Just general surfing stuff

[Froim Grach]

Russians are very friendly once you get to know them.

[steve shearer]

Thats like saying water is wet once you stand under a shower.

An old Bribie proverb.

[Cranked]

The Russians I've met (just a handful) have been pretty good.

[PeepeelaPew]

Russians are very friendly once you get to know them.

I've never met a friendly one and I've known some pretty well. They are incredibly insular and unwelcoming.

[foamy]

I don’t think being friendly to strangers is considered a particularly desirable trait in Russian culture.
Friendliness is for friends.

[Yuke Hunt]

I don’t think being friendly to strangers is considered a particularly desirable trait in Russian culture.
Friendliness is for friends.

Are you insinuating that most RealSurfers are Russian ?

[marauding mullet]

Never had much to do with them, plenty of Eastern Europeans though. Most OK.
But they (Russians and Ukrainians) certainly aren’t ingratiating themselves in general with the Balinese.

[Skipper]

Russians are very friendly once you get to know them.

I've never met a friendly one and I've known some pretty well. They are incredibly insular and unwelcoming.

Which race(s) of people that you've known (or worked with) pretty well, have been open and welcoming, Leej?

[Beanpole]

I’ve always enjoyed Serbians sardonic sense of humour. Known a few.

[Kunji]

Yeah the Germans Ive met travelling are pretty friendly. Good for a beer and a chat

[Trev]

I’ve only (knowingly) had any lengthy conversations with Russians.
They were lovely people.
Both Siberian engineers, work colleagues of my daughter in law.

[godsavetheking]

Russians are very friendly once you get to know them.

I've never met a friendly one and I've known some pretty well. They are incredibly insular and unwelcoming.

I’ve heard that said about Australians by quite a few people

[Cranked]

Fuck off!

We are the apogee of friendliness

[PeepeelaPew]

I don’t think being friendly to strangers is considered a particularly desirable trait in Russian culture.
Friendliness is for friends.

I worked with a group of around 10 for almost 10 years. One on my immediate team, the others in an adjacent group. The rest of my team were friendly with each other. The Russian was not, nor were the adjacent group. Our guy would only socialise with the other Russians.

Maybe if I had smoked copious amounts of cigarettes or drank vodka I would have built a bridge.

@mm Austrians. Swiss. Italians. French. Americans most definitely.

[marauding mullet]

@mm Austrians. Swiss. Italians. French. Americans most definitely.

That was skip’s question PP.
I’ll answer it too if skip doesn’t mind. I can’t honestly say I’ve noticed any nationality to be unfriendly when in Australia, same while I’ve been in other countries. Good and bad in any cross section I guess, but particularly friendly and easy going are Phillipinos, Indos, Saffas and the people of Vanuatu.

[Skipper]

PP's not that sharp, after all.

[PeepeelaPew]

Haha sorry

[Skipper]