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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by buddy » Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:34 am

I feel for ya.
Though I'm sure this period of darkness will bring out the best in you :)

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by The Mighty Sunbird » Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:35 am

Lemoore water torture
Erase.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by foamy » Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:47 am

There’s some very skilled surfing going on, but with the mechanical wave, the rides just seem like busywork. Watching it is deadening.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Thud » Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:54 am

Fairdinkum. The monorail of surfing.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Drailed » Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:01 am

The Mighty Sunbird wrote:
Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:35 am
Lemoore water torture
Lemoore is to surfing what Guantanamo Bay is to luxury resorts.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by alakaboo » Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:19 am

I just watched one wave of Kolohe's waves.
God it was safe.

And I can't understand why if they know EXACTLY what the wave is going to be they are still running boards that require the double wiggle bottom turn to get the water through the find?
The girl's boards seem to suit the pool better, and Gabby always seems to surf better with the wider tail.

I'm impressed by the wave, it's a great feat of engineering.
They've tweaked it a bit, and the water is a better colour.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:28 am

they tweaked it and made it worse.
agree on the boards.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by alakaboo » Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:36 am

I only saw 3 waves, they seemed better, like the water level was lower.
Could've been better camera angles, the ski angle is not flattering at all.
The lip line is more oblique, giving a steeper transition in the turn sections, but the trade-off is a greater need to maintain speed down the line, ie safety surfing for the up and down surfers. For the good Jbay surfers that's a plus, for others it highlights the gulf in performance and technique.

Barrel sections seem worse/less perfect.

Whoever designed the wsl website needs a karate chop to the throat. You have to turn on the scores, but it has the video duration so it looks like noone got over a 3.20

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by buddy » Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:46 am

The lyrics of the annoying song they have on repeat this year.
I've caught a few

"It's getting hard, hard to explain, It's insane.
It's time to let go, I won't let go."

Sums up this event really.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by buddy » Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:48 am

alakaboo wrote:
Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:36 am

Whoever designed the wsl website needs a karate chop to the throat. You have to turn on the scores, but it has the video duration so it looks like noone got over a 3.20
Ever since the WSL took over, that website has been a shambles.
They've changed it a number of times and it is always a fucking nightmare to navigate.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Thud » Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:48 am

How about the lyrics to Ship of Fools
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Drailed » Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:45 pm

Trev wrote:I have always had a lot of time for Dick
smnmntll wrote:Got one in the mouth once, that was pretty memorable

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by buddy » Fri Sep 20, 2019 2:10 pm

Seconded.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by tootr » Fri Sep 20, 2019 2:20 pm

Sounds bad.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by offshore1 » Fri Sep 20, 2019 2:36 pm

It's just a bloody mess toots. Doesn't feel like surfing.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by tootr » Fri Sep 20, 2019 2:49 pm

Was it Nat Young that said our biggest mistake was telling people Surfing was a sport rather than (insert one) lifestyle/ art/ passion etc?

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:26 pm

Drailed wrote:
Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:45 pm
Excellent Steve.

https://beachgrit.com/2019/09/freshwate ... lmed-weak/
thanks Loof, and Buddy.

feeling pretty good. had a prawn and garlic pie, a snooze then went for a very fun surf at the Point.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by godsavetheking » Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:28 pm

steve shearer wrote:
Fri Sep 20, 2019 6:21 am
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It’s absolutely dreadful. Fair play to you steve if you can sit through the whole thing
if you could find a single positive thing to say about it what would it be Godsave?
I don’t think I could find one in all honesty. I don’t necessarily think that the idea of pool comps is dead but it does seem that surf ranch isn’t the pool for the job. The wave is too long, the barrel is largely pointless, the predictability an awful thing when coupled to the safety surfing. The whole just seems weirdly futile. Also, and I didn’t really anticipate this, but the leaderboard thing and associated removal of the puncher’s chance has a massive negative impact on the levels of drama
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