The Next Wave

What's in the old quiver ...

Couple of folks asked me what boards I surf on ... Well ... I have a bunch (eight in my garage right now) ... but as with anything else, it feels like I could always have more :-) I think my three favorite boards are:

1. A 9-0 Yater longboard (unfortunately, it belongs to my wife and I rarely get to ride it )
2. A 9-6 Gerry Lopez "Noserider" ... amazingly good board on bigger (steeper) waves ... probably has something to do with a certain Banzai Pipeline influence
3. An 8-2 Rusty "I'm-not-sure-what-it-is" board. It's not really a funboard as it's shaped like a thruster (but bigger). Perhaps more in the category of a "Big Guy Tri" (which makes sense given my size). Nice thing is that it floats me fairly well yet given my size (I'm 6'-7" and weigh around 235) I can whip that thing around as easily as the young guns can on their little Merricks)

So what am I missing ? I would really like to add a Twinzer to the rack (I looked at some L&M Twinzers right before Clark Foam went under ... by the time I came back from a business trip, Clark was out and the boards were a heck of lot more expensive). Supposedly, Kane Garden will be making the same boards (but not with foam) ... I'm doubtful but will have to demo one to see how it handles. The other is a good 10+ footer ... a friend of mine who shapes boards comes up every summer from Baja (where he lives) ... before he left he said he would love to make a board for me (and I'm going to hold him to it). Looking forward to taking the Rusty to Australia at the end of the month ... might rent a long board as well (I'd take my longboard as well, but given the smaller aircraft I'll be taking on this trip, anything bigger than 8' can be a problem ... it's also a bit more trouble hauling that board around between airport and hotel ... ) Post-Australia, I'm going to Brazil, but it will be Sao Paulo and unfortunately I won't get anywhere near the ocean ... however ... I'm making arrangements to go to Represa Guarapiranga while I'm there (it's a big lake right near the city) and will bring my wakeboard (did I not mention that I do that too ?) Until next time sports fans ... Posted by brewin Mar 06 2006, 03:21:33 PM PST Permalink

The land of OZ

As mentioned the last time here, I'm heading to Australia and New Zealand at the end of the month for the Developer Days conference being put on down under.

The Sun Developer Days take place over 3 consecutive days. The first day is a half day on Solaris and the rest of the event occurs on the following days in the same location. Obviously, check the site regularly for any updates (after you register of course :-)

Wellington

Monday 27th March    BONUS Solaris Half Day in the morning. Tuesday 28th - Wednesday 29th March    Sun Developer Days Conference.

Location: Copthorne Hotel, Wellington Corner Glimmer Terrace and Boulcott Street Wellington

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Sydney

Wednesday 29th March    BONUS Solaris Half Day in the morning. Thursday 30th - Friday 31st March    Sun Developer Days Conference.

Location: Willoughby Civic Centre 409 Victoria Ave, Chatswood

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Melbourne

Tuesday 4th April    BONUS Solaris Half Day in the morning. Wednesday 5th - Thursday 6th April    Sun Developer Days Conference.

Location: Rydges Melbourne 186 Exhibition Street Melbourne

So I'll look for you down under ... and yes, of course I'm bringing a surfboard with me ...

Posted by brewin Mar 06 2006, 10:59:59 AM PST Permalink