HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: chrispy@bcsaic.boeing.com (Chris Payne)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Surf report - Washington, USA (take II)
Date: 27 Jul 92 16:03:57 GMT
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle

Our news feed went down for awhile - Sorry if this is a repost for
some of ya:


Surf Report - Westport, Washington, USA - 12 July 92

Arrived at 3:30pm (this wasn't a well planned trip) and found small
but clean conditions. Waves were about waist-to-chest high and the 
crowd was small (in numbers not height).  Caught a few mediocre waves 
and one sweet right which lined up and broke clean as a razor, reminded 
me of my home break - Threes - back on Oahu.  By around 6:00, when I 
paddled out for the second session the sets had picked up a little, 
but most of the waves were closing out.  Caught a couple waves and 
split for home.

This was my first trip with my new booties and gloves and a borrowed 
drysuit.  I still haven't bought a wetsuit and wanted to try out
all my options.  I found that the drysuit was a little more 
uncomfortable than a wetsuit but allowed more flexibility.  It was 
also nice to not have the "cold flush" everytime I duckdived. The
major drawback of the drysuit was the fact that it was WHITE. I
looked like somebody from the Environmental Protection Agency sent
to clean up a toxic spill.

All things considered, I think I'll still get a wetsuit, but if I can 
pick this drysuit up super cheap I probably will.
                          

              > >         Aloha,
         >      > >         Chris P. chrispy@bcsaic.boeing.com
     >        >   >>        Surfs-with-Turtles 
>             >    >      
               >          "When I get up I feel a chill     
                  >        What this place needs is getting used to still.
                       >   Hard to believe this ocean is far too wide for me"
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
From: p-kun@blacklabel.Japan.Sun.COM (Kevin Parrington - Nihon Sun Logistics)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: PERSONAL, PHILIP SECKER
Date: 27 Jul 92 06:36:17 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
NNTP-Posting-Host: blacklabel.japan.sun.com


!!!!! IF YOU'RE NOT PHILIP, DELETE THIS, SORRY !!!!!!!!!!!!


	Philip, have you got a new e-mail address ??????

	<g9023690@uow.edu.au>  keeps bouncin' back !!!!

kp
	

Newsgroups: alt.surfing
From: u8801863@cs.uow.edu.au (Nigel Brendon Robinson)
Subject: It's the "I can't remember" surf report....
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 23:22:18 GMT

It's been a while since I have posted a surf report,so unfortunately 
alot of my surf's have been deleted from my brain by various inebriating
process's.
But I do know over the last week I have been for about five surf's.
There could be more but you loose track sometimes.
One of the more bizarre surf's I've had was on Saturday morning.
I had been to a freinds place and was drinking coffee to keep warm.
So when I got home at 2am, I couldn't sleep.So at about 4:30 am I decided 
rather than just ly in bed prtending to be a log.... I thought I'd clean my 
room up.Which was about four weeks overdue,so I cleaned it up 
and then at about 5:30 am I was waiting for the sun to rise,it was a very odd 
situation for me.
So I finished writing a letter and then at 6am with no sleep I went in 
search of waves.

I ended up surfing Headlands by myself...at about chest high at the maximum.
This place is the next best reef after Sandon Point if Lud/Paul are reading.

I then went home had breakfast,and bought a guitar string (I'm now officially
in a Rock band playing Lead Guitar).
Then went to sleep,I knew I needed it as I had a party to goto that night
and sleep was essential.
So I slept from 10am to 5pm.....   :-)

Bye Ya all,
Nigel.

-- 
What did the bannana say to the vibrator ?
What are you shaking for, s/he's going to eat me.
What did one petifile say to the other petifile ?
Swap you two fives for a ten.
From: sgw00@uts.amdahl.com (Steve Williams)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Westport, Wash
Keywords: Westport
Date: 29 Jul 92 16:10:39 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA

To the guy who surfed Westport, sorry I lost you name
tell me more on the spots you surfed...I went to high school there and
fished out of there... have yet to surf it

Steve Williams
From: g9024557@cc.uow.edu.au (James Phillip ANDREW)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: The gnarliest barrell I've ever had + More....(read on)
Date: 27 Jul 92 23:16:57 GMT
Organization: University Of Wollongong

Nigel writes:

>Howdy Crewus,

>Today I got the best tube of my life.
>Admittedly there haven't been a heap to brag about,but todays barrell
>took the cake.

[Tube description at Sharkies]

>So I surfed the left instead with one other guy.
>This left made green island(Paul/Lud) inside section look like a cake-walk.
>You'd paddle for it and it would just jack in such a way that
>it was as though there was one lip which you tried to ride and one
>that double sucked under-neath you,so that free fall face plants 
>became a common occurrence.

