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Help Needed

Postby studentessa12 » Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:06 pm

Hi everyone!

My name is Sara and I am Italian. I go to the British School and I am currently studying for the IB Diploma. As you may know, this requires me to write a 4000 words essay on one of the topics I study.

I am here because I decided to do my essay in Physics, and the research question is how good surfing waves are affeted by weather conditions.

I have never surfed before and I don't know any surfers in real life so right now I really need your help.

Any info that might be relevant? (e.g. ideal temperature, sunny/cloudy, humidity level, wind, etc)

Thank you all in advance!

x
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Re: Help Needed

Postby IB_Surfer » Sun Apr 12, 2009 9:53 pm

That might take a long time, but while everyone else replies I thought I would shoot you a cool pic of a board I had made a while back when the CAD thing was a novelty, thought you might want to use it as a graphic since it's a physics class:

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Re: Help Needed

Postby drowningbitbybit » Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:20 pm

studentessa12 wrote:Any info that might be relevant? (e.g. ideal temperature, sunny/cloudy, humidity level, wind, etc)


23C, bright but a little overcast, not ever so humid, 14 knots from ENE.
No other conditions will work, but that's a surfing secret. So if you put it in your physics essay, your teachers will be very impressed.
If you reference the Surfing Waves forum to show how hard you researched your topic, they'll be even more impressed.
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Re: Help Needed

Postby Hang11 » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:13 am

From an Australian point of view...too cold is a real issue, Australians are known for having tiny dicks, and they love wearing banana hammocks pulled right up their arse cracks, anything below 23 degrees can turn it into an embarrassing case of male ct, front and back.
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Re: Help Needed

Postby IB_Surfer » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:14 am

here, try this web site, should be most of what you need:

http://www.ehow.com/video_2366978_surfi ... tions.html

Also, for more graphic explanations that might be good for your report, here is a standard surf report:

http://www.wavewatch.com/Surf-Forecast- ... RegionID=8
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Re: Help Needed

Postby studentessa12 » Sun Apr 19, 2009 6:38 pm

Thanks everyone for the quick reply! I will for sure put this website in the bibliography of my essay :)
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Re: Help Needed

Postby studentessa12 » Tue Sep 01, 2009 7:39 am

Hey guys, can anyone tell me the effects of tides on surfing please?? x
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Re: Help Needed

Postby drowningbitbybit » Tue Sep 01, 2009 9:45 am

If the tide's out, it can be a much longer walk to the water.
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Re: Help Needed

Postby surfnoob » Tue Sep 01, 2009 6:39 pm

Here try this - has a load of good articles on surf forecasting, some of which may help you in your search:

http://magicseaweed.com/news.php?categoryId=7

Good luck.
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Re: Help Needed

Postby Sar » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:38 pm

drowningbitbybit wrote:If the tide's out, it can be a much longer walk to the water.


I cant help but think you're being a little mean. I dont point out others cos I dont know them, incase you're wondering :wink:

In answer to your question:

Any info that might be relevant? (e.g. ideal temperature, sunny/cloudy, humidity level, wind, etc)


well, it really all depends.....

Its very complex, I would pick another assignment.
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Re: Help Needed

Postby drowningbitbybit » Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:33 pm

Sar wrote:
drowningbitbybit wrote:If the tide's out, it can be a much longer walk to the water.


I cant help but think you're being a little mean.
well, it really all depends.....

Its very complex, I would pick another assignment.


:lol: :twisted: :lol: :twisted: :lol:
I always know that Im gonna get told off by Sar :wink:

And anyway, my answer was much more informative than yours :nerner:
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Re: Help Needed

Postby Sar » Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:16 am

drowningbitbybit wrote:
Sar wrote:
drowningbitbybit wrote:If the tide's out, it can be a much longer walk to the water.


I cant help but think you're being a little mean.
well, it really all depends.....

Its very complex, I would pick another assignment.


:lol: :twisted: :lol: :twisted: :lol:
I always know that Im gonna get told off by Sar :wink:

And anyway, my answer was much more informative than yours :nerner:


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