Primo here 6ft nice lefts only run over one SBer . Have you got day light @ 6am mac? still dark her till 20 past

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62mac said...

Its crap the winds into it at 6 am,I'll give it a miss today

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obct said...


One of them was a chick and she had a damn fine look'n arse on her a real pleasure to paddle behind her behind.

Some poor old learner guy came out on a shortish NSP, even though the water is still quite nice, he had all the gear on, steamer, hat and booties he must have weighed a tonne and he could not work out why he couldn't get a wave. Why don't they just buy a big fomy with lots of volume to learn on?

Probably had the same idea mate paddle around after the chick, but seriously, you ask why he doesn't buy a big foamy?? probably because no one has told him that a foamy is the way to go
It would be nice sometimes for the pro's to part with some of their experience. ie: Couple of weeks ago at "The Pass" I had every second bloke telling me to paddle hard, go through a wave like this, get out of his way like this etc. and made the whole day really enjoyable Other days elsewhere and you just suffer ... help em out, the sooner they're surfing the easier it is for all.

I'm not having a shot at anyone, but every new surfer wants to be just like you guys .... well not exactly like you guys ... but they don't want to get in the way they just wanna learn etc.

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towball said...

Primo here 6ft nice lefts only run over one SBer . Have you got day light @ 6am mac? still dark her till 20 past

62mac said...

Its crap the winds into it at 6 am,I'll give it a miss today

yes mate 6 you can see without a miners hat,I'm at work public holiday in all

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dotcomdotau said...

I'm not having a shot at anyone, but every new surfer wants to be just like you guys .... well not exactly like you guys ... but they don't want to get in the way they just wanna learn etc.

Tust me we no pro's well I was once

Seriously,I hear you .com,sometime I call a lot of learners into waves but hold back most of the time giving advice because I figure their chilling and probably don't want a lesson.
Sounds like you had a good crew at the pass that day always make it enjoyable,same as surfing with BB,asea,vanders and daneli just fun

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dotcomdotau said...

I'm not having a shot at anyone, but every new surfer wants to be just like you guys .... well not exactly like you guys ... but they don't want to get in the way they just wanna learn etc.

I'd like to give advice but I almost never do because it's obvious that I'm not so good. But then that's just as much to do with age as any other single factor.

When I see them doing really basic stuff wrong and I know they're obviously aware of etiquette I do want to make simple suggestions like:

Stop with the chicken wing paddling
Move a bit forward on the board as you paddle
Don't keep your feet so close together
Don't lock your knees (I wish I would listen to this one more often)
And most of all, get some frigg'n foam under your arse.

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dotcomdotau said...

I'm not having a shot at anyone, but every new surfer wants to be just like you guys .... well not exactly like you guys ... but they don't want to get in the way they just wanna learn etc.

I'd like to give advice but I almost never do because it's obvious that I'm not so good. But then that's just as much to do with age as any other single factor.

When I see them doing really basic stuff wrong and I know they're obviously aware of etiquette I do want to make simple suggestions like:

Stop with the chicken wing paddling
Move a bit forward on the board as you paddle
Don't keep your feet so close together
Don't lock your knees (I wish I would listen to this one more often)
And most of all, get some frigg'n foam under your arse.

Tust me we no pro's well I was once

Seriously,I hear you .com,sometime I call a lot of learners into waves but hold back most of the time giving advice because I figure their chilling and probably don't want a lesson.
Sounds like you had a good crew at the pass that day always make it enjoyable,same as surfing with BB,asea,vanders and daneli just fun

Well I reckon advice is always welcome, even if it's just to break the ice

If you don't reckon you're "not so good" OBCT then get up to Goldie at the start of July (9-11th) and come for a surf with me (and anyone else, of course) and you'll soon see how good you really are.
I love surfing just for the FUN and to learn a little bit more every time I go out.

Just locked those dates in my pc dotcom

I 'll teach you how to do the rear end dismount

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Just locked those dates in my pc dotcom

I 'll teach you how to do the rear end dismount

Rear end dismount, I'll look forward to that mate

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I 'll teach you how to do the rear end dismount

I thought that was something only the SUP guys did

And then they would go for a surf

G'day, I'm new to the longboard forum, but been in the sailing forum for some time on account of having a wee boat as well.

