But the story that someone with two legs in plaster and a head bandage told me on the beach the other day was particularly crazy. "I've been surfing for a few years now. Frontloop is my absolute star manoeuvre. Always full on, jump as high as I can, wait and then go round. Preferably directly behind the island ferry over the stern wave, there's a big round of applause. No problem at all until two months ago." - "What happened then?" - "I'm outside, great speed, ferry comes, wave comes, I take off. And when I'm at the top, something says in my ear: 'Let go of the rig, let go now!" - "And?" - "I let go of the rig instead of tightening up and I got smashed to pieces."
"Ouu, and then?" - "Then it happened again and again, with every jump I heard: 'Let go of the rig, let go now! Again and again. At some point, I thought to myself, 'Well, you're crazy now, only the Püschiater can help. - "Really?" - "Yes, I went there and did it on the couch first: let go, shot down in front of his desk so that he realised what happens when I hear 'Let go! Then the man thought about it for 350 euros and said it would be very easy to solve. If I get into the situation again, I just have to say out loud before the "Let go!": "No, I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go!" Then it works."
"And?" - "Three days later I had a front page in the paper, with a photo!" - "What?" - "Yes, the day after the brain plumber, I went out again. Great weather, great wind and I really wanted to do a front loop. So I got on the water and off I went. I hit the water at full speed and headed exactly half-wind towards the stern wave, faster and faster, 20 metres before the wave I yelled: 'I'm not letting go, I'm not letting go! Just before I pull away, I suddenly hear: 'Today we're not letting go, no no, today we're jumping onto the FÄHRE!" and I hit the ground running." - "Oh dear, the tip from the doctor must not have been that great." - "Nah, not exactly. But we were even again straight away." - "How so?" - "Yes, the Püschiater was also on the ferry, right at the back on the aft deck!" - "Ouuuu ..."
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- AI hysteria
- News from the Spocht
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