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Your "Perfect" wave

Postby SmitZ » Thu Jan 24, 2008 9:23 pm

I am new to this forum, so to get to know everyone here, I want to know what your best ride was! Describe it!

Mine was in Hawaii, wind was about 15-20 mph, and it was this nice 10 foot wave that peeled perfectly. It was a really warm day ('bout 83 F) and there was this group of nice looking volleyball ladies playing on the beach.

I was on my 7' Gary Cox custom board. Rode that wave for about 30-45 seconds and it was the most calming experience of my life.
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Postby Milo » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:35 pm

Brighton pier 1981 summer, hot day with a perfect 8ft swell clean and glassy and the only one out 8). beat that dudes :D
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Postby pkbum » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:41 pm

It's too early for me to choose my perfect waves. THe longest barrel I ever done is like 1.5 second, which is kinda lame. So undecided for me.
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Postby Sillysausage » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:48 pm

i enjoy every wave, but the best has to be tucking into a wave with a nice view for a second, until the closeout and long hold downs accure
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Postby Sillysausage » Thu Jan 24, 2008 10:48 pm

or occur even
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Postby Real Pol » Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:14 am

Fraserburgh a couple of years ago, I wasn't surfing I was flying man, FLYING I TELL YA!!!!
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Postby Aloha » Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:21 am

Somewhere secret on the New South Wales coast, 2 years ago, sunny Sunday, warm water, offshore, glassy, double overhead, me and 3 friends and nobody else. Corduroy lining up for 3 straight hours.

I was getting up to 30 second rides (if you don't think that's long just watch a clock for 30 seconds and imagine surfing that long), just great big steep walls. Easy take offs cause the offshore just kept the face open for ages. I'd kill for another day like that! :twisted:
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Postby The Fafanator » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:29 am

One HUGE day at seals, 9 foot waves, the best one was so perfectly glassy it felt like surfing on air.
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Postby Johno » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:34 am

Milo wrote:Brighton pier 1981 summer, hot day with a perfect 8ft swell clean and glassy and the only one out 8). beat that dudes :D


He He how old ya Milow ha ha i was only 2 when you surfed that wave

Brighton not surfed there but the clubs rock
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Postby CHarvey » Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:37 pm

Every wave I caught while San Diego was on fire this past year. That had to be the swell of the year. Started out 10'+ (face) on Friday just ripping both right and left. It was like that for a week. I was loving life.
Only other time that sticks out to me was back in 1998. Caught a 15 footer in carlsbad and got pitted...so pitted...lol
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Postby allyoz » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:03 pm

crantock in cornwall early autumn last year, dawn patrol, 4 of us out.
2 hours, perfect light offshore, barrelling for about 30 mins non stop then switched to perfect long overhead glassy walls, rides for about 100-150 yards. never dreamed of such a perfect day!
my mate slept in that morning, he was gutted. then i slept til the afternoon, sweet dreams were had for sure.

off to n.z on the 21st, hopefully i'll have some similar experiences there!!!
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Postby Phil » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:35 pm

ive watched crantock break like a point break off the rocks on the north end and peal right across the bay when it was pushing 3-4ft overhead.
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Postby SmitZ » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:03 pm

allyoz wrote:c
off to n.z on the 21st, hopefully i'll have some similar experiences there!!!


Haven't done N.Z. yet. Did Australia and loved it.

Cheers for all the responses!
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Postby Milo » Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:14 pm

Johno wrote:
Milo wrote:Brighton pier 1981 summer, hot day with a perfect 8ft swell clean and glassy and the only one out 8). beat that dudes :D


He He how old ya Milow ha ha i was only 2 when you surfed that wave

Brighton not surfed there but the clubs rock

I was 16 in 81 :oops: .

As for that wave, i had to much basil the other night. :roll:
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Postby vintagefender » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:26 am

i totally paddled into this wave at Jaws...easily 20 times overhead!!! haha nah but for real my best wave was probly on a day a while ago when it was breaking super gnarly and i never thought i'd actually get one...and i finally did. it was an awesome feeling
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Re: Your "Perfect" wave

Postby smallwavegrovellerchick » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:02 am

SmitZ wrote:I am new to this forum, so to get to know everyone here, I want to know what your best ride was! Describe it!

Mine was in Hawaii, wind was about 15-20 mph, and it was this nice 10 foot wave that peeled perfectly. It was a really warm day ('bout 83 F) and there was this group of nice looking volleyball ladies playing on the beach.

I was on my 7' Gary Cox custom board. Rode that wave for about 30-45 seconds and it was the most calming experience of my life.


Where was that?
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Postby Dec » Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:07 am

Restaurants in Tavarua. Perfect left that just kept spinning down the line and finally spat me out at the end (the bit that I don't tell people is as I kicked out of the wave the board hit me flush in the face :roll: )
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Postby allyoz » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:43 pm

Phil wrote:ive watched crantock break like a point break off the rocks on the north end and peal right across the bay when it was pushing 3-4ft overhead.


yeah it certainly has it's days, we jumped in off the rocks on the south cliff. the right was closing out that day.
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Postby parrysurf » Tue Jan 29, 2008 3:44 pm

Aloha wrote:Somewhere secret on the New South Wales coast, 2 years ago, sunny Sunday, warm water, offshore, glassy, double overhead, me and 3 friends and nobody else. Corduroy lining up for 3 straight hours.

I was getting up to 30 second rides (if you don't think that's long just watch a clock for 30 seconds and imagine surfing that long), just great big steep walls. Easy take offs cause the offshore just kept the face open for ages. I'd kill for another day like that! :twisted:



30 secs is a good ride on a small point, or set up beachbreak......if ya ever make it to rincon in the winter you could catch a 1/2 mile ride from indicators to the freeway......if you think 30 sec is long on a wave try the burn your legs throw off when you are pumping for several minutes.

Welcome to California......now go home!
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Postby jethrodog » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:38 am

Any time I get to go surfing, that wave is my perfect wave. Until the next one.
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