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Gman
Since 11 Feb 2006
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tstansbury
Since 06 Jun 2006
649 Posts
Rowena and P.C
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| You gotta love that he rides tail first to get a little bite with the nose to compensate for the lack of fins. |
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genek
Since 21 Jul 2006
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East Po
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| Tue Jun 10, 08 3:53 pm |
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Respect! 
They clipped a bunch of the shots where he was way deep in the tube. How hard you think he ate it on those? I was surprised he kept charging after that. I guess as they say "fantasy is the only limitation"...or whatever it is they said on that Volvo comp winner website.
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
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| Tue Jun 10, 08 3:55 pm |
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First reaction: I am not worthy, repent! repent!
Second reaction: Some of those boards look skinny and with a lot of nose, surf with no fins?
Third reaction: I have been more pitted on River Swell.
Zing! 
Actually the skim bottom turn at 0:56 makes me want to suck my thumb and hide under my desk.
I still have much to learn from you Jedi Master. |
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genek
Since 21 Jul 2006
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East Po
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| Tue Jun 10, 08 4:01 pm |
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| pkh wrote: |
Third reaction: I have been more pitted on River Swell.
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Was that in your dreams?
Yeah, some of those shots he's riding a surfboard (probably a standard one). Others he's definitely on some sort of skim and riding it backwards at times.
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Gman
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| Tue Jun 10, 08 4:28 pm |
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| genek wrote: | Respect!
They clipped a bunch of the shots where he was way deep in the tube. How hard you think he ate it on those? I was surprised he kept charging after that. I guess as they say "fantasy is the only limitation"...or whatever it is they said on that Volvo comp winner website. |
Was thinking of - what did TBR call it - Crushtanic Beating - you see those guys come up after hitting the reef and its super nasty
- Yeah some of the sequences look like a surfboard, but others 
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FunShui
Since 16 Jul 2006
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Really, really
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| Tue Jun 10, 08 6:52 pm |
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My favorite part was the sky launch at ~ 1:10. Looked really fun and put him out of harms way.
That was Teahupoo size I would ride.
| Quote: | | I have been more pitted on River Swell. |
Haha!
Really, if there was only wind on the "Mighty" Thompson we could have a chance to feel that on the river. |
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backtoCaLi
Since 15 Mar 2008
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Nor-Cal
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| Tue Jun 10, 08 7:17 pm |
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that's "Beaker" he is the ruler of all things skim. (Like #13 on the Zambezi river)
Generally I think Skimin is a really lame way to hurt yourself. But he just makes it look like a badass way to reallly wreck yourself. He and his bro grew up at the Wedge in So-cal, and they definitely are used to the beatings in the sand, but the reef, ouch. |
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gabe
Since 16 May 2005
491 Posts
Obsessed
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| Tue Jun 10, 08 8:50 pm |
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it must be the board...
phil, here is some nice top to bottom surfing. if there's not a barrel involved, most surfing involves turns
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
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Couve / Hood
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| Tue Jun 10, 08 9:11 pm |
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Okay I got a crazy idea... tow in swell surfing. I got the jetski, who's in?  |
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stringer
Since 31 Jul 2007
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Chucktown
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| Tue Jun 10, 08 9:26 pm SKC? |
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All this skim talk has got me thinking.
Is there going to be another SKC in the Gorge ever? |
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genek
Since 21 Jul 2006
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East Po
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| Tue Jun 10, 08 10:19 pm |
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| pkh wrote: | | Okay I got a crazy idea... tow in swell surfing. I got the jetski, who's in? |
I'll do it if our boards are fast enough to ride the swell. Only problem is if there's swell there's wind and then we should all be kiting.
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genek
Since 21 Jul 2006
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| Tue Jun 10, 08 10:20 pm Re: SKC? |
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| stringer wrote: | All this skim talk has got me thinking.
Is there going to be another SKC in the Gorge ever? |
Is that the strapless event Dave organized last year? He's stoked about the event, but is pretty busy with Gorge games and Royal and what not. He mentioned maybe trying to have one in Brazil later in the year.
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Gman
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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
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| Wed Jun 11, 08 7:46 am |
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| genek wrote: | | pkh wrote: | | Okay I got a crazy idea... tow in swell surfing. I got the jetski, who's in? |
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Skim board is fast enough! and as demonstrated by skimboard gods capable of legit bottom turns.
You guys can ride your slog sticks and I will ride the skim and we can see who can go the furthest
I think legitimate top/bottom turns are going to tough (impossible) on river swell... but who cares!
| genek wrote: | | I'll do it if our boards are fast enough to ride the swell. Only problem is if there's swell there's wind and then we should all be kiting. |
Surfing with a kite is like riding your bike with training wheels, you got to take em off and really go. Plus who knows maybe we can set some kind of guiness book record for longest ride on river swell (or invent the record ourselves.)
Did anyone else talk to Nick about his downwinder on the SUP from Viento? sounded pretty fun.
- swellsmacktalkinsucka |
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blowhard
Since 26 Dec 2005
2027 Posts
Windward
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| Wed Jun 11, 08 7:48 am |
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| pkh wrote: | | genek wrote: | | pkh wrote: | | Okay I got a crazy idea... tow in swell surfing. I got the jetski, who's in? |
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Skim board is fast enough! and as demonstrated by skimboard gods capable of legit bottom turns.
You guys can ride your slog sticks and I will ride the skim and we can see who can go the furthest
I think legitimate top/bottom turns are going to tough (impossible) on river swell... but who cares!
| genek wrote: | | I'll do it if our boards are fast enough to ride the swell. Only problem is if there's swell there's wind and then we should all be kiting. |
Surfing with a kite is like riding your bike with training wheels, you got to take em off and really go. Plus who knows maybe we can set some kind of guiness book record for longest ride on river swell (or invent the record ourselves.)
Did anyone else talk to Nick about his downwinder on the SUP from Viento? sounded pretty fun.
- swellsmacktalkinsucka |
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genek
Since 21 Jul 2006
2165 Posts
East Po
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| Wed Jun 11, 08 8:19 am |
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| pkh wrote: | | genek wrote: | | pkh wrote: | | Okay I got a crazy idea... tow in swell surfing. I got the jetski, who's in? |
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Skim board is fast enough! and as demonstrated by skimboard gods capable of legit bottom turns.
You guys can ride your slog sticks and I will ride the skim and we can see who can go the furthest
I think legitimate top/bottom turns are going to tough (impossible) on river swell... but who cares!
| genek wrote: | | I'll do it if our boards are fast enough to ride the swell. Only problem is if there's swell there's wind and then we should all be kiting. |
Surfing with a kite is like riding your bike with training wheels, you got to take em off and really go. Plus who knows maybe we can set some kind of guiness book record for longest ride on river swell (or invent the record ourselves.)
Did anyone else talk to Nick about his downwinder on the SUP from Viento? sounded pretty fun.
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Damn, that's a lot of quotes, but I'm too lazy to sort through them. Anyway, it's on fool! Let's see who gets the longest ride. We can pit your skimboard against my Quad fin surfboard or something like that. I predict the skimboard will be harder to ride as far. Might even take a couple fins off the surfboard to reduce drag. Might be busy this weekend with the slider setup, but we'll see.
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