Just general surfing stuff
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Re: Just general surfing stuff
“well aj you know what they say, it takes a village to make a kid do something really stupid”
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My first was a backyard single fin which for some reason had chook feathers in the glass around the fin.
I have no memory of the first wave or board I stood up on
Cos I live in the moment, man
I have no memory of the first wave or board I stood up on
Cos I live in the moment, man
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I can tell you it’s AWESOME being AWESOME.Beanpole wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:36 pmI think we can all agree on that, Brine Brother. It's Realsurfers you're talking to here remember.Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:18 pm
Can I tell you, it is AWESOME being a good surfer, riding the waves you've dreamed of in a fitting manner, pushing it with confidence, and over time developing a rhythm and consistency that allows you to understand where you're at in quite a fine edged way, surf to surf.
Anyone can be good, it does not take a special body type or any of that shit, it is purely about that first two or three years in the water and how you carry those lessons into further challenges.
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Really?Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:18 pmAs I've probably bored you with before, my first board was a 5'8" squash tail single fin. I didn't know it at the time but it was originally shaped for Nat Young who rode it in the 1970 world contest at Johanna.
My lil bro's first board was a Ron Wade 5'6" pop-out double ender singly.
We got beyond those boards very quickly and two years later were riding hand shaped 6' plus pintails, v much the high performance boards of their time.
We never bothered with "the glide" or whatever - just pushed ahead with surfing and boards as quickly as our circumstances allowed. It was just about time in the water and the number of waves caught.
Nobody tried to impose a vision of surfing on us, we looked out at the world and chose what visions we liked and followed them. Adults? Ha!
This is pretty congruent with almost every good to very good surfer I've ever talked with about their origins and development.
Can I tell you, it is AWESOME being a good surfer, riding the waves you've dreamed of in a fitting manner, pushing it with confidence, and over time developing a rhythm and consistency that allows you to understand where you're at in quite a fine edged way, surf to surf.
Anyone can be good, it does not take a special body type or any of that shit, it is purely about that first two or three years in the water and how you carry those lessons into further challenges.
So don't undercut your kids, give 'em a shot, maybe they won't take it but that'll be their choice.
FMD.
And the crowd in here let's you get away with this stuff?
FMD.
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Get away with what?
Saying it’s awesome being a good surfer?
Well, if that annoys you, Nick wrote a whole book on the subject.
“The Complete Guide to Surfing Your Best - Vol 2 : Advanced surf skills and knowledge for all surfers” by Nick Carroll
You could buy that book and be super annoyed.
Saying it’s awesome being a good surfer?
Well, if that annoys you, Nick wrote a whole book on the subject.
“The Complete Guide to Surfing Your Best - Vol 2 : Advanced surf skills and knowledge for all surfers” by Nick Carroll
You could buy that book and be super annoyed.
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If I could surf like NC I’d tell everyone. Like just tell strangers as I passed them in the street.
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If I could surf like NC, I'd post Surfline videos of myself to forums.
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Don’t let Carroll off the hook. I get what what he saying, he’s appreciative that he can surf great breaks and stoked it’s a skill he’s acquired and maintained.
Still a nob though
Still a nob though
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Most Australians are pretty conceited. Oh you hide it quite well behind that faux humility and self deprecation but that’s always very much only skin deep
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Ca’n Goddy, do the Ozzy accent
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I dunno god save I think it's a bit hard to pin down an Australian cliche right now. That ad campaign with Kylie Minogue etc may have hit the spot for terrified Britons who wish there was a decent white country somewhere out there who will grovel to them and love the Queen or whatever, but it's as far from the truth as Wales is from Hawaii. Australia is no longer white and English, it's a hacked up melting pot of mad ex-nationalities, exactly the kind of place Britishers are scared shitless of their own little island becoming. Ghastly. That self deprecating boastfulness is just a memory, along with Barry fcuking Mackenzie and every other cheeseball cultural reference you can imagine.
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You should the latest ad for Wales. It looks fcuking amazing. I genuinely had no idea what it was an advert for until Visit Wales popped up at the end
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What? The seaplane one?
Beanpole
You aren’t the room Yuke You are just a wonky cafe table with a missing rubber pad on the end of one leg.
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I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.
You aren’t the room Yuke You are just a wonky cafe table with a missing rubber pad on the end of one leg.
Skipper
I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.
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Dunno, wasn’t really paying much attention. It had the snowdonia zip line (but not the wave pool)
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Nup. Not the seaplane one.godsavethequeen wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 7:54 pmDunno, wasn’t really paying much attention. It had the snowdonia zip line (but not the wave pool)
Beanpole
You aren’t the room Yuke You are just a wonky cafe table with a missing rubber pad on the end of one leg.
Skipper
I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.
You aren’t the room Yuke You are just a wonky cafe table with a missing rubber pad on the end of one leg.
Skipper
I still don't buy the "official" narrative about 9/11. Oh sure, it happened, fcuk yeah. But who and why and how I'm, not convinced it was what we've been told.
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Pretty understated really, Nick only said he was a good surfer.gcuts wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2020 4:00 pmReally?Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2020 7:18 pmAs I've probably bored you with before, my first board was a 5'8" squash tail single fin. I didn't know it at the time but it was originally shaped for Nat Young who rode it in the 1970 world contest at Johanna.
My lil bro's first board was a Ron Wade 5'6" pop-out double ender singly.
We got beyond those boards very quickly and two years later were riding hand shaped 6' plus pintails, v much the high performance boards of their time.
We never bothered with "the glide" or whatever - just pushed ahead with surfing and boards as quickly as our circumstances allowed. It was just about time in the water and the number of waves caught.
Nobody tried to impose a vision of surfing on us, we looked out at the world and chose what visions we liked and followed them. Adults? Ha!
This is pretty congruent with almost every good to very good surfer I've ever talked with about their origins and development.
Can I tell you, it is AWESOME being a good surfer, riding the waves you've dreamed of in a fitting manner, pushing it with confidence, and over time developing a rhythm and consistency that allows you to understand where you're at in quite a fine edged way, surf to surf.
Anyone can be good, it does not take a special body type or any of that shit, it is purely about that first two or three years in the water and how you carry those lessons into further challenges.
So don't undercut your kids, give 'em a shot, maybe they won't take it but that'll be their choice.
FMD.
And the crowd in here let's you get away with this stuff?
FMD.
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Yeah but that was just the faux humility talking. Underneath he was shouting ‘I AM A SURFING GOD’
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