swell is slowly showing signs of dropping but its still pumping !! Had 2 great surfs already 
Hope you all getting some.
Talk about a dropping swell Ted we had 3 to 5 yesterday,knowing it had dropped over night so took a go too board,rocked up and I should have had a big fat log on the roof,sadly I was forced to struggle on the evo 
wrong board 
Ahhh thats why I always try and have at least 2 in the car
Couple from this morning - one is for Boofy
Think I got my local at it's best on a rising tide - moon was wicked behind the clouds early .... heaps of blowins arriving as I got out so all good my end - roll on weekday freedom please 
Select to expand quoteTed the Kiwi said..thePup said..
Ahhhhh geez brother - that is a disastrous snap , looks such a nice girl too hard luck dude
+ 1 could not have said it better Pup Hope you have another one to play on
Yea boys got a few more they are a nice board I don't resort to shortboards when it's big,can become expensive!! but that board had been through hell in the pacific and Indo and survived didn't make it out of a pit and snap **** happens I guess.....dropped off round here today but the big swell has groomed some nice banks when half of Sydney goes home it's going to be fun
tomorrows looking sad, but i've got 3 boards too try.
my8'10 fanatic with laird quad set i brought on sat arvo. board goes good up and down but after more down the line speed especially with more sizy waves
cw hp 9'1 x 21 1/2 x 2 1/2 .north end macaha maybe . morning pick up so late morning lb surf.
firewire tomo nano 5' 10 on loan as a demo. this ones got me excited even tho i have been on a shortie for 2 years.
please huey
Select to expand quotelaceys lane said..
firewire tomo nano 5' 10 on loan as a demo. this ones got me excited even tho i have been on a shortie for 2 years.
please huey
I am looking forward to a full report on this one
Select to expand quoteTed the Kiwi said..laceys lane said..
firewire tomo nano 5' 10 on loan as a demo. this ones got me excited even tho i have been on a shortie for 2 years.
please huey
I am looking forward to a full report on this one
demo is the fst construction.
damo tells me lft construction in the country- container unopened yet.
not to long now
hey ted. its been two years.
the board felt stupidly small and i actually had trouble sitting on it.
the waves were very very bad and small.
i got a few 1 move and 2 move waves, but again terrible waves.
a very light board to surf. i think it suits me- i like to carve with long extended swoops or throwing it out there and that square tail allows you to do that. really gets some speed doing that- and comes back under your feet with little fuss- not a board to be ridden flat imo.
chunky square ish rails with sharp edges a fair way up.
coming from my background it didn't fell to corky.
however i've never been a fan of shorter boards and would probably get the 6 ft er for that extra trim/glide. again from where im coming from 6 ft is still going to be a very small board. i was kind of overpowering this board anyway and would surf with large fins rather then the med fins that i surf it with
cheers
First one in at just light .... soon enough it was absolute mayhem - glad to be out now & will be even happier when they all piss off outta here
Select to expand quoteMacaha said..
where's your mate gone pup?
Hey mate how's things - which one are we talking about 
Select to expand quotethePup said..Macaha said..
where's your mate gone pup?
Hey mate how's things - which one are we talking about
You know,the CW lad.
Ahhhh - well I spoke to my little champion brother yesterday morning my time ..... he will be back online with us shortly & stay tuned believe me
Speaking of CW, a friend wants to sell his CW 9'3 x 23 x 3 shaped by Steve & gave me a go today. It was an absolute machine, paddles into anything so easy. I switch foot on the first wave & shuffled up onto the nose riding goofy. Felt so stable, but you could still throw it around. It also foam climbs into floaters so casually I fell in love with it. Unfortunately my missus told me last week after I bought a cheap nylon string guitar for $160. That if I buy one more surfboard before she gets something, she's going to break all my boards. So I can't buy one for probably 7 or 8 months. It felt perfect for me too 
Got heaps mate, catching waves all the way in & walking up the beach for an easy paddle back out. I didn't spend much time waiting for waves, exhausted after 2 & a 1/2 hours. Should be alright tomorrow I reckon, I have a dentist appointment though. So will be out about the same time as today 
Select to expand quotelaceys lane said..
hey ted. its been two years.
the board felt stupidly small and i actually had trouble sitting on it.
the waves were very very bad and small.
i got a few 1 move and 2 move waves, but again terrible waves.
a very light board to surf. i think it suits me- i like to carve with long extended swoops or throwing it out there and that square tail allows you to do that. really gets some speed doing that- and comes back under your feet with little fuss- not a board to be ridden flat imo.
chunky square ish rails with sharp edges a fair way up.
coming from my background it didn't fell to corky.
however i've never been a fan of shorter boards and would probably get the 6 ft er for that extra trim/glide. again from where im coming from 6 ft is still going to be a very small board. i was kind of overpowering this board anyway and would surf with large fins rather then the med fins that i surf it with
cheers
Thanks for that LL - always difficult when you do not have some decent waves to really get a feel for the equip under your feet. Interesting that you found it small. Although its is in length it is its still got a load of volume for someone of your weight n fitness. I think from experience this would take you 5 or 6 surfs before you stopped noticing it as much. I took my 5'10" out today after surfing the 6'2" and 6'6" all weekend and having only used the 5'10" 2 times over the last few months and it was super weird. I wasted 3 of my first 5 waves !! But slowly got back into it. Helped that it was really good and there were only 2 of us out
I am yet to even see a Nano in the flesh - interesting to hear that it has really sharp rails along way up. Did you find that the board was really unforgiving as a result or do the straightish outline and the concave get you through? I had always felt that knifey rails are terrible when its bumpy and unclean.
So really the big questions: Did you find enough in the crap conditions to convince you? Would you ride it again ? Will you get a chance in decent waves soon?
very clean board to surf ted. i actually tried another 5'10 , a bit wider but same volume. the nano was much better. other board caught at or around the nose.
the new hp cw is a fair step down in size and volume in its own right. i plan to use this board a fair bit- log only on really small days.
so i see this board keeping my in touch with a shortboard and still not thatfar away from my sups- a balance for/between the collection.
however with the limited amount of shortboarding i'm most likely to do i decided the nano 6 ft er would probably be the best fit for me at this stage.
if for some reason i decided to be a full on short board nut case again and found the nano 6" to big and needed a shorter one - they get very good second hand prices.
thinking very hard about getting one- different but addictive
Goooooooooooood Morning ..... well it should be back to near normal - looking forward to dodging the Easter litter scattered everywhere this morning AND no crowds .... au revoir bastardos ......
Oh and get a Mango up you Asea .... 
Back to normal here 2-3 ft lovely clean waves with 4 out. Heaven. Might sneak out for a second session now
Geez it was flat here all I got was a full scale invasion by 16 Battalion regiment of bloody Mozzies 
time for the trackies !!
Just shared the lineup with a huge school of dolphins - they were in no hurry and played around me for about 15 mins - swimming underneath me and sharing a few waves - epic!! No one could believe it how friendly they were - with most saying "jeepers people pay to swim with these lovely creatures, how lucky are we!!!!"
What a day its been and its only 11:30am!
Had that yesterday briefly Ted .... a pod of about 6 jumping thru waves then spinning around & backflipping out again .... was wicked they were having a ball - I shat when one burst out of the wave came with me about 10 yards to my left on one set
