I knew this was going to happen. But i was still surprised this morning at lm.
People dont know how to surf. How to turn. What to do if a hollow section pops up. First thing they do is stand front on when taking off. Wtf is that about.

thePup said..
LM ???? ah well that explains 99.7% of that question mate

Rumours have that 'glideritis' originated from a place called arrawarra.
Is this true pup

Im not mates with him pup. Sounds like you might be

Whats needed is some kind noseriding trim glider licence.
The NTG licience.
Where you have to pass a basic surfing test before your allowed that type of board . If you fail you can only apply again in 2 years time.
very reasonable and fair.
Stop waves being completely wasted

MickPC said..
Get what your saying mate & I imagine working around it is way harder in your otherwise beautiful part of the world. You will have waves you feel are suited to a certain type of surfcraft but then you have people of very limited ability wasting waves & effecting your surf. It sux...fully. I would like to ride a shortboard more but havta grab a board according to crowd more than conditions. Of course there are way more 666's than previously, but I don't know how it is on the East coast. There seems to be more young blokes jumping on longboards or 666'ers. Lotta party waves going down these days. Its like the old surf movies at Waikiki lol...Can be fun with the right people or downright scary

Its seems like people with limited ability are nearly ruling the lineups.
Thats not good imo.

Funny .if i was talking about 666s this thread would go bonkers.
Maybe a little to close to home

thePup said..
Get a pair of pixie booties , wear a floppy hat & take videos of yourself - look like a complete retard so everyone pisses themselves laughing so hard they can't paddle in .... free waves then Lacey

The usual 666 surfer??

There will always be people who take advantage of using bigger boards to hog waves.Its nothing new. The crowds are going to get worse.

E T said..
Interesting topic LL.

Having had the recent Noosa Festival of Wanking invade my home soils I was able to view this new wave of surf phenomena first hand.

It appears to me that individuality in Longboard surfing no longer exists for the "in crowd".

I am not saying that these people are not competent surfers, however they all surf the same. it seems that they can't or won't turn a board, rather they :-

Paddle in,
Walk to the nose
walk back
walk to the nose again
dig the nose in
Bail out

what is going on?

ET.

Yeah. Sure a lot of them can surf. But with this trend. There a wave who just appear to be cluelesss with a section.i ve seen them just sit down like almost coffin ride when the wave is about to smash them. Thats their answer. !!!!!!!!

SP said..

smh said..
There will always be people who take advantage of using bigger boards to hog waves.Its nothing new. The crowds are going to get worse.

Using volume as a crutch for lack of ability / fitness is not cool. Easy to be a arsehole on a big floaty board.

Yep, well there were plenty of them around the last week or so.

ET.

I just got back from a surf where I encountered a fat mid 50's shortboard rider bitching about me. I just laughed at him. Here's a guy riding an under volumed board who is way past his prime, hanging onto his long hair and owning the surf attitude. Underneath though I reckon he's more angry with himself. Whinger. I know I've got a huge paddling advantage and I'm pretty fair. I'll get a wave and sit around an let some go or even paddle up the beach. I'd love to be able to ride boards again but I can't so I ride the 666 or a belly board. I can't cop middle aged short boarders who can't catch waves sitting around bitching. The answer is simple either get an edge or go home. A good surfer will always get waves.

Had a ride on Vanders 11 ft MM , whilst easy to paddle & they do glide .. the lack of turning was a negative point , not for me .

bazz61 said..
Had a ride on Vanders 11 ft MM , whilst easy to paddle & they do glide .. the lack of turning was a negative point , not for me .

Yes I know what you mean but give it afew waves and you'll get the feel for it. Things just happen abit slower...but lay it over on the rail and my 11foot CC draws a really nice line...it also holds the speed through a cut back on a full shoulder section.,so you draw out the turn without bogging down.
After not riding it for afew weeks it takes 2 or three waves to get the feel and timing back on this style of boards...and I think 8.5-9inch is plenty of fin too!

I liked the feeling of a bottom turn and a little correction and the trim boards bloody fly,such a great feeling but when I do get mine I won't be using it much.

I think any board in a fools hand is a weapon but the bigger the board the more carnage is likely.

laceys lane said..

glide77 said..

bazz61 said..
Had a ride on Vanders 11 ft MM , whilst easy to paddle & they do glide .. the lack of turning was a negative point , not for me .

Yes I know what you mean but give it afew waves and you'll get the feel for it. Things just happen abit slower...but lay it over on the rail and my 11foot CC draws a really nice line...it also holds the speed through a cut back on a full shoulder section.,so you draw out the turn without bogging down.
After not riding it for afew weeks it takes 2 or three waves to get the feel and timing back on this style of boards...and I think 8.5-9inch is plenty of fin too!

Your talking about a turn aren't you

Hahah...no, what I was describing was a more of an open face drop wallet cut back!

laceys lane said..
Yeah. Sure a lot of them can surf. But with this trend. There a wave who just appear to be cluelesss with a section.i ve seen them just sit down like almost coffin ride when the wave is about to smash them. Thats their answer. !!!!!!!!

Where do you surf Lacey? Do you ever travel?
mate that TREND is all over Australia and been around for a loooongtime.
nothing new you only have to watch riders at the pass if I remember it's about every 2nd rider.
places like that make you feel weird for milking a wave.

but each to their own
A snakes motto,,,,,,getting wet and loving life yeeeeeew.