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c.davis
Posts: 791 - Karma: 79
Never really seen a thread about kids on NS that surf and was curious as to how many actually do.
I live in Michigan so I dont get anything like the ocean waves but we still get a lot of real sick rides and a lot of storm waves that can be real fun.
There will be some haters that say you cant surf on the great lakes so for those select few trolls here you go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sMWoG0llYo&feature=feedu

Heres a website as well of my new surf shop we opened and its going real well so far.
www.facebook.com/wetmitten
more info about the shop will be on that site

Anyone else big surfers?

But otherwise this is a new board I just got for the summer and im pretty stoked.
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Apr 15 2011 2:57PM
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c.davis
Posts: 791 - Karma: 79
Oh and that board is a 6'8 superfish made by 7's
Apr 15 2011 2:58PM
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NoBigDeal
Posts: 2790 - Karma: 629
you should get a kite, michigan is great for kite surfing. I kite up north in Glen Arbor and Traverse City
Apr 15 2011 3:02PM
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*monsterskier*
Posts: 2671 - Karma: 61
I've always wanted to learn how to surf...
Apr 15 2011 3:16PM
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DrZoidberg
Posts: 5675 - Karma: 4,269
I do the surfing... in mushy central nj waves. Started the summer of my junior year of highschool. Got one summer of surfing in, planned on buying a 3/2 suit or something for spring/summer of my senior year of highschool but tore my acl over spring break and didn't do shit that summer. It sucked. Now I have't surfed in over a year because I've been away at school sans surfboard/a ride to the beach. I miss it so much.

And that board looks fun. I still wanna buy a nose rider longboard of some sort and learn to ride one of those. And a short, fat and thick fish twin fin, cause that just sounds fun. I've only got one board right now, 6'4 thruster, kinda a modern oldschool-ish shape, decent amount of volume at the front. It was made by a shaper in jersey to preform in mushy jersey surf I believe.
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Notice the awesome chronics in the background.

Long post. But the other thing I miss is photographing surfing, cause hardly anybody I know surfs. If you look through my flickr you'll see some from the few times I've shot surfing.
Apr 15 2011 4:05PM
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joshua
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I wish I could get into it more. I live near lake superior, and I know they do get waves from time to time, but usually in the winter so its cold as balls.
Apr 15 2011 5:10PM
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1337
Posts: 31060 - Karma: 29,346
surfing is the tits, I ride often, which reminds me its almost surf season!
Apr 15 2011 5:18PM
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c.davis
Posts: 791 - Karma: 79
Hell ya man..
and I dabbled with kiting last summer but never got into it huge.. this summer I am going to try to go hard with it

and ya man i would love a longboard i could ride nose on..thinking about like a 9'3 fireball made by mctavish
Apr 15 2011 5:19PM
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Che~
Posts: 2108 - Karma: 296
Nice board! I have a 5'8 Lost Phsycho Ward, and a Bic 7'9 funshape. In the fall, winter and spring I surf on long island, and in the summer im up in Nantucket. Have any of you guys seen Modern Collective or the new Jamie O'brian movie?
Apr 15 2011 5:20PM
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AWALLRUS.
Posts: 5762 - Karma: 223
i used to have a skim board but then it broke. my cottage is at lake huron and the ground drops real quick (20ft out is over my head) so its impossible to surf where i am
Apr 15 2011 5:29PM
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PJS.
Posts: 11943 - Karma: 895
surfed once, seemed pretty fun, but kinda hard in western washington
Apr 15 2011 5:31PM
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E.C.
Posts: 3211 - Karma: 319
everytime i go down south to florida i try and surf (usually bout twice a year) and dont have the money to buy my own board/ living in ontario also affects that.

but its super fun. i wish to move to some coast and eventually get my own
Apr 15 2011 5:35PM
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Broccoli.
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surfing the lakes is something i want to do before i die. I surf in NH so i feel your pain waiting for swell but Im curious on how often you guys get waves. And if the 7s is your summer board what is your winter board.

I own a 9'0 challenger heavy glassed, really awesome knee high to chest high point break waves. Nose rides really well for me.

I also borrow my friends 5'6" Lost RNF a lot. The thing rips. Yesterday i had one of the best sessions of ever on it, i've been daydreaming all day
Apr 15 2011 5:56PM
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TotallyTrevor
Posts: 4379 - Karma: 26,365
i surf colorado if that counts....?
Apr 15 2011 6:02PM
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SPskier543
Posts: 2413 - Karma: 324
Thats a sexy board. Are there tides in the great lakes? If there are, try and find an inlet somewhere and go during an ebbing tide. Near my house there is a really big salt water lake type thing with a small 20 ft wide outlet to the ocean, so when theres a fast ebb there are huge standing waves that you can ride for 20 min. or so. And they can get up to 10 or 15 ft tall if theres a strong outgoing tide with a stiff southerly breeze. I have a 6 ft EPS shortboard and a 10 ft longboard that are mad fun.
Apr 15 2011 7:20PM
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ButteredToast.
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I wish I could surf. I'm totally at home on a wakeboard, longboard, snowboard, and anything else board related but standing up on a surfboard just can't be done for me haha
Apr 15 2011 7:23PM
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c.davis
Posts: 791 - Karma: 79
We dont really get tides and stuff most of our waves are just due to storms and high winds.

And to the other kid talking about boards we dont surf much because the water freezes.. so I dont have a distinct winter and summer board.
Apr 15 2011 8:31PM
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c.davis
Posts: 791 - Karma: 79
We dont really get tides and stuff most of our waves are just due to storms and high winds.

