when vanders and I were down at the factory with del I started talking about the surfing nemesis. the nemesis was brought up in a conversion that I had with a bloke I surf with a fair bit. He said to me that he can be surfing so good ,just everything is going so nicely....then so and so paddles out and he starts surfing like a kook. I just laughed.


then I though about it,and I realised I have a surfing nemesis as well. macca from Clearwater, my mate dane and grunta. I could be on fire,waves coming to me through the pack like im a magnet. Catching them and everything is solid...then those pricks paddle out and it goes pear shaped.

I also consider lm a nemesis,whenever I go there I seem to surf poorly....

so does anyone else suffer from the surfing nemisis

Yeah champion - there's probably half a dozen you cannot take your eye off once their sh!t graces the break , sometimes better just to take your haul and go in

Yes,I'm going to call it The Greenroom enemisis.

What or Why you may ask?
Well I spend way too much time sitting around watching fellow members surf.
Dont panic I really enjoy sitting there watching others catch waves.
The main nemesis is myself way too much thinking about other things instead
of where I'm at and what I'm doing.
The fear of Lacey talking about new boards post surf is a big one also

yeah macca from clearwater does it to me for some reason

Nope not really, I try to maximise my wave count by placing myself not so much where the best peak is, but where I'm going to have least amount of hassling. That often means I'm sitting deep where I'm duck diving sets & catching the middle size inside runners.

I'm not talking about wave count...I'm more talking about crew who put you off your game....a surfing jinx

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chrispy said..
I'm not talking about wave count...I'm more talking about crew who put you off your game....a surfing jinx

Anybody else of reasonable talent puts me off my game.

i don't know what it is but all my surfing life (46 years) I started when I was 14, i can be having a great surf and enjoying myself, some other dudes who look reasonable paddle out and I am gone.

i don't get waves I surf about half as well and I can't pull off manoeuvres I was easing into before.

it really s a nemesis Chrispy. But I am very glad that it happens to other people.

ET.

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Nope not really, I try to maximise my wave count by placing myself not so much where the best peak is, but where I'm going to have least amount of hassling. That often means I'm sitting deep where I'm duck diving sets & catching the middle size inside runners.

hey what about that silly looking moll that has come close to sconning you at least twice mate hahaha the dickhead was out there yesterday - I did a right cutty at one point then flicked it off a lip straight at the slapper fark the look on it's face was priceless brother

I have a mate that just destroys me when he paddles out. Big smile on his face, friendly banter, and then sits one metre deeper than me. Always. Catches a wave and paddles straight to the top of the line again and when called on it just smiles and just says "oh come one...don't be like that." Ten minutes of that and it's all over for me.

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I have a mate that just destroys me when he paddles out. Big smile on his face, friendly banter, and then sits one metre deeper than me. Always. Catches a wave and paddles straight to the top of the line again and when called on it just smiles and just says "oh come one...don't be like that." Ten minutes of that and it's all over for me.

AKA pup

There is a chick here who is so friendly and always ingages in long conversations she would always be the end of me,so I introduced her to Vanders once
Now I have a very short hi how ya going and paddle off,I laugh when Vanders is stuck with her

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thedrip said..
I have a mate that just destroys me when he paddles out. Big smile on his face, friendly banter, and then sits one metre deeper than me. Always. Catches a wave and paddles straight to the top of the line again and when called on it just smiles and just says "oh come one...don't be like that." Ten minutes of that and it's all over for me.

AKA pup

Nah not me champion I'm out before anyones awake choiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice

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MickPC said..
Nope not really, I try to maximise my wave count by placing myself not so much where the best peak is, but where I'm going to have least amount of hassling. That often means I'm sitting deep where I'm duck diving sets & catching the middle size inside runners.

hey what about that silly looking moll that has come close to sconning you at least twice mate hahaha the dickhead was out there yesterday - I did a right cutty at one point then flicked it off a lip straight at the slapper fark the look on it's face was priceless brother

The pommy chick on the 666 calls me into waves these days. She's improved alot over the last couple of years & has a preference for the same bubble. She says she doesn't mind if I go too, so I just get on the outside of her if I'm on a LB or the inside if I'm on a SB & share. Its funny coz she seems to get twice as many waves as her other 1/2 & I see her out there more often than him. They have only just returned in the last 2, 3 months. Like others they skip the larger, cooler months, lumpier months.

