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Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby bigkiwis » Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:33 pm

Hey all.

I've just moved to Grants Pass from New Zealand. Do any other surfers live here in GP (or near by)...the local surf shop doesn't even seem to sell wax. If you want to share expenses to the beach then get back to me. I have a good mpg wagon if you don't have a car. I'm always keen for a mission to the coast.
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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby Gazsurf » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:42 pm

Who exiled you to Grants @ss? What did you do? We ran the last Kiwi outta here, back to Australia.....

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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby bigkiwis » Wed Apr 07, 2010 8:19 am

Yup, we are secretly taking over Australia, the West Island as we like to call it.

I married a local GP girl, moved here in February, haven't surfed since :(
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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby Gazsurf » Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:42 pm

You're an hour and a half from Crescent City your best jump off point for waves, not sure there are many surfers from G.@ss who post on here?
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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby SlimVest » Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:42 am

Too bad highway 199 sucks. Would hate to drive that beast on an icy morning. Lots of waves down that road though, yes.
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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby nm » Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:48 pm

SlimVest wrote:Too bad highway 199 sucks.


Really?

My sled digs the Redwood Highway. :P

Smith River scenery ain't bad either....
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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby bigkiwis » Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:12 pm

Yeah, I've been to Crescent City a few times already, looks ok. I enjoy the drive too.

I've been checking the Crescent CIty surf report over the last week and it says it's about 15' and glassy in the mornings...what is the actual wave size there? I'm assuming that the 15' is the swell size, or possibly the more exposed spots on the beach. Any good surf report websites recommended?
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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby Friend Of The Hawk » Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:40 pm

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Few Old School Bikers...
Now nm rolls in a sled......
Gaz please rescue nm from herself..... :roll:
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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby Spent » Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:45 pm

15' refers to the board size you need to surf there. :wink:

http://www.buoyweather.com seems to be about as reliable of a web forecast as you can get, once you figure out how the open ocean swell size equates to the breaks around there.

http://www.buoyweather.com/wxnav6.jsp?region=NC&program=Maps
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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby smithgrind » Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:18 pm

Lots of surf options in and around CC depending on swell size and direction. Drive around and check things out, you may get lucky. :)
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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby RXXL » Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:43 pm

Just show up at the Noll this year and you will have all the info you need... Got some good stuff today by the way a bit north of my local...
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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby Wilbur Kookmeyer » Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:21 pm

Hypocrites! The whole lot of you!

If this guy showed up saying he wanted to car pool to PC you would hand him his e-@ss.

But he is an inland kook wanting to hit Crescent and you practically give him a surf guide to the area including name dropping heavily localized spots that the locals are even nervous paddling out into.

Clowns.

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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby pra_ggresion » Mon Apr 19, 2010 1:14 pm

Shoot, if he wants to come pick me up in Portland at 6:00am and drive me to PC and back, then I wouldn't mind. I'd let you too. :)
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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby Wilbur Kookmeyer » Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:48 pm

Hell we just might have to do that....

Of course you should know it probably won't do much for your beach-cred...or even your web-cred....

Matter of fact it could ruin you altogether.

You may want to rethink it.
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Re: Grants Pass Surfers?

Postby smithgrind » Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:59 pm

It's Grass Pants.
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