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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 6:36 pm
by Davros
Asher no fking way

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 6:37 pm
by Davros
saltman wrote:
Davros wrote:Who is the better surfer. *Asher Pacey or Rasta?

*Rasta clone, boards and all.
Asher > Rasta

Rasta > Asher x infinity

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 7:06 pm
by Cranked
Nick Carroll wrote:
Cranked wrote:What criteria are we using?
Well if you don't mind me suggesting, I think it is really more about how hard core we come across here on RS.

It can have fcuk all to do with how good you are. Like who knows what really goes on? All we have to go on is the claiming, the surf checks, the stance one takes in the great wave height call dispute and other core moral questions, the board talk, the willingness to leap in with advice on any surf related matter, the mastery of surf talk in general...the vibe, if I may be so bold.
Well that puts me out of contention, not that I ever was, mind you
Nick Carroll wrote:Like shearer says Asian pop-outs are surely a difficult proposition - unless you can mount a very very hard core case for your behaviour
After at least 30 years riding only pupe I got my first Surftech, and have preferred them ever since (15 odd years). I usually have one or two pupe boards at any given time, but don't like the way they ride and paddle, so they don't stay in my quiver for very long.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 7:25 pm
by Davros
Put the geni back in the bottle.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 7:31 pm
by The Mighty Sunbird
Does shearer have an opinion on surftechs then?

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 7:43 pm
by marauding mullet
I posted 3 boards on Gumtree for sale today, one of them is a Tuflite. Let the people* decide it's worth.



* by people I mean Gumtree hounds. If the office desk I tried to sell was any indication, I may end up luring some cnut over just to look them in the eyes before I bury an axe in their skull.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sun Feb 19, 2017 9:30 pm
by Beanpole
Nick Carroll wrote:
Cranked wrote:What criteria are we using?
Well if you don't mind me suggesting, I think it is really more about how hard core we come across here on RS.

It can have fcuk all to do with how good you are. Like who knows what really goes on? All we have to go on is the claiming, the surf checks, the stance one takes in the great wave height call dispute and other core moral questions, the board talk, the willingness to leap in with advice on any surf related matter, the mastery of surf talk in general...the vibe, if I may be so bold.

Like shearer says Asian pop-outs are surely a difficult proposition - unless you can mount a very very hard core case for your behaviour
Cranky definitely has done that.....for tuflites anyway.
You are dead right though on the vernacular side of things. Most people treat it as fun but one or two......hhhmmmmm..... :-o ...treat it deadly seriously.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:11 am
by Cranked
Nick Carroll wrote:
Cranked wrote:What criteria are we using?
Well if you don't mind me suggesting, I think it is really more about how hard core we come across here on RS.

It can have fcuk all to do with how good you are. Like who knows what really goes on? All we have to go on is the claiming, the surf checks,
the stance one takes in the great wave height call dispute and other core moral questions, the board talk, the willingness to leap in with advice on any surf related matter, the mastery of surf talk in general...the vibe, if I may be so bold.
Nick, on reading this I experienced a vague disquiet that took some time to blossom fully into dismay.

On reflection it seems you too have been affected by this new post-truth era. Instead of recognising that there is an objective truth that should define the most hardcore surfer here on realsurf you dare to suggest that we should defer to "self claiming" as a measure. This is particularly galling for a site whose very name appeals to an objective reality, and it comes too from a practicing journalist whose job is to seek out the objective truth.

Its sad to see that the shock and awe of Trump's assault on truth has infected even these hallowed halls of Realsurf :(

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:12 am
by crabmeat thompson
Davros wrote:
saltman wrote:
Davros wrote:Who is the better surfer. *Asher Pacey or Rasta?

*Rasta clone, boards and all.
Asher > Rasta

Rasta > Asher x infinity

agreed. rasta is the godfather of funk soul surfing. asher is barely up to rasta's knee.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:17 am
by alakaboo
Braithy!
You know every time someone bags Asher, El Rancho's beard gets a little bit less magnificent.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:20 am
by Davros
marauding mullet wrote:I posted 3 boards on Gumtree for sale today, one of them is a Tuflite. Let the people* decide it's worth.



* by people I mean Gumtree hounds. If the office desk I tried to sell was any indication, I may end up luring some cnut over just to look them in the eyes before I bury an axe in their skull.
Gumtree > eBay but have found putting on both isn't a bad idea. Have sold 4 boards in the last 4 months.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:28 am
by steve shearer
alakaboo wrote:Braithy!
You know every time someone bags Asher, El Rancho's beard gets a little bit less magnificent.

:-D-:

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 11:42 am
by Skipper
Nick Carroll wrote:
Cranked wrote:What criteria are we using?
Well if you don't mind me suggesting, I think it is really more about how hard core we come across here on RS.

It can have fcuk all to do with how good you are. Like who knows what really goes on? All we have to go on is the claiming, the surf checks, the stance one takes in the great wave height call dispute and other core moral questions, the board talk, the willingness to leap in with advice on any surf related matter, the mastery of surf talk in general...the vibe, if I may be so bold.

Like shearer says Asian pop-outs are surely a difficult proposition - unless you can mount a very very hard core case for your behaviour
I gambol giddily to the beach barefooted Nick. That's pretty core huh? In the same shorts I've worn since Ala Moana captivated us surfies of old... i choose my stick thoughfully mostly, from a smorgasboard of equipment. But sometimes I just grab the first piece that speaks to me...to test my boandaries, to challenge my comfort zone.
Once I slung a ouiji board under arm as I raced out the gate sculling a Slater inspired super juice, two stepped a few hundred metres down the street, the anticipation of my daily communion with the briny playground filling my mind, only to realise my folly, as I was dead cert from the previous night's charts I'd cross refenced with those kept from decades ago that my local would be at least double overhead. About 4 to 6 huh? I'd have been underequipped hey?. Thats gotta be love.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 12:01 pm
by Cranked
OK, Realsurf hardcore surfer scoring sheet:

Vibe: 10
Board Talk: 10
Surf Advice: 10
Core Moral Stance: 10
Claiming: -10 (you can only lose points for this)

I think skipper just opened with a solid 18, scored as:

Vibe: 9
Board Talk: 3
Surf Advice: 1
Core Moral Stance: 5
Claiming: 0

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 12:04 pm
by steve shearer
I'm confused, I thought Carroll was positing claiming as a virtue to score points, are you seeing it as a vice Cranked?

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 12:20 pm
by Cranked
steve shearer wrote:I'm confused, I thought Carroll was positing claiming as a virtue to score points, are you seeing it as a vice Cranked?
More or less. I think its such a touchy subject that probably the best score you can hope for is a zero, getting minus points would be really easy though

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:12 pm
by Nick Carroll
steve shearer wrote:I'm confused, I thought Carroll was positing claiming as a virtue to score points, are you seeing it as a vice Cranked?
I was seeing it as very much a plus. But the big points come from the disguised claim - the verbal version of Lopez's nose-wipe tube exit claim.

Like when people claim a session, you know, "I drove down the coast for two hours and just when I was about to turn back came across this sick 4' rip bowl, got it over the top of the tide with two others, we were swapping waves and laughing, I was stoked in the new triple twinzer, really felt good in the top turns and sliding cutties"

That shit is points worthy. The person is telling you, really, "I am core AF"

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:26 pm
by ctd
This is what happens when you claim

https://www.instagram.com/p/BQZn0i4AymN/