Where did it start, & where is it now?
For our edification - Creationism or evolution?
Discuss
ok ill bite!
to start with the "march of progress" image is misleading, it implies evolution is a linear advance towards a final outcome.. or "higher species" (in humans infinite modesty, man is seen as the final goal of evolution,)
so evolution is not a march to one true final 'product' which is better than all others, but an adaptation to fill any ecological niche..
if I were to draw similarities to evolution.. windsurfing an kitesurfing cannot be seen as either primitive or more evolved, but filling a niche market.
windsurfing occupies an ecological niche where a sport is needed that is, retro, expensive, hard to learn and almost impossible to find anywhere consistently windy.. like, such as.. the Iraq.
kitesurfing occupies a wider niche that is similar, only less expensive and easier but more fatal to learn, less wind required, and so on..
both are valid species, id say kitesurfing would be the more adaptable wolf, and windsurfing would be the thylacine, less adaptable, but awesome in its own way..
and a abomination between them both is the doomed 'wind weapon'
Jim Drake is the man
He is the reason why we all love surfing with funny looking sails on our boards. He is to blame, but boy am i happy he invented windsurfing. google starboard and Jim Drake. He is a legend and still loves to windsurf i read in a windsurf mag. He is still totally addicted to windsurfing
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Drake(engineer)
www.windsurfing-academy.com/information_bank/history/interview_with_jim_drake.asp
Ahhh but DID he actually invent it?
(Oh no what have I done?? We now have kiting vs. windsurfing, evolution vs creationsism, and Drake invented windsurfing vs Drake only perfected the Uni joint, all in one thread. I say lock it now moderationifying people 
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Creation or evolution? - a bit of both. Are Jim and Hoyle gods? Obviously so (qed).
Evolution,,,what came first , then evolved into something faster and more manoverable,jump higher,ride waves more radically in the pocket,etc , etc
lol
I dont want to associate windsurfing with daft creationism, how about abiogenesis???
boom, sail, a board and a bit rubber all floating around in some sort of primeval soup slowly assembling by simple chemistry? with absolutely no need for a creator?
lol
uummmmmmmmmm,,I never said which one was faster or more manoverable???Read my post again.
You just assumed or new I was talking about kiteing because in your mind you know it might be????????
ha ha ha heee ha ha
lol
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never said kiting came first - was referring to the pic
you post a lot in the polie forum for a teabagger
Gay, but curious about the other side perhaps???
You just assumed or new I was talking about kiteing because in your mind you know it might be????????
So what came first,the kiter or boardies over wetsuit. I think they came at the same time
I think one of the oldies that I saw poledancing the other day should put some boardies over his budgie smugglers
naa,, just made me want to spew,
why do old dudes,when they get over weight and wrinkley decide its time to show off their bodys and where budgies?????
^^^^Î think your right,
I would guess he dips the chip in chilli sauce first as well.
Windsurfers currently have a very small and declining population, it's called genetic erosion.
We, modern windsurfers, have a strong proclivity towards endogamy, I mean sports-wise of course
At my local beach, I saw 1-2 guys MAX this year teach windsurfing to friends and others. And when they do, they do it in the worst possible conditions.
The effect is that we deserve the high price of modern windsurfing equipment: it's simple low-volume economics.
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,,,but you didnt answer the question....why do you oldies do that
rip it up doing helitacks, jump jibes ect.. I allways come in after a session, and have most the time stacks of 21 year old chicks, that are your age lotofwind, yell ''hey flipper can I have ya autograph''
