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I've been processing ski porn for the last month without being able to ski. My coping method? Surfing. Now that the waves are flat for the rest of the summer (or so it feels, FML) I've got nothing better to do than watch the Fiji Pro and excessive amounts of surf porn while I wait for the next hurricane. Or winter to come. Either works.

So let's talk surfing!
-What's in your quiver?
-Favorite surf video/segment/movie?
-Where do you surf?
-Wetsuit Gabber
-Favorite Person to watch surf?
-Favorite surf photographer or videographer?
-What are you about - XXL Waves, getting wicked barreled, busting out massive airs and turns, or hanging ten on your longboard?

Here's some x-rated surf content
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/773593/STRANGE-RUMBLINGS--THE-ICELAND-PART-
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/773594/SKELETON-BAY-SANDPIT
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/773595/Arctic-Swell---Surfing-the-Ends-of-the-Earth


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Surfed a dozen days in may, but tomorrow im packing the car and driving from NWT Canada to Norcal, google that shit. pretty stoked to get in the water, probably the last time before winter.

Sidenote it was 3 degrees here 3 days ago. winter is coming.
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steezysteeze
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1337Yo man, hit me up in the next month or two if it gets real sick there. I've been dying to get out there and would love a guide!


Man I would but I'm going to back at school in Newfoundland for hurricane season, I'm pretty pissed. On a side note, does anybody have any info on Newfoundland surfing?
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gapersarefriends
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I tried to get on the standing wave on the river in boise, hardest fucking thing i've ever done. i had to seriously throw everything i knew about surfing out the window
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DrZoidberg
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A photo posted by Freddy Patacchia (@freddyp808) on Sep 9, 2015 at 12:51pm PDT



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I don't know if that's gonna embed but Freddy P just retired. According to the post heat interview, he was actually trying to throw the heat by dropping in on Medina but he had priority so ended up he winning the heat. Dropped a ten in his last heat too. Wonder why he's not even surfing the rest of this event.
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DrZoidbergA photo posted by Freddy Patacchia (@freddyp808) on Sep 9, 2015 at 12:51pm PDT



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I don't know if that's gonna embed but Freddy P just retired. According to the post heat interview, he was actually trying to throw the heat by dropping in on Medina but he had priority so ended up he winning the heat. Dropped a ten in his last heat too. Wonder why he's not even surfing the rest of this event.


So badass to go out with a 10 like that. Also cool to see Medina and Durbidge so stoked for him and giving him props. He clearly told them, but nobody else really knew what was going on.
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Non competitive related note, lil swell bump tomorrow and Saturday. Hope to be in the water for most of the day Sat. Been forever! hah
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1337Non competitive related note, lil swell bump tomorrow and Saturday. Hope to be in the water for most of the day Sat. Been forever! hah


It's been horrible here for at least three weeks now. It's killing me. I don't know if my spot is just broke or the winds have sucked, but it's been nearly unsurfable. The sandbars are so weird and everything closes out, it gets crazy shallow everywhere.

It has been going left, which is nice since I'm goofy and there's way more rights around. I've actually gotten to, like, surf a left and be aggressive, rather than it being a mushy shoulder wave with no life in it. It's weird. But that was like three weeks ago, before this slump.
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everyone trying to wait for waves deep in these heats at trestles are getting fucked. Julian and JJ bounced being too patient.

I don't get it, when they have ability to make good scores on shit waves. why wait. ?
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scratchskier321everyone trying to wait for waves deep in these heats at trestles are getting fucked. Julian and JJ bounced being too patient.

I don't get it, when they have ability to make good scores on shit waves. why wait. ?


Because a good wave a trestles you can easily get a 8+, but to manufacture a score on a shitty wave is hard. It's a big gamble that didn't pay off
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DrZoidberg
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Seabass got robbed.

