Hey i've almost finished school and i still don't know what i want to do. My dream job would be someone who just tests gear all the time but i have to be realistic. I need something that suites the lifestyle of a mad keen windsurfer, so any ideas would be appreciated.
hahaha... yeah man, im in the same boat as you... i finished school 2 years ago, and have been studing a sports course at tafe...
And its come to that time where i just cant be bothered going to uni next year. So instead im going overseas to become a windsurf instructor.
Camp America is something to look into as well, as they supply you with food, and shelter for about 3 weeks.
So there isnt much for a student to do full time involving windsurfing, but for a part time thing, definatly look into becoming an instructor.
PM me if you want anymore details.
Cheers Steve 
Get that song from the pet shop boys GO WEST and listen to that.
Youll probibly get the gay pet shop boy NSW beaten out of you......
by the West Coast Geraldton windsurfing young guns whom are taking over the beaches slapping and wacking every wave in sight .... but hey if you wanted ......windSURFING 5 days a week pumping swell new mates and a job, carnt go wrong.
Man roof plumbing sounds sweet, I'm not sure i was thinking engineering, then someone said the hours are heaps long, but a teacher at school who also windsurfs said why not design boards/boats. My current job is working at a windsurfing store in brisbane, great job but i am needed most in summer, but this is when the wind blows.
Sorry to be a stick in the mud, but you should not look to develop your career around going windsurfing (unless you want to be a pro windsurfer). You should develop a career around what you want to do for a career. What happens if you break your ankle and cannot windsurf anymore?
What about a builder - they knock off at 3pm every evening. Or a nightshift security guard - they only work at night :-)
Or become a media mogul, they can take as much time off as they want - and can afford plenty of gear.
There are plenty of jobs which would enable you to spend plenty of time on the water. Decide what career you want first, they find the appropriate job.
For example: I have made a CAREER in the IT field (not normally associated with lots of free time), but my JOB is with government (always associated with 35 hour weeks and flex time). I love what I do for my career, job and still get plenty of time on the water.
JB
There will be cray boat deckie jobs going here from start of Nov..... sail 3 days a week min in 30kn seabreezes. Anywhere from cervantes to gero
Downside is 0400 start thru to about 1200 - 1500 finish so you'll be tired but if you want to just work, sail, sleep you will have a ball
Otherwise any job on the west coast with a mid afternoon finish, 5pm sucks 
I need as much help as i can get cause i need to have my uni application form in in like three days. What jobs apart from teaching have good holidays and like 4 day weeks. And what's a Media Mogul JayBee sounds like a sick job.
yeah its is great working in a windsurfing store when its not windy but when he wind comes up and everyone starts coming through buying little bis and pieces saying the wind is cranking it get s really frustrating. And whenever I'm not working the wind doesn't blow. But hey it still is a great job.
The idea of flex time sounds awesome. Lucky Buggers
I used to work for an engineering company in the uk and took 40-50 days a year leave by milking the flexileave system. Doing a similar thing on a job here where I'm going to be able to take 2-3 weeks to head up north at the beginning of november. Companies seem to be so desparate for staff (at least for engineers in wa) that you can negotiate pretty hard.
There is a guy at WindSurfnSnow in Sydney that has an opening for a Sail Number artist. His effort this year make people cringe - I am sure he would pay good money. What is better is that a drunken camel with crayons could do a better job - so you will look like a champion if you can draw at all.
Teaching is a good job for a windsurfer. You can normally leave work around 3.30pm. Every summer you get a month off and another six weeks a year. Get a job in a fancy private school and then get windsurfing to be part of outdoor education. Plus you will get around another month off school through extra holidays.
Windsurfing could be used to teach students about the weather, water state, tides, navigation etc etc.
Edit: A fireman or policeman would be a good job too. They do something like 4 day shifts then have 4 days off.
hey buddy, i just finished school and i'm an apprentice sparky. its suprising how much time u do get to go windsurfing, esspecially if u have an awsome boss. like say its windy on wednesday and thursday and a quiet weekend he'll let me have wed and thur off and work sat and sun. and nock off at 230 3 most days some earlier some later. and if u go out on ur own start ur own business u work wen u want not when others want u to. well in a perfect world that is true. yer man i'm loving it and i'm halfway through so that another option for ya.
