pavedwave longboarding

jat. · Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:55 am Post subject:

Yes! .. Just .. Yes!
I have no idea what that is, but 'yes'.

Could this be the icon on the LDP t-shirt? Please?
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edp_swakakin · Joined: 19 Apr 2008 Posts: 189

JP where are you at? Are you in this thread?

Everyone who misses JP say " I "

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gboom · Joined: 29 May 2008 Posts: 57 Location: Vancouver WA

Aye aye captain
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pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

a couple weeks of internet sabbatical, and a week of southern oregon "Beach Therapy" - feels pretty damn awesome!

camel · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:19 pm Post subject:

I was getting worried that we had lost JP there for a bit. Good to know you are back man. Internet abstinence can be a good thing sometimes. Hope you cleared your head for a while and got some good family time.

C

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

Ahhh, another "time out" from the net Wink

Actually work is keeping things way busy, and then there's the general ennui from inches of wet leaves taking over the trails...

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

LD skater since 1971 · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:36 pm Post subject:

The surfer is a tow in surfer you can tell by the front foot strap.
Tow in surfing has wrecked big wave surfing IMHO it allows any yahoo that can hold on to a tow rope to get out.
I miss the days of Bradshaw , Laird Hamilton,Gerry Lopez, Eddie Aikia, Ben Aipa, Dane Kealoha, Shawn Thomson, Mark Richards, and the other big wave riders of days of old. That paddled through the channels and used them to get out out. Then paddled down the wave under their own power to catch the wave. If you want something you need to earn it.
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pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1120 Location: seattle wa usa

I hear ya Terry, and I do think that SUP boards for example can get kooks out to the bigger waves before they're really ready for it -- but in the case of tow-ins with a jetski, anyone taking on that stuff need to have balls of steel no matter what, otherwise Darwinism will take care of them quick. As you note, Laird was one of the classic guys, he's also the guy that's really made tow-in as popular as it is now.

Personally I don't like the idea of using gas-powered vehicles in natural / peaceful environments anyway, especially for recreation so I think of tow-in kind of the same as snowmobiling, mountain motocross, etc...

and now for another pic

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