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Comment on Red Herring goes mad on prices! by leon bateman

leon bateman — Wed, 01 May 2013 01:52:47 +0000

ive gotta say handshaped boards are essentially crap. the sooner things are automated and the shaper is removed from the equation the better. in fact rider branded fully machine made shapes are inevitable. ive worked with many of the best and they (and their finished product) come with hangovers, family problems, fatigue, etc etc. even the best with computer preshapes are still getting around 50:50 hit miss ratio. sorry but handshapes are rubbish.

Comment on Red Herring goes mad on prices! by rickster

rickster — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 08:54:18 +0000

on shapers, dont forget brendan milcs (Milch surfboards). One of our very best

Comment on Red Herring goes mad on prices! by leon

leon — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:15:32 +0000

go victor. great to see you moving and innovating with the times. bravo. price is what you pay, value is what you get. buffett quote 101

Comment on Red Herring goes mad on prices! by BDV

BDV — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 21:21:41 +0000

Good work from RH. The Launceston store at the moment is a nothing more than a place to buy low cut singlets and expensive tracksuit pants. They stock about 5 NSP’s and a few soft tops. It’s a shame, because there are plenty of surfers up here. The staff know plenty about being trendy but only a handful know anything about the surf.

It’d be good if RH made a move towards selling some handshaped boards too. Tassie has at least three really good shapers – Stranger, Tim Clarke and Brad Peters. Then there are the classic Aussie shapers – Mitchell Rae, Mike Mackie, Alan Byrne, Bourton etc. The younger guys might be able to market their boards better, but guys like the above have years and years of experience over the likes of Hayden and JS. It’d be nice to be able to get their boards into the state too.

Comment on Johannesen Memorial Contest Video by Wizz

Wizz — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:25:26 +0000

Good effort lads..!

Comment on The plate can wait by Toe in wille

Toe in wille — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:12:41 +0000

Looks like the judges were after the most “entertaining wipeouts,” that second one at the Right was hilarious, dude look like he just surfed his first beach break.

Comment on The plate can wait by Wizz

Wizz — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 02:33:57 +0000

Robbed…def robbed…jealousy is a curse! Tuff roll Zads.! Judges are clueless?Someting sure ain’t right!

Comment on The plate can wait by John Smith

John Smith — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:58:33 +0000

No “cognitive bias” here, Leon. I am from San Diego, California & I have been following XXL Wipeouts for a while now (Jaws, Maverick’s, Cortez Banks, Shipstern’s…). I do not speak from experience, (I am not a big wave surfer) but from all of the video’s I have watched; I have come to the conclusion that Shipstern’s is the scariest, meanest, mutant wave on planet Earth. Just knowing that ledge is below you, takes so much courage to even commit to make the drop…I would rather get into the Octogon with a top MMA Fighter than surf Shipstern’s! The wipeouts look the most punishing, & the holdowns are pretty deep and long according to the surfer’s who surf there. My vote (for what it’s worth): any XXl wave at Shipstern’s.
@Fred Fingle- deep breath bro…exhale…deep breath…

Comment on The plate can wait by Mick G

Mick G — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:40:34 +0000

I think they should just show the worst wipeouts and not be rewarded. Theyre all heavy as shit. Besides lets look at it this way. If yours looks the heaviest you get a prize? Thats stupid. Mark Foo’s wave didnt seem that bad of a wipeout when you watch it. And he died! RIP Mark

Comment on The plate can wait by leon

leon — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:25:34 +0000

its called cognitive bias/dissonance. groupthink is extraordinarily hard to overcome. less than 1 in 10 can think independently despite our belief we are all individuals we are not. we are herd creatures, hence iphone bubbles, housing bubbles, witch burnings, religious crusades etc etc. this is groupthink on behalf of the XXL judges of the highest order. enough said. get em ZAD. social network the sh*t of this and change the dissonance.