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oldman wrote:

TrevG wrote:I just bought two long sleeved "Golden Breed" rashies for $12.95 each from Trade Secret.

That'll do me. There's one local.

Happy to help.

Does anyone think that $80 or $90 is a reasonable price for a long armed rash vest? Not a 1 mm vest or anything like that, just normal rash vest? oldman, I just bought two long sleeved "Golden Breed" rashies for $12.95 each from Trade Secret. They fit well, stretch properly. A nice, pretty blue. :w...

Well spotted Trev, although I notice that the Goldy buoy has died just as the Mooloolaba buoy came back on line. Have they just changed the name on the buoy?? :lol: Will certainly come in handy for checking the swell heights at my fav SC beachie now!!! Yeah. I was concerned about that, too. Hope it...

Mooloolaba wave buoy has turned up again. Been off the air since about March.

oldman wrote:
I reserve the right to whinge long and loud about anything at all, and nothing at all, when and where I would like, thank you very much.

It's an old man's privilege.......

steve shearer wrote:They're Morning Glory clouds.
Found in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Used to see 'em from the trawlers late in the tiger prawn season in the build-up to the summer monsoon.

They had footage on the news last night of a hang glider doing loop the loops in fronto of the wall.
Called it "sky surfing"

Just reading some of the above brings back memories of my tyre industry experience with Chinese/ Korean and SE Asian products. The end result is that, from about 10 new tyre plants in this country about 25 years ago, we now have just one small operation by Bridgestone and it's anyone's guess how muc...

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Gonski!

Dare I say I hope the campaign is exceptionally successful, thus reducing the numbers of tourists looking to learn to surf in Queensland?

Both Shane and Mark have some valid points. I rarely buy a surf mag these days. In fact, I can't remember when I last did - at least a couple of years ago. I do read the odd one from my local library, though. :wink: I'm surmising the various mags do research their market, else they'd not have much t...

Does anyone think that $80 or $90 is a reasonable price for a long armed rash vest? Not a 1 mm vest or anything like that, just normal rash vest? I saw some the other day for $49. No name brand but had the proper amount of give in it - not like some. I'm badly in need of one. My current one is all ...

^ok, the ultimate test for you now.. is, the next time you see one like i pictured above, pick it up outta the water, turn it upside down, and repeatedly rub it over the softs of your neck, face, chest, and forearms, and enjoy.. that'll curb any future doubts you have about their apparent 'harmless...

Ahhh! Beeoootifull! That soutn swell wrapped nicely into my point with llloooonng lines, up to 6 waves in a set and no long waits. Well, actually the really good sets only came through about every 10 minutes but there were smaller (2'+) sets pretty well all the time. 3 hours from 5am. Longest this o...

i'd rather get stung by a blue-bottle than one of those things.. also remember being out at currumbin once with a few mates.. jellies started swarming in from every direction with us being caught in the dead centre of it.. there was nowhere to put your hands in the water to paddle to get away from ...

turtle wrote:^^ drying your board repels sharks
got to be best reason so far id say.
cant wait for an explanation

It's simple. Dry your board regularly and if you don't see any sharks, it's working.

There's going to be a bag under the board with about 20 kg of gear. -carrying tent, sleeping bag, spares, tools, springsuit etc. Speed usually is about 20-30 kph on the flat depending on the wind and the road. Raising it higher (to flat) also raises the centre of gravity. I have since minimised the...

^ it's a jelly fish, and harmless one at that.. nothing to see here, move along.. stacks of 'em in qld.. at least they don't sting and itch the crap outta ya like these ones.. http://www.underwatertimes.com/news3/catostylus_jellyfish.jpg Iggy, this has got me interested. When we were growing up we ...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2ePv1TOkFAg/Sr3Z06aWArI/AAAAAAAAAPY/n2yFyG9KKh8/s400/bike+trailer.jpg Version 1.0 Riding up to Byron in a couple of weeks. I would raise the back cross bar so the board is closer to the horizontal. With that angle you're presenting quite a large "face" to the oncoming wind...