Just general surfing stuff
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So what happened to him?
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Think the chemicals were affecting his health in a big way. Had to give it away.
Some of his customers on here will probably remember the details more clearly.
Beanpole
You aren’t the room Yuke You are just a wonky cafe table with a missing rubber pad on the end of one leg.
Skipper
I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.
You aren’t the room Yuke You are just a wonky cafe table with a missing rubber pad on the end of one leg.
Skipper
I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.
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Yep, Swellnet did a lengthy article on him and the epoxy issues.
I sold my JD, liked it a lot just didn’t get the optimum conditions for it regularly enough.
I sold my JD, liked it a lot just didn’t get the optimum conditions for it regularly enough.
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I went eps/epoxy with my last board, I knew it was quite different to josh’ tech, but thought I’d try it. It’s great in small stuff but head high plus/faster waves it’s a little bit unstable? The jd is light and paddles like a light weight board but handles faster waves so good, smooth as silk. It’s a shame he didn’t make millions.
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Wow that is a sad story Leej. If you weren't on the other side of the country I'd definitely get one of your JD's, he sounds like a master craftsman.Legion wrote: ↑Wed Jun 12, 2019 9:07 pmYes he developed epoxy sensitivity. Bit hard given his epoxy construction techniques. He would cover himself head to toe in like a cleanroom suit and full head masks etc with taped joins everywhere and still break out in chronic rashes. And as a result gave it away, something he'd spent a couple of decades doing and at least one decade forging a unique path. His construction techniques were a work of art, the amount of effort that went into what he did vs. Firewire or Sunova or anything and I'm yet to feel the twang from pupe that his boards could give.
It's funny, I picture myself as a musio well into my 80's but you never know what the fcuk might happen. Arthritis could bite hard, or anything really. Best to make the most of now I guess, same as surfing.
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What are the optimum conditions for them?
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They were stiff boards, so found that if it was onshore or bumpy, bounced around too much. Offshore or glassy, the boards were epic.
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I never found any of them stiff, even the short fat 5”4”. I think they’re great anytime you get a chance to really put pressure on the rails. The keel fish felt amazing in fast beachies, get it to warp speed and the cutbacks were the best I’ve ever done by far, warp speed into the turn, hyper speed out of the turn.
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Not sure if any of you guys would remember Ronny Silcock. Goes back to the very early days of Sydney surfing in the 60s.
He's in hospital on the Gold Coast having had 2 strokes following unrelated surgery a week or so ago.
He's in hospital on the Gold Coast having had 2 strokes following unrelated surgery a week or so ago.
Beanpole
You aren’t the room Yuke You are just a wonky cafe table with a missing rubber pad on the end of one leg.
Skipper
I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.
You aren’t the room Yuke You are just a wonky cafe table with a missing rubber pad on the end of one leg.
Skipper
I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.
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Weather patterns for the rest of June look like they were drawn by a drunk. More spring than early winter.
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Polebean works for BOM?
marcus wrote:and that vicco dude, whatsisname?
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So spring-like here.Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 7:06 amWeather patterns for the rest of June look like they were drawn by a drunk. More spring than early winter.
smells, weather patterns, clouds in the sky; everything.
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes
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Our mulberry tree is covered in ripe fruit.steve shearer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 8:01 amSo spring-like here.Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2019 7:06 amWeather patterns for the rest of June look like they were drawn by a drunk. More spring than early winter.
smells, weather patterns, clouds in the sky; everything.
Never dropped it's leaves.
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Some of us might remember the last really epic June/July, in 2007. The way these patterns are evolving is almost the precise opposite of that year.
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