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From: mike_r@nic.cerf.net (Mike Roberts)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Surfing in Munich (Re; Stationnary waves) + surf report
Date: 27 Aug 92 21:46:03 GMT
Organization: CERFnet

In article <24226@oasys.dt.navy.mil> kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brian Kiviat) writes:
>>a fried out combi.....
>   ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^
>A fried out WHAT? A fried out WHICH? HUH, what is a COMBI and is there
>a vaccine for it? Teach this Seppo, please.  You Sheep shaggers have
>some bizzare words.

Combi (Com-bee) also known as Volkswagen Van; Bus; (a vanagon of the 
ancient variety)). Mentioned in the Men at work song 'Down Under' (
right name ??) "Travelling in a fried out COMBI, met a man who made
me Zobie" (or something to that effect).

Aussies and Kiwis have a great love of there marvels of mechanical
kinds (mainly 'cause they stand load of abuse). Also, most every
British sufer worth his salt has owned, or currently owns one of these
things. Sort of like a letter day eurpoean woody, but a lot more
confortable to sleep in. I want one again ...

Seriously though mate, these are veichles of epic proportions. They
go most everywhere a 4wd will go (good ground clearance) and last 
pretty much forever, get good gas mileage, and are cheap to run and
repair. Also, they are good for shaggin in .. The secret is to
get yah feet one the roof.....

Sheep are only found in Combis owned my persons of Welsh descent. 
You can usually tell such by the conspicuous velcro pads everywhere.

Mike
"A brit in yank land"
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
From: rozental@cc.und.ac.za (Nathan Rosentals)
Subject: Surf rEporT Durban, sOuth aFrica
Organization: University Of Natal (Durban)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 09:01:37 GMT

Dear All,

Well, I have just come back from two weeks leave, and so have a bit of 
catching up to do.  Surfed quite a lot last week, last Sunday (23 Aug) we 
had some really decent swell, about head high faces and hollow.  I managed 
to find a spot just left of the Bay Bowl (the same place I had my worst 
wipeout), that produced the best wave of the day.  Most of the other guys 
were surfing New Pier, and the Bowl, so another one surfer, a paddle-skiier, 
and I had a great few hours out.  Long rights and hollow lefts. 

Teusday (25 Aug) saw storm surf and 1.5 head to double-overhead at the Bay 
of Plenty.  Radical stuff.  Only problem was the occasional freak set of 
closeouts (very wicked), which caught us all off guard.  But a radical day.  
Unfortunately, they weren't hollow, but very fast.  I stayed out almost the 
whole day, and was exhausted on the bus home.  One of the best sessions I 
have had to date.  Man, they were fast.

Well that's just about it for my surf reporting.  I have just received 
severance pay, so this may be the last posting you recieve from good ole 
Durban South Africa.

Yours, 
- Nathan.
From: mheron@samson.hac.com (Mark Heron)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Im in deep !@#&*%
Date: 2 Sep 92 01:10:19 GMT

Thanks for the response KimmyD.

BTW, does Cape Hatteras pump?

What about the rest of the east coast?  The national weather channel rarely talks about swell size.

Speeking of Costa Rica, Surf Mag always advertises for 7 days at $599.00.  Anyone ever consider doing that or perhaps know of anyone who has tried that trip?

Mark H.  >;')
From: g9024557@cc.uow.edu.au (James Phillip ANDREW)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: A Few Failed post's,...Boneyards/Floaters
Date: 30 Aug 92 23:58:01 GMT
Organization: University Of Wollongong

Nigel Brendon Robinson

>Friday ,I surfed Bone-yards and had a reasonable sort of surf.
>I only caught Four waves due to the shifty nature of the wave,
>bad positioning on my part and having all the locals and
>body-boards on the break having it wired.

>I pulled one filthy cut-back that I was extremely proud of.

>It felt so powerful...I could feel the board just gripping in and
>I'm sure a good rooster tail would have resulted (but you can't watch your
>own spray while surfing) not unless you're really good.

>I'm definitely coming back again to this spot (it's about 1/2 an hours
>drive from my place).
>Works well in a southerly wind and swell.

Boneyards is a filth wave alright. I have only surfed it a few times but
have had some amazing sections on the inside. It wraps on hard and is
super gnarly, but the face is still workable (don't always have to pull in).
I remember on one wave getting about 6 ft of air on a 4-5 foot face: I was
merely trying to do a slash near the top of the wave but had picked up so
much speed in the last pump that I kept on going up and up. Needless to say
I didn't make it :-) Sounds like a good cutty Nig, it is certainly a good
wave for those after a gnarly section and there is still some grunt in 
the shoulder for that power turn. 

