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  1. 03-11-2012, 07:10 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by iggy View Post
    Wow importation taxes must be up the roof!!!.
    I think it's just the distributor taking too much of a markup. Not all imported boards are that expensive. I bought my Dom when I was back home in Oz on holiday and ordered my HF from the US. Even with shipping and import duties it came out at half the price of buying it here. Even my local surf shop here in Japan said they have a hard time selling FW boards because people can get them from overseas for half the price. It's a shame though. If the markup wasn't so high here I'd be happy to pay a bit more and support the local stores.
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  2. 03-11-2012, 07:23 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fritzkat View Post
    did some research on the Rain-x. Boaters seem to think it slows them down. and to use 300 or 400 grit sandpaper.
    I do not know about nanotune.
    I read that somewhere too. Something about it making the water bead up and causing friction. I guess that's what it does on your windscreen - slows the water down so it collects into droplets that then get pushed aside by the wind. It's hard to tell what's best, that's why I was hoping to hear from Nev. The only thing I know for certain is that surf wax on the bottom isn't going to make my board go faster.

    Yokota in 1983? You must have surfed down in Shonan then with a view of Mount Fuji. I bet it wasn't half as crowded back then.
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  3. 03-11-2012, 11:16 AM #13
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    daybit ..Almost..It was USAF trip on C-141's, too cold at the beaches near Yokota only had my vest.. waves at that time were pretty flat, stayed in the car. Went to Okinawa later that week (and other trips incl P.I. Guam and Hawaii) scored Ikei island reef BIG and throttling and other spots, no crowds at all on Okinawa and back then in Guam. I was 20 back then, never thought to take a camera, just had beer, hydrogen peroxide, surf wax, munchies, condoms and pocket change.

    Quote Originally Posted by daybit View Post
    I read that somewhere too. Something about it making the water bead up and causing friction. I guess that's what it does on your windscreen - slows the water down so it collects into droplets that then get pushed aside by the wind. It's hard to tell what's best, that's why I was hoping to hear from Nev. The only thing I know for certain is that surf wax on the bottom isn't going to make my board go faster.

    Yokota in 1983? You must have surfed down in Shonan then with a view of Mount Fuji. I bet it wasn't half as crowded back then.
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  4. 03-11-2012, 03:02 PM #14
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    Haha! Awesome. Pretty sure that is also what MacGyver always had too.
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  5. 03-11-2012, 10:50 PM #15
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    Quote Originally Posted by prjwebb View Post
    Loving the new sig Dave...
    read it again phill......
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  6. 03-12-2012, 12:12 AM #16
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    You can't pick it up until I get mine. Grrr.
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  7. 03-12-2012, 12:39 AM #17
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    its a race..first to the waters edge wins...!!

    kids put scrabble on my ipod..only use it as an e reader for bedtime...i go online a couple of times a week to download books...i'll try and get on later...we'll see how far my expensive private skool educashun getz mee in a speling kontest....
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    WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD,*WHERE'S MY VANGUARD.... ETC
    IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED,
    IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED,
    IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT,
    IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE,
    IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE

    SWEET POTATO--- R/F -- 5'4 -------------------------- fins controllers
    VANGUARD -------- WRF -- 5'6 ------------------------- fins futures ea blackstix..may test something a little bigger and stiffer
    HELLFIRE ----------- R/F -- 5'10 ------------------------ fins futures SA3,SA4 honeycomb
    FLEXFIRE ----------- R/F -- 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 ------ fins futures JC honeycomb
    MICHEL BOUREZ------------6'2 --thick then thin ------- fins futures JC honeycomb, AM2 techflex heavy chop, ea b/stix at 84kg, now testing AM2 hex
    ALTERNATOR ------ R/F -- 6'4--for bad back days---- fins futures JC honeycomb

    and countless others (mostly nev's)

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  8. 03-12-2012, 01:43 AM #18
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  9. 03-12-2012, 01:48 AM #19
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    going online now mate....

    any other spellers out there...we could have a firewire spell-off....chris will be easy to beat...his reliance on voice recognition software will be his downfall..!!..and iggy will be let down by his online translation..!!...

    it could end up a battle for the ashes...!!.(yanks wont get that)
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    WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD, WHERE'S MY VANGUARD,*WHERE'S MY VANGUARD.... ETC
    IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED, IT'S GETTING SPRAYED,
    IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED, IT'S BEEN SPRAYED,
    IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT, IT'S IN TRANSIT,
    IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE, IT'S HERE,
    IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE, IT'S HAD A BAPTISM OF FIRE

    SWEET POTATO--- R/F -- 5'4 -------------------------- fins controllers
    VANGUARD -------- WRF -- 5'6 ------------------------- fins futures ea blackstix..may test something a little bigger and stiffer
    HELLFIRE ----------- R/F -- 5'10 ------------------------ fins futures SA3,SA4 honeycomb
    FLEXFIRE ----------- R/F -- 6'2 x 18 3/4 x 2 1/2 ------ fins futures JC honeycomb
    MICHEL BOUREZ------------6'2 --thick then thin ------- fins futures JC honeycomb, AM2 techflex heavy chop, ea b/stix at 84kg, now testing AM2 hex
    ALTERNATOR ------ R/F -- 6'4--for bad back days---- fins futures JC honeycomb

    and countless others (mostly nev's)

    youngest grommet 45kgs throws my hellfire around with SA3's or in mush uses EA (techflex "cuz they look da bomb") and deviant
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  10. 03-12-2012, 02:01 AM #20
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    Ha classic! I'm off to a nice start there.

    Hoping to get my board this week Dave, so I might still win!
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