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I transitioned from a bodyboard to a surfboard through a surf club after a knee injury. Balance exercises like balance boards and skateboarding might help as it helped me. The balance boards are awesome-after rehab using one it clicked really quick. After owning a FireWire for me they're not cost ef...

i think something that hasnt been mentioned is taking off at an angle and placement of your hands. Sometimes taking off at an angle can reduce the steepness of the drop. And, also providing down the line speed. But if you bog a rail maybe try and change the placement of your hands because ur hands c...

Hey I have one. It's a black CSR mini in good condition. I've send you a private message.

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Yeah i've got the same dilemma. I'm thinking about a 10 day trip with some mates for about 1600 alcohol flight mountain pass ski gear i think all included. Its a 3 or 4 resort pass or something: coronet peak, mt hutt and the remarkables. I've heard one of the problems with skiing there is it gets wi...

Remember a day a couple of years ago at tamrama pull off a 6ft wave before it barrels perfectly in front of a mate thought it was gonna close out regretted that one for a while. Another day i was out at perfect 3ft shark island with some mates and i was too sick to have the guts to pull in. Some dud...

a surfboat costs about $30 000 each oar costs about $800 new. In season ie the summer months they usually snap a couple of oars a week. Boaties are generally gym junkies. They used to be really good saving devices back in the day but now they've been overtaken by the rubber ducky/inflatable rescue b...

just say overhead it removes all ambiguities. Depends on the spot and conditions etc if u bail and ur leash snaps u lose ur flotation device and that's how ppl drown. Saying that if all else fails and i dont know what to do i usually roll into a ball. Its gotten me out of some sticky situations.

hey does reverse airs use the same sort of technique? just alot more speed and a nice ramp

i'm learning on a 6'10 Goodtime single fin pintail surfboard at the moment. It must be at least 30 years old. It goes really fast and has quite afew dings that i've had to patch up recently. My dad bought it off a mate and my uncle learnt on it and now i've got it.

Surfing-paddling aspect seems to be a mixture of endurance and strength... i've never been able to paddle as hard in the ocean and hit the cardiovascular and respiratory (heart and lungs) side of things as i have from doing a sand run/ stair run for 10 mins without stopping. Endurance you pretty muc...

Probably one of the best things about being a clubby is the free training and using the equipment. I train on the paddleboards about 3-7 times a week in season. Really good for ur shoulders and aerobic fitness and gets u out in the water having fun with some mates in summer when the surf is below pa...

i have an ms3 bought last summer.. 1st surf it seemed to skip abit along the water ok if ur on an open face heading for a section but in the barrel it wouldnt hold that well... since then its an awesome board donno if its any looser but i'm not complaining... sik fun board to ride holds well in the ...

i like riding some of the surf clubs racing boards kneeling up... they're really fun to ride and can catch anything that moves even chop out in the ocean and keeps u really fit. fun for cutbacks and floaters on the fatter waves difficult for setting up barrels and that but when u get it right its so...

yeh this has hubb landing a 720 pretty sick:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oWKvslm_95Q

y was noone out today for the early this morning? Not that i was complaining when i rocked up at my local to find not a soal out barrelly 3-4ft waves a shorey and 2 reefs working mine for the taking. Was abit bumpy despite what little wind there was at 6-8am was a light offshore. Summer, middle of s...

down with the sickness-disturbed
crawling in the dark-hoobastank
gone-the butterfly effect

those things take alot of balance. But they are one of the fastest things u can go on water across with just urself alone. When its flat and there's crap diving or just for something for a change these can be quite fun when there's lakelike conditions. When there's chop and when there's surf that ma...