[Thoro]

Kerry looks like an idiot on a snowboard. A tall, lanky 60's something man that looks like he is on a skateboard. Not a manly image IMO. Don't be so sensitive, it's just my opinion. I think he looks like an idiot riding a bike, windsurfing, and catching a football too.

It's not that he looks like an idiot. It's that he looks completely unnatural making the entire image(be it football, windsurfing, snowboarding) look completely fabricated for a photo-op rather than looking like someone who genuinely enjoys those hobbies.

[angkor]

"It's that he looks completely unnatural making the entire image(be it football, windsurfing, snowboarding) look completely fabricated for a photo-op"

My interpretation is that he has the time (after 20 years in the Senate) to learn rather complex sports such as windsurfing, sailing, mountain biking, snowboarding, and the rest.

He is what you might call "a man of leisure."