How long have you been riding longboards?

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How long have you been riding longboards?

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62mac > 9 months ago, 27 Jan 2014

vanders1

QLD

3809 posts

27 Jan 2014 7:17am

Around 10 years but initially very on/off with 3-4 years in that time out with a back injury.

Never enjoyed it as much as I am now.

weiry

QLD

5396 posts

27 Jan 2014 8:06am

on/off 33 years

E T

QLD

2286 posts

27 Jan 2014 8:50am

On/off/on/off 44 years.

ET.

surfbroker

NSW

1489 posts

27 Jan 2014 10:13am

6 years long..30 years short..14 years both...bit of snow on top.. but still love every sesh

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

27 Jan 2014 9:43am

longer than i care to remember

what was the question again!!!!!!!

what was i saying!!!!!!!

62mac

24860 posts

27 Jan 2014 7:49am

Yes its a trick question

Had a couple of mid-lengths previously, but got my first 9.1 about 4 years ago.

On shorties for 20+ years - then hit the mids after breaking my back and losing a lot of fitness... Found I liked the extra volume and stayed on mids for about 10 years. Got a mal to enjoy some small summer peelers that I was missing out on.

Ted the Kiwi

NSW

14256 posts

27 Jan 2014 11:49am

Brought my first one 3 yrs ago. Still prefer my shortie over a longboard but some days the longboard is the one to ride. If I lived by a long point break I would probably have 5 of them

chrispy

9675 posts

27 Jan 2014 9:52am

Would be about two years now I think...I only started to ride one after finding this forum...I hated people who rode them as much as I hated boogie boarders my whole life..

Glad I started,yes they are super easy to ride if all you do is trim.....but **** me once you try to actually Surf them...well that is whole other ball game. I could practise till I die and still would have not mastered it..
The crew that make it look easy,well I wish I was them

weiry

QLD

5396 posts

27 Jan 2014 12:08pm

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chrispy said..

Would be about two years now I think...I only started to ride one after finding this forum...I hated people who rode them as much as I hated boogie boarders my whole life..

Glad I started,yes they are super easy to ride if all you do is trim.....but **** me once you try to actually Surf them...well that is whole other ball game. I could practise till I die and still would have not mastered it..
The crew that make it look easy,well I wish I was them

he asked how long, not your Farkn life story mate

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

27 Jan 2014 12:21pm

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weiry said..

he asked how long, not your Farkn life story mate

geez, your quick to rip in there weiry- good work

i think hate is a bit strong- how about a intense dislike of the shoulder hopping bastar0s

62mac

24860 posts

27 Jan 2014 10:41am

Thanks I now have all the information I require.

weiry

QLD

5396 posts

27 Jan 2014 12:47pm

Geeeez mac your sounding like Simondo

towball

4634 posts

27 Jan 2014 11:38am

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What only two years ,but your such an authority

climber

NSW

1125 posts

27 Jan 2014 2:47pm

Hmmm trick question Mac....
Riding a longboard.... as it was my first attempt at surfing, I'll say Ive owned one for 3 1/2 years, been "riding" one for about half that

...rest of the time was, paddling, grovelling, chasing, rolling, swearing at, falling off etc etc etc

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

27 Jan 2014 3:00pm

thickening blots

Mahanumah

VIC

336 posts

27 Jan 2014 5:50pm

Not long enough... Or should that be not often enough. I'm still too slow on the popup and struggle to stay clise to the break so I can hit the nose. Need more practise

Cuttlefish

QLD

1332 posts

27 Jan 2014 6:00pm

First used to grab one of the Plantation crews 10'ers for winter time small wave sliding back in the mid 80's before the resurgence took off.
Had one or two in the quiver for the last 5 years.

chrispy

9675 posts

27 Jan 2014 6:05pm

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towball said...

What only two years ,but your such an authority

Two years of reading this forum,how could I not be anything but a authority...I have learnt from the best

smh

NSW

7269 posts

27 Jan 2014 9:35pm

Since about 92' i think

Teacake

TAS

1099 posts

27 Jan 2014 11:11pm

Seriously? About a year.

As a bit of fun on a small day? Entire life.

As long as it floats and it will catch waves, I am stoked! Lid, shorty or mal, the way the water should be!

Tom.

AnthonyG

259 posts

28 Jan 2014 5:28am

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chrispy said..

they are super easy to ride if all you do is trim.....

I love to trim

Tux

VIC

3829 posts

28 Jan 2014 8:30am

5 years...I still ride shorties more often than longies

stuk

NSW

894 posts

28 Jan 2014 9:40am

Since '98, that's ummm 15 years. Still riding my Sam Egan hand shape he made for me then.

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