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Don't you hate it when....

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....you are slipping into a tight little barrel only to realise you are in the shore break, you have run out of water, you rip out both Speed Fins on the reef and the ding repair guy charges you $180 to fix the damage.
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ah oh

Dane

I take it that when you and I left the water at cylinders after the frustration of shitty little 1 to 2 ft you headed only 1 car park to the west and paddled out at Beacon :?:

I passed you in the car park after my short 3 wave session at lightenings one further car park along...but a paddle back towards to Beacon

I noticed a furrow on the brow

I hope you can get it back in the water fast whatever the cost cos the next few days are lookin good

still

I admire your never say die zest at the attempt...rocky shore break and all
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Dane

You obviously went to the wrong shop !!!!! :( :( :(
I have never been charged anything like that for a repair :D :D :D
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you are droping in on a 10 '+ face and there is a guy in front of you paddling to get out of the impact zone (or worse a head pops up in front of you and its a body surfer). what to do? run em over and possibly they get hurt? or go over the falls and take a beating yourself? what to do what to do? but it happens all the time
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ahhh

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or when your riding in the curl of a 7'er at rjs and the fool paddling on the shoulder lets go of his board only to raimana over your head.. :shock:
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when some guy's girlfriend surfing COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL but with her man rams her board into yours resulting in hours of resin and sanding ...
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would bob marley make her look like an accident???nah cause then he could just resin rasta stripe dings using different pigments on the glass..tomorrows looking like crap surf but i think im gonna just head down there after school...at least id be at the beach if nothing else ...maybe longboard....anyone get off work for the holiday :P
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Post by SFKneelo »

Kava,

I had that happen to me.

I rode into a rare clean inside tube section at WindanSea, where I expected a final thrashing onto the sand. That's when a bodysurfer popped up out of nowhere.

I pulled the ejection handle, which resulted in my third compressed vertebrae.

The alternative would have been messy... something like 'Nearly Headless Nick' in Harry Potter.

99.999% of the time there's a way out. Not that time.
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Post by ocean7847 »

i too have snapped fins at inside windansea. except i got pitched and never got into the tube
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Post by Jerry »

Or how about when you get two new boards and you can't ride them because the surf is sh?t :evil: Four days and counting. And the forecast is don't even think about it until Monday :cry:
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Or worse still: 2nd go out on new John Mel fish (approx 1972?) on tiny waves at The Lane. Stuff it in front of the cliff and leash just long enough for board to slap flat against the cliff and fold up like it had a hinge. Lots of repair work and it never was close to right...
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It could be worse, Like a Scott face plant at Stockton Ave.
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ot :(
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