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by drowningbitbybit
Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:44 pm
Forum: Weather & surf forecasting
Topic: DUST STORM HITS QLD
Replies: 9
Views: 3106

Re: DUST STORM HITS QLD

Here's the picture for Maroubra from SwellNet...

Image

:shock:
And, yup, it did look like that at dawn. It was like waking up in a tomato.
by drowningbitbybit
Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:58 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Global Warming
Replies: 103
Views: 117949

Re: Global Warming

I believe it is our responsibility not to trash where we live and would be good if we could respect the land as it's original custodians did. THEN STOP TRASHING GLOBAL WARMING THEORIES!!!!!! Not because they may or may not be correct - who knows? - but because it plays into the apathetic hands of b...
by drowningbitbybit
Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:27 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Stingy eyes today!
Replies: 2
Views: 1292

Stingy eyes today!

Popped out at maroubra this afternoon to surf the crumbly wind-affected nonsense (desperate times) and I got real bad stinging eyes :shock: My eyes dont normally sting, I wasnt wearing sunscreen (or any other metrosexual face creams), the sun was at my back not in my face. Any ideas? Was it me or th...
by drowningbitbybit
Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:15 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Periphery sharks...
Replies: 31
Views: 9629

Re: Periphery sharks...

I was surfing up at Blueys a few weeks ago, and one of my mates almost headbutted one while duckdiving :shock: :lol: It was only a tiddler ~1.5m? but it made all the little fish try to leave the water en masse, and then as a set came in, it was brilliantly lit in the clear face of the wave - right w...
by drowningbitbybit
Wed Aug 12, 2009 11:40 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Who is in a boardriders club?
Replies: 37
Views: 9060

Re: Who is in a boardriders club?

oldman wrote:May join south maroubra board riders next year
There's a south maroubra board riders? Christ, I should pay more attention.
Or maybe I need to wear my glasses while Im surfing :roll:
by drowningbitbybit
Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:28 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: BOM Tsunami warning
Replies: 35
Views: 7494

Re: BOM Tsunami warning

So there was no tsunami.
I'm kinda disappointed. Does this make me a bad person?
by drowningbitbybit
Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:16 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: RealSurf Winter BBQ - Sunday 12 July. Long Reef or Narra
Replies: 334
Views: 51406

Re: RealSurf Winter BBQ - Sunday 12 July. Long Reef or Narra

I came, I pootled around a bit, I left again.

"Couldn't organise a barbie at the bra" now replaces the piss-up/brewery.
by drowningbitbybit
Sat Jul 11, 2009 6:47 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: RealSurf Winter BBQ - Sunday 12 July. Long Reef or Narra
Replies: 334
Views: 51406

Re: RealSurf Winter BBQ - Sunday 12 July. Long Reef or Narra

Well, Im gonna turn up, dammit.

(alright, it is pretty easy for me...)

Gonna go for a surf in the morning, then head to the bra around 2pm ish.

With a beer.
And a burger (maybe).
by drowningbitbybit
Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:25 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: RealSurf Winter BBQ - Sunday 12 July. Long Reef or Narra
Replies: 334
Views: 51406

Re: RealSurf Winter BBQ - Sunday 12 July. Long Reef or Narra

Surf looking good, weather looking good, beer's always good. It's all good.
by drowningbitbybit
Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:30 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: RealSurf Winter BBQ - Sunday 12 July. Long Reef or Narra
Replies: 334
Views: 51406

Re: RealSurf Winter BBQ - Sunday 12 July. Long Reef or Narra

Thank god for that - we're up to 18 pages, so now we can start organising it properly.
by drowningbitbybit
Sun Jul 05, 2009 8:35 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Surf Boats in Crowded Surf
Replies: 64
Views: 14303

Re: Surf Boats in Crowded Surf

Yup. Idiots with some misplaced moral high ground thing going on.
by drowningbitbybit
Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:51 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: Tufflite best as a mal?
Replies: 13
Views: 5119

Re: Tufflite best as a mal?

I've got this fat fish shorty surftech thing, and its hopeless for big waves.

But as a small wave toy, its superb.
by drowningbitbybit
Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:14 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Shark Attacks & the Reduced Shark Fishing Quota
Replies: 26
Views: 9075

Re: Shark Attacks & the Reduced Shark Fishing Quota

We've got Police to slow down and control Speeding drivers, Workcover attempts to stop anyone getting hurt at work, The increased security at airports and all those shit house checks that you've got to go through when you're trying to fly anywhere (how many people have been killed on planes without...
by drowningbitbybit
Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:48 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Shark Attacks & the Reduced Shark Fishing Quota
Replies: 26
Views: 9075

Re: Shark Attacks & the Reduced Shark Fishing Quota

I'll kill a wasp or a spider in my bedroom; I wont go out into the forest to kill all wasps and spiders.
by drowningbitbybit
Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:08 pm
Forum: Board Design, Repairing, Shaping, etc (was called Equipment)
Topic: How do I remove paint from my surfboard
Replies: 3
Views: 11308

Re: How do I remove paint from my surfboard

Depends on whether the flowery paint job was painted on the very top of the board, or is below the glassing. If its on the top, then you probably wont be able to remove the paint without wrecking the flowers... but that might be no bad thing? :wink: Acetone ( a tiny amount at a time ) and some gentl...
by drowningbitbybit
Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:58 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Shark Attacks & the Reduced Shark Fishing Quota
Replies: 26
Views: 9075

Re: Shark Attacks & the Reduced Shark Fishing Quota

Nick-W wrote:The argument of "just don't go out and you can't get attacked" doesn't work either.
Yes it does.


Just don't go out there and you can't get attacked.



See? Worked fine. Absolutely no flaws in the logic.
by drowningbitbybit
Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:18 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: what's the shittest wave in sydney?
Replies: 51
Views: 14110

Re: what's the shittest wave in sydney?

Until I moved to Sydney two years ago, I had to travel five hours to the nearest decent break, and it was a hit and miss affair even with the best forecasting.

So I love every wave in Sydney. It's there, just outside my house, I love them all.



...except Coogee. That's shite.
by drowningbitbybit
Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:14 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Don't ever travel with British Airways
Replies: 21
Views: 5252

Re: Don't ever travel with British Airways

The one time I did travel with a board with BA, about two years ago, they left a hole in the board the size of my fist :evil:

And, no, they wouldnt pay out on it :(