Modern windsurfing combines speed, agility and grace. But after a while, one can get tired of battling the elements alone.
Introducing Surf Jousting. Combatants use the latest in windsurfing equipment, but wear a specialized harness with a "bullseye" hoop that protrudes from the back.
Then, racing towards each other on a quarter mile course, they must catch the hoop with their light titanium lance and let their momentum throw the opponent off his surfboard while staying on their own.-- theircompetitor, Apr 12 2004 Horse water polo http://www.popsci.c...nge-sports-tomorrow [theircompetitor, Jun 26 2011] Horse Skiing, who knew https://www.youtube...watch?v=zolWG7Jg54E [theircompetitor, Feb 25 2015] Hmmm. +-- sartep, Apr 12 2004 Until I read this was windsurfing, I was stumped by the implication everyone would be travelling in the same direction. Unless you kind of poked the guy next to you until he fell off.-- dooper, Apr 12 2004 I'm liking this one...-- zigness, Apr 13 2004 [dooper] "serf" was an essential part of the name, windserf just wasn't cutting it-- theircompetitor, Apr 13 2004 Snerf? Sounds like fun. Sign me up.-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Apr 13 2004 Actually, you don’t need a lance. Just tip your mast forward and spear the guy with it. (Well, that’s going to be harder than it sounds, but still easier than carrying a lance.)-- ldischler, Apr 13 2004 You're going to kill someone. (+)-- Madcat, Apr 13 2004 It's only funny until somebody loses an eye!-- zigness, Apr 13 2004 And then its hilarious!
<waiting expectantly for 'smurf jousting'>-- RayfordSteele, Apr 13 2004 With the its 200th anniversary coming up in 2005, I propose a pitched battle at sea consisting of hundreds of windsnerf jousters actually at Trafalgar - Britain vs France. Both sides would be colour coded, if you're jousted into the water or fall off, your out of the battle...adjudicators from a launch boat using binoculars determine the last windsnerfer left standing - whose side wins. Claims of shabby authenticity from naval historians will be fought off using forged archeological evidence.-- dooper, Apr 13 2004 Bun. And I like the "mast-spearing" idea. It *could* be done with standard wave surfing, as they might all be going, say, south, but could then make a lot of changes east and west.-- Xenophile, Jun 07 2006 Smart. Purely for the invention of new a dialect somewhere between Mediaeval and whooooooooaaa-doooooode
Have thyself a bun !-- monojohnny, Jun 07 2006 An electronically tipped rubber/foam lance might be the go for full body and head action. Hard enough for a bruising encounter, soft enough to not cause any lasting damage.The tip being big enough to not get past the helmet to an eye. Points could be shown by the a beacon on harness.-- wjt, Feb 28 2015 No ... rigid lance, carbon-fibre buoyant plate armour.
// Claims of shabby authenticity from naval historians will be fought off using forged archeological evidence. //
There's your O.B.E., right there.-- 8th of 7, Mar 01 2015 random, halfbakery