.....I've had plenty of run'ins & words with people in the past. But as far as a nemesis goes I don't have one. Not one that suddenly jinxs my surf. Just people I have think well ok, they're on the inside of me. No use even paddling for the wave coz I know they're not going to fark it. But this happens a lot more when I'm away from my local lol.....

MickPC is mine

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thePup said..

MickPC said..
Nope not really, I try to maximise my wave count by placing myself not so much where the best peak is, but where I'm going to have least amount of hassling. That often means I'm sitting deep where I'm duck diving sets & catching the middle size inside runners.

hey what about that silly looking moll that has come close to sconning you at least twice mate hahaha the dickhead was out there yesterday - I did a right cutty at one point then flicked it off a lip straight at the slapper fark the look on it's face was priceless brother

The pommy chick on the 666 calls me into waves these days. She's improved alot over the last couple of years & has a preference for the same bubble. She says she doesn't mind if I go too, so I just get on the outside of her if I'm on a LB or the inside if I'm on a SB & share. Its funny coz she seems to get twice as many waves as her other 1/2 & I see her out there more often than him. They have only just returned in the last 2, 3 months. Like others they skip the larger, cooler months, lumpier months.

.....I've had plenty of run'ins & words with people in the past. But as far as a nemesis goes I don't have one. Not one that suddenly jinxs my surf. Just people I have think well ok, they're on the inside of me. No use even paddling for the wave coz I know they're not going to fark it. But this happens a lot more when I'm away from my local lol.....

Starboard carbon team rider with the in thing deck pad with bat wings & booties the one that turns and paddles right in front of you every time .... then loses it , farken thing flapping around head height right smack bang in the impact and or take off zone , paddle floating free & no-one else can go coz she's swallowing water like a sick seal .... yeah she's improved heaps brother

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MickPC said..

thePup said..

MickPC said..
Nope not really, I try to maximise my wave count by placing myself not so much where the best peak is, but where I'm going to have least amount of hassling. That often means I'm sitting deep where I'm duck diving sets & catching the middle size inside runners.

hey what about that silly looking moll that has come close to sconning you at least twice mate hahaha the dickhead was out there yesterday - I did a right cutty at one point then flicked it off a lip straight at the slapper fark the look on it's face was priceless brother

The pommy chick on the 666 calls me into waves these days. She's improved alot over the last couple of years & has a preference for the same bubble. She says she doesn't mind if I go too, so I just get on the outside of her if I'm on a LB or the inside if I'm on a SB & share. Its funny coz she seems to get twice as many waves as her other 1/2 & I see her out there more often than him. They have only just returned in the last 2, 3 months. Like others they skip the larger, cooler months, lumpier months.

.....I've had plenty of run'ins & words with people in the past. But as far as a nemesis goes I don't have one. Not one that suddenly jinxs my surf. Just people I have think well ok, they're on the inside of me. No use even paddling for the wave coz I know they're not going to fark it. But this happens a lot more when I'm away from my local lol.....

