Windsurfing is a serious sport.
Therefore I have to be seriously honest with you.
Windsurfing is not cheap. A brand new carbon mast alone can set you back more than a thousand ringgit. A whole set of the least branded windsurfer could cost you up to RM3000. It sounds ridiculous. But is it worth it?
Let’s look at other sports that are similarly ridiculously priced, but in long terms proved to be a somewhat worthwhile investment.
Let’s start with mountain biking. Sure, you can always get for less than a thousand for a cheap bike to start with. But once you’re serious in the sport, a professional bike frame alone can cost you nearly RM5000. Same thing with BMX frames. Adding tyres, brakes, rims, etc will give you an estimate of 7000-10000 ringgit! That’s not cheap doesn’t it?
Now let’s go to motorsports. Cars for example is already generally known as not cheap, let alone if you’re into cars that can race! Maintenance are vitals and they cost a bomb each time. How about golf , a club for a friggin RM2000? How about Scubadiving? The license alone will empty the pocket of an average salary guy, not to mention every single diving session have serious overheads to consider like hotels, transportation, rentals, guides etc. How about Motorbikes that cost you over RM30000 just for occasional riding & showing off, or the least expensive one i.e the Rempit Machine.. Well let’s not even go there!
The truth is there’s not so many serious sports & hobbies out there that are not expensive, or at least sounds very expensive.
But these things have something in common. It is the so-called ‘Personal Satisfaction’. To further elaborate this, there is nothing out there that can beat the feeling of achievement and personal satisfaction when you have invested serious time and money into something.
On windsurfing’s point of view, there is huge difference between having to carve gybe after several weeks of practice compared to completing 10 levels of Command&Conquer’s Red Alert 2.
So what is this ‘feeling’ that these big spender morons trying to achieve? How does it really feel? It is for you to find out. Just a hint – It’s better than sex!
Evolved Monkeys