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Have a good weekend peeps or something like that?

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The guy who took this clip knows everyone in Cooly. Even all the kids who rip. He knows everyone by name.
He posted a compilation clip of unknowns from last week at Kirra. It was heaps of fun watching normal people surf Kirra. There’s heaps of good ones on Shagga’s feed. But 112 is mental. How stoked would this bloke be?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRLe_huHZ_a ... =copy_link

Faaark. What a ride.

Seems like they found him, judging by the comments.

jimmy wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 11, 2021 10:21 pm

The guy who took this clip knows everyone in Cooly. Even all the kids who rip. He knows everyone by name.
He posted a compilation clip of unknowns from last week at Kirra. It was heaps of fun watching normal people surf Kirra. There’s heaps of good ones on Shagga’s feed. But 112 is mental. How stoked would this bloke be?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRLe_huHZ_a ... =copy_link

So I knew it was going to be good from your comments jimmy, but I still expected it to end time after time, but it just stayed open... fuuuuuuuuuccccccckkkkkk!!!

How about this video Cranked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-0TANeLUng

Lucky Al wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 16, 2021 2:26 pm

How about this video Cranked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-0TANeLUng

Fantastic Al, I watched it all with great pleasure!

I’ve watched a lot of Kirra footage and I’ve now watched the Tim Bonython footage of Wedding Cake, Nth Beaches and The Bra in the last swell. My verdict is hardly anyone in Sydney appeared to make any waves and copped some serious flogging. Kirra remains an insane wave that allows for miraculous tube rides.
His regular footage of Ours features way more guys making waves than any of his recent Sydney footage. Ponderous soundtrack too.

Ponderous is the perfect description of his videos in general. Never a light touch with Tim. Still pretty watchable though.

I tend to agree. More shocked at how few waves were getting made. It looked like a 90% failure rate. Aren’t these guys supposed to be the gun surfers?

What’s the consensus on the best legrope for up to DOH for build quality and least likely to snap?

I’ve tried all the generic brands, and they’ll all snap in given situations.

Is there some product or tech out there that’s substantially better, more dependable, less likely to snap? As they all seem pretty equivalent so far.

I use one of those O&E “world’s strongest legrope” on my gun.

I surf 8-10ft max.

Hasn’t broken yet in some pretty powerful waves.

Not sure you’ll find consensus though.

I'm with you on the O&E.
Not on the size though.

buddy wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 18, 2021 11:00 am

I use one of those O&E “world’s strongest legrope” on my gun.

I surf 8-10ft max.

Hasn’t broken yet in some pretty powerful waves.

Not sure you’ll find consensus though.

These?

https://www.oceanearthstore.com/surfboa ... leash-6ft/

If so, snapped the exact one in 6-8 foot beach break surf last weekend. Right in the impact zone, close out section, so I guess that was its limit. Only had the leash a few weeks

Do you leave your boards in your car Iggs?

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Jimmy- Not really. Why? Sun damage?

Think I have the 7 or 8ft long one.