surfin' & scoutin' in Portugal

Portuguese/Belgian Event

Wally — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:00:34 +0000

Ladies and Gents,

26 of August will there be a nice and warm ending of the project. Please contact all friends and family to come and enjoy this afternoon.

More deatils to come!

Wally & Tânia

portugal :p

dennisdumarey — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:20:34 +0000

ja manne morge vertrekke tword beere

Practical issues

Wally — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:07:16 +0000

Yo peeps,

Important Belgian practical stuff in your mailbox and on the practical page

cheers

other boardsports

kobe5 — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:26:52 +0000

Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope on a snowboard that is attached to one’s feet using a boot/binding interface. It is similar to skiing, but inspired by surfing and skateboarding. The sport was developed in the United States in the 1960s and the 1970s and became a Winter Olympic Sport in 1998. It was created because originally surfers who had tided up a wooden surf plank to their feet had ascended in powder snow. Later they had roundings and they attached iron on the sides so they could snowboard on prepared descents. You have different styles of snowboarding:Freeride snowboarding: it is the most common form of snowboarding, you can snowboard with on and off-pistes, but it’s much more dangerous to snowboard off-piste, because of the more change off avalanches.Freestyle snowboarding: it is snowboarding, but with tricks: some tricks:180 spin: with this trick you jump into the air and make a half spin.360 spin: with this trick you jump into the air and make a whole spin. Ollie: you make a type dolphin movement with your board. Firstly the front separately and then the back. Frontflip: a salto in the air. Backflip: a salto backward in the air. Rodeo: a salto backwards in the air and with a complete turn in your ash. Alpineboarding: This board is narrower than the freestyleboard Skateboarding:The first skateboard originated sometime in the 1950s and coincided with the initial popularization of surfing in California. The earliest skateboards were homemade and constructed of flat wooden planks attached to roller-skate trucks and wheels. Skateboarding was originally called “sidewalk surfing” and early skaters emulated surfing style and moves. Skateboards may or may not have evolved from “crate scooters.” Crate scooters preceded skateboards, and were essentially similar except for having a wooden crate attached to the front, which formed rudimentary handlebars.In the mid 1960s, skateboarding went mainstream. A number of surfing manufacturers such as Hobie and Makaha started building skateboards that resembled small surfboards and assembling teams to promote their products. The popularity of skateboarding at this time spawned a national magazine, Skateboarder Magazine and the 1965 international championships were broadcast on national television.Some streetstyle tricks: Ollie : Jumping by means of headstocks with your hindmost foot and slide with your first foot; this is mobile and stationary possible. Sliden : With a part of your beam concerning a edge gone “sliden”. Sliden with the nose of the beam are called “noseslide“, with the middle of the beam are called “” boardslide and with the tail, logically: “tailslide“. ;grinden: With your trucks concerning a edge or a rail gravels Grabs: Grabbing with your hands your skateboard and by this way in the air flying Fliptricks: During the ollie letting your board twist around its ash. Manuals/Wheelies: Driving on the two back wheels / driving on the two front wheels.

surf game

hecatontarchus — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:51:40 +0000

http://www.miniclip.com/games/surfs-up/en/

Women In The Waves

hecatontarchus — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:47:41 +0000

Surf Terms

hecatontarchus — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:30:39 +0000

180 / 360
The spin of a surfers board during a manouever in degrees. eg 360 degree turn.
A-Frame
Perfect barreling surf. A cross-section of the wave reveales an ‘a’ shape where it is breaking soooo nicely.
ASP
ASP stands for Association of Professional Surfing. These guys look after the professional side of surfing. Visit their site at www.aspworldtour.com
Barrel
A barrel is where the wave is hollow when it is breaking. For some surfers it’s the be all and end all of surfing. Sometimes called a Tube.
Beach Break
A wave that breaks over the sandy sea bed. You’ve not read up about Waves have you.
Bells Beach
Bells Beach is one of the great right point breaks. Find it on the south Victorian coastline of Australia. Check out the Bells Beach Pro held in March every year. Setting for that tearful end bit in point break when Patrick (twinkletoes) Swayze AKA Bodie ate it at the end of Point Break. (And no doubt that after reading the Waves page and finding out what a point break actually is you are feeling particularly chuffed with yourself!)
(It should also be pointed out that it was not actually Bells Beach where the scene was filmed but India Beach in Oregon – thanks to Danny from Oregon for this info)
Billabong
What Australians call a watering hole, but to everyone else it is one of the largest surfing equipment and clothing manufacturers out there.
Blown Out
Where the onshore wind turns the surf in to unrideable mush.
Board
The fibreglass thingy under your feet.
Boardshorts / Boardies
Board shorts – check the men’s boardshorts here and the women’s boardshorts here. Quick drying, lightweight and worn by those lucky enough to be surfing in warm water.
Bottom Turn
The turn made at the base of the wave when coming down off the face. Often the first move made after dropping in. Get it right for great positioning for your next manovever.
Carve / Carving
The classic surfing manoeuvre. Basically what turning on a wave is called. Carve is also a surfing magazine found in Europe.
Chowder
Used to describe the pollution conditions when there’s a turd in the lineup -
“I caught some sick waves out there but it was hard trying not to swallow the chowder”
Close Out
Where a wave breaks along its length all at once.
Corduroy
Swell lines that look like corduroy. See this corduroy swell picture that illustrates it perfectly.
Cross Step / Stepping
The art of walking up and down a longboard – walking foot over foot. When you see some guy / gal running up and down their board you’ll now know what to call it. Cutback
Reversing the direction that you are surfing in one smooth fluid move. (That’s the idea anyway).
my wave!…my wave!!….MY WAVE!!!! Deck
The bit of the surboard you stand on. (hopefully you have your board the right way round in the water)
Ding
Surfboard damage. “Oh dear me, I’ve dinged my board” (perhaps a little more profanity will be used)
Drop In
Dropping in is a crime in the surf world. A drop-in is where a surfer catches a wave where he / she does not have priority. I.E. there is already a surfer on the wave. Please see diagram above. Remember – it’s a CRIME!
Duck dive / duck diving
Diving under an oncoming wave when paddling out. See duck diving in full detail in Surfing Lesson Three – duck diving.
Dumping
Often caused by onshore conditions, where a wave will fold over in big sections, making it un-surfable
Endless Summer
Endless Summer is the absolute classic surfing movie. Forget all this new school tricky stuff. Watch this movie and if you are not a surfer before viewing you will certainly want to be after. I cannot emphasise how good this is – WATCH IT (even the other half will enjoy it!!!). Check out this video and others at the Surf Video page.
Fakie
Riding backwards on the surfboard, tail first. Also what you are if you are only reading this page so you can pretend that you are a surfer.
FCS
FCS stands for Fin Control System. This is a type of fin that is fully removable from the surfboard. Ideal if you break a fin (you don’t have to get a new on glassed back on),or if you are travelling (remove the fins to keep your board from being damaged).
Fin
The fin is the curved bit hanging down under your surfboard that you keep bashing when you tie your surfboard to the roof of your car. Sometimes called a Skeg.
Foamies
Used for both whitewater waves and also surfboards that are made out of foam (ideal for beginners).
Foil
rate of change of thickness of a surfboard from the nose to the tail.
Funboard
A mid length surfboard, often know as a minimal. See funboard examples here.
Goofy / Goofy Foot
Surfing with your right foot forward.
Glassy
Ultra clean surf without a ripple – looks like glass.
Grommet
Cute doggie character in the Nick Park animation creations (and they are really rather good!). Also the term used to describe a young surfer.
Gul
British surfing equipment manufacturer.
Hang Ten
Riding a longboard with both feet right on the nose of the board. Also the name of a longboard magazine.
Heavy
Heavy has a couple of meanings. When used as in ‘Heavy Waves’ it means big, gnarly, kick ass waves. Teahupoo, Mavericks and Pipeline are three waves that would have to be described as heavy with a capital H. The same term can be used to describe the locals at a spot (for the same kick ass reason!).
Impact Zone
The spot where the waves are breaking.
In the Soup
A term used when a surfer is in the white foam of the wave after the wave has broken.
Indo
Slang for Indonesia – home of some classic surf spots and a top surf trip destination.
Instinct
Popular brand of surf clothing.
Jeffrey’s Bay / J Bay
South African surf break of the highest calibre. One of the worlds most famous, high quality right handers. (Don’t know what a right hander is then go learn your waves
Kneeboarding
A Surfing spin-off – riding the waves on your knees on a special knee board.
Layback
A surfing manoeuvre where the surfer literally lays backwards on a wave. One of surfing’s more extreme tricks.
Leash
The cord that is attached between your leg and your surfboard. Legrope
See Leash above.
Line Up
The Line Up is the place just outside the breacking waves where surfers wait for their waves.
Locked In
When a wave crashes and the surfer is inside of it.
Mavericks
Famous big wave spot off the Californian coast. Not to be confused with the film ‘Maverick’, starring Mel Gibson, although you need to be pretty brave to tackle both.MR
Multi world champ and all round surfing legend Mark Richards
Mullering
Wipe-out of the highest order.
Narrabeen
One of a whole host of quality surfspots on Sydney’s north shore. You lucky lucky Aussies!.
New School
The term given to trick surfing – airs, shove-its etc.
Nose
