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by Nick Carroll
Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:30 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: i;m callin it-= winter 2006 best eva?
Replies: 14
Views: 2889

Ain't over yet. Give a good year time and she'll blow your socks off. :wink:
by Nick Carroll
Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:26 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: The Fong And OMP Tipping Comp Part 2
Replies: 835
Views: 94751

Can I say, that Melbourne/Saints game today summed up all the reasons I reckon league kicks arse on every form of football with the possible exception of the US NFL. You saw players rise to the occasion all over the field. In the 60th minute, Luke Bailey and Jason Ryles ran back a Melbourne kickoff ...
by Nick Carroll
Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:54 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Ethics Of Surf Reporting Part ?????
Replies: 77
Views: 20108

Slightly off the point (no pun intended) but I, as a weekend warrior, must say that over the past year the Poles area has become significantly more crowded. What last year was a place to escape the crowds has become a place where the crowds now go. Have the RS photos done this? I don't know. What I...
by Nick Carroll
Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:08 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Ethics Of Surf Reporting Part ?????
Replies: 77
Views: 20108

So THAT's why nobody was out at Narrabeen :lol:
by Nick Carroll
Fri Jul 28, 2006 4:09 pm
Forum: Weather & surf forecasting
Topic: forecasting the surf is like pissin against the wind!
Replies: 29
Views: 10908

Seeing that there's a lot of NSW folk on this forum, here's Ken Ring's Sydney forecast for the rest of July (taken from his website ), issued 30/6. July 25 Tue Mianly fine, clearing atmosphere, moderate temperatures. July 26 Wed Mainly fine, sunny, drying dampness, some fog patches likely, shifting...
by Nick Carroll
Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:56 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Newport Reef-Sharky
Replies: 88
Views: 66324

2nd Reef wrote: The last swim, and the epic one, was from Voodoo across to Jibbon Point. That one took them a couple of hours.
F**ken sluggards. :lol:
by Nick Carroll
Fri Jul 28, 2006 3:43 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Firewire Surfboards
Replies: 354
Views: 153664

collnarra wrote:well, most of those people on sways are board geeks, so it kinda follows that yr eyes are gonna glaze .... what I don't get is the disproportionate obsession with bonzers and fish! what with that?
They all want to show they've got Soul :roll:
by Nick Carroll
Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:45 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Firewire Surfboards
Replies: 354
Views: 153664

Forget about Firewire, there is some very interesting reading and other developments on there that probably have a bigger impact on the industry at least. ...and you'll hunt for days on ol Swaylocks to find even ONE MENTION of the surfboard buyer. Jeez I love boards and even I get put to sleep :lol:
by Nick Carroll
Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:03 am
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Firewire Surfboards
Replies: 354
Views: 153664

Well the one I'm riding ain't opaque, just an airbrush pattern on the dense foam layer and clean balsa round the rail. Also a one way valve to the core a la paddleboards. It's definitely got a snappier livelier flex generally, a more live feel ... that rail stringer is doing something really good th...
by Nick Carroll
Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:51 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Beaches were going sikh today
Replies: 31
Views: 6696

F**k this! It's still good!!
by Nick Carroll
Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:07 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Jetstar Sale
Replies: 29
Views: 7565

Silly boys, they're only doing the Sale so they can lure you in and smash your boards in transit :o
by Nick Carroll
Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:31 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Beaches were going sikh today
Replies: 31
Views: 6696

p.p.s nearly joined ya :arrow: but it looked to small compared :!: but hey that probably would of been a good thing ;) arhhhh there were sets :lol: surfed alone for a couple of hours till the groms came out. then TC and BL show up with their ski and Tom yanks Barton in outside, he pulls in, and ......
by Nick Carroll
Thu Jul 27, 2006 1:21 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Firewire Surfboards
Replies: 354
Views: 153664

In response to this we have developed the always important post-rationalisation. When you decide something and are not sure why, because lots of emotional things were going on subconsciously then you make up a post rationalisation. And thus the ludicrous phrase, "Everything happens for a Reason." E...
by Nick Carroll
Thu Jul 27, 2006 9:14 am
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Firewire Surfboards
Replies: 354
Views: 153664

Besides, who is to say that there isn't any ancient wisdom within your cells that tells you what will glide over water efficiently and what wouldn't. Every gene in every cell is descended from some aquatic creature, assuming evolution is all that science says it is. ha ha ha, once in a discussion w...
by Nick Carroll
Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:56 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Beaches were going sikh today
Replies: 31
Views: 6696

Man how's today???!!! If yesterday arvo was sick, today is SUPER sick!!!

munch come and join me out off the back side of Newport's northern point for the scariest surfing experience since Uncle Jim chucked you off the Joey at age seven.
by Nick Carroll
Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:49 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Firewire Surfboards
Replies: 354
Views: 153664

Paddling around at my local over the weekend on my custom polyester handshaped by a respected local shaper, i Found myself unconsiously sneering at those lesser species riding epoxies. The new board snobbery starts at hte top with Custom local shortboard - then other species such as epoxy popout ri...
by Nick Carroll
Wed Jul 26, 2006 4:34 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Beaches were going sikh today
Replies: 31
Views: 6696

How good did it get eh, Sick eh. Whoops sorry, surf dunce talk. Super good up my way this arvy, swell was a bit bigger than what Manly sounded like (5'+) and light sw brushed it till just now when it went sse.

Hurray for crazy NE swells out of nowhere in midwinter.
by Nick Carroll
Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:41 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Firewire Surfboards
Replies: 354
Views: 153664

Forget about Firewire for a moment :shock: what if some new technological breakthrough, because that is more what you were talking about, hits the water and it is not available in your preferred specs and just a range of models like snowboards, Surftech... do you give up everything you thought you ...