It is a lush wave sharkies. Between there and headlands (300m to the south)
there is a fair bit of juice. I have had a few decent beatings there myself.


>The two wave's after my barrell were left's that I got worked on by the double 
>suck.It's a worrying thing when you sort of free fall and you board stops 
>and you keep going,cause all you can see is these brown bits of cungee with 
>the green grass everywhere.You get a really good view of the reef before you 
>try and implant your body on it from eight foot up.

It sounds like being in the barrel at Virgins. You can see the bottom, which
looks like less than 2 feet below you (it probably is) and you pray that
you can hold your line. Actually if you are at a stage where you can look 
down you will come out unless you really fuck up. The scarey part is
when you wipe out on another wave and remember how shallow it is. There
hasn't been many good waves out there this year since there haven't been
many direct westerlies or very light winds unfortunately (or fortunately
depending on how you look at it). 

Jim
From: kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brian Kiviat)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Lots-o-new-stuff
Date: 30 Jul 92 11:26:58 GMT
Reply-To: kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brian Kiviat)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

It is good to see some new blood here on the net. The two new guys who
have been reading and not writting posted some way cool surf stories
this week. Maybe someday an overhead session will grace my lame east
coast break and I'll return the favor with my own story. Until then
imagination is a great thing!

Brian
From: eehaigh@cybaswan.UUCP (j a haigh)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: New Blood
Date: 20 Jul 92 15:21:33 GMT
Reply-To: eehaigh@pyr.swan.ac.uk(j a haigh)

In article <1992Jul16.220748.16596@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> pbrant@nyx.cs.du.edu (Paul Brant) writes:
>
>Hi all
>
>Last year I went down to cornwall(England). Whilst there I bought a wet
>suit and a body board!This year Im going back.I intend to get a board.What
>should I look for? Where in England are the best places to go?
>Have VW Camper.. Will travel :-)
>
>Post here or mail at pcb@cix.compulink.co.uk
>
carrying on the posting from Stephen Kingston about places in Mumbles
and the SWansea area.

If you are looking for either new or second hand boards have a chat to
Wyn Morris who runs Shockwaves.  The best way to get in touch with him
is through Dave Friar at his shop in mumbles, Swansea.

Swansea and the Gower as a surfing area is worth some time aswell, there
are loads of reef breaks and beaches.  Further a field there is the Pembroke
area for some really good breaks and clean pollution free ! water.

Happy hunting

	John.
>Thanks Paul
From: hayes%valkris@hac2arpa.hac.com (Brian Hayes 74-35 x65129)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: More Weather Sites
Date: 29 Jul 92 19:07:21 GMT
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Company, EDSG
Originator: hayes@valkris

A sci.geo.meteorology FAQ was recently posted in news.answers:
Subject: Sources of Meteorological Data FAQ

article 2238

-- 
| Brian Hayes		| "One person's requirement is another	|
| (310) 616-5129	|  person's design." - I.A.Pirbahi	|
| hayes@hac2arpa.hac.com| <standard disclaimer here>		|
From: ludwig@cm.deakin.OZ.AU (Ludwig Omachen)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Bells Surf Report
Date: 23 Jul 92 23:03:01 GMT
Organization: Deakin University, Geelong, Australia


Date:		Friday 24th July
Time:		8:00 am
Area:		Bell's Beach area, Torquay, Australia 
Weather:	Overcast
Winds:		Light offshore westerly
Air temp:	8C ?
Water temp:	10C
Surf:		Clean waves from head to double overhead, pretty gutsy
		looking, 2 guy's in the bowl, maybe 12 at Winkie,
		though that wont last long once they all wake up.
		


Comments:	It's been a long time between surf reports :-), 
		best waves since the last net surf, or for this winter
		so far.

Cheer's all, keep surfing,
Lud.
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
From: zingale@crayxmp.lmsc.lockheed.com (Tom Zingale)
Subject: Surfing in JAVA
Organization: Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 18:27:27 GMT

Does anyone know about the surf travel companies boat trips to 
west java? 

  Are they great etc ?  I am planning to go in september !!

  Any information would be appreciated !! 
  