The pointy bit of the surfboard and the bit that points away from you when you are paddling and riding.
Ocean
Same thing as a sea – only bigger.
Offshore
Where the wind at a surf break is blowing off the shore Makes for ideal surfing conditions.
Onshore
Where the wind is blowing towards the land. Spoils the waves. Always remember – Offshore Good – Onshore Bad!.
Perl
A common term describing when a person buries the nose of their surfboard and goes “over the falls”. Often referred to by the actual surfer as @#%%@#@!!
Pipeline
Classic Hawaiian wave, amazing, barrelling and mean. One of the most famous and most photographed waves there is. If you have just read Surfing Lesson One – Catching Waves and are ready to go out and try surfing for the first time then Pipeline is probably the last place on the planet you want to be.
Quiksilver
Pretty much everyone, surfers and non-surfers alike will already know about Quiksliver. One of the largest manufacturers of surfing equipment and surf clothing on the planet. The lads have done well from their boardshort beginning on Torquay – good on ya!.
Rail
The sides of your surfboard, running from nose to tail and back again. More details can be found on the Surfboard Rail page.
Regular / Regular Footed
Surfing with your left foot forward.
Rip
A strong current heading out to sea. Can be dangerous for surfers and swimmers alike. Check out the Waves section to find out in further detail.
SAS
See Surfers Against Sewage.
Shove-it
Shoving the surfboard round underneath your feet, 180 or 360 degrees. A good trick if you can do it.
Sick
A term used to describe when someone does something impressive. e.g. “that was a sick air” – not just because you have swallowed too much sea water.
Slash
A rapid turn off the top of the wave – hopefully throwing loads of spray off the top.
Slater, Kelly
Famous for being in Baywatch and his alleged dalliance with Pamela Anderson. Oh yes, we’ve heard that he is a pretty tidy surfer as wall.
Snake / Snaking
Waves should be shared, but snakes take it all. To Snake is to drop in out of turn.
Steamer Lane
Famous Northern California surf spot.
Step Into Liquid
What happens when you go walking in puddles. It is also the the name of a surf video by surf vid guru Dana Brown. Check it out at our video store – Step Into Liquid.
Stick
Surfer slang for a surfboard.
Stoked
Very happy.
Stringer
The bit of wood that runs up through the length of your surfboard. (If you have a fibreglass one and not one that you have fashioned out of an old ironing board!). More info on the Surfboard Information page. Surfers Against Sewage
An organisation campaigning for clean water for all. These guys are incredibly high profile and lobby endlessly to ensure all water users are surfing in clean water. Check them out at www.sas.org.uk and become a member – everyone should become a member.
Swallow Tail
You will really have to go and and read up on the Surfboard Tail Shapes section – I can’t be explaining everything over again.
Swell
Waves! Swell, or Groundswell refers to solid, real waves (as apposed to rubbish wind chop). Why not read more on How Waves Are Made.
Switch Stance
Riding the surfboard standing the other way round i.e. If you are regular footed you would be surfing goofy.
Tail
The bit of the surfboard at the opposite end to the nose (the pointy bit at the front!). Read more about Surfboard Tail Shapes. For more info on the other bits of the surfboard have a look at the Surfboard section.
Tailslide
The tailslide is a move where the tail of the board slides across the lip of the wave. Tail Slide – see!.
Thruster
Popular name for a tri-fin shortboard.
Tube
Public transportation in London. Oh, you mean Tube. Tube is the where the wave is hollow where it is breaking. For some surfers it’s the be all of surfing. Sometimes called a barrel, keg or pit.
Ulluwatu
One of a large number of quality Indonesian surf breaks.
Underwater
You are not seriously looking for an
Vanuatu
Smallish island in the Pacific, complete with numerous great waves. If you are planning a tropical surfing trip you could do worse!.
Wax
Smells nice, gets stuck in your chest hair (not you ladies!), used to stop your feet slipping off your board. Also, surf wax can be used as to repair almost anything – leaky roof, rusty zip – you name it.
Wetsuit
Made of neoprene, keeps out the cold, makes you look like a seal. Check out the Wetsuit section for more information.
Wipe-out
Falling of your board is referred to as a wipe-out. Other terms are donut, mullering, eating it and pounding – and pretty much anything else you would like.
Worked
To “get worked” is to wipe out and get thrown about while being held under by the wave
(e)Xtreme
Yes, you guessed – we couldn’t think of a surfing word truly beginning with X. It’s definition is exactly the same as in the dictionary. Tow in surfing is the latest type of extreme surfing.
Yallingup
Surf spot in Western Australia. (Now we are really struggling!)
Z
Thanks to those who have sent us ‘Z’ letters – we were struggling for a while but now the section is looking pretty rosy.
Zamba, Frieda (Born October 24, 1965)
Florida’s first four-time world champ
Zogs(Mr)Sex wax
A Popular brand of surf wax found wherever there are surfers. Get some Surf Wax here.
Zipperless
Often considered the “holy grail” of wetsuits, as zippers-no matter how tightly made-will always let water through. Invented in ’89 by Body Glove, the first zipperless wetsuits were actually way too stiff for surfers to use; by ’93, the Japanese came out with another model that was still too stiff, but by ’95, most wetsuit companies offered a high end zipperless suit. Advantages include flexibility and warmth; disadvantages include short lifespan (due to super stretchy rubber) and difficult entry/exit.
Zonal
Weather pattern term which means that all of the storm activity in one particular region is moving in a consistent west-to-east pattern along the same latitude. While this can happen anywhere in the world it is usually associated with the Southern Ocean (around Antarctica) and is caused by large ridges of high-pressure in the mid-latitudes ‘pancaking’ the active storm track into the upper lattitudes. Since most of the swell energy in these storms will only travel the direction the fetch is pointed it means that all of the swell is also going west-to-east. For most of the eastern half of the Pacific (California, Baja, Mainland Mex, and Central America) zonal activity in the SPAC is bad for swell production — good for an area in its path like Chile — but bad for the rest of us.
Zulu
Same as GMT or Greenwich Mean Time. Zulu Time is used on weather charts which may display 12Z for 1200 GMT, or 00Z for 0000 GMT. See GMT.

