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Old February 3rd 19, 12:59 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Jonathan St. Cloud
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Default Surfing and Soaring?

On Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 11:43:09 PM UTC-8, gotovkotzepkoi wrote:
son_of_flubber;982328 Wrote:
Does anyone who's done both seriously care to contrast the two?

I've only read autobiographies of ocean wave surfers, but there seem to
be some points of contact in terms of motivation, the experience, the
quest, the immersion, the risk taking, the weather, the places, the
compulsion, the high...


I see no similarities.




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gotovkotzepkoi


Ah, Inspector Clouseau, did you look at the similarities of movement, both ride waves, both go through turbulence getting to the wave, both must have a 3rd sense, an awareness of surroundings and planning ahead. Both are weather dependent, and knowledge of weather trends is useful...…….