  Tom Zingale  

Reply: zingale@lmsc.lockheed.com
From: dehaller@eldpa.epfl.ch
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Anybody ever heared about "MUNDAKA" ?
Date: 28 Jul 92 10:57:43 GMT
Organization: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

In article <AXEL.92Jul24162521@avalanche.cs.tu-berlin.de>, axel@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Mahler) writes:
> 
> Anybody out there ever heared about or surfed Mundaka ?
>
Mundaka is surely one of the biggest wave in Europe when swell come in.
Well Menakos is also a big trend in big wave riding and also located in
Spain. Concerning Mundaka, it is a small fisher village nearby Bermeo
in the Basqueland (Euskadi), and the surf spot is on a river mouth
breaking on sand. The swell has to be large enough to see real Mundaka
breaking about 500 meters from the river mouth. The wave could be 6 meters
high and very hollow (good level needed!) and you will meet lot of good
surfers as well as some pros at the line-up. Mind your ass when taking off,
the pipe is a big bored washing machine and sand will brush your wetsuit
by wipe-out... I never surfed Mundaka in big conditions, and the best way
to go surfing is to reach Bakio (a few Kms west to Bermeo) or Sopelana (further
west). Try September to October period for large swell and good wheather.
There is a new found spot in Mundaka, when you will be there you will see
an island and not far from this island there is also a good big wave resort.

For camping, the Mundaka camping is a nice place to stay, with hot shower,
breakfast available, and with a view on the spot. There is a surfshop holded
by an Australian guy who married a nice local Basque lady, you will not only
find ding repairs and hardware but they shape under Wave Riding Vehicle logo,
so if you get a strong ding they will repair it...

The last but not least: Spain is a permanent feast, enjoy your nights at
Bermeo...

Have a nice stay there,
                                            Emmanuel.

Laboratoire Genie Medical
Champs Courbes 1
CH-1024 Ecublens
+41 21 691 37 17
fax +41 21 691 79 16
dehaller@eldp.epfl.ch

Newsgroups: alt.surfing
From: g9023690@cc.uow.edu.au (Philip Secker)
Subject: Re: Predicting surf - Weather & Waves
Organization: University Of Wollongong
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 00:42:20 GMT

p-kun@blacklabel.Japan.Sun.COM (Kevin Parrington - Nihon Sun Logistics) writes:

>	Dereks Q's on weather prediction deleted to save space....

>	I too am among the meterolically-challenged, and desire
>	the knowledge to predict waves via the weather forcast.  
>	I have come up empty handed in my quest for learning material
>	of the Engilsh kind here in Japan and would also be greatful
>	for some basic knowledge on prediction.

>	I noticed in the well written, 3rd Annual Surfari report
>	that you all checked the paper for weather activity...what,
>	inparticular, did you look for ??

Hi Kevin,

We predict waves with varying degrees of activity from the nightly weather
report on TV (everyone must be quiet at 6:36 pm !).  Low pressure systems and
cold fronts regulary move along just under Australia (the 'roaring forties' for
40 Deg latitude) and usually smack into New Zealand's West Coast or rise into
the Tasman.  The appearance of a L with close spaced isobars will invariably
mean a large swell is expected in the direction of the low.  This is usually
accompanied by eager phonecalls and general discussion as to the best place
to surf in the morning.  I can say that if there is a low the likelihood of
swell is ~ 90% over the next few days, but if there is not a low there is
still a possibility of swell (~40 %).  Thus the weather maps tell half the
story.  I expect this is due to innacurate weather measurements - sometimes
we get the swell THEN the low appears.

>	I'm working on the artificial wave posting but it may be
>	a few days before I complete it, priority adjustments, 
>	I've overstayed my visa by seven months (long story) and
>	hence my time is now occupied on keeping myself from getting
>	deported !!! :^)

Move to Oz and get waves for free !  (and put up with Kiwi's :-) )

>kp

PS my initials are PS
-- 
=============================================================================
Philip Secker, Elec & Comp Eng. University of Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
EMAIL:	secker@uow.edu.au
=============================================================================
From: mascdb@gdr.bath.ac.uk (C D Burdorf)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Anybody ever heared about "MUNDAKA" ?
Date: 26 Jul 92 19:16:57 GMT
Organization: University of Bath, England

In article <AXEL.92Jul24162521@avalanche.cs.tu-berlin.de> axel@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Mahler) writes:
>The subject says about all. I fell over this advertisement flyer, showing
>a magnificent (approx. 2-3 m) wave. The name of the wave is Mundaka which
>breaks in Spain somewhere between San Sebastian and Bilbao ("For many one
>of world's finest left-breaking waves!").
>
>Anybody out there ever heared about or surfed Mundaka ?
>
>Cheers, Axel.
>--
>===============================================================================
>Axel Mahler, Tech.Univ. Berlin
>E-Mail: axel@cs.tu-berlin.de (axel@db0tui62.bitnet)
>Voice: +49-30-314-73487


Yeah I've surfed it.  When it's big it's a huge smoking barrel
that goes on and on.  When it's small it's crowded and lame.