Just a comment about why a guy might be struggling with catching waves because he's on the wrong board, and why he might be a danger due to not knowing the etiquette. (No, it's not me )

18 months ago, I took some lessons from a not so well known guy on the northern beaches. At the time I had inherited an old Farrelly 9 footer that didn't paddle all that well, and wasn't really that great. The coach I had paid a reasonable amount of money to, advised me that I should buy something with lots of volume, which I did, but not because he told me, but because after visiting every single surf shop from Manly to Avalon, I was told something different. I weigh 11 stone and stand 6 foot and some suggested a 6 foot something, others an egg of some sort, others told me that I was too old, but basically, they tried to guide me to what ever they had for sale at the time. It's a natural course of action for a retailer on a commission. One of the girls I learned with was told "Buy what ever looks good under your arm", which she did, failed to ride and has now given it away as a bad joke.

It wasn't until I actually got talking to some of the guys in the surf that it all made some sense and I bought what I believe is a good board for me. It's a 9'4" Wayne Deane. First day I paddled it out I got the first wave, and actually, finally dismounted on purpose as opposed to falling off.

How did I get talking to the guys in the surf? Well, I accidentally dropped in on a couple of 'em, apologised for my lack of ability as a new surfer and then got talking. It's amazing what a little bit of friendly chat can do, if one is civil and apologetic for a mistake.

BTW - I've surfed with the lady kneeboarder, she was there on Saturday and again yesterday in the junk, and you're right it's nice paddling behind her behind....

Michael

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BTW - I've surfed with the lady kneeboarder, she was there on Saturday and again yesterday in the junk, and you're right it's nice paddling behind her behind....

Michael

Strewth She's not the missus is she mate

Agree with everything you said as well, comonsense is always good to take along when you go out for a wave.
Welcome to the LB room

Interesting little story Michael and welcome also to the fun forum

That's great that finally someone guided you in the right direction and
Wayne make good boards.

If I had a $ for every wrong information I over hear in the fashion surf
stores ( which I load ) I would be flying you over to my own island for
a chin wag!

Your right,walk into a shortboard store and you'll walk out with a pro board
too light to float an ant!

I always suggest to a newie go a fun or mini mal to start with,the more volume
and width the better.Then decide which way to go,short or long and work your
way up or down.

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Interesting little story Michael and welcome also to the fun forum

That's great that finally someone guided you in the right direction and
Wayne make good boards.

If I had a $ for every wrong information I over hear in the fashion surf
stores ( which I load ) I would be flying you over to my own island for
a chin wag!

Your right,walk into a shortboard store and you'll walk out with a pro board
too light to float an ant!

I always suggest to a newie go a fun or mini mal to start with,the more volume
and width the better.Then decide which way to go,short or long and work your
way up or down.

I recon foamies are the way to start out and they get better every year. Very easy to catch waves and the more modern ones dont go too bad

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62mac said...

Interesting little story Michael and welcome also to the fun forum

That's great that finally someone guided you in the right direction and
Wayne make good boards.

If I had a $ for every wrong information I over hear in the fashion surf
stores ( which I load ) I would be flying you over to my own island for
a chin wag!

Your right,walk into a shortboard store and you'll walk out with a pro board
too light to float an ant!

I always suggest to a newie go a fun or mini mal to start with,the more volume
and width the better.Then decide which way to go,short or long and work your
way up or down.

I recon foamies are the way to start out and they get better every year. Very easy to catch waves and the more modern ones dont go too bad

Thanks Mac, appreciate the welcome. Now I have some waves under my belt, I wish I had have kept the Farrelly too, I believe I may have ended up being OK on it eventually, but such is the way of the $$.

Doggie, I did stay on a softie for some months, until a friend loaned me a Soul Surf 9'4" which I improved even more on.

Loving the Wayne Deane, lots of volume and reasonably quick to turn, at least that's what I'm told....

No dotcom, she ain't the missus..... my missus only gets in the water if it's a bath, or over 40deg.

Hi MickeyR.If you are just starting out the only advice I can give is just find a little break or white water and learn where to lay on your board to paddle and catch waves and also to learn how to go in both directions.If youre surfing point waves you only go one way but if you want to surf beach breaks you must be able to surf left and right and if you are paddling out and some one is coming towards you on a wave if you dont think you can beat him over a wave ALWAYS paddle towards the white water on the wave.Believe me if you do this you will get a lot more confident in a line up and you wont have to drop in on anybody.Most places Ive surfed over the years will tolerate learners for a while then get the sihts and tell them to f off.Good luck and enjoy the stoke.

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Hi MickeyR.If you are just starting out the only advice I can give is just find a little break or white water and learn where to lay on your board to paddle and catch waves and also to learn how to go in both directions.If youre surfing point waves you only go one way but if you want to surf beach breaks you must be able to surf left and right and if you are paddling out and some one is coming towards you on a wave if you dont think you can beat him over a wave ALWAYS paddle towards the white water on the wave.Believe me if you do this you will get a lot more confident in a line up and you wont have to drop in on anybody.Most places Ive surfed over the years will tolerate learners for a while then get the sihts and tell them to f off.Good luck and enjoy the stoke.

