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steve shearer wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:40 pm

Not a single thing about those waves and frozen sheep paddocks makes me feel like putting on a 5 mil wetsuit, gloves and booties.

Dunedin, surely that would tempt you. Open to swells from the south west thru north east, plus good pub and music scene for a post-surf recap

Could you imagine the hood Steve would wear in Dunedin?

He'd probably need one of those diving bell helmets.

Hatchnam wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:57 pm

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:40 pm

Not a single thing about those waves and frozen sheep paddocks makes me feel like putting on a 5 mil wetsuit, gloves and booties.

Dunedin, surely that would tempt you. Open to swells from the south west thru north east, plus good pub and music scene for a post-surf recap

Jeezus, out of all the places in NZ, Dunedin isn’t one I’d choose for cold water surf.

Taranaki, Raglan, Shippies, even Gissie and Coromandel.

channels wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:42 pm

Hatchnam wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:57 pm

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:40 pm

Not a single thing about those waves and frozen sheep paddocks makes me feel like putting on a 5 mil wetsuit, gloves and booties.

Dunedin, surely that would tempt you. Open to swells from the south west thru north east, plus good pub and music scene for a post-surf recap

Jeezus, out of all the places in NZ, Dunedin isn’t one I’d choose for cold water surf.

Taranaki, Raglan, Shippies, even Gissie and Coromandel.

Well they're all North Island and not really that cold compared to Dunedin, which is a fair distance further South than the bottom tip of Tassie.

Yeah, I'm not that much of a pussy I wouldn't surf the North Island.

buddy wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:50 pm

channels wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:42 pm

Hatchnam wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:57 pm

steve shearer wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 31, 2023 12:40 pm

Not a single thing about those waves and frozen sheep paddocks makes me feel like putting on a 5 mil wetsuit, gloves and booties.

Dunedin, surely that would tempt you. Open to swells from the south west thru north east, plus good pub and music scene for a post-surf recap

Jeezus, out of all the places in NZ, Dunedin isn’t one I’d choose for cold water surf.

Taranaki, Raglan, Shippies, even Gissie and Coromandel.

Well they're all North Island and not really that cold compared to Dunedin, which is a fair distance further South than the bottom tip of Tassie.

Yeah, but the chances of scoring in Dunedin compared the north island spots is really, really low.

Kai Lenny doing Kai Lenny things a day after the Eddie

This guy is a fcuken great surfer

https://youtu.be/sXRw0kTycWE

We spent a couple of years in Dunedin when we were kids, think we might have gone to preschool or kindergarten in Halfway Bush. Most of the memories are vague, but I do remember coming across Tintin for the first time in Dunedin Public Library - the Red Sea Sharks. We even took that one home, a cancelled book with a torn cover. One of Dad's best mates still lives there, near Port Chalmers to be precise, and sends us pictures of waves from time to time. We'll go back to retrace our steps and take a look around one of these days I reckon, go for a surf!

I met a bodyboarder from Dunedin over in Pascaules.
He was living on $15 a day including rent.
He had a little one man tent setup next to the outdoor undercover dining tables of our accom and he’d give em a couple bucks to setup there. Would cook up his own rice and tinned tuna. Not sure if he ate anything else, maybe a bit of fruit.

It took me 2 weeks to realise his name was Ben, not Bin.

I’d like to visit Dunedin to see Baldwin Street, the world's steepest street.

foamy wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:34 pm

I’d like to visit Dunedin to see Baldwin Street, the world's steepest street.

Take your skatey.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/top- ... baldwin-st

A title stolen from the Welsh.

foamy wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:34 pm

I’d like to visit Dunedin to see Baldwin Street, the world's steepest street.

I was there 2 years ago and walked it (with about 100 other people). I can confirm that it is indeed very steep. I’d hate to live there just because of the crowds.

I'll just watch the you-tube video thanks.

Read this James K. Baxter poem too Steve:

Dunedin nights are often cold
(I notice it as I grow old);
The south wind scourging from the Pole
Drives every rat to his own hole,
Lashing the drunks who wear thin shirts
And little girls in mini-skirts...

(Continues here: https://jasongoroncy.com/2010/12/09/a-s ... -k-baxter/)

Yeah, that was cool.

I really liked it.

Beanpole has ruined Dunedin as well?

buddy wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:39 pm

foamy wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:34 pm

I’d like to visit Dunedin to see Baldwin Street, the world's steepest street.

Take your skatey.

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/top- ... baldwin-st

Insane. Bombing the hill is one thing, but his slide to slow down is up there with one of the best roundhouse cutbacks to speedcheck I've ever seen!