Old time slalom

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sboardcrazy
sboardcrazy
NSW
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NSW, 8333 posts
30 Aug 2023 2:38pm
The quality isn't great but there's some good action.
duzzi
duzzi
1126 posts
1126 posts
30 Aug 2023 11:03pm
sboardcrazy said..
The quality isn't great but there's some good action.


I think there is the answer to the "jibe problem" of current fins vs foil. There are some ultra fast jibes here and it might be because of the much longer boards we used to ride!
bel29
bel29
413 posts
413 posts
31 Aug 2023 12:20am
some "old school" short board course racing in there too...
Chris 249
Chris 249
NSW
3570 posts
NSW, 3570 posts
31 Aug 2023 5:54pm
"Old style" surf slalom was just amazingly fun. It was so much more about boardhandling and handling and using the waves than flat water slalom, which has never done anything for me because it seems a bit one-dimensional (although I respect those who love it).

The "old style" slalom we had in Oz was normally part of the short lived pro circuit and modern amateur organisation doesn't have the cash or volunteers to take over a whole city surf beach in the same way, but I think there's a few spots in the country where you could run an event a bit like pro surf slalom without pro organisation.
remery
remery
WA
3709 posts
WA, 3709 posts
31 Aug 2023 4:58pm
I remember the Surf Slalom off Brighton Beach in WA. It was mint.
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