When I'm at work and I see images like this from today at my local spot...



... I feel a bit sick. I'm genuinely edgy and irritable. It's been three weeks now. I gotta get a hit.

Is there any real difference between this addiction and another?

I'll forfeit all sorts of things for a sail or some new gear. In fact it's all I need. Yes my family does still come first, but eventually when the kids grow up and need me less...?

I'm even scoping out moving to a cheap(er) country, working remotely for a cheaper price, somewhere I can sail more often than not. Any ideas by the way? I'm looking at Turkey right now, then Spain.

evlPanda said...

When I'm at work and I see images like this from today at my local spot...



... I feel a bit sick. I'm genuinely edgy and irritable. It's been three weeks now. I gotta get a hit.

Is there any real difference between this addiction and another?

I'll forfeit all sorts of things for a sail or some new gear. In fact it's all I need. Yes my family does still come first, but eventually when the kids grow up and need me less...?

I'm even scoping out moving to a cheap(er) country, working remotely for a cheaper price, somewhere I can sail more often than not. Any ideas by the way? I'm looking at Turkey right now, then Spain.

Your'e actually having a conditioned response, but with no ability to express the desired behaviour, therefore the adrenalin has nowhere to go but into your body which creates tension,........ nah fvk it you're a wind junkie

evlPanda said...

Yes my family does still come first, but eventually when the kids grow up and need me less...?

I'm the same, but in all these years, I never found the right recipe. Not to deter you, but them's mongrels need you up to 15+ - homework, discipline, play, etc. THEN they need your $$ for studying, which means your "time" for a few more years (unless ya rich or inherited, etc.).

Yes you can leave them in front of the XBox like so many people I know.

Then all you need is flex time, which I always manage to get myself into (touch wood), proximity to water from home and work, which I make happen too. Get into freestyle, which considerably increases your desirable wind range. Finally you need an understanding wife that has her own activity to trade you with. Good effing luck on the latter.

Look at it this way: You only live once.

How much does it matter to you what your great great grandparents did, how much money they made, or how much fun they had? Your great great grandkids will probably have similar feelings about you.

Don't feel guilty! Just go and have fun while you can!! And if you like this advice, why not send me a donation by PayPal?

I agree with you all! The current forecast (from BOM) reads like this:


Issued at 3:30 pm EDT on Tuesday 21 October 2008

Warning Summary
Small Boat Alert for Canberra Lakes.

Winds on Lake: Southerly 20-30 km/h, possibly reaching 40 km/h at times.


Bring it on!!!

lalalamort said...




This excites me

I got my therapy today, that forecast was way wrong, it ended up being 20-30. If Wednesdays figure is out by the same amount it should be a really big day.

I sold the kids so I could by more gear, but I've come to terms with that!

I'm married, so I have effectively already given up sex...but I still have windsurfing

Waiting4wind said...

lalalamort said...




This excites me

I got my therapy today, that forecast was way wrong, it ended up being 20-30. If Wednesdays figure is out by the same amount it should be a really big day.

I sold the kids so I could by more gear, but I've come to terms with that!

Hopefully this doesnt mean it will die before thursday, thats the earliest i can get out

evlPanda said...

When I'm at work and I see images like this from today at my local spot...



... I feel a bit sick. I'm genuinely edgy and irritable. It's been three weeks now. I gotta get a hit.

Is there any real difference between this addiction and another?

I'll forfeit all sorts of things for a sail or some new gear. In fact it's all I need. Yes my family does still come first, but eventually when the kids grow up and need me less...?

I'm even scoping out moving to a cheap(er) country, working remotely for a cheaper price, somewhere I can sail more often than not. Any ideas by the way? I'm looking at Turkey right now, then Spain.

By the sounds of your post Pandie you didnt go for a windsurf?
Instead you went for the option to stay at work and watch the little green arrows get stronger?
Drug addicts, as we know, will do anything for a hit. They will steal, rob and even murder for their desired drugs.
As for me (Im not a druggie) I have been known to wag my wifes pops funeral to go windsurfing. I have lied every single lie possible and currently thinking of new lies I can tell my boss why I have to leave work early. I drive home past the beach everyday just so I can see it. I eat, sleep, talk windsurfing, surfing and SUP. Waves, waves, waves and more waves on top of waves... did I mention waves?
I consider myself addicted.
As for you Pandie wandie, you are a pathetic addict. You should be ashamed of yourself. Next time... screw work and go get ya friggin fix!

Bondalucci said...

Harrow said...

I tell myself, "after this really good sail, I will be fine for a week". The next day, the wind starts to come up, and it is like I haven't been out for a month!!!

Hah! That sounds like an analogy for another favourite "physical activity" we have!!

Which reminds me- A while back, I remember a bunch of windsurfers discussing how addicted they were to the sport. The topic turned to - "if you had to choose between never being able to windsurf again, or never being able to have sex again, which would you give up???"

Now there's a new thread.....

I'd give up sex............................ i can sail for waaaay longer on any given day.

I'm not addicted, just a dick

Would that make you change your name to "No Willy"??
Or possible "Wee Willy"??

Wet Willy said...

Steptoes Son said...

Bondalucci said...

Harrow said...

I tell myself, "after this really good sail, I will be fine for a week". The next day, the wind starts to come up, and it is like I haven't been out for a month!!!

Hah! That sounds like an analogy for another favourite "physical activity" we have!!

Which reminds me- A while back, I remember a bunch of windsurfers discussing how addicted they were to the sport. The topic turned to - "if you had to choose between never being able to windsurf again, or never being able to have sex again, which would you give up???"

Now there's a new thread.....

I'd give up sex............................ i can sail for waaaay longer on any given day.

Give up sex for windsurfing??

I'll go one step further - I WOULD SELL MY P###S if I was offered enough money for it that I could live somewhere very windy (Maui perhaps) and just sail all day for the rest of my life. It would be a big sacrifice but well worth it.

Opening bids, please...

Sell your PANTS!??? thats just crazy !!! then you'd never have sex.

Wet Willy said...

lalalamort said...




oh yes, oh yes

AWESOME!! You have a weekend of kick@$$ formula windsurfing to look forward to!

Im at uni student who has no class on Thursday, thus my delight, but it does look decent now in the graphs for Sunday afternoon

lalalamort said...
Im at uni student who has no class on Thursday, thus my delight, but it does look decent now in the graphs for Sunday afternoon

Damn you, I too am a uni student free on Thurs, but i'm stuck inland atm! Have a good sail for me!

Addicted - all I can think of is WS. The gf gets pissed off I talk about it 24/7. To get some of the same rush whilst outta the water, i've started mountain biking a bit downhill

dism said...Damn you, I too am a uni student free on Thurs, but i'm stuck inland

When I was doing uni wayyyyy inland, all we had was a small uni pond to windsurf on. We still had a club, good get together and gybing every 10 seconds or so.

Did piss poor on studies, but we all had great gybes and freestyle !