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by black duck
Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:54 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Greatest small wave session ever filmed?
Replies: 77
Views: 15898

Re: Greatest small wave session ever filmed?

Hey Steve, I know you enjoy watching Danes vids he posts up at marinelayer. Check out his new one 'turkey day' and right on the 1:00 minute mark pause it, . . . . . and watch it in the slowest way you can frame by frame staring at the bottom left of screen until around the 1:02 mark. What do YOU se...
by black duck
Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:47 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Quadfather Project Board....
Replies: 455
Views: 63928

Re: Quadfather Project Board....

Sorry about the really dodgy photo guys... I'm a little bored with the lack of technical challange shooting standard surfing photos and was playing around with slower shutter speeds. As a result the image is somewhat over-exposed. Definitely not my best work. Will try and get some more up this even...
by black duck
Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:27 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Quadfather Project Board....
Replies: 455
Views: 63928

Re: Quadfather Project Board....

iggy wrote:
black duck wrote:Iggy, your arms are seriously fcuking long.
yyyyyyyyyyyyep !!!
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I guess that explains the callouses on your knuckles :lol:
Must be an advantage for paddling and throwing turns :?: ... Extra momentum :idea: 8)
by black duck
Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:42 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Quadfather Project Board....
Replies: 455
Views: 63928

Re: Quadfather Project Board....

steve shearer wrote:
iggy wrote:
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There ya go.
Sick shot.
Iggy, your arms are seriously fcuking long.
by black duck
Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:27 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Bali, Compulsive disorders and religion
Replies: 77
Views: 12991

Re: Bali, Compulsive disorders and religion

You mean this one? I can't stand hearing the guy talk personally, he has this rather posh chiding tone when he critiques religion. Poor old Ted Haggard though, eventually he couldn't use religion to suppress his needs for crystal meth fired man-love sessions and is now reduced to selling insurance....
by black duck
Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:04 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Bali, Compulsive disorders and religion
Replies: 77
Views: 12991

Re: Bali, Compulsive disorders and religion

[quote="marcus" I think its all well and good to believe in doing nice things for others, but religion uses fear to influence people to do good things. why not just do good things because its what is right?[/quote] Marcus Richard Dawkins has written a book that deals with what you are talking about ...
by black duck
Sun Nov 29, 2009 7:42 pm
Forum: Weather & surf forecasting
Topic: QUIKSCAT GONE....WTF!!
Replies: 5
Views: 2256

Re: QUIKSCAT GONE....WTF!!

This is bad news. Keep an eye on the models now for less accuracy, especially long term predictions. The safety factor alone should have been enough to keep this technology in the sky. 5 years till another satellite is launched, if funding is provided :shock: I agree Don WTF? How much would commerci...
by black duck
Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:08 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: world class surf spots with world class women
Replies: 12
Views: 2533

Re: world class surf spots with world class women

Marcus
That's a cool photo, regardless of your theories.
by black duck
Sat Nov 28, 2009 11:04 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Kelly Slater's Wizard's Sleeve (and the like)
Replies: 115
Views: 32202

Re: Kelly Slater's Wizard's Sleeve (and the like)

Hypocrisy is unbecoming puurri
by black duck
Fri Nov 27, 2009 2:36 pm
Forum: Weather & surf forecasting
Topic: the forecasters missed this
Replies: 21
Views: 7461

Re: the forecasters missed this

^^^ Good call. Bom charts appear to support your hypothesis. Most of the wind looks a little more S/W to me though. S/E component is tight and short in fetch. Here's hoping.
by black duck
Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:48 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29980
Views: 10574532

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Didn't want to start another thread for this but thought it worth posting.
How fcuking high is this guy :?: :shock:
Almost looks fake.
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by black duck
Wed Nov 25, 2009 11:28 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Greatest small wave session ever filmed?
Replies: 77
Views: 15898

Re: Greatest small wave session ever filmed?

Dane Reynolds does stuff on waves that i can't even do when I imaginary surf .
by black duck
Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:09 pm
Forum: Board Design, Repairing, Shaping, etc (was called Equipment)
Topic: Nicks' New Fat-Bat
Replies: 46
Views: 11755

Re: Nicks' New Fat-Bat

I should round out my lil test program... No Nick, realistically it’s kind of meaningless. Your board appraisals are beyond question, but we aren’t all the same, what is a positive for you might just be something for someone else. No one doubts your ability in any area, and in fact that in itself m...
by black duck
Thu Nov 19, 2009 12:04 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Whats the LONGEST wave you've ridden?
Replies: 52
Views: 12840

Re: Whats the LONGEST wave you've ridden?

Well... guess I've been unlucky. The unlucky ducky. :?: :cry: Must admit to being somewhat envious of some of the wave lengths on this thread. Not sure about my longest wave but I'm pretty sure it's less than 20 seconds, maybe less than 15 seconds. Had a few long ones at Green Island when the swell ...
by black duck
Wed Nov 18, 2009 2:48 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Worth a few cents...
Replies: 47
Views: 11751

Re: Worth a few cents...

BD, you can use the following to check out the way prices have changed. Whack in the price and the year, and it will tell you what it would cost now. http://www.rba.gov.au/calculator/calc.go Actually shows that surfboard prices have increased faster than the index. Not quite that simple though, too...
by black duck
Wed Nov 18, 2009 12:34 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Worth a few cents...
Replies: 47
Views: 11751

Re: Worth a few cents...

^^^ Agree with Jim's view. I think well made boards are value for money. Bought my first new board in 1977 for $120 from memory. Not sure about the relative value / inflation but $750 for a new board now, 32 years later, appears great value. Any economists out there? I also purchased a Jim Banks MK1...
by black duck
Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:07 pm
Forum: Weather & surf forecasting
Topic: What makes a swell inconsistant?
Replies: 12
Views: 4941

Re: What makes a swell inconsistant?

puurri wrote:Q; "What makes a swell inconsistant"
A: Poor spelling

FFS!!!!

Only 55 more posts Puurri, don't run out of ammo :D
by black duck
Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:15 pm
Forum: Weather & surf forecasting
Topic: What makes a swell inconsistant?
Replies: 12
Views: 4941

Re: What makes a swell inconsistant?

yeah now that you mention it that does make sense for the east coast. we get alot of windswell in between the better sets of groundswell. to be honest, sometimes surfing 6 second period swells can be great, everyone gets a buttload of waves. actually, surfed Iluka few weeks ago and period was about...