What's Your Hobby?

Kernel

What's your favourite hobby, how did you come across it and why do you enjoy it?

For me it would be reading/writing or cinema. I think I came across such pastimes from reading comics when I was a kid.

I like it because I can switch off completely and relax, and be transported to another place/time/situation and away from any stress of the real world.

Reason I'm asking is because I want a new hobby, and was wondering what else is cool to waste time with?

NB: Drinking is not a hobby either!

Demetrius

You should try rock-climbing or hiking. Started both recently and they provide my only exercise.

qz

Drinki...

Oh sorry. Don't really have a hobby as such. Like going to the cinema (who doesn't?).

Endurance Man

Playing CS , Bodyboarding ( http://www2.hawaii.edu/~cyle/homepage/wave.bmp )<---, Golf,

Kernel

Demetrius wrote:

You should try rock-climbing or hiking. Started both recently and they provide my only exercise.

Yeah I was thinking of hiking... Not many places to go around Dublin though, maybe down to Wicklow and the Wicklow Way... also would have to buy hiking gear... but I think it's on my list. Are you in a hiking club?

The_B_Man

Guitar and poker are me 2 faves. jogging is pretty cool too. oh and karaoke!! thats the latest one! haha

tman

DJing

started about 7-8 years ago (i think) just messing about on friend's decks over at their gaff/at house partys.
i started using various mp3 mixing programs not long after that, and finally bought my first set of decks last June (good old technics SL1210 mkIIs).
as hobbies go, this is a seriously ****ing expensive one
think i've spent well over €3000 since last June:o
it can be very rewarding though, you seem to reach platueas (sp!) every once in a while whereby you become noticeably better at a certain aspect of it. and it can be incredibly absorbing... 5 hours can flash by in what seems like an instant.

i'd definitely advise trying out a program such as Traktor DJ studion if you're interested in any form of electronica

other than that. games, movies and tv to a lesser extent.

muckwarrior

Ever tried RC trucks? A bit expensive but can be savage crack.

Squirrel

Running, both my parents did it and got me into it

Riamfada

quitting smoking

ST*

I play a couple of trad irish instruments not some much call for it these days though. Im not reading as much as I used to, but when I have time then I reach for Patricia Cornwell. Swimming occasionally too. cant think of anything else

Demetrius

Kernel wrote:

Yeah I was thinking of hiking... Not many places to go around Dublin though, maybe down to Wicklow and the Wicklow Way... also would have to buy hiking gear... but I think it's on my list. Are you in a hiking club?

Yep, I am a member of a club here in Cork. Got my gear for around 50 Euro. Though dont let the weather put you off. Youll see some great sights.

liamskater

Cinema, guitar, skateboarding, music and table tennis

ferdi

bass

Setun

Gotta love the saxophone. Been into jazz now for a few years, thank you John Kelly and the Mystery Train. Massive part of my life now, I'd be lost without it. It's great to play, it vents all your anxieties and agro after a ****e day. Even if you don't play anything, just listen. Excellent stuff.

Azureus

ballet but somehow i dont think youd go for that!...

otherwise cinema (ugc unlimited card)! reading/writing/art...

rainbow kirby

My main hobbies are martial arts and video games...
I've been doing martial arts for just over 10 years now, and 2 black belts later I still love training. I've been playing games since I was about 7, it all started with Tetris (which I still have at home!) and now it means I'm a PSP and Xbox 360 short of having all the consoles on the market.

Font22

gaelic football!
came across it after a returned to ireland after living abroad for a couple of years. played in primary, then started with my local club. got a bit more serious as i got older.
unfortunatley havent played a lot recently but i plan to change that.
why do i enjoy it? get to know loads of people throgh it and get fit, which i like!
try any sport!

JackKelly

Play the piano, love music and love photography. They'd be proper hobbies. Don't really know why i like them so much. Don't think i want i know either. I'd be afraid i wouldn't like them anymore!

After that, i like playing games,messing with computers, and cant get enough of the cinema (when certain people hook me up with free tickets cough cough). Wouldn't class them as hobbies

That sounded like a personal.

Culchie

ermmmm ... Poker:v:

Golf, GAA and walking the mutt at 6am every morning:o

Manic Moran

Modelling for relaxation, shooting for fun, and wargaming for socialising.

NTM

Binomate

Hmm. Is it bad to not have a hobby that requires physical participation? I don't have any real hobbies.

Gone West

surfing, kayaking and running lan parties.

cartman

i play acoustic guitar and since summer i use fire devil sticks alot..
how did i start using the sticks. i spent the summer in holland living in a campsite in the middle of nowhere, nothing better to do on the sunny days

Shrimp

Photography < I've always thought about taking photographs, when I was younger I'd just visualise the photos, it's only recently that I've started doing it as a hobby.

Art < I have been drawing as long as I can remember, I don't remember not drawing.

Computer Art < Got into it about a year ago, I don't do too much at the moment, simply because it's quite time consuming, and I'm very busy. however I frequently look at other graphic designers, and I buy "Computer Arts" Magazine.

