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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by foamy » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:32 am

It looks the real deal to me, Rustt.
Bit of a classic doubler situation. Nice to have the gopro view of the wave switcheroo as well.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by alakaboo » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:43 am

Ace Buchan did that in a CT heat in Europe a few years ago.
Still blows my mind he didn't get a 10.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Rustt » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:49 am

I didn't realize it but the go pro is straight afterwards.

I thought it was edited cause there seems just a slight jump in the image at 4.06. Who flicks out and pulls into another wave and straight into a barrel? It's just not done!

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Thud » Wed Mar 14, 2018 10:00 am

That was truely insane that double barrel
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by ctd » Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:01 pm

more barrels in one wave than my life

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

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Thud » Tue Mar 20, 2018 2:59 pm

I remember at the time thinking how sick this was. Probs not that big a deal nowadays when you look at the new stuff. Still an interesting wave none the less

https://youtu.be/DOWqf04tPzk
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by foamy » Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:05 pm

Wow!
From Stu Nettle on Swellnet, jet ski laws actually being enforced on the Gold Coast. Stu and Jimmy and all those campaigning, not those just whinging on the internet, making a difference.

http://www.swellnet.com/news/surfpoliti ... pper-rocks

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:10 pm

amazing how simple it all was in the end......just a phone call to the water police.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by swvic » Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:36 pm

Was there any demonstration at the WSL contest? Was noise about a paddle out, but I missed it if it happened. Fair to presume it didn't because it wasn't mention it in your BG account of the final?
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by foamy » Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:19 pm

I wonder if Darren Handley provided the tipping point.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Thud » Wed Mar 21, 2018 7:46 am

John John at 12. Remember watching this on Fuel TV at the time.

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https://youtu.be/WMLZBUtcUP4

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by marauding mullet » Fri Mar 23, 2018 12:45 pm

Had a nice little sesh on my mal this morning, it's a 2 + 1 fin set-up. It's starting to really gel with me and although I'm still trying to master the mal as mals relatively new to me, I'm wondering if it's the fin set-up that gels with me.
I've never really been able to admit it to myself, but I don't think I ever comfortably made the transition from single fin to thruster back in the 80's.
I'm going to try a short board or two with the 2+ 1 and see how it goes. Wish I had though of it a long, long time ago.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beerfan » Fri Mar 23, 2018 3:32 pm

2+1 is a good all round setup IMHO. And so is twin fin plus trailer too.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Thud » Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:38 am

Above 6'10 is single or 2+1 city.

Cymactic looks like a cake of soap. I remember that snub nose thing Kelly had with the massive single concave, he ripped on that thing. Looks similar.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by marauding mullet » Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:40 am

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Above 6'10 is single or 2+1 city.
I knew it! Smallest board I have is 6’ 7”
I’m going shopping
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Thud » Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:41 am

Check out the Jye Byrnes Crossbreed
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Thud » Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:50 pm

Went for a surf today. Was pretty average about 1pm.

Guy parks next to me in a new Land Rover Discovery, pulls out a new high performance longboard from FireWire (Taylor Jensen TT) puts on a brand new e bomb wetsuit under his brand new hoddie-dressing gown thingy. Had a tide watch.

He couldn't stand up. Didn't catch a wave. Was nervously looking side ways at people paddling into 2ft weak muck. I almost said to him "you know that board has a lot of rocker and is probably much harder to ride than a flat based fish". But I didn't, it would have been patronising, humiliating and his kids probably think Dads "a surfer he's cool". So I left it. And even typing this feel bad for him.
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