I had a vaguely alarming experience recently when two colleagues, reminiscing about our shared media past, related an incident that involved all three of us. It was one of those media events where various TV and radio personalities take part in risky, ill-advised and potentially fatal activities, such as riding race-horses and flying upside down in open airplanes. This particular event was a wind-surfing foray (it would be silly to call it a race) around English Bay. The point was to surf out to the markers, turn the corner, surf back and run up the beach to the finish line. Sounds so much simpler than the excruciating reality.

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