Thanks Tank,
I'm past the foam and can go both directions, and know the etiquette of paddling out etc, thanks to those more experienced guys who I've befriended. Just now getting to move around on the face a bit, and getting out in the busier and bigger line ups, but not quite as fluid as I'd like..... yet.....

I'm stoked if your stoked,meaning I get a kick out of watching people catch their first wave beit white wash,unbroken wave or the look on the face when they do the old wiggle thing were the body turns more than the board.

Little do they know,the whole thing is about to click and go to a new level.Then you seek the best waves,then your travelling overseas,then you cop a beating,then you go home with your tail between your legs,oh you got to love surfing.Fast forward and rewind but once its in your blood your a junkie

mac's piece out, loving post, done and dusted

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I'm stoked if your stoked,meaning I get a kick out of watching people catch their first wave beit white wash,unbroken wave or the look on the face when they do the old wiggle thing were the body turns more than the board.

Little do they know,the whole thing is about to click and go to a new level.Then you seek the best waves,then your travelling overseas,then you cop a beating,then you go home with your tail between your legs,oh you got to love surfing.Fast forward and rewind but once its in your blood your a junkie

mac's piece out, loving post, done and dusted

Even posts at the moment mac

its not hard to be nice to people in the water or on dry ground. Most people will always be cool if you got a smile on your face and a good attitude you guys are way to gay on this happy go lucky forum cant wait to run you all over

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you guys are way to gay

Bugger, we've been caught

Mac, I tried to tell you they're would pick us as a bunch of fairies if you kept ordering mcts in all those ******y colours

Oh the shame

Well, at least no ones caught me on a SUP, that would just be too much

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obct said...

you guys are way to gay

Bugger, we've been caught

Mac, I tried to tell you they're would pick us as a bunch of fairies if you kept ordering mcts in all those ******y colours

Oh the shame

Well, at least no ones caught me on a SUP, that would just be too much

Game Over,now we have been granted entry to the sup forum as Kings or is that Queens
Sorry guy's now we are legends and pioneers as Makaha would say,dam good bloke that Makaha.I think he is my twin
Anyway we will stand tall and keep it real unlike the stand over duds or is it dudes

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its not hard to be nice to people in the water or on dry ground. Most people will always be cool if you got a smile on your face and a good attitude you guys are way to gay on this happy go lucky forum cant wait to run you all over

Oh yes another escapee on the loose,time for TB and doggie to start rounding up the stray's.

chispy donut we are loud and proud Longboarders with a super attitude unlike some.
Call us guy if you wish but that's just because we are haha,well we are happy with our soles,I speak for the community

All a laugh mate come along to the next round and we will turn you
Picture a full moon camping in the sand with a bunch of Longboarders ,Heaven

Gave yourself up with this comment Mac .....

"and welcome also to the fun forum"

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Just Wrong said...

Gave yourself up with this comment Mac .....

"and welcome also to the fun forum"

I just gave you a red thumb because, because we can,unlike some other places

i love the piss take and stoke in this forum you guys are funny. i dont care what people ride or do, i just like being stoked and its a bit hard not to when i read the threads on here. Might take you up on the offer lads. Love the ocean and am just glad that doctors are not always right and i am

Life's too short to be serious,I treat life as one joke,keep on laughing.


DOGGIE,I've posted so much dribble tonight that my numbers are bigger than yours,catch up tomorrow night because I'll be watching NSW's getting smashed

AGAIN

Whats happening over there today Gate Keeper ?

The surf is blown out at LM 3 foot but the focus here today is,winning tonights game against NSW's on their home soil,sellout 100 k +.

Bundy night with homemade meat pies and chips,footy food

Geez,when are those after shocks going to end,what would you do rebuild or move it must be so hard for the folks that live and work in that area.

Whats up there is it still darkcold and raining[}:)]

Yep feel sorry for the Chrischurch people saw one guy on TV last night camping in his back yard .He has run out of places to dig a long drop.Would say its the same down there it was bloody cold here last night was all rubbered up for the surf this morning Will watch the game with interest lol.

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The surf is blown out at LM 3 foot but the focus here today is,winning tonights game against NSW's on their home soil,sellout 100 k +.

Bundy night with homemade meat pies and chips,footy food

Geez,when are those after shocks going to end,what would you do rebuild or move it must be so hard for the folks that live and work in that area.

Whats up there is it still darkcold and raining[}:)]