Is windsurfing popularity still declining?

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Old Salty
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15 Sep 2011 6:01pm
That last comment is guaranteed to take this discussion into 30 pages
lotofwind
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15 Sep 2011 6:29pm
Oh, make it stop....
make it stooooooooooop......

I think this thread has given me half a stroke.


Someone post something rude,insulting, racist,bag out someones religion, or dump on the moderators so this thread gets locked.
Here,I'll try.

Burkers should be banned,
Boobs,boobs,boobs,
All the moderators are stupid wee face poo bums.

Lock it......LOCK IT NOW

Mrgob
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15 Sep 2011 5:32pm
Lotofwind .... your name is apt. But why not relieve yourself through the normal bodily function, though not in public, please! (If the thread annoys you, why read it??)

As an afterthought on what is going on; conversation just days ago (on a good B&J day) with a friend who now works for a big distributor. Windsurfing is a lost cause to them, and they are concentrating on 'pushing' S.U.P. on to dealers, at the expense of windsurfing boards, because that's where they see the future. As he said, with boards now costing one and a half grand, a) dealers won't carry stock. b) Only the hard core will pay these silly prices.

From the horses mouth!
lotofwind
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15 Sep 2011 7:56pm
Mrlargegob, your name is also apt,,,just making light hearted fun of the topic that never ends and will not ever come to closurer.

I mean,,,,,,the dinosaurs have become extinct,,,,,,,but we still talk about them and see them in museums.
Like windsurfing is becomming extinct,,,but this thread keeps going.

This should start some personal attacks to shut the house down.LOL


DrJ
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15 Sep 2011 7:59pm
lotofwind said...

Oh, make it stop....
make it stooooooooooop......

I think this thread has given me half a stroke.


Someone post something rude,insulting, racist,bag out someones religion, or dump on the moderators so this thread gets locked.
Here,........

Lock it......LOCK IT


I agree, for once he makes a fine point.

However ..... I believe it's all to do with Hitler, and the Nazi party.

There Godwins law has been applied.
lotofwind
lotofwind
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15 Sep 2011 8:03pm
^^^^^^
OMG ,,,,,I agree with the evil side,,,,,,,,,,,I feel cheap and dirty.LOL

and I dont think its the nazi's,
but aliens or maybe our brains are being fried by the chemtrails or the fact that the twin towers were blowen up by the president so the USA could steal oil.

either way,,none of the above could possibly help increasing the windsurfer numbers.True?
Glad I could help.
razzmatazz
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15 Sep 2011 8:19pm
and if those ruddy catholics incl. the pope wouldn't have supported him( hitler that is) we would never have had this dilemma we're finding ourselfes in now
DrJ
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15 Sep 2011 9:20pm
Actually, if it was not for Hitler and the Nazis, windsurfing would not be as popular as it is.

That's right thanks to the second world war, science and technology advanced in leaps and bounds at an enormously accelerated rate, putting the world decades ahead of where it would have been without the war.

it's unlikely that the post war economic boom and baby boomers would have fueled a leisure 'centric economy, and consequently no one would have invented windsurfing..... Consequently Goebbels should be considered the grandfather of our sport!

That has to lock it up surely? No?

Well think about it, the Germans have always been very good at the sport... Can't remember ever seeing a top rider called Wolowitz?

That should do it.
Waterloo
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15 Sep 2011 10:16pm
An argument isn't just contradiction...

SWS
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16 Sep 2011 10:59am
It is good to see this thread is still popular!
siny
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16 Sep 2011 7:56pm
An argument isn't just contradiction...

yes it is
lotofwind
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16 Sep 2011 8:06pm
^^^^^^A bit like saying windsurfing is cool.
We all know it is cool though,,,,minority small groups are always cooler than the main stream.
Mark _australia
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16 Sep 2011 6:08pm
Aaaah ..... must be why trolls think they are cool.

jermaldan
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16 Sep 2011 8:16pm
Windsurfing is cool because this thread is so bloody long!
lotofwind
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16 Sep 2011 8:27pm
Mark _australia said...

