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Nick Carroll wrote:Fcuk, it is off the hook.

15-18' and destroying humans. Going out to have a look now.

Pics or it isn't happening.
C'mon, someone's gotta have some footage?!

I'm hardly likely to argue technical aspects of surfing with Nick, but just to clarify I didn't mean to get so much weight forward that you unweight the back part of the board. My natural tendency, and one I see a lot, is to be too heavy on the back foot in steep pigdog takeoffs, attempt to pull up ...

G'dae.
Sorry about that...

Offshore's at Wrightsville Beach, NC.
Looks like Irene made landfall about 80 miles NE of him, likely to a bit wet and windy.

Open your shoulders so that your chest is almost facing the nose. It'll mean that your weight is further forward, your hand is further forward on the rail and mean that you keep the drive that you can otherwise lose by pulling up too hard on the outside rail.

Good one!
Got my board on Tuesday, but might not get it wet for a while.

Never ridden a proper twinny longboard, only 2+1s with bigger sides when I forgot the centre fin screw :x the fin configuration isn't the same, but it might be interesting... down the line and in turns it went alright. really good actually, very easy to pump. dropping in was a nightmare until you lo...

was that on a film project?

I spoke to someone this morning who knew both Paul and Gary for 15 years, and John for a few. Pretty shook up.

Seems like a rare case when all the tributes seem to be true.

josh, you might want to seriously consider pitching some of your stuff to a gallery as functional art.
that last one's gorgeous. i'm a bit too white to rock it, unfortunately.

In a tragic turn of events, one of those that makes you question the sheer injustice of the random universe, ABC journalists who were instrumental in bringing us some of the most tragic stories of loss in the Lockyer Valley have now died in a helicopter crash. Having had the emotional stress of repo...

I'm starting to wonder if Josh really is a shaper. He makes far too much sense.

Interesting. I think I'm just as confused though after reading Dave's write up. So, a high volume 6'3" board can only have full rails and a flatter rocker? Is that where the extra volume comes from? full rails, yes. think about the cross section. Get a flat deck, carrying the foam further to the ra...

same attitude to spelling.

ric_vidal wrote:The XTRs had a series of punch holes running parallel to the rails.

I saw a lot of them on the secondhand racks a few years back. You probably know which stable they came from...
I thought the punch holes were from the shapers pencil marks affecting the bonds

or feraldave...http://www.diversesurf.com.au/news/news/volume.php Dave's estimate 0.35L per kg of bodyweight for pros. Which would place you at about 28L + whatever non-pro addition you want. I ride about 0.39l per kg in my everyday board, and I'm by no means high performance. Last time I saw Margo ...

steve shearer wrote:Anyway…anyone want anything in particular covered while I'm in Tahiti let me know.

How bout those pics of the reef and mountains I asked for last year? :?

I want you to nail some ASP honcho to the mast about the One World ranking system...

Beanpole wrote:My theory is apart from being generally volatile they play footie because they get cooked at the beach.

Yep, sounds reasonable. Footy ovals in Australia are often indoors or otherwise well shaded.

Not as long as it looks...

6' 3 1/2'' by 19 1/2'' by 2 1/2''


Some crazy tech involved, and some sweet handfoiled fins coming with.
I'm yet to lay hands on it, but I'm frothing already.

I've messed about with widow set-ups for my 6'6" rounded pin-tail 'step-up', I reckon not enough people ride 2+1s as good wave boards, they've kind of been lumped in with rubbish small wave boards. I generally prefer them to thrusters. I've got this on the way... https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-...