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Gestalt
Gestalt
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20 May 2009 9:38pm
you and me both vando,

missed it yesterday then had to go home early today as the roads to my house were being cut. got home around 2pm "just" then couldn't get out again.


hehe upthere.

i bought my small gear because of that meet too. got the 4.7 i used that day in my garage waiting...... bring on saturday. thinking the train.

might go VP early then head to the train.
da vecta
da vecta
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20 May 2009 10:50pm
would have loved to have even seen it but I got stuck on the mountain. Had to come home via Beenleigh. Big carnage up on the top! Way too many trees blown over. The ridge along the top of the mountain felt like it was averaging 60 knots most of the day.


Was there much debris in the water?
Haircut
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20 May 2009 11:01pm
simon saw roof panels blowing off the houseboat near the jetty at train, and they were floating just under surface
backloop
backloop
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21 May 2009 9:17am
Here you go, gentle 40knots breeze already at 8am.
i wonder what the day will bring.
may go around midday to the train or behind wavebreake island somewhere.
Opposite of australia fair is no way to the water since all fenced off.
evlPanda
evlPanda
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21 May 2009 9:52am
Dead calm and sunny at exciting Toowoomba. Beautiful day.
Gestalt
Gestalt
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22 May 2009 4:33pm
getting excited,

only 1 more sleep to go......
chairman
chairman
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22 May 2009 3:30pm
Am open to suggestions but
Would have to be good to beat
11 30 at the choo choo choo
eggs
eggs
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22 May 2009 6:08pm
or....

SW + 30-40 knts =
chairman
chairman
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22 May 2009 5:03pm
If not too Eastery
That beats it
And a sail with the long lost Egg
M D may even emerge from the woodwork
Stephanie Rice could help me take my wetsuit off
Probably a bit too much fantasy there
md74
md74
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22 May 2009 8:02pm
yes chairman you never know who will turn up
Haircut
Haircut
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23 May 2009 10:58am
not sure where u r going? but catch u there in an hour and a bit
chairman
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23 May 2009 9:00am
Crossed threads
Any spot looks good
eggs
eggs
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23 May 2009 11:49am
heading to the train now
Gestalt
Gestalt
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23 May 2009 10:00pm
i just wanna throw something out there.

in the past i've taken 5-8 knots off what the seaway says.

from now on i'm taking 10-15 knots off what it says.
Haircut
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31 May 2009 10:58am
its windy, off to the train
evlPanda
evlPanda
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1 Jun 2009 10:19am
Gestalt said...

i just wanna throw something out there.

in the past i've taken 5-8 knots off what the seaway says.

from now on i'm taking 10-15 knots off what it says.


And maybe add 5 if it is from the NE?

The Train doesn't work in a Southerly.

Nonetheless you should be planing on a 90liter wave board and a 5m with an indicated 15 knots at the seaway.

... jokes aside, how do you do it Hairycut? Just how many virgins did you sacrifice?

Richiefish
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1 Jun 2009 12:52pm
do you have to sacrifice the virgins or just their virginity ???
evlPanda
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1 Jun 2009 1:24pm
www.instantrimshot.com
Gestalt
Gestalt
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1 Jun 2009 1:47pm
evlPanda said...

www.instantrimshot.com


you legend panda.

i followed your link and stumbled across the bad lieutenant port of call movie coming out.

big fan of this genre........ bad lieutenant 1 with harvey keitel was a cracker.



p.s. have you seen the whackness! gold movie.


p.s. i don't sail the train in a southerly. VP only.

evlPanda
evlPanda
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1 Jun 2009 3:13pm
I've never sailed VP in a Southerly. Actually I've never sailed VP at all!

Looking forward to Wave Break when wind and tide are right.
Might go Oatlands Esp next SE'r for a change of scenery.

And one day, one day, when I'm bold, stupid and good enough that bank about 1km out of South Stradbroke. I have seen guys paddle surfing it years ago, to my disbelief. PS. check the crew at Sth. Straddie on Googley Maps
Haircut
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1 Jun 2009 4:11pm
we went to burrows st yesterday, and it was surprisingly very good. i think that will become the new spot to substitute for the train on very southerly days when tides wrong at shearwater. the tide runs same way as SW but less strength

was good at grand today too

soooo much wind lately hope it continues throughout winter
evlPanda
evlPanda
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1 Jun 2009 5:57pm
Haircut said...

we went to burrows st yesterday, and it was surprisingly very good. i think that will become the new spot to substitute for the train on very southerly days when tides wrong at shearwater. the tide runs same way as SW but less strength


I've had many a good session there > 1m tide.

Gestalt
Gestalt
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2 Jun 2009 12:52am
keen to try wavebreak as well. the bigger board is coming.

keen to try burrows also. i look at it everytime i drive to the train
Haircut
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2 Jun 2009 9:35am
needs big ocean swell to get waves there it seems. was dead flat the whole time during the last few days
evlPanda
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2 Jun 2009 9:54am
Gestalt said...
keen to try burrows also. i look at it everytime i drive to the train

I remember everyone used to go there. Except me. Why did I discover this sport so late?

It is always windier there. Wind seems to get funneled down the channel, which is very narrow at low tide, perhaps too narrow.

Also works in a SE. You can get all the way across to that sand island/lagoon, which is tres bon at high tide. Wind comes straight through the seaway. Crystal clear water may freak you out if you are from Brisbane.

Did I mention high tide? > 1m
(less with freestyle fin, which I will start using soon )
Gestalt
Gestalt
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2 Jun 2009 10:02pm
lol, i like crystal clear water. and sand

Richiefish
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3 Jun 2009 10:26am
crystal clear water ??? you lucky bastards. I used to dream about crystal clear water. We have to windsurf in gravel full of barbed wire and old sump oil.!!!
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