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- Wed Aug 02, 2023 11:31 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Where did you surf today ?
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- Wed Aug 02, 2023 11:14 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Where did you surf today ?
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Mason Ho drops into a Waimea monster! https://scontent.fper8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/363791507_829927092171264_3968774612600731906_n.jpg?stp=cp6_dst-jpg_p526x296&_nc_cat=109&cb=99be929b-3346023f&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=wFS6qmxyh9EAX-AnfnW&_nc_ht=scontent.fper8-1.fna&oh=00_AfBKFo1bvDOsZA...
- Sun Jul 23, 2023 12:02 pm
- Forum: Travel & Health
- Topic: Ears
- Replies: 140
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Re: Ears
Gees Hatchy, it looks like a funnel web spider has made a nest in your ear!
- Fri Jul 21, 2023 3:11 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
- Replies: 11643
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Re: Just general surfing stuff
Looks like a few issues with it. It appears that the energy determination is based on the open ocean swell size, not the surf size estimated for each inshore location. E.g similar energy forecast for Ulus and more sheltered spots. It does vary eg currently Kuta beach 2176, Outside Corner 3062, Kara...
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 1:41 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
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Re: Just general surfing stuff
The Chinese tour groups are great. They have common items of clothing so you can identify members of the group, and a couple of leaders with an identifying flag on a long stick that they wave around. Even family groups dress in the same colour and style, all obviously made by the same tailor. And of...
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 12:25 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
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- Views: 6465165
Re: Just general surfing stuff
They've already done that at Nusa Dua. It always looks pretty deserted and booring to me. Nothing as boring and dissfunctional than a bunch of high rise hotels. Might as well stay on the Gold Coast.
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 10:23 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
- Replies: 11643
- Views: 6465165
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Oh, and to send a goodly portion of their takings up the chain of command.
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
- Replies: 11643
- Views: 6465165
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Yes, not a pop at anyone in particular. It’s just so overrun and the infrastructure and “services” cannot support the tourism population. It’s pretty much a giant garbage dump. I think the whole government is corrupt at every level. They are paid a pittance and are expected to augment their income ...
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 10:10 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
- Replies: 11643
- Views: 6465165
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Which brings me to the cliffs at Uluwatu. The same clan has been in control of just about that entire strip of land from the Uluwatu temple to Single Fin, roughly 4k by 4k. Their village is still intact and it's where I've stayed for nearly forty years now. An American surfer has been leasing land f...
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:30 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
- Replies: 11643
- Views: 6465165
Re: Just general surfing stuff
The single biggest protection for the Balinese is the requirement that non Indonesian citizens cannot own land, nor have companies that have less than 51% Indonesian ownership.
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:23 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
- Replies: 11643
- Views: 6465165
Re: Just general surfing stuff
Yes, all really good points, Bali does not have the infrastructure to support the current tourist numbers. But where do the tourist dollars go? I'm pretty sure the high end market is backed mainly by non-Balinese investors and the benefits go back to Java. The smaller and cheaper accommodation and f...
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:57 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
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- Views: 6465165
Re: Just general surfing stuff
My mate Chris was staying in one of the best hotels in Kuta for $5 a night. He was the only guest. He cleaned the place and kept it going.
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:52 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
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- Views: 6465165
Re: Just general surfing stuff
You should have seen what Kuta and Legian were like without the Australians, or any other tourists. I was on the first flight back when Australia restarted flights to Bali. They were like ghost towns, everything locked or abandoned, rubbish everywhere. Prostitutes and drug sellers the only business....
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:08 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
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- Views: 6465165
Re: Just general surfing stuff
The fact the place is inundated with Australians and has been for years and years and years… Your logic is woeful, you have indicated lots of Australians go to Bali, you have not explained how this is destructive. The opposite may well be, and probably is, true. If you want to lay some blame you co...
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:31 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
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Re: Just general surfing stuff
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 11:48 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: that wetsuit discussion...
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- Views: 1153940
Re: that wetsuit discussion...
Water temp here is still 24C air 27C.
Sometimes I cringe a bit when I first get in the water.
Sometimes I cringe a bit when I first get in the water.
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:08 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
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- Views: 6465165
Re: Just general surfing stuff
The complete opposite here.
Back in the 80s the breakup was roughly 60% Ozzie's, 20% US, 10% Saffa and 10% Euro
Back in the 80s the breakup was roughly 60% Ozzie's, 20% US, 10% Saffa and 10% Euro
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 12:59 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Just general surfing stuff
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Re: Just general surfing stuff
I think about half the surfers are Euros now, they crowd the breaks en masse