I opted to miss most of the contest and surf waist high waves that were chunky at first, but it glassed off so nice and I got some good lefts in again.
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DrZoidberg
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http://www.worldsurfleague.com/events/2015/mct/1281/hurley-pro-at-trestles

I'm running this thread... But this Toledo vs. Pupo vs. Ferreira is going off. Just do yourself a favor and watch the entire heat in replay.
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Busted a fin and fin box out of my board some how this morning, like 2nd wave of the day. FUCK. >:(
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I broke my outer quad fin once. Surfed awhile and didn't notice but I did have 4 other fins... Luckily I have the FCS boxes and the fins break before the boxes rip.
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1337Busted a fin and fin box out of my board some how this morning, like 2nd wave of the day. FUCK. >:(


Kind of box? What did it do, rip glass and foam with it?
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DrZoidbergKind of box? What did it do, rip glass and foam with it?


Couldn't find the fin and fin box after, but it seemed to only be the box that came out for the most part, most of the foam is still there and relatively intact.
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I surfed a little bit today but I was way too choppy, I just went because I'm only in New Jersey for the weekend but it was so bad that right when I got up I would just nosedive or something would make me fall. And I'm not that bad of a surfer it was just way too rough
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Mr.noodleI surfed a little bit today but I was way too choppy, I just went because I'm only in New Jersey for the weekend but it was so bad that right when I got up I would just nosedive or something would make me fall. And I'm not that bad of a surfer it was just way too rough


Welcome to nj.

Supposedly you'll have better luck tomorrow, morning or later in the day in general. Winds tend to go south, meaning coming from the south, around noon. They won't tomorrow, according to the forecast, but that often happens in the summer or warmer weather around noon. Gets glassy in the evening.
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I tried river surfing today, it was sooo much fun. I think im gonna buy a board next week.
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DrZoidbergWelcome to nj.

Supposedly you'll have better luck tomorrow, morning or later in the day in general. Winds tend to go south, meaning coming from the south, around noon. They won't tomorrow, according to the forecast, but that often happens in the summer or warmer weather around noon. Gets glassy in the evening.


I was in jersey for pretty much the whole summer, there were a couple good days but not many. I'm going up to the city tomorrow but I'm trying to go surfing for a little while in the morning
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Supposedly people scored in the morning here in jersey.

I just had an interesting session. I saw a seagull try and eat a fish that was trying to eat another fish and had a real circle of life moment.



Was decent though, then it poured and it got cold, then it got super nice and all sunset-y. Got some more decent lefts, some with a full cutback and a few failed fins free mini layback through the lip thing. If it keeps going left I'll have those down real soon. Rode my normal shortboard too, for once.
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I surf on cape cod in the summer and fall and hopefully winter this year (when the swell hits, i have a house there) and occasionally rhode island when it gets big and im convinced I found the perfect east coast shortboard quiver killer

other than the lack of futures or fcs2 fin boxes, this board is great and nearly indestructible. I do regret my size choice, I should have a 5'7 but I have a 5'9 because I thought the extra volume and size would help it catch waves, but I find it catches waves easily because I am in good shape, and that extra volume and girth makes duckdiving that much more annoying, but thats really just me nitpicking a sub optimal size choice

its a 5'9 Lost x Lib tech puddle jumper, which is matt biolos new high performance oriented groveler board in the domesticated series

Ive surfed it a bunch and it rips in 2 ft onshore just as hard as on glassy chest highs, I just slide my thruster fins apart using the lib boxes when I want to go faster

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Just finished work in Whistler for the next 7 weeks. Heading to tofino for a warm up week before flying to Indo for 6 weeks.

Anybody surfed the Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa areas? Any advice is appreciated. Can't wait to buy a board and explore.

Here is my Canadian quiver. JC 6'0, Lost 6'2, and super fun 5'6 little disc thing i bought from a shaper in Mexico.
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DJtearegasI surf on cape cod in the summer and fall and hopefully winter this year (when the swell hits, i have a house there) and occasionally rhode island when it gets big and im convinced I found the perfect east coast shortboard quiver killer

other than the lack of futures or fcs2 fin boxes, this board is great and nearly indestructible. I do regret my size choice, I should have a 5'7 but I have a 5'9 because I thought the extra volume and size would help it catch waves, but I find it catches waves easily because I am in good shape, and that extra volume and girth makes duckdiving that much more annoying, but thats really just me nitpicking a sub optimal size choice

its a 5'9 Lost x Lib tech puddle jumper, which is matt biolos new high performance oriented groveler board in the domesticated series

Ive surfed it a bunch and it rips in 2 ft onshore just as hard as on glassy chest highs, I just slide my thruster fins apart using the lib boxes when I want to go faster



Hmmmm i was thinking either 5'6 Lost puddle jumper, or 5'5 El merrick Joe.

