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Dear Mister Duck, a GOOD shaper .... If he is any good , he'll nail it first time, or come pretty close...Al Merrick dosn't need the money, your local guy does. RichQ - A further explanation if I may: If you have a fish template and Jim Banks has a fish template and Bourton has a fish template and ...

I know there is a lot of support on this forum for local shapers providing the best outcome for a surfer, however, i don't know that i agree that a local shaper can just shape you a quad or fishcuit or any other "copied" shape as well as the "off the rack" board that has been developed by another sh...

Good review there Old Grom. Agree with Old's on all counts as well. Keen to ride a round tail quad. Like the fin placements on that one - more thrusterish than twin finnish by the look of it. Heavy nose double concave :shock: :?: looks a little strange but if it works, all good. Not a fan of that Bo...

Pre early - usually nothing, just straight out there. Occassionally a piece of choccy - roast almond dairy milk or a chocolate Monte (old hangover habit). Sometimes a piece of fruit on the way out the door. Post surf - the full works when possible: Eggs, bacon, fried tomato, sausages, fried onion, t...

Agree - Bondi to Bronte stretch sux big time. Grew up surfing that stuff - backwash / sidewash high tide Tama poon dog crappola, banks once every 11 years at macca's, fat burgers at Bronte with a side order of cliff wash, crowded shutdowns at bondage. Still, had some of the best waves of my life on ...

Descriptions like that make me want one.

That's some story Longi. Jules Verne-y I experienced a super down-scaled version in the Mentawais, pissed as a newt on the trip back to Padang. A plastic chair had been accidentally hurled off the top deck into the drink, no land in sight, late afternoon with the sun just starting to set. I took it ...

Looks good Steve. Putting the brakes on a rolling stone then pushing it back up the hill - high energy input required. Looks like there is some serious focus on resolving the problem.

What to do when crowd numbers at your local get beyond a joke? Most breaks worth surfing are overcrowded. How often do you see a peak that can barely handle 15 surfers with 40+ hassling for the same waves? Crowds so thick you can’t complete your bottom turn for all the guys paddling out through the ...

Thanks Rockin

Not too many spots with that setup. If you know then it it's pretty much a giveaway.

First post No Wave surf – with a twist. This happened about 4 years ago at a well known left hand reef break on the South Coast. The surf was about 6-8ft, one of those solid late autumn south swells with heaps of water moving around. It was high tide and stormy. The ocean was a lead grey colour, dar...