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Northern California adventure - part II
... center point of the board. I do not know much about rockers and stuff but will ask the guy who shapes my boards when I return home. Clay ...
Why does hot air not move cold water??
... getting to the oceans and I fly outta here and surf the oceans often now) you are very welcome ro use my boards/wetsuits if you come around. Open thy mind. Yes, we surf here and we have fun doing...
Finally getting the hang of things
...9;ll get twice as many rides with half of the energy expenditure, so don't give up too soon. The boards are much better and easier-turning than they were in the 60's....
beginner board
...board that floats well catches waves easier. Whatever you do don't buy one of those potato chip thin boards, or you'll undoubtedly regret it. I've got one that I only use when the waves...
I need a faster pop-up. Technique Ideas
I'm practicing on a shortboard. (longer boards are no problem). Since the back end of the baord is up somewhere near my knees I first need to bring my powerfoot in to find the board. This is the ...
Electric Surfboard!
...out to the kelp beds on small summer days to fish were stoked... you have to understand thay have old longboards with crates and pvc pipes rigged on their fishing boards and spend several hours a day ...
Vacation is now!
...inging 10 rolls of film, 3 disposable water cameras, 4 video casettes). Maybe I'll even remember the boards with all my camera gear. I imagine the surf will be somewhere between Fiji's a...
FOUND...rhe oldest known surfboard in history...Dog Eat Dog.
...039;. Apparently, Hobie thought Robertson financed Dave Sweet's work in developing polyurethene foam boards. Shame on you Hobie for making a statement such as that. Dave Sweet wanted nothing to d...
Strange Question
...rth. I did spend quite a bit of time working at a surf camp. So, given climate differences...... Wax, boards, accessories of all kinds. Wetsuits. Bear in mind that shoplifting is a large problem f...
Dad to Dad/Mom
... catches his next wave. That being said, my daughters are a bit more tentative. The 12 year old still bodyboards, but is afraid of the pointy shortboards, and is less tenacious in general. The 8 year ...
Wave Fear Blues and Children...
...aves. I've tried to be gentle about getting him into the water. I've towed him around on boogie boards, and tried to get him used to very, very small whitewater. I've also held him in m...
question
...9;up' on the same rail while pulling 'down' on the other; Try to use your momentum and the boards floatation to stay with the board as it rights itself. It is possible to do ...
NJ Surf Report
..., low fever, and all kinds of green stuff being coughed up, I headed for the beach with a friend and some boards around 4:30 am Saturday morning. A fun swell greeted us after a quick hour's drive...
epoxy board:final repair report
Hell! at last i've finished it! Continuing from the last post, i've done the 'rail patch', as to repair the damage done in repairing the previous damage [he!]. This time, the lamin...
no surfboards on some airlines
...MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. WHAT 'EMBARGO' MEANS, IS THAT THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT ACCEPTING SURFBOARDS (OR ANY EXCESS BAGGAGE) ON THESE FLIGHTS INDICATED. IF ANYONE IS BOOKED ON THESE CA...
Northern California adventure - part III
...ssing out funky tube sections while most of the time the waves would just close out. We both rode smaller boards and then pushed each other into some well double overhead nasty looking waves. I spent ...
Semi-OT == Who here skateboards?
...ver the other prize was. Even though it was really a revolutionary board for the time, very much like the boards of today.) Anyway, I wasn't very thrilled about it and let it on to the guy who ga...
WSD- Trestles
...hris?) he was blown away I surfed in Alabama (imagine that?). He showed me the shaping shed and we talked boards for a while, I finally rented a soft top (Doyle) 10' and went back to the power pl...
An interview with Rob Lion
Rob Lion started shaping surf boards at the end of 2003, just making boards for friends, in a shed in the Bahamas. He had just moved back there after living in the US for 20 years, and in California ...
The longboard
... single finned surfboard with large rounded nose and length of 9 to 12 feet. Noseriders are a kind of longboards which enable the rider to walk to the tip and nose ride. Also called a "Mal", which is ...
Twinzer shaped
...a Twinzer shaped surfboard: I was pretty stocked to shape him a board after listening about all the boards he has had in the past, and all the shapers, who you all know, he has gotten them from....
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