Where did you surf today ?
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
True dat. I remember John McGroder telling us it would be 2 to 8 ft before we got to a particular spot in the Ments on his boat. We were somewhat confused but he was bang on. Take off was 8ft, kick out at the end was around 2ft.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Shouldn't it have been 8 to 2 foot then
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Don't start !Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:31 pmEver measured your surfboard? I bet it isn’t actually what you think it is.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Get any waves today?
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Beg your pardon?Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:31 pmI’m pretty sure people in another surf cultural slipstream would think we were talking about something totally different, but so what?
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Holup!Cranked wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:12 pmOf course I don't really care foamy, I never ever just say feet, I always suffix it "faces" or use knee, waist, shoulder, head high and multiples thereof. Even meters is good.
I do find it a bit a absurd though that the good and simple measurement of "feet" has become so corrupted.
On Surf forecast I have the units set to metric so I can get the wind speed in km/h, I don't even look at wave size any more, just kJs and period. This week its over 2000kJ most of the week dropping to a 300kJ grovel by Sunday
I was willing to let the kJ nonsense slide, but wind speed in km/h is a bridge too far.
Knots or gtfo!
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Yes, probably should have taken a different board though.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
amen.alakaboo wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:51 pmHolup!Cranked wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 12:12 pmOf course I don't really care foamy, I never ever just say feet, I always suffix it "faces" or use knee, waist, shoulder, head high and multiples thereof. Even meters is good.
I do find it a bit a absurd though that the good and simple measurement of "feet" has become so corrupted.
On Surf forecast I have the units set to metric so I can get the wind speed in km/h, I don't even look at wave size any more, just kJs and period. This week its over 2000kJ most of the week dropping to a 300kJ grovel by Sunday
I was willing to let the kJ nonsense slide, but wind speed in km/h is a bridge too far.
Knots or gtfo!
why does brother Cranked find this so hard?
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If there was anywhere in Oz where Hawaiian Wave Scale would be relevant it's WA.Legion wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 3:12 pmThat's the weird thing - in the WA surf culture ranging from grommets to people almost as old as Cranked it's all iggy scale. So it's incongruous that he suddenly decided to adopt an obscure British website's system.Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:31 pmIt is interesting but it’s not corrupted imo cranky, it’s just cultural.
There was a reasonably well known pro at my local yesterday. I wonder what he would have thought if I asked him how many kilojoules he reckoned it was, or how many cubic litres I should be riding?
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I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
Re: Where did you surf today ?
The photos I put up on the previous page are 3-4 foot waves. Anyone that disagrees is a kook. It’s really that simple.
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Agreed,That's where this cracks me up. I agree but your scale is so random that it's meaningless. Maybe you over call wave sizes using your own scale and I undercall them using mine.
It really is just dick swinging bullshit.
It really is just dick swinging bullshit.
Put your big boy pants on
I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
I mean, tastebuds? WGAF?
Re: Where did you surf today ?
How good is surfing. Fccck it is so unique in the experience and happiness it gives you. So intense.steve shearer wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:13 amhad a great fathers day surf with my wife and son.Nick Carroll wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2019 11:00 amI hope everyone’s having a bit of fun today, clean conditions and a playful swell combo!
he got smashed and cut up on the rocks coming in, and had a great time.
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Obscure? Only if you consider 3.6 million hits in the last 6 months to be obscure.
British? It is or was, but in the last 6 months 27% of the above traffic was from the US and only 5% from the UK
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Like, I haven’t measured my head but I think it’s about 1 foot?
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Also.
I have a Sam Egan and a dhd
On the stringer, one says 7’. The other says 6’8
But next to each other they are exactly the same length wtf
I have a Sam Egan and a dhd
On the stringer, one says 7’. The other says 6’8
But next to each other they are exactly the same length wtf
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Re: Where did you surf today ?
One's measured on the deck, one on the base.
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