ive just been looking at windy.com with swell highlighted. id imagine surfline is worhtless out there until the buoys pick something up. if you press play, looks like windy is noticing the bump on the 21st as well.
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My first pilgrimage to Mecca
- Thread starter Lakookaracha
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Cool thanks, didn't know about this site, a lot of data, swell period really picks up later this week!
cheers - looks like we'll be out there around the same time frames.. fingers crossed!
Fingers crossed is right, tons of planning to pull it off. First time?
first at macaronis, not my first time in indo tho. (bali/lombok/sumbawa) not quite as deep as the ments.
mon tues already downgraded / hopefully some spots in ments are 5 ft for you
long range looks tidak bagus
long range looks tidak bagus
I brought a buell float suit and tried to wear it one HUGE day at a shallow shallow spot last year. It was way too hot and I felt like a clown.I bringing my hooded 5/4.
Then the horizon went black and we all did the oh sh!t sprint paddle outside.
Entire lineup got rolled by the set.
I have to say the thing did its JOB
popped right out the back and didnt even feel like I got worked. My buddy was not as lucky and got to take a tour of the inside reef. I promptly tucked tail and got back to the boat.
Got any picture of you wearing thatI brought a buell float suit and tried to wear it one HUGE day at a shallow shallow spot last year. It was way too hot and I felt like a clown.
Then the horizon went black and we all did the oh sh!t sprint paddle outside.
Entire lineup got rolled by the set.
I have to say the thing did its JOB
popped right out the back and didnt even feel like I got worked. My buddy was not as lucky and got to take a tour of the inside reef. I promptly tucked tail and got back to the boat.
I've considered bring an old leaky spring suit, I think it will be suffocating.
haha im already anxious about having to wear a 1mm jacket but im pale af and i get the hole in the chest after one day if i dont so ill be sweating for sure.
forgot I wore it a second time after a bunch of bintangs with a gathGot any picture of you wearing that
I've considered bring an old leaky spring suit, I think it will be suffocating.
found a hilarious video with me yelling about 100 foot wave , too incriminating to share but here is a screen cap
I think if you had holes in the suit it would work , it’s better to just surf and try not worry about the reef. Plus chics dig scars
Wow! That is Tow In at Teahupoo! Helmet is good though!forgot I wore it a second time after a bunch of bintangs with a gath
found a hilarious video with me yelling about 100 foot wave , too incriminating to share but here is a screen cap
I think if you had holes in the suit it would work , it’s better to just surf and try not worry about the reef. Plus chics dig scars
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Yeah I got neoprene vest, so likely leave the spring suit at home.
Hole in the chest, like rash rub? I get two open sores, in the tropics, bottom of rib cage: left side & right side from the friction rubbing while paddling. Even with rash guard (even the Ribby Rash Guard) or neoprene vest. I think the warm water has a meat tenderizing affect.
I think I found a way to alleviate/mitigate it, using moleskin. Cut in patches and adhere it to the two spots, has help quiet a bit.
total overkill. A vest is fine. I do like the helmet for super shallow spots but its a personal preferenceWow! That is Tow In at Teahupoo! Helmet is good though!
Yeah I got neoprene vest, so likely leave the spring suit at home.
I usually have the same issue of my rib bone zone rubbing raw on trips to the tropics but somehow in the ments It didnt happen at all. My theory is, leading up to the trip out there I was wearing as little neoprene as possible at home here in southern california so that area had been somewhat conditioned where as previously I had never done that. Also clocked the most time in the water out there I ever had, one 6 hour+ day. Granted, it was overcast most the time we were there. If it were full sun all day and as hot as it usually is I doubt I could have pulled that off.
Thanks, I'll bail on the spring suit and bringing a Gath helmet, did R&D it around here at my local breaks, thing is great, no bucket head, actually kind of floats you when under water.
yea exactly - same spot every time on that first ab under my chest. takes like one session to open that fkr up and then im in pain the rest of the trip. rashies, t shirts, nothing works except straight up neoprene. I rarely ever get a chance to trunk it at home so my skin hates the friction and have never been able to toughen it up. im also relatively pale - dont tan - so i need all the UV protection i can get
I was literally dying in el sal last year in the jacket i have so i just picked up a 1m billabong jacket thats more like a thick rashgaurd but with this unique sorta padded, ribbed material. i dunno? we'll see how it goes but bringing along the proper neoprene one to. better hot than in pain.