"You know you're an Old Windsurfer when"

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lotofwind said..
Yeah been there done that.
I use to poledance and worked at a hire place,
but got a bit bored with it, and like most found kiting more of a rush, besides, I couldnt grow a Queen style mo so got some tatts and kited instead

More like you tried to windsurf, failed because you didn't have the skill or persistence and settled for kiting instead

When your 100+ sessions a year drops to maybe 30. Coz every other week there's another ache, break, or groan stopping you from TOW.
Im only 50yo FFS....

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olskool said..
When your 100+ sessions a year drops to maybe 30. Coz every other week there's another ache, break, or groan stopping you from TOW.
Im only 50yo FFS....

Only the good die young!

When people ask you if your boom got run over by a car and you have to explain to them that 'it's called a Z-boom'

When your user name on Seabreeze is Cam

When your kids start buying their own windsurf kit.

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cammd said..
When your kids start buying their own windsurf kit.

Cam, I bet you were cheering!

Getting old is when you're new purchase isn't a sail it's a new elbow brace

You still look at the trees swaying to gauge the wind speed rather than checking a website

When you don't care about being the fastest anymore...

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Tardy said..
You blame your gear ...so you buy new sh1t

Or the alternative is:

I guess I already have enough gear to rotate to forget that I have already blamed this one in the past
So.. , I try again without buying another one :)

Me either Windsurfing Hoarder or.. Windsurfing Connoisseur ?!
8 Windsurfing/windfoiling Boards
24 Windsurfing/windfoiling Sails
12 Windsurfing/windfoiling Booms
14 Windsurfing/windfoiling Mast

Got to keep Excel Workbook to keep track.

You are an Old Man only in the moment you sing the song that you are an Old Man.

I sometimes sing this Song on Local Shanty Singing Events around Seattle WA, USA.
Gee, I had no idea that it was written by an Aussie.
(my second Homeland is Australia, triple citizen now)

"Old Man's Song"

Words and Music: Bill Scott

Bill Scott, folklorist, poet, and author of books for children, was born in Bundaberg, Australia in 1923. He worked at many trades, including cane cutter, steam engine driver, miner, and publisher before becoming a professional writer in 1974. (GB)

When I was a young man I followed the gold
Down in a mineshaft all muddy and cold
Deep in the dark with the flickering light
And nary a nugget to gladden me sight

Chorus
And it's way aye now I am old
The mornings were silver the sunsets were gold

When I was a young man I followed the sea
Cold wet and shivering often I'd be
Rocked in the rigging or rolled down below
Or sweating me soul out where the gulf traders go

Chorus
And it's way aye now I am old
The oceans were sapphires the beaches were gold

Now I'm an old man I sit in the sun
Thinking and dreaming of the things that I've done
Remembering laughter forgetting the pain
And I'd go out and do it all over again

Chorus
And it's way aye lift it along
What good is your life if it isn't a song

Old Man's Song is recorded on the album Harbors of Home and is in the songbook Hey Rain!

You can remember when Seabreeze used to have red thumbs

. . . when you actually know how to separate a stuck mast.