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Day before the hot one

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Created by Sparx > 9 months ago, 9 Jan 2015
Sparx
VIC, 734 posts
9 Jan 2015 10:17PM
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Anybody whos been in Vicco the last fortnight will know what I am talking about...biblical hot!!
First up the usual apologies...my camera wasnt great when I bought it five years ago and it is certainly showing its age. Hit HD all the same!!
Secondly the music...any of you Vimeo users know how to get your music of choice on your clips these days. After an extensive search of the instore selection the best I could come up with was some up tempo seventies porn sound track.
And finally...the surfing. more of the same I am afraid...at the ripe old age of 55 I am not about to turn into Kai Lenny so if youve seen it all before...sorry!!

Sparx
VIC, 734 posts
9 Jan 2015 10:31PM
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This was the third surf on the new shooter and the first in decent waves so the first couple of turns are understandably a little flat and hesitant.
However the more time I spent in the water the more the mysteries of the new beast were revealed!!
Firstly...its fast, like real fast, accelerates out of mid face turns in the critical part of the wave with no dramas.
Secondly...great projections out of turns, this one covers some distance!
Thirdly and most surprisingly, this board puts me in places that I am not particularly familiar with...above the lip to be precise.
Never had a problem with the lip on a shortboard...I could bash it, go round it or get under it, but very seldom if ever did I go above it...was never really a priority back in the day!!
As such you can see in the vid that when it happens my survival instinct kicks in and I hit the eject button...gotta dial that back and learn to land the suckas!!!
Cheers
Sparx

Loz79
QLD, 459 posts
9 Jan 2015 9:33PM
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Nice vid!..ya can't beat a nice little sup wave all to youself

Sparx
VIC, 734 posts
9 Jan 2015 10:43PM
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Loz79 said..
Nice vid!..ya can't beat a nice little sup wave all to youself


Thanks Loz
Half a kay down the beach absolutely nutso summer crowd...the beauty of SUP...uncrowded B waves
Cheers
Sparx

Loz79
QLD, 459 posts
9 Jan 2015 9:49PM
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Sparx said...
Loz79 said..
Nice vid!..ya can't beat a nice little sup wave all to youself


Thanks Loz
Half a kay down the beach absolutely nutso summer crowd...the beauty of SUP...uncrowded B waves
Cheers
Sparx


Yeah that's the conditions I love on the sup , the shortys stay away and we can have a fat time all to ourselves

ockanui
VIC, 1303 posts
10 Jan 2015 5:21PM
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Some nice fast surfing on the new stick, your still doin alright Sparxy...for an old bugger....

tha dogman
NSW, 2912 posts
10 Jan 2015 6:47PM
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Gotta love that left-hander

That was Some really nice fast lines going down on that new shooter

Yewwwwwww!!!!!!!!






tha dogman
NSW, 2912 posts
10 Jan 2015 6:51PM
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And great to see some killer truly old school press record, point n paddle out cinematography still going down....

Sparx
VIC, 734 posts
10 Jan 2015 9:16PM
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Thanks MJ, Rog
Yep its bloody quick!!...just gotta learn to keep up with it.
Doggy, believe it or not that is the least surfed and filmed left in my go to file...absolutely hidden in plain sight, line it up and let it rip!!
Ock, thats a bit of pot calling the kettle black action!!...actually feeling pretty good at the mo apart from Uncle Arthur moving from my knee to my big toe.
Apparently the result of dragging my back foot while getting to my feet all those years before SUP...Its official, if I dont start standing I wont be standing!!
Cheers
Sparx

Cobra
9106 posts
12 Jan 2015 8:10AM
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Couldn't of been to hot,,had the wettie on
Nice clip, I was about to say,all to yourself



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