swalkington said...
Surf a lb if under waist high and a shorty if over. Problem solvered.

MickPC said...


+1

Can't see the point of 666'ing unless its like knee high.

Legion said...
I don't call. Shouldn't have to. If someone chooses to drop in, I'll do my damnedest to catch up to them and have some fun, however I can.

A big problem with dropping in, especially on a 12'+ board ridden by a kook, is that by the time they pull off they've blown at least one section, usually the best opportunity of the whole wave. And interrupting my flow can mess up the whole wave. E.g. I was carrying speed, planned to turn off there and then use that to setup the next section - hang on, gotta stall or maybe carefully manoeuvre around that person to avoid a collision - now both this section and the next are ruined and I have to press reset on a 50-100m long wave.

Also, the SUPers didn't have the same issue with dropping in. Sharing was common between them. If you can't turn it doesn't matter anyway, just all glide along doing nothing next to each other.

Plus they only count themselves in their rotation, because they stand in a different area to other surfers. If they're already 20m+ further out, they don't think about the people in the actual takeoff zone. They take turns amongst themselves but when there are 12 of them, that's more than enough to account for every set. And way too many to try to educate that maybe it's not your turn, or your turn, or your turn every time.

I can't see the point of them in quality waves either, but if you don't own other more appropriate craft and don't have the skills to ride them anyway, there's no choice.

I'd use one at Transits. Or downwinding.

They're not appropriate at Perth's favourite beaches IMO. But there were plenty last winter and there'll be even more this year. Awesome.

I'm dreading when they invade a couple of spots I surf that are shortboard strongholds. I know of at least a couple of very good surfers who have talked about it. Once that happens, the floodgates will really open. I can't say anything because they're people I know and surf with and I have no right to dictate when they know what they're doing. It's not like they'll be dangerous (not intentionally). But if they leverage the boards' wave catching ability it'll get ugly.

Looking forward to the same experience at the same place mentioned earlier again in a few months.

I deal with it. Doesn't mean I have to like it.

chrispychru said...
i did not want to be the same as a troll post deleted

thePup said...
photo 1 - 2 foot .... then photo 2 - 3 foot .... then photo 3 - fark it he missed you [}:)]

bakesy said...
Doggie, I'm trying to work out what your saying with these pics and whether there is a link between Pup's pics and yours. I noticed your post on another thread had a similar theme, I know a picture paints a thousand words but I'm stuffed if I can find those words, very cryptic or I'm just not getting it, would you care to elaborate?

Killbot said...
Can we have a place that is for bullying? I only started checking the LB forum for the Goddard thread (because his boards look awesome) and the Beer Garden experiment/movie/fiasco (because I was impressed by the people having a crack at doing something positive). I know the grand sum of my contributions to the site has been winding Mac up over his choice of footwear (why he gave a toss what some random dick on a computer thought I will never know), so I'm sure my opinion doesn't count for **** but this thread has easily been the most interesting/hilarious thing up on SB in ages!

jbshack said...
Im still here

Lets move it along fellas..Mac you don't have time for this, we want picks and so far you are letting us all down[}:)]