Obviously no ones sailing much at the moment!

I'd go wavesailing if there was anything worth chasing. I'd go freestyling if I didnt continually damage my body. Id go bump and jump but it gets a bit boring if its not over 30knots and waist high chop. I'd go GPS sailing but theres no point because it just creates an argument about why I'm not wavesailing or freestyling or just bumping around.

For Sale, lots of windsurfing gear!
Wanted Kite gear!

I consider myself a wavesailor and nearly gave up windsurfing years ago because I found it extremely boring sailing backwards and forwards on flat water doing loops when there was no waves around. This has happened to many sailors in the past that get wrapped up in wavesailing only to realise that its so fickle in SE Tas they are wasting their time and money. Freestyle helped to renew a bit of interest in the sport for myself, but as with everything I got carried away and tore and fractured my ankle.
If it wasnt for GPS sailing I probably would have lost interest in the sport as I couldnt freestyle or wavesail properly with a repairing body. I still love nothing more than charging overhead waves and trying to smash the crap out of them, but living in SE Tas means that this doesnt happen all that much and its hard to take the time and money to travel.
I'm a competitive person by nature and like to push myself beyond the limit whenever I go out. GPS sailing has given me that option during times that I had just about turned my back on sailing unless it was in the waves.
Which now equates to the fact that I'm spending more time on the water than ever before and I'm satisfying my competitive nature by competing against over 600 others and myself everytime I go out.
The other thing is that by human nature we want to be part of a community and GPS sailing in Tas has a big community of like minded competitive people all keen to support each other and beat the crap out of each other at the same time
Unfortunately the wavesailing community in Tas has continued to diminish over the years and now it's down to about 2 people willing to travel and seek good conditions. This lack of wavesailing community lowers the competitive nature of the group and becomes more about 'soul' sailing and the individual 'rush' than the competitive push.

John Pott was right, god dam him. I'm over competitive.

And I need to go sailing, cant wait till October when Goats is back on and I can smack some lips with Houston and Damo. and the weather warms up so I can get out there with Dave and clock up 600km in a nice warm constant breeze, or maybe get my first Flaka on the Lagoon with Barry freestyle. But bugga me I wont be sailing backwards and forwards on flat water unless I've got my GPS on.

Just thought I'd dribble a bit.........more!