nice work legion, you've found a way to legally have a crack at the SUP's, be careful though BB will be watching you
I also don't like the shorts over wetsuit look.
who does
Does this really happen? I thought you guys were taking the piss out of one particular SUPer... never seen it - but will probably laugh out loud if/when I do
There was a guy on my last trip. I mean, I don't really know any SUPers but guys on the SUP forum do, I've seen the pics. It's apparently a crossover from the kitesurfing guys.
Here's another thing to hate - Stand Up Push-with-a-stick Skateboarding. WTF? I really, really thought this was a joke when people first mentioned it but I was wrong.
And another - yoga etc on a SUP.
And another - Laird and how much people want to be like him. Be your own person.
My favourite Dr Suess Prawnhead, closely followed by Oh The Places You'll Go, which perhaps should be mandatory reading for all these sheep that blindly follow stupid fads like SUP.
Like lifting weights lying on a swiss ball.
Oh yeah, I can appreciate the visual aspect. But if you wanna do yoga for stretching purposes, why do it on an unstable environment like a floating board? That's going to compromise how much you can push your stretches and is a recipe for injury.
The SUP skateboarding thing - there's a whole forum dedicated to it and by the looks of it it's pretty active.
i love my big stick one off the best fitness things i have ever done i laugh at doctors telling me you will never walk properly and the only water sports you will do is if you have some german mates the big stick is great to smash small minded know it all legend fark wits over the head and hopefully realign some of their chromosones to full functioning capacity i love haters i would/do give everything a go in life just in case it is fun..not just so people think im cool
It's nothing to do with what's cool, although you SUPers seem to have a hangup about not being cool.
It's to do with the equipment. If I'm riding a wave, I want to be on the most high-performance equipment suited to the type of surfing I like to do.
If I rode a mal, I might look to get a SUP since I'd be used to trimming and not doing much. Big, long flowing turns. But I like a maneuverable board that I can turn sharply and quickly to its maximum potential. I don't like to just point a big log in a direction and hold on, like TC's floater earlier on in the thread.
well i dont give a fark about being cool. the only thing i agree about on this whole thread is that people should have manners and should only venture were they are not a risk to themselves or other people,thats in the water or dry land. not to try and tell people what is functional and not,thats just rot. if someone wants to go in a straight line go for it,it is not hurting me. as for your egg doggie, ihave seen many people tear bags out off it on that style of board in all sorts of surf(not me) yet i think you will find there is about 10% off people who can actually surf hp short boards and get the most out of them. such is the resurgence of retro boards with a new school twist. most people will far more enjoy surfing them as opposed to a hp sb. most people buy hp sb because of marketing and what is cool. i see more people struggling on a hp board than any other craft on the goldy, which is pretty funny
out at metro location today. A fairly skilled but still gumby (fell of board heaps) sup janitor sweeps out. NO LEGROPE. watching him go in countless times to beach to retrieve board...very amusing. Watching him wobble about as a shoulder high set was approaching and almost fall off... frightening. Especially when I was 10m further in of him and would have got cleaned up. How is it that someone thinks its ok?
Crikey, this thread is still going. What have I started.
Rode the 9'1 Mal again this morning, was the perfect board for the fat weak swell we had.
Come doggie man up mate get 901 up ya
Laugh at Chrispy's post,true I see guy's struggling like sh-t on HP SB's.
They don't know what their missing,going vertical is much more fun on a
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