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trudynlary
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 10:56 am Post subject: 12-7-2014 Rooster Rock Photos |
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Warm and a little too windy at Rooster Rock yesterday, 4 sailors out
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trudynlary
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trudynlary
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Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 11:02 am Post subject: |
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Windgraph from 12-7-14
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spennie
Joined: 13 Oct 1995 Posts: 975 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:21 am Post subject: |
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Live in SoCal, only been to the Gorge twice, have two questions: Why aren't there huge swells when it's blowing 55? Why would anyone go out in freezing cold 55 mph wind?
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cgoudie1
Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 2597 Location: Killer Sturgeon Cove
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:50 am Post subject: |
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I've a little experience with this.
There aren't huge swells on an Easterly, when it's blowing 55 because
a. the wind and the water are moving the same direction, which
seriously reduces the potential to setup enough harmonic frequency to
generate waves (or swells ;*) )
b. wind at that magnitude tends to blow the tops off the swells.
As to the second question, there's a certain Rush associated with
survivng (maybe even dancing in) conditions from which normal people
would hide in a bunker.
Or, it might be that they just don't live on Maui?
-Craig
spennie wrote: | Live in SoCal, only been to the Gorge twice, have two questions: Why aren't there huge swells when it's blowing 55? Why would anyone go out in freezing cold 55 mph wind? |
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trudynlary
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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spennie wrote: | Why would anyone go out in freezing cold 55 mph wind? |
It's either sail rooster rock or go to the gym, and I've never been to Maui.
Also it is 5 minutes from my work and the shortest drive to any windsurfing launch. It was actually not that cold this day. It blew 8 days in a row before this, Larry checked it out a few times but said it was un-sailable because of the wind gusts.
Trudy
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WMP
Joined: 30 May 2000 Posts: 671
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:02 am Post subject: |
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spennie wrote: | Why would anyone go out in freezing cold 55 mph wind? |
Ask 5,000 people this question and you'll probably get 5,000 answers. Everybody has their own reasons why they do what they do.
To me, the answer boils down to one word.... *dopamine*. It's the natural occurring medicine (neurotransmitter) of choice for many people in our sport. It keeps us out of trouble.... although it could place us in trouble if we cross the line too far. Balance, conditioning, connecting.... that's what it's all about.
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spennie
Joined: 13 Oct 1995 Posts: 975 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 11:53 am Post subject: |
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I think I missed the gene that makes you want to see how far you can push yourself before collapsing or dying. Triathletes, extreme runners, Tour de France competitors, mountain climbers---every year, people pay $65,000.+ to climb Everest, which has already been summited about a zillion times. A GOOD DAY on Everest includes terrible discomfort, probable frostbite, and a decent probability of death by some nasty means. These people PAY, a lot, for the "privilege". I don't get it. Other people go on extreme runs, 100 miles in the desert in the Summer. Why? Why would you want to do something that you know is going to make you feel terrible, and in some cases kill you? Dopamine? Really?
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nw30
Joined: 21 Dec 2008 Posts: 6485 Location: The eye of the universe, Cen. Cal. coast
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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spennie wrote: | I think I missed the gene that makes you want to see how far you can push yourself before collapsing or dying. Triathletes, extreme runners, Tour de France competitors, mountain climbers---every year, people pay $65,000.+ to climb Everest, which has already been summited about a zillion times. A GOOD DAY on Everest includes terrible discomfort, probable frostbite, and a decent probability of death by some nasty means. These people PAY, a lot, for the "privilege". I don't get it. Other people go on extreme runs, 100 miles in the desert in the Summer. Why? Why would you want to do something that you know is going to make you feel terrible, and in some cases kill you? Dopamine? Really? |
Agreed on the pushing the limits thing, I could never understand triathletes, it must be like a religion, triathalism if you will, which is just another form of autoflagelism, IMO.
But survival sailing does, or did in my case, serve the purpose of just seeing if it could be done. But after doing it many times on the ocean in crazy conditions, I no longer need to prove to myself anymore that it can be done in a controlled manner. Sitting in my warm van, watching other newer windsurfers go out in that, is now my preferred manner of control. I'll now wait for the good conditions, leaving the crazy for others.
With age comes pickiness.
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cgoudie1
Joined: 10 Apr 2006 Posts: 2597 Location: Killer Sturgeon Cove
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Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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Yes Dopamine, really. I'm not sure what my genetic structure is
(and I don't really care other than having successful offspring, which I do),
but I do have some observations. Some people have an adrenalline rush,
and they throw up, others get really really focused, and it's a kind of
high that's hard to describe to someone that doesn't experience it. It
puts me directly in the moment, no concerns about your house
payment, or your backed up sewer, or complimenting your mother in law.
For a brief period, my mind is truely free.
Once you survive, and return to a world that doesn't need focus, you get
a good 15 minutes of morphine like happy head chemistry, where you can
bask in the golden glow until you metabolize the adrenaline, much like
good sex (which by the way releases a lot of adrenaline into your system).
It's been many years since I sailed Rooster on a liquid smoke Easterly,
and I'm too old now to risk much, but I understand what Pete is saying,
and I still get out occasionally in a little smoke, when it's warm ;*)
-Craig
spennie wrote: | I think I missed the gene ". I don't get it. Why would you want to do something that you know is going to make you feel terrible, and in some cases kill you? Dopamine? Really? |
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