Aaaah ..... must be why trolls think they are cool.





Markie Australia is the coolest grandpa on here.

He always gets upset,red thumbs and takes the bait.
Its like shooting pensioner at a Sizzlers early birds 4pm dinner for all you can eat for $5 , blue rinse ,zimmer frame friendly meal deal arvo.

Thanks Markie.Your the man.

Keep the windsurfing coolness alive brother.

You might make this thread go to 16 embarressing pages yet.




yeehaa
yeehaa
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16 Sep 2011 9:42pm
Notice you guys are all calling each other grandpa? No wonder the youth ain't gonna follow this sport- sad sorry bunch.....

I'll say she'll be a thing of the past in about ten years....
lotofwind
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16 Sep 2011 9:54pm
10 years is a bit of a stretch

I think thats half the problem.
When you where a teenager,, if an old dude said,"try this,,its really cool" you would do the opposite because anything that grandpa's though was cool,isnt.

Kinda like when your mum says she loves that band you are listening too.That cd goes in the bin.LOL
barn
barn
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16 Sep 2011 7:55pm
yeehaa said...

Notice you guys are all calling each other grandpa? No wonder the youth ain't gonna follow this sport- sad sorry bunch.....

I'll say she'll be a thing of the past in about ten years....


Fark off Grandpa..
lotofwind
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16 Sep 2011 10:31pm
^^^^^^Is that Markie in his younger years??LOL
Yep,Im sold.
Where can I get a boat and sail?


I think the thread has run its course.
Is it time for the LOCK?
lotofwind
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16 Sep 2011 11:48pm
Get ready on the red thumbs button.You have been warned.[}:)]

THIS SHOULD BRING IN THE LOCK.
and lots of abuse

KITESURFING.......COMMING TO A BEACH NEAR YOU.






Bah ha haaaaa ha he ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa














pierrec45
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17 Sep 2011 12:57am
Yep, the picture above is representative of local kiting here too.
lotofwind
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17 Sep 2011 1:10am
And just think,,,,it was windsurfers that invented kitesurfing.

In the 15 yawn pages,,you all keep blaiming kitesurfing as the reason that there is no one wanting to windsurf anymore.

I think its just evolution that you guys stated 30 years ago.
Thank you.

Underoath
Underoath
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17 Sep 2011 1:31am
lotofwind said...

And just think,,,,it was windsurfers that invented kitesurfing.

I think its just evolution that you guys stated 30 years ago.
Thank you.






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Michael Plank the charismatic president of North Sails Windsurfing.

Hahahahah windsurfing..... its all down from here.


lotofwind
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17 Sep 2011 7:44pm
peconicpuffin.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c890753ef00e55299a6d08834-500pi
So now the truth is out, they also invented the poc-a-dot shorts , cool.
Carantoc
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17 Sep 2011 5:47pm
and the man-bra
lotofwind
lotofwind
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17 Sep 2011 8:04pm
Carantoc said...

and the man-bra


Ha Ha,,,its almost a half mankini.
Whats the deal with that?




yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 16 pages
SWS
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17 Sep 2011 7:35pm
lotofwind said...

peconicpuffin.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c890753ef00e55299a6d08834-500pi
So now the truth is out, they also invented the poc-a-dot shorts , cool.



They will be back in fashion soon!
NSW, 1613 posts
22 Sep 2011 12:46pm


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felixdcat
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22 Sep 2011 11:42am
lotofwind said...

peconicpuffin.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c890753ef00e55299a6d08834-500pi
So now the truth is out, they also invented the poc-a-dot shorts , cool.

Yep windsurfing always brought innovations. Kiters too invented the bre.. her , the narrrf.. gr and the??? Whatever!
Also they managed to get wind enjoying peeps to be banned from popular spot after being classified as high risk category sports thank you a lot kiters![}:)]
felixdcat
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22 Sep 2011 11:45am
Sorry kiters I forgot that you were the inspiration behind Lipton's easy squeeze double string teabags!
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