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Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby jaffa1949 » Sun Apr 08, 2018 1:07 pm

Uncle Jaffa and Mrs Jaffa have taken 5 days out from the dust bowl building site that is home while we renovate.
We go to a Salt bath spa resort, in the alps where emporers " took the waters" The town Bad Ischl just over a Mountain from Bad Aussee, which has nothing to do about being Australian.
( but I digress) the town has a river and after morning coffee and Strudel ( What else in Austria) we go for the imperial stroll along the river, and we see walking across a bridge, a guy with a shortboard.

Greeting exchanged and I will going and videoing their next annual competition the Crown of the Traun.

It might be too much for Uncle Jaffa on a long board to surf in short arcs but maybe the kneeboard.
There are new safety things to learn like the leash goes on your upper arm and rock avoidance techniques for when you are washed down stream .
Also the icebergs have melted on the lake so the dark side of SUPing will come with the spring.
Still at minuscule gonad temperatures at the moment.
Tell you more as I search for Mysto mythical Austrian point break :lol:
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Re: Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby dtc » Mon Apr 09, 2018 12:20 am

jaffa1949 wrote:Also the icebergs have melted on the lake so the dark side of SUPing will come with the spring.
Still at minuscule gonad temperatures at the moment.
Tell you more as I search for Mysto mythical Austrian point break :lol:


Water is still above 20 deg down here, its a nightmare
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Re: Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby Oldie » Tue Apr 10, 2018 12:57 am

That hat is very becoming, Jaffa. Looks veeery local :lol:

Seems nicer than Eisbach, but probably as full..

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Re: Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby pmcaero » Tue Apr 10, 2018 7:13 pm

River SUPing is bigger than river surfing from what I have been gathering. I'm guessing is the extra advantage of being able to float downstream.
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Re: Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby jaffa1949 » Wed Apr 11, 2018 12:02 pm

pmcaero wrote:River SUPing is bigger than river surfing from what I have been gathering. I'm guessing is the extra advantage of being able to float downstream.


I‘ll be doing both! :D
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Re: Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby Oldie » Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:10 pm

pmcaero wrote:River SUPing is bigger than river surfing from what I have been gathering. I'm guessing is the extra advantage of being able to float downstream.


Seems SUPing is more a form of transportation than a sport. :lol:
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Re: Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby jaffa1949 » Thu Apr 12, 2018 5:53 am

pmcaero wrote:River SUPing is bigger than river surfing from what I have been gathering. I'm guessing is the extra advantage of being able to float downstream.

Beatles inspired........... tomorrow never knows! :D
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Re: Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby jaffa1949 » Tue May 01, 2018 6:01 pm

Well,surfs up, small day at the local river, learning the wave, the guy who presented us with the opportunity led us to the spot!
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Apparently we should have been here yesterday :lol:
Rain dependent, but all good and this is the kiddy break
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Overhead hand jive here.
Thank you Vincent
Just a footnote, this is a crowd of one although a SUP went by downstream.
The Eisbach in Munich is dangerous and the locals exercise some crowd control because of the concrete slabs behind the wave and the fact thriving the narrow canal, is quasi legal, a serious injury to a kook could shut it down!
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Re: Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby pmcaero » Tue May 01, 2018 10:41 pm

nice! if I ever try river surfing I'd go for a foamie or inflatable sk8:
https://badfishsup.com/products/inflatable-sk8
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Re: Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby dtc » Wed May 02, 2018 9:24 am

Bigger waves than I’ve seen for a while!

Ocean, you knows it’s Autumn right? Stop pretending it’s summer
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Re: Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby Big H » Thu May 03, 2018 5:22 pm

dtc wrote:Bigger waves than I’ve seen for a while!


I cry for you........

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Re: Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby IanCaio » Thu May 03, 2018 10:11 pm

That looks fun Jaffa! :D

It's probably a really PITA to get back to the spot when you get behind the wave though, right?
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Re: Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby RinkyDink » Thu May 03, 2018 11:46 pm

IanCaio wrote:That looks fun Jaffa! :D

It's probably a really PITA to get back to the spot when you get behind the wave though, right?

I think they use a rope to get their board in the right spot and then let it go once they're in the barrel :D I've never river surfed so I have no idea what I'm talking about.
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Re: Life is full of strange opportunities!

Postby jaffa1949 » Sun May 20, 2018 7:15 pm

Strange opportunities.
Kick off time.
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When you wipe at this river wave you wash to a calm zone swim to shore and walk 50 metres to,the take off rock.
This was the Crown of The Traun competition by Salzkammergut Rivermates Surf Club.
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To catch the wave you can acid drop or belly flop
The crowd watch from above close enough to hold a conversation.
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The line is very democratic everyone departs the wave on wipe out comes to shore and resumes their place in the line up, catch surf repeat, no drop ins or snaking and no duck dive or paddle out!
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