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Just some thoughts:
If you were telling that same story on the beach, in a mixed (i.e. men
and women) crowd of sailors, who you didn't know very well, would you
tell a "titties" story?
Maybe you would... but I'm guessing not. It's easy to forget your
audience on the Internet.
Another thought: every once in a while you hear men wondering about
the lack of women sailors, and especially the lack of women sailors
who post to internet forums e.g. rec.windsurfing and this list.
However it looks to me like Jeff was subconsciously assuming a male
audience. Self fulfilling prophesy perhaps?
I don't mean to cast judgement one way or the other. I just hope that
people on both sides can stop overreacting, so we can go back to
telling good windsurfing stories like the man says; just give a bit
more thought to the audience.
On that note, 3rd on Saturday was excellent, one of my best days ever.
Powered up on a 5.3/278 (170lbs) for most of the afternoon. Only my
second time at 3rd, got some good air in the channel along with some
good wipeouts. After one of the bigger ones, when I came up for air I
realized that there's something missing from this sport. You don't
leave a crater. Lots of sports, when you go big and screw up, you
leave a mark on the world, like a big hole in the snow or a divot on
the green or what have you. In windsurfing, the spray blows off and
the wave just rolls on by like nothing happened.
Oh well, can't have everything. :)
Spent a few hours at Flying Tigers on Sunday, good powered up 5.3
sailing. I still can't jibe, &*%#*%. Participated in a bit of a
rescue, but I'll let the more involved party tell that one if they
feel like it.
What's up with all the cars parked on the top of the bluff at Tigers?
There are hundreds of shiny, new, licensed cars, all makes and models,
parked bumper to bumper, just sitting there. It almost looks like
they are staring out over the bay, yearning to be somewhere else, or
lining up like lemmings, waiting their turn to dive in. Truly surreal.
-- Martin Frankel |||| mdf@sgi.com-DeleteThis |||| (650)933-6191
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