Wednesday, March 12, 2014

How fast do you fail?

Fun Packery sesh on 4.0 then 4.8 with the custom. It sure was windy:


It was perfect conditions for trying Goiters. I considered trying a few, but didn't. It made me think of an email I got last week titled "How fast do you fail". This is what it said.

A 12-month-old baby knows a lot about failure. Every time she lets go of the coffee table to attempt a step or two – thump! Failed again. Of course the easiest way for our cute little one to avoid failure is to give up on the idea of walking. It would be so much easier to just sit and let Mom bring the bottle.

There are a couple of reasons why that toddler keeps trying. First, the world looks pretty big and exciting and you can cover a lot more ground on two feet than on all fours, so it’s worth the effort. But more importantly, she hasn’t yet got the memo that failure is a bad thing. There’s no shame in falling on your butt when you’re 12 months old. In fact we grown-ups think it’s pretty darn cute.
But by the time we’ve grown up, been formally educated and got a job, they’ve managed to thoroughly convince us that failure is the worst possible option, to be avoided at all costs. And that’s when most growth and learning stops.

When was the last time I tried a grubby? Or a starboard tack vulcan? Or a taka or goiter? I don't actually recall. Maybe I'm too scared of breaking a hip?! I think it's time to start acting like a teenager again!

Sunday, March 9, 2014

It's awfully cold in Texas, don't you think?

Port A was a big slogging failure this morning. Hardly any wind, too offshore, small waves. I was like "What a failure!!!". This didn't help my mood:

Yay for spring breakers...
So on the way home, I stopped at Packery. It looked a little better. I rigged the 5.6 and Goya 84 and sat in the truck unable to pluck up the courage to put on my moist, cold wetsuit. Plus there were half a dozen surfers on 'my' break down by El Constante. Finally, I got out there and slowly but surely the day got better and better. The surfers disappeared, the wind picked up a tad, the waves were all in the right place. Fun! Cold...but fun.

Didn't get any video or anything but last week, when I found my first loop attempt from 9 yrs ago I also found another clip named 'sexymike'. I thought it was funny but I guess I made it, best with sound.



Sunday, March 2, 2014

It's the Oscars!

And my money is on Matthew McConaughey on account of his movie being set in Texas. Go Texas Windsurfing! Yee haww!!! Really fun session today at Bird on 5.6 with Brian. It was good to see Philip back in Corpus, he rips. And also to see Alissa at Bird. She recently ran 50 miles in 8 hours, which is insane.

I made quite a few spocks today, time to start trying other stuff?! Probably...

I'm media-less from the weekend and Wednesdays Port A sesh on 4.4 and my pretty new Goya. However, I was trawling through my computer and found a clip of a loop attempt at East Beach from 9 years ago!! Might as well stick it up: