Tag Archive for ‘Beta’
Tasmania Report
Tasmania, Australia’s southernmost state, has received a bit more attention in the surf media of late. Tas has a rep for being big, burly and cold. That cred has not been diminished by recent disclosure of “Fluffytonka”, a reefbreak off the Apple Isle that looks like a bigger, scarier version of Shark Island. Judging from [...]
Dominican Republic Surf Beta
From: KOD Date: Sat Feb 22, 2003 Subject: Dominican Republic Recap Hey Kooks! Kudos to you chargers who braved the blizzard’s epic conditions. Whoo Hoo pretty scary. The Dominican Republic is beautiful winter surf destination. It compares favorably with Puerto Rico, with generally friendlier people and a pretty much non-existant surf hype and hassle. Fringnut [...]
PR Surf Beta
From: SH Date: Mon Mar 4, 2002 Subject: Rincon report Hello all, We arrived last Saturday late in the afternoon and Domes was a solid head high with clean rights breaking everywhere. But I was exhausted after leaving about 3am for a red-eye to San Juan, so I passed and planned to hit it early [...]
Morocco
I’m going to spend the next few winters snowboarding and in the summer i’m hoping to do some surfing. I need ideas on where to go. I am still basically a learner and i’ll also be looking for somewhere that has cheap accommodation and food. I was thinking maybe Australia or Morocco. Any ideas, advice [...]
India Surf Beta
Any waves in Andaman sea? How about Gulf of Thailand? Just look at the map. It’s obviously hit by a lot of swell. Check out Surfer magazine’s recent article on the Andaman Islands. That will give you some basic idea of how rich the area is in wave potential. I’ve also heard that on the [...]
New Zealand Surf Beta
NZ – No part of New Zealand is more than 70km from the coast. With a population of only 3.6 million in two islands comprising a total landmass slightly larger than the United Kingdom, there’s lots of waves to go around. Kaikoura, Timaru, Oamuru, and Dunedin are all surf centers on the east coast of [...]
Costa Rica Surf Beta
My son and I are planning our next surf trip to CR in April. We’ll rent a car, and chase waves for about 6-7 days and explore in between sessions when we are “totally blown”. Tips or advice? From: reefbreak Newsgroups: alt.surfing Subject: Re: Surfing Costa Rica. Date: 8 Dec 1996 If you are interested [...]
Guadeloupe Surf Beta
From: SurffOhio Newsgroups: alt.surfing Subject: Re: Guadeloupe Surf ? Date: 7 Nov 1996 My apologies if this subject has been brought up before. I have a friend who is going to Guadeloupe for next week, and he was wondering if there was any waves there or good spots to go to? One of the important [...]
New York Surf Beta
I hope to attend suny at stony brook starting this summer. Any help on where to surf, surf shops, etc. would be appreciated. Thanks. From: CN Newsgroups: alt.surfing Subject: Re: Long Island surf Date: 21 Nov 1995 My favorite surf spot on Long Island was Long Beach. There’s some weird surf rules during the summer [...]