Another PY question..(pumping content)

Originally posted by iGRF Originally posted by Sam.Spoons Sounds about right, that's how it was with Windsurfing back in the day  Was it a mistake? At the time I didn't think so, but there are Windsurfing classes that maintain the no pump rule, I think the Windsurfer and certainly the new Kona class still try, but all it serves to do is reward those who can conceal the action or are favoured by the organising body.

Originally posted by iGRF Originally posted by Chris 249 Completely wrong and once again, insulting. Insulting to who? You? A subterranean Aussi dick. When was the last time you competed in Europe, against say the French, in France? You seriously need to adjust your attitude. Convicts ffs.

Originally posted by Chris 249 Originally posted by iGRF Originally posted by Chris 249 Completely wrong and once again, insulting. Insulting to who? You? A subterranean Aussi dick. When was the last time you competed in Europe, against say the French, in France? You seriously need to adjust your attitude. Convicts ffs. When you inferred that the recent organisers of the Windsurfer and Kona classes were inefficient and corrupt and favoured certain people you were definitely insulting. The rules work and there is no corruption and little if any cheating; some may happen in the pack. I competed in the Italian titles three years ago and in a local nationals last season, against several Europeans. If your point is that you have recent European experience and I don't then it appears you may well be wrong. And I compete against people who took trophies in world titles where you were firmly mid fleet and completely uncompetitive, and I know they follow the pumping rules, do not cheat them, and are not protected by those running events.

Only your twisted upside down mind could suggest inference of corruption or inefficiency from that post, it was a simple statement of fact, that try as they may they can't prevent pumping at windsurfing competitions. Go look at a couple of Kona videos if you don't believe me. We don't get Windsurfer up here much but a cursory glance at the italian events will also bear that out. As to who does and doesn't get protested and who does and doesn't get by the protest committee you'll have to accept just maybe I've been in more protest rooms than you down the years and know the drill. (The drill being the local boy never gets protested and if he does he more often than not gets cleared). Now do me a favour and ignore my posts hey if you haven't got a more intelligent argument than 'your wrong'.

No Pumping was allowed in Div 1. At National events, virtually everyone did it to some degree or other. Sometimes the Jury would call someone out for it - seemed pretty random. In regional events, no Jury, and much less pumping, but still a bit - usually by the young 'tyro' who wasn't that tactically sound, but fit. Peer pressure backed up by the occasional protest tended to keep it all under control. 

I started racing DIV1 back in the late '70s in the NW and raced against Keith (and his bro. Ian) at many regional opens. The smaller guys like us developed a rep for being light wind wizards (well Keith and Ian did) until pumping became commonplace then any advantage conferred by lightweight and finesse disappeared.