Kingofmyrrh

Yesterday I was at shida shita. I know that the taito - shida shita stretch gets mocked by everyone, but throught june and this first week of july, it has had the best shape of all the spots from katagai south every time except for once. It's really odd because last year it was just slop around there, whereas now it's shapely (if small).

Originally Posted By: Mantas Originally Posted By: Indo . @ Lakeys one morning (I was always on the 5am session!) I was out by myself for 30 mins but in a total of under 90 mins I had 20 solid waves under my belt and to today I will always remember the count.. Me 17 (deep pits) Lakeys 3 (on the head, ground into the reef on the inside!) You did better at lakeys than me Indo. I can't remember getting too many barrels and I copped the worst flogging of my life (no , second worst). I got caught inside with a solid set looming over my head and about 20 inches of water to hide in.

17-3, pretty good score! I think it will be a while before I get a win at any spot, but as long as I get a few on the scoreboard I don't mind taking a drubbing! I did get a bit hungry but I was parked a bit far away from where I was actually surfing and it all seemed like a bit too much effort to give it up... anyway I didn't want to brave the walk across the hot black sand! Won't forget my sandals next time! Yeah Tsonda I did have a rash guard on Saturday but sadly it doesn't protect me below the waist... maybe I need a rash leotard or something... giving me visions of the mankini...

Originally Posted By: tsondaboy King, where are the pics I took of ya last time mate? Does this work? I will send you the gallery on PM.

Originally Posted By: Mantas Nice effort Kingo. You must be really enjoying your surfing. I think my record is about the same, 5 hours, that was at Jefferies Bay South Africa. My bro did 7 hours at Naraloo,( Western Oz desert) I am really enjoying it, but I am still very much a beginner. Still, that just means that progress comes faster. I am heading out to Bali this summer, which I can't wait for, but does require me finding a solution to this rash if I'm going to be at it for several days in a row!

Originally Posted By: Sarge1 Hows these waves from Bells last friday.link The fifth pic is my new wallpaper Nice! The photo of all those waves lining up out the back is my favourite.

Hello guys. Good to know I'm not alone. I pitched up in the morning and was in the water before 9 (later than I'd like but had been at the bottle the night before). Had a pleasing start but then couldn't seem to grab anything after that - I have a pretty dodgy relationship with my board right now. Then I managed to borrow something bigger from a guy in the water and was having more luck, but was getting a bit cold after about 2hrs in. Thought I'd catch another couple with my own board before heading back but for some reason this time round I couldn't stop getting waves and was having the time

Random question for you guys - now that summer's back in Japan, had my first day out in shorts yesterday. Had a great day but was eventually forced out the water after five hours because the damn things had given me an angry red rash on the inner thigh. Or maybe it wasn't the shorts themselves but the absence of "support" you get from a wetsuit. This killed me week in week out last summer but I forgot about it over the long wetsuit season. This ever happened to any of you guys? I know it sounds pretty weird but do people ever wear underwear with shorts? Sorry to interrupt the conversation with

Phone them up/go over and talk to them. Ever since I started working in a time-sensitive environment I realised you can get so much more done with a 5 minute phone call than a whole exchange of emails. People seem to have become afraid of talking to other people since the advent of email.

Originally Posted By: BagOfCrisps 30000 yen a month for car space! wow. is that in the city? Sadly that's only slightly more than half price what I'd have to pay... no car as of yet.

I would gladly do another Hokkaido trip fer larfs.

Originally Posted By: tsondaboy King was eating my dust all day. Ha Ha Ha

Implying that I took a lot of tumbles like those in the video this year!

I checked the video last night. It's like someone was following me around with a camera for my whole season!

I'm fairly sure that the "prison door is open..." one must have been me. I heard someone say it about a year ago and now I'm addicted to it... mainly talking about work naturally.

He's got custom Tsondaboy crampons!

Well I'll admit I prefer that

Haha, I don't think you can fool the IT monkeys at my firm quite so easily, but thanks for trying!

Yes please!

Can't watch youtube at work

Originally Posted By: Fattwins The eagle did start the V technique though even if it was by mistake Really? Never knew that!

Tsonda was kind enough not to take the landing, but trust me, it wasn't pretty!

Oh of course that ridiculous jump, sorry was being stupid. Yeah, how to forget everything people told you about how to hit a kicker in one easy step...

That's "Eddy the Eagle" my man. A national treasure! Anyway what do you mean? If it's a reference to me tumbling off a mountainside you are probably onto something...

What time is the earliest it is possible to get up to Murodo? Is it a pretty easy jaunt up to Tateyama from there? I guess Tsurugi and back is a bit ambitious for one day though.