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why go so short? is it really that necessary or beneficial? be that in tiny or mid ranged waves. i'm not convinced about the 'new thing' of boards trending towards being shorter (i.e a 5'9 that's basically a 6'4 cut down but has the same volume etc) why not just surf a longer board? it has more driv...

*Sorry to post this here, as it's already posted in the For Sale section. But that's like a ghost town, tumbleweeds, crickets chirping etc.* Wanted - Al Merrick Black Beauty. Need to replace asap as mine as got totally eviscerated by an abrupt ledge this morning. <: Up for either the 6'6 x 19 1/4 x...

Wanted - Al Merrick Black Beauty. Need to replace asap as mine as got totally eviscerated by an abrupt ledge this morning. <: Up for either the 6'6 x 19 1/4 x 2 3/4 or the 6'9 x 20 1/4 x 2 7/8 model. Or happy to accomodate a custom-built one somewhere within confines of the above measurements OR - i...

all surf reports are based off the "Iggy Scale"
then there's the "TrevG Scale" which says that if it's head height it's a 6 foot wave.
but that's just lame

Guys, Dino WAS banned. He (or someone purporting to be him) re-applied some time later and Don asked me if I agreed he could come back. I said of course he could ('twasn't me who banned him, although in all fairness marcus probably only beat me to the punch by a day or two). However I wouldn't have...

Coops@DY wrote:I sincerely wish you and your family specific harm.

message a guy on here called 'bumfluff'. he'll help you out. he lives in ipswich but regularly travels to the sunny and gold coast depending on the wind direction, but most dependent on whether or not he's got 'tropical wax' or 'warm water wax' left. no need for any 'thank you dinners' either. just ...

natural necessity is an embarrassing surf shop it's wall to wall tufflite just cringeworthy stuff you'd be flat out finding a decent PU board in there walking into that shop feels like walking into an Ikea or Lego Land store stuck out in some sleepy boondocks bring your own banjo and garnier fructis...

Anyone know whats up with the Maroochydore and Noosa wind live wind direction on Swellnet? It's been switching to North with 0 wind speed every now and then for about half an hour at a time. It got me the first time, I was headed to Wurts, then she switched north so turned the car around and headed...

bumfluff wrote:Surfed 4ft Kirra this morning with South wind, was pretty good. Burleigh and Snapper also looked good. How mad is that sweep at Kirra?

did you use tropical wax or warm water wax ?