Submitted: Wed 28th Jul 2010 at 06:46
From: al
that stuff looks fowl.
Submitted: Tue 27th Jul 2010 at 14:34
From: steve
'bingo!'
Snort
Submitted: Tue 27th Jul 2010 at 12:32
From: hugh
"And my brother in law is a taxi-driver - he can find us a few carcasses."
Submitted: Mon 26th Jul 2010 at 08:26
From: Paul
... and 100% PR driven. You can imagine the conversation, over a couple of lines of charlie in Soho...
"so, in conclusion, we'll do the big launch with buses and the Brewdog Helicopter and the dancing girls, and then...."
"I'll have to stop you there, I'm afraid, old chap, the management have cut the budget, the helicopters are out, buses on hold. We're going to have to employ some blue sky thinking here..."
"How much have we got to play with?"
"Fifty quid. "
"Shit...
(long pause)...
We'll have to go viral with this one... I've got it, I'll give my brother in law a ring, he's a taxidermist...."
Submitted: Mon 26th Jul 2010 at 07:37
From: Steve
42% beer as well!
Puts Baltic Premium to shame
Submitted: Mon 26th Jul 2010 at 07:27
From: Paul
Yeah, good point Iain, mustn't grumble, that stoat had it REALLY Bad.
Submitted: Fri 23rd Jul 2010 at 11:10
From: Iain
Something to numb the pain Paul?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-10725024
Submitted: Wed 21st Jul 2010 at 18:23
From: kirsty
oooowch!
Submitted: Mon 19th Jul 2010 at 09:32
From: Jamie
Gads paul, That sounds like a nightmare. At least you did it in shallow enough water to crawl out of the water. hope the tide was in!
thats dedication (to what I'm not sure) to get your wesuit off over a broken ankle. That must have really smarted.
hope its not as sore, and the plaster isn;t too itchy.
Submitted: Fri 16th Jul 2010 at 13:47
From: Paul
Carbon crutches have a reputation for being lighter than comparative aluminium models, but the 2010 offerings show little difference on the scales, with Pro-Carbon offering pre-preg graphite/epoxy models for a not-too-sprightly 983g per pair. Available in a range of sizes and in new 'white' livery, I jumped at the chance to take the new offerings for a spin at this week's 'Crutch-Ex', on at Earl's Court.
On the open road there is initially little to separate composite crutches from their more mundane NHS brethen, though the carbon really comes into it's own on extended uphill sections, where the black stuff magically softens repeated shocks to the tired hands. Ramps, curbs and even small rock gardens suddenly become fair game, with chewing gum a cinch to avoid. Best of all, neat tailored gel hand pads eliminate that all too familiar sour piss foam of standard handgrips, leaving my bacon roll tasting as the good Lord intended.
Next week, orthopaedic shoes given the once over.
Submitted: Fri 16th Jul 2010 at 11:56
From: Rob
Paul I'm doing a orthopaedic rotation at the moment and happy to do any private work... I can heat up a pen knife and get a bottle of cheap whisky.
At least now you can focus on surfing where you barely need feet anyway!
Submitted: Fri 16th Jul 2010 at 08:56
From: steve
ouch.
two questions:
Did Craig use the plastic bag technique in reverse?
and
Are carbon crutches worth the money over aluminium ones?
Submitted: Thu 15th Jul 2010 at 13:43
From: James
Paul. Ow, Thats not good. I'm flinching thinking about it. Hope it heals up quickly without any complications. Your lucky that someone was around to help. Getting home must have been a fucker, hope AnE were quick.
Hugh, I'm currently on MK after lots of boom snapage and it seem fine, they say they go upto 200 extension but theres a bit to much give at that point to make using my 6.5 feel quite right. Amex carbon booms seem to pop up on ebay every now and then and be fairly reasonably priced.
Submitted: Thu 15th Jul 2010 at 11:37
From: hugh
Crikey Paul - I feel your pain - sounds v similar to mine, though I don't suppose you were pissed or as stupid as me.
That's a lesson to us all - it is possible to get your wetsuit off without cuttting it with a broken ankle. Hope you're all right and the family is doting on you.
Plate isn't too bad - other than a bit more painful if you knock your ankle right on the plate and slightly reduced overall flexibility (that I'm sure is result of cast for 6 weeks, not plate - just make sure you get pyhsio) it's pretty much AOK. Certainly better shape than my boom!
Perhaps Jamie can lend you some slippers while your feet are up? Or a slipper.
Cheers for boom chat. I'll see how the bathroom leak fixing costs go before I buy a carbon one.
Take it easy.
Submitted: Thu 15th Jul 2010 at 10:01
From: Paul
I'm currently on Naish booms, but I've bent two already (alu front ends both). I've also bent two North booms. I think if I was honest I should be buying carbon but I can't bring myself to part with the hard cash.
Broke my ankle on Sunday, got my front foot bounced off the board on the inside gybe at Londniddry and landed in about a foot of water. Toes landed on the sand bottom and the rest kept on going, bent my foot round to the outside and broke the fibula. I literally crawled out of the water on my knees and could feel the end of the bones grating. No Work Team Craig (remember him?) had some crutches in his van and managed to get my out of my wetsuit without cutting it, huge credit due to his nimbleness.
Six weeks of no weight on it... yikes! Find out tomorrow if it needs an operation to put a pin in.