top 10 best surfers of the world

jawohl — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:18:21 +0000

top 10 best surfers of the world:

Kelly Slater: Banking on the fact that you don’t need an explanation of any kind. But if you’re not quite sure, remember that Slater surfs Waimea about as well as anyone, that he charges the outer reefs on paddle-in sessions with crazy North Shore guys, and that on only his second day at Maverick’s, he finished second in the Quiksilver contest. As Brock Little put it so well, “He’s just a freak.”Laird Hamilton: Nobody in surfing can even believe this guy. Definitely more animal than human. An outright beast, capable of harnessing the ocean’s massive energy when others flee. And yet he is eminently stylish and contemporary, to say nothing of being the most innovative surfer on the planet. He broke the big-wave barriers at Peahi and Teahupoo, and he will run roughshod on the landscape for many years to come.

Tom Curren: Just when you figured you’d seen him for the last time, even on video, he surfaces with some fresh new magic. Curren changed surfing, and that is the ultimate tribute. He changed the world tour and the concept of surf travel, and he surfed the way everyone wished they could. He still surfs that way. He is the eternal messiah.

Peter Mel: It was so fitting that Mel helped break down the barriers of Cortes Bank, because he’s the most “on-it” big-wave surfer the sport has seen since Mark Foo. Big Maverick’s: Always there. The Eddie Aikau contest: Amazing knack for being on the island. Big Wednesday: Didn’t have a tow-in partner, but that day on the beach changed his life. And now Cortes Bank, where he was the most stylish surfer in the water. Mel simply shreds small waves, about as well as any touring pro, and when it comes to tow-ins on the truly giant days, his art ranks second only to Laird Hamilton’s. All that and a calm, gentlemanly nature and a solid family life (including a 15-month old son) back in Santa Cruz.

