They get sent in down this way.
Drop in on them on every wave as soon as you get a few doing it they get the message.

That must be Blakey

Wow. I didn't realize 40+, overweight and balding could do this. Thanks. I'm off to get one!

Venomguy said...

Probable one of the best days at Wanda yesterday, considering there was no wind, just prefect peaks. Only problem were the boat people with paddles screwing the lineup.

Can someone please explain why you need to be 40+, balding, Overweight, and the most boring wave riding ever to ride a SUP please....

Drew

Wow. Spoken like a true F U C K-WIT. Good job there mate.

I Sup and kiteboard, have all my hair, am in my 20's and am not overweight. So explain to me what the major drama is here?!

Shayne86 said...

Venomguy said...

Probable one of the best days at Wanda yesterday, considering there was no wind, just prefect peaks. Only problem were the boat people with paddles screwing the

Wow. Spoken like a true F U C K-WIT. Good job there mate.

I Sup and kiteboard, have all my hair, am in my 20's and am not overweight. So explain to me what the major drama is here?!

I think your response clearly backs up my original post re SUP riders in the lineup.
Enjoy WA

Shayne86 said...

Venomguy said...

Probable one of the best days at Wanda yesterday, considering there was no wind, just prefect peaks. Only problem were the boat people with paddles screwing the lineup.

Can someone please explain why you need to be 40+, balding, Overweight, and the most boring wave riding ever to ride a SUP please....

Drew

Wow. Spoken like a true F U C K-WIT. Good job there mate.

I Sup and kiteboard, have all my hair, am in my 20's and am not overweight. So explain to me what the major drama is here?!

Nice work blakey (top left), this was the day in question

Wait, dont most of the kiters at Wanda own SUP's anyway?

There's Kev- The Dark Side on his Jerry Lewis
John "Toys r Us" on his PSH Starboard Coreban
Ebay Craig with a different board each time he comes out
Shannon "Black Thunder" has a baysurf Bismark
Alliance James has about 12 boards
Paul "the silver fox" is on board
George "Ghostface killa" was cutting it up today on his Fanatic
Voodoo Brad smashes it on his PSH
Vit rides a Fanatic
Troy "Blow me" has a Surftec
and I have an LSD

who have I missed?

Let see there are two Brads, Milada and keep ot of my way Mick and a hand full of Wanda windsurfers

Mrwandaful said...

Troy "Blow me" has a Surftec

He's only doing it to hit on you guys....

Aww c'mon you lot it looks like surfing on crutches. What's wrong with that? When I get old and I need some crutches that's what I'll be doing. Ha just joking.

Venom guy, chill a bit. One day you'll wake up, 40+, balding, itchy prostrate, whatever, and (hopefully) want to keep fit and into life. With your attitude you'll be so frigg'n self conscious you will end up twice as fat, twice as bald, scratching your prostrate beer belly in front of the tele and all the young bucks will be laughing at you.

There's been a lot of vitriol aimed at so called 'old guys' in this forum at all sorts of sport, but particularly KS. It seems to me the real issue is that kite surfers seem to think their precious sport is an extreme sport that only the bold and beautiful can do. That's a total laugh. Kite surfing is not an extreme sport. You want extreme? Go rock climbing, mixed o2 wreck diving, motorcycle racing. The fact that old, fat, balding dude's can quite happily carve up on a kite and board and pimply teens can be instructors shows that you guys are spending too much time with miss Palmer if you think it's an extreme sport. Do something really scary and maybe you'll get some perspective.

I'm learning it precisely because my days of the above mentioned are drawing to an end and it's time to wind it down a notch and I smile to myself when the kite fraternity warns me of the imminent perils and superman mojo of taking it up.

Ha, Ha ,ha...

I think as you become less influenced by the old school media (eg printed magazine) media who's editorials have always stuck up($$$) for their own sport and put others down, you begin to realize that what they write is bias and complete crap, unfortunately people are easily influenced. Each sport has their own levels of extreme and Kiteboarding and SUP are no exception. It works the other way too, you can just cruise.

Talking about Perth and waves in the same sentence (excluding rottnest) is at the less extreme end of things obviously lol

It is the younger generation that is embracing other sports that may be more fun in different conditions and showing just what can be done, without buying into the old school editorial $$ bias way of thinking (Surfer mag, Tracks, Thrasher etc..).

I never heard a pro surfer put down suping and I know a fair few of them that are into it. If you got rogue supers in the lineup that don't know the deal, put them in line as you would do with a rogue surfer too.

The reason surfers detest SUP riders is that 90% have no clue.

There is not much worse than paddling hard to get out past a closeout set only to find the gimp on the SUP 10m in front ditches his board at the last minute and you have 20lbs or more of fibre glass lining up your head.

Sure an SUP can have its place ( fat 3-4ft ) but on a crowded lineup or frothing peak they are not welcome unless the rider is seriously skilled and keeps well clear when required.

They are the new goat boats.

With the advent of excellent mini mals and fish type mals, getting waves at a lineup had got more difficult. ( they sit out deeper on it earlier). Now with sups it has got even more difficult. The problem is with attitude suffers and sups alike as too many people catch a wave then get back out to take another, even if the set was only one or two wAves, people like society are aggressive and inconsiderate in the water.

If you are catching three times as many waves as everyone else, then back off and let some others have a wave. Or if these sups can catch fatter waves then go where this is is possible and don't crowd a line up on waves suiting the short boards.

Alas it is a free ocean and no one can dictate what happens and who gets what wave. but sups are causing increasing friction where I live, that's the talk on the street.

I gave up surfing for all these reasons.

Bit sissy like... Why not just surf somewhere with fewer people? No need to give up what you enjoy...our coastline is massive...

venom guy is this post because you didnt get a SUP for your birthday?!

nothing wrong with a bit of sweeping to pass the time if conditions suit, if you can ride a small enough SUP its actually pretty fun in paddle board conditions.

hit me up and ill give you and the missus a free session to get you amped and a little more sociable ;)