Who are these kids?!?!

[Ian Brantford]

is it better to be 70 and have no stories to tell?

No way! I just wish that I could have afforded a wakeboarding boat when I was in my twenties. I got a house instead, way ahead of my friends. Then came the 18' runabout with small truck to tow it. Much later came the Moomba and towing upgrade, paid with cash. Frankly, I wish that I had done it earlier, despite not liking to carry debt. The job and my industry just were not stable enough to risk it.

your only young and able to recover from physical abuse from things like wakeboarding for so long.

That's why there is hydrofoiling.

take advantage of your youth, i dont want to be like my dad and say "i could do that too if i were 25" i want to be 50 one day and say, "i used to do that when i was 25"

I want to be 50 and be able to say "I'm doing what I couldn't when I was 25". That includes boating and being surrounded by women... who are 25 or so. Hate me if you like, but I'm a late bloomer and missed out on a lot in my 20's.

I do not have any ill feelings toward youngsters with good gear if they are using it to no detriment of those around them.