It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by channels » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:17 pm

I can't think of one person who has gone to SA to surf the beasts Schmucker has exposed.

Crowds at Gnarloo have more to do with the FIFO population of WA then general exposure. Anyway Gnarloo sorts itself out, as soon as it hits 6 foot the crowd halves.

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by shaunmorrison » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:32 pm

channels wrote:I can't think of one person who has gone to SA to surf the beasts Schmucker has exposed.

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Most people paddle into the waves that smucko has been towing into, he's just to fat and scared of sharks so he tows through guys paddling, never use smucko justify any point in an argument, you loose credibility by association. :P

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by marauding mullet » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:42 pm

channels wrote:I can't think of one person who has gone to SA to surf the beasts Schmucker has exposed..
That sounds like something he would say, there's more too it than that.
He and others pissed off enough people at normal surf spots in SA to spur the formation of a group of surfers who saw the writing on the wall if this stuff continued. They did something about it, diplomatically, and the message got across.
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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by channels » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:43 pm

Don't know the guy from a bar of soap.

Someone else said distance is a factor. Shipwreck bay in nz is a great example, well known but the 8 hour drive puts a lot of people off.

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by shaunmorrison » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:45 pm

So Chanels is Smucko, I thought as much!

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by shaunmorrison » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:47 pm

channels wrote:Don't know the guy from a bar of soap.

Someone else said distance is a factor. Shipwreck bay in nz is a great example, well known but the 8 hour drive puts a lot of people off.
Back peddling already Smucko???

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by channels » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:48 pm

Yes, I'm known for my courage in big surf.

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by el rancho » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:48 pm

How do you feel about daylight savings Shaun?

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by shaunmorrison » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:51 pm

A bit dark on it Ellie!

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by el rancho » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:52 pm

Maybe you can make your peace with stevesy after all

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by channels » Sat Oct 10, 2015 5:52 pm

And what's your position on rinsing tomatoes?

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by shaunmorrison » Sat Oct 10, 2015 6:08 pm

I'm married chanels, no need for me to cook or clean. :-)

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by el rancho » Sun Oct 11, 2015 11:10 am

Shut up ringy you're talking sense

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by Davros » Sun Oct 11, 2015 1:11 pm

surfed a thumping keramas last weekend on day with occasional 8 foot sets with a few guys dropping into vey late deep pits and a few broken boards etc....got a couple of smaller ones (say 6ft) there were 10 max out but only 2 to 3 guys were making the heavier inside ledgey ones (it is a pretty fast and hollow take off in these conditions) , however if you were willing you were given right of way, the vibe was good if you had a crack and if you bit it on the reef it was greeted with a wry smile but also an acceptance you were willing and hence would not be burnt.

The next day it dropped to 4 ft and was a fun size but the crowd increased to 25 and was a lot more competitive and a little aggro with some young Balinese. Kind of really framed it up for me. The waves and atmosphere on the bigger day was the most satisfying day of the week (bar getting another apparently croweded East Coast break to our selves that was pretty good)

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by shaunmorrison » Sun Oct 11, 2015 5:21 pm

Ringmaster wrote:Surfed Cloudbreak in 2009 (with Tavarua surfer limitations) and 2011 (post regulations).

Steve Shearer is correct. An average spread of 20 people out at Cloudbreak will not be nearly as hard to deal with as an average 20 out at Padang/GLand/Tombstones etc. Seemed to be a prevalence of blokes who would be Sydney weekend surfers back at home over with their families on a tropical holiday. I reckon because it's more expensive the harder core younger crew would rather go to Indo where their money goes further (same season after all). Vibe in the water is good as there's no localism and once it gets bigger than 4 to 5 foot a lot of people out there are just tea bagging. Reckon I've had about 10 surfs out there with about 25 being the most crowded (3 - 4 foot) and one particular morning of 6 foot plus perfection with 7 of us out for over an hour and a half (mid morning) before anyone else paddled out. Big line up and easy to get waves if you've got an act. Winkipop back home here on a good day is waaaaaay harder to jag a set wave than Cloudbreak.

As for these 'forums' being a cause for crowd increases ANYWHERE.....well that's just :lol: :lol: :lol:

I've never heard anyone refer to 'Realsurf' other than the 30 odd blokes on here who thrive on it. Super irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
Wasn't so much what he he was saying on realsurf, but the magazines he proudly told us he was selling too. :-D-:

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by shaunmorrison » Sun Oct 11, 2015 5:22 pm

Davros wrote:surfed a thumping keramas last weekend on day with occasional 8 foot sets with a few guys dropping into vey late deep pits and a few broken boards etc....got a couple of smaller ones (say 6ft) there were 10 max out but only 2 to 3 guys were making the heavier inside ledgey ones (it is a pretty fast and hollow take off in these conditions) , however if you were willing you were given right of way, the vibe was good if you had a crack and if you bit it on the reef it was greeted with a wry smile but also an acceptance you were willing and hence would not be burnt.

The next day it dropped to 4 ft and was a fun size but the crowd increased to 25 and was a lot more competitive and a little aggro with some young Balinese. Kind of really framed it up for me. The waves and atmosphere on the bigger day was the most satisfying day of the week (bar getting another apparently croweded East Coast break to our selves that was pretty good)
And what break was that? :P

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by el rancho » Sun Oct 11, 2015 5:55 pm

Have you read his upcoming articles?

Take your self-righteous locals only Aussie larrikin schtick back to swellnet.

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Re: It's a marathon not a sprint, Spring '15

Post by shaunmorrison » Sun Oct 11, 2015 6:03 pm

I reckon this el dude is actually steve shearer, the same way I invented morris on swellnet, for back up.

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