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I have a Ray Woosley 8'6" made in about 1967-8. Just as they started to cut them down. Thsi was basically a Competitor 399 shape but chopped off at the back to about a 12" tail block, V bottom and shark fin. The old glass with the greenish tinge. Rides well but loses out in the performance stakes to...

Ah yes, The days before post codes and decimal currency. When you could hire surf-o-planes for one shilling an hour - any colour you like as long as it's black. before the groins, when the Snapper Rocks Porpoise pool was stil there. When you could leave your catamaran on the beach at Kirra all week ...

Strewth, Aren't there any real oldies reading this forum? All shorties. Mine was a 9'3" Joe Larkin. Picked it up at 7.30 am Dec 24th 1963 and surfed all day at Kirra, Greenmount and Rainbow Bay. Wore all the skin off my knees and spent two weeks recuperating. I was 15. It cost 49 pounds (and weighed...

Seems to me the type of surf determines who gets the best of it. Sure mals can pick up a wave early, but boogers can pick it up a lot later - and plenty of the ones I surf with can get up a pretty good pace paddling, especially with the help of their fins. Mals and lids seem to share pretty well out...

So, "Where the hell is Rockpools?"
Ah yeah, I know...........
"Somewhere on the Australian Coast!"

Hey KKK, I like Chisel, too. I agree they were right up there with the best in their prime and I'm still happy to listen to them. Like "East". Their "Ita" showed how they were into topical things as did Khe Sahn. When it comes right down to it, "Working Class Man typifies what they are all about. Gi...

Hey,I don't blame Tom Williams for hanging out the edge at Teahupoo but I did see him at Margaret River and he certainly knows how to surf - and he can snowboard, too. Good on him, I say.

Hey, I have to stick in my 2 bob's worth for Dripping Wet at Manly. My daughter and 3 of her girlfriends have all shopped there, got good friendly, helpful advice and didn't feel pressured. They'll shop there again. My only personal experience is having a chat to them as they opened up while I got m...

As I said at the start of this thread, you should do what feels comfortable. Surfing started out as free expression and comps came later. Although I've dabbled in them I don't make a habit of it. Much prefer to do my own thing which tends to be driven by a desire to stay in the power section of the ...

Hey kimmy.
Just did a quick Google search on kimmy. Which one are you?
Are you Kimmy's Wicked Weasel Bikinis, or are you Kimmy's Gift Voucher - or maybe, kimmy's Cafe in Rydalmere?
You'll be pleased to know there are only 869 references to Kimmy on Google Australia

....though it must be a bitch havin' ta get up at 4am!! That's why I love Daylight Saving - I can get up now at 5am and still be there for first light. Absolute best time of the day anyway. Generally offshore or calm - less crowds and no sun to cause those sun cancers to grow a bit more. In the 60'...

Hey,guys. How many readers of these worthy pages are like me - stuck in the western suburbs (or the Hills District) all week and get a bit of a fix from reading the Real Surf Forums. Interesting comments about "locals" if you drive 20 or so k's to get a surf. I've been going to the same area for so ...

[quote="Troy_Cisco_Kid"]My best wave was a ride from the far point at Snapper thru Rainbow bay linking with Greenount point and ending on the shore outside Maccas on the street at Greenmount...this was before the pump out of the sand Before the sand pumping - early to mid 60's actually, I went to Tw...

I have a solution to the crowds. Designate one New Years Eve every week. Last New Years Day, I had a two & a half hour dawn patrol at the Bower - ALONE! In bed at 1 am, up at 4 am while everyone else slept it off.

I see in the topic on Knee v ankle leashes one guys was criticised for riding his mal like a short board. This has happened to me, too. I've never ridden a short board (first mal from Joe Larkin in 1963) and I don't think my style has changed much except that todays lighter boards allow more radical...