Starboard carbon team rider with the in thing deck pad with bat wings & booties the one that turns and paddles right in front of you every time .... then loses it , farken thing flapping around head height right smack bang in the impact and or take off zone , paddle floating free & no-one else can go coz she's swallowing water like a sick seal .... yeah she's improved heaps brother

That description is pure gold

The description is of your typical 666'er Deano...so she is just another one mate. But since I rarely ride a 666 & never in head height conditions, I don't have the problem

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Ted the Kiwi said..
MickPC is mine

LOL yes of course...your friend who looks forward to helping you drink Bintang after barrels in Indo paradise

shizz if you keep winking at me Michael I'm going to shag you it's a dickhead a dangerous ignorant dickhead with no clue , ability or respect for others already in the line-up waiting their turn or looking for a take off

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shizz if you keep winking at me Michael I'm going to shag you it's a dickhead a dangerous ignorant dickhead with no clue , ability or respect for others already in the line-up waiting their turn or looking for a take off

haha...nah mate look I'm an honest man & I honestly havn't had a problem with her in over 12 months. So I honestly can't bag her coz I honestly believe in karma...however I can respect that you have had problems with her. I remember you did sometime over the winter & maybe more recently. But I'm speaking for myself mate...no dis respect towards you & your opnions. Of all the people I know you would understand my statement above...cheers

On a side note, I hope there's some scraps left over tomorrow, coz I'm fanging...expecting to take my my 666 for a grovel

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Ted the Kiwi said..
MickPC is mine

LOL yes of course...your friend who looks forward to helping you drink Bintang after barrels in Indo paradise

Next time I will have my preferred equip and there can be no excuses then - beer will be cold as well

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Ted the Kiwi said..

MickPC said..

Ted the Kiwi said..
MickPC is mine

LOL yes of course...your friend who looks forward to helping you drink Bintang after barrels in Indo paradise

Next time I will have my preferred equip and there can be no excuses then - beer will be cold as well

Not that the beer wasn't cold last time mate...but I look forward to the next time...you did fine given the waves on offer between your biz meetings

Well I can be my own nemesis if I'm on my game its all good and if better surfers paddle out ill even amp it up a notch, but if I'm off it ,its sad and ill usually get a couple go in and get a bigger board to try and smooth things out a bit or go home and mow the lawn.My lawn is looking superb atm.

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Ricardo1709 said..
Well I can be my own nemesis if I'm on my game its all good and if better surfers paddle out ill even amp it up a notch, but if I'm off it ,its sad and ill usually get a couple go in and get a bigger board to try and smooth things out a bit or go home and mow the lawn.My lawn is looking superb atm.

Loved the last sentence

i've had some skin problems around my forehead and temples etc which we believe have come from sunscreens.


took a while but got it sorted with calendula thank goodness.



ive got a chemical free and nano free etc etc sun cream to counter the the effects of other everyday sunscreens.


it goes on pretty think and its got a gritty feel . however it rubs mostly off and washes off with soap pretty good ,


anyway ive got a white face when i use it and in summer im wearing the long sleeve rashie atm

i can tell blokes are righting me off when i paddle out until i get a few waves.


so everyones is my nemesis when i start a surf

There's always someone. 99% of the time I'm fine even though Im out there on the barge. There was one guy in particular that I'd had a few run ins with but he's moved out of town so I'm happy. Someone you don't like can be out there and at times it can get to you and it can wreck your surf. I reckon most people who surf at one or two places regularly would get that.

My friend Jordan is my nemesis. Nice guy but a little bit cocky. Always telling me how to surf. Which kind of annoys me. He's always keen for a surf but I dont really invite him anymore.

my brain is my nemesis ... this summer i am surfing like i have 2 left feet...dunno... wtf

just stuffing so many waves that would be normally so easy and fun and it is fully ****ting me.

on the upside my wife threatened me saying if i paddle away from one more break ****ty she will slap me

that could be fun

don't start me on the layne beachley curse! lost luggage, reef cuts, pneumonia , every time she was anywhere in my proximity of 100kms i had a drama!

Numbnuts who drop in on me three times and then get annoyed when the favour is returned. Funnily enough another local saw it, paddled over, sat next to him and smiled. Then smiled some more. And smiled some more. Then the Brazilian went in. The intimidation of the smile.

Fat old mini mal riders...I'm like a magnet for these chants....they see me coming down teh line and seem to think me yelling and eye balling them is the signal to take off