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by buzzy
Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:05 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Fiji 2012
Replies: 193
Views: 47541

Re: Fiji 2012

Industry for these purposes is/ are the event sponsors.

Inexpensive for these purposes means the least expensive of the events to mount a webcast.

Definitions now settled I hope ;).
by buzzy
Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:44 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Fiji 2012
Replies: 193
Views: 47541

Re: Fiji 2012

The ASP should take over the webcasts and get the sponsors to contribute a fee per event for production costs. Even make it a standard fee so inexpensive webcasts cross subsidise expensive ones. Then the disincentive to do events in remote locations will be reduced a little as all the industry would...
by buzzy
Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:17 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Fiji 2012
Replies: 193
Views: 47541

Re: Fiji 2012

The commentary was very Seppo extreme sport rad, and annoying. NC, why is Slater up against the lowest ranked qualifier in Rd 2? Aren't seeds now determined by current rankings, not last years? Slater's the top seed in round two. On the 2012 rankings he aint - both Josh Kerr and Taj are ahead of Sl...
by buzzy
Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:01 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Mitchell Rae V2
Replies: 11
Views: 5348

Re: Mitchell Rae V2

I've had a standard Mitchell Rae shortboard and it was one of the best boards I ever owned from both a performance and quality perspective.
by buzzy
Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:59 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Fiji 2012
Replies: 193
Views: 47541

Re: Fiji 2012

The commentary was very Seppo extreme sport rad, and annoying.

NC, why is Slater up against the lowest ranked qualifier in Rd 2? Aren't seeds now determined by current rankings, not last years?
by buzzy
Fri May 25, 2012 10:50 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: Single fin shortboards
Replies: 288
Views: 247609

Re: Single fin shortboards

I have a 6'6" McCoy nugget single fin I rarely surf. I do enjoy surfing it, from maybe 1 foot to 3 foot. It will surf bigger but it's volume gets in the way for duck diving.i love having it in the quiver.
by buzzy
Tue May 22, 2012 3:28 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: Rebuilding the big 17
Replies: 67
Views: 22151

Re: Rebuilding the big 17

Roy_Stewart wrote:Image
I love this. The outcome of a love match between George Jetson and Mamma Cass is...Roy. I bring you the space surfer.
by buzzy
Tue May 22, 2012 3:22 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: 83BL Chilli board
Replies: 14
Views: 6283

Re: 83BL Chilli board

Incidentally if I did get one I'd try to get it without the channel bottom, and see if Chilli will do one with some suitable simple concaves instead.
by buzzy
Tue May 22, 2012 3:21 pm
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: 83BL Chilli board
Replies: 14
Views: 6283

Re: 83BL Chilli board

I really admire BL, and I grew up surfing from the late 70's on those thicker, wider, shorter (although not so much now) boards. I haven't got any spare coin at the moment but at some point in time I'll probably get my hands on one. Maybe come summer. I'll have a secure shed by then too so my wife w...
by buzzy
Wed May 16, 2012 2:29 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Bong in big trouble
Replies: 783
Views: 230353

Re: Bong in big trouble

I reckon Bong's excursion into "bricks and mortar" retail was hard to understand when most of the rest of the world was trying to get out of it. Who knows who devised the strategy? Maybe O'neill prepared it and it was approved by the Board? We'll not know for sure but I have no issue with the CEO fa...
by buzzy
Wed May 16, 2012 11:31 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Rio Floater Pro
Replies: 13
Views: 4235

Re: Rio Floater Pro

While I'm super sad that JBay isn't on this year's tour there's no doubt in my mind that Brazil should have a world tour event. As someone mentioned during the webcast...maybe Louie...it's the only true beach break event on this year's tour...maybe excluding France says me but that's considered to b...
by buzzy
Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:41 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: People are soooo deluded they make me sick !!!!
Replies: 127
Views: 26175

Re: People are soooo deluded they make me sick !!!!

I tried a few different fins after seeing a huge carry on about it. I never really paid much attention to fins other than ensuring I had some, and maybe moving a single fin up and down in the fin box to get different effects. Anyhoo, I tried a few. I noticed a difference, but in the overall scheme o...
by buzzy
Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:05 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: Thinking of getting a longboard - suggestions
Replies: 62
Views: 25016

Re: Thinking of getting a longboard - suggestions

Also, do you think Grant would be happy to do a longboard ie 9 foot plus?
by buzzy
Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:55 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Epoxy>killer?
Replies: 13
Views: 5552

Re: Epoxy>killer?

It's not a great idea to be inhaling foam dust, chemical vapour, fibreglass particles and resin; just like it's not a great idea to be inhaling chemical vapour, foam dust and epoxy resin particles. I'm no doctor but I'd have been wearing a respirator, personally, if I was doing a lot of it and doing...
by buzzy
Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:54 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: review of Mccoy Astron Zot
Replies: 527
Views: 204590

Re: review of Mccoy Astron Zot

I haven't surfed a zap since around 1982. So I couldnt say. I'd think though a nugget or pot belly or Zot in the right size would be perfect.
by buzzy
Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:30 pm
Forum: Logs, eggs and alternatives
Topic: review of Mccoy Astron Zot
Replies: 527
Views: 204590

Re: review of Mccoy Astron Zot

Even by McCoy standards you're carrying a bit too much volume in those boards for your weight. You could easily knock off 4 inches on those lengths, robably more.
by buzzy
Tue Apr 10, 2012 9:14 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Bells this year ?
Replies: 134
Views: 26978

Re: Bells this year ?

Me either. It's the dishonest way KS presents himself to the public that irks me.
by buzzy
Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:55 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Bells this year ?
Replies: 134
Views: 26978

Re: Bells this year ?

I'm lookin at you NC. Just kidding. I've never met KS and I suspect my views about him would moderate if I did. But KS seems to have a KS centred view of life when, at 40, I would have thought he'd be starting to look beyond himself. No doubt if all my mistakes were a matter of public record I would...