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by alakaboo
Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:30 pm
Forum: Weather & surf forecasting
Topic: Will Brisbane flood again?
Replies: 8
Views: 4863

Re: Will Brisbane flood again?

scratch that last question...
by alakaboo
Wed Jan 25, 2012 12:03 pm
Forum: Weather & surf forecasting
Topic: Will Brisbane flood again?
Replies: 8
Views: 4863

Re: Will Brisbane flood again?

I didn't follow the links, is he the son of the other famous shyster? This event seems to have been a bit of a fizzer. We had some local flooding with the high tide, but stuff all to complain about. Though if we got another similar event, or a few of them, a hundred kays further west, no doubt it'd ...
by alakaboo
Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:04 pm
Forum: Weather & surf forecasting
Topic: Will Brisbane flood again?
Replies: 8
Views: 4863

Will Brisbane flood again?

So, it's been steady and heavy with the rain for the last day or so. Sunshine Coast is getting belted and the system's moving towards the catchment areas. 300+mm looking possible over a few days on already sodden ground. Any weather-savvy people want to put their neck out as to what the next few day...
by alakaboo
Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:06 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: How to pigdog
Replies: 17
Views: 10805

Re: How to pigdog

My pigdogging is rubbish. I'm kind of like 3, but with my shoulders too squared off. Re the turf toe: I had a bad turf toe injury over a decade ago, avulsion fracture on the outside of the big toe. I couldn't surf at all for a few years, as it would re-tear every session and then I couldn't walk for...
by alakaboo
Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:49 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Paradise Lost for Aussie Surfboard Makers Amid China Imports
Replies: 334
Views: 80503

Re: Paradise Lost for Aussie Surfboard Makers Amid China Imp

and Toyota just axed 350 jobs in Altona....

Nice board Huie.
by alakaboo
Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:13 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 30069
Views: 11326993

Re: Where did you surf today ?

pale faced rosellas
by alakaboo
Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:25 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Snapper - It's not paradise.
Replies: 55
Views: 13636

Re: Snapper - It's not paradise.

Braithy, I've surfed the last few weeks on great banks all within 20 minutes of your place.
Never had more than 2 others on my peak, normally one of them from my car.

And that's just the post-storm dregs.
by alakaboo
Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:44 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Heads up
Replies: 15
Views: 4504

Re: Heads up

you've got thousands of brittle hairs embedded in your skin, irritating the crap out of you
Soak in water
by alakaboo
Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:07 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Paradise Lost for Aussie Surfboard Makers Amid China Imports
Replies: 334
Views: 80503

Re: Paradise Lost for Aussie Surfboard Makers Amid China Imp

see gillard on tv tonight with her fat lazy useless union car makers behind her it's obvious why she wants saves oz car makers....anything for a vote :idea: at our collective cost :? And a $2b overall benefit to our economy? Sorry, what? I gather you're talking about regional multipliers? So essent...
by alakaboo
Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:05 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Paradise Lost for Aussie Surfboard Makers Amid China Imports
Replies: 334
Views: 80503

Re: Paradise Lost for Aussie Surfboard Makers Amid China Imp

Most Holden Commercials have been Isuzus for years. Pretty sure that's changed now. The Colorado I'm told isn't Isuzu based due to some split in the company. Not sure what but someone will know. wasn't it the other way around, the Rodeo used to be an Isuzu, now it isn't, that's why it's the Colorad...
by alakaboo
Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:59 pm
Forum: Travel & Health
Topic: snowboarding japan
Replies: 10
Views: 3234

Re: snowboarding japan

the snow in Niseko is unbefarkingleivable. I was there about 3 weeks, and the smallest amount of snow in the carpark the next day was ankle depth. Most days it was about knee high, one day it was chest deep and you could run through it without even feeling the drag. Guess whose job it was to clear t...
by alakaboo
Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:32 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: sharks holidaying in NSW
Replies: 135
Views: 31112

Re: sharks holidaying in NSW

Alanis, is that you?
by alakaboo
Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:03 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: sharks holidaying in NSW
Replies: 135
Views: 31112

Re: sharks holidaying in NSW

Coops wrote:I dont think Bulls school like Dolphins.
don't really school, but can be in packs.
The lady on Amity got bitten by about 3 different sharks, they reckon.
I've seen groups of about 5 in pupping grounds.
by alakaboo
Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:38 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Paradise Lost for Aussie Surfboard Makers Amid China Imports
Replies: 334
Views: 80503

Re: Paradise Lost for Aussie Surfboard Makers Amid China Imp

And I agree with Kookster, the quest for the one-board-quiver is not a good idea. How many of us have one board? I sold off a few last year pending a move, but I've still got 3 in regular rotation, plus the wife's, plus another kept at a mate's place, plus 3 of my brother's at my disposal. How many ...
by alakaboo
Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:31 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Paradise Lost for Aussie Surfboard Makers Amid China Imports
Replies: 334
Views: 80503

Re: Paradise Lost for Aussie Surfboard Makers Amid China Imp

I'd say the longevity of vehicles in Australia has got a fair bit to do with tightarse owners and lax emission standards. There are a heap of heaps on the road. Anyone who doesn't think that car industries in other countries are subsidised has got their head in their arse. Detroit? Seem to remember ...
by alakaboo
Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:24 pm
Forum: Travel & Health
Topic: Mexico
Replies: 28
Views: 11665

Re: Mexico

Only Baja.
It's not safe to go through Tijuana at all anymore.
by alakaboo
Tue Jan 17, 2012 12:23 pm
Forum: Travel & Health
Topic: snowboarding japan
Replies: 10
Views: 3234

Re: snowboarding japan

Nozawa Onsen is probably where I'll go next, if I go back to Japan. Though with a fluent relative living there, the options are a bit broader. I got chased by the patrollers with gloves, I think it was at Goryu. Could have been 47. We got our passes pulled, which was a bit of a problem because they ...