Hi All,
My name is Michael, 36, have spent most of the past decade out of the water, and have just recently just re-located to Sydney. I grew up body boarding & short boarding but last week bought a 8' minimal, as I am recovering from a broken leg.

I live in the city and do not have a vehicle, but can access Manly & Cronulla by Ferry / train.

Wondering if there is a community of longboarders / mini mal riders that get together from time to time? Just wanting to meet some longboarders in Sydney.

Cheers!

Your age means you can fall in with either the young ones down to 18, or the old farts up to 55, I'm in the next group up, the ancient group, to join us, you need to suffer from piles, failing eye sight, a hernia, deafness, bad back, bad knees, erectile dysfunction, irritable bowel syndrome, incontinence, please note, no single ailment is sufficient, you must have all of them.

I don't know about Cronulla, I'm sure there's a few groups down that you can fall into once you get chatty in the line up and you don't drop in or if you do, you apologize profusely.

Manly may be a problem, there are some groups there, but there's also a lot of backpackers and overseas students always in the water and in the way.

If you see hipsters surfing without a leash, avoid them, they will never let you in unless you can prove you eat a certain quantity of Kale each week.

Best to just watch out for the guys that are about your age and ability, something's bound to happen that will make you laugh or get you talking, a clean up set, dolphins splashing around, someone ripping, someone wiping out bad, etcetera.

Pity you don't have a car, it would probably be easier for you to find a good crew north from Harbord.

Join Surfrider's Manly branch - lots of nice people there to show you the ropes whilst doing something positive for the surf community !

Tough times OB with that dis function you are mentioning. I drop you off some tissues next time we catch up

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Ted the Kiwi said..
Join Surfrider's Manly branch - lots of nice people there to show you the ropes whilst doing something positive for the surf community !

Tough times OB with that dis function you are mentioning. I drop you off some tissues next time we catch up

wont need to drop tissues off with that dysfunction ted....save them for yourself....the weekend of kiwi tears bahahaha

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chrispy said..

Ted the Kiwi said..
Join Surfrider's Manly branch - lots of nice people there to show you the ropes whilst doing something positive for the surf community !

Tough times OB with that dis function you are mentioning. I drop you off some tissues next time we catch up

wont need to drop tissues off with that dysfunction ted....save them for yourself....the weekend of kiwi tears bahahaha

lol ...wait till the final in 2 weeks ......you will need the tissues...!

They need tissues now for their cricket team disgrace - is that 9 matches in a row they have now lost ummmmm interesting

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Ted the Kiwi said..
They need tissues now for their cricket team disgrace - is that 9 matches in a row they have now lost ummmmm interesting

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Ted the Kiwi said..
They need tissues now for their cricket team disgrace - is that 9 matches in a row they have now lost ummmmm interesting

Ted told me he goes up to Oxford street when he wants to find groups of guys to hang with

(Thats for the cricket comment)

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obct said..

Your age means you can fall in with either the young ones down to 18, or the old farts up to 55, I'm in the next group up, the ancient group, to join us, you need to suffer from piles, failing eye sight, a hernia, deafness, bad back, bad knees, erectile dysfunction, irritable bowel syndrome, incontinence, please note, no single ailment is sufficient, you must have all of them.

I don't know about Cronulla, I'm sure there's a few groups down that you can fall into once you get chatty in the line up and you don't drop in or if you do, you apologize profusely.

Manly may be a problem, there are some groups there, but there's also a lot of backpackers and overseas students always in the water and in the way.

If you see hipsters surfing without a leash, avoid them, they will never let you in unless you can prove you eat a certain quantity of Kale each week.

Best to just watch out for the guys that are about your age and ability, something's bound to happen that will make you laugh or get you talking, a clean up set, dolphins splashing around, someone ripping, someone wiping out bad, etcetera.

Pity you don't have a car, it would probably be easier for you to find a good crew north from Harbord.

Thanks OBCT - Well, the vast majority of my personal and commercial friends are in their 50's and 60's - but alas, whilst I have been burdened with some of the aforementioned aliments, I do not meet your full criteria! Thanks for the additional information!

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Ted the Kiwi said..
Join Surfrider's Manly branch - lots of nice people there to show you the ropes whilst doing something positive for the surf community !

Tough times OB with that dis function you are mentioning. I drop you off some tissues next time we catch up

Thanks for the suggestion!

Best advice I can give you is get the hell out of there.

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Macaha said..
Best advice I can give you is get the hell out of there.

Hmm... go on...

Mac is suggesting you move to the Gold Coast like everyone else

May need to give that suggestion a miss....

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MPMK said...
May need to give that suggestion a miss....

Smart man...

i think you can also go on surfing Australia website and look up Longboards clubs. So you should be able to find a few there

Thanks for the heads up, Chrispy! Cheers.

Try Bondi mate and run over a few hipsters for me will ya

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NewScotty said..
Try Bondi mate and run over a few hipsters for me will ya

hahaha,good one Scotty

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NewScotty said..
Try Bondi mate and run over a few hipsters for me will ya

Ha!