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- Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:50 pm
- Forum: Travel & Health
- Topic: Singapore, help!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4818
Don't panic yet. The last time I flew into Singapore we approached from a different direction. I think we did a big loop to the east and north and came in over the southern tip of Malaysia. Anyway, there were some small islands with what looked like rideable waves coming into them. I guessed at the ...
- Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:41 pm
- Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
- Topic: mal surf culture
- Replies: 76
- Views: 29455
Hi Sharky, Forget learning about cricket, rugby league and the Blue Mountains (all great and they'll happen when you are here) The thing you can learn most from this thread is the way Aussies like to "take the P-ss" which is a euphemism for telling you exagerated fibs to mislead you. I think the Ame...
- Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:28 pm
- Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
- Topic: The need to belong
- Replies: 31
- Views: 9234
Just picked up on this thread. So what if the guy had "longboarder" on his shirt. Good on him. I've never gone looking for a logo on something to wear, but if it's there, I'm hardly going to lose sleep over it. At least "longboarder" isn't promoting the brand name of a company (unless it's one I've ...
- Sun Oct 16, 2005 3:12 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Australia beaten
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7802
Australia beaten
Strange topic for a Real Surf forum, this. Having said that, don't write off the Aussies yet. Some of you don't seem to understand what it takes to put together a team of players whose individual talents dovetail into a winning combination. There needs to be a balance of experience and youthful enth...
- Sun Oct 16, 2005 3:00 pm
- Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
- Topic: Back Issues of PLB and ALB Need a New Home
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1370
Back Issues of PLB and ALB Need a New Home
I have about 50 or so Pacific Longboarder and Australian Longboarder mags which I can't bear to just throw out.
Anyone want them?
Anyone want them?
- Sat Aug 21, 2004 2:50 pm
- Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
- Topic: Whats Everyone Riding
- Replies: 126
- Views: 50202
- Sun Jul 11, 2004 2:17 pm
- Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
- Topic: who can noseride
- Replies: 73
- Views: 27691
I agree with your second sentence entirely. I'm not saying you shouldn't focus on only one move. I'm saying that a complete longboarder is capapble of all the moves. Having said that, if you don't like or enjoy a certain move and therefore don't do it, that doesn't stop you being a longboarder as Wa...
- Sat Jul 10, 2004 4:45 pm
- Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
- Topic: who can noseride
- Replies: 73
- Views: 27691
[quote="WANDERER In the new millenium mal riding is about riding the nose...its not the 60's any more... a 9' board with maybe a 16 or 17' nose might be easier to surf from the tail, having a nose riding platform at the front of your board if you are not gonna use it is excess baggage, if you only g...
- Fri Jul 09, 2004 1:06 pm
- Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
- Topic: who can noseride
- Replies: 73
- Views: 27691
HAVE LITTLE REPECT FOR PEOPLE WHO RIDE MALS WITHOUT RIDING THE NOSE, THERE'S NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT THAT... NOT PERSONAL, THATS A BLANKET STATEMENT FROM ME TO EVERYONE! Seems pretty personal to me, mate. I reckon you've missed the point of riding a Mal. It's about the versatility to work the wave. No...
- Fri Jul 09, 2004 11:26 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: How old? How experienced?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8911
- Fri Jul 09, 2004 10:58 am
- Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
- Topic: who can noseride
- Replies: 73
- Views: 27691
You're kidding aren't you Wanderer. I've never ridden a short board. Started surfing in 1962. Can't get more traditional than that. I can and do nose ride (getting the trim right to be able to cross step is an art form, I agree) but really can't be bothered. Like Baldric I prefer to use the length a...
- Wed Jun 30, 2004 10:01 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: best Aussie songs?
- Replies: 48
- Views: 10789
- Wed Jun 30, 2004 9:57 am
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: Matt's Hoax Call On Sunny Coast
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2186
Matt's Hoax Call On Sunny Coast
Hey Matt,
Wish you were right. I hate it when I see those waves in Qld, too. Especially as I'm stuck in Sydney.
HOWEVER. The Coastalwatch cams are showing waves on both the Goldie and Sunshine Coast
Wish you were right. I hate it when I see those waves in Qld, too. Especially as I'm stuck in Sydney.
HOWEVER. The Coastalwatch cams are showing waves on both the Goldie and Sunshine Coast
- Tue Jun 08, 2004 9:26 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: The Golden Donkey award!
- Replies: 189
- Views: 36193
- Mon May 31, 2004 1:36 pm
- Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
- Topic: Whats Everyone Riding
- Replies: 126
- Views: 50202
I have a Ray Woosley 8'6" made in about 1967-8. Just as they started to cut them down. Thsi was basically a Competitor 399 shape but chopped off at the back to about a 12" tail block, V bottom and shark fin. The old glass with the greenish tinge. Rides well but loses out in the performance stakes to...
- Mon May 31, 2004 1:16 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: remember the days when....
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7143
Ah yes, The days before post codes and decimal currency. When you could hire surf-o-planes for one shilling an hour - any colour you like as long as it's black. before the groins, when the Snapper Rocks Porpoise pool was stil there. When you could leave your catamaran on the beach at Kirra all week ...
- Mon May 31, 2004 1:06 pm
- Forum: General surf discussion
- Topic: The first board you ever bought...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7803
Strewth, Aren't there any real oldies reading this forum? All shorties. Mine was a 9'3" Joe Larkin. Picked it up at 7.30 am Dec 24th 1963 and surfed all day at Kirra, Greenmount and Rainbow Bay. Wore all the skin off my knees and spent two weeks recuperating. I was 15. It cost 49 pounds (and weighed...
- Thu May 20, 2004 3:23 pm
- Forum: Bodyboarders only!
- Topic: Mals
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12520
Seems to me the type of surf determines who gets the best of it. Sure mals can pick up a wave early, but boogers can pick it up a lot later - and plenty of the ones I surf with can get up a pretty good pace paddling, especially with the help of their fins. Mals and lids seem to share pretty well out...