Chris
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
From: u8801863@cs.uow.edu.au (Nigel Brendon Robinson)
Subject:  Attention ALL alt.surfing readers.... READ THIS !!!!!!
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 10:18:19 GMT

g9024557@cc.uow.edu.au (James Phillip ANDREW) writes:

>>Swap you two fives for a ten.

>P.S. How about 2 fives and a ten Nig ?

Well,maybe that's the way they do it in New Zealand families,but here in
Oarstralia,there are certain legal constraints for this sort of thing....

Back to issue of my first post.... IS ANYBODY INTERESTED IN THE irc
IDEA....AS YET I'VE HAD NO MAIL....Just goes to show how slack surfer's
are when they don't even reply to a guinuine request for assistance....


So READ MY FIRST ARTCILE YOU SLACK BUMS AND SEND ME SOME MAIL....
NO 12MBYTE files from John Airy or the other dude either,they tend
to get a bit antsy pantsy about that type of thing around here.....

Bye,
Nigel.
-- 
What did the bannana say to the vibrator ?
What are you shaking for, s/he's going to eat me.
What did one petifile say to the other petifile ?
Swap you two fives for a ten.
From: brianj@bedrock.cs.umd.edu (Brian Johnson)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Lots-o-new-stuff
Date: 31 Jul 92 19:00:24 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, Univ. of MD, College Park, MD 20742
In-reply-to: kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil's message of 30 Jul 92 11:26:58 GMT


Ahhh, I think I detect a call for lurkers with stories :-)

A short story...

I ran over a surfer July 4th while hand surfing my kayak!  

	Brian

Of course judging from what I read here I thought I was dead.  Thought
for sure he'd whip the fins off the bottom of his board and carve me
up with them!

But alas he was a peaceful surfer (soon to be extinct?) and only
scowled, not even baring his teeth.  

He executed a perfect "DUCK" dive, "shit, a kayaker, duck!"

I saw him surface behind my boat after I ran over his board.

So have I got the collective dander up?

Here's my observation.  If I catch a wave how come these surfers
insist on paddling over in front of me?  I like slalom kayaking as
much as the next guy, but when I'm hand paddling waves with no paddle and no
hard edges (I want a new boat) it's kind of tough dodging bobbing heads.

Mind you I make an effort to stay away from surfers, but I'd swear to
god that sometimes they follow me.  Certainly a queer breed;-)
--
Brian Johnson                                       Computer Science Department
brianj@cs.umd.edu                                        University of Maryland
(301) 405-2725                                           College Park, Md 20742

  ...there are no strangers in this world, only friends who have never met...
From: kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brian Kiviat)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: If you can't beat 'em....
Date: 27 Jul 92 13:41:34 GMT
Reply-To: kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brian Kiviat)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

I finally have a surf report that actually includes waves. I went surfing
at the Indian River Inlet, Delaware. The waves were waist high with
the occaisional larger sets coming through. Ninety percent of the waves
were caught by longboarders as there was very little power in most of
the waves. As the spaghetti arm set in, catching  waves was even more
frustrating as the longboards glide on by. Sunday I bought a 7'10 noserider.
It has nose and tail blocks, three stringers and is 22 1/2" wide with
a concave nose. There was nothing to ride after I bough it as high tide
was just about in. It was used, but in immaculate condition except for
one tiny 1/4 ding. I'll patch that tonight.  I guess being that I'll
turn thirty soon, I'll be "some old Kook on a longboard" and better
watch out for flying skegs into my backside. When you have small inconsistant
waves as a general rule, you need to do whatever is necessary to catch
'em. Another wedding to go to this coming weekend...AAARRRGGHHH. I guess
the beer is free....
Maybe a day trip on sunday, otherwise not until the 8th of august.

What is the effect of the concave nose?

I heard second hand that my friend/acquaintance/has my disposable income/
owner of the local shop, had a killer time in Costa Rica. I hope to
get some details and post 'em.


-Brian
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
From: amb@cs.columbia.edu (andrew m. boardman)
Subject: Re:  Attention ALL alt.surfing readers.... READ THIS !!!!!!
Organization: Slug Hordes of the Planet Gamma
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 00:12:09 GMT

(about irc)

kieffer@spf.trw.com (Robert Kieffer) writes:
> BUT... none of the systems here (SUNs and NeXTs, both very robust UNIX  
>platforms) seem to run that application... also, there's no reference to  
>it in any of the "man" pages.  This leads me to believe that it isn't a  
>very widely used application, and my explain why you haven't gotten any  
>mail.
>
>Anyway, 'anyone familiar with this application? what platforms it runs on?  
>where to get it? etc...?

