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Dae wrote:Any dimensions St Nick?

What for me?? 5'8", 74kg, 47 yo, 35 years experience, tend to ride boards a bit thinner than predicted for weight.

OK everyone, here we go with the lame arse Opportunity of a Lifetime. The boards you see below are all for Sale while I try to pay my stupid injury bills from the witless Rocky Point catastrophe. I've been given permission by big Don to post 'em here out of sympathy for said injury. Have a look -- i...

But it does raise the question: what are the most surf-friendly occupations? (given the GPS snoop on that tradie, it seems that being on the tools isn't what it used to be!) col. Surf writer. a) it's essential for research b) since you're not competing, you don't have to worry about staying tuned f...

If you must know, Clif, it's mine and barstardos's doing.

If we can't surf, neither shalt you bloody enjoy yourself doing it.

I've heard that three of the main Great White breeding grounds up the NSW coast are - Stockton Beach - Seal Rocks and Byron. You have, have you. You heard wrong. Great white sharks breed in eastern Victoria and south Australia. They leave eastern Vicco and visit places like Stockton, Seal Rocks and...

Ah if 'twere only that simple.

Bloody organic repairs...they take months.

Of course compared with some ding repairers, I reckon the bones'll be knitted before you'd get your board back off 'em.

F**k me dead, what's next? How to put on a legrope?

Hey CPKing Your board can lose a bit of foam without you suffering too much. Try 5'11" x 18.25" x 2.25" squashtail single concave, deepen the concave from what you're riding now, fix the fins. Don't go new off the rack: either go see a bespoke designer (ie Hayden) or buy a second hand ex-pro board r...

a Takayama micro mal, even professing to be a nose rider, it was only about 6'4"or there abouts and looked sweet as, and so it should have been for $1400, i jest not! Actually, forget eggs... Those old school Lifestyle Designers are having the seachange baby boomer kookocracy for breakfast, lunch a...

I consider them to be an excellent source of protein

Speaking as the only one of us who's actually ridden a TL2 blank, I think they're a considerable advance on the original Tuflite -- a lot nicer movement underfoot -- and still seemingly quite hard to dent or ding. I've ridden two, a KS prototype (which wasn't fat at all longbum, maybe they changed i...

hi timax, good beginner longboard spots in Sydney include South Palm Beach in most conditions, Collaroy in light winds and southerly swells, the whole beachbreak stretch from Elouera north in small summer surf. Given the board you're using, it's a good idea to limit yourself to surf head-high and sm...

Well as a matter of fact the fibreglass cast thing is extremely odd. At the instruction of the surgeon I went to a physio and she said "Oooh, that's a nasty injury!" Thanks dear, I already KNEW that. She then wrapped my lower leg in soft material, then ripped open a foil package and took out a roll ...

i ran over my brother's board a while ago (the guy was in the way) and so he wants me to repair it. i have never done a decent sized ding, so was thinking about taking it somewhere. now you guys have me thinking i should do it myself (it's not my board after all). the slash runs under the tailpad i...

NC- No i am not implying that you are connected with this nonsense, i must had interpereted your 1st reply the wrong way, it seemed a tad sarcastic. Anyway i just wanted to bring a different subject to peoples attention that may take interest... The whole Mentawai shit fight and greedy people in th...

^^^That'll be the day.

Yes it was fun watching everybody trying out their new Christmas boards over the weekend. Can't wait to join 'em on my b o d y b o a r d.

And I'll get me mega Bing Lee Discount Board Sale underway this week some time, don't you worry.

principal skinner wrote:Those webbed paddling gloves have got to be the biggest kook accessories ever.

nay principal, I think the next generation version -- a vee shaped flap that fits on your forearms via Velcro ties, the name of which temporarily escapes me -- beats the gloves.

Let's be clear: are you talking about a Surftech Tuflite Webber, or a Salomon S-Core? The Salomon is light blue, very lightweight, has a screw-out plug in the tail through which you can see the black carbon fibre interior, and cost you about $1000. The Surftech Tuflite is white, there's no screw-out...