It had to turn into a contest dinit, and yes my stupid post out of boredom could have bin interpreted that way
Me and my boredom
Anyway, I love and admire surfing, one of my regrets in life is I neva got good at surfing (sum would say I neva got good at wsurfing either
) How good would it be to surf like Kelly Slater
My point is Windsurfing although very spectacular to watch in the waves, is now in Australia, and probably most of the world just become "Invisible", some of the aerials you see coming out of Maui, The canary Islands, WA, South Africa just take ya breath away........ But no-one gives a ......... its just become invisible!
I'm not sure I even care too much as I'm enjoying wsurfing more than I ever have in nearly 30yrs of it............ Just seemed strange to me, the commentators "Goin Orf" at kelly when I see more spectacular stuff at my local by wsurfers.... Bemused by it all.....
But letz get back to making it a contest, & making arses of ourselves, coz its much more fun......Windsurfing is 17 to the power of 11 times better than Surfing (and for those of u not familiar with math its a big number) 
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That said I absolutely love slater and believe he deserves recognition as one of the greatest athletes of all time
across all sports possibly the best?? who is better?
Day after tomorrow Kelly will be long forgotten.
because One Direction arrive tomorrow. aaarrrrrrrrrggggghhhhhhh arrggghhhhhhhhh
But they ain't visiting Perth - so Mark_Oz stick that in ya 'Perf's the most liveable city' and smoke it - Perth can't even attract only like the best band in the world ever.
The windsurfing boom is a handrail for poleys,
a mobility handrail so poleys can cling onto something when they get unwetted.
The boom offers resistance, prevents falling, aids balance, provides support.
The boom is the zimmer frame in surfing.
lol.
, (This is not about bagging surfing or Kelly, but about the invisability of windsurfing) 
Oh well doesnt stop us appreciating and enjoying whilst watching surfing (on the news
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One thing the surfing movies never show is the 20 minute paddle out to catch the wave.
Too much effort and sitting around waiting for a few seconds of fun me thinks.
)
and in my eyes Kelly beat mick at bells. I think both his both his 8.08 scores were better than micks 9.7?
it is the RIPCURL pro after all.
No one can match him still. 40 and getting better.
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^^^ Mr 'slave did you never unhook to gybe? Or wave ride? Or before getting up on the plane with a bit of a pump?
Unlike kiters always hooked in from beach to water and back again.
been surfing for 23 years and wavesailing for about the same
i can do airs on my wind sailing board pretty easily - there is nothing like the technical balance difficulty factor in a windsurfing air - due to the lift of the rig.
On a surf board - so much more technical - especially considering the no straps factor - i think i may have done 3 airs ever on a surfboard - because i fluked the timing
However the new school windsurfing aerial attack may just match it due to the rotation factor
So yes - that air of Kelly's in the final - pretty damn worthy in my book
Levi, Bouj, Marcilio and Koster - also frickin amazing
