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Hobbies - How many is too many?
My wife thinks I have move hobbies than anyone she knows. I was curious how may hobbies other wakeboards have. Here is my list of hobbies I'm into:
boating (wakeboarding, wakesurfing, wakeskateing) bow hunting (deer, turkey, etc.) fly fishing (trout) bass fishing snowboarding golf home remodeling I don't think I have that many; maybe it's the amount of stuff I have for each hobbie. |
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Wake Board, Wakeskate, Surf MotoCross Skydive (been a few times, Time to get certified |
Hobbies are a good thing! It would be so much worse if you came home from a hard days work and just put all your money in the bank instead of spending it on awesome fun hobbies! the more the merrier.
In no particular order: Wakeboarding and boating i think are two different hobbies photography and videography golf snowboarding skateboarding RC helicopters (with video) woodworking drinking |
More hobbies the better, beats sitting on the sofa.
Wakeboarding Kiteboarding including ATB, SnowKite Snowboarding Scuba Diving (spear fishing) Fishing Some skateboarding Flying Editing Videos |
Better to be busy than bored. I don't see these as hobbies though, they are a part of my life everyday. They make me who I am and how I spend my free time. Hobbies to me are reading books, building models, collecting things etc. I actually plan my day and life around these "hobbies". Here are mine:
Wakeboard Surfing (ocean) Snowboard Snow skiing Bombing hills on my longboard Fishing Cruising the strand in the summer Boardshort design and R&D (ultimately cuts into free time but I don't mind :) Most importantly, my wife and 2 kids, doing the above with them at any place any time. |
My list is getting cut down slightly since i dont do all of these regularly any more but I still enjoy them when I have the chance and still ahve the gear for them.
Boating / watersports Canoeing Hunting (Bow / gun: deer turley duck small game) Fishing (fly, freshwater, saltwater) ATV's (4x4 mud / trail riding, Sport quad / racing) Dirtbike - just sold dont plan to replace Motorcycle - Just sold looking for another Off Road (jeeps, etc) Paintball - dont play as much anymore Home DIY (my place + lake house + helping on my parents farm) Camping (tent / backpacking / hiking) Auto restoration - rebuilding a 72 C10 Puttering around in the garage kind of falls under the last one. Pool - dont play in a league any more though Darts - wife enjoys this, I play enough to not embaress her. |
Mountainbiking
Boating Fishing Wakesurfing Snowboarding Photography Trucks RC trucks Soccer Rock Climbing Hiking Skateboarding Long boarding Building longboards im getting into winching |
Good stuff keep em coming.
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Dayummmmm I have one Wakeboarding its more of an addiction than a hobby.
Everything else I do is just filler until I can ride again. |
what do you do when theres 3 feet of snow on the ground in the winter in MN Andy?
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boating boxing wrenching on boat/trucks hometheater/xbox live home improvement pitbull training/weight pull |
Wakeboarding
Wakeskating Wakesurfing Boating System 2.0ing Cleaning my F150 Snowmobiling Snowboarding Nitro RC Trucks Working out in the Garage on my Toys |
does anyone play Black Ops on live?
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boating xbox 360 (Shaun, yes, GT: shspc14) fish keeping working out studying (not really a hobby but I do it all the time) |
This thread is speaking my language. I don't have time to do all my hobbies at the same time but it seems that over my life I rotate through them & add new ones. Wakeboarding/boating is such a hobbie. Grew up on boats &wakeboarding for hours & hours as a teen/young adult. Left it for a time with young career, move to CA, marriage & little kids. As my kids got older it was a perfect reason to come back. I look forward so revisiting hobbies I used to do but am not presently. I also really enjoy diversity as exemplified by my list:
Wakeboarding /boating Endurance sports- marathons, triathlons, cycling Music, going to see bands. Playing in my own band Motorcycling, dirt & street DIY almost anything construction or mechanical. Golf Camping, backpacking Hunting Surfing Snowboarding & skiing Beer / wine tasting. OK, well I never am too busy to not do this! Investing/real estate Personal growth. I'm sure I've left a handful off. |
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Yes Shaun-GT: Kwake88
wakeboarding dirtbikes sport quads skydiving roadbiking mountain biking kayaking rock climbing hiking/camping photography My wife is just glad I accumulated most of my gear before we got married but doesn't mind me doing any of them. |
I think the real problem is that chicks don't have many hobbies. I am similar to you guys but my wife doesn't really have any hobbies other than running and reading books.
