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I surfed Steamer Lane on dusk yesterday. Felt very edible with the oily-smooth water, kelp, seals and fading light. The swell was 2ft and weak but I had a window in an otherwise fairly shitful week and I surfed my new Christenson 7'6" single. Really nice feel to it, it definitely rewards clean lines...

The Christenson fins are a wank, but those and the Aipa volan ones often go on deep specials here for less than the Greenough etc in similar templates.

buddy wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:47 pm

I’m hardly surfing at all right now.

Welcome to fatherhood.

It's got the same rocker as the Nautilus which you didn't like.

That's pretty awesome. You can see where the cabal estate has increased the tidal prism and changed the location and angle of the ebb tide. Yep. Over the last 5 years or so, the canals have pretty much doubled in size so the water flow is greatly increased. Funny, I didn't realize it autocorrected ...

That's pretty awesome. You can see where the cabal estate has increased the tidal prism and changed the location and angle of the ebb tide.

When did they stop pumping? The shark management program (SMP) commenced in 1937 and there was a marked reduction in shark attacks soon after. A whole lot of men weren't swimming in the ocean from 1939-1945. That's the problem with the data, there are so many factors that can't be controlled for.

I dunno crabby, I don't know that anyone can really answer that with much certainty. Most of the really big ones would've been around before the ban, so they are ones that didn't pose a risk or take baits (evolutionary selection pressure, you see). To an extent they probably keep the medium size one...

It's not about the change crabby, I've changed my tune as well. It's about not being able to comprehend Steve's view when you held even more extreme views not too long ago. do you think we should cull and net, now? Nah mate, nothing that extreme. I used to think, based on the data at the time, that...

It's not about the change crabby, I've changed my tune as well. It's about not being able to comprehend Steve's view when you held even more extreme views not too long ago. lol ... not too long ago? broskis, that was longer than a decade, maybe a decade and a half ago. are you saying shearer is 15 ...

It's not about the change crabby, I've changed my tune as well.

It's about not being able to comprehend Steve's view when you held even more extreme views not too long ago.

Crabmeat are you going to make me quote your culling post again?

I surf in the Red Triangle, where between 1/3 and 1/2 of Great White shark attacks have occurred. https://www.fearbeneath.com/habitat/the-red-triangle/ People have definitely changed their behaviour, I don't surf alone and I have a trauma kit and emergency beacon in the car. It's almost all marine s...

He's scared of the land, imagine how scared he'd be in the water.

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:34 pm

I love the aquatic ape theory but the evidence for it seems a bit thin and refutable.

That's why I like to see it.

Wouldn't mind if crew read my latest Swellnet piece on the ethics of shark control. Decent article Steve, in need of a little editorial review for mine. Not the content, just a few grammatical points. I would've liked a bit more of the aquatic ape theory. I don't know that ethics is really the righ...

Top end Matuse are Yamamoto. I think some nineplus as well. Loof, I chose Isurus because I was between sizes in the Feral. I'd choose Isurus if they both had a size that was right for me. The original Patagonia suits were stiff and super fragile. That hasn't been the case for about 10 years. They're...

Who would've thought that heating up the ocean would have consequences.

Looks like another system about a week behind it too.