Well , my 3000th post has just slipped by … almost un-noticed by me !
…time to think about what I have learnt / been inspired by here at Swaylocks !
Nearly too numerous to mention . But , I’ll try to pick out the ones that jumped off the screen at me , so far…
(Mostly stuff I don’t get to see much of in the water here in Perth , West Australia. )
Bert Burger’s well illustrated wood fin making thread , and ‘vacuum bagging’ thread
PlusOneShaper’s fin base moulding thread
Blakestah’s rotating single fin
Dale’s surf mats
Paul Gross’s spoons and fins
Zosurf’s MULTIFINNER stubbie [the ‘S.O.S’]
Skeletor’s amusing escapades
Hicksy’s boardbuilding [wood ones] and epoxy use [and use of his shed…thanks heaps , mate !!]
Greg Loehr’s expertise
Paul Jensen’s wood fins , and wood boards
the generousity of so many people who have posted me things …you all know who you are …thank you very very much…
photos from people on the ‘photo’ threads, and every other post
young Josh’s enthusiasm …[keep the stoke , mate ! …I hope you get / got good waves at Noosa this school holidays , feller !]
The English , Irish , Welsh?, Scottish contingent …always seem to get / have a good laugh with you blokes …you guys are hardcore , surfing there !
the fellow Aussies on this site …seems the number grows daily …it’s been great hearing and seeing what you guys have been surfing
of course , the Kiwis too …and the hawaiians , french , spanish , norwegian , italian, south africans , portugese, japanese , germans … [not forgetting the locals (americans), of course !] …wow …“Swaylocks” truly IS a world-wide surfing site . [I<span style=“font-style:italic”><span style=“text-decoration:underline”> LOVE</span></span> that !]
Run’s spoon boards
Aquafiend’s “stingray”
Shipman’s quality
“Speedneedle’s” spraying skills [airbrush]
“Shwuz’s” ‘fat penguin’, and other interesting creations…
ALL the feedback and “thinking outside the box” that is encouraged here .
Man , in the less than a year that I’ve posted here , I feel like SO much has been going on !! And , that I’ve learnt a fair bit too. [SOOO much more to learn , though!]
Anyways , sorry to ramble on a bit . I guess it’s just I owe you all a big thank you . [I still cringe at the idea of being called a “master” in two hundred posts time though …let me assure you , I am NOT a master of ANYTHING !]…just a bit of a busy poster at Swaylocks , is all …
regards !
Ben Chipper
The biggest “ThankYou” of all goes to Mike Paler, of course , for kindly setting up this site , and making all this possible …thanks HEEEEAAAAPPPPSSSS !!! , Mike !!
