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cgoudie1
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:30 am Post subject: |
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French Women.
-Craig
windgood wrote: | What makes windsurfing still so popular in France? |
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isobars
Joined: 12 Dec 1999 Posts: 20935
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:33 am Post subject: |
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And banana hammocks. |
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gvogelsang
Joined: 09 Nov 1988 Posts: 435
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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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windgood wrote: | What makes windsurfing still so popular in France? |
Golf is too expensive.
And everyone already rides bikes to get around, so biking isn't a big deal. |
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braden
Joined: 12 Jun 1987 Posts: 73 Location: Providence RI
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Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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I read a long time ago that windsurfing caught on in Europe because there having a sailboat is for rich people, due to expense of marinas, etc. |
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GURGLETROUSERS
Joined: 30 Dec 2009 Posts: 2643
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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 2:07 am Post subject: |
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There's some truth in that Braden, but isn't the point that some cultures have a long standing maritime heritage, or a fascination with just floating on the briny?
I long ago knew that it was the sea which was the real magnet and indispensable constant that lives in the soul, so whatever gets you out on it (Windsurfing, sea kayaking, yachting) is actually just a means to an end - though some think it an end in itself.
I don't think it a mystery why windsurfing trumps yachting for many, in that it is a sea CONTACT experience (immersed IN your element, so to speak), and for the same reason surfing scratches that itch in way nothing else can. (Total immersion, and spanking!) Though, especially when being tubed, Mr Freud would have it otherwise in that it's sexual, or reliving womb memories - but he was just a pervert!
So some of us always felt a yacht was just a step too far from actual bodily contact with our element. Nearest I got was a small catamaran for extended sea camping journeys, but in some ways it was the worst of all. (Very wet, very cold in our climate, and not physically active enough.)
No, windsurfing and sea kayaking are the kings, especially with a set purpose 'voyage' in mind= AKA longboarding .
Or 'Och aye tha noo' as the midge addled brains of our northern partners would have it! |
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DanWeiss
Joined: 24 Jun 2008 Posts: 2296 Location: Connecticut, USA
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isobars wrote: | In the time it takes us to rig, today's kids and young adults send 38 mindless tweets. That whole generation is lost to the real world. |
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pacspeed
Joined: 14 Sep 2000 Posts: 627
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 4:57 pm Post subject: |
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windgood wrote: | What makes windsurfing still so popular in France? |
51 WEEKS OF VACATION |
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