A friend was over from NZ for the weekend. I took him out to Sharkies
and had some good waves. He was impressed: paddling out after being caught
inside for the *!7^%@#$ time I looked up to see him pulling in. Unfortunately
a (stand up) surfer then dropped in on him, not caring because he is a 
sponger. Fuck, how immature some people can be !

Jim
From: u8801863@cs.uow.edu.au (Nigel Brendon Robinson)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Surfing in Munich (Re; Stationnary waves) + surf report
Date: 28 Aug 92 01:25:57 GMT
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia

mike_r@nic.cerf.net (Mike Roberts) writes:

>If you are aussie, and reading this, ever heard of a guy 
>called Blackhorse/darkhorse ?? He's the guy I heard this from, 
>would be about 35+ yrs old now. A certifiable ripper, and a good
>bloke, too. He was touring round with a bunch of his mates in
>a fried out combi. Kept seeing him everywhere I went one summer

Did he meet a man 6'4" from Brussels who smiled and 
gave him a vegemite sandwich ?
Or a strange lady who made him breakfast and nervous ?
Were his mates all hippies and following a hippy trail ?
Did he keep saying "I come from a Land Down Under" ?
Talking about men chundering and women glowing ?

If so,then I think Men at Work were talking about this
guy and his excapades when they wrote the song...
"I come from a Land down under".
For those of you who haven't heard it go to a record place and ask to hear
it at full volume.
For those of you who've got it: put it on crank it up and rip the knob
off (as Power Fm says), and think of me Travelling down the 
south coastin my Green (soon to be painted) Kombi.
It's a go any-where do anything wild machine.A bit like me really ... :-)

Just my usual rambling's,
I may head out for a surf this arvo if I get the urge...
Nigel.
-- 
Women need to find the right partner to have sex (and sometimes the right
excuse),Men just need to find the right place.
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
From: hayes%valkris@hac2arpa.hac.com (Brian Hayes 74-35 x65129)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Beginner's Luck, CA
Date: 27 Aug 92 21:32:08 GMT
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Company, EDSG
Originator: hayes@valkris

I'M HOOKED!  

Finally, I feel like a really caught a wave or two today! This sport is
great...All you beginners out there: keep at it!


Surf report:
(This will be weak)
Manhattan Beach.  Waves 1' to barely 3'., decent shape.  
Water temp: ? (wet suits not needed but ear and nose plugs 
recommended ;^).


Brian

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From: dt@spectrum.CMC.COM (Denise Tisdale)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: A letter(s) to Tracks.
Summary: Hello - first time posting
Date: 31 Aug 92 16:59:23 GMT
Organization: CMC Network Systems (Rockwell DCD), Santa Barbara, CA, USA

In article <1992Aug31.025507.14378@cs.uow.edu.au> u8801863@cs.uow.edu.au (Nigel Brendon Robinson) writes:
>PPPS Are there many non-posters who read alt.surfing
>if so drop your name in I'm curious...
>-- 

I am pretty new to news.  I have been reading alt.surfing for a couple
of weeks and it has been fun.  

The surf in Santa Barbara is pretty flat in the summer time.  The channel
islands block most swells in summer.  So I have resorted to long boarding
most of the summer.  However, I did make my big surf safari to Costa Rica
in early July.  Got some great 3-5 foot glassy surf in 80 degree water
on the Pacific side. We were in Costa Rica 2 weeks and got a good 7 days
of surfing in.  The river rafting there was also awesome.  The country
is beautiful and the people are wonderful.  A great place to go.  A few
of the really good breaks were crowded, mostly with Americans from 
California or Florida.  We saw Robert August there and many other hot
surfers. For my first out of the country surf safari it was awesome!! 

See ya,

DT
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
From: Danny.Clark@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Danny Clark)
Subject: Re: Not to profane, but where else can I go?
Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 04:18:53 GMT


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Subject: Re: Joining the Crew (finally)
From: mtemple@calstatela.edu (Mark Temple)
Date: 26 Aug 92 17:58:48 PDT
Reply-To: mtemple@calstatela.edu
Distribution: world
Organization: Cal State University, Los Angeles

In article l9klgqINN7tk@male.EBay.Sun.COM, petermac@sunol.EBay.Sun.COM (Peter McCormick) writes:
> Hey Temple, was that a flame?  Surfing, for your
> edification, is standing on a board.  Kneeboarding,
> bodysurfing, boogie-boarding, sponging, or whatever
> else you are doing is named respectively by the 
> appropriate activity.