How tall/big (heavy) are you? im barely 5'7 140lbs and im not sure if i should go shorter or if those sizes are good, (both are like 33L). I am an average surfer, but dont get in the water nearly as much as i would like to.
If anyone has an opinion please weigh in!
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kirbstopperJust finished work in Whistler for the next 7 weeks. Heading to tofino for a warm up week before flying to Indo for 6 weeks.

Anybody surfed the Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa areas? Any advice is appreciated. Can't wait to buy a board and explore.

Here is my Canadian quiver. JC 6'0, Lost 6'2, and super fun 5'6 little disc thing i bought from a shaper in Mexico.


For Indo especially really look into getting a squash tail. That way you can really dig a rail in as well as have the looseness of the rear for turning. The other thing would be wear a tshirt or rashie to protect you from the sun. I know it's a stupid thing to say but you will be kicking yourself if you get sun burnt. And buy a pair of booties. They'll protect your feet and nothing is worse than cut up feet.
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LUPTONHmmmm i was thinking either 5'6 Lost puddle jumper, or 5'5 El merrick Joe.

How tall/big (heavy) are you? im barely 5'7 140lbs and im not sure if i should go shorter or if those sizes are good, (both are like 33L). I am an average surfer, but dont get in the water nearly as much as i would like to.
If anyone has an opinion please weigh in!


In my opinion at least, these stubby small wave things shine when theyre ridden shorter. Pick a length youre comfy with though. I feel like either has a high resale value right now.
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Chest high swell rolls in Wednesday. I leave for iF3 Tuesday... FML.

Oh well, my board is busted anyways.
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1337Chest high swell rolls in Wednesday. I leave for iF3 Tuesday... FML.

Oh well, my board is busted anyways.


I don't know how it is by you, but they're calling for horrible winds and big swell all this week. So it's likely gonna be totally unsurfable near me. It sucks cause I haven't pulled into a wave that scared me in a while and I miss that.
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Recently found out about this site http://earth.nullschool.net , pretty useful for checking swell, period, and wind for areas that may not appear on your regular surf forecasts. Also has the exact angle of wind/swell which is nice.
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First run of swell in a while and it's gonna be 20mph blowing offshore all week. Why nature? Why?
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DrZoidbergblowing offshore


Onshore*. I wish it would go offshore. The camera looks so choppy right now.
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dlentz
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Im from R.I. and surf Little Compton, as well as Newport and Narragansett a bit. Not very good but its super fun and a great off season pastime.
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DrZoidberg


First run of swell in a while and it's gonna be 20mph blowing offshore all week. Why nature? Why?


http://www.swellinfo.com/surf-forecast/kennebunk-maine
:)
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this picture. wtf.

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DrZoidberg
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Convenient. I was about to bump this to post Medina's air.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/786997/Medina--39-s-Perfect-Air

So crazy.

I got to surf some el Joaquin swell last week. It was huge, easily overhead there were a few that I just wanted nothing to do with. If it shut down and you didn't get out in time you'd take the fist.
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I surfed for the first time today. On vacation in York beach Maine right now. I rented a board for the day. Surfed for probably 8 hours with a 1 hour hot tub and lunch break. The board was a 9ft NSP element.
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36ChambersOfWuI surfed for the first time today. On vacation in York beach Maine right now. I rented a board for the day. Surfed for probably 8 hours with a 1 hour hot tub and lunch break. The board was a 9ft NSP element.


howd you like it?
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jackdonovanhowd you like it?


A lot of fun even though I was bad. Probably caught about 25% of the ones I went for.
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36ChambersOfWuI surfed for the first time today. On vacation in York beach Maine right now. I rented a board for the day. Surfed for probably 8 hours with a 1 hour hot tub and lunch break. The board was a 9ft NSP element.


