Gday from Sydney

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Gday from Sydney

Post by peter650 » Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:47 pm

Gday everyone this is my first post here.I ride a plywood board,I spend most of my time surfing over shallow reefs but i do like the odd shore dump from time to time.Anyway i hope the swell picks up soon.Cheers Peter.

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by One Mile Point » Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:14 pm

Sick bro

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by Butts » Mon Jan 11, 2010 9:52 am

Welcome peter. :wink:
All these drawings about dinosaurs… Why can’t we have photos?

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by Kunji » Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:51 am

Got any pics of your board, Pete?
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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by Grooter » Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:09 pm

^^^^

No doubt Roy will critique the thing from every angle, if it ain't harvested from the pristine forests of New Zealand it ain't a wooden surfboard :)

But seriously would be interested to see it
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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by peter650 » Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:28 pm

Sorry guys i dont have any pics of the last one i made.Trust me this is a good thing.I just get old bits of plywood hack out a shape i feel like trying then use it till it falls apart.Wife ended up getting me a plywood skimboard for xmass,so i sort of got to use that for abit to keep the peace.It should be long gone by the end of feb if we get any waves then i will build a new board and post pics just for a :lol: On a side note they might look like shit but they are super fast to ride.

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by Butts » Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:36 pm

Sounds interesting Peter. :shock:

Whereabouts do you pre-dominately surf? :)
All these drawings about dinosaurs… Why can’t we have photos?

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by RunamuckMalBoy » Mon Jan 11, 2010 4:12 pm

hey Pete,

welcome, although i'm only new too.
Would love to see some pic's when you get it built... i've been thinking of having a go at something similar, not much else going on lately surf wise.

If you haven't already, you should check out some of Roy Stewart's boards... they're certainly different, and a bit of food for thought if your into that sort of thing.

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by peter650 » Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:03 pm

Butts wrote:Sounds interesting Peter. :shock:

Whereabouts do you pre-dominately surf? :)
I tend to surf out of the way reefs.Some of them are under a foot deep in spots.With a plywood board you only need a few inches of water over flat rocks for it to be surfable.I am 44 years old i dont do tricks so i am happy with a short ride over a suck rock.For me all the fun is in the drop and turning into a barrel you got no chance of making.Some of the spots i surf are Norah Head,Near Crack Neck,Rocks south of Coogie,a place near Stanwell Park that i dont think has a name.Cheers Peter

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by romak50 » Mon Jan 11, 2010 10:53 pm

does anyone smell a bit of www.surf2surf.co.nz here?

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by peter650 » Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:37 am

romak50 wrote:does anyone smell a bit of http://www.surf2surf.co.nz here?
I dont get it.Never surfed NZ.Only ever surfed Australia and Hawaii.Thats where i found out about paipo boards.While i was living at Makapuu Beach.

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by peter650 » Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:31 pm

RunamuckMalBoy wrote:hey Pete,

welcome, although i'm only new too.
Would love to see some pic's when you get it built... i've been thinking of having a go at something similar, not much else going on lately surf wise.

If you haven't already, you should check out some of Roy Stewart's boards... they're certainly different, and a bit of food for thought if your into that sort of thing.
Theres one on ebay right now.Its about 5 times over priced,but you can get to have a look at one.Do a ebay search Paipo

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by Dork » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:48 pm

hey dude, have you seen this
http://www.vimeo.com/7687584

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by peter650 » Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:46 pm

Thanks Dork.Cool as vid all we need now is some waves.

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by peter650 » Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:23 pm

Well i am off to Mr Plywood today to buy 1/4 sheet of 12ml marine ply for $45.00 to make a new board.If i can work out how to post pics i will take afew shots of it.{Dont get your hopes up its going to look like shit}On a side note i got some great waves up near Norah Head the other day.Most fun i have had in the water in a looooong time. :D

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by RunamuckMalBoy » Fri Jan 22, 2010 5:15 pm

yo dork, that was a pretty cool link...

got me all keen to have a whirl at making one....

pete, when you figure out how to post pics, tell me......

i've got a couple of weeks off work in feb, so i'll have a bash at making one then... :roll: :lol: :roll: :lol:

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by peter650 » Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:09 pm

Malboy 2 ways you can go with a board.1 shape like a bell wide at the back.These are super fast.2round nose flat sides to square back.This shape is not as fast,but picks up waves super easy{you can surf 6inch slop if you want with this shape}This is the shape i go for.I dont need the extra speed of the bell shape,and i like being able to catch small waves easy.Anyway have fun hacking one out.Bet by your 3rd wave on it you will be hooked.

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Re: Gday from Sydney

Post by Kunji » Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:58 pm

I'd be interested in the way those bell shape ones interact with the wave. The mechanics of it and its advantages, if any, over a more traditional shape. Id also love to ride one.
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