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What has stopped you windsurfing

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Created by Old Salty > 9 months ago, 6 Aug 2008
Old Salty
VIC, 1271 posts
6 Aug 2008 9:50PM
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Last weekend it was the deer - yes you have read it right - not the dear wife or the dear children but the bloody deer.
We have a creek running through our place and we recently planted 200 trees and bushes as a regeneration of the native vegetation along the creek. Put in plastic trees guards. Looked fantastic. Two weeks later the wild DEER have had fun ripping up the tree guards(not touching the plants) and shredding them. One even stood there and waved to me as I was driving the boy to school and shouted out thanks for the play things and looks like you will be putting this all back together again rather than sailing in those 15 - 20 kt westerlies this weekend. So last Saturday, whilst my wife and daughter where riding their bloody horses I was dutifully putting the tree guards back on thinking how nice Bambi steak would taste.
Anyone has a gun licence and can shoot straight? I'll provide the bed and cook breakfast.

hardie
WA, 4133 posts
6 Aug 2008 8:16PM
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Right at the moment the Flu other than that work

elmo
WA, 8897 posts
6 Aug 2008 8:42PM
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hardie said...

Right at the moment the Flu other than that work


You've been working 2 days and you're already claiming sickies

The Master is back

Bender
WA, 2236 posts
6 Aug 2008 8:53PM
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LACK OF BLOODY WIND!!!!!!!!!!!

Mobydisc
NSW, 9029 posts
6 Aug 2008 10:54PM
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Yeah shoot the deer.

What stops me from windsurfing. Lack of wind. I was checking out Google steet maps. I saw where I go sailing, Narrabeen Lake last summer. It seems like a dream. Warm (probably too warm) water, nice breeze of 12 to 20 knots, friendly people....

Now the same place is cold, the water colder and windless.

Besides that, it was windy last weekend but what stopped me was the a commeration of the 1902 Mount Kembla mining disaster at Mount Kembla. It was a moving experience and I shed a tear; just like our former PM Bob Hawke.

Greenroom
WA, 7608 posts
6 Aug 2008 10:07PM
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No swell

stribo
QLD, 1628 posts
7 Aug 2008 1:38AM
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A shoulder dislocation froma badly landed backie stopped me for a few weeks.

fionzc
82 posts
7 Aug 2008 3:23AM
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A very badly sprained tailbone from trying to learn how to snowboard might keep me from windsurfing this weekend =(

knot board
QLD, 1241 posts
7 Aug 2008 9:11AM
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Full time work, part time study and house renovations, since I started that deadly trio my windsurfing has suffered.

I fool myself into thinking I am a windsurfer by logging onto seabreeze daily at work

easty
TAS, 2213 posts
7 Aug 2008 10:34AM
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fionzc said...

A very badly sprained tailbone from trying to learn how to snowboard might keep me from windsurfing this weekend =(


Nearly fell into this trap a few weekends ago. A workmate decided to head up the mountain to try out his new snow gear, so I thought great, always thought snowboarding looked fun. Anyway, after half an hour I came up with 2 conclusions. 1 - I was inevitably going to hurt something which would then prevent me from sailing (if we get any wind!), and 2 - learning this sort of caper is best left to young whipper snappers.

Paul Kelf
WA, 678 posts
7 Aug 2008 11:01AM
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stribo said...

A shoulder dislocation froma badly landed backie stopped me for a few weeks.



That must have been recently then

stribo
QLD, 1628 posts
7 Aug 2008 1:40PM
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Paul Kelf said...

stribo said...

A shoulder dislocation froma badly landed backie stopped me for a few weeks.



That must have been recently then


ok ok.This weekend aye

fionzc
82 posts
7 Aug 2008 11:54AM
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easty said...

fionzc said...

A very badly sprained tailbone from trying to learn how to snowboard might keep me from windsurfing this weekend =(

Nearly fell into this trap a few weekends ago. A workmate decided to head up the mountain to try out his new snow gear, so I thought great, always thought snowboarding looked fun. Anyway, after half an hour I came up with 2 conclusions. 1 - I was inevitably going to hurt something which would then prevent me from sailing (if we get any wind!), and 2 - learning this sort of caper is best left to young whipper snappers.

yeah I fell real hard after about half an hour into the lesson...and it was on an artificial freaking hard ice-like snow slope. I think I am still considered young...but I think I need bum-pads for my next lesson!

dism
NSW, 660 posts
7 Aug 2008 2:04PM
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Being inland in a freezing climate (Armidale)

Ellobuddha
NSW, 625 posts
7 Aug 2008 4:56PM
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Doing some damage to the back of my ribs where they meet the spine. Whole back and shoulder a mess. Stuck doing nothing for who knows how long. Physio twice a week

ejmack
VIC, 1308 posts
7 Aug 2008 5:03PM
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Sounds like your priorities are all screwed up Doug!

GoMaui
VIC, 14 posts
7 Aug 2008 6:03PM
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COLD Weather

AUS1111
WA, 3621 posts
7 Aug 2008 4:25PM
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stribo said...

A shoulder dislocation froma badly landed backie stopped me for a few weeks.



You dislocated your shoulder but you still landed it, albeit badly??!!

You're the man!

monster
TAS, 495 posts
8 Aug 2008 12:40AM
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Old Salty said...

Last weekend it was the deer - yes you have read it right - not the dear wife or the dear children but the bloody deer.
We have a creek running through our place and we recently planted 200 trees and bushes as a regeneration of the native vegetation along the creek. Put in plastic trees guards. Looked fantastic. Two weeks later the wild DEER have had fun ripping up the tree guards(not touching the plants) and shredding them. One even stood there and waved to me as I was driving the boy to school and shouted out thanks for the play things and looks like you will be putting this all back together again rather than sailing in those 15 - 20 kt westerlies this weekend. So last Saturday, whilst my wife and daughter where riding their bloody horses I was dutifully putting the tree guards back on thinking how nice Bambi steak would taste.
Anyone has a gun licence and can shoot straight? I'll provide the bed and cook breakfast.
i dont windsurf in the winter because i chase deer ,ducks roos rabbits really any thing that moves , i like my hunting fly me over and ill fill your freezer

monster
TAS, 495 posts
8 Aug 2008 12:45AM
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hey easty sea breezes have started up here , copper heads are starting to come out so ill have tie the dogs up dust off the sail gear cheers bazz

easty
TAS, 2213 posts
8 Aug 2008 8:41AM
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monster said...

hey easty sea breezes have started up here , copper heads are starting to come out so ill have tie the dogs up dust off the sail gear cheers bazz



The Copperheads know!
(mainlanders will be scratching their heads)

FoS
TAS, 1664 posts
8 Aug 2008 9:20AM
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The wind (same as easty)
The flu
The cold

Still getting some nooby techniques down so the Low wind is still ok ish.
but
Went out 2 weeks ago and had to come back befor it all went to mirror finish.

This weekends looking towards tops of 9 deg C, and still no wind.

Ahh well



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