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Good tactics and well surfed from Parko.
You know we are into the silly season when I can watch it live at work

Well the predicted early afternoon Southerly Buster was early. Just as we were hitting the water in fact.

Horray, managed to snare up couple before being overwhelmed by the crowd. Man, how much money must The Bucket List make?
Its more packed every time I walk past.

Those French, hey

Probably buying a Nikon D5100 body now they are down to about $400.

Yep, I think I agree with everyone. I have to say you can get some really interesting shots with the GoPro of landscapes and people in the middle distance. Obviously close ups leave something to be desired but they are worth experimenting with. I'm probably going to buy a new Nikon body. I've got an...

I used to have those Rap Racks things. They weren't a problem really but the clip broke on me so when that happened I shelled out and bought some proper roof racks. Bought a pair because my wife had a company car and we were going up to Snapper. Thought I could use the ones off my car because its a...

Multivitamin capsule?

Well you probably know its used in boat building so it handles the elements pretty well. I was going to suggest stripping it, hosing it down and putting it in the sun to remove the cupping but you have allready done it yourself. Its a fantastic timber and it will reward the time you put into it. Com...

50/50 I guess really. Mainly at the beach. Mainly within driving distance of a surf spot if not next to one. Don't know how often the potential photographer of the surfing will be hanging around while we go surfing though. The ones most interested in photography will be surfing when some surf photog...

Just trying to decide what to take OS in January. We are going to take a GoPro and I'm kind of leaning towards just using that instead of lugging the old DSLR and a couple of lenses around. Hope to be travelling light as possible. Also thought of buying a cheap little pocket camera as back up but I ...

I really like Parkos surfing style. It just looks so smooth and easy. This may be one of his drawbacks with the judges though. Fanning always makes it look hard. Hope he gets the gong this year.

I remember the first night we all spent bunking at the Cudgen Headland SLSC as young clubbies. Head flushed down the toilet and terrorised by a slightly older clubbie and woke up the next morning to the sight of a reddish blonde haired flat topped clubbie with a beer gut in a pair of leopard skin jo...

Bit like the world series baseball or international AFL.

I reckon if you had a resort with consistent surf and a range of new boards to try plus fins etc, and a knowledgeable pro to give advice you could really make a bit of progress. I don't know why board manufacturers don't allready do this as a marketting exercise. At least tuflite could easily do a s...

Well it is the off season for NRL

You know how when your growing up theres always some guys who take a lot of risks? You know, climbing stuff, jumping out of trees, etc. A lot of them find surfing a useful outlet for that sort of tendency. The rest of us have to work at it. Can't remember who was supposed to have said it but the say...

Used to take ginseng all the time when I was in my twenties. God knows why.
It would probably do me more good now but I can't take it because it raises your blood pressure and interacts with other medication.