... you stop watching the weather for Jane Bunn and Livinia Nixon and actually pay attention to the wind forecast !
...what about you... ?
when you sail and ear the noise of breaking ice under your board ( was young and spring was long due) back in Europe!
Sit in front of computer pressing refresh every ten minutes to see if the winds picked up........!!!
You don't see your family all the way through summer coz the winds up every day.
Your boss calls you every afternoon of summer at about 3:30 to check you're still at work. [}:)]
"You know you are a die hard windsurfer when.."
You know there is not enough wind, the forecast was for light wind, but you see the trees start to move and you go out anyways hoping it will come up!
K.Dog... absolutely huh !!
If Bunn ever runs for PM she's got my vote ! And as for Nigella... well could you imagine a WS'ing program which ends with her nipping down to the kitchen for a little snack at the end... nirvana.
- when you buy / source every album from every track on every windsurfing movie (lots of german trance and folk music in our collection)
- can recite both windsurfing movies word for word
Cars have pulled over on the side of the road cause it raining so hard you find yourself rigging up in a wetsuit to join the only 7 wind junkies who are dare go outside letalone in the water!.
Let me count the ways...
1. Before you get out of bed in the morning you are listening for the sound of the wind.
2. First thing you do when you get up is look out the window to see how much the trees are moving.
3. Instead of reading the newspaper while you eat your breakfast you read the Seabreeze forecast, the Seabreeze forums and the GPSTC blogs.
4. You have 6 weather sites on your favourites list.
5. You can tell when the sea breeze is in without even thinking about it because of the subtle change in sound of the wind and the smell of the air
6. You consult the 7 day forecast before committing to social engagements.
7. You let your furniture fall apart and your wardrobe get outdated because you'd rather spend your money on windsurfing gear.
8. When most people are snuggling up in front of a warm fire you're getting ready to go for a sail.
9. You have so much cold weather gear it takes longer to dress up in it than to rig, but hey, it might not be windy again for a week.
10. You don't stop sailing until you're totally exhausted/ run out of wind/ run out of daylight.
11. You've had to build a windsurfing shed so your husband can get into the other one.
12. You don't have a full time job because it would interfere with windsurfing too much.
13. You're not embarrassed to admit to these things...
"You know you are a die hard windsurfer when.."
Your frothen over the epic conditions!!
@Windxtasy
CLASSIC !!
And the scary thing... I've only been hooked in this crazy sport for a short while... and I can relate to soooo many of those !
I had no idea who Angela Tsun was lol now I have goggled I am converted to channel 9 in WA lol
"You know you are a die hard windsurfer when.."
You sink all your money into a new windsurfing shop knowing that it will not make money!
"You know you are a die hard windsurfer when.."
When your wife stop saying not again....
After not sailing for a week when the front doesn't quite play the game and the breeze finally comes in you come up with excuses like
It's to cold
I'm going to do the dishes and cook dinner for my wife
I'm working on a bost tonight (fair enough on that one)
I've just unpacked the car.
I refuse to answer my phone cause I've gone to bed for a nanna nap
Mine fits 3, but two of them are really squeezed up beside all the windsurfing gear...
... when you have an acronym for disclaiming absence at pre-arranged social events due to unforseen changes in the forecast.
e.g. slowboat's SPEW clause (Sandy Point Expecting Wind)
Over the course of summer you get told by family that its about time you spend at least one day with them down the beach and you are NOT allowed to spend said time staring at the waves, the wind or tossing handfuls of sand in the air.
And dont be a cranky bum!!!!!!!!!!!!
...whenever you are watching a movie and there is a scene with water in the background, you completely lose track of the plot as you determine whether it looks sailable.
...and while watching any movie with an outdoor scene, you have thought to yourself "hang on, it was windy a minute ago and now its not...what's going on there??"
