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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Sun Apr 29, 2018 7:41 am

He's a good 'un Zizek. My fav to watch on Yootoob.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Thud » Mon Apr 30, 2018 5:14 pm

Just sold a board on gumtree to a 20 something guy. He was giving me unnessary assurances he knew his stuff. Cool as long as he has the green I don't care. I rocked up to do the deal and he was clearly embarrassed he was buying a short board from a bloke who would be in his Dads age bracket.

Lovely quick transaction.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Thud » Tue May 01, 2018 10:21 am

Warning: brand new Rip Curl Aggrolite chest zip long armed springy. Busted zipper. Return to Rip Curl. Nightmare.

Not sure if it's a common issue. Just a heads up.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Tue May 01, 2018 10:22 am

Back zip?
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Trev » Tue May 01, 2018 10:45 am

steve shearer wrote:
Tue May 01, 2018 10:22 am
Back zip?
His post says chest zip.
Or are you suggesting a back zip wouldn't fail.if so, I'm with you on that.
If you can't reach around (😀) and pull up a back zip, you shouldn't be surfing.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Thud » Tue May 01, 2018 5:49 pm

Beanpole wrote:
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by alakaboo » Tue May 01, 2018 6:25 pm

That 6'8" DS gives me wood.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by tootr » Tue May 01, 2018 7:04 pm

It’s a nice planshape to be sure.
Not giving me a stiffy though.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Tue May 01, 2018 7:07 pm

I got a 7'6"DS, probably going to get a smaller one before the winter is out.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by tootr » Tue May 01, 2018 7:11 pm

Webster must be pretty busy?
The concept makes a bunch of sense.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Tue May 01, 2018 7:17 pm

Depends where you are and what waves you ride....but after seeing the wave of the day on Swellnet today I'm thinking of taking a shrunken down DS to the Ments.

Would hate to see a wave like that reel off because you couldn't get into the bloody thing.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Nick Carroll » Tue May 01, 2018 7:18 pm

Trev wrote:
Tue May 01, 2018 10:45 am
steve shearer wrote:
Tue May 01, 2018 10:22 am
Back zip?
His post says chest zip.
Or are you suggesting a back zip wouldn't fail.if so, I'm with you on that.
If you can't reach around (😀) and pull up a back zip, you shouldn't be surfing.
If you can't put on a zipper less full suit, you're a fcuken idiot.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by buddy » Tue May 01, 2018 7:51 pm

steve shearer wrote:
Tue May 01, 2018 7:17 pm
Depends where you are and what waves you ride....but after seeing the wave of the day on Swellnet today I'm thinking of taking a shrunken down DS to the Ments.

Would hate to see a wave like that reel off because you couldn't get into the bloody thing.
I think I'd want the whole 7'6 for that one.


Who am I kidding, I wouldn't have even paddled for it.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Nick Carroll » Tue May 01, 2018 8:00 pm

Yeah right, photos.

Wait till you're in position.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Tue May 01, 2018 8:01 pm

I hope I never have to take that zipper less wetsuit test.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Nick Carroll » Tue May 01, 2018 8:03 pm

christ! I have a suit just waiting for you shearer

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Hatchnam » Tue May 01, 2018 8:03 pm

Steve. Aside from the extra edge with paddling, Wouldn’t the DS be a little too full volumed for the ments? Overall, theyre not slab waves where you need to get in early as possible, nor are they deep water bombie type waves that you’ve gotta hunt down over open water.

Wouldn’t a finer outline and rail with less overall foam work better? A fine scalpel feel as opposed to a board that will sit more out of the water ?
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Trev » Tue May 01, 2018 8:04 pm

Nick Carroll wrote:
Tue May 01, 2018 7:18 pm
Trev wrote:
Tue May 01, 2018 10:45 am
steve shearer wrote:
Tue May 01, 2018 10:22 am
Back zip?
His post says chest zip.
Or are you suggesting a back zip wouldn't fail.if so, I'm with you on that.
If you can't reach around (😀) and pull up a back zip, you shouldn't be surfing.
If you can't put on a zipper less full suit, you're a fcuken idiot.
:D
I've seen a few guys getting into and out of them.
All I can say is, why?
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You aren’t the room Yuke You are just a wonky cafe table with a missing rubber pad on the end of one leg.

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I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.

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