I heart WOTD

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Blowin started the topic in Wednesday, 30 Jul 2014 at 8:07am

The wave of the day does it for me big time. Nice work Steen Barnes , Shaun Anderson and Swellnet.
In one photo you've encompassed everything nice about surfing. If I was a wanker I'd say that it was perfect except for the fact he is in a wetsuit. Which it is , it's perfect .....except for the fact he's in a wetsuit.

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lostdoggy Tuesday, 1 Nov 2022 at 12:01pm

Thor looks like he's been studying the style of groundswell at small gland.
Except natural foot of course.
Maybe preparing for a biopic?

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goofyfoot Tuesday, 1 Nov 2022 at 12:07pm
lostdoggy wrote:

Thor looks like he's been studying the style of groundswell at small gland.
Except natural foot of course.
Maybe preparing for a biopic?

Thor playing groundy, that would be amazing.
I was thinking more of a Jonny Depp in Fear and Loathing type of vibe

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stunet Tuesday, 1 Nov 2022 at 12:53pm
lostdoggy wrote:

Thor looks like he's been studying the style of groundswell at small gland.
Except natural foot of course.
Maybe preparing for a biopic?

Hell of a sequence to it. 34 shots in total.

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DudeSweetDudeSweet Tuesday, 1 Nov 2022 at 2:09pm

Only just realised who it was from these comments. Stoked that I thought he was just another surfer so I got to enjoy the shot/ vibe/ style au naturel

He’s not the messiah….he’s just a fella who looks pretty for the camera.

Knows how to get pitted but.

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blackers Monday, 7 Nov 2022 at 6:53am

Top work Craig.

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Island Bay Monday, 7 Nov 2022 at 7:02am

Yes, very nice.

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Supafreak Monday, 7 Nov 2022 at 7:32am

OUT THE BACK !

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Craig Monday, 7 Nov 2022 at 7:49am

Ha, cheers guys. Walking past this feature my proper camera had a malfunction and I couldn't capture the quality I wanted, but the phone camera still came out nice.

Here's an image I took with funky settings on the proper camera, focus is soft but it's quite dream like!

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Island Bay Monday, 7 Nov 2022 at 8:06am

If you're keen on snow and light and texture, this man is the king:

https://www.instagram.com/oskar_enander/

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blackers Monday, 7 Nov 2022 at 8:13am
Island Bay wrote:

If you're keen on snow and light and texture, this man is the king:

https://www.instagram.com/oskar_enander/

He's good, thanks.

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Craig Monday, 7 Nov 2022 at 8:15am

2x, cheers IB!

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mcbain Monday, 7 Nov 2022 at 10:32am

How good was Friday out there. Fried myself figuratively and literally.

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Craig Monday, 7 Nov 2022 at 11:21am
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How good was Friday out there. Fried myself figuratively and literally.

Insane eh! Where you end up skiing?

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Sprout Monday, 7 Nov 2022 at 3:24pm

Cracking shot Craigos.

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seaslug Monday, 7 Nov 2022 at 7:06pm

2nd that, beautiful shot Craig

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Craig Tuesday, 8 Nov 2022 at 5:48am

Cheers fellas!

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blackers Tuesday, 8 Nov 2022 at 8:10am

Dig the pop-out sky in your "faulty" shot above Craig, a little play with colour correction on the snow and you have a blinder there.

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Craig Tuesday, 8 Nov 2022 at 8:31am

Thanks Blackers, yeah I went a little warmer to make it more 'dream' like.

Might pull it back a bit to the more natural cooler tone.

The black and white looks like snow dunes!

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Westofthelake Tuesday, 8 Nov 2022 at 12:38pm

Timeless

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thermalben Thursday, 10 Nov 2022 at 8:36am

Wowzers. Great shot Josh. And caption Stu!

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andy-mac Thursday, 10 Nov 2022 at 8:40am

Great shot!!

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zenagain Thursday, 10 Nov 2022 at 11:04am

x2 on the shot and the caption.

+Great shot above Craig also.

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I focus Thursday, 10 Nov 2022 at 11:11am
zenagain wrote:

x2 on the shot and the caption.

+Great shot above Craig also.

