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Pipe! The ultimate proving ground.
According to Mark Richardson on tonight's Crowd Goes Wild.
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
and his opinion is worthy because?
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XXIst sentry scribe
i figured the answer..it's because he's on telly right?
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XXIst sentry scribe
He is a New Zealand sporting legend!
Nuf said
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
if he had said 'the cake tin is the ultimate proving ground' then it may have meant something.
oh well, i guess if you do have something to prove in terms of surfing, then his opinion might mean something.
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Saw him out at my local a few months ago... he went over the falls a couple of times then went in... was a mellow punter though.
Was that for that surf to snow gimmick?
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
Originally posted by: seeka
if he had said 'the cake tin is the ultimate proving ground'
He would have been talking bollocks.
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
Originally posted by: Jtah
Was that for that surf to snow gimmick?
Yip...
Has it been on TV?
Did you get on telly? 
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
Yeah it was on sky late night I think. I missed it
I'll have a hunt around youtube.
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
well, altho pipe is heavier than brownlee i would suggest that chopes or shipsterns would be more of a proving ground.
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XXIst sentry scribe
o dear, just watched him go over the falls at kiaks in 'serious, heavy 5ft waves'...what a kook.
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You jest but he almost gets barreled in day 2.
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
for sure it is. common knowledge.
Originally posted by: Jtah
Did you get on telly?
Nah I was to busy slashing car tyres in the carpark and working on my locals only beard
Definitely the ultimate proving ground for the pros...
Pipemasters is one of the most prestigious contests in surfing.
Pipe is also the place to get known and photographed. The whole surfing industry is pretty much concentrated on that stretch
Man crush utah?
A lot of people have been killed surfing Pipe.
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Originally posted by: Pena
Man crush utah?
You don't get CGW Malaysia aye? Otherwise you'd not make a ridiculous comment like that.
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
Originally posted by: Spud
A lot of people have been killed surfing Pipe.
Has anyone died at Teahopu?
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
Yes
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Mads the weatherman shapes a mean board. Not a bad surfer either.
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Out of curiousity who on here has actually surfed Pipe?
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Nuttin beta than sinking your teeth into a fat juicy rump
You have, I take it Snakey?
For the record. I have only ever surfed in NZ and Stralya.
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Local at nowhere, eternal blow in.
Gotta be on my bucket list. So far I've only surfed Lakey Pipe, Sumatran Pipe, Karitane Pipeline, Gissy Pipe and "Pipes" at Eastbourne!
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i havn't surfed pipe, nor chopes, nor shipsterns...but i've seen them on ewetube and pipe looks the easiest of the 3.
oreti pipe is classic...especially when it's 5ft & seriously heavy. sorts the kooks from the kooks thats for sure.
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Originally posted by: Snake
Out of curiousity who on here has actually surfed Pipe?
I have... been to the North Shore twice.
did you surf real pipe or were you like a friend of mine recently exclaiming his pipe surfing when a quick surfline check showed it was knee to shoulder high
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To be fair I think the Block presenter was referring to the history and culture of the worlds most well known tube riding breaks.
So no comparison to those mutant breaks like Chopes and Shipstern.
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Nuttin beta than sinking your teeth into a fat juicy rump
Only time was when I was 17 in the off season on a family trip with Mum and Dad The Pipemaster stories flowed when I got back to school
When I went back in 1999 I didnt surf it... just to crowded, actually didnt surf to many of the "name" spots for the same reason. managed to get a lot of good uncrowded waves by surfing 100m down the beach.
I can guarantee that there will be primo waves at 3:30pm at Kahutara on the 24th December, because I am driving past with not enough time to get in the water.
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I'll wave if you honk...
Originally posted by: seeka
i havn't surfed pipe, nor chopes, nor shipsterns...but i've seen them on ewetube and pipe looks the easiest of the 3.
I dunno Seeka. If you took it at say 6ft, Teahupoo is apparently picture perfect (not at 8ft+ though). Pipe at smaller size is all about positioning. I reckon at size though, pipe looks a lot friendlier.
I spent a few season hanging at Lakeys... word is that under 8 ft at low tide its on par with pipe.. I'd believe it.
Pipe has so many different sections and varibles. 2nd and 3rd reef... so its always different, Chopes gets alittle same, same at times... Oh no another death pit...
Pipe is like a crazy as beach break on steroids, think left hand double up in nightmare mode. I just wanted to get out of there after scoring maybe 6 waves with the biggest pits ID been out in. 2nd reef and the odd 3rd reef with a couple of complete wash throughs. Inside shut downs at 6+. D ho and Ronnie Burns dropping into double hands above head pits of doom.
Waimea was 15-20 that day and I was happy to sit and watch from the rocks on the inside.
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Nuttin beta than sinking your teeth into a fat juicy rump
pipe is gnarly, its beauty is deceptive. sometime sand makes it a huge closeout, the reef has caves that are easy to get trapped in. so close to the shore and so deep offshore, punters prepared to wipeout for a photo or drop in, it gets real shallow and backwash is common.
And what snake and battery said.
I've surf Aussie pipe uncrowded..never been to The Hawaiian islands .
I am going there again next winter, don't miss the opportunity to sponsor an OLo Roy, I will provide reseach at a number of breaks on the North Shore
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Nuttin beta than sinking your teeth into a fat juicy rump
Originally posted by: Battery
I'll wave if you honk...
Same , Xmas at kaiks this year .
Have to hook up jello for a surf... you around to see the New Year in?
I think "floyd" has surfed Hawaii... Waikiki has a reform on par with inside Piha...
not new years batt but i'll be in touch , be goood to get something up there .
I've been twice, not surfed it once. It's been massive both times. Ended up at waimea watching 5 guys. So gnarly only 5 tried, same day they filmed big Wednesday
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If you can't surf it, F&$k it!
Thing about pipe is the reef is right there, if you get pitched you get hurt. I knew it was shallow but shallow looks angry when ten foot hits it.
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If you can't surf it, F&$k it!
I reckon you'd sell a few of your dog collars over there Boss...
Pipe is a proving ground, it's easily accessed, almost anybody could paddle out. It's a paddle wave at all sizes and surfers, long boarders, body boarders and body surfers all have events there. It's the one wave where all can test and be tested. Chopes and ships terns attract a different sort of surfer but on a whole every surfer dreams of surfing pipe don't they?
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If you can't surf it, F&$k it!
Originally posted by: Battery
I reckon you'd sell a few of your dog collars over there Boss...
Aren't they all feral island dogs?
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If you can't surf it, F&$k it!
I saw some big Bro's, big dogs and bigger utes...
Yeah I like that surf brand they have over there called Bulky Boy, smallest size is Medium and go up to 6 neck rolls
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Originally posted by: Battery
I think "floyd" has surfed Hawaii... Waikiki has a reform on par with inside Piha...
You are fooling no one with this Floyd charade Battery.... "a newbie discovers trolling"... christ its so predicatable...
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^^Sweet, Ill take that toilet seat post about Roys board then... farking internet gold
Originally posted by: 2020Originally posted by: Battery
I think "floyd" has surfed Hawaii... Waikiki has a reform on par with inside Piha...
You are fooling no one with this Floyd charade Battery.... "a newbie discovers trolling"... christ its so predicatable...
Look Im sorry about the windsurfing jibes yesterday 20... its ok mate, I was just kidding
its ok love..after I stopped crying I thought that was probably the case.
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Pipe is the holy grail. I reckon I'd surf it. Maybe not over 10' though
Parko just about to take the water.
C'mon Parko
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slater is surfing really well. it's starting to look like number 12 to me
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