EXCUSE ME all to hell,  the next time you find your self sharing a wave with
 a dolfin/porposises/seal/or firsky fish i'm sure you'll comment on how 
well it/they are doing their respectively appropriate activity

 to me,riding waves is surfing; on a board, in a boat, or in your birthday suit

LA Sponger
From: ludwig@cm.deakin.OZ.AU (Ludwig Omachen)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Alt.surfvey #1
Date: 2 Sep 1992 23:35:15 GMT
Organization: Deakin University, Geelong, Australia
NNTP-Posting-Host: aragorn.cm.deakin.oz.au

In article <1992Sep2.030009.18422@massey.ac.nz> P.B.Halverson@massey.ac.nz (P.B. Halverson) writes:
>"Surf Nazis Must Die"
>
>Absolutely *NO* surfing footage at all.  A sick movie if you happen to 
>be a wanker.  For sickness see the Toxic Avenger from the same producer.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Phil


Havent seen surf Nazi's, but my brother's wife alway's stirred him for
enjoying toxic avenger, so eventually I had to get the video out to
see it for myself, I thought it was pretty funny, I think it may have
been toxic avenger two or three and not the original though, good for
a laugh anyhow.

Cheer's, keep surfing,
Lud.
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
From: bud@paradise.pegasus.com (Bud Carlson)
Subject: Re: Joining the Crew (finally)
Organization: Paradise Isle Computing Services
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 18:20:33 GMT

petermac@sunol.EBay.Sun.COM wrote:
>Hey Temple, was that a flame?  Surfing, for your
>edification, is standing on a board.  Kneeboarding,
>bodysurfing, boogie-boarding, sponging, or whatever
>else you are doing is named respectively by the 
>appropriate activity.
>
>I am sure she has heard of wax. Da-uh yep, I bet she
>has, really.
>
>Yes, bigger boards are generally easier to learn on,
>but; I might point out the bigger the board the harder
>to handle paddleing out, and pushing through waves.
>Depending on the conditions, and the size of the person
>learning.  An eight foot gun may or may not be appropriate.
	       ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ 
		hardly a gun !!

Learning on any board is difficult and size should not be the main point.
Those who learn on a board over 8 feet in length should be able to make 
the transition to a shorter board as experience grows. Even though surfing
has not evolved to a technical sport like skiing some points can be taught.
Check with the local surf shop on possible lessons. Most shops nowadays
have connection with someone who does give lessons professionally. A few
lessons on safety, board prep, proper stance and surf entry can help a
great deal. Some of the fundamentals can be taught and you might avoid 
getting in a hassle or two with unfriendly natives if you learn how to
stay out of the way before trouble starts. Also if you do begin on a board
with size your chances of picking up more waves is better and therefore
you have a better chance of getting stoked. There are also a number of
commercial surf aids that will help you stick to your board. Again either
check with the shops or take a peek at one of the ads in some surf mag.

.....Bud



-- 
Bud Carlson * System Manager * Paradise Isle Computing * bud@isle.pegasus.com


 Do not drink coffee in early A.M.  It will keep you awake until noon.
From: kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brian Kiviat)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: A letter(s) to Tracks.
Date: 31 Aug 92 20:58:12 GMT
Reply-To: kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Brian Kiviat)
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In alt.surfing, dt@spectrum.CMC.COM (Denise Tisdale) writes:
>most of the summer.  However, I did make my big surf safari to Costa Rica
>in early July.  Got some great 3-5 foot glassy surf in 80 degree water
>on the Pacific side. We were in Costa Rica 2 weeks and got a good 7 days
>of surfing in.  The river rafting there was also awesome.  The country

Please don't just tease us with two sentences about two weeks of surfari
in Costa. Please give some more details if you can. When you are on
the East Coast (USA) and the surf is flat, some tales of surfing elsewhere
can go a long way towards keeping sanity.  Many people have been talking
about how great Costa Rica is, I'd like to get the nitty gritty.
Welcome to active list on the net!
   O
   I\   Brian Kiviat (301)227-1833       Sometimes the truth is hidden,
   I \  kiviat@oasys.dt.navy.mil         Like a shadow in the darkness.
  /     David Taylor Model Basin                  -Master Po
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Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Alt.surfvey #1
From: P.B.Halverson@massey.ac.nz (P.B. Halverson)
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 04:38:18 GMT
 <1992Sep2.030009.18422@massey.ac.nz> <183j3jINN147@sol.deakin.OZ.AU>
Organization: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
X-Reader: NETNEWS/PC Version 2c

I've not seen Toxic Avenger III, but II is nowhere near as hilarious 
(and gory) as I.  Worth a look when the surf sux.

