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by swvic
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29902
Views: 10105336

Re: Where did you surf today ?

I jumped over a fence into long grass when I was 16. There was a star picket in that grass. It ground 50 mm of skin and shin bone. It was left in the picket all neatly consenteenered (spelling is incorrect) like an open door Advice was to not surf, but you do. A few days later, a fin went through my...
by swvic
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:44 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Twin fins as go-to boards
Replies: 427
Views: 281545

Re: Twin fins as go-to boards

marauding mullet wrote:
Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:10 pm
Paddle in for a quick snap and change boards?
That's what I do. Anyone who doesn't is a kook. The only acceptable exception is when an aqua turd 💩 is your only option
by swvic
Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: best surfing movie ever
Replies: 99
Views: 29188

Re: best surfing movie ever

Happy birthday, daryl
by swvic
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:33 am
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Twin fins as go-to boards
Replies: 427
Views: 281545

Re: Twin fins as go-to boards

Twins, the convo that should never be had

Unless Loofy, of course
by swvic
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:19 am
Forum: Travel & Health
Topic: Michoacán Mexico
Replies: 27
Views: 3885

Re: Michoacán Mexico

South Park says, "Uhhmm, okay"
by swvic
Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:00 am
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: a call for any bellyboggers out there!
Replies: 26
Views: 13677

Re: a call for any bellyboggers out there!

alakaboo wrote:
Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:46 am
jimmy wrote:
Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:44 pm
What the fuck is a bellybogger?
That's what the toilet repairmen call Grooter after a conference buffet.
:lol:
by swvic
Tue Feb 27, 2024 7:42 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: best surfing movie ever
Replies: 99
Views: 29188

Re: best surfing movie ever

:lol:
by swvic
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:36 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: best surfing movie ever
Replies: 99
Views: 29188

Re: best surfing movie ever

Hey daryl
Hope all's well in your 'hood
by swvic
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:34 am
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: a call for any bellyboggers out there!
Replies: 26
Views: 13677

Re: a call for any bellyboggers out there!

Sniff would know
by swvic
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:32 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29902
Views: 10105336

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Good one. I only surfed it once in 1982. Similar conditions. A few really good surfers among a Bondi of kooks. Was easy to score waves by paddling the beach and actively chasing down peaks. Couldn't believe how many people had no idea. Expected different these days
by swvic
Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:14 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: How is wave height measured in Australia?
Replies: 131
Views: 39926

Re: How is wave height measured in Australia?

When I was living in swvic, a mate who lived a bit away from the coast would sometimes call to ask about swell size. If I said 4 ft to describe 4 ft faces, he'd have probably punched me
by swvic
Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:06 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 1950986

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

Perhaps, but who ultimately would have the call to culling a (recognised) endangered species? I'd imagine acts of parliament(s) would be required
by swvic
Sun Feb 18, 2024 9:45 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?
Replies: 2708
Views: 1950986

Re: Nth NSW sharks. Can they p!ss off already?

PL is very small in geographical area. Also would expect state and fed government to have the final call. Endangered species and all which is increasingly questionable
by swvic
Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:04 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: post your modern day sickness
Replies: 1039
Views: 1071078

Re: post your modern day sickness

:lol:
by swvic
Sun Feb 11, 2024 11:53 am
Forum: Travel & Health
Topic: Planning two weeks thru Oregon and Cali in May
Replies: 18
Views: 2607

Re: Planning two weeks thru Oregon and Cali in May

alakaboo wrote:
Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:06 am
I mean this in the nicest possible way Kulharin, but did your school classrooms always have two teachers?
Family summered in the Antipodes
by swvic
Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:04 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29902
Views: 10105336

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Aha, thought you were on the (often lack of) Surf Coast
by swvic
Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Where did you surf today ?
Replies: 29902
Views: 10105336

Re: Where did you surf today ?

buddy wrote:
Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:52 am
Few quick snaps before and after surfing

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Up towards Port Phillip or west of the Cape?
by swvic
Sat Jan 20, 2024 2:45 pm
Forum: Weather & surf forecasting
Topic: Summer
Replies: 38
Views: 91033

Re: Summer

Update: 42 winds unchanged