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Sessions / Re: Local Summer October Morning

« on: October 13, 2020, 05:02:24 PM »

Nice! ... Thanx 4 share'n!

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Sessions / Re: Fresh fall swells

« on: October 13, 2020, 04:53:33 PM »

Well done! ... Thanks for sharing!

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Flatwater and Touring / Re: Respectable times ?

« on: October 09, 2020, 06:03:35 PM »

Thanks for reply. So if the same paddler moves onto a 14' board, does the speed inherently go up some % over same 5k distance just by virtue of being on the longer board?

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Flatwater and Touring / Respectable times ?

« on: October 06, 2020, 05:13:45 PM »

So what's a respectable speed for an average paddler on a 12'6" race/tour board in average conditions over say a 5km distance (min and/or mph)? ... asking for a friend.

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SUP General / Re: Point Breaking Teddy Littles

« on: October 04, 2020, 05:45:13 AM »

Hurricane Teddy had dumped some great surf along the East Coast
This is Teddy's last gasp on Cape Cod

Big to small, STC catches em all ... thanks for sharing!

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General Discussion / Re: Fun glass off surf till dark...Then can't get into my car! sad...

« on: September 25, 2020, 01:19:25 PM »

Have always just used the loop in the pocket of my trunks ... haven't lost a key yet.

Did give some thought to using a lockbox, but figured any low-life with the will (and a hammer) could probably bash the thing open anyways.

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General Discussion / Re: Post-worthy shark tips

« on: September 25, 2020, 09:41:48 AM »

I liked the one about painting eyes on the bottom of your board.  Potential business opportunity there, selling adhesive eyes to surfers to stick on bottom of their board. But then I was thinking, maybe that would only draw the attention of an even bigger shark since you look like an even bigger piece of bait, with smaller bait (i.e. your feet) swimming around it.

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SUP General / Re: Two For Teddy

« on: September 24, 2020, 06:06:09 PM »

Nice!! ... So jealous, we kinda got shafted here in central FL with strong on-shores making a mess of it. Hoping for some clean left-overs here at the end of the week.

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SUP General / Re: Hurricane Paulette....

« on: September 14, 2020, 06:18:15 PM »

Nice! ... pace yourself, with all the activity/energy out there now, I think we're in for a pretty good run! 

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Sessions / Re: September Summer Days

« on: September 08, 2020, 06:51:25 PM »

Nicely done, with a little Nat Geo twist ... thx for sharing!

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Sessions / Re: Paddle Cam

« on: September 07, 2020, 09:28:11 AM »

LOL! ... nice 'over the handlebars' move at the end there! ... thanks for sharing, appreciate the effort you put into these posts!

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Sessions / Re: Bumpy Juice

« on: September 05, 2020, 07:42:58 PM »

Ride'm cowboy! ... thanks for sharing!

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Sessions / Re: Typhoon #10 (Haishen)

« on: September 05, 2020, 07:40:36 PM »

Juicy!! ... thanks for sharing!

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Random / Re: I bought the wrong car 30 years ago

« on: August 30, 2020, 09:06:25 PM »

One neighbor has a 911 in the garage. It never comes out to play. He is a banker and I am assuming it is an investment for him. I want to light his house on fire.

LOL !! ... I have the same feeling about people I see driving convertibles on absolutely beautiful days, but the top is still up, windows up, AC on ... WTH, you don't wanna mess up your hair? so why do you own a convertible?

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Gear Talk / Re: Board progression over my 12 years of paddle boarding

« on: August 30, 2020, 07:37:50 PM »

Well done video SSM. I also came to SUP surf from prone surfing for similar reasons (i.e. seeing others catching more waves in conditions where I was struggling to get just a couple).
And I've also gone the 2nd hand route for boards due to my inability to stomach the large price tag on new SUPs, when I know I'll eventually want to change boards again (always looking on CL, couple L41s out there now).
My path hit a fork in the SUP road at the end of last year when I picked up a used 12'6" race board to help with staying in surf shape (fitness, balance, paddling). I've found that I enjoy that paddling experience too (on both the IC and ocean) and am now hunting for a reasonably priced used 14' race board to go with my surf SUP (I'm sure I can rationalize having space for all of them).
And oh yeah, we're sorta neighbors, I'm down in Melb Bch.