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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Hatchnam » Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:57 pm

steve shearer wrote:
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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
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by alakaboo » Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:01 pm

Could you imagine the hood Steve would wear in Dunedin?

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

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by channels » 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.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by buddy » 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.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:59 pm

Yeah, I'm not that much of a pussy I wouldn't surf the North Island.
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by channels » Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:02 pm

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.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Grooter » Wed Feb 01, 2023 7:05 am

Kai Lenny doing Kai Lenny things a day after the Eddie

This guy is a fcuken great surfer

https://youtu.be/sXRw0kTycWE
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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Lucky Al » Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:03 pm

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!

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by buddy » Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:29 pm

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.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by foamy » Wed Feb 01, 2023 6:34 pm

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

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by buddy » 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

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by godsavetheking » Wed Feb 01, 2023 7:12 pm

A title stolen from the Welsh.
Beanpole wrote:
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To tell the truth eggs are one thing I avoid buying when I’m grocery shopping. So you may say I’m an intermittent egg buyer who usually lets someone else buy them.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by BA » Wed Feb 01, 2023 7:26 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.
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.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:01 pm

I'll just watch the you-tube video thanks.
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Lucky Al » Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:54 pm

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/)

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by steve shearer » Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:02 pm

Yeah, that was cool.

I really liked it.
I want Nightclub Dwight dead in his grave I want the nice-nice up in blazes

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by godsavetheking » Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:58 am

Beanpole has ruined Dunedin as well?
Beanpole wrote:
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To tell the truth eggs are one thing I avoid buying when I’m grocery shopping. So you may say I’m an intermittent egg buyer who usually lets someone else buy them.

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Re: Just general surfing stuff

Post by Wyre » Thu Feb 02, 2023 7:44 am

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
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