My list: wakeboarding dirtbikes photography mountain biking guitar and recording music (former studio musician) airbrush art bass fishing duck hunting rock climbing RC cars I am probably forgetting at least a couple |
I agree with you Rob my GF tags along with me most of the time so as a result she has a mild interest in my hobbies, but she has none of her own. Like most of you I have a pretty large list as well:
Obviously wakeboarding/boating is a big one. I hunt dove, duck on occasion, deer and Predator. (mostly coyotes) I also process my own deer meat not sure if this is considered a hobby or not I only mildly enjoy doing this and it is more of a byproduct of my actual hobby of hunting. Shooting, and restoring cheap old guns that have seen better days, and I have recently started shooting skeet quit regularly. Training dogs for dove and duck hunting, I have two in training right now that take up most of my free time. Making Furniture, DIY stuff, Auto repair/customizing, home renovation, machining, metal work and general fabrication. Camping, but this really is a byproduct of my boating and wakeboarding hobby. I’m also thinking of starting to make my own wine with wild grapes (pretty plentiful around my parents land) anybody ever tried to make wine before? |
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snowboarding photography videography skateboarding Deep Sea & Mountain Fishing Woodworking Disc Golf Camping White Water Rafting / Floating I wasn't nearly as active outdoors than before I moved up to Norcal, I'll never miss the city. |
Never too many:
Wakeboarding, Trap shooting Hunting Abalone Diving Gas Powered RC trucks Enduro motorcyle racing Animated Christmas Lights www.hearthelights.com Photography Camping/hiking Road Bike (bicycle) Riding Harley's Anything else but watching the idiot box (TV) |
Pretty cool to think that so many different people can have one thing in common. I see bikers, hunters, gear heads, skaters, athletes, photogs, artists, craftsmen, etc... all of whome share wakeboarding as a common interest. I'm with Andy, for me everything else is pretty much filler till wakeboarding season, but here's my list:
Wakeboaridng Snowboarding Basketball Working out/Weights DIY for Home and Auto Rarely done, but worth noting: Skateboarding Golf Video editing (although mostly wake) |
here are mine,
wakeboarding snowboarding woodworking building looking after my 5 cars caravaning sailing studying (even though ive finished school haha) music, playing my instruments (saxophone, trumpet, violin, guitar) filming |
The only time you have too many is when you have to file chapter 11! haha
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Lets see,
wakeboarding, snowboarding, bmx biking, snowmobiling, scuba diving, pool, atv's a little bit of rock climbing and longboarding plus a little bit of wrenching around on trucks and toys I also play xbox live but consider it more as a guilty pleasure rather than a hobby |
As some "pro" once said, paraphrased, if wake boarding defined me that would not be good. While it's a major drive in my life I have realized there is more.
Long boarding Road biking Mtb biking Gym Cooking Learning how to work on boat, truck, home. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. |
wakeboarding
classic boat restoration golf tennis scuba offshore fishing woodworking music lotto rigging gardening church, not really a hobby RE: Sunday stuff but my Mens Group is very active. |
i think the only time you can have too many hobbies....is when youve run outta money....unless you have the hobbies that are cheap? but not many are haha.
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ice fishing
snowboarding fishing wakeboarding lifting |
beer/wine
wakeboard/skate/lake
scuba dive golf poker guns deer and hog hunt atv photography Beer brewing/winemaking - really fun. got turned onto this a few years ago. Takes only an hour or two to brew and you can make some amazing beers in your garage. recommended for the those who enjoy frothy bevs. edit.. snowboard drunk jenga music. live preferrably bonin my old lady is another fun one. |
"Hobbies" I do frequently:
Wakeboarding Snowboarding Kiteboarding Dirt Bike Mountainbiking Road cycling SUP Scuba Diving Other 'hobbies" I go back to now and then Surfing Climbing Skateboarding BMX Does taking two months off every second year to travel and photograph around the world count as a "hobbie"? |
I have almost the exact same hobby list as the Dustfarter accept take off Road Cycling (homo) and add a lot of Surfing some Superbike racing and Battle Wings! hahaha. Also add in some paintball and RC truck racing once and a while.
My garage looks like a combination of a car lot, motorcycle shop and a Sports Chalet! My wife get's a bit annoyed with it all but my response is always the same...... "It's better than drinking, betting and cheating.... Right?!" And to answer your travel question......No! It counts as a lucky bastard bonus! |
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