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bgreen
Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: Location: Qld. Oz
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geoffreylevens
Joined: 18 Nov 2009 Posts:
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:13 am Post subject: |
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Looks like pretty fun day in the water but a bit nasty to be hanging on the beach behind a camera! |
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OG-AZN
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: Location: Norcal
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like a beautiful spot in that trip footage. I bet it really goes off w/ offshores & the right tide. I love seeing what other people are doing w/ paipos around the world. The '64 film seems to confirm (around 1:54) that the origin of the drop knee bodyboard / Jack (Lindholm) stance was in paipo riding. |
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global ernie
Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: Location: northern nsw
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Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 9:34 pm Post subject: bobs south coast surf trip |
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heres some pics of where bob was surfing and the spot about 200 yds inside of that point
note the angle of the whitewater draining of the rockshelf on the big wave pic(2nd pic down)its the same place in pic no3. top and bottom pics are the point break inside |
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Uncle Grumpy
Joined: 15 Jan 2007 Posts: Location: San Clemente
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:08 am Post subject: |
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That is a really beautiful wave in what appears to be a lovely bucolic location.
Looks like you might want a leash tho'..... _________________ Prone to ride. |
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global ernie
Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: Location: northern nsw
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 2:32 pm Post subject: close to the rocks |
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the inside point breaks so close to the rocks that you could nearly have a conversation with the guy in the baz. the photos dont really give a good impression of how close you are to the shelf. when this place gets 8' ish some pro goofy's have had trouble getting into it! the local boogers love it in fact this part of southern nsw is a potential paipo paradise, shame it gets so cold (from a sub trop surfers perspective) |
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geoffreylevens
Joined: 18 Nov 2009 Posts:
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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Seems like a grand spot for finless paipos and Gath helmets! |
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rodndtube Dolphin Glider
Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 690 Location: USA, MD, Baltimore
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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I would love to take my finned board out at this spot. One thing I noticed in some of the videos was the difficulty of the finless boards to track and project on a wave. The best tracking and projecting seemed to be in the 4th video on the Galera board.
Quite a nice looking wave. _________________ rodNDtube
"Prone to ride"
I love my papa li`ili`i |
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geoffreylevens
Joined: 18 Nov 2009 Posts:
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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True, I was just thinking finless due to proximity of very shallow rocks |
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bgreen
Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: Location: Qld. Oz
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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Rod,
It was fun. Less fun, I don't think I mentioned that I broke off two of John's fins and bent the other when I went out on the last day. Keep me away from finned paipo.
Both of the finless boards need a bit of power and when it came to the fuller end section, the boards lose some control, but the wave was effectively over when this section was reached. At 1.17 on the Goddard clip for day 3, with a longer walled wave you see no problem with projection.
The wave had a few idiosyncrasies due to backwash off the rocks and proximity to the rocks. At times the first section had to be struggled through due to water churning/backwash. Day 3 with the NOfin board had the cleanest surface conditions. Less water enabled better clearance from the inside rocks.
Bob |
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puurri
Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: Location: sydney, OZ
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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Guillotines? |
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bgreen
Joined: 20 Feb 2004 Posts: Location: Qld. Oz
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Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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Puurri,
Global Ernie's top and bottom photos are the G. It wasn't big enough really to get it going. As GE says - think 200yards south.
Bob |
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rodndtube Dolphin Glider
Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 690 Location: USA, MD, Baltimore
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:21 am Post subject: |
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geoffreylevens wrote: | True, I was just thinking finless due to proximity of very shallow rocks |
My two sidebites are very small, about 2", and my center fin usually ranges from 4" to 4.5". Not huge, but they get rather chewed up in Costa Rica and Puerto Rico. Still love my fins! _________________ rodNDtube
"Prone to ride"
I love my papa li`ili`i |
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puurri
Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: Location: sydney, OZ
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:08 am Post subject: |
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2x 4- 5 inch fins are the best otherwise drag bites into the speed potential of the hull. jest sayin' |
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rickm
Joined: 16 Dec 2005 Posts:
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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 9:57 am Post subject: |
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rodndtube wrote: | geoffreylevens wrote: | True, I was just thinking finless due to proximity of very shallow rocks |
My two sidebites are very small, about 2", and my center fin usually ranges from 4" to 4.5". Not huge, but they get rather chewed up in Costa Rica and Puerto Rico. Still love my fins! |
I have a fin in my trunk that would turn that board into something memorable!
Speaking off, look over on the left. |
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