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Postby Stone Fox » Sat Jun 02, 2007 9:56 pm

drowningbitbybit wrote:For four months and counting, Im in Richmond. There's been talk of a London beer for a while (Chris Fixxy, Jenny, couple of others) so yeah we should get onto that and make it happen :D

...before Im outta here :lol:


Sweet! I know Richmond really well, next weekend?
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Postby Hang11 » Sat Jun 02, 2007 10:30 pm

People change :wink:

For me:

Teens: little gremmie, annoying the crap out of everybody at my local breaks.
Twenties: never had a proper job, travelled, screwed about, got stoned a lot, had long hair and surfed all the time, head to toe surfie gear, only ever drove cars I could sleep in. The only suit I'd ever owned was made out of rubber.
Thirties: The hair got cut, got a proper job, turned into an accountant, 2 kids, wife and a mortgage came along, water time diminished massively.

Now as I can see 40 nearing quicker than I'd like, I haven't got much hair left, wear whatever my wife buys for me, and it's usually covered in some kind of bodily fluid from a child, got a nice home near the beach, tough job, 200 people working for me, earning good money, scary mortgage, 2 boring family cars, hardly drink, haven't got stoned for a long long time, but....I get to surf a lot more than I did a few years ago.

So I've changed. And hoping that I'll still be surfing as many waves as I can well into retirement, and getting to enjoy sunny offshore days of perfection with my kids and their kids for as long as I can.
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Postby tazman76 » Sat Jun 02, 2007 11:40 pm

haha, work in coal mining industry, left army last year after ten years, have really short hair, tattoos, used to play drums in a death metal band, did amateur boxing for 6 years and i hate alcohol(poison!)
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Postby eastcoastsurfshop » Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:36 pm

I drive a C reg VW transporter thats more rust than steel
I have eyebrows are bleached blond from the sun
I have a tan which stops from the neck down
I will sack of anything for a surf, inlcuding work and the GF
I work in a surf shop
I travel a lot
I hate TV
I address people as dude or bro far too often
I spend most of my time looking at weather charts
I love the Goons of Doom
I recycle everything
I am far too laid back
I live in flip flops & boardies

;)
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Postby northswell » Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:53 pm

eastcoastsurfshop wrote:I drive a C reg VW transporter thats more rust than steel
I have eyebrows are bleached blond from the sun
I have a tan which stops from the neck down
I will sack of anything for a surf, inlcuding work and the GF
I work in a surf shop
I travel a lot
I hate TV
I address people as dude or bro far too often
I spend most of my time looking at weather charts
I love the Goons of Doom
I recycle everything
I am far too laid back
I live in flip flops & boardies

;)


Haha we could almost be twins, except i don't travel enough and my vans an L plate.
I love my gone surfing sign. 8)
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Postby no-flails » Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:59 am

Lurked here for a short time, decided to join..I am surfing again after about a 17 year hiatus. I just bought a used 7'6" NSP and went out to see if I could at least pop up. I looked and felt like a total retard...flailed everywhere. It will take a while for me to get back to the "feel" even with a longer board I feel totally frustrated and inept. I am not quiting.

I have an SUV (Jeep Grand Cherokee), I wear a suit most of the time..I am not a enviro freak, but do not want to contribute to the deliquency of the shoreline either.

I say dude everyday of my life.
I like some country music (Rascal Flatts, K. Chesney, K. Urban) I also listen to my generational rock (Van Halen, AC/DC, G&R, Aerosmith).
I play guitar(s) Taylors to be exact.
I hate t.v., I do not trust people who say they are doing something for the best of the nation, which usually means they are making decisions that belong to me.
I started surfing again when some skater punks that live down the street ask me to give them a ride to the beach to go surf, they threw their boards in to the back of of my Jeep window and I'm like "hey be careful, you'll scratch the rear..blah, blah, I'm an old fart to them. :lol:

I watched them for about an hour and said..bump this, I'm going surfing again. I went down bought me a new pair of Billabongs. A day later I bought a used board at my local surf shop..2 days later there were decent 3 footers aloof and I went to a secluded spot to make my embarrassing debut..I'm pissed but I will keep popping up until it sticks.

Don't know if the surf language has changed all that much...but I feel great about my new spiritual awakening. 8) I used to love to go on morning patrol or skip school to go after the breaks.

There is absolutely nothing compared to the silence of daily life contrasted to the rolling of the waves...nothing.
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Postby essex sucks » Mon Jun 04, 2007 8:56 am

Stone Fox wrote:
drowningbitbybit wrote:For four months and counting, Im in Richmond. There's been talk of a London beer for a while (Chris Fixxy, Jenny, couple of others) so yeah we should get onto that and make it happen :D

...before Im outta here :lol:


Sweet! I know Richmond really well, next weekend?


i am up for this too
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Postby tomcat360 » Mon Jun 04, 2007 1:40 pm

Sweet I live in Richmond!!





............Virginia.....
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Postby Rocky789 » Tue Jun 05, 2007 2:41 am

tomcat360 wrote:Sweet I live in Richmond!!





............Virginia.....

Lol me too, when im not in daytona beach
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Postby Milo » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:03 pm

No hair to talk of, live on an island, have custom board, solo surfer (billy no mates), drive an old citreon van, sleep in the back or a tent.
Work for myself, speak english not goggly kook, do not wear high street surf style clothes, do wear a hoddie from sas. Tv is 5h1t, read, draw and scurf thats about it.
I know, sad old man :roll:
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Postby tomcat360 » Tue Jun 05, 2007 7:38 pm

Haha, sweet, you bother surfing VaB?
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