And to the other kid talking about boards we dont surf much because the water freezes.. so I dont have a distinct winter and summer board.
Apr 15 2011 8:31PM
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tommyp1ckles
Posts: 1337 - Karma: 55
where do you surf, like lake michigan?...i didnt know you could surf in a lake
Apr 15 2011 8:33PM
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joshua
Posts: 5046 - Karma: 1,280
The great lakes actually gets some huge waves sometimes, this october on lake superior the waves were hitting 30 ft.
Apr 15 2011 8:46PM
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dereklongenbach
Posts: 335 - Karma: 289
hell yeah dude, i surf around 5 times a summer when i can get out. my cousin lives in puerto rico and is a big time surfer. he was talking about how you can surf the great lakes, thats sick. congratulations on the shop, thats something ive always thought about doing later on
Apr 15 2011 9:39PM
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EastCoastThuggin
Posts: 111 - Karma: 38
your house in niantic? if so where it this lake?

Apr 15 2011 10:02PM
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Wesley.P
Posts: 1376 - Karma: 89
I have only surfed for about three weeks total but it is a close second to skiing

shits so fun i wish i could do it more
Apr 15 2011 11:36PM
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no_steeze
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i've kited like 3 days each the past 2 summers, this summer i'm gonna go at it full force
Apr 15 2011 11:46PM
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seemeski
Posts: 4210 - Karma: 124
I lived in Dominical CR for 3.5 months and surfed there, I want to get out again this summer, hit the Cape or Nantucket.
Apr 16 2011 12:08AM
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Elg
Posts: 2998 - Karma: 3,880
I'm in Indonesia as i'm typing this, surfing almost every day. There are some sick waves here! Never surfed before i got here, but i'm getting pretty good at it now, claim!

Apr 16 2011 12:12AM
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timmi
Posts: 12874 - Karma: 3,460
I bought a surfboard about 2 weeks ago and have been slowly figuring it out. I haven't been going out as much as I would like because I have school and other stuff, but it's starting to come to me.

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theres the board I bought.
Apr 16 2011 12:30AM
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irwinestevez
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Thats an awesome place to live. I visited for three weeks back in December and spent three weeks traveling; mostly in the Nicoya Peninsula but the trip ended in Dominical. Stayed in a place near Playa Ventanas. I taught myself to surfboard in Mal Pais; i payed for not wearing a rash guard. claim that shit also first post.

Apr 16 2011 2:52AM
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B.Aussie
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I surf all around the Bottom Coast of Australia.

All the Victorian/ Mornington Peninsula spots, we get some epic waves. I have 3 boards, A long board and two short boards will post pictures later. Went down and watched today wanted to suf so bad but i've done my knee so can't surf for 6 months and it is killing me.
Apr 16 2011 5:28AM
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steep
Posts: 6063 - Karma: 298
hell yeah! I love surfing! I'll get some pics of y boards up later!
Apr 16 2011 7:52AM
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SPskier543
Posts: 2413 - Karma: 324
Over near watch hill area, not really that close but like a 1/2 hr drive
Apr 16 2011 8:31AM
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iggs
Posts: 827 - Karma: 39

i dont live anywhere with decent enough waves to surf so i just do windsurfing which might be the greatest sport ever invented

Apr 16 2011 9:09AM
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seemeski
Posts: 4210 - Karma: 124
Haha no way, we might have met. I worked at Restaurante San Clemente .
Apr 16 2011 10:03AM
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c.davis
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Waves on lake MI this week.
Thanks you tornado!
Apr 26 2011 11:37PM
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.skiwi.
Posts: 898 - Karma: 40
Bump, looking to get into surfing this summer. Any tips? Ive done probably 5 days of surfing before and loved it and want to get good at it!
Nov 6 2012 1:46AM
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imkayjay
Posts: 98 - Karma: 200
I wind surf!
Nov 6 2012 1:52AM
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LIL-WAT
Posts: 1510 - Karma: 146
30ft.. im sorry but im gonna need picture proof, that pretty much would make the great lakes a big wave destination
Nov 6 2012 2:33AM
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Tsands
Posts: 229 - Karma: 629
This is my 5'8" the day i got it (before i put tail pad and wax on)
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Surfing is the best.
I used to be a bodyboarder and converted about a year ago. Probably the best decision ever.
Ive been surfing around 4 to 5 times a week lately and hopefully it will stay that way until i go to Brek in December. The next few months are going to be Crisp :D

To anyone who doesn't surf, getting a Barrel is most probably one of the best experiences EVER!!!
Nothing beets that feeling.
Nov 6 2012 5:46AM
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pow_pow~
Posts: 1429 - Karma: 1,804
i bodyboard, but this is me.. i dont have many good photos as my friends are never really too keen to get out and take photos when its decent.

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Nov 6 2012 6:43AM
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feihlination
Posts: 8356 - Karma: 1,084
surfing is so much fun. just was last year in portugal for a week and kind of got a few solid days in, like learning to stand up, doing "turns" and also tried a few times with a "legit" board that isnt 5 ft taller than me
Nov 6 2012 8:06AM
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Dr.Dickless
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https://newschoolers.com/ns/members/profile/member_id/140801/

i know this fucker surfs
Nov 6 2012 1:26PM
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Holte
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I surf a lot in the summer, and in the winter when the waves get really good, I go skiing instead. Sorry surfing.
Nov 6 2012 1:43PM
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Chuck~w
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I surf in NH and I surf a lot. Id take chest+ with an offshore wind over skiing any day. Sorry but good waves dont come that often in NH
Nov 6 2012 2:02PM
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Amadeus.
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Where is that at? Dammm
Nov 6 2012 2:07PM
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