Hoping to get wet this weekend.

Phil
From: tcritchl@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Tod Critchlow)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Surf Report, San Deigo North County
Summary: Surf Report SIO-  SWELL!!!
Date: 4 Sep 92 18:15:32 GMT


I was on it Mike, thanks for the thought though.
It's 11:15 here at SIo and there are still
some big sets coming through, although they are
more walled out then they were this morning.

I second Mikes description of the croud and 
conditions.  I forgot how much fun good waves can be.
Speed, air, lips, even the wipeouts felt good.

I got in around 9:00 with five to six other guys
and by 10:30 it was crouded.  

Tomorrow should be packed, but earlier will be
better.  Somebody should check the tide because
at least here at SIO I think the higher tide is
working better, just not sure what the tide is doing 
today.
Gotta go, missed to much work already.
tod

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Univ of Calif, San Diego              |  Signature anyways??
Scripps Institution of Oceanography   |
From: bz754@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Derek J. Wojciech)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: East Coast report - OC, MD
Date: 1 Sep 1992 21:55:10 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bz754@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Derek J. Wojciech)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc8.ins.cwru.edu




Surf report better late than never:
 
Date: Sat Aug 29

Surfed Ocean City, Maryland at 36th street in the morning.  Waves a nice
waist to chest high.  However a fairly constant offshore wind of 15 to 20 mph
held up the waves quite a bit, forcing many a closeout wave.  Us guys on 
shortboards had to catch quickly at the peak.  The wave kinda slow, with little
power to do any big manuevering.  Maybe a quick headduck or crouch under the
lip which curled over nicely.  A great day for longboarders.  The guys with
the big sticks outnumbered shortboarders by about 3 to 1.  You don't see that
too often here.  Went to Assateague national seashore park for the afternoon.
You can surf all day over there, about 20 min from OC.  Only breaks during
low tide.  Some nice chest high sets coming in every 10min or so.  Went
back after 5:30 to 36th street.  Waves slightly smaller and less frequent, and
more closeouts.  Longboarders still ruled.  Overall a really fun day.  Not
particularly big or fast surf, but lots of fun waves.  Tired me out big time!


				L8tr,
					Derek
From: tcritchl@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Tod Critchlow)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Surf Report
Keywords: A Beautiful Wave
Date: 1 Sep 92 16:25:35 GMT

It was another grey morning and as the bus
moved South past San Elijo I looked out over the
water for my daily surf check.
	There is was...  It peaked up a little
ways outside and peeled, both to the left and to the right.
A perfect wave.  Smooth and glassy with a well proportioned
face and shoulder. Ah a fantasy, I could just picture
myself, diging, droping, carving, then holding and edge,
stalling slightly, the wave closing over the top. TUBED.
Then out the other end to finish the section ending up all
the way down the beach.  

BUT,...
this beautiful wave was only six inches high, that's
actual wave height so the faces were probalby, OHHH,
a good eight inches or so.  Not to good for surfing.

So that's what Cardiff looked like, although there 
were three or four guys sitting outside.
Nobody was out at Seaside.
I missed Rivermouth, and 15th is hard to see from the bus.
Torrey pines was flat and so is Scripps(sets=2 foot face) and
the waves look slow and mushy.
Not much in the way of white water visable at the Cove
and I haven't had a chance to check Blacks yet.

tod

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From: cclrt@bristol.ac.uk (Luke Taylor)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: surf gets bigger in Cornwall
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:00:40 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: University of Bristol, England

In article <1992Aug27.120918.8377@gdr.bath.ac.uk> mascdb@gdr.bath.ac.uk (C D Burdorf) writes:
>
>Sorry, but this ain't a surf report, but a bit of trivia
>as reported in the London Times today.  According to the story,
>buoy measurements off Cornwall show that the average swell size
>has increased from 1.8 meters to 2.5 meters over the last 30 years.
>The report said that the reason for this is that there is a greater
>difference between the Azores high and the Icelandic lows resulting
>in winds that blow consistently for a longer distance than they
>used to.      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You forgot to mention that they usually blow on-shore :-(

>
>Chris
>
>A SoCal surf punk in the land of page 3 girls.
>

Luke

A Brit in the European state of Great Britain
(A crappy little European Country with a Super-Power mentality)
From: mascdb@gdr.bath.ac.uk (C D Burdorf)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: Re: Im in deep !@#&*%
Date: 3 Sep 92 15:15:55 GMT
Organization: School of Mathematics, University of Bath, UK

In article <23122@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> mheron@samson.hac.com (Mark Heron) writes:
>
>BTW, does Cape Hatteras pump?

