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Don't forget tropical wax, when i first went to bali jumped in for first surf and my wax turned to goo and kept sliding off my board.

Parko
Slater
Taj
TC at Pipe
Christian Fletcher

This looked sharky.

Boards built for "big guys" never turn well. Use it for a while to get back into catching waves and getting your flow back. You could go a HPS with a little extra foam if you get bored, talk to a shaper and let them know what you want.

I use rashies still when water is warm. Except for those quiksilver bamboo rashies were fcuked, they actually gave the worst rashes I've ever had. Never had a problem slipping and I never get them too tight.

Will be surfing Wiztig's, cactus or fisheries tomorrow, hope I won't have any stories like these for u guys.

Tried a few of those eggy boards, they were fun for a little bit. Until I got back on my normal short board then realise how much I missed doing a turn in the pocket instead of way out on the shoulder. Just have to find a shallower bank and all is good.

Where was that taken Otway?

Wiztig's and Fisheries Bay look really good, I might have to go on a trip.

What's with all these new boards around with carbon over the stringer, doe's it do anything or just another marketing gimmick ?

Has anyone here surfed Cactus, how are the crowds/sharks/waves ?

Anyone here had or needed a shoulder reconstruction ?

Hmm hopes this works.

Got a nice fin chop surfing near DY lagoon couple years back. Went to bust the fins out when my back foot slipped over the board and i landed on the fins while the nose of the board speared into the sand. Snapped the nose of my board too, lucky it was only about 2 foot that day. I will post pics whe...

I got a rooted left shoulder that dislocates every so often.

6'3" x 19 3/4 x 2 1/2 PU Thruster with single to double concave and G-AM PC fins from Dave wood. I'm 6'3" tall, 90 kilos(which probably doesn't help my fcs fin plug problems huh Nick) and 32 years old. The board goes really good except for times like these when it's barely a 1ft and I'm stuck scaven...

Hey Nick thanks for the reply. A bit to think about there, those surffinz fins are interesting but I might spend more time playing around and tweaking them than surfing. I really haven't changed the type of fins I use for a while, but I keep busting the fcs plugs through the deck(from compression di...

Hi Capt,
Are the powerbase fins good, I miss the feeling of glassed in fins. I was looking at fcs origin but only 3 types of fins available with just small and medium sizes.

Has anyone tried the fcs origin fins or heard what they're like ?