I reckon do a trade in either electrical, plumbing or boilermaking. These trades are needed everywhere, especially WA...my brother is a sparky and is in WA at the moment and about to go to the mines (like everyone else)..$$$...with these sorts of trades you can travel the world, don't have to wear a business suit and push pens and still earn sum good-excellent money...Junior freestyle you are in an excelletn positon to live anywhere the wind blows mate, good on you... if i was in my teens looking for a trade i would aim for one of these ones....by the way police in NSW usually work 2days then 2nights and have 6 days off, 6 weeks holiday per year and a good enough wage.....the world is your oyster champ, dont waste it !
trademan. start early ,finish early. then start your own bussiness and work your own flexi hours around the wind.
Hey elize, with School teaching, did you ever do after school care and holiday program! cos i have been doing it for a year now, and i think if i had to deal with kids from 9-3 5 days a week, i think i would get a bit sick of the job.
Surley you have days where you totally get sick of kids... and therefore you get grumpy. Which i think isnt fair??
What do you reckon, do you think you need to have breaks with the kids?
Hey bruh, ahhh yeah I've been the Co-ordinator of BSC lately, and moved onto ASC...
I've been doing it or 4 years now; Quit my last OSHC job and moved to a much better one at a school 200m down the road! I quit a Pvt school I went to, to go to a State school... Ironic really... and much better!
Going from teaching year 7s and other students (at the same school), and then being off prac and working BSC, ASC and Vacation care, the kids in OSHC (outside school hours care) programs are TOTALLY different to teaching... Everything is different; the behaviour, the lack of respect, everything is different. Students look at this (OSHC) as more of a babysitting service, rather than a teacher educating students and if being totally different...
Your own class is YOURS.... You have 30 children all day, teach them what you like, develop your own behaviour strategies and reward system and design your own units. etc.
Whereas OSHC you do what you're told to a certain extent...
You cannot compare teaching to OSHC....sssoooo different!
You in Brissy!?
vineyard worker guy,
you finish at 3:30 so you can take full advantage of the sea breeze
FIRE SPRINKLER FITTER YOU FINISH AT 2.30 +EBA RATES IN VIC OR LAY ROOF SHEETS ON CONCTRUCTION SITES RAIN = GO HOME +TOO WINDY = HOMER GET ON THE WAGON MATE!!!
I also agree a trade would be a good move, especially considering the money they are getting. I know someone who was a boiler maker and hated it, so maybe steer clear of that one. It's also quite industrial.
Depends what you can see yourself doing.
If you cant see yourself sitting in an office then that rules out heaps of jobs.
A trade you can always fall back on.
Maybe consider a Diploma in Building.
Just remember the prices of the toys that you sell and will soon be on the other side of the counter wanting to buy.
Somewhere along the line you will have to pay for them, get a crap job you won't be able to afford them.
Do the uni time in a career which you can envisage yourself doing for the next 20-30 years. Uni will give you more than enough time to skive off for a sail.
Set your self up with a good career now rather than trying to make do or catch up later.
That seems a little 'uni-centric' Elmo. Some people are not just suited to uni and these days you hardly need to be a uni graduate to have a good career. Not quite sure whether you were implying this or not. Personally I think in todays climate if you do a trade you're at least 3 years ahead of someone who goes to uni anyway, particularly if you're in one of the higher paying trades. I'm a Mech engineer so i'm not approaching this from a trade biased perspective.
The only thing I would say is do something that you enjoy, if you don't you'll be cursing yourself later.
I have worked both in a trade and professionally after I did uni. My only real advice is to do a job you enjoy doing, no matter what the pay. Despite all good intentions, you will always spend a good deal of your time working, so you may as well be happy doing it.
The other benefit is that its better for your health doing something you really enjoy.
If you love windsurfing you will always find a way to get out no matter what job you do.
