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From: "Chris Dalton" <cjd@bigpond.net.au> Add to Address Book
To: sclements3@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: Thanks mate
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 21:28:37 +1000
Hi Steve
You have no idea who I am, I could be anyone in the street, the bloke buying the banana smoothie or someone cruising home after a great surf.
About 3 years ago I moved to Sydney with my wife. We moved from Brisbane where the closest surf was about 1 and a half hours drive. I had no mates on the Goldie to call to see if it was any good and after a couple of years almost gave it away.
When moving to Sydney I thought I would take my board, however would probably sell it and take up some other sport.
Anyway as luck would have it my first experience of a beach in Sydney was Collaroy just opposite the surf shop. No surf here, must be a flat spell???? So I left my wife to sunbake on the best beach in Sydney and cruised into the surf shop. I was greeted by a chap who introduced himself as Brook, next thing I know I am showing him my 6’4 and working on a trade to what he called the best summer board ever.
I bought a custom CM3(had to be yellow) and waited until it arrived.
I now live on the Goldie and still have the CM3 with me to this day. This is a miracle as I am the sort of guy who trades boards in every 12 months to get a new board for Xmas. So instead of trading this board I went a year without getting another board so I could have 2 boards.
I go from the CM3 to the 6’4 and back again, and every time I jump back on the CM3 I get a great buzz and say to my mates ‘you know this is the best board I have ever owned’.
I just came back from another surf this afternoon and am high on the surf I just had. The board has dings all over it, cracks here and there and is laden with stickers. It has a story to tell like those old guitar cases you see with stickers all over and torn edges.
I will be ordering another one soon, however don’t want to get rid of this one, and maybe I never will.
So mate hopefully you read this whilst you are traveling, or back in Sydney, and get a buzz, cause that is how I feel every time I hop on my CM3.
Thanks again and all the best for a cracker ’06 and beyond.
PS. Photo attached of the day I got my CM3. Can you please also let me know if I am still able to get this model and these dimensions.
Regards
Chris Dalton
I have just arrived back from Hawaii and i have been going there for 9 seasons. I always like surfing Hawaii as its gives you such a great variety of waves. You get a chance to test all different size boards in all different conditions. This is great for your surfing to develope your style and your postioning on the board in powerful surf.
Hawaii is only a MUST DO on any surfer list to becoming a better surfer.
I am currently in France competing on the WQS (world qualifying contests). The waves are 1/2 to 4 feet on each day but there are some fun waves. I have place 3rd in the 5 star oneill event and i have worked on a new design of board that lets me surf quickly in the small waves but still can hold my turns in the bigger open face wave as well.
I find its important to have a board that will work in different conditions as you can't always change boards in the middlle of a surf or contest heat.
Surfing and Music are the same.
You feel the music and you flow with the waves.
If you can move to the music you can definity read the waves.
Just flow with it.
If you do this you will surf better than ever before.
Making sure that you order the right board for you.
Make sure you are honest about your surfing.
Make sure you know where you want to go surfing with that board.
NO QUESTION IS TOO DUMB WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR BOARD!
There is all different types of fins and now companies like FCS that let you be able to have 1 board and try all sort of fins.This allows you to alter the whole board by just changing your fins, but be careful that you don"t get caught up in not knowing which fins to use when surf condition change.
So try them all in all types of conditions because we all don"t make the same choices.
If you are going on a surf trip or even going to compete in a surfing contest. Don't ever not take a back up board as it could cost you your surf or even you heat in the contest.
....As i just did in W.A contest. I didn,t have a small wave back up board and it cost me my heat and a good surf.
Thanks everyone
Clemo
Hi everyone,
Narrow boards might look good but can make you get caught in the wave and even fall off.
So make sure you get the right width in your board so you can make every turn and every section.
Steve
