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by oldman
Sun Jul 07, 2013 8:30 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: So there's this bunch of elderly ladies in Noosa
Replies: 17
Views: 8115

Re: So there's this bunch of elderly ladies in Noosa

Tell your friend to contact Ric Vidal.

He may have a contact for her.
by oldman
Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:12 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: getting old, dont want struggle on a shorty
Replies: 84
Views: 47388

Re: getting old, dont want struggle on a shorty

fongss wrote:At wat age do u just " give up" and jump on a log :?:

When you are ready to give it all in, when there is no reason for you to go on, then buy a log.

Until that time, fight the good fight. Honestly, I don't intend surfing any more when I get to that stage.
by oldman
Tue Jun 11, 2013 9:44 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Serious injury at the Pass
Replies: 53
Views: 19337

Re: Serious injury at the Pass

With resect to the family and friends, and condolences.................

How's the farking irony, you go out and surf at the pass and get killed by your own board!

Fate plays its cruel hand.
by oldman
Thu Apr 04, 2013 10:04 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Ask Carroll
Replies: 6904
Views: 1840266

Re: Ask Carroll

"if everyone in Australia really did work as hard as he does, not actually producing anything, but simply expanding and refining a model to separate fools from their money, what sort of society would we have then" Well fark me dead, we are way too late for that. Here are some other professions that...
by oldman
Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:55 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Josh Dowling Designs
Replies: 1796
Views: 524870

Re: Josh Dowling Designs

Best wishes to you. How old JD? Still plenty more years of shaping ahead of you? I'm tempted. At this stage, if I start saving real hard, I might be able to put my order in before you turn 60. You'll know I'm doing Ok when you get an order, but that may not be so far away. Things on the up generally.
by oldman
Tue Mar 26, 2013 9:26 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Josh Dowling Designs
Replies: 1796
Views: 524870

Re: Josh Dowling Designs

Unfortunately. I even know what I'm getting for my birthday, which is in a week. Underpants. Funk I hate birthdays. I'm obliged to act all grateful for my pack of 7 new target jocks FFS. I'll tell you what I'd reeeeely like - a goddam decent run of swell, a blowy and a million bucks. JD, I assume y...
by oldman
Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:09 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Shorter or Longer?
Replies: 10
Views: 7381

Re: Shorter or Longer?

I have a 6'2'' quad and a 6'10'' thruster pintail. I'm not going longer, the 6'10' can get me into waves at the peak of my comfort zone and beyond, and the 6'2'' is perfect for anything smaller. I'm not buying the short fat boards, but I do have a bit of extra foam in both of them compared to what y...
by oldman
Tue Mar 19, 2013 9:54 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Change Needed: Biscuit? Gravy? Neck Beard? MB?
Replies: 31
Views: 129038

Re: Change Needed: Biscuit? Gravy? Neck Beard? MB?

Hello guys, I am currently riding pretty much an all-round shortboard, nothing too exciting with the following dimensions: 5'11 x 19 x 2 3/8 x 27.7L. Lately, I feel this urge to try out one of those smaller, floatier wave-catching machines Spend your money on a shrink, it's just another freaking ma...
by oldman
Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:21 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Josh Dowling Designs
Replies: 1796
Views: 524870

Re: Josh Dowling Designs

Hey Josh, saw your mug in the Sydney Morning Herald the other day, something about innovations, with your webmaster/iphone app guy. Very cool. Your better looking than I expected. I was assuming the hunchback of notre dame was punching out these beautiful boards from the basement, rarely every seein...
by oldman
Thu Mar 14, 2013 10:37 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Snapper riffing
Replies: 437
Views: 89550

Re: Snapper riffing

el rancho wrote:
fongss wrote:Slater was lucky beat fanning IMO

And it's still b/s dropping in on someone in a barrel let him win the comp

you really do see the world in only black and white don't you
The world is a much easier place to live in if you just live in black and white ER. :lol:
by oldman
Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:06 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Snapper riffing
Replies: 437
Views: 89550

Re: Snapper riffing

Nothing wrong with Rosie. Takes a bit of getting used to, but I reckon she's ok. Better than many of the blokes. What the hell has happened with simple things like 'heats on demand'. Be damned if I can find anything on the intertubes. Googled to my heart's content, and got last year's heats on deman...
by oldman
Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:32 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Snapper riffing
Replies: 437
Views: 89550

Re: Snapper riffing

jimmy wrote:Shame about that handshake of yours though..

Never took you for a wet fish type..
Oh dear, and I was just warming to Braithy.

Can't get past a wet fish handshake though.
by oldman
Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:26 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Snapper riffing
Replies: 437
Views: 89550

Re: Snapper riffing

el rancho wrote:judges should not have to explain every score because the internet warriors can't wrap their pea-brains around high performance competition surfing.
Amen to that.
by oldman
Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:24 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Ask Carroll
Replies: 6904
Views: 1840266

Re: Ask Carroll

There's a channel, but if you want to catch a wave you will have to leave the channel and venture into the broken wave zone. All sorts of tricks to duckdiving and negotiating that spot, they wouldn't make much sense unless we were out there. It's heavy but it's cool! ..................................
by oldman
Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:18 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Snapper riffing
Replies: 437
Views: 89550

Re: Snapper riffing

It took me a little while but I now realise that Alana Blanchard is the one playing everyone else for a sucker.

Nick might find it boring, I find it rather magnificent, but the fact is that we are irrelevant, her target market is not 50+ year old men.
by oldman
Wed Mar 06, 2013 10:15 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Snapper riffing
Replies: 437
Views: 89550

Re: Snapper riffing

I actually read the whole thing and found it worth my time, Quite A rare event for swellnet :| I usually give up on a article part way Thu as my brain starts to hurt and anything that requires effort or involves wrapping my mind around a thought that isn't one that I have had before is quite beyond...
by oldman
Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:48 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Snapper riffing
Replies: 437
Views: 89550

Re: Snapper riffing

Nick Carroll wrote:Alana Blanchard is young enough to be your daughter and she (and the co's who sponsor her) is using the above as a sales tool.
That thought definitely goes through my head when I find myself lingering a little too long. Nothing wrong with her ass, just my age.
by oldman
Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:57 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Snapper riffing
Replies: 437
Views: 89550

Re: Snapper riffing

http://metvuw.com/forecast/2013022418/rain-swp-2013022418-168.gif My favourite weather site ER. I found it quite a few years ago when looking for anything that would give me a good site of our actual swell generating window, rather than just the weather immediately off the coast, and haven't let go.