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Gotta love winter best time of the year for mine .. all the trendies are sipping latte's & staying out of the way I agree, but I reckon numbers are up year-round now. There's always a drop-off when the weather gets colder but there's so many surfers of all abilities and varying degrees of committme...

Read it when it came out (about 9 years ago?) so don't recall all the detail. My general impression was that he's certainly lived a full and interesting life by taking full advantage of the opportunities (personal and professional) that surfing has provided. Actually felt a bit for him in places whe...

crooked wrote: I really enjoy your films Don keep em coming!

I agree, they're often the closest thing I'll get to surfing for a fair while - looking down on the nose of the board as he glides along is pretty cool.

Totally agree 5+ years is waaaay too long to be held without trial, plus the fact that the upcoming election seems to be the main reason why Mr Howard is doing soemthing about it. However, I reckon people sometimes forget that he wasn't arrested on suspicion of doing something, he was actually doing...

These days I work from home and can be in the water in 2 minutes. Love going for the early then after breakfast finding the wind hasnt come up and going for seconds mid mornng. All this talk of work hrs surfing is enough to break a guy's heart! Live 40 mins from coast, work in Crows Nest and commut...

If anything, this thread has shown how much of a minefield choosing a kids name is Too right :D Having brought two boys into this world in just over a year I can vouch for that. Arguing with your partner for ages over names isn't much fun either (bit like trying to sort out the seating plan at your...

Bondi and Nick , thanks for the tips. A shorter leg rope is on my list Not sure about that timax, a while back I put my 7'6'' legrope on my 9'4'' mal for a while (economising) and kept getting hit by the board after a wipeout (was then a common occurence unfortunately). I reckon it should be at lea...

Back in my outbound call centre days I had to ask to speak to a Mr Ronald McDonald. The worst part was I had to wait a few moments before speaking, knowing full well that about a dozen co-workers would hear me say it, and I just knew I was gonna bust out laughing. Sure enough I and my teammates lost...

As good a place as any for a 1st post!
Actually, been a daily visitor to the site since '99 and regular forum viewer since day one - just never really felt the need to add my 2 cents. Always been a good read, lots of laughs and though-provoking at times too.