How any of you guys surf or have surfed in days gone by .Great to see some pics you have of yourselves and waves and places that meant something to you
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How any of you guys surf or have surfed in days gone by .Great to see some pics you have of yourselves and waves and places that meant something to you
"Who Surfs"? - Toyota do!
I went surfing once, managed to stand on the board and ride a few waves in even. But it all changed when the fire nation attacked
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This meant something to me. made a badass cut
be a big board rushy ;)
White pointer got you Toby
faaark Toby is that from a surfing accidentQuote:
Originally Posted by Toby
Yeah the nose of the board went into my thigh. There's yellow so no one can say I have no fat on meQuote:
Originally Posted by el borracho
Toby, I thought that the point of surfing was to ride the board not fight the board.
nice work Toby ..very nice .I have been lucky enough in my many years surfing which I stopped 15years ago to have had no major accidents with cuts !!Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby
a few of my old boards - I built parts of these boards also -these are around 28-30 years ago.A Butterfly fin in green -dont see them nowadays and a few singles fins plus a 4 fin in yellow .great memory's
Lived and breathed Surfing from 7yrs till 25yrs, till a rafting accident down the Motu fucked me for a number of years. Got back Tried to get back into it when I was around 28yrs but not having the mobility and the fitness I had, was riding 5'8 / 5'10' Quads at the time of my accident. I changed to Mals. Now Because I'm bigger 107kg I'm into Sups. Hey it's better than Goat boats, which I currently have 3 of. Currently have 2 boards and surf them, as well as Flat water workouts, even got the Bride Keen even.
Still got my 6'3'' JC Thruster and 2 Mals.Attachment 13327 The Original Maketu Board Riders
I stopped pretty much between 30-35 when I got to unfit and weak to paddle against 20year olds --those SUPS now they sound like the way to combat 20yr olds :thumbsup: Got any pics of yourself surfin
thats a great pic ! an image of a surf communityQuote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
Na I was to busy Surfing, and so was me mates. Bit like action hunting photos really.
I used to play around on my cousins wave ski and used to try to surf on my uncles old surfboard but I much preferred the wave ski as it was easier to ride could never get my balance on a surf board.
Surfing unless plain talented is bloody hard!
these images are of me around 1983...wow 30 years ago Im at blacks reef with the girlfriend that surfed -a pain in the ass as they think they can drop in and tell you to f-off lol
Bloody hell Brian have you got a boner on or a budgie down those shorts? Ha ha ha ha
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Surfed lots in my early teens to mid twenties at Maketu and Mount.
Was actually more into skateboarding and invested most of my time into that.
Gapped Axe that looks like my Dads mob!
same pic you posted isnt it . the seasons board in front i made!!
your photos boys post them !!!!
Probably is. But hey I'm not your dad. The guys range from 17yrs to 42yrs. This photo was taken around 1984
Have to have a dig around. Got a few photos surfing Tamarindo, Boca Barranca and Playa Negra in Costa Rica with Robert August, Robert Weaver (Wingnut), Mark Martinson and a bunch of other old school players. Joel Tudor was supposed to show too but never saw him. I guess it was the lead up to the "Surf n Turf" competition he hosts in Tamarindo as we played golf after and combined scores. I got a signed Wingnut tee shirt.
Learnt in the Mount before it got invaded, only longboards. The little pointy boards were for the "butt wigglers" who still look like they are trying to pull themselves silly on a surfboard. Too fat, old and tired now to be bothered plus the waves in HB are as good as the sea fishing, shit, (once you have experienced places like the Gulf of Mexico).
Funny thing with the golf in Tamarindo, there were real live crocodilo in the water hazards. I asked the old ex pat Yank i was playing with, "who feeds them". He cooly said to me "there aint not many dogs round here boy".:XD:
Only the net
thatd be great to see some of those images . Those names are legends in the surf world - god Robert August must be getting on . Saw wingnut surfin with him in Endless summer 11 - Wingnut has MS disease . Get those pics out . I took Kong Surfing in a secret spot in northern Spain -to big for me so i watched
long boards rule!!!!
I decided not to enter the water this day-Mundaka northern Spain circa 1989-90
How big the face of that wave ? That's insane ! :sick:
around 20 ft but Mundaka's wave as it hits the bar grows sometimes to and then pitches into a big barrel . Sadly i was never so good as to enjoy the qualities of this wave as much as i would have like to --couldn't barrel ride for shit.
a couple of my old boards -a stnger and a single fins
Is that a surfer near the crest of the wave center left on the Circa photo?
That's intense Mundaka, look at that off shore wind, man that would take some paddling into and not counting the initial take off drop. Can understand why you didn't get wet. Used to live in Titirangi so mainly surfed Karkari and Piha after work. Got sick of the crowds so decided to come to Roto Vegas as my brother was already here and surfing with the Maketu lads. We also had a club here called the Plateau Board Riders and as far as I know most still surf. Google Shaun Dickson a Tow in big wave surfer. The plateau guys used to hit Gissy, Ragland and the Naki if our own breaks weren't working. Man they were fun trips lots of fun and laughs. The Maketu club photo I've since been informed was 1981, which is Dad Gibo? I Guarantee it's not the guy holding the 6'1'' red Hot Stuff Board.
yes R93 that sure is - I cannot remmber what he did but guys were taking off no probs at all that day and pulling into huge pits and disappearing for some time before coming out --lol just not me .........Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
I went out on some days of size and total perfection and got some good waves but always know when to call enough's enough to stay breathing hahah
Jayzus!! Thats a huge friggin wave then? I really like watching surfers and surfing footage but have never been keen on trying it. I love being in the water, just have more fun and feel secure under it.
Silly and highly unlikely to get munched, I know, but I have always been uneasy on the surface, feeling and looking like food.:D
the sharky feeling is a very real thing .The Muriwai attack was sobering but to be honest not unexpected either given what swims in our local coastline .I used to do a lot of water shoots in surfing and wore and Aussi made anti shark device so was the fear I have of those creatures
Shark Shield FREEDOM7 is the World's Only Scientifically Proven Shark Deterrent for Spearfishing
this thing used to electrocute me when leaving the water and was stumbling about in the shore waves -stand on it and get a small zap ahaha
--Takapuna I believe will have one in the summer months also -at least a bite as swimmers on mass swim in the depths out from the coast for Kilometers at a time . I used to shit myself in places like Ecuador with super warm water -I remember having a surf in northern Colombia in brown but warm water and didnt want to paddle out to far..bull sharks ouch ...maybe im just paranoid
Ha Ha I would have about 10 of those things hanging off me:thumbsup:
I have always wondered if the thought was in the back of the minds of people that frequent the waves or did they just not worry about it due to the chances. It is my worst fear, hands down. That poor bugger at Muriwai was hit by 2 sharks, no?
I met a bloke that was thumped by a white a few years ago. He loves the fricken things now and is realistic and not the least bitter about why he was attacked. Awesome dude and attitude but I dont ever wanna find out if I would feel the same way.:D
two or 3 -my police friend said the cop unloaded upto 30 rounds into the shark and general area .I met a guy who was on the program with phil cogan face your fears -he was on a kayak fishing in northland when a great white circled him -said nose at front of kayak and tail still coming round behind the back of it -he said it hassled him for quite sometime and pushed the back of the kayak down in the water -he literally shat his pants and said he was unable to talk for some time after that -months he said -so was the shock and fear he suffered .He also is now an active shark protector type guy .The scientist who he talks with say the great white is well set up in the Hauraki gulf !!! no surprises given a 6 footer some years ago was long lined a hundred or so meters off Takapuna reef and at Waiheke they caught an 18ft female with pups in a net --fark that
I was bringing a machine home from central NI a few yrs ago. Not long past Ohakea we hit the coast and cleared the zone. Noticed heaps of people enjoying the water along the beach as we headed south.
A mate with me sighted a huge shark heading south, just beyond the breakers. Cool! I lost some height to get a better view. It looked to us, to be a white. (Note, neither a shark expert) I got lower and reasonably close to some folks on the beach, we tried to warn them it was there with goofy hand signals.
They just smiled and waved at us. I roared back out to see if I could see it again but couldnt. I followed the news a few days after I got home to see if it was seen or mentioned, but it was not. To this day I am sure it was a white as the shape is, to me unmistakable.
I have seen oodles of big fish from the air, deep in south Westland and fiordland but nothing like that. Even seen deer a km off the coast having a swim.
Someone already made the joke, but
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g2...ps3830c291.jpg
Neat photos
is that a great white in the shallows Gimp :o
you think sharks are bad what about this -Testicle biting fish
Discovery of testicle-biting fish leads to swim warning for Danish men - CNN.com
