New to Surfing

[Surfin Turf]

The Real Surf forum isn't very beginner friendly, I suggest you go here:

http://www.surfing-waves.com/forum/index.php

Here are a few examples from this website that typify why as a race we need to control the gene pool ...

kmanwild1
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:00 am Post subject: wat do you do if........

you just get up on a wave but some other surfer comes right in front of you, do you run him over or do you fall off or what? im not sure cause i just started surfing this summer

A: F'cking give up before you kill someone ...

scsurf Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: Who's wave is it?

If surfer 1 is in priority position say on a shortboard (sounds biased already eh?) and surfer 2 is sitting outside say on a longboard.

Both are going for the same wave, now surfer 2 pops up first and is riding (being that he has that advantage) then surfer 1 drops in still in position behind surfer 2, "who's wave is it?"

I vote for surfer 1. am I wrong?

A: impossible to calculate without the use of a slide-rule and a protractor ... :?

vanfossenator Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:31 am Post subject: Help a newb stop wiping out!!!!

I am a beginner, and I have obviously mastered the paddle for the most part and I am now beginning to popup and ride some waves. I have noticed that sometimes when I catch a wave the nose of my longboard drops off the front of the wave and I go head first over the front of the wave. I have been positioning myself farther back on the board and that still does not seem to correct the problem. I feel like I am too far out on the wave when it breaks. What can I do to correct this???

A: cover yourself in fish guts and blood before your next surf ...

[petulance]

^^ How fortuitous you just posted a message like that at the same time I said I was accused of being you.

I am Kyles' evil deformed siamese twin

Whoa ... I go away for a month and come back to this

- Kyles is actually a chick?
- smnmntl is back

[bumfluff]

WTF is goen on? Whats with all the love, piece and harmony?

He spelled probably..."proberbly" ffs......



No offence Patrick, I think your a nice young fella (this sh*ts rubben off) but this is just "not how we roll" here.

[oldman]

WTF is goen on? Whats with all the love, piece and harmony?

That's it bumfluff you total redneck turd grinder. I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, it's

PEACE,

you dickhead,

not PIECE

And WTF is "goen on?" GOEN ON! Is that right!!!!! Well FMD!

Now shove a banana in your ear so that the vacuum can suck in some matter. Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

This is how we handle spelling errors newby. Are you game? Come on down.

[oldman]

I know it's amazing. Im all jittery with anticipation, just joining now.

Um I might not be around for a while. Going to visit another forum

Don't do it Dino, we'll never hear from you again! Come back.

Hey, there's a guy on there called pornstar. What's the bet it's Buff Brad.

Has he found another distraction? We can only hope.

[Spoon]

I spend too much time on this forum talking to you lot without going to another forum to talk to you lot as well. :?

[Surfin Turf]

WTF is goen on? Whats with all the love, piece and harmony?

That's it bumfluff you total redneck turd grinder. I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, it's

PEACE,

you dickhead,

not PIECE

And WTF is "goen on?" GOEN ON! Is that right!!!!! Well FMD!

Now shove a banana in your ear so that the vacuum can suck in some matter. Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

This is how we handle spelling errors newby. Are you game? Come on down.

gr8 stuf oldman ... U tel dem diks hoo cant spel proply ...

[bumfluff]

WTF is goen on? Whats with all the love, piece and harmony?

That's it bumfluff you total redneck turd grinder. I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, it's

PEACE,

you dickhead,

not PIECE

And WTF is "goen on?" GOEN ON! Is that right!!!!! Well FMD!

Now shove a banana in your ear so that the vacuum can suck in some matter. Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

This is how we handle spelling errors newby. Are you game? Come on down.

*sighhhhhh*

[bumfluff]

gr8 stuf oldman ... U tel dem diks hoo cant spel proply ...

......its proberly.......diks hoo cant spel PROBERLY.

[Buff_Brad]

I know it's amazing. Im all jittery with anticipation, just joining now.

Um I might not be around for a while. Going to visit another forum

Good. Fcuk off.

[rightbrainpositive]

p.s ditch the mal....trade it in on a old 6'6

u will thank me in time for this critical bit advice

Not sure I agree with this advice... I reckon when you learn on a big board, because it's more stable and easier to get up on, you gain confidence quicker, get the feeling of trim/flow and generate more 'stoke' as a result. Spending too much time on a shorter board can get frustrating when you haven't got the fundamentals down... I learnt on a board that was way to short (wouldn't even surf on it now) and it was so tempting to give it all in (needless to say I'm glad i perservered).

Building confindence in your ability is really important when you are learning anything new. When you want to come down in length after mastering the big board, you'll have more confidence because you'll find the board easier to handle in general (ie. duckdives etc)...although you will find paddling a little more difficult.

By the way, 8'6" is not too big in learning' conditions. Don't let the short boards that everyone else is riding make you feel any less of a man. Everyone on here that actually surfs has gone through what you are experiencing now

[oldman]

I spend too much time on this forum talking to you lot without going to another forum to talk to you lot as well. :?

I'd have to double my forum output, which would mean I would have to increase my real work productivity by a factor of about 8, or find a frucking time machine.

It can't be done I tells ya.

[mustkillmulloway]

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Whoa ... I go away for a month and come back to this

- Kyles is actually a chick?
- smnmntl is back

looking forward next week

i have plans for ya boat

[Kunji]

The Real Surf forum isn't very beginner friendly, I suggest you go here:

http://www.surfing-waves.com/forum/index.php

Here are a few examples from this website that typify why as a race we need to control the gene pool ...

kmanwild1
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2008 4:00 am Post subject: wat do you do if........

you just get up on a wave but some other surfer comes right in front of you, do you run him over or do you fall off or what? im not sure cause i just started surfing this summer

A: F'cking give up before you kill someone ...

scsurf Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: Who's wave is it?

If surfer 1 is in priority position say on a shortboard (sounds biased already eh?) and surfer 2 is sitting outside say on a longboard.

Both are going for the same wave, now surfer 2 pops up first and is riding (being that he has that advantage) then surfer 1 drops in still in position behind surfer 2, "who's wave is it?"

I vote for surfer 1. am I wrong?

A: impossible to calculate without the use of a slide-rule and a protractor ... :?

vanfossenator Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 1:31 am Post subject: Help a newb stop wiping out!!!!

I am a beginner, and I have obviously mastered the paddle for the most part and I am now beginning to popup and ride some waves. I have noticed that sometimes when I catch a wave the nose of my longboard drops off the front of the wave and I go head first over the front of the wave. I have been positioning myself farther back on the board and that still does not seem to correct the problem. I feel like I am too far out on the wave when it breaks. What can I do to correct this???

A: cover yourself in fish guts and blood before your next surf ...

Those quotes are the best thing anyone has written on any forum anywhere. What a gold mine!

I wish im alive when someone post anything near as good as that.

[Dante]

Good luck PatrickC.
Keep at it and it'll all come together.

[bumfluff]

^^^^Thanks for your input Dante......

[Dante]

^^^^Thanks for your input Dante......

Well, I've been following these chats for a few months now, so thought I'd risk the welcoming committee and get onboard.

[puurri]

chats????????????????????????????????