Hell yeah bro! I'm from York! Hope everything treated you well there :)

Had two awesome days back during Joquain in Kennebunk. FINALLY got into the water with my housing. Here are some photos:
http://jamiewalter.com/albums/october-surfing/





#kookoftheday
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1337Hell yeah bro! I'm from York! Hope everything treated you well there :)

Had two awesome days back during Joquain in Kennebunk. FINALLY got into the water with my housing. Here are some photos:
http://jamiewalter.com/albums/october-surfing/





#kookoftheday


It was pretty great. I rented from Liquid Dreams Surf Shop. I was cold but a lot of fun
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DrZoidberg
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1337Hell yeah bro! I'm from York! Hope everything treated you well there :)

Had two awesome days back during Joquain in Kennebunk. FINALLY got into the water with my


Ha I was like you guys were wearing hoods and stuff? Kept seeing York and thinking New York, but it's Maine. Probably cold as shit up there. I think we've recently passed the time it's okay to wear just a 3/2.

I went early in the morning last week and managed to grab this shot with my phone. Super lucky I got it to expose right. Every time I try and make the phone exposure differently, it stays like that for a second then goes back to the wrong auto exposure. Was surprised to see it when I looked at it later.

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DrZoidbergHa I was like you guys were wearing hoods and stuff? Kept seeing York and thinking New York, but it's Maine. Probably cold as shit up there. I think we've recently passed the time it's okay to wear just a 3/2.

I went early in the morning last week and managed to grab this shot with my phone. Super lucky I got it to expose right. Every time I try and make the phone exposure differently, it stays like that for a second then goes back to the wrong auto exposure. Was surprised to see it when I looked at it later.



The water wasnt bad, only 58, but it was 39 degrees before the sun rose... I still managed to get sunburned after two days in the water, WTF October
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TaranItUp
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Just got done with a week long trip in SoCal. Bought a new 5'11 Channel Islands board. Super fun, but definitely needs a bit of water to get moving. I would love to get a stubby little 5'6 fish, but hard to justify a quiver when you live in the mountains.

Has anyone surfed in Iceland? I'm going on a 20 day trip early may and would love to catch some waves while I'm over there. It just seems like equipment might be a bit of a challenge to come by.
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So... The Portugal final. I missed it cause I was surfing, ironically, but dayyuummm. Crazy airs all over the place.

I tried to wear a 3/2 today. That was dumb.
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kirbstopper
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Last day in indo after an amazing 5 weeks. Finally starting to understand the short board. Started surfing in Canada last summer.

These two pics are from Uluwatu.

And what's a surf trip without a tattoo in Bali.

Gonna miss the ocean, it's starting to compare to skiing. Hopefully it snows in whis this year or I may be a converting from ski to beach bum.
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DrZoidbergSo... The Portugal final. I missed it cause I was surfing, ironically, but dayyuummm. Crazy airs all over the place.

I tried to wear a 3/2 today. That was dumb.

I don't think I'll be back in the water until spring time unless santa brings a new 5/4, because mine has holes and THAT is not fun.
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1337I don't think I'll be back in the water until spring time unless santa brings a new 5/4, because mine has holes and THAT is not fun.


I need new boots, as there's a large hole in one. My glove also has a hole, but i think a repair can save it and its on the cuff, so its under the sleeve of the suit. Water doesn't get in too much.
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Anyone planning on getting into the water this winter? I need a new board, i was planning on balling out and buying a brand new setup, but i think maybe ill just buy another used board, and maybe a used foamie for shit days. anyhow hopefully ill make a couple trips to the island for the legendary winter swells.
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TaranItUp
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LUPTONAnyone planning on getting into the water this winter? I need a new board, i was planning on balling out and buying a brand new setup, but i think maybe ill just buy another used board, and maybe a used foamie for shit days. anyhow hopefully ill make a couple trips to the island for the legendary winter swells.


Headed to Santa Cruz for a few weeks over winter break. Hopefully the El Nino hits hard this winter, could bring in some pretty awesome surf.
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TaranItUp
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On a side note, View from a Blue Moon dropped this weekend and I'm thinking of picking it up. Has anyone snagged it yet? Thoughts?
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Stud_MuffinOn a side note, View from a Blue Moon dropped this weekend and I'm thinking of picking it up. Has anyone snagged it yet? Thoughts?


Hell Yes, Thanks for reminding me. I might go pick it up tonight.
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