Legion said...

Swanie said...

The skill of using the paddle for greater acceleration (either along the wave or through the trick), As a pivot in a turn and a brace through the manoeuvre when required or if the manoeuvre requires you to go past a natural balance point that could not be effected without a brace.

These are the two absolute ugliest things about SUPG in my opinion.

To be perfectly honest, I see someone like Tom Carroll surfing on a SUP and I admire the grace and flow. I see aggressive short boarders thrashing around in the surf and I think 'meh'. Just doesn't appeal to me but whatever.

PTWoody said...

Legion said...

Swanie said...

The skill of using the paddle for greater acceleration (either along the wave or through the trick), As a pivot in a turn and a brace through the manoeuvre when required or if the manoeuvre requires you to go past a natural balance point that could not be effected without a brace.

These are the two absolute ugliest things about SUPG in my opinion.

To be perfectly honest, I see someone like Tom Carroll surfing on a SUP and I admire the grace and flow. I see aggressive short boarders thrashing around in the surf and I think 'meh'. Just doesn't appeal to me but whatever.

Flopping along on a SUP isnt my cup of tea either.

goatman said...

Back to 'good Gollum' now are we Legion?

Not having a good day?

goatman said...

Nah, bit bored at work and having a bit of banter I guess. That said I do get incredibly sick of Legion's constant negative input. Yes people are entitled to an opinion but his motivation for it is usually suspect IMO.

Why read his posts if you dont like them??

Legion said...

I want to discourage people from being in the water, not encourage them. The more people, the less to go around. I'd be quite happy to surf the rest of my days alone or with 2-3 others.

And you keep thinking your attitude will help this become reality, if it makes you feel better.

aus301 said...

Legion said...

I want to discourage people from being in the water, not encourage them. The more people, the less to go around. I'd be quite happy to surf the rest of my days alone or with 2-3 others.

And you keep thinking your attitude will help this become reality, if it makes you feel better.

I like those days at my local when the surf report says its going to be 1.5m as most people that surf there know that it only starts working at that. You can bet that there will be bugger all people there and evry 10mins a smoker will come through. I will always do this as I like to surf by myself or with 2-3 other people.
What is wrong with that?

Who needs friends when you're surfing? That's for before/after. Do you guys honestly rock up to the carpark hoping there are going to be 50+ guys out? Do you really need someone to watch you SUPG to validate your day? Do you really feel better about yourself if others are watching? How egotistical ...

Swanie said...

doggie said...
I will always do this as I like to surf by myself or with 2-3 other people.
What is wrong with that?

Sounds like someone is short of friends.
This may help:
1300 22 4636

Got heaps of friends dont need to take them to the surf.

Legion said...

On a related note, the rise of the mobile phone sees losers in the carpark all the time ringing up their buddies for the instant surf report, "yeah, yeah, it's goin' orf, come straight down mate". If their mates are that lazy and unmotivated in the age of daily internet surf reports and mail-out surf reports and weather analyses, they deserve to stay home. And anyone who invites their mates down like that deserves to be dropped in on mercilessly all session long.

I much prefer to surf alone, and gloat about it later.

+1

Swanie said...

doggie said...

Legion said...

On a related note, the rise of the mobile phone sees losers in the carpark all the time ringing up their buddies for the instant surf report, "yeah, yeah, it's goin' orf, come straight down mate". If their mates are that lazy and unmotivated in the age of daily internet surf reports and mail-out surf reports and weather analyses, they deserve to stay home. And anyone who invites their mates down like that deserves to be dropped in on mercilessly all session long.

I much prefer to surf alone, and gloat about it later.

+1

On a SUP forum

Move along nothing to see here

Sorry just takin the piss cause seriously some of these subjects just get so full of$hit and some of the attitudes are so lame I don't know why I read them

Ha ha,

Legions go no friends, legions got no friends, legions go no friends......

russh said...

Sorry just takin the piss cause seriously some of these subjects just get so full of$hit and some of the attitudes are so lame I don't know why I read them

I don't know either?

Yer just laughing and imagining seeing all the keyboard around the country getting a stiff tappin.......

Lifes too short......

Cant wait for my next surf but.......

Might need to do some pole dancing this weekend, its going to be windy here and thats

sweet.

wow fiercely debated subject, My 2 cents worth!
Shortboarding when there are barrels about and the waves looking more fun for a shorty.
SUP the rest of the time, on a SUP that is made for high performance surfing, if thats what you want to do, or longboard style if you are into that.
I can honestly say that in about 75% of conditions that i encounter, i have a lot more fun on a SUP, i think its because of the concentation required to have a sucessfull surf on a SUP is higher and more constant than that required for a comparable shortboard session and therefore more rewarding when you pull it off, Unless its stand up barrels!!! after 20 years of being a freakishly dedicated shortboarder, and surfing the superbank every day during its prime, i was starting to get bored by waves that were not barreling, and under 3 foot, SUP has filled that spot for me, everytime i do something on a sup that ive never done, it feels like im 10 years old again and just did my first frontside 360.
There are also arcs you can do on a sup that are not possible on a shortboard, but you need to be able to pump the board properly to do em, and go rail to rail very quickly and thats impossible on anything other than a high performance sup board, I have always said my favourite thing about SUPing is the lines that you can draw on a wave are unique, and if done well, all about flow, and for me flow and style and the ability to read a wave is what makes great surfing. A quick Christian fletcher/Tom Curren comparison illustrates my point.
In a few years time Performance surf supping will either be a very rarely seen thing, thanks to those WAN&^%# who go out on a sup and disrespect everyone or it will be a mainsteram accepted form of surfing expression much like high performance longboarding, but with better turns, haha! thanks to those grommets in far flung corners of the world who either arent bothered by what others think, or just dont know, stepping on a SUP and realizing that you can actually rip the shi% out of a wave, and have more consistently fun sessions on one than you can on your shorty, either way, you can be sure that as long as im here i will be sneaking in my sup sessions, when the waves are right for it, and i will be absolutely lovin it!!! And when its on for my shorty i will be out there pulling in and doing the odd air and or reverse on my shorty, and also loving that.
and that my friends is what comes out of my fingertips after downing three stubbies of coopers red.