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jpeter
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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isobars wrote: | jpeter wrote: | My rule is to ignore any reply that has bad grammar ... |
and spelling. The whole cellphone/tweeting/IM/OMG generation can just buy NEW stuff for all I care. |
Don't mind the trendy talkin youngsters BRA, it's the guy from Uganda who wants your bank account number you need to steer clear from. |
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Alena
Joined: 04 Jul 2000 Posts: 43
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 5:42 pm Post subject: What happens with "old" windsurfers? |
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I was just wondering what happens when windsurfing just becomes impossible? Anybody have ideas for that?
Anybody with experience?
Does one get a little sail boat ?
Just interested as another birthday went by.
Alena |
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WaterKook
Joined: 10 Apr 2000 Posts: 1713 Location: The Dude abides!!!!!
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isobars
Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 6:18 pm Post subject: Re: What happens with "old" windsurfers? |
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Alena wrote: | Just interested as another birthday went by. |
Birthdays don't mean squat. It's what we do to offset them that matters most. Have I seen a decline in my exercise volume limits since I passed 70? Sure. But I've also learned new conditioning techniques, new nutritional approaches, new ways of working around faulty joints, and more that compensate very well for the effects of the calendar. That's coming in handy, because I'm also expanding my skills into more aggressive/demanding sailing techniques. |
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isobars
Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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WaterKook wrote: | Then you turn to kiting |
Before, or after, golf? |
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Alena
Joined: 04 Jul 2000 Posts: 43
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Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2015 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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Yes birthdays don't mean that much, but...there is a point when windsurfing may become impossible and I just can not imagine anything fun to replace that?
I am interested in a report from somebody that went through this and found a good solution.
Or maybe these people do no have to follow the wind anymore and deleted the iwindsurf bookmark and their lives are serene and peaceful and full of other things?
Is kiting easier? Or was that a joke?
I still think it will be some fun fancy fast sail boat in my case.
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jingebritsen
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cgoudie1
Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 2599 Location: Killer Sturgeon Cove
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 10:25 am Post subject: Re: What happens with "old" windsurfers? |
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Greetings Alena,
I know people that have gone all different routes. I know a guy who
had a hip replacement, and went to sailboats, which he says can be just
as hairball as windsurfing, but not as hard on your body. I have a
friend (now deceased), who went to Kiting and he was adamant about how
much easier it is on your joints. I also have friends with hip and
knee replacements, who went bionic specifically so they could continue
to Windsurf, and I've got one friend (upwards of 80), who moved to Maui,
so that he didn't have to deal with the cold Gorge conditions on his
ancient body. Our forum resident codger British longboard junkie
seems to really enjoy that (and he still gets out on short boards occasionally also)
Oh, I also know a guy who had a femur rebuild and
quit adrenaline sports. He seems pretty happy to golf.
Personally, I'm a rebuild kinda guy (though I don't have any metal, other
than some screws and wire, yet), but you can only rebuild as long as you
can heal up, and once you get South of 85, healing time might just take
you clear to the long kiss good night, so I figure if I'm lucky enough to
live that long, and still have some semblance of health, to learn to Kite.
Heck, my high school graduating class thought I was most likely to die
young, so at 59, it’s been a bonus 30 years!
And now back to our regularly scheduled sell-off.
;*)
-Craig
Alena wrote: | I was just wondering what happens when windsurfing just becomes impossible? Anybody have ideas for that?
Anybody with experience?
Does one get a little sail boat ?
Just interested as another birthday went by.
Alena |
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mat-ty
Joined: 07 Jul 2007 Posts: 7850
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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Alena there's always a new passion around the corner. I was a golf nut when young, then a windsurfing nut, always a ski nut , and now a kite nut.
I do find kiting a little less stressful on the body, although after 80 sessions this year my elbows and shoulders are hurting a little. |
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boardsurfr
Joined: 23 Aug 2001 Posts: 1266
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2015 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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mat-ty wrote: | I do find kiting a little less stressful on the body, although after 80 sessions this year my elbows and shoulders are hurting a little. |
I don't know about that. After 166 windsurf sessions this year, nothing is hurting. |
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