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Ah fcuk I must have missed that sale. They're about $200 now (when you add the sales tax)

Got the Grootlets out on some rented soft-top longboards down at Santa Cruz. They had a blast, especially the boy who told me to stop pushing him onto waves after a few as he wanted to paddle onto them himself. Little fcuker did it well and was up on his feet straight away being cheered on by the lo...

Curiously warm

Our colonial overloads eventually do lose their cheerful disposition at our egregious bastardization of the Queens English in time.

Meanwhile I'm trying not to lose my at Americans usage of the Imperial system of weights and measures. I mean FFS your life would be so much better in metric

Santa Cruz. Nothing special really as it's a bit flat here at the moment but got some nice rides on the mal and chatted with the local ladies in the cool spring water

Seriously enjoyed this footage of Kai Lenny in Mexico. Great POV shots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWBSP__lYjk

He sold one apparently: https://www.theinertia.com/surf/worlds- ... 5-million/

Good for him

alakaboo wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:31 am

A doctor (in his 60s) I know tore his tendon lifting a kayak.
He called his mate, an ortho, who said:

"You already know it makes no difference and we don't operate on old fcuks like you, are you just calling to tell me you don't know how winches work?"

hows the level of surfing there Groots? crowds, localism? Crowds and skill is way higher than where I am from. It's taking some getting used to, my wave count per session has dropped considerably. Apparently lots of people have taken up.surfing due to COVID here - which would be on par with Austral...

Legion wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:35 pm

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 03, 2021 5:42 pm

hows the level of surfing there Groots?

Decreased three percentage points since he arrived, judging by his post.

True dat

The Hook at 🎅 Cruz. Some arsehole hit me right in my arse crack with his longboard fin as he speared through white water into a crowd! Hurts like a mofo. Then I got utterly fcuking slammed on a bomb wave that sent me back over the falls and buried me. After that I decided to hang around the outside ...

Didn't end up making that SoCal trip. Thought i would do the right thing i.e. COVID and stay local. It is a decision I have not regretted as the run of swell in Northern California has been pretty awesome. I surfed at a beach called Private's in Santa Cruz yesterday to give my shoulders a little res...

Santa Cruz is already building a bit, I'm thinking of taking off early from work tomorrow afternoon and checking it out

Some big swell is on the way over here next week. A surfer went missing at Ocean Beach in SF the other day as well.

Noticed a wee bit of localism and aggro in the water this morning at Santa Cruz - seems to be more prevalent in these bigger winter swells.

NC, Shearer et al - thanks heaps for the advice and insight. I'll plan my trip around that and the swell. Will post back with experiences later on

Got it thanks fellas, will keep those in mind. I had intended to go a fair way down South so I'll look into AirBnB's in those spots NC - Re: North of LA, how far mate? Ventura? Santa Barbara? Looking at that coastline I'm guessing the more W and SW swell directions are going to be what I should look...

Need some advice/tips I'm going to have a few days to kill over the Xmas and New Years break and was thinking of taking a road trip down Southern California to surf some nice point breaks and beachies I was thinking to base myself somewhere around San Clemente, that way I'm not more than an hour or ...

I went as far as Davenport once but only to check it out - and even a beach called Bonny Doon!

Cheers mate, I might mosey my way up there on the weekend. There are so many crowds at SC, its taking a bit of getting used to