62mac said...

Supanimal has changed since selling his longboards and confessed his love for stand up,is this the same guywho made a statement a few months ago about how great sup is or do I have this wrong

Yep ,Same guy with a huge chip on his shoulders cause he didn't get his ego stroked with his videos.......Adolf had him sussed.

Here's my take on the whole thing , firstly the article was about over crowding in the surf but the way they portray it is the Sup is the base to all Evil in the surf.Which is just Bullsh!t. D'Bah , Snapper & Starddie (TOS) are 100% no Sup zones , Burleigh & Kirra are basically no go zones for Sups but you will get a few who know what they are doing surfing these spots ,yes sometimes you get an occasional newby kooking it but they don't last too long.

So what's left ? beach breaks and the two Zoo's Currumbin & the pumping jetty which is just a melee of fins and foam , it's the blow in central and a kook factory.

To single out Sups at Currumbin in just not on , I've had near misses or hit by surf boats , outriggers , clubby skies , prone paddle boarders , goat boats , jet skies , kooks on mals , SHORT BOARDERS ,surf schools , fishing boats and even the resident VMR rescue boats.

The VMR made a comment in the article that Sups are 3 to 1 of any craft , what a load of Bullsh!t we are just easier to count. The article also refers to 3.6 metre Sups , how many people actually sup surf on a 12ft Sup?

If you read the whole article It's not totally directed at Sup but if you glance over it you certainly gives that impression and that's what I'm so p!ssed off about , especially the MI logo with a Sup rider on it. Andy Mac , Mal chambers , Joel Parkinson & local councillors have all lent their name to this article and I'm sure this wasn't what their interview was about. Yes a guy got hurt buy a Sup but what about the other 1000's of injuries from other surf craft.

How's this:- "Underground Surf Owner Andre Maraus estimates 30% of of the repair work at his shop involves dings between boards & Sups" WTF kind of journalism is that Paul Weston (Bully reporter) he might as well have said that 30% of Sup riders are Gay and you still would have printed it. Underground Surf owner , what's does that mean he does 10 repairs a month and 3 were from Sups ? so you base that information on the 1000's of board repaired each week from the 100's of ding shops ?

This article is so out of context and it sh!ts me to tears and poor journalism , nice work Paul.

The VMR made a comment in the article that Sups are 3 to 1 of any craft , what a load of Bullsh!t we are just easier to count. The article also refers to 3.6 metre Sups , how many people actually sup surf on a 12ft Sup?

teatrea said...

Hope they diidnt take a pic of currumbin today , would have been 50 race sups out . But they werent in the surf zone , just doing in and outs. Just a media beat up , i surf the Alley a fair bit and 99% of sups stay out wide. I really dont see much aggro thier at all , and when I do its beween the prone guys mostly.

^^^^^^^^^^^^Sorry Piros doesn't sound like Bullsh!t to me ^^^^^^^^^^^^

Also At the Alley what part is the surf Zone?

Imagine a world where people could just go 'You know what, people don't like SUP much eh, next surf I have I am going to try to change someones opinion'.....

I like most are not perfect but geez shooting each other down and taking the whole 'Oh who cares what people think, I'll surf where I want and do what I like' attitude is what breeds this stuff. You should surf where you want but leave the attitude on the beach and take your humility. You'll get more waves anyway.

I'm not talking Alohas and Mahalo's just common respect for other surfers and not endangering others if your ability is not there YET. It's easy to do. I GUARANTEE it won't cost you a thing to use some manners.

That must be a better response to this article than hating on people. Far out I wish I never posted it.

supanimal said...

MacRab said...

62mac said...

Supanimal has changed since selling his longboards and confessed his love for stand up,is this the same guywho made a statement a few months ago about how great sup is or do I have this wrong

Yep ,Same guy with a huge chip on his shoulders cause he didn't get his ego stroked with his videos.......Adolf had him sussed.

Interesting that my posts were topical and not specific to anyone (other than cripples holding a broomstick in the surf) but you decide to personally attack me. Feel better ?

Made me laugh so thanks.

Ever noticed on these forums that SUP is stand alone and not in the 'SURF' section. There's a reason for that. You ain't no surfers !....you got the message yet ?

Does this shot look familiar? I remember hearing something about people in glass houses

Kook on a gold coast point ?

Nup, surfer seeing what all the SUK fuss is all about on an empty beach break.

No skill required either if I could do it. Lol.

As I said, cripples with a broom stick.

Close the door to the glass house behind you. You said it, no dickheads allowed.

Catching plenty of fish today, must be the floodwaters.

supanimal said...

Kook on a gold coast point ?

Nup, surfer seeing what all the SUK fuss is all about on an empty beach break.

No skill required either if I could do it. Lol.

As I said, cripples with a broom stick.

Close the door to the glass house behind you. You said it, no dickheads allowed.

Catching plenty of fish today, must be the floodwaters.

Maybe your just a bell end and people are under the impression you don't know this so they keep telling you

supanimal said...

You can babble all you like. Your a bunch of ****en fairies who can't surf so try the next best thing. Wankers. Keep it coming boys. Loving the roast over a beer and NRL.

I found the perfect place for your next holiday.

Seems right up your alley. SUK Kook Land.

sukanimal. Has a nice ring to it

Leroy13 said...

Laird Hamilton and Dave Kalama sup surf 20 ft plus on 12 ft boards.
The GC is just ABSURD!!! If you don't like it move. Violence and aggression begets violence and aggression. How long before Suppers start putting sharp metal paddle guards and a pop up knife in the handle up there? Why don't all you surf warriors move to Afghanistan they tell me no one drops in over there.

