Not surprisingly has been pretty straight all w/e -> week at Perth's most popular beach break.
Off topic but how is the shoulder Legion? Are you still doing your rehab on top of surfing? Just remember not to over do it mate 
As with all things, it doesn't hurt in the water. Out of the water it's mostly OK except when I overdo it. I didn't really do any rehab - the stuff I was given was mostly ROM stuff and my ROM is OK. My personal rehab has been teaching myself clean and jerk 
. Surprisingly that's been going alright, although I've only been lifting very low weights and reps. I always wanted to be able to clean and jerk but have had at least one bad shoulder for many years.
After a long paddle session it hurts, especially in conditions like today (constant paddling for a couple of hours). NSAIDs help. That's about the only time I've been taking them, post-surf.
Anybody notice the swell seems to have picked up. Much more than our recent run of 'dick hieghts' 
Yours truly
Long time lurcher.
went to the usual this morning, everything seemed right, swell,tide and wind. Nothing on offer, could see a lumpy horizon but it seemed to bypass us so I hope those that went offshore or north scored because we got zilch, not even enough to make a few "magnets" worth the paddle, to make things worse I gaffered up the wound, I was hanging out and certain enough to do it at 5am, not fun taking it off
Went to secret spot north this morn, admit others have discovered it too, I blame wanna surf and all other posters. Oh yeah and all that building of new suburbs of ranch.... Oh shizen have I revealed too much..........
Anyway wind was souther there as always but still got a cupla worth the drive, swell smaller than predicted tho.
Gotta laugh at ANGRY guy cursin an screaming his way thru his session he was having a wonderful time, not! wonder why he was even out there?
Was angry guy 45ish with greying hair, reasonable surfer on a retro-ish board driving a silver/grey GU Patrol?
Gotta wonder why he bothers if it makes him that angry hey?
think I picked up the best bargain yesterday for a mini mal. 62mac, how do you stop yourself from nosediving? Found myself jarring it after popping up compared to when I was on my little fish or shorty 
Sorry mate its against the rules to talk LB come over to the Beer Garden forum and we can have a chat
think I picked up the best bargain yesterday for a mini mal. 62mac, how do you stop yourself from nosediving? Found myself jarring it after popping up compared to when I was on my little fish or shorty as you paddle in, do it on an angle and try to keep the rail tight against the face. Once you do it you a few times it will get easy.
think I picked up the best bargain yesterday for a mini mal. 62mac, how do you stop yourself from nosediving? Found myself jarring it after popping up compared to when I was on my little fish or shorty
think I picked up the best bargain yesterday for a mini mal. 62mac, how do you stop yourself from nosediving? Found myself jarring it after popping up compared to when I was on my little fish or shorty I swear I've seen Doggie riding Longboards come to think of it,I've NEVER seen him on a Shortboard
think I picked up the best bargain yesterday for a mini mal. 62mac, how do you stop yourself from nosediving? Found myself jarring it after popping up compared to when I was on my little fish or shorty I swear I've seen Doggie riding Longboards come to think of it,I've NEVER seen him on a Shortboard 
Select to expand quoteIf you can't beat them, join them think I picked up the best bargain yesterday for a mini mal. 62mac, how do you stop yourself from nosediving? Found myself jarring it after popping up compared to when I was on my little fish or shorty
I highly doubt I have the longboarding capabilities of the blokes here, but here's some things I find work for me.
I bend my back ridiculously like the shape of a banana. If it is a fat mellow wave, then sit further forward but arch your back right up and paddle. At the last moment, throw yourself forward and it will slide down the wave face.
Oppositely, if the wave is a bit sucky for the mal, I do the reverse. Sit where you normally would, and at the last moment, sort of pause and rear back like a banana to kind of semi-stall the mal right before you snap to you feet.
On top of this, angle of attack is so so important on a longer board. It isn't a short board where you can take of late and just smash the back foot down and she'll be right. It isn't a short board where you can take off left, not like what you see and rip it right simply by twitching. The longer board really wants to glide onto the shoulder. Sit further out the back than you normally would, and semi hunt down the wave. You've got the paddle speed... just work on putting the plank in the right position in the wave (the shoulder).
Hope this helps somewhat, like I said though, I'm not the best surfer by any means!
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