Playing Keyboard/Piano < Started the keyboard about 1.5 years ago. Self thought, I just play it casually.

Music(More an interest than a hobby) < Again, I have always liked music, it just becomes more obvious as you listen to more and more.

Playing Football (Astro/Street/Grass/Anywhere) < It's the one sport I love to play, but only when it's a good match. Sneak into trinity astros with my friends.

Neil_Sedaka

Don't get to do it much these days, but I love gold panning.
Have found a couple of nuggets and a lot of flakes in a spot where the mother lode was never found!
Couple of years of researcing, LOTS of gold-less trips, then suddenly, BINGO!

There's gold in them there Wickla hills I tells ya!

quank

I'm a drummer for a band, so that I spend alot of of my time in that.

Me and my mates try to play soccer once a week too for a couple of hours.

Going to LANs sometimes.

Oh, and watching Jack Bauer do his stuff.

starn

Making Movies, Making Songs, Fighting `Round the World!, isnt that right tuggy

xzanti

I love walking... I walk the length of the Pheonix Park and back almost every day during the spring/summer... Cant do it now for obvious reasons..

(Dark evenings + Pheono = raped and beaten Xzanti)

:v:

Siogfinsceal

I love horse riding. Been doing it 15 years now. I do that about 3 or 4 times a week. I also teach horse riding one evening a week.

I make my own Jewellery too. Its easy to learn I thought myself. I dont sellmuch anymore just make it for myself and friends or commissioned pieces.

Also a huge comic fan when I was younger so I do a good bit of drawing can draw with a pencil so I use chalks or ink. Mostly draw comic style stuff

also song writing, reading, cinema, karaoke

Kolodny

Cooking, djing, walking (long walks) and yoga (my brand new hobby).

Kingmaker

Model making, kayaking (you really should try it), soccer and cricket (obviously only from April to sep)

Lux23

Stalking.

joejoem

Gym is my hobby. Nothing like a good sweat and seeing change in your body.

LundiMardi

my main hobby is the guitar, i play in a band called kemosabe - www.myspace.com/kemosabemusic.

That's my only real hobbie, i don't really have anything else that i could put soo much effort into:)

Spicy Lauren

I play the guitar/write tunes. All the bloody *free* time. Can't wait for me first gig!

I make time for Bellydance classes a hour a week. Used to go 3 times a week.

Photography whenever I have my camera with me.

Take care of my plants. They're beautiful living things

I consider going to gigs a hobby as I do it a lot.

I love cooking too. Not for just myself though. More like when there's 2 or 3 or more of us.

I used to go to pottery and juggling classes weekly too, but I had to stop since I had no more time between my other hobbies, work, sleep, various household duties and meeting friends...

God I wish there was more time in every single day. Actually, I wish I didn't have to go to work!!

Nalz

Writing / Playing Music
Poker
Soccer
Darts
Pool / Snooker

intend to ad the gym to the list though!!

Dave

I play alot of Poker, and I'm in a band. That pretty much covers it.

CrimE

Badminton would be my main one. But I do so some jogging, pool, football etc.

Kojak

Posting messages on various message borads.

jezza

Lap-Dancing.

xzanti

Lux23 wrote:

Stalking.

Boards.ie NOW YE'RE sTALKIN

:v:

Demetrius

xzanti wrote:

Boards.ie NOW YE'RE sTALKIN

:v:

Very good.

Tar.Aldarion

Reading, writing, philosophy, thinking about things a lot..., walking in nature, guitar, boards.

440Hz

Music, music and more music. I love listening to, playing and singing it! That my main hobby/part-time job being a singer.

After music I love photography. Like playing a bit of poker too. And cars, I love cars.

Kernel

OK, I have some new hobbies now. This summer I'm going to take up hiking, golf, lap dancing and I'm going to get a few horse riding lessons from Siogfinsceal.

Already tried the gym and GAA options, but got bored of that stuff (although I do work out on occasion). I'm also going to walk around the Phoenix Park late at night making sure it is safe for young girls.

The pool hobby is a good one.. I love pool, but they closed down the nearest pool hall... I'm gonna have to pencil in a long term goal of getting a pool table in my house! (I will make my money from gold prospecting in the Wicklow Mountains to pay for the extension)

Aisling(",)

Horse riding is deadly you have a laugh and feel great when you're going fast.

PlayGirl

Aisling(",) wrote:

Horse riding is deadly you have a laugh and feel great when you're going fast.

i go too but havn't been in ages what with my hectic social life!!;) go-karting is brillant too but for longer enjoyment i'd definitly say riding horses is the one for me!, there just so big & smooth!

spiderlegs

Hobbies-reading, drinking, watching movies and does going out with friends count??..I love to do that.
My passion-Music...I love it so much!

Kernel

I notice a lot of you chicks like the horseriding eh? I wonder why, eh? eh?

jonny68

Football,my first and only love,nothing else comes close (including birds):)