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If RC really have said to retailers in the UK that they will only supply their wetties on the condition the retailers don't ship them to Australia, I suspect the ACCC may be rather interested. There is a prohibition against this type of supply arrangement (which is known as exclusive dealing) in the...

I hear you Legion, but tough titty to those at RC if that's their attitude. After googling for a discount code, I scored an O'Neill long arm springy for 94 pounds = about AU$140. While I'm generally a supporter of local businesses, when you consider the top of the line equivilents (RC, Quik, Bong) i...

I've spent the last couple of days sifting thru these 39 odd pages. For once, the RS forums have been of some use. To summarise for youse lazy cunce out there: there are 3 good sites to find a cheap wetty it seems: http://www.cleanlinesurf.com/categories/Wetsuits http://www.wetsuitcentre.co.uk https...

Mid north coast spot Wednesday 30 Jan. Hard to tell how big it was, cause no one went out. Double overhead at least. Was tempted, but bottled out cause didn't want to be the only mug in the water...

I've just collected a new board from my local shaper. He's finished it down to a 800 grit sandpaper finish, so she's nice but not super glossy. After looking up a few youtube vids on how to gloss a board, I thought I'd try myself, but quickly realised I don't have the equipment, and ain't about to g...

Am in the market for a new board, and stopped in to see Mitchell Rae recently. He did a pretty good sales pitch on his flex tails. I've come across a few mentions of them in these forums, notably Shearer's classified ad last year that turned into a rant about guinea pigs. And various people who've s...

I had a pipedream jet bottom in 1989/1990. The theory was it accelerated the water through the acid trip channels, giving you more down the line speed. Oh, and they looked cool. It certainly went faster than other boards I had at the time, but it was a PIG to turn. A real point break, barrel board. ...

Roy's long lost brother?

"tis but a scratch. I've had worse, come on ya pansy"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhRUe-gz690

In the 70's, when I was a wee wee grom and my old man took me to the beach, cars didn't get locked. In the 80's, when my older brother started driving and taking me to the beach, if cars were locked at all, keys were put on the front tyre or into the shock spring. In the 90's, before electronic gizm...

you bunch of filthy disbelievers. May hellfire and damnation rain down upon your homes. Batya Hirsh is gonna get all old testament on your a$$. Actually, this is a good one... Auto Windscreens launches first prescription windscreen - News release “Constantly having to swap your glasses or remember t...

Just noticed this report about Bells. WTF? Anyone heard anything else about this? AAP 01 April 2010 08.25 Bells Beach Surf Carnival Faces Legal Challenge For more than 40 years, each Easter Bells Beach on the Torquay peninsula, Victoria, has been the home to a surf carnival that pits the worlds best...

Stick it on ebay. Call it an early Simon Anderson prototype, start the bids at $1,000. There's a sucker born every day.

Did someone say Spice Girls?

Wow. Talk about good karma. Guess he'll be scoring some drop-in free waves from the locals on his next trip to Hawaii?

Donweather wrote:Question is, is ANYWHERE going to be surfable?

Answer:

ac2026 wrote: SURF ZONE FORECAST
Surf along south facing shores will be 2 to 4 feet today then drop to 1 to 3 feet Monday.

ahhhh, that's more like it.

I put the general feelers out about a board on ebay ( http://forum.realsurf.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16676&p=366894#p366894 ). I ended up buying it, cause I figured, for $300 you can't really complain. Tossed up the whole buying Chinese pop-out vs supporting Aussie made (struggling shapers etc)...