentality and need to crack sexually related funnies for the boys that lets you down.

smooch said...
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And Willy, you copped it, but it could just as easily have been any bloke that I happened to catch making a comment like that.

To all the windsurfing females, all the power to you (who doesn't want to see more chicks sailing (in both ways)).

See, even when trying to be nice that typically male attitude shines through.
Don't worry Dism, I know your heart's in the right place, it's just that XY mentality and need to crack sexually related funnies for the boys that lets you down.

Smooch, most windsurfers I know reckon it's awesome when they see girls windsurfing. Most of us have spent time trying to get more girls into the sport.

But before you take the moral high ground, -Why use the sexy lips avatar and call yourself "smooch", if you're so offended by what you describe as "the typical male attitude" and "Sexually related funnies"?

You can't have an each way bet!

BTW, I hope Roxy gets to sail.

...and love to see girls windsurfing too!! Was that ever in question?

Flux said...

What a load of crap you lot turn a simple question into read the topic of the thread FFS

My bad.

Now quiet all, anwer this

Roxy777
just wonder if there are also windsurfing or kitesurfing mums close to St. Kilda as well??

Some of the comments have been pretty sexist. Then again, I can understand why WW arced up; the original post gave the impression that one half of the partnership got to work all day and then care for Junior after work, while the other half got to care for Junior all day and then go windsurfing in the afternoon.

Actually, speaking as someone who was in a 50/50 care situation with a baby from 9 months on, not all windsurfers who have child-care duties are female!

To any women in Sydney in a similar situation; if you came to Rodd Point on Saturdays and gave us enough notice, we could probably find someone to care for the kids - as long as you don't mind if they are male or female.

Flux said...

What a load of crap you lot turn a simple question into read the topic of the thread FFS

and it wasn't even about cameras

i reckon gary's missus has got something to do with this thread

hey
as it seems ws here is quite mens territory you might help me out with something else. what about the foots? when is it good to sail there and how big do the waves get??
which are the best wave spots close to melbourne?? and when do they work?? thanks in advance