WHAT'S THE WORST NOISE IN THE SURF

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WHAT'S THE WORST NOISE IN THE SURF

Post by Trev » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:40 pm

OK. OK. I stole this idea from the "best noise in the surf" thread but it might be interesting.
Some of the worst noises might also be in the Best thread (depends who's hearing it - board breaking, for instance).
I have three.
1/ Sound of the clubbies, calling you off the wave you've been surfing since daybreak and they've just decided to put the flags up right where you are.
2/ (sounding old here, I know). Can't stand it when a bunch of 10 y/o boys turn up and paddle around the line up shouting to one another with a whole heap of shit, raving about every wave and bragging about how good they are. Share the stoke quietly, guys.
2/ (might as well go the whole hog here and come across as sexist as well) A couple of times a nice peaceful surf has been ruined by the arrival of 4 or 5 females who can't surf but have managed to get out the back on their mini mals and sit around in the drop zone or on the shoulder, gossiping - coffee shop for that girls.

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Post by Kunji » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:42 pm

hows those fcukwits who whistle out to their mates that a set is coming? and they do a sneaky point of the finger like no-one else is looking out the back. :lol:

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Post by 2nd Reef » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:17 pm

Coops@DY wrote:hows those fcukwits who whistle out to their mates that a set is coming? :lol:
Whaddya mean fuckwits??

Good mate of mine (and my main surfing partner) has whistled me into more sets than I could ever pay back. It's not even a whistle that he does, sorta sounds like a seagull or something, and no-one else reacts to it.

If I hear that noise up the street I know he's around and stop and say g'day. If I hear it out in the surf I know to paddle....real quick.

He's got me well trained.

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Post by 2nd Reef » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:18 pm

Oh yeah, worst noise.

The whine of a jet-ski or rubber ducky. Motors don't belong in the surf!

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Post by yowie1000 » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:29 pm

Poms

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Post by marcus » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:43 pm

Coops@DY wrote:hows those fcukwits who whistle out to their mates that a set is coming? and they do a sneaky point of the finger like no-one else is looking out the back. :lol:
guilty as charged
even worse is whistling or calling out there and then nothing comes.
then you act like you meant that set thats behind way out there that arives a few min later.

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Post by Fredo » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:50 pm

The JAWS theme music...

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Post by bonusbeats » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:09 pm

i'm not so fond of the split second of silence that seems to hit as i become weightless, signalling that i'm about to go over the falls.

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Post by Spoon » Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:41 am

That smack sound as it breaks about 1 metre in front of you when you are paddling out after you had paddled furiously to try and make it.

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Post by Grooter » Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:03 am

Waiting out the back, you're on your own, it's early morning and you hear a splash behind you but when you turn around you see nothing....

I fcuking hate that, damn seals mess with my mind!!

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Post by ric_vidal » Thu Oct 09, 2008 10:21 am

oi

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Post by Cookie » Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:40 pm

The crunching noise your board makes when you mistime a jump off and land on the hidden rock just below the water surface :shock: .

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Post by dUg » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:25 pm

The sound of 9'6" of fibreglass (in the hands of a talentless cretin) shattering a jawbone.

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Post by Scroty » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:28 pm

When it is big, the dull "thwung" when you're underwater getting worked followed by a total lack of pressure on your legrope.

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Post by TMC » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:43 pm

Cant speak on any authority about this one though im sure if longbum ever comes back he will weigh in. But how about a head cracking through the stringer of your board from 10 feet....pretty much the worst story ive heard.

But other than they I would have to say its the flapping of flippers approaching the lip about 5 metres ahead of you.

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Post by Grooter » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:57 pm

iggy wrote:one of them pipes up and turns to his mate saying "nah... i don't reckon i'll get my manual licence... just drive an auto... that way i can eat mcdonalds 'n' stuff with me spare hand"
(no exaggeration, and exactly word for word quoted)
sat there in stiches and had tears streaming from my eyes...
missed the next set because of it :lol:
I used to be able to roll my own cigarettes in the old Datsun 1600, while still being able to change gears and steer with my knees :D

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Post by Chong » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:21 pm

The squeal in your ear when duckdiving that confirms that the last smashing did indeed rupture your ear drum.

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Post by nu boy » Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:24 pm

The sound your fins make when they hit that lump of kelp just when your setting up the barrel of death. :? :?

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