Where did you surf today ?

[steve shearer]

on the CI Middy Thud?

[Thud]

Nah NPJ Quartet. But, I love that CI especially outside the Copa club house when it’s 4-6ft breaking miles out in deeper water. Got a Christensen fish recently. Bloody great, easy to ride and easy to turn. Guys a genius. Thinking about buying a longboard and joining the local longboard club. Possibly a DVS 9’2 All Rounder, want to get before Dick gives up, not sure if you could ride comps on that board re: regulations around Malibus etc.

[Trev]

Given the shitty wind I trekked to Noosa.
Got a bunch of nice little peelers across Johnson's almost to First Point.
Not crowded and 200+ metre rides.

Well worth the drive. Even got a park beside the lifesavers.

[Beanpole]

Paddled out after a few long checks through the day. It had been sunny but by the time I got out it was messy. Most people had gone in. A lot of water moving around. Bit of a safe spot in between the reef and the outside breaking left. Got one. Tried for a couple of others then decided to paddle in after missing the last one. Still glad I made the effort.

[alakaboo]

I went in the ocean today with a surfboard and I stood up 3 times, but it would be generous to describe what I did as surfing.

Still getting the the lay of the land and chose poorly, a break that looked good from the road but was actually pretty lumpy.

First surf in a steamer in about 10 years and the first ever in booties. First time surfing in the eastern Pacific in over 15 years.

[steve shearer]

Are you in California now Boo?

Santa Cruz area?

[Beanpole]

I hate surfing in boots.

[Trev]

I hate surfing in boots.

I have no problem with them.

Also saves on wax.

[Grooter]

I'm not a fan of them either but in frigid water they really become essential to help ward off the baby cow cramps. And as Trev says they save on wax and improve your grip on the board. Most surfers in Santa Cruz wear them because along with the cold you often walk out across rocks and there is always broken glass and shit on the road/sidewalk.

I hate wearing gloves as they just tire my arms faster but on very cold days in bigger swells they have come in handy gripping onto a longboard trying to duck under a steam train of white water bearing down on you.

[Yuke Hunt]

I have no problem with them.

Also saves on wax.

Does your wife make them for you ?

[Thud]

I like to wear goggles in the surf. Saves on getting dry contact lenses.

Is there anything worse than unnecessary booties or rubber for perceived cold. Booties in Queensland, really?

[PeepeelaPew]

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[Thud]

There’s something about injecting unnecessary comfort into a sport like surfing. It’s takes away from being in the elements.

[Beanpole]

I always feel clumsy in boots.

[Beanpole]

I'm not a fan of them either but in frigid water they really become essential to help ward off the baby cow cramps. And as Trev says they save on wax and improve your grip on the board. Most surfers in Santa Cruz wear them because along with the cold you often walk out across rocks and there is always broken glass and shit on the road/sidewalk.

I hate wearing gloves as they just tire my arms faster but on very cold days in bigger swells they have come in handy gripping onto a longboard trying to duck under a steam train of white water bearing down on you.

Those stairs at Steamer Lane look like you could get seriously smashed trying to walk up in a large swell. Guess you could just paddle down to Cowells.

[Trev]

I like to wear goggles in the surf. Saves on getting dry contact lenses.

Is there anything worse than unnecessary booties or rubber for perceived cold. Booties in Queensland, really?

They're for feel.
Nerve damage. Remember?

[Trev]

There’s something about injecting unnecessary comfort into a sport like surfing. It’s takes away from being in the elements.

The cold doesn't worry me.
Never did.

Even in Sydney.

[Thud]

I like to wear goggles in the surf. Saves on getting dry contact lenses.

Is there anything worse than unnecessary booties or rubber for perceived cold. Booties in Queensland, really?

They're for feel.
Nerve damage. Remember?

I said unnecessary