Tom Carroll: A lot of non-Hawaiians have made big marks at Pipeline, enough to earn a solid spot in the lineup. Carroll is among the few to become truly revered by the likes of Derek Ho, Sunny Garcia and Johnny Boy Gomes. Carroll is the definition of power surfing, from his insane snapbacks to his fearless and unbelievable tube riding. Put him in a group of all-stars at G-Land, Teahupoo, Cloudbreak or Pipeline and see who performs the best. The smart money would never go against him.

Shane Dorian: I remember watching him enter the room at a Surfer Magazine party during contest season on the North Shore. The room was full of legends, young and old, but many glances fixed on him. Dorian has the type of presence you try to absorb, in the most inconspicuous way, when you get the chance. He represents talent and extreme-surfing courage, as well as anyone, but it’s his style that puts him over the top. There aren’t many surfers who could survive the lamentable “In God’s Hands” with an even greater reputation, but Dorian pulled it off: He looked good, he had a simmering brand of star quality, and he rode giant Peahi with a look of utter calm. The mystique will grow.

Andy and Bruce Irons: Together — and who could believe such a thing from within a single family — they have revolutionized modern surfing. In an age where performance runs off the scale and there are more great artists than ever before, they still have the edge. Coming from the jagged-edge north shore of Kauai, training ground of Braden Dias, Rochelle Ballard, Titus Kinimaka, Laird Hamilton and so many other major forces, they earn a brand of respect second only to Slater’s. Last winter I asked Pete Johnson — waterman, Pipeline local, astute observer — who was ruling the scene. “I always think Kelly first, then Bruce and Andy,” he said. “That’s how influential those guys are.”

Rusty Keaulana: So often hidden on Oahu’s West Side, or living in the shadow of his formidable father (Buffalo) and brother (Brian), Rusty might be the most talented surfer anywhere — without exception. “I don’t think there’s even a question,” says Parmenter. “You could put a blindfold on him, spin him around in circles, throw him out in the ocean, and it wouldn’t matter if it’s one foot or 30 feet, or whatever kind of board or implement you pushed at him, he would react instantly and put on a stellar performance. You can’t say that about anyone else.” Keaulana doesn’t get to the North Shore often, but he leaves an indelible impression on every trip, from his Pipeline exhibitions (during the Masters contest) to his superb performance in the 1999 Eddie Aikau contest. Tudor, his fierce rival in the world of international longboarding, calls Rusty “the best switchfoot ever,” and that only begins to describe his inherent genius.

Joel Tudor: Occasionally someone comes along offering vague hints of Gerry Lopez’ grace, Phil Edwards’ elegance, David Nuuhiwa’s talent or Greg Noll’s cojones. Tudor, the ultimate classicist, does more than cool impressions. He literally transforms the past into the present. In his words, theories and performance, he lets you know exactly how it was back then. Make no mistake, he can be as contemporary as anyone. But as a longboarder and hard-core traditionalist at heart, he resurrects everything good about past decades and paints it onto a modern canvas. And without really trying, he blows minds on a daily basis, whether it’s ripping Pipeline on some hopeless-looking “fish” from the 1970s to riding huge Sunset without a leash in the XCEL Pro last November. Tudor is an original. There aren’t many.

surf movie trailer All Aboard the Crazy Train

dennisdumarey — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:41:51 +0000

This movie while a bit short in time was both visually stunning and filled with amazing rides. Not only is Laird Hamilton impressive to watch but Dave Kalama is equally as fun to watch. I love the footage of Dave going left at Peahi which is pretty miraculous considering the break is deadly that direction. I was equally impressed with the Foil Board footage and the paddle surfing which is just outstanding. Give it a whirl and i’m sure any surfer will come away impressed.

History of boarding by Ed

Wally — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:23:36 +0000

The history of surfing is shrouded in the mists of time, as the origins of surfing are unknown. Jackson Crane, an American serving under explorer Captain Cook, was the first American to witness surfing in Hawaii in the late 1700s.

Surfing was a central part of Ancient Hawaiian culture. The chief was the most skilled wave rider in the community with the best board made from the best tree. The ruling class had the best beaches and the best boards, and the commoners were not allowed on the same beaches, but they could gain prestige by their ability to ride the surf on their extremely heavy boards.

When the missionaries from Scotland and Germany arrived in 1821, they forbade or discouraged Hawaiian traditions and cultural practices, including leisure sports such as surfing and holua sledding. By the 20th century, surfing, along with other traditional practices, had all but disappeared. Only a small number of Hawaiians continued to practice the sport and the art of crafting boards.