... home (australia), indo (bali, lombok, northern sumatera, nias and other western islands), portugal, ireland, japan... good times for sure..
that is sweet, I am heading to Rodanthe Aug. 6th, we stay on North Holiday. A few years ago I bought a piece of land as an investment down in Salvo ocean side of rt. 12!ridetoofast said:<--board head, (skim, skate, snow, wake, sail)
in fact i was just down in rodanthe, nc today and it was HOWLING!!!! solid 22-24 knots with gusts in the upper 20's and low 30's. today was the first time i sailed my new rig, a seatrend 2.75mtr, 105 ltr with a hifly RAF 5.5m^2 sail. unfortunately ive not sailed in wind like that in a long time and i actually had to call it quits while it was stilll blowing. i had to dirve 150 miles one way to get there and it was worth every mile. i was going from waterstarts to full on plane in seconds...it was EPIC!!!!
s, if you ever get a chance to try it, i HIGHLY recommend it. the sensation you get when you learn to go fast is as good or BETTER than any dh run ive ever been on, and the water is a little softer, but not much with speeds like i was hitting today. 
Tell that to this guy:partsbara said:bodyboarder = waterman..... thats a good one...
in another life (most of my 20's) i travelled around the world surfing and working... more surfing than anything
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And you are the golden shower master.DaveW said:I guess I count as a waterman?
I surf, bodyboard, kayak, do Surf rescue, Surf rescue IRB driver (boat designed for driving in the surf break).
Ooh and I can doggy paddle pretty good too!
Is it true the birds fly upside down over Kiwiland? Not worth crapping on.DaveW said:I always make sure I flush the toilet when flying over Aussie.
Edit alas I cannot return the rep (yet)
Yep it is a small world, Last year I met a guy that was teaching kiteboarding at the "REAL" shop and he was trying to get me over there to ride. Here I find out he went to CMU about 10-15 minutes from my house depending on trafic. The area is great but it is starting to get pretty populated with all the upsidedown McMansions!ridetoofast said:small world huh? i was sailing off corbina drive, right next to the midget reality sign. one of the local sailors is a radiologist so he has a second home on the sound side down there. its a pretty sweet deal as he has a standing offer to any windsurfers from the area to come down and sail whenever he is there (and sometimes even when he isnt if you know him well enough) we have a grassy rigging area, showers with HOT water which is god send in the colder months, and of course the shallow water of the sound. today is was like groomed ski runs. the water was so flat and the wind was so strong. christ i havent had that much fun in i dont know how long. for the non sailing
how long you gonna be down there for? bring your bike if you can and ill show ya some good trails up my way on your way home if you'd like. have a selection of both xc and a couple of dj spots too...
Hahahahaha! Here in MD, if you say you are a waterman, you are saying something altogether different. Our Eastern Shore indigenous commercial fishermen- watermen- even speak their own dialect, hon.undertheradar said:
llkoolkeg said:
Yeah and waterman is pronounced something like woodermin.llkoolkeg said:
reminds me of a funny story...valve bouncer said:And you are the golden shower master.
You should not be spitting in the Bay...you should be casting a line into it. If I lived there, I would be late for work every day chasing the morning bite. I have yet to get a striper or a blue so far this year.jdschall said:
