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We pay for it in degrees C, but you guys up north don't know what you're missing. Get a good wettie and head south. Second thoughts, stay the fcuk where you are please. Big swell yesterday, gentle offshore all day long, no crowd.

Geez, Larry, I'm agreeing 3 times in a row. Just last night I was surfing with a mate (SW Vic). We were talking about the new Curly Rip flash dry wetties they've been promoting during the Portugal comp. We bitched about the company born just around the corner from us charging us more for their forei...

Know it's still a long way off, but it's inching closer to Vic. If it ever gets to the west of this state, I am very keen - despite murmurings of it going back the other way.

Agreed, again. It's a real problem for Aust board makers up against the foreign manufacturers. I have some mates with Thai sticks who love 'em. I have an ethical opposition to that business model. Caveat is that nearly everything else I own is not made in this country. Might be the future for more o...

Agreed that businesses should be conducting themselves properly, but there's some very good boards been made at base. I've had 2. The shapers are good communicators and will do a custom - including a strong glass job if requested. It would be a great loss to surfing if shapers of that caliber were n...

Not telling for fear of reprisals, but had an absolute cracker. Took the morning off. New board stoke. 4 surfs and already sure it's a keeper. I am blessed in my part of the world. Quite a few semi-secret spots and no crowds.

Josh Dowling. Apart from being aware of his beautifully crafted surfboards, I don't know him from a bar of soap. Despite this, he did me a favour by getting me some stuff at considerably less than retail. By the time it would've taken him to source and post the goodies, there'd have been barely a pe...

Sounds a fair compromise brendo. Definitely hit & miss, especially in August when I was there. Got real lucky with the trades (lack of), but I was there on a wife plus surfing kind of trip. Doubt I'd risk it at that time of year for dedicated surf mission. The missus was a bit neglected though and s...

Fair point brendo, but pretty sure they're going ok and B said that he doesn't want it to get full on as he likes to have time without guests so he can spend time with his young family. They have fishos and divers as well as surfers and when I left he was having some ocean going spearfishing nuts co...

Only ever had 1 quad and never had that centre-line issue so many seem to talk about. Might have been the vee through the tail. I did have issues in the release off the top. Took me awhile to sort it (almost completely) by tinkering with fins. I recently snapped the board and doubt I'll be getting a...

Slater's inspiration?

http://basesurfboards.com/blog/2010/10/ ... variation/

still a long way from western vicco, but i'm up for a crack if it ever makes it this far

Current sea surface temps in SW WA about the same S coast NSW. http://www.weatherzone.com.au/climate/i ... =aus&c=sst

If the chance arises, I'll demonstrate that I also suffer that very same fault.

Walked into that.

I'm pushing 50. Did the aussie sun kid thing. Outdoor tradie for 15 years with shirt off all summer. Surfing since 11 yo. Pretty sure I'll be having issues for all my remaining days, but can't convince many of the young blokes to do the slippery, sloppy, slappy thing.

Good to know you're on top of it all. When you mentioned 'spots "iced" off', it made me recall an experience of my own. I had a clear small scabby type thing on my arm which would dry out and fall off, leaving a slightly raised light pink bit of skin. The process repeated for a few years. Didn't thi...

Know a medical (cancer) researcher who is adamant that all skin cancers should be excised for pathology reasons. She says that freezing doesn't always get all the potentially nasty bits that may be malignant. Excision will be followed up if the pathology shows malignancy.