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Travel, Trips, Destinations / Agua Vida-Pavones
« on: September 25, 2014, 06:38:22 PM »
My son and I blasted down there for the big swell that hit Pavones around July 4th and didn't have a place to stay.  I found Shawn's place and he was booked (Pavones was packed to the gills!).  But, he made a phone call and found us a killer deal in a cabin in the foothills 10 mins from town-it was sweet.  Anyway, ended up stopping by a bunch and hanging out w/ him the 10 days we were there and got to know him and Nathalie-awesome folks and super stoked.  The place he has is huge and right on the beach just outside of Pavones by some of the lesser known breaks and was rustic, but very private and beautiful.  Pavones itself was really cool and I was surprised that the waves were good even at the end of the week when surfline was calling it a foot-the sets were still shoulder to head high!  I'd avoided Pavones on smaller swells because of the gamble and always heard it needed the right swell direction for it to get in there.  Glad we went on a big one, but I'd definitely go back on a smaller one!   Oh yeah-bring fins and leashes-no where to get any of that stuff.  Shawn was kind enough to fix both my boards during the trip-boards, big waves and cobblestones don't mix well!

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SUP General / Oct 1-6th central america
« on: September 25, 2014, 06:03:23 PM »
Haven't been on here in a bit-spending all my time in the water!  Anyone have a great idea on a SUP friendly camp outside of CR?  I've been to CR like 30 times and haven't been anywhere else for awhile except PR.  It's rainy season there and would like not to be saturated 24/7.  Looks like there's a good swell coming wherever I end up.  I'd like to not have to spend too long driving and would like a place that'd pick me up and is SUP friendly.  It's getting more and more aggro out there and I just don't want to deal w/ it this trip.  If anyone wants to join, I'd be down.

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Gear Talk / Re: Big guy getting started in San Diego...
« on: April 21, 2014, 12:53:26 PM »
I gave a Whopper a quick demo this afternoon.  Not ideal conditions nor did I ride it for very long, but my immediate impression was that it wasn't any more stable than the JP Australia Wide Body I demoed earlier this week.  It seemed that the extra 2" in width made up for the loss of 10+ Liters of flotation.

Hope to demo a Whopper Extra some time soon and will also give Joe Blair a call.  Saw one of his new model SUP's at the beach today and, although it was a bit heavier, it sure looked bullet proof.
I've got a 9'10" fanatic allwave in ocean beach on strategic deployment at my kids house.  I'll be out there the 8th-14th if you wanna give it a ride.  I'm 6'3" 265

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Gear Talk / Re: Focus Smoothie
« on: April 21, 2014, 12:49:46 PM »
Bigbear, First things first - How's your leg doing? My first rideable SUP (12 foot Dolsey not rideable) was the 9' Focus smoothie in wood. 32" wide and only 4" thick. Ran it as a quad and learned how to catch waves on it. It was a great small wave nose rider, but a little heavy for me. Very stable. Sold it this winter to a guy I know who bought for his wife - hahaha!
Leg is great! Thanks for asking.  Day I got off crutches, I flew to PR and surfed for a week w/o any pain.  Ortho decided no surgery, so I've been in the water a ton.  I had a 11'6" Dolsey and used to ride 8-10 ft Costa on it all the time-was a blast for my skill level then.  I agree the focus is a little heavy, but it's just part of the workout for me.  It makes me throw my weight around a bit more!  Plus it gets into everything and I catch all the reforms that I used to on a bigger board.

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Gear Talk / Re: Focus Smoothie
« on: April 21, 2014, 12:43:16 PM »
Thanks Bigbear.

Quick question:  what construction is your Smoothie...and what's your opinion on its quality/strength?

 It's the Aussie Pine.  It seems pretty solid, weighs about the same as the Fanatic and looks great.  It's a 2014-I think.  Starred the nose a little the first hr I had it-was having so much fun in 2-3' windblown FL beachies at high tide, that I was dropping into like a ft of water.  My own fault, but worth it!  Didn't affect water-tightness at all.

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Gear Talk / Focus Smoothie
« on: April 16, 2014, 02:03:42 PM »
Left my Fanatic Allwave 9.10 in Cali and missed it.  Couldn't find one locally, so I looked around and snagged a 10' Focus Smoothie.  Board is a lot of fun, does a good job of replacing the Allwave and gets in a little earlier.  Had to change the fins to JM's and it'd finally turn once I lost the 9" center fin.  Noserides well and has great stability (6'3" 265#).  I'd say it's one of the better high stability boards I've ridden.  Just thought I'd drop a quick review since I've not seen much on Focus boards.

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I left my Allwave 9'10" in Cali and I want a 9'6"-if anyones selling, lemme know! THX!

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I am thinking about a trip to Central A. in late April/May.

When are you thinking of going Wet? If it matches up maybe we could snag a few together.

I am thinking Nica. Iguana or Santana and have easy access to Panga Drops. Although I have potential connects in CR. Working all of it out now.

I will be bringing 2 SUP's and probably rent a surfboard if I am in the mood.
If you're goin to nica, check the airlines for size restrictions and make sure the wind is gonna be off it-went a few yrs ago and had 40 knot winds offshore for a week!  My boards went to Honduras for the first few days and got hassled by cops everywhere!

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SUP General / Re: place to rent sup in san diego/ocean beach?
« on: January 30, 2014, 03:42:04 PM »
Thanks a bunch guys...

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SUP General / Re: Everything is frozen so.... (Hill SUPing video)
« on: January 30, 2014, 03:09:14 PM »
NUBSTERS!!!

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SUP General / Re: hated boards
« on: January 30, 2014, 02:22:04 AM »
Bought a old-school Laird in 2007, thought I was Laird-I wasn't.

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SUP General / place to rent sup in san diego/ocean beach?
« on: January 30, 2014, 02:11:29 AM »
Goin to see my boys in OB in 2 weeks-looking for an allwave 9'6" or similar-trying not to huck boards cross country!!!

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SUP General / Re: Leash ... don't leave home without it!
« on: January 07, 2014, 05:17:16 PM »
Try it offshore wind w/o a leash and someone will find your board in another country-I'd write my name and phone number on it just so you knew where it went!

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SUP General / Re: Nosara Costa Rica
« on: January 07, 2014, 11:37:29 AM »
Call Limodan at 011 506 8718 7197,  he's in Guiones/Nosara and we use him all the time.  I know he doesn't charge 600 round trip.  Tell him Drew sent you.

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SUP General / Puerto Rico Lodging
« on: January 07, 2014, 11:34:49 AM »
Heading to Rincon/Aguadilla Thursday wondered if anyone had an "in" w/ a place to stay in the area. Thx!

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