Should windsurfing be considered an "extreme" sport? Many who don't sail say "no". Curious answer, me thinks. Sure - lake sailing in 5 knots is not "extreme", although it can be extremely fun! However, while windsurfing on Maui over the course of the past twenty years, I've been the recipient of a sprained ankle, torn ligaments, cracked ribs, shredded hands and feet, an injured meniscus - and an impact with a boom so severe that I blacked out shortly after struggling back to the beach. Now bear in mind, I'm not even a radical sailor. I don't sail Hookipa. I don't loop. I don't race. So what's it like for those sailors who really go for it??? And what's your story? Reply below!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Extreme what?
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Here on Maui.
Concussion due to an impact against the mast; tweaked ligaments after a cutback and my foot stayed in the footstraps, tendinitis in my elbw after a cutback on a big wave, and the white water caught my sail, and a LOT of bad cuts to to encounter with my fin a few times
I think this is pretty extreme?? These kids what they are doing these days is extreme. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoXsnKnUU44
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