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MickPC said..
BYO Bali I'm heading over in 4 weeks, that would suck if they banned alc

indosurflife.com/2016/08/bali-indonesian-tourism-survive-without-alcohol/

Read all about this.it would be the end of Bali,it would become a ghost town and some many locals and ex pats would go broke overnight.
Personally I can't see it happening.

Hope not mate!

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Macaha said..
That chart must be out of date,I swear I read Billabong sold odd Sector 9.

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MickPC said..
Hope not mate!

I can't see it Mick.

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MickPC said..
BYO Bali I'm heading over in 4 weeks, that would suck if they banned alc

indosurflife.com/2016/08/bali-indonesian-tourism-survive-without-alcohol/

You can have beers with Mac and I then

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Ted the Kiwi said..

MickPC said..
BYO Bali I'm heading over in 4 weeks, that would suck if they banned alc

indosurflife.com/2016/08/bali-indonesian-tourism-survive-without-alcohol/

You can have beers with Mac and I then

That would be cool, I'm arriving early 18 Sept & leaving late 29th. Will be around Northern Tuban on those dates. Like 18/19, 28/29. In between depends on swell size, big will stay in Sanur , small maybe Ulu's or Medewi for couple of days, possibly both if there's an extended small swell period. Trying to move around a lot, Fumi's a bit tired of my regular dry season routine. I have to be really mindful of that & try & make it more interesting with some changing scenery for her & dawnies for me..But yeah, that said pretty free except on the 21st & not booking anything till the last minute...Is Rose coming

A few interesting bits...


magicseaweed.com/news/the-mechanics-behind-futures-fins/9347/

nypost.com/2016/08/18/ryan-lochte-is-everything-the-world-hates-about-americans/

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SP said..
A few interesting bits...


magicseaweed.com/news/the-mechanics-behind-futures-fins/9347/

Epic read - thanks SP

Yes, I really enjoyed it too, and I'm a die hard fin sceptic who believe fins catch more surfers that they catch waves.

But that does not mean I don't like the science of it.

www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2016/08/13/surfing-to-success

Great read from Stu

The tricky history of the channel bottom

The general theory of channel bottoms is that they give grip and speed to a surfboard. The 'faces' of the channels give added surface to push against, and by removing bottom curve they create straight line drive.Yet the history of channel bottoms is anything but fast and stable: it's a slippery history, and it weaves in unexpected directions.

http://www.swellnet.com/news/design-outline/2016/08/22/tricky-history-channel-bottom

Wayne Lynch on the coastline that shaped him and the decision to leave...

www.tracksmag.com.au/news/love-thy-local--434719


That's him and Cheyne Horan ^^

Great Articles..


The Channel one has a sweet little clip of Col Smith in the comments now..

www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/kelly-slater-criticised-for-senseless-instagram-tribute/news-story/1259b6cae43b83547846cb3f4063cac1

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Ted the Kiwi said..
www.news.com.au/sport/sports-life/kelly-slater-criticised-for-senseless-instagram-tribute/news-story/1259b6cae43b83547846cb3f4063cac1

Yeah when I first saw that I throught it was weird and poor form.

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Ted the Kiwi said..
Great read from Stu

The tricky history of the channel bottom

The general theory of channel bottoms is that they give grip and speed to a surfboard. The 'faces' of the channels give added surface to push against, and by removing bottom curve they create straight line drive.Yet the history of channel bottoms is anything but fast and stable: it's a slippery history, and it weaves in unexpected directions.

http://www.swellnet.com/news/design-outline/2016/08/22/tricky-history-channel-bottom

Another good one..

The modern Twin

www.swellnet.com/news/design-outline/2016/09/01/non-identical-twins-how-modern-twin-fin-beats-its-older-brother

This is a really cool series on travelling to a lot of different places.

You will need to click through to the link, there is 8 clips.



www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbM_MFkjSCnx3lRErTaHnc-eBq5JmwA5


This is latest.

Cyrus Sutton in Russia..

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SP said...
This is a really cool series on travelling to a lot of different places.

You will need to click through to the link, there is 8 clips.



www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbM_MFkjSCnx3lRErTaHnc-eBq5JmwA5


This is latest.

Cyrus Sutton in Russia..

You have been of your game SP...yep has been good to watch...no more groms for you mate

Just a pic... Sally Fitz...

. www.amusingplanet.com/2016/09/the-worlds-longest-surfing-wave-at.html

This is good...

A slightly different take then the mainstream media and popular history...


www.farrellysurfboards.com/about-farrelly-surfboards/midgets-shaping-history

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SP said..
This is good...

A slightly different take then the mainstream media and popular history...


www.farrellysurfboards.com/about-farrelly-surfboards/midgets-shaping-history

And a good follow up to that :

www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2016/09/14/what-i-have-learned-bob-mctavish-72-shaper-holy-man-inventor

Seems the great mans halo may be getting a bashing from some quaters

Yeah, i might becoming more cynical in my old age but the timing of the article was interesting after Midgets link had been getting posted around the place.

Comments are a strange mix too.

Yes seems some either love or love to hate Bob and his recollection of the history.

What I do love on the Farrelly page is this shot of him. So much grace and style.

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SP said..
This is good...

A slightly different take then the mainstream media and popular history...


www.farrellysurfboards.com/about-farrelly-surfboards/midgets-shaping-history

And a good follow up to that :

www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2016/09/14/what-i-have-learned-bob-mctavish-72-shaper-holy-man-inventor

Seems the great mans halo may be getting a bashing from some quaters

It is my fondest wish that I never get the opportunity to meet that man.

jwsurvey.org/cedars-blog/science-denial-to-be-a-regular-feature-of-watchtowers-monthly-jw-broadcasting-episodes

Make sure you scroll down to the video


beachgrit.com/2016/09/just-in-chinese-cops-hate-kooks/

I had a professional photographer do some high quality fashion shots of me down at the beach

Be honest, tell me what you think

I think I look pretty sexy


www.neatorama.com/2016/08/30/Dudeoir-Photography-Back-To-The-Beach-Edition/

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obct said..
I had a professional photographer do some high quality fashion shots of me down at the beach

Be honest, tell me what you think

I think I look pretty sexy


www.neatorama.com/2016/08/30/Dudeoir-Photography-Back-To-The-Beach-Edition/

Lookin pretty fit there OB Must've been all that paddling and surfing at Crescent

http://www.surfermag.com/videos/shed-sessions-with-taylor-knox-and-matt-archbold/#6pWj15MkYpGuE0sF.97

The second episode of Shed Sessions picks up after the Gudauskas brothers tried some wafers from the holy rafters of Eric “Bird” Huffman’s San Diego Surf Shed. Next on the invite list: Taylor Knox and Matt Archbold, whose board choices run a 40-year span of surfcraft history: a ’70s 5’10” Campbell Bonzer, a 4’8″ kneeboard, a late-90s Skip Frye fish, and an ’80s twin-fin with an airbrush that would have been right at home on a Devo album cover.
Read more at www.surfermag.com/videos/shed-sessions-with-taylor-knox-and-matt-archbold/#t2atSfsblM4SMWix.99