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Who’s learning to surf this summer?

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Haha yea should have picked safe friends instead of my die hard stoners hmmm

So a 7-8 foot board and stick in the whitewater? i like it
thanks mate

 
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Yeah, 7-8ft is a great size to get the handle of it, but if ya can paddle out the back safely, I’d definitely try and stay out of the white wash!!!!!

It is harder to stand up in broken water, than it is on the face of an unbroken wave!!!!! Once ya up, the white wash is easier to handle, but still harder than the unbroken face of a wave!!!!! Plus the fact that ya will burn up copious amounts of energy paddlin around in the white wash, whereas ya can get a breather out the back in between waves!!!!!

Look for a “fatter” wave, as opposed to one that is “dumping”, this way it not only gives ya time to get to ya feet (do this in one move - ie no knees on the way up), but it can also provide a little face at the bottom of the wave to keep ya ridin!!!!!

Yeah, stay off the bongs until ya come in!!!!!  LOL

Hope this helps?????

 
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haha yea bigger and wider should be easier
and stay out of the already broken waves? sweet
hahahah lets just say not all of the smoke in our camp will be from the fire

heaps of helps thanks mate

 
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No wukkas!!!!!

Let us know how it all goes down!!!!!  shaka

 
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haha alright alright smirk

yea will do

 
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Mizu Kuma - 03 March 2012 09:51 AM

No wukkas!!!!!

Let us know how it all goes down!!!!!  shaka

trips been postponed because of that B!tch mother nature
heart broken

 
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Unlucky dude!!!!!

 
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yea looking like its only going to get colder from now on too

 
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yea looking like its only going to get colder from now on too

 
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Water will still stay warm for a while though!!!!!

Plus the crowds will thin out a bit!!!!!

 
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yea i should probably invest in wetsuit though

 
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where are you located? In and around sydney, central coast, newcastle and wollongong, I don’t need a steamer until usually sometime in May

 
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yea that’s a bit further north :(
we’r headed to lakes entrance and cape conran, coldest iv ever gone in boardies is 9 degrees and theres no way im doing it again

 
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haha you are crazy! I surfed in 9 degree water in Norway and I had two wetsuits on!

 
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haha yea it wasnt exactly an enjoyable or worth while experience
couldnt feel my balls for the next few days