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surf trip to raiatea

Postby Africa Extrem » Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:54 pm

hello everybody!!!!
i'm planning a surf trip to raiatea in the french polynesia for august
and i would like to know what is the best way to stay there , some friends told me that the best way is to rent a boat and camp in the small islands close to the spots , it seems that many surfers do that , i don't have any idea about how to make it i mean once there cose the surf ther is impossible without a boat , so i would like to have the advice of people that know there or have some precious information for me about this destination thx alot ;)


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Postby isaluteyou » Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:14 pm

:shock: you best be pretty god if you wanna surf a break like that :lol:
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Postby boco rio » Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:32 pm

Make sure your life insurance is current. :spew:
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Postby Magic-Carpet » Fri Jan 12, 2007 6:42 pm

hes been surfin for 16 years if i had been surfin for that long i would die to surf somewhere like that... after i had surfed it
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Postby jethrodog » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:15 pm

DO NOT misjudge your take off on that xxxxx.


*edit* ah, man, it x's out the naughty words..... :cry:
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Postby Stone Fox » Fri Jan 12, 2007 10:45 pm

What do you think would happen if you ditched right in the middle of that?
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Postby Mitur Bin'esderty » Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:54 pm

^^ Ever seen a ragdoll in a washing machine :D lol
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Postby Africa Extrem » Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:29 am

hello guys !!!
i'm a bodyboarder and have been bodyboarding for 18 years , this is 6 to 8 ft very fat and gnarly , perfect waves for bodyboarding,u've got much heavier that have been riden like cyclope if u heard of it and also shark island in cronula or el fronton in the canary islands; i wanted to post this topic in the surf travel space but missed it :shock: well hope to have some information about this place i have googled it but didn't have enough information pls help
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Postby Mitur Bin'esderty » Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:23 pm

yeah didnt some bodyboarder break they back at Cyclops
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Postby Africa Extrem » Sat Jan 13, 2007 8:40 pm

exactly ;)


but i don't pretend that i surf such waves cyclops is really really heavy comparing to this one still waiting for some information about Raiatea pls help
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Postby Africa Extrem » Sat Feb 17, 2007 10:27 pm

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this is one of the latest good swell in morocco
secret break :wink:
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Re: surf trip to raiatea

Postby damo » Fri Feb 17, 2012 4:54 pm

Any idea, where that photo's from? Just finished painting it and need to contact the phographer, cheers!
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