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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 6:14 am
by Morgan The Moon
...and Eating chips and gravy from chip alley in Cardiff and drinking Brains SA.

The singing bit is a generalisation, but get yourself along to an international rugby match in Cardiff and you’ll hear it and feel it.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:18 am
by JaM71
Beanpole wrote:
Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:56 pm
......and eating pasties.


Pasties are a Cornish delicacy

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 12:02 pm
by Beanpole
Watched a good Asher Pacey clip that featured multiple beach Beanpoles as the counterpoint to Asher. Those pathetic beach going boomers are everywhere.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 4:42 pm
by BA
Sideways Surf have opened an outlet store in Brookvale. Any good my Queensland comrades?

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:04 pm
by Jorgo
They started with just one store on the Goldie..they do have a wide range of almost every bit of surfing kit and the prices are pretty keen..havnt had to return anything so don't know how they arecustomer service wise...but as I say nearly all mainstream labels carried clothing and wetsuit wise.Probably been around for at least 8 years id say

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:35 pm
by Trev
BA wrote:
Tue Apr 16, 2019 4:42 pm
Sideways Surf have opened an outlet store in Brookvale. Any good my Queensland comrades?
One of my mates was running a water craft hire firm on the Passage for a friend while it was on the market.
Bought a SUP paddle from them.
Broke on first use.
No problem they said. We'll send it back to the supplier. They'll probably replace it. Might take a week or three.
He has some anger management issues.
The police came.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:40 pm
by Trev
They have some good prices though.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 6:10 pm
by jimmy
BA wrote:
Tue Apr 16, 2019 4:42 pm
Sideways Surf have opened an outlet store in Brookvale. Any good my Queensland comrades?
Sideways are sorta like the Kmart of the surf world. There’s stuff I would buy from there but other things I’d stay clear of. Their boards are all made in Bali although shapes are licensed from from reputable shapers like Phil Myers from Free Flight, Webber, Annesley etc.

I’ve picked up some really cheap name brand wetsuits like an O’Neill 2mm LS steamer for $150.

Always swore that I’d never buy a board from there but when I was still commuting back from here every Friday. I had my usual Friday lunchtime surf before I’d jump on the plane. Snapper was pumping and I creased my board on my second wave. Gutted that I’d miss out. I drove to their Tweed store and bought a new board for $420 and was back in the water in 40 mins. The board went really well and ended up using it for 6 months until it started to delaminate around the tail pad so gave it to my daughter.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 6:26 pm
by BA
Thanks all. Cheap wetsuits are what I’d be keen on.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 7:55 am
by Trev
Red Bull TV has a pretty interesting 3 minute video on The Mechanics of Shipsterns Bluff.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 8:04 am
by Wyre
Didn't know they had a workshop down there.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 8:06 am
by Trev
Wyre wrote:
Fri May 10, 2019 8:04 am
Didn't know they had a workshop down there.
Goose! :(

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 4:34 pm
by Beanpole
Wyre wrote:
Fri May 10, 2019 8:04 am
Didn't know they had a workshop down there.
Marine Engineers I suspect. Although a fitter and turner would come in handy.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 4:40 pm
by alakaboo
Pay that one, beanpole.

If you throw enough mud on the wall...

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 10:40 am
by BA

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 11:40 am
by Nick Carroll
I guess Larissa read the book I wrote about MC and Curren and the reverse vee, she pretty much quotes it throughout

The book was written to accompany MC's and TC's Reverse Vee Project board series, only 300 were ever printed and you only got one if you bought a board, I think there's like 30 left. I want to get it a wider readership. The tale of how these two extremely different people came across each other in a country foreign to both of them (SW France) and between them designed some of the best high performance surfboards ever made is pretty fascinating. Like: where does creativity come from?

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 1:29 pm
by steve shearer
I'd like to read it.
Can you send a copy to the Lennox Library.

Re: Just general surfing stuff

Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 1:56 pm
by buddy
I'll read it when Steve returns it.