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Don't panic yet. The last time I flew into Singapore we approached from a different direction. I think we did a big loop to the east and north and came in over the southern tip of Malaysia. Anyway, there were some small islands with what looked like rideable waves coming into them. I guessed at the ...

Hi Sharky, Forget learning about cricket, rugby league and the Blue Mountains (all great and they'll happen when you are here) The thing you can learn most from this thread is the way Aussies like to "take the P-ss" which is a euphemism for telling you exagerated fibs to mislead you. I think the Ame...

Just picked up on this thread. So what if the guy had "longboarder" on his shirt. Good on him. I've never gone looking for a logo on something to wear, but if it's there, I'm hardly going to lose sleep over it. At least "longboarder" isn't promoting the brand name of a company (unless it's one I've ...

Strange topic for a Real Surf forum, this. Having said that, don't write off the Aussies yet. Some of you don't seem to understand what it takes to put together a team of players whose individual talents dovetail into a winning combination. There needs to be a balance of experience and youthful enth...

I have about 50 or so Pacific Longboarder and Australian Longboarder mags which I can't bear to just throw out.
Anyone want them?

Platty,
Sorry mate, missed your request for pics of the "Woosley"
I have some and will post them as soon as I work out how to
Trev

I agree with your second sentence entirely. I'm not saying you shouldn't focus on only one move. I'm saying that a complete longboarder is capapble of all the moves. Having said that, if you don't like or enjoy a certain move and therefore don't do it, that doesn't stop you being a longboarder as Wa...

[quote="WANDERER In the new millenium mal riding is about riding the nose...its not the 60's any more... a 9' board with maybe a 16 or 17' nose might be easier to surf from the tail, having a nose riding platform at the front of your board if you are not gonna use it is excess baggage, if you only g...

HAVE LITTLE REPECT FOR PEOPLE WHO RIDE MALS WITHOUT RIDING THE NOSE, THERE'S NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT THAT... NOT PERSONAL, THATS A BLANKET STATEMENT FROM ME TO EVERYONE! Seems pretty personal to me, mate. I reckon you've missed the point of riding a Mal. It's about the versatility to work the wave. No...

56.
Started on hired surf-o-planes at Kirra at about 9 or 10.
Mals from 15.
Still love the stoke of paddling out at first light, gentle ofshores, no crew and 3 to 6 foot swell. Here's hoping tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!

You're kidding aren't you Wanderer. I've never ridden a short board. Started surfing in 1962. Can't get more traditional than that. I can and do nose ride (getting the trim right to be able to cross step is an art form, I agree) but really can't be bothered. Like Baldric I prefer to use the length a...

Has everyone forgotten "Bombora" by the Atlantics
And what about Rolf Harris' "Six White Boomers"

Hey Matt,
Wish you were right. I hate it when I see those waves in Qld, too. Especially as I'm stuck in Sydney.
HOWEVER. The Coastalwatch cams are showing waves on both the Goldie and Sunshine Coast

Can I have 30 please Stuey?
That's the winner. thanks for comin'

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...