Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA29259; Wed, 6 Jul 1994 20:36:36 -0700 Return-Path: <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis> Received: from uucp1-b.netcom.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.108.4/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA22199; Wed, 6 Jul 1994 20:36:44 -0700 Received: from localhost by netcomsv.netcom.com with UUCP (8.6.4/SMI-4.1) id UAA16249; Wed, 6 Jul 1994 20:26:20 -0700 Received: by usc.com (NX5.67d/NX3.0M) id AA02603; Wed, 6 Jul 94 19:52:49 -0700 From: Will Estes <westes@usc.com-DeleteThis> Message-Id: <9407070252.AA02603@usc.com-DeleteThis> Subject: Re: T.A. Hot Dog/Naish Slash & Bash Fins (Was: Re: Re: Re: Today at San Luis) To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Date: Wed, 6 Jul 1994 19:52:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9407070021.AA00898@jalama.eng.sun.com-DeleteThis> from "Jim Paugh" at Jul 6, 94 05:31:15 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1081
'Jim Paugh says:'
> So, word to the wise: **know your limits, physical as well as ability**.
I thought you were going to say the lesson was "Never play baseball.
Always windsurf instead." :) Well, that's one good lesson, anyway.
Definitely you are right that it's important to know when you have hit your
own limits of endurance/muscle pain/whatever. I have always noticed that
toward the end of a long session I get very fatigued in my muscles and
start to make really sloppy mistakes, which sometimes result in nasty
crashes.
I don't know if its a valid observation in general, but I have noticed that
hanging on strongly to the boom or mast always seems to lessen the impact.
In your case, maybe hanging onto the sail would have moved you more over
the board as it twisted out? Definitely the worst crashes I have ever had
were the ones where I didn't have a hold on anything and the board or sail
had control over me instead of vice versa.
Hope you heal quickly!
-- Thanks, Will Estes Internet: westes@usc.com-DeleteThis U.S. Computer Saratoga, CA 95070
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