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by swvic
Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:21 pm
Forum: Board Design, Repairing, Shaping, etc (was called Equipment)
Topic: tomo next gen rip off - review
Replies: 12
Views: 6554

Re: tomo next gen rip off - review

nice. pointy nose in around the same size as yours but a tad thicker is next on my hit list. Couldn't pass it up. Scored it from axolotl reflux via RS. Too much of a bargain and it sort of takes me back to what a mate used to shape way back in the late 70s when we were teenagers. Similar(ish) outli...
by swvic
Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:59 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Bong in big trouble
Replies: 783
Views: 230379

Re: Bong in big trouble

Hollowed out must be due soon to interrupt discussion with the current share price Know quite a few who still revolve most of their lives around mull. Amazingly, a couple of them seem ok. Hold down jobs, good parenting skills and emotionally/psychologically stable. Shits me though that it sometimes ...
by swvic
Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:28 am
Forum: Board Design, Repairing, Shaping, etc (was called Equipment)
Topic: tomo next gen rip off - review
Replies: 12
Views: 6554

Re: tomo next gen rip off - review

Short vid of Daniel Thomson talking and surfing these boards http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB9SgPy9Fbc&feature=context-cha I've just got myself a Tomo V4. 5'9" X 19 1/4 x 2 1/4 pu. I weigh about 75 kgs + the wet rubber I need here in winter. Floats me quite well for it's size. Sitting on it, water ...
by swvic
Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:08 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: that wetsuit discussion...
Replies: 2945
Views: 1119703

Re: that wetsuit discussion...

For what it's worth, I'm going into my 4th year in a Rip Curl 4/3. Top of range at the time. I look after it reasonably well. Due to work and the cold water, I probably don't surf as much as most of you living north of here
by swvic
Wed Jun 27, 2012 11:30 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Bong in big trouble
Replies: 783
Views: 230379

Re: Bong in big trouble

We'd cut the middle section of garden hose in affluent areas and the end sections of the working classes. Very considerate
by swvic
Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:43 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: PADDLEBOARDERS ARE ALL @&#%s...WITH ONE OR TWO EXCEPTIONS!
Replies: 34
Views: 11958

Re: PADDLEBOARDERS ARE ALL @&#%s...NO EXCEPTIONS!

There is/was an older bloke rode a goat-boat at Pines down Hatchy's way. He had one leg (behind his back, we called him Pegleg). Was a nice bloke. Sharing happily reciprocated. Surfers believed he had a valid reason and he wasn't a prick. Used to paddle his crutches out and attach them to a buoy wid...
by swvic
Thu Jun 21, 2012 3:05 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: that wetsuit discussion...
Replies: 2945
Views: 1119703

Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Fcuk, Braithy, I ditched the 3/2 weeks ago, booties last couple of weeks and have even donned the hooded vest once thus far Pussy! :o Still in the 3/2 and boots :D But, Hatchy, you've deliberately neglected to quote this bit, haven't you??????? At least a modicum of podge required to still be in a ...
by swvic
Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:02 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: that wetsuit discussion...
Replies: 2945
Views: 1119703

Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Fcuk, Braithy, I ditched the 3/2 weeks ago, booties last couple of weeks and have even donned the hooded vest once thus far

No wonder your muscles only last half an hour. At least a modicum of podge required to still be in a 3/2
by swvic
Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:33 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: that wetsuit discussion...
Replies: 2945
Views: 1119703

Re: that wetsuit discussion...

Didn't you say you wouldn't be wearing 5 mm of rubber :?: Dose of reality brought about by dropping boards in carparks Have you got that hooded vest thing? Swear a 4/3 is enough with booties and that particular wonder of warmth. Water and wind temps similar here to Tassie and you'll be fully acclima...
by swvic
Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:06 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29980
Views: 10571132

Re: Where did you surf today ?

detached Phaeophyceae Yes aaronn, it's brown seaweed Blacks Beach used to get like that sometimes vic, clogged with kelp. Guys would ride without a leash and with sharpened fins. Lineup got a lot more organised on those days. Surfed same place without a leggie for that reason a couple of months ago...
by swvic
Mon Jun 18, 2012 8:15 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29980
Views: 10571132

Re: Where did you surf today ?

On saturday I surfed my local beachie. Nothing great, just fun 2-3 foot with the odd bigger set. Some were shaping nicely in the shorey, but it was a no go zone because of the masses of detached Phaeophyceae making it impossible. But, sometimes your experience counts for nothing and you do stupid sh...
by swvic
Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:07 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Breath Holding
Replies: 27
Views: 10376

Re: Breath Holding

Maybe it was Chopes, then. Didn't know about the bodyboarder
by swvic
Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:43 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Tomo V4 for Sale
Replies: 17
Views: 6758

Re: Tomo V4 for Sale

Just did the deal with axo. Great guy to deal with. Not a fat kaaarnt, but a pretty big unit apparantly. And board is 2 1/4, not 2/12 thick

Way out of my normal zone, but very keen

For the record, it was a carton of Styvo soft packs and a case of premium reds
by swvic
Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:05 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Breath Holding
Replies: 27
Views: 10376

Re: Breath Holding

Reckon it is a lot to do with mind state. I did swimming and breath holding exercises before I went to Indo. 1st go down and I thought I was going to die. If you're mind is strong, that's where the benefit lies. Don't think mine is How about the guy at Cloudbreak last year? 2 wave hold down. Can't r...
by swvic
Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:50 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: design your T-shirts
Replies: 10
Views: 3014

Re: design your T-shirts

woolly wrote::D

Numb skulls.
Matching my fingers. Been pretty cold down here this week
by swvic
Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:07 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: design your T-shirts
Replies: 10
Views: 3014

Re: design your T-shirts

Oh fcuk. Thanks, a'boo :oops:

I guess :?: means simply that, then :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:
by swvic
Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:04 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Fiji 2012
Replies: 193
Views: 47546

Re: Fiji 2012

Shit commentary is part of the sport within sport. We have opinions of who is and who isn't good at it, and we express them. When we don't like someone, it makes us feel better to have a bitch. Human nature noreasterly, you do have a stake. Unless that is, you've never purchased anything from any of...
by swvic
Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:45 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: design your T-shirts
Replies: 10
Views: 3014

Re: design your T-shirts

marcus wrote:gday fellas, if you hit the ! mark symbol, the mods get a message that something is up and can do something about the spam posts.
So :!: is not really just a means of communicating a strongly held opinion :?: What about :?: then :?: Does it have a special purpose within the realsurf bowel :?: