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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Drailed » Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:44 pm

Beanpole wrote:
Wed Feb 10, 2021 8:05 pm
Sat on the beach at Danang for a few days looking at the tiny waves there. Thinking should I hire one of the boards from the shop a few blocks back from the beach and go for a paddle. Ultimately it was just too lame to bother. Nice beach though.
How crazy are those little round basket boats.
How can you ponder hiring a board for a few days? Just fccckn hire one or don't.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by swvic » Thu Feb 11, 2021 2:09 pm

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As I've said before
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:24 pm

Drailed wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:44 pm
Beanpole wrote:
Wed Feb 10, 2021 8:05 pm
Sat on the beach at Danang for a few days looking at the tiny waves there. Thinking should I hire one of the boards from the shop a few blocks back from the beach and go for a paddle. Ultimately it was just too lame to bother. Nice beach though.
How crazy are those little round basket boats.
How can you ponder hiring a board for a few days? Just fccckn hire one or don't.
Let's see, Loof. Ever sat at the beach thinking it's been a while since you have had a surf and pondered whether it's worth going out or not?
Then come back the next day and tried to convince yourself it's maybe got bigger?
I guess you don't do that. Busy man.
In fact had almost exactly the same thoughts yesterday. Went for a bit of a run up to the north end. I was thinking was it worth going out if I had a softboard. Was it worth going home to get one?
Then I saw someone has put a few loaners on the railings up there.
I thought maybe I should grab one and have a paddle. Then I decided I couldn't be bothered.
Better today. Had an okay surf.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:26 pm

tortured thoughts Beans.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Drailed » Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:29 pm

Oh fccck Beanpole, that post.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:40 pm

steve shearer wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:26 pm
tortured thoughts Beans.
Idle thoughts Steve. You have to understand this was taking place in between swims on a deck chair under a palm frond beach awning with a cold drink. It's definitely in the could I be bothered......at least I could say I had a surf here category.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:41 pm

Drailed wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:29 pm
Oh fccck Beanpole, that post.
You asked for it.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Lucky Al » Thu Feb 11, 2021 11:42 pm

There will be time, there will be time
Time to murder and create
And time to rent a surfboard on the third or fourth day of thinking about it

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by offshore1 » Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:06 am

What are your thoughts re having the WSL bring a comp to your beach Lucky Al?
Doesn't look much worse than Rio.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Nick Carroll » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:37 am

Drailed wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:29 pm
Oh fccck Beanpole, that post.
He's like Jimmy Buffett without the parrots.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:18 am

Danang was a bit like that actually. I was going to meet friends in Hanoi and just spent a few days laying on the beach and checking out the resident expats guzzling beer in local bars. It would be an easy place to live and work in.
HoiAn was pretty good but a bit of a tourist trap.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Thud » Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:29 am

Beanpole wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:24 pm
Drailed wrote:
Thu Feb 11, 2021 1:44 pm
Beanpole wrote:
Wed Feb 10, 2021 8:05 pm
Sat on the beach at Danang for a few days looking at the tiny waves there. Thinking should I hire one of the boards from the shop a few blocks back from the beach and go for a paddle. Ultimately it was just too lame to bother. Nice beach though.
How crazy are those little round basket boats.
How can you ponder hiring a board for a few days? Just fccckn hire one or don't.
Let's see, Loof. Ever sat at the beach thinking it's been a while since you have had a surf and pondered whether it's worth going out or not?
Then come back the next day and tried to convince yourself it's maybe got bigger?
I guess you don't do that. Busy man.
In fact had almost exactly the same thoughts yesterday. Went for a bit of a run up to the north end. I was thinking was it worth going out if I had a softboard. Was it worth going home to get one?
Then I saw someone has put a few loaners on the railings up there.
I thought maybe I should grab one and have a paddle. Then I decided I couldn't be bothered.
Better today. Had an okay surf.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:06 am

Very perceptive, Thudster.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Grooter » Fri Feb 12, 2021 10:18 am

Seriously enjoyed this footage of Kai Lenny in Mexico. Great POV shots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWBSP__lYjk
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Cranked » Fri Feb 12, 2021 11:25 am

Great footage, punishment and how to take it
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Lucky Al » Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:55 pm

offshore1 wrote:
Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:06 am
What are your thoughts re having the WSL bring a comp to your beach Lucky Al?
Doesn't look much worse than Rio.
It is worse than Rio. Much worse. And no one in the village has ever heard of Kelly or John John or Gabriel or anyone. No point in having a comp at our beach.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Beanpole » Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:11 pm

They have the World Longboarding Champs in Hainan, China. A bit more swell though.
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by foamy » Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:19 pm

Lucky Al wrote:
Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:55 pm
offshore1 wrote:
Fri Feb 12, 2021 2:06 am
What are your thoughts re having the WSL bring a comp to your beach Lucky Al?
Doesn't look much worse than Rio.
It is worse than Rio. Much worse. And no one in the village has ever heard of Kelly or John John or Gabriel or anyone. No point in having a comp at our beach.
That’s exactly the expansion market they are looking for!

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