Neh, most people have it.  Surfers are just lame about answering mail...

andrew
From: airey@woof.asd.sgi.com (John Airey)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Cutback help and boring surf report for disappointing south swell.
Date: 21 Jul 92 22:25:19 GMT
Reply-To: airey@woof.asd.sgi.com (John Airey)
Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, CA


  I surfed chest to head high sets today,
(knee to waist high inbetween sets). 

  Lots of wipeouts. All from hanging high across walled up
sections, trying to get by them, and then getting pitched 
just before cutting down the face.

  Completed a few floaters without problem, but by then the
wave was only about waist high, so it wasn't exactly a 
big adrenalin move, :-).

  To that guy who was stalling during cutbacks: 
When cutting back, you can't be at the bottom of the
wave. This must be what's happening, because even
if you stall totally but have some height, you
can always get going again.
One should cut back to about 1/2 to 1/3 of the
way up the face so that you can regain speed.  
                
john m. airey      airey@asd.sgi.com  (415) 390-5248
                   M/S 7U-550 Silicon Graphics, Advanced Systems Division
                   2011 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mtn. View, CA 94039
From: jmunro@wyse.wyse.com (Jim Munro x2497)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: first attempted intercontinental net-surf this friday.
Date: 23 Jul 92 01:23:16 GMT
Organization: Wyse Technologies San Jose, Ca

In article <1992Jul16.083530.19199@mel.dit.csiro.au> pgw@koel.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Paul Whiting) writes:
>airey@woof.asd.sgi.com (John Airey) writes:
>

So where exactly will this be on teh East side? Sewer Peak, PLeasure Point,
Insides, O'Neills, The Hook, or perhaps Sharks?

Also morning or afternoon? I need a good excuse to dust off the old board.


Jim Munro
From: mascdb@gdr.bath.ac.uk (C D Burdorf)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Point break (the movie) and surf spot answer
Date: 22 Jul 92 14:54:17 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: School of Mathematics, University of Bath, UK


I saw the movie "Point Break" on video last night.  I have the following
comments to make on it:

1. It had a few nice waves in slow motion with guys shredding it.

2. Latigo, the supposedly hot "point break" surfed by the
hardcore locals is in reality a weak mushy nt that requires
a large swell to break and then it will only be about shoulder high.

3. I thought it was funny when the guy that got his board dinged
by Keanu Reeves pulled out a knife and cut his leash.  Sounds like
a good idea to me.  The only problem is where do you carry the knife?

4. I also thought it was pretty silly that these locals are
all practically martial arts experts.  

5. It pissed me off that my girlfriend was getting turned on
about Keeanu's bod.  He's just a piece of ass -- male bimbo.

6. Too much violence and not enough surfing.  It was more like
Hollywood Mogul: "hey we want to film another violent action film, this time 
let's try it with a surfing backdrop."  In which case, it would
have been far better if they'd gotten Van Damme and called the
movie "Von Damme goes for a Surf and takes on the locals"

7. I think its good for Hollywood to portray surfers as outlaws.
Maybe it will keep some people out of the water. 

8. The final scene, supposedly filmed at bell's beach, was
definitely Waimea.  If Hollywood lies to us about this stuff
what else do they lie to us about?

As for the reef I surfed on Sunday, I've gone to the mount and
the Shaman of surf and I both agree that all I should reveal is that
it's listed in one of the Surf Reports for England.  What are the
waves like in Aberwysth anyway?  When does it get good?  Can you
give me a call and let me know when its on?

Thanks,

Chris
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
From: axel@cs.tu-berlin.de (Axel Mahler)
Subject: Anybody ever heared about "MUNDAKA" ?
Organization: /home/stone/axel/.organization
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 15:25:21 GMT

The subject says about all. I fell over this advertisement flyer, showing
a magnificent (approx. 2-3 m) wave. The name of the wave is Mundaka which
breaks in Spain somewhere between San Sebastian and Bilbao ("For many one
of world's finest left-breaking waves!").

Anybody out there ever heared about or surfed Mundaka ?

Cheers, Axel.
--
===============================================================================
Axel Mahler, Tech.Univ. Berlin
E-Mail: axel@cs.tu-berlin.de (axel@db0tui62.bitnet)
Voice: +49-30-314-73487