I have found there are very few "young" people (less than 30) who can afford a $15,000 toy. I think this is why we see so many of us are in our 30's-40's on up.

Also, as has been beaten to death here, the Mono Clubs have a better system of taking a child from age 8-18 in their Opti, Laser, 420-470 programs, and it's not until these "kids" get out on a bigger boat and see beach cats screaming by them at 3x the speed that they even consider buying a cat, and then they can't afford it until after they are wed, bought the house, car, paid for the kiddies, the horses ( <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />) and everything else that comes along with "Growing Up". After all of that, then maybe, if they still have interest, they can consider buying a cat.

Were these "youngsters" teaching windsurfing by any chance? I've found most of those guys are idiots and don't even understand apparant wind principles.

Oh, and I do windsurf, or used to, when I was "young". <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />