[Closed] STW surfers?

Nothing - just didn't find your "joke" in the least bit funny. Apologies for not "getting it" and just carrying on as normal.

Thought we had got it sorted but as usual you can't let anything go and have to have a last little dig. If calling me names makes you feel good about yourself knock yourself out.

Calling names?

Pot kettle black

Someone asked what happened - I explained. I don't feel good about it - it actually pi55ed me right off. I also got a couple of emails, texts and PMs from SSBers expressing surprise at your actions - so it's not just me.

End of.

Prove it?

What you want me to forward my texts and emails? Let's just say three regulars that you "know" aren't impressed. I won't say who they are and certainly haven't made it up.

Go on name them I dont mind or is it like you always said you knew who was giving you heaps, you never named them either?

Nope - they contacted me in confidence. You'd probably be able to guess anyway. Let's just leave this and carry on as before shall we?

I thought we had done that untill you started it up again.

[[i]subject change[/i]] okay, so how is the surf looking round your way? 1ft here today [[i]turn subject change off[/i]]

Doing a dawnie tomorrow - it's looking veeery nice 🙂

flat here

but Im Plymouth bound on Thursday for 2 weeks so hoping to get over to Newquay for a surf with some mates

I was getting my hopes up - small waves all week it looks like and the tides are stuffed for post work surfs. The day will come though...

Oh bu66er - it was a bit average. Sizey(ish) but the wind was across it. Caught a fair few but nothing special - good exercise though!

Nice little 2' wave tonight after work. Looking OK for a dawnie tomorrow.

Lets keep the bickering that has ruined most surf forums off here eh?

London trip tomorrow so no surfing but hoping the weekend will still have something left to enjoy.

Looks like small clean + sunny, so dawnies to avoid the crowds.

gonna try to get up to the north coast after work tomorrow. not quite enough on the south to make a shorter drive.

OMG it's bloody perfection out there! Just did a dawnie and it was epic! Get in there - I reckon the swell will drop a bit but it's a solid groundswell so should be good all weekend. Lush weather too - woo hoo!

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looks like bude is firing. should be up there by six....

Porthtowan was a similar shape - but sunnier! Enjoy!

rest bay is about waist high I think. Great.

Well that was dissapointing. Good size and offshore, banks at low tide bude/widemouth just weren't doing it and everything was closing. Probably be better at mid/high tide but I had to be back by nine.

Holding a decent size though(overhead plus on sets) so tomorrow/Monday could still be good.

off to scotland on monday for a week (south west coast/stranraer but its better than Bradford!) hoping to get some of the 7 stanes done, climb a little and try to find some surf (its been 5 years since I've last been!). I'm quite excited to be honest, since I've not had any time off since my honeymoon last sept! back to the earlier maldives conversation, I went last sept. didn't get near the outer rim so no surf for me, but I guess if it was a bit flat, there is plenty of other stuff to do (diving/snorkel/wind surf/ kite surf etc) Beer is expensive though!

I take it back - Rest Bay was shoulder high and quite good fun on the fish - first surf in the summer suit, bit of sun burn. Bring on summer!

meehaja - beer would have been expensive, but we got it for free the whole trip as the air con had packed up!!

The north of Scotland has some great surf - some stunning deserted beaches that catch loads of swell. Probably a bit of a trek though, even from SW scotland.

yeah,its more of a mtb tripthan a surf trip, just tought i'd take the new board and see if i find anything!

Jam - surfed Perranporth on Saturday and it was also a bit fat but shaped up as the tide pushed in.

Took our 20 month old boy out in Polzeath (in a cute little wetsuit) on a Doyle and he loved it! Only in the shallows but went very well.

A epic weekend and hard to beat - loads of surf, camping, boat mission and beer. Splendid.

I got out last night at sandymouth for sunset session.

no decent low tide banks there at all with but good fun trying to pull in on some chest high close outs. no boots, no gloves and I reckon I'll be in a summer suit by the end of the week.

looks like there could be waves again by the weekend.

Jam - did the Winter suit on Friday but the Summer suit for the rest of the weekend (no boots) and it was fine. Love getting into that stretchier rubber!

Almost flat down here now.

I reckon I'll be in a summer suit by the end of the week.

ehh?! In Cornwall? Summer suit is fine up in Wales now, albeit with boots on. Althought it could be my new suit just working well

Would have been fine, but I haven't got a decent summer suit at the moment. Looking a west suits at the moment.

West are decent and some O'Neils (e.g Mutant) aren't fairly good VFM.

Got an Xcel but it was in a sale - over £200 RRP for a Summer suit is a bit steep...

Looking to get back into it over the summer and autumn myself - a few 'board meetings' before work would do nicely. Porthcawl and Gower would be my closest breaks. Here's some photos from a few years ago of Saltburn sometime between Christmas and New Year in 2002.

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Rickos - nice! Porthcawl gets nice but the Gower is definitely more consistent. I'm sure you know it well but shout if you need any recommendations. I was surfing/ahem "at Uni" nearby for three years.

What are you lot on about? I've been in my 3/2 since mid-April. Oi reckons you needs to toughen up, me 'andsomes.

do you want a medal?

anyhow, shaping up to be an alright weekend again...

Looking promising for Monday/tuesday.

Just picked up a very nice 2010 west lotus summer suit reduced by 25%. box in Plymouth have a sale all weekend.

Ideal! Surf has a lot of improving to do - as does the weather!

Im expecting the surf here to become epic for the next few weeks.

This is not based on long range forecasting or the weather conditions...its based on the fact that I am injured AGAIN so the surf will become epic just to piss me off even more.

****ing knees 👿

Two amazing surfs yesterday - proper "stunt" waves - got a couple of airs and a few decently vertical reos and floaters.

Nice!

Had a nice sesh early doors yesterday. Starting to remember how to surf...

New wetsuit is really nice, think I'll be getting a new wintersuit at the end of the summer. Did see an odd trend yesterday at widemouth, more than a few guys out with no boots/gloves but wearing a hooded wetsuit? Fashion or something I don't know about.

Oh and masses of scummy foam everywhere, something to do with plankton apparently but a couple of feet thick on the high tide mark.

Water was mucky here too - think it's the Spring tides washing all the cr4p into the sea.
I never wear a hood even when it's freezing - I hate them (see floater pic on page 1 - it was 1 degree with ice on the beach and a howling NErerly - still no hood) - they block your hearing too much.

and what the **** are SUP boards all about. a couple of monkeys out on them just as I was getting out.

SUP gets ridden by Laird Hamilton at Chopes, everyone thinks they are him when they ride one...

Absolute c**tmobiles of the lowest order - even seen them going up the river by our house!

i did ask one if he'd lost his canoe and got scowled at....

Wait until a decent sized wave hits them - then they can't do anything and get a nice battering.

In the right hands they are a good addition to a quiver, the small performance ones (9ft and less) are really chuckable in gutless stuff. And needless to say you get a shed load of waves. The prob with them is that there are a lot of idiots getting into it - but heck have you looked around a lineup lately and seen way more idiots lying prone.

At the end of the day its all about getting watertime, prejudice just does nothing but limit your opportunity for fun.

i'd have a go on one but not sure i'd want to be seen in public on one. bit like my kayak really, actually pretty good fun in the surf but i'd never take it out at a decent break...

although I have seen some youtube vids of SUP boards being paddled on whitewater rapids. that is wrong....

Tomorrow is looking epic. Just trying to shuffle my work around a bit!

SOuth coast is looking pretty good, gonna try and get down to bantham after work.

South and North should be on fire - almost no wind to spoil either.

Just trying to book the nanny at the last minute so I can go in... Bit excessive but hey ho - hopefully worth it!

surf on the isle of wight, at compton pretty sweet but rubbish this week, no surf at all !

(see floater pic on page 1)

Owain/Pigface - come on leave it out. Jon and I get on now so your "joke" is a bit lame.

In fact you are very lame. Jon RN (a name he never uses) "joined" two days after your cr4p NSBR "joke" and this is "his" first post.

As for calling me a kook several times under the guise of others - cough cough...

tonight was good - very clean groundswell which seemed to be building, and some decent sets coming through

Jesus Matt good job you are not into jumping to conclusions, no idea who Jon is and if he aint SSB then no idea at all, i guess as usual an apology would be a step to far for you.

Why does this thread keep de-generating into mindless arguments?? It doesn't reflect well on any of those involved...

PF - apologies then. Off for a surf now.

...which was a lot of fun! Pretty chunky swell - not far off double overhead on some sets!

pretty rubbish session at bantham. its been years since I've been there and tonight reminded me why.

shitty lane down to the car park, greedy longboarders, angry groms and pretty weak wave. maybe a busy half term day wasnt the best day back.

hmm, might be time to get out at perran in my kayak then, not been out recently 😀

not far off double overhead on some sets!

Seeing as you're a midget in a poo stance then it probably was nearly double overhead but for a normal person surfing properly then nowhere near double overhead. KOOK.

Seeing as you're a midget in a poo stance then it probably was nearly double overhead but for a normal person surfing properly then nowhere near double overhead. KOOK.

yawn

Hitman - it's some weirdo that likes to "stalk" me - I seem to attract them...! If it's who I think it is, he's a tragically poor surfer that has big timed others then posted pics of himself and got laughed off several websites. Very sad.

Anyway what a fricking lush birthday - just surfed head high clean waves at WG - long, fast barrelly rides and a lot of fun. Cool!!

Jam - sorry to hear that. So damn frustrating! WG was a bit fat for a while and I thought it was going to be similar. Then a bank started working and it's got very nice. Birthday barrels - splendid!

Hitman - it's some weirdo that likes to "stalk" me - I seem to attract them...! If it's who I think it is, he's a tragically poor surfer that has big timed others then posted pics of himself and got laughed off several websites. Very sad.

why don't you just ignore his comments??

Hitman - will do. It's tricky though.

Got my first longboard barrel this morning (honestly, more like a crap head-dip and only for a split second, but I'll still take it).

SM - which break.

Couldn't be ar5ed to spend ages waiting for the best set but this is just after I got out...

I genuinely got two birthday barrels. Cool!

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Out at the Ho!

Surf Mat - when were you at Swansea? Had an awsome surf competition (but nothing to do with the surfing) between Swansea & Plymouth in Newquay in 1988, were you there?

DB - a bit younger - I was there from 94 to 97.

Surfed for the Institute (despite being at the Uni!) because the Uni team went from good to a bunch of muppets that couldn't surf.

We beat Plymouth that year and won but mostly thanks to a couple of sh1t hot surfers like Rhino Thomas rather than my own efforts!

I was there 84 to 88, in the era of Paul Russell, lived out in Southgate with a guy who used to life guard at Perranporth (Sammy Mottart) & I was a honoury member of surf club due to circle of friends & ability to party 😳 couldn't even stand up but liked to paddle around on a long board for a laugh. 8) Great times & some how ended up as SU president too??

Surf Mat - when were you at Swansea? Had an awsome surf competition (but nothing to do with the surfing) between Swansea & Plymouth in Newquay in 1988, were you there?

I was there then surfing for Plymouth - good times:)

Hitman - it was truely one of the "it's the taking part that matters" weekends 😉 I was on an alcohol free bet at the time & we somehow ended up in the officers mess of RAF St Mawgan after the pubs closed....

DB - sounds like fun! The Student Nationals and the SW Champs (just the top 5 unis from the Nationals) were always great for maximum carnage!

just to add some variation, my local break is freshwater, Sydney (the next beach up from Manly). Last weekend was epic, 5/6ft and offshore for most of the day. I havent surfed for three months (hernia recovery) but went out for a paddle at Collaroy. Nice to get out and got a couple so happy enough. Massive storms have come through this week and evrything is windblown. Layne Beachly is a Freshwater local....awesome surfer and very short!

Easy - got some relatives in and near Sydney - spent a few months doing NSW in 1999 - got great waves at Newcastle and Byron but was a bit unlucky with the Sydney breaks - either flat or blow out!

Layne rips big time.

Layne Beachly is a Freshwater local....awesome surfer and very short!

Is there a correlation between this and myself being a terrible surfer and very tall?

I am the same height, age, almost the same weight as Kelly Slater and we "share" a similar (lack of) hairline.

However he could surf an iron bed better than I surf a shortboard..

Changing the direction of chat slightly but this seems like the thread with those in the know.

Been surfing during summer trips to north Devon and Gower with my wife, and hiring boards for week/weekend periods over the last couple of years. Really enjoying it but we feel it would be more cost effective to buy a board if I'm going to continue, whats the next step up from a foam top board? I'm thinking about a hardboard- something like a bic/nsp minimal size 7'6 ish...? I'm 5'9 and 11st. I know the popouts get a bad rep. Any suggestions from the hive?

Pete - might be worth seeking out a slightly longer but lighter custom board. NSPs and Bics are okay but they are heavy and flipping hurt if they hit you. They are also next to useless if you progress further.

My wife has an 8ft "glide" (made by Bunty) which is sort of a small longboard that's stable enough to progress on but turns enough to do "stunts" - I've had reos and floaters on it - very hard on an NSP/Bic.

Much as I hate to say it, there are many Chinese made "custom" (by that I mean foam core, resin skin) board going for around £200 or pick up a nearly new "named" board for similar money.