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BA wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 01, 2024 4:09 pm

And obviously rest it.

You’re joking, right?

I’ve only (knowingly) had any lengthy conversations with Russians.
They were lovely people.
Both Siberian engineers, work colleagues of my daughter in law.

Tom Carroll injured surfing Narrabeen

PeepeelaPew wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 25, 2024 12:27 pm

Trev wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 25, 2024 11:53 am

A bunch of us "convinced" him to leave.

He must have been terrified

It was just a few years later. Many years later in fact.
And yes. He was advised to go fish somewhere else in future. Never saw him again.

Even back before I moved to Sydney, near misses were common there. Including one I saw by the air sea rescue boat which was just training. No emergency. A bigger problem (well, more regular) was the fishermen on the rock casting straight into the crew in the water. One guy got caught through his ear...

Beanpole wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 23, 2024 2:38 pm

Surfboat?

A rowing “Four” outside the rowing club at South Tweed.

PeepeelaPew wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 23, 2024 12:34 pm

Stones, inches.

Furlongs have gotta be next

I used "yards" in my 50's/ 60s tome.

I was about 7 stone in those days How many kilojoules is that? :-)( Actually I probably got to 8 stone by the end of high school. About 50 kegs. I was a tall, lanky, skinny prick. Probably made beany look like Clive Palmer in comparison. :lol: I’m the same height I was in Yr 7. I was one of the tal...

I'm 2nd from right without a shirt.

buddy wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 23, 2024 11:53 am

When did you fill out, Trev?

Interesting. Good question.

I vaguely remember a discussion between my Mum and our GP. I was perfectly healthy (apart from sinus issues) so there was no concern, just a query.
I recall him saying nI’d put on weight in my late 30s.

He was right.

I was about 7 stone in those days How many kilojoules is that? :-)( Actually I probably got to 8 stone by the end of high school. About 50 kegs. I was a tall, lanky, skinny prick. Probably made beany look like Clive Palmer in comparison. Jeez that is light. Is that why you got into muscle cars? Nev...

PeepeelaPew wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 23, 2024 11:41 am

Trev wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 23, 2024 10:33 am

I was about 7 stone in those days

How many kilojoules is that?

Actually I probably got to 8 stone by the end of high school. About 50 kegs. I was a tall, lanky, skinny prick. Probably made beany look like Clive Palmer in comparison.

alakaboo wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 23, 2024 10:35 am

You being fucking old is highly relevant to you surfing in the 60s

But not what I said.

You guys are all so fucking old. Instead of relying on your recall or conversations with people who are even older, you can look at the photos linked here: https://www.tweedsandbypass.nsw.gov.au/articles-and-studies/interesting-items/beach-changes-along-kirra.html Interesting read. But hardly relev...

I think it got a bit better for a while after the second groin got built. Plenty of similar semi closeouts around the Tweed Coast so no need to explore north of the groin. My best barrel at Kirra was 1982. 82 was when I lived on Musgrave St. at Kirra, insane waves at Kirra. It was a great cyclone s...

Yule, there were never any beach breaks along North Kirra in the 50s or 60s. Just an endless sandbar from Coolangatta Creek to Flat Rock at Tugun. Endless might be an exaggeration. Every few hundred yards there’d be a channel through letting the water out but no rideable waves of any consequence. I ...

I’ve got a photo of a big day at Kirra back in the 70s or maybe early 80s.
The reef was going off.

Three months was what I set myself.
But the op was less complex than expected for a couple of reasons hence the quicker recovery.
Surgeon is happy with me surfing earlier.