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no worries, no offence taken.
despite quoting you I was actually responding to the madness Fong observed.

Don't they have a caddy out there with a spare. I thought they used to do that, and certainly in some comps they have. don't know if the rules have changed recently, but the year before last at Sunset the announcer said they had to stop using caddies because they were getting lost out at sea. think...

tiger wrote:Agreed. Archaic, non functional surfcraft that should have been abolished years ago.

+1!

Christ, and we thought SUPs were bad. in my defence, I was at least an hours boat trip away from any surfers, and a good 1/2nm offshore. the place has a strong tidal current that forces the groundswell to stand up. can be bloody hairy at times with standing waves 3 ft high. the bloke doing it at ti...

Living where I do at the moment I've got 90 miles of pretty much dead straight coast, surely there's something that would cause certain stretches of it to work better than others at different times? bgreen gives you some good pointers in their post. another idea is to find some old beach fishermen,...

got a 15ft boston whaler, goes a treat in a following sea.
done the same on large unbroken waves bending round a headland, powering on then idling back and surfing

cheers.
not urgent, he has a backup.

should've been there yesterday, from all reports.
bit further south too...

can you swing me the number? can't find it via google
a mate needs a fcs plug reset in the eastern suburbs.
any other local suggestions welcome

haven't been to fuji. mates who did it said it was harder than expected, and temperatures changed a lot from start to finish. in tokyo, have to go see the shibuya intersections in peak hour. will trip you out. roppongi if you are into that sort of thing. good normal bars too. akihabura (sp?) - elect...

as far as i understand, it works by measuring the wave height from a vidcap in pixels, then using the distance from the camera and some trig they work out the height. can't see how it would work at all well unless it was perfectly perpendicular, so swell direction will be pretty critical. i'd want i...

LONGINUS wrote:

alakaboo wrote:Longinus:
Costa Verde, 10 Orton Ct

was a serious response to what was apparently a sarcastic question...

LONGINUS wrote:Can anyone recommend a good place to stay in 1770? Whoops..now I've gone and done it

wistari reef?

just try not to look like a turtle. seen a tiger shark eat one in 2 mouthfuls in the passage.

Longinus:
Costa Verde, 10 Orton Ct

trev, fong, digger, donweather: if you're thinking of the same spot I am, then send me a PM or email. I'm interstate now but spent a lot of time around there, and can point you in the direction of some less (in)famous spots that won't be crowded. I can't get there, but that doesn't mean this system ...

looks like a cutaway fin, only for a fin system instead of a finbox. can't see why it wouldn't work. i love smallish (6-7.5 in) cutaways in my small single and 2+1s. not big on the terminology so might be using the terms out of place, but you get the drive from the depth, but can turn a lot better i...

make sure you drink enough if you wear the springy, it can be easy to get heat stroke if you go for a long surf.
you'll be surprised how warm the water is, and how much of a difference it makes...

couple of mates of mine on their boat yesterday in the heads fishing, a seal destroyed one of the Kingys they had hooked, mate managed to get some cracking footage on his camera, will post a link when he puts it on youtube. had the same thing happen to me on albacore off jervis bay. the bloody thin...