It's supposed to be Surfer's Paradise, not just long boarder, short boarder or Suppers Paradise

You guys have got it so lucky wave and water wise up there, and continually some of you stuff it all up by choosing not to join Motorcycle Gangs or become mercenarys in a third world country and choose some form of watercraft instead. If you are inherently violent or feel hard done by go and seek medical intervention. There were only about 60 families up there that were local (old fishing families, Guday Colin). The rest of your families moved up between the 60's till now so get off your "I'm a local high horse"!

Do yourself a favour and watch "The Brah Boys" They may be tough but they know about honour and how to take care of mates. Surfing is a brotherhood so do unto others as you would have done to you. Oh, sorry there I go talking to brickwalls again.

Go surfing earlier in the morning, surf somewhere else, have a quiet word to the perpetrator or move. Lets face it, The Gold Coast is not exactly a secret spot and whinging about it only creates more angst. People do Marathon's that shouldn't, buy motor bikes and cars that they can't handle. I'm afraid it's human nature to try and fight above your weight, good luck, you're gonna need it. Remember many of us over 50 Suppers surfed shortboards for a long, long time and still try to if possible.

come and live here for 6 months and see if you "think" its the same. Waves are incosistant and have been for a few years. It is busy in the water any day of the week, any time of day. When conditions are bad there are only a few spots that hold an average wave. Bra Boys....are you serious? are they your roll model for ethics? and how do you think they would treat anyone paddling out into "their" line up, especially on a SUP....you might what to re think your comments

regarding that POS newspaper artical, well like most things commercial it is just emotional advertising, no real journalism to be found. BUT it will still have a bad effect on SUP. Piros pretty much nailed it on the head, but as they say "dont let the truth get in the way of a good story"

I do wonder about its timing with regards to elections etc happening?

and dont feed the troll

Ken Bradshaw maybe many things but 'Kook' isn't one of them. He's just another middle aged man going through Male Menopause. Lot's of em about! Some of them are probably doing some fishing today. Lot's of bite's I heard.

Leroy13 said...

Ken Bradshaw maybe many things but 'Kook' isn't one of them. He's just another middle aged man going through Male Menopause. Lot's of em about! Some of them are probably doing some fishing today. Lot's of bite's I heard.

Agree. Bradshaw had a gutful of SUKs too.

I haven't had so much fun fishing in a while. Loving the floods.

Might go 'surf' now. SUKs wouldn't get that, they go 'paddling'. 😘

Assume it is a mix of tongue in cheek and sarcasm... And probably like all NSW south of Port Macquarie boredom, what's with this weather...

That wegner is nice. Did you get one made up off the dimensions.

come and live here for 6 months and see if you "think" its the same. Waves are incosistant and have been for a few years. It is busy in the water any day of the week, any time of day. When conditions are bad there are only a few spots that hold an average wave. Bra Boys....are you serious? are they your roll model for ethics? and how do you think they would treat anyone paddling out into "their" line up, especially on a SUP....you might what to re think your comments

regarding that POS newspaper artical, well like most things commercial it is just emotional advertising, no real journalism to be found. BUT it will still have a bad effect on SUP. Piros pretty much nailed it on the head, but as they say "dont let the truth get in the way of a good story"

I do wonder about its timing with regards to elections etc happening?

and dont feed the troll
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Thanks for the kind invitation, but nice place to visit etc. Did in fact live there for 6 months in the eighties, not much has changed. Yes definitely a bit of trolling going on. You seemed to miss the tolerance aspect of "The Brah Boys"! They are not role models, but reasons why this whole issue is a moot point. Who would tell Koby or Jai Abberton they're not allowed to sup there if they wanted to. In fact why would anybody SUP there? "Ours" is not a SUP type of wave? You are also correct in that if 30% of damage is done by SUPS as stated in the article, then it stands to reason 70% is probably done by other shortboarders or Mal riders. The Media nowadays has a lot to answer for. Forgive me if I have offended anyone. I'm just tired of all the whinging by people who should know better.

Leroy13 said...

come and live here for 6 months and see if you "think" its the same. Waves are incosistant and have been for a few years. It is busy in the water any day of the week, any time of day. When conditions are bad there are only a few spots that hold an average wave. Bra Boys....are you serious? are they your roll model for ethics? and how do you think they would treat anyone paddling out into "their" line up, especially on a SUP....you might what to re think your comments

regarding that POS newspaper artical, well like most things commercial it is just emotional advertising, no real journalism to be found. BUT it will still have a bad effect on SUP. Piros pretty much nailed it on the head, but as they say "dont let the truth get in the way of a good story"

I do wonder about its timing with regards to elections etc happening?

and dont feed the troll
[/quote

Thanks for the kind invitation, but nice place to visit etc. Did in fact live there for 6 months in the eighties, not much has changed. Yes definitely a bit of trolling going on. You seemed to miss the tolerance aspect of "The Brah Boys"! They are not role models, but reasons why this whole issue is a moot point. Who would tell Koby or Jai Abberton they're not allowed to sup there if they wanted to. In fact why would anybody SUP there? "Ours" is not a SUP type of wave? You are also correct in that if 30% of damage is done by SUPS as stated in the article, then it stands to reason 70% is probably done by other shortboarders or Mal riders. The Media nowadays has a lot to answer for. Forgive me if I have offended anyone. I'm just tired of all the whinging by people who should know better.

Just to clarify, 'Ours' is not located at Maroubra - it's 8k away on the southern headland of botany Bay.
Sadly, Jai doesn't surf anymore which is a farkin shame.
A few of the 'boys' have been on the occasional flatwater paddle around to Malabar or Coogee. Sup is catching on down here and I reckon there would be at least 10 regulars out there.

Man, more SUP angst! Makes me happy I am sailing around finding some obscure waves without the attitude.