+3

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GuySmiley Thursday, 10 Nov 2022 at 1:17pm

Great shot today

Caption could have honoured the moon’s role to (and our reverence for) tides, just saying…..

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lostdoggy Friday, 11 Nov 2022 at 6:56am

What a fucking behemoth!

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Island Bay Friday, 11 Nov 2022 at 7:10am

Almost as big as NVR's ego!

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Robwilliams Saturday, 12 Nov 2022 at 10:55am

Thats a booming barry

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etarip Monday, 14 Nov 2022 at 6:37pm

Today’s WOTD got me. Amazing wave. Exactly what I want right now.

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rooftop Monday, 14 Nov 2022 at 10:39pm

Yes, but why is he duckdiving?

Must be plenty more where that came from...

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Seymour Scagnetti Wednesday, 16 Nov 2022 at 6:59pm

What a beast!……..Go Fraser Go!

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goofyfoot Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 7:35am

Todays is so good!

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stunet Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 7:37am

On a Webby DS too.

(For those in the D Storm cult)

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goofyfoot Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 7:51am

Spray coming off his bottom turn, reckon he’s going pretty quick.

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Craig Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 7:57am

Insane shot and big wave surfing eh!

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DY Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 10:04am
stunet wrote:

On a Webby DS too.

(For those in the D Storm cult)

Or it might be for those of us in the lesser known spartan gun cult? https://www.facebook.com/WebsterSurf/posts/76-x-19-12-x-2-78-430l-sparta...

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stunet Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 10:21am
DY wrote:
stunet wrote:

On a Webby DS too.

(For those in the D Storm cult)

Or it might be for those of us in the lesser known spartan gun cult? https://www.facebook.com/WebsterSurf/posts/76-x-19-12-x-2-78-430l-sparta...

I got sent a bunch of shots from the same session and that's gotta be the board.

So there you go, there are two cults.

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Pops Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 10:35am

15 y.o. me would've had todays shot hung up on my wall.

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Stu2d2 Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 12:13pm

He is on the Spartan @Stu though it may not be that 7’6. His rails are significantly thinner than my boxier DS.

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Island Bay Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 12:32pm

Unreal photo and surfing.

Funny, but I had a dream last night about surfing my 7'6 Spartan.

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stunet Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 12:41pm

"I had a dream last night about surfing my 7'6 Spartan."

See what I mean about cult?

These people need our help.

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Island Bay Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 12:43pm

I'll take whisky and pork crackling and encouraging words, Stu.

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Island Bay Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 1:27pm

Some more Spartan goodies

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overthefalls Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 1:35pm

Hey, IB. How would you compare the Spartan with the Desert Storm?

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udo Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 1:37pm
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DY Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 2:19pm
overthefalls wrote:

Hey, IB. How would you compare the Spartan with the Desert Storm?

You should give Webby a buzz if you're interested, he's super helpful and ended up recommending a 8'0 spartan over a DS for me. I recall the key reason in my instance (bear in mind I'm 65kg), was that it would be way more manoeuvrable and more versatile in terms of conditions. I think it's what Webby uses in Hawaii. Just from holding a DS, I'd say its a completely different animal.

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udo Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 2:23pm

The Spartan is a gun design with high-performance manoeuvres in mind. A lot of surfers want to throw their board around in bigger waves and The Spartan really lets you do that. It loves to arc in double to triple overhead conditions. This gun features a modern outline, balanced thickness throughout and a smooth, blended rocker that has increased lift in the nose and tail. Bottom contour is a V double-concave, creating a fast and forgiving manoeuvrable board that claims all the hold and drive of a high-performance gun. The Spartan is a real treat to ride.

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overthefalls Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 2:54pm

Cheers, DY and Udo. I'm going to put a 7' Spartan on my wishlist for the next trip to Indo.

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I focus Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 3:06pm

A Spartan, yeah but.... being a member of the DS cult it still surprises me how much my DS lights up with a bit of size and power.

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Island Bay Friday, 25 Nov 2022 at 3:17pm

DS is a broadsword. Spartan a rapier.

DS for big paddles. Spartan for when you have to be able to duckdive.

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udo Saturday, 26 Nov 2022 at 3:24pm