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SUP General / Re: Another etiquette question -- distance from fishermen

« on: October 24, 2012, 04:54:19 AM »

I dawn patroled a beachbreak wedge this morning, headhigh faces,
clean from two days of offshores.  It's a local surf spot.  As I walked
over the dune I found three surfcasters spread out on it.  I was the
first surfer to show up, decided to ignore them and paddled out between
two of them.  I just surfed, some others joined me and fishermen
moved on.  Piers hold sandbars, surfers and fisherman aren't pleased
with each other presence, ain't gonna change.

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SUP General / Re: Can you simply surf a SUP w/o a paddle?

« on: October 22, 2012, 05:38:46 AM »

Yea, various surfs on my all arounds.  Usually with the kids to sit next to them abit
when they are proning.  I prone paddle as I find this more efficient and quicker
in tempo than on my knees - continuous pulling force.  The other day broke a paddle
and waves were too good to quit, stuck paddles in the sand and continued stroking.
The sup works fine as a longboard as long as the waves aren't too steep, otherwise
the board just has too much energy to deal with without a paddle.

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Share the Stoke / Re: Seared Peahi

« on: October 20, 2012, 01:55:36 PM »

wow...................

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SUP General / Re: What's Up with SUP's?

« on: October 17, 2012, 11:59:33 AM »

That's cool, peace brother.  Would love to try one of your boards
though, maybe sometime in your travels to the west side.  The only
gongs I've seen so far were for 65kg guys.

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Gear Talk / Re: ice paddling

« on: October 17, 2012, 09:14:27 AM »

Don't know how a temp flux would effect the boards but mine
are out all winter without a problem.  As long as you have boots
gloves and a hood and a place to change (got a van for that) it's
easy.  Getting a waterproof or other seat protection and changing
at home has also worked for me when transpo has limited space.

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SUP General / Re: Where would you move for a year?

« on: October 17, 2012, 04:48:13 AM »

Yea really, I'm writing it all down but will tell nobody.  I hope
much more will come.  The hawaii deal is true,  surf everyday
somewhere on the island, for the whole year.  A lot of the
mentioned places have on and off seasons, except bali.

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SUP General / Re: What's Up with SUP's?

« on: October 17, 2012, 04:37:48 AM »

Great analogy.  When I describe surfers to a non-surfer, "they
are a pack of dogs, waiting for the next bone to get heaved out the
window, then dominance and senority will determine who will get to chew".

Yea, localism is a fact of surfing life, as its always been.  Sure the
vigilante fantasy can feel good but the fact is the stuff that can go
down out in the lineup, though a public space, yea, the law enforcement
is private.  Untill there's a cop there on a board, you on ya own.

First choice is to surf on your own.  Best option, as on a sup you can
own the place.  It's a blast.  If you have to surf with a crowd or at a
localized spot what really works is to sit on the inside (as much as
possible, otherwise next to).  Any wave not yet taken is yours, and
nobody stresses.

I do this, colas, on a "barge".  I do one padlle pop ups, on the inside,
standing on the tail of the board.  Beginners are on long sup, but not
all long sups are ridden by beginners.  Lets keep the long/short love
here in the zone.  Though they look terrible next to a shortboard,
once loose on a wave they are great too.

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SoCal / Re: Best SUP Spot in Socal

« on: October 15, 2012, 05:38:13 PM »

You should keep that to yourself.  This will become some visitor
zoner travel guide.  Look for me out on the donkey barge with the
zoner tee shirt.

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SUP General / Re: Where would you move for a year?

« on: October 15, 2012, 04:54:47 PM »

 In Hawaii you can live cheap a bit up island and if you
can drive, surf every day of every season the whole
year.  Oahu has four surfable sides, all reachable by car.

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SUP General / aussie sup

« on: October 15, 2012, 04:34:53 PM »

I thought maybe in the hot chicks thread but ...
!

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Sessions / Re: freshwater and shoulder high

« on: October 13, 2012, 11:22:45 PM »

Lake juice!

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Random / Re: Gas Prices!

« on: October 13, 2012, 12:44:45 PM »

$500-600 a month, ouch.  Van and 4x4, kids, job commute.  The surf doesn't
get more than 15-20 min r/t so not the real killer, just everyday life does it.

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Sessions / Re: freshwater and shoulder high

« on: October 13, 2012, 04:52:03 AM »

Thanks alot guys!  You scored some sick lake waves.  And great effort
to post the photos and vid - that's the life of the zone.

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SUP General / Re: SUP @ Peahi

« on: October 12, 2012, 01:25:18 AM »

You're right, the tow opened up the big waves to more than dare to
paddle into them (us included).  But there lies the irony of the masses
not respecting us at jaws, their hate(fear) of sup blinds them-
we aren't surfing?!  But the towed guy is!

But then, the masses don't know how much fun we're having.

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SUP General / Re: SUP @ Peahi

« on: October 11, 2012, 06:34:33 AM »

State of art "paddle in" session, thanks chef.  Typical lame surfline
standup edit.  Would have loved to have seen Robbie's other waves.

Winter is coming!