what scares you about surfing?

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Postby mrc » Fri Aug 11, 2006 3:04 pm

Waking up on a sunday morning with the hangover from hell then realising its flat so have no way of getting rid of the head.
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Postby Beachbum » Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:19 pm

Going over the falls on a huge wave and then being pinned down for a long time. :x
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Postby lizzxxxx » Fri Aug 11, 2006 8:58 pm

bein outta my dept and noy able to get bak in and hittin people.
last week i hit a old man i felt so bad but then he cursed at me to my face so i dnt feel as bad now.

o ya fish freak me out.......and seaweed :roll:
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Postby hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf » Sat Aug 12, 2006 7:33 am

S Boy wrote:Sewage !!!! :cry:


uugh did you hear about the surfer guy who fell in the boat harbor in honolulu and got some flesh eating bacteria and swelled up 3x his size and died last year? it happend after a spill at a place like 200 yards from a very popular surf spot, and maybe half a mile from waikiki.
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Postby dougirwin13 » Sun Aug 13, 2006 11:01 pm

Sharks with frikkin lasers on their heads!

:P

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Postby kitesurfer » Mon Aug 14, 2006 7:20 am

dougirwin13 wrote:Sharks with frikkin lasers on their heads!

:P

-doug


You been watching austin powers again doug???
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Postby Dec » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:20 am

hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf wrote:
S Boy wrote:Sewage !!!! :cry:


uugh did you hear about the surfer guy who fell in the boat harbor in honolulu and got some flesh eating bacteria and swelled up 3x his size and died last year? it happend after a spill at a place like 200 yards from a very popular surf spot, and maybe half a mile from waikiki.


Yea, that guys story was on surfline last year. At the end of it all, they tried to claim that it wasn't the harbour water, it was a disease he already had.


Sharks with frickin laser beam attached to their heads..Is that too much to ask?
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Postby Brian » Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:51 am

sharks....been scared by dolphins...so yeah definately sharks...nothing scarier...
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Postby Phil » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:57 am

taking wipe outs like this would scare me :lol:

http://surfline.com/video/video_player/ ... fm?id=3671

geting caught inside on clean up sets when theres like loads of people around me and boards flying everywhere scares the xxxxx out of me at times
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Postby Brian » Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:29 pm

awesom vid phil
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Postby waveseeker » Mon Aug 14, 2006 2:35 pm

Other surfers.
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Postby Dec » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:20 pm

Phil wrote:taking wipe outs like this would scare me :lol:

http://surfline.com/video/video_player/ ... fm?id=3671

geting caught inside on clean up sets when theres like loads of people around me and boards flying everywhere scares the xxxxx out of me at times


Well, I have been watching Mark healey for the last few years and man is he brave (or stupid)!!
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Postby Phil » Mon Aug 14, 2006 4:23 pm

some of those were nasty though the one where he was surfing drunk when the bottom of the lip hit him and knocked him off had me laughing :lol:
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Postby Bwgan » Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:25 pm

Catching your mum and dad at it!
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Postby dougirwin13 » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:49 pm

kitesurfer wrote:
dougirwin13 wrote:Sharks with frikkin lasers on their heads!

:P

-doug


You been watching austin powers again doug???


Kids have had it on a bit lately, kitey... gues it rubs off :P

Anything scarier than sharks with frikkin laser beams on their heads?

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Postby Dec » Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:27 am

Phil wrote:some of those were nasty though the one where he was surfing drunk when the bottom of the lip hit him and knocked him off had me laughing :lol:


That was crazy! He beat the section, lined-up for the barrel and it fattened out on his head! :lol: (you see his legs go up like a cockroach?!!)
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Postby bgdkmetzger2003 » Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:40 pm

WooD wrote:flatness


im afraid of that as well...
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Postby Dr Rev » Tue Aug 15, 2006 3:57 pm

My wife with a credit card scare's me :cry:
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Postby Patrick__69 » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:00 pm

nice vid Phil my fear would be getting knocked out and drowning.
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Postby libby » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:40 pm

The thought of a cold damp wetsuit early in the morning terrifies me :oops:
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