I can recommend waist deep water to gybe in!
Submitted: Thu 15th Jul 2010 at 09:51
From: hugh
Hove was a bit lumpy and bang on-shore at 5.30 this morning, so after several failed attempts to get off the beach I hot-footed to Tidemills, which brought on the goods.
4.2 for a bit, then 4.7. Still a bit on-shore for big jumps as I was concentrating mostly on not getting mullered, I was happy with a few hangy jumps.
Think entry speed, steep ramp and body position in the jump are critical. it's not totally sheeted in, just rocking back to get your weight under the sail. I forgot to count, but certainly wouldn't have got to 5. Mostly I wimped out and tried to stay on the surface. It was logo-high or more towards seaford, waist-high at the newhaven end, sailing between the two. Managed to bend my boom on the beach, though. Anyone recommend a new boom manufacturer? MK are cheap and local...
(I'm sure it will last the session tonight - more jumping feedback to follow.)
Hope a piture of Hove looking inviting, but apparently too on-shore below.
Submitted: Tue 13th Jul 2010 at 21:15
From: James
Starting to fill in here. Dawnie tomorrow. Followed by a few hours recovering at work then back out for the evening/late afternoon session.
Swell/wind on the whole south coast looks good for thursday to. Got an inconvenient meeting preventing getting to kbay in the morning but Branksome should be a good substitute.
Submitted: Tue 13th Jul 2010 at 15:18
From: al
there's been tons of wind up here, and its easterly f6 today and tomorrow. PJ has re-lit his windsurfing fire so i've even got a sailing buddy now to tell me how small my jumps really are.
Submitted: Tue 13th Jul 2010 at 14:41
From: Hugh
James - Shhh... Don't shatter my illusions that every time I go out windsurfing all of Brighton sits on the waterfront watching going oooh and Aaaahh... and has just looked away whenever I fluff a gybe.
Even at dawn on thursday...
25-33 knts, cross-on with 3.1m waves... (Haha - nice one windguru but they will probably be headhigh or more.) mid-low tide, dropping so wind against tide for steep ramps even out back.
It'll be sweeet, even a little chop-hop off the back of a wave will seem like an enormous jump if they really are 3.1m!
Can you tell I'm excited?
Submitted: Tue 13th Jul 2010 at 08:13
From: James
Given the forecast for wednesday and thursday (long may it continue) everyone can experiment and report back. One of those shadowbox GPSs that give you your hight and sail position would be useful for some testing/comparision of technique.
I've been trying tail grabs recently and I think that makes a big difference to getting that floatyness as it forces you to get the board under your arse properly.
You always feel that your miles above the water, but from the beach its probably not that impressive.
Submitted: Mon 12th Jul 2010 at 12:51
From: Hugh
When you look at people doing big jumps they go really fast, then go vertically up using board as a wing and sail horizontal.
I think the jump is in 3 phases
1. Take-off- superfast, slightly downwind, hit as vertical as possible and turn into wind a bit.
2. Transition from balistic trajectory to flight - don't just use your momentum until gravity takes over, get your board working as a wing by hooking your feet up and getting the wind underneath it. Get your sail flat so the lift force is vertically up.
3. The wind will start to pull you down-wind reducing your windspeed over the sail, and the upward force drops away. (Which is why you need to turn to windward as you take off to maximise time until you start travelling downwind)
You'll then drop increasingly quickly down and downwind.
(I have thought about this a bit - but when it comes to doing it I usually head upwind too early and stall or get it about right and let go around or before the highest point and race my recently-released jobbie to the water.)
Submitted: Mon 12th Jul 2010 at 09:15
From: Steve
Del's still got that board.
We had it out around christmas and I can report that it still goes stupidly fast.
When I think of big jumps, I still think of Robby Naish on his slamom kit 'finding it hard to resist the temptation to get some air'. Perhaps you need to drink more chocolate milk and gaffer tape your feet to jump big?
Submitted: Sat 10th Jul 2010 at 20:08
From: jamie
speed has a lot to do with it. the biggest jumps I have ever done were on the ahd that went so fast it scared me.
Submitted: Thu 8th Jul 2010 at 07:15
From: Paul
Yeah, I hear you about the wanting it bit. There's definitely a point where I think 'yikes, this is quite high' and I probably (without thinking about it) do less to go higher.
Think high, think high....
Submitted: Wed 7th Jul 2010 at 18:18
From: James
Not that I go very high, but I think it comes down to wanting it and speed. If your caining it and you've got a good ramp you go high. Most of us get beyond our jumping comfort hight,get the fear and sheet out. I reckon the big jumpers don't back off.
Submitted: Wed 7th Jul 2010 at 07:50
From: anonymous
No Idea
Submitted: Wed 7th Jul 2010 at 07:50
From: Paul
That's the bunny!
Submitted: Wed 7th Jul 2010 at 07:49
From: anonymous
Do you mean this kind of thing?
http://www.boardseekermag.com/special_features/windsurfing-moves/airtime-league-079.html
Submitted: Wed 7th Jul 2010 at 07:37
From: Paul
What's the technique? It was windy here on Sunday, overpowered on a five, and decent ramps, so a good jumping day. But I didn't feel like I was going REALLY high, but it must have been possible to get some whoppers in that kind of wind.
Thoughts?
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