Ask Carroll

[Karlos]

Hang on a moment. Beanpole is Crispin Flintlock? When did this come out? You mean to tell me the appalling picture I had of a Porsche driving, hooker banging dumb-arse sugar daddy is entirely fictional? Or is it in actual fact the real Beanpole?

[Beanpole]

Well I don't know if I'm flattered by being mistaken for Crispin but he's definitely getting more action than me. unless getting your beard stuck in the wax of your surfboard counts.

I get the impression I may have missed Crispins deleted post.

[godsavetheking]

I get the impression I may have deleted Crispins post.

I fixed it for ya beany

[alakaboo]

So sometime after midnight you logged into a thread that is essentially hosted by Nick, to tell him that you aren't reading what he said.

[Nick Carroll]

fongy loves attention <:

[Freestyler]

Hi Nick
Just picked up a Al Merrick Black Beauty 6'3" for a trip to Indo.
Like your design advice on the hard edge rail that goes the length of the board.
Understand the edge gives it bite, but why have it running along the top half of the board?
When I was looking at buying it 2 surf retailers mentioned some guys sand back the edge along the top half to make the board more forgiving. Love the way it wants to surf on rail, very old school like me, just concerned jumping from modern thruster to BB whether I should soften the rail along the top before heading to Indo.
What your thoughts?
Thanks

[Nick Carroll]

The hard underside rail forward of centre is often thought to cause the front rail to bog. This is a bit of a furphy in my opinion. Front rails catch and bog as a result of badly placed rocker or bad technical surfing skills, not because of the edge or lack of. A softer rail profile won't help either of those things.

A hard edge lets the board connect with the water better in a turn, and releases better at the end of the turn. The modern hard edge is just an advanced version of the tucked edge popularised (for good reason) in short single fins of the mid to late 1970s.

So yeah I wouldn't be sanding off any edges if I were you.

[Freestyler]

Thanks Nick, no sanding for me
As I said I really like the way the BB surfs off the rail, can imagine on a good size, down the line wave it would want to just carve out nice long turns at speed, which is what I bought it for. Instead of taking a 6'8" semi gun, which last few trips never got used, I thought the 6'3" BB would be more versatile and fun. And as they say, its an iconic board, so nice to have one in the quiver.
Thanks

[Karlos]

And remember, Matticus can cure your unfortunate condition with his Photoshop skills. The magic brush tool is the best weapon in the war against genital warts.

[marauding mullet]

Most blokes used figure this shit out for themselfs,

As such how much blame for the dumbing down of both surfing and surfers do u feel personaly too blame for

P.s I also have little pimples on my dick.....is it a std?

You should be able to figure out what's on your cock by yourself then.

If not, put up a pic, I'll get the nurse to have a look.

[marauding mullet]

If I sent you a photo of my cock MM do you think your nurse would like to take a look at that too?

Yes, but best bring it in MF.
She'll find you a nice single nurse to do a prostate exam too.

[Nick Carroll]

Nick a honest question.

Do ya reckon surfers are getting dumber?


Like b4 the net and your world famous most boring thread.

Most blokes used figure this shit out for themselfs,

As such how much blame for the dumbing down of both surfing and surfers do u feel personaly too blame for

P.s I also have little pimples on my dick.....is it a std?

No fong I don't think surfers are getting dumber.

The idea that you could or even should figure out a sport as complex and difficult as surfing all by yourself is dumb. Hardly anybody ever came close to doing that and even the one or two freaks who have, ie Greenough, relied on natural examples to learn from. Pretty much all the rest of us have learned by watching numerous other surfers over many years and talking and hanging with each other.

This thread is just another version of that, yeah there is a lot of stuff in here that might seem silly or annoying to you, but really, so what? I know I learn a lot from the questions people ask, it tells me just how much surfing knowledge is kinda taken for granted and how much commonly accepted stuff is inaccurate and unclear, and sometimes it makes me think in new ways about my own surfing experience.

if you have little pimples on your dick I think you should quickly rush to a hospital and ask a doctor. oh wait no why would ya do that. most blokes can figure out their health problems by themselves.

[Roy_Stewart]

The hard underside rail forward of centre is often thought to cause the front rail to bog. This is a bit of a furphy in my opinion. Front rails catch and bog as a result of badly placed rocker or bad technical surfing skills, not because of the edge or lack of. A softer rail profile won't help either of those things.

It also has a lot to do with the planshape in the tail.

[ajohnsen]

Nick, do you first warm the pot when making tea?

[Nick Carroll]

aj are you implying there are people who don't?

[ajohnsen]

Judging by the extent to which I am ridiculed, very definitely. But, maybe that has more to do with me turning the pot three times clockwise as well as warming the cup.

[Trev]

Judging by the extent to which I am ridiculed, very definitely. But, maybe that has more to do with me turning the pot three times clockwise as well as warming the cup.

Only in winter, aj.
Warm the cup and turn the pot three or four times.

[ajohnsen]

Judging by the extent to which I am ridiculed, very definitely. But, maybe that has more to do with me turning the pot three times clockwise as well as warming the cup.

Only in winter, aj.
Warm the cup and turn the pot three or four times.

Trev, I've taken to turning it three times clockwise followed by once counter-clockwise. Now that I'm doing it, Heaven forfend I should stop. I'm afraid of what my tea procedure will entail in 20 years time.