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by steve shearer
Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:47 am
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: post your modern day sickness
Replies: 1039
Views: 1358716

Re: post your modern day sickness

From left to right http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb195/lennox76/P1110723.jpg 6'0" Quadfather shaped by Pridmore. Handfoiled fibreglass fins by Phil Way with some extra tip flex. K2.1 fronts and GX rears. 5'9" Dimple bottom twinzer shaped by Pridmore. Handfoiled fins by Phil Way. Just rode this ...
by steve shearer
Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:17 am
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: post your modern day sickness
Replies: 1039
Views: 1358716

Re: post your modern day sickness

Nick Carroll wrote: From right to left:

Why did you go right to left instead of left to right?

I found that confusing.

Also, you're looking a bit thin : not doing a gautama on us?
by steve shearer
Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:08 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Survey,sort of
Replies: 33
Views: 7885

Re: Survey,sort of

I reckon you are getting some good replies here Nick.

Whose your target market?

I travel a bit and am very happy taking 2 or 3 boards in a padded bag.

I wouldn't see the need to buy a hard case: too much like hard work schlepping it around airline counters.
by steve shearer
Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:32 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Engineering good surf, another approach?
Replies: 40
Views: 10412

Re: Engineering good surf, another approach?

Get on the buzzer to Lucas Heights, they might have some spare plutonium lying around.
by steve shearer
Fri Feb 17, 2012 5:15 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Engineering good surf, another approach?
Replies: 40
Views: 10412

Re: Engineering good surf, another approach?

They won't work as well but that's not the point.

All it takes is some order to be created in amongst the randomness and fun surf results.

a six second windswell is fun if breaking on a defined bank.
by steve shearer
Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:57 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Engineering good surf, another approach?
Replies: 40
Views: 10412

Re: Engineering good surf, another approach?

Don't agree with your initial premise. Good bathymetry trumps wind conditions. Onshore reefs/points are super fun to surf and usually uncrowded, as long as the bank/bottom is defined enough there will be enough bottom tension/curve to surf. Compare that with the Dubai wave pool. Even with perfect su...
by steve shearer
Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:50 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Bong in big trouble
Replies: 783
Views: 241118

Re: Bong in big trouble

No discrimination in the great outdoors.

he seemed like a nice fellow and we got to chatting.
by steve shearer
Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:40 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: surf rage. solved. apparently...
Replies: 156
Views: 36511

Re: surf rage. solved. apparently...

Gay cops can stay in Victoria where they belong.
by steve shearer
Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:31 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Bong in big trouble
Replies: 783
Views: 241118

Re: Bong in big trouble

Correct me if I'm wrong but in informal discussions whilst smoking joints with a high level Gold Coast stockbroker during Dec he told me that it was London to a brick Bong were being circled by private equity looking for a cheap and easy meal by short selling bong stock. Selling off half of Nixon ha...
by steve shearer
Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:26 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: surf rage. solved. apparently...
Replies: 156
Views: 36511

Re: surf rage. solved. apparently...

Donuts remind me of cops.

For that reason I repudiate donuts near surf breaks.
by steve shearer
Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:02 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: surf rage. solved. apparently...
Replies: 156
Views: 36511

Re: surf rage. solved. apparently...

Strongly disagree with all due respect.
by steve shearer
Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:50 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Surf/Weather - what's coming Mar/Apr?
Replies: 128
Views: 27257

Re: Surf/Weather - what's coming Mar/Apr?

Most likely the passage of the MJO through phase 6 and 7.
by steve shearer
Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:53 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Surf/Weather - what's coming Mar/Apr?
Replies: 128
Views: 27257

Re: Surf/Weather - what's coming Mar/Apr?

Pushed back up to 12 last week. 5month running mean still 13.

Won't be until late Feb/early Mar we see the next MJO phase. Currently NAM (northern aus monsoon) is in an inactive phase, so enjoy a couple of weeks of good rockfishing condys and get your small wave sleds out.
by steve shearer
Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:11 am
Forum: Shortboarders only!
Topic: Geoff McCoy 6ft single-fin double-ender.
Replies: 20
Views: 9712

Re: Geoff McCoy 6ft single-fin double-ender.

stunning.

Hows the weight compared to a poly?

Singlefin?
by steve shearer
Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:16 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Surf/Weather - what's coming Mar/Apr?
Replies: 128
Views: 27257

Re: Surf/Weather - what's coming Mar/Apr?

Not sure either Don, But I call to the witness stand the MJO signal, the historical record, the upcoming period of light ridging in the Coral Sea greatly aiding and abetting both SST's and OHC in the region and the secret NOAA documents. Nontheless the calls have been made, let the chips fall where ...
by steve shearer
Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:55 pm
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: Surf/Weather - what's coming Mar/Apr?
Replies: 128
Views: 27257

Re: Surf/Weather - what's coming Mar/Apr?

I reckon, judging by the late second blossoming of the citrus and the medieval strength MJO signal now propagating off the African coast and into the Indian Ocean, which has already spawned severe TC Giovanna, a system hellbent on bringing wrathful destruction on Madagascar, that we will see a gorge...
by steve shearer
Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:24 pm
Forum: Travel & Health
Topic: Nw desert WA
Replies: 29
Views: 9241

Re: Nw desert WA

There's no freshwater, you need to take in your own.

You'll get crusty as hell in a day or two.

Take a bottle of tea-tree oil and put a capful into a small bowl of water.....use a small washer to give yaself a wash. Stop little cuts from going infected and you'll feel a million bucks.
by steve shearer
Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:06 am
Forum: General surf discussion
Topic: KI Pro drops half a million, Surfing SA goes bust
Replies: 8
Views: 3154

Re: KI Pro drops half a million, Surfing SA goes bust

On KI???


Must've flown 'em in first class from the mainland.