So, a lot of you know, two years ago a trip down the east coast changed me. Having surfed for thirty years I was adamant long boarding was pretty much the province of either useless surfers, or broken down old guys. Oh I was so wrong.

This has some nice pics and summates what I have always liked about surfing - predominantly shortboards for many years, but now longboarding too.

http://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2016/06/16/something-pointless-and-elegant-photos

Curren, Thomson, Margo, Parko, Egan, Knox, Machado - all guys I thought had great styles.

Now there are a few Longboarders creeping into that list.

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thedrip said..
So, a lot of you know, two years ago a trip down the east coast changed me. Having surfed for thirty years I was adamant long boarding was pretty much the province of either useless surfers, or broken down old guys. Oh I was so wrong.

This has some nice pics and summates what I have always liked about surfing - predominantly shortboards for many years, but now longboarding too.

http://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2016/06/16/something-pointless-and-elegant-photos

Curren, Thomson, Margo, Parko, Egan, Knox, Machado - all guys I thought had great styles.

Now there are a few Longboarders creeping into that list.

im with you on this. i got into longboarding after some big injuries(cheers mac and seabreeze) then stopped until a few weeks ago and have fallen in love with it even more than the first time...


tip dont practise drop knee turns from the take off

plus you touched on something else.....STYLE is what makes a good surfing fun to watch. I surf with a bloke who makes sh1t look like chocolate...grunta your a champ

Yes I like it, it gives old guys a second wind like this guy who looks like ex member

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thedrip said..
So, a lot of you know, two years ago a trip down the east coast changed me. Having surfed for thirty years I was adamant long boarding was pretty much the province of either useless surfers, or broken down old guys. Oh I was so wrong.

This has some nice pics and summates what I have always liked about surfing - predominantly shortboards for many years, but now longboarding too.

http://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2016/06/16/something-pointless-and-elegant-photos

Curren, Thomson, Margo, Parko, Egan, Knox, Machado - all guys I thought had great styles.

Now there are a few Longboarders creeping into that list.

im with you on this. i got into longboarding after some big injuries(cheers mac and seabreeze) then stopped until a few weeks ago and have fallen in love with it even more than the first time...


tip dont practise drop knee turns from the take off

plus you touched on something else.....STYLE is what makes a good surfing fun to watch. I surf with a bloke who makes sh1t look like chocolate...grunta your a champ

Mate, I have seen video of myself on a shortboard where I was pleasantly surprised. Looked slow, composed and did turns in the right spot with some power (for an amateur of course).

Conversely, me on a longboard? Well I suspect I look like a palsied praying mantis trying to run up and down stick hunting a mossie. And that's on a good day. But it is a lot of fun in the right waves.

Drop knee turn? Pfft. Who thinks to do that sort of flashy stuff?

Che Chorley. Good Adelaide boy. Check out his insta. He is doing some cool stuff. I think biking around Aus for the next 6 months or so.

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Macaha said..
Yes I like it, it gives old guys a second wind like this guy who looks like ex member

gold Mac

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thedrip said..
So, a lot of you know, two years ago a trip down the east coast changed me. Having surfed for thirty years I was adamant long boarding was pretty much the province of either useless surfers, or broken down old guys. Oh I was so wrong.

This has some nice pics and summates what I have always liked about surfing - predominantly shortboards for many years, but now longboarding too.

http://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2016/06/16/something-pointless-and-elegant-photos

Curren, Thomson, Margo, Parko, Egan, Knox, Machado - all guys I thought had great styles.

Now there are a few Longboarders creeping into that list.

im with you on this. i got into longboarding after some big injuries(cheers mac and seabreeze) then stopped until a few weeks ago and have fallen in love with it even more than the first time...


tip dont practise drop knee turns from the take off

plus you touched on something else.....STYLE is what makes a good surfing fun to watch. I surf with a bloke who makes sh1t look like chocolate...grunta your a champ

Totally Agree, its style that counts on any craft... I love watching guys like Ryan Birch, Alex Knost, Joel Tudor, Leah Dawson, TK etc, all surfers that can ride mid/short/long craft and look elegant, riding craft that suits the conditions. I mean, you might be the best LB in the world aka Joe Aaron or the best SB aka medina gifted but your style is ugly as fick

as for me I both totally lack talent and have no style