I've surfed the lighthouse at Cape Hatteras, and it does get good waves.  
There's several metals jetties there that form nice lefts, especially the one
right in fron of the lighthouse.  People say it gets the most waves, but
on that trip, I got bigger more powerful waves up the coast at Kill Devil Hills.

It seems like a nice place, but I doubt if there is much work there.

Chris
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
From: timb@runx.oz.au (Tim Burgess)
Subject: Re: alt.waves
Summary: Bagus means .... 
Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare.  Sydney, Australia.
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 10:17:34 GMT


"Bagus" pronounced bah-guus, is 'good'. So Bali bagus means `Bali
is good' as there is no `is' in Indonesian and adjectives follow
nouns (unlike English where adjectives are used before nouns).

I'd recommend  you buy a guidebook (eg. Lonely Planet) and learn a 
few words as Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) is one of the simplest
languages in the world. I spent 4 months surfing about Indo last
year and with a little bit of effort, could communicate almost any
thing in Indonesian towards the end.

If you go to the remote spots for uncrowded surf, you learn *real*
quick too.....

Best expression is "Saya pergi untuk ombak besar" means
 "I'm looking for big waves"........


Tim Burgess
From: bz754@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Derek J. Wojciech)
Newsgroups: alt.surfing
Subject: East Coast report - OC, MD
Date: 2 Sep 1992 16:49:13 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: bz754@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Derek J. Wojciech)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc5.ins.cwru.edu




Somehow my other post got messed, so here's a short report
for Ocean City, MD for Sat Aug 29.

Surfed 36th street in the morning.  Waves waist to chest high.  A farily
constant offshore wind of about 20mph held the waves up a little longer, which
meant us shortboarders had to take off at the peak and try to get some
speed before the closeout.  A perfect day for longboarders.  They were out
in force, outnumbering shortboarders 3 to 1.  You don't see that too often
there.  Waves were fairly slow, so it was tough to get in any strong manuevers
but you could get a quick crouch or headdip under the nicely formed lips
if you were lucky.  Surfed Asateguege state seashore park in the afternoon.
You can surf all day there wihtout threat of lifeguards.  Waves less frequent
but a nice chest high set coming in every 10min or so.  Went back to 36th street
in the evening, but surf slightly smaller, and closing out quite a bit.
Overall a really fun trip.  Definitely was tired after that day of surfing.
 
				L8tr,

					Derek

	-- Pray for Surf!!! --

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From: u8801863@cs.uow.edu.au (Nigel Brendon Robinson)
Subject: Re: Early birds
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Wollongong University, Australia
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 01:18:08 GMT

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

>BANG BANG BANG...

>BANG BANG BANG...

>"ITS FOUR FEET AND PUMPING" ...

>Not a bad morning after all, thanks Nig, (wait till the surf is up
>next time but)

>Jim  

HAHAHAHAHAAAHAHA...AHAHA.

Revenge is indeed sweet and tasty.
Remember that next time you want to play a practical joke
on me Mr Jim Jum.

It was a good morning except for my trip to the reef when we were
out surfing... I got a cut that ran the length of my heel in a 
vertical fashion.(About 3 cm long).

I caught this wave and was riding along,when all of a sudden this 
thing looms up at me from under the water....It was the reef.
I try and jump over the back of the wave and get sucked back onto
the reef.
I end up lying on the reef.... Luckily it didn't worry me as 
I've been an avid abalone diver for a while.So you tend
to be more comfortable with reef breaks.

I then get to my feet in 3inchs of water and the next wave is coming
I try and get off the reef but my leg-rope is wrapped around some cungee.
I pull it off and try and jump into the next wave
It sucks out and I'm forced to head-butt it.
It pushes me back onto the reef and I cut my heel.

SHIT HAPPENS.... (too often).

Well,all that happened and more...in barely waist-high surf.

Life Goes On,
Nigel.