Surfboard Demo – Barry Bennett Isaac Fields Model

I wanted to get myself a new fun board as my 80’s model 8ft mini-mal sux and I wanted a board to use when conditions are not suitable for a 9ft long board.

So after looking at a few shops I dropped into Bennetts as I wanted some stickers for my daughters club board and also a fin for a rescue board that I am restoring.

I started checking out their floor stock and there was 7’2 2009 model 7S Superfish XL for $600

So I grabbed it and whilst paying for it Aaron handed me a copy of Australian Longboarding Magazine and asked if I’d seen their new longboard the Isaac Field’s Model.

It is a copy of his dad’s 1967 noserider – Review and Pics

As soon as the demo board became available I picked it up and had a few days trying it out

It’s the real deal – heavily glassed in 7oz Volan, extreme rocker, tucked in nose with wide hips, tail block, cloth inlay, no leg rope plug, the only give away that its modern is the box fin.

It took a few days to get used to it, you have to run up and down the thing to turn it and it just begs you to nose ride it.

It just charges through sections and catches wave ok but due to the weight and rocker it does’nt paddle all that well

Dims are 9’2″ x 23″ x 3 1/8″

Hopefully i can get my hands on one before my trip to Crescent Head in April

Here are some pics

Test Post

Hi

Thought I’d better do a first post as test to see what this new blog thing looks like

I set this blog site up as a pseudo web site for documenting and sharing my exploits

I used to have a webpage for this stuff on my company website but it was too much work to keep updated and it looked like crap – cus I sux at HTML

We’ll see how long I will keep updating it for!

Working in the computer industry sucks – there’s so many cool things on the Internet and new services and programs being developed every day however after a day of dealing with computer problems its the last thing I could be bothered with.

I just want to ride surf or ski as you will find out

K10

BOOLAMBAYTE LAKE KAYAKING

Copy of post from Darren M‘s Blog

https://djm74.blogspot.com/2011/01/boolambayte-lake-kayaking.html#.XMd1-GgzaUl

 By Darren Mackenzie

Craig hatched a plan to paddle his kayaks around a section of Myall lakes for the weekend so I got the call to start packing. Despite proposing to my wife in a sea kayak, I haven’t done a great deal of it so I was excited to get out and do something different. The kayaks are a “sit on top” type which had plenty of room for two days worth of gear, fishing rods, camp stools and a small esky containing essential fluids.

Craig fully loaded.
My esky not fully loaded

The plan was to start from Korsmans landing, which was quite busy with families filling most of the available campsites. With no set destination we had planned to end up at one of the many boat only designated camp areas scattered throughout the lake system. As we headed north the first camp site passed was Mackaway Bay which had a few tents up, and a boat moored.

We pulled into Sunnyside camping area and had a look around before moving on past Boolambayte Creek and on to Bungaree Bay. This spot was great and although it only had 7 or 8 designated campsites, was worth a look.

The amenities in all the campsites were well maintained and clean.

We had a quick snack and pushed on to Violet hill campground which was a lot bigger and had plenty of people well setup. A boat ramp and a larger amenities block made this a popular spot, with kids paddling about on surf skis, larger boats moored near by and lots of people kicking back enjoying the beautiful weather.

We paddled on from Violet hill in the hope of having lunch at Shelly beach campground but decided to stop for lunch before hand as the wind picked up a little so we pulled in to a nice spot and fired up the stoves for lunch. We decided to head for Johnsons beach for the night, so with the wind now at our backs we paddled off moving at a good speed trying to make use of the small wind chop on the way.

We paddled back past Violet hill and south towards Johnsons beach. As we paddled around the last bend, there were quite a few people water skiing from the small beaches scattered along a 500m stretch of the lake. We weren’t sure if there were any spots left for us to camp and figured we might head back to Bungaree bay if need be but as it turned out, all the boats except one or two left not long after we arrived. Apparently it’s a popular spot for day trippers and there were plenty of spots to camp.

This was a beautiful spot to camp and only 2 other groups of people were staying at either end of the 25 or so designated sites.

After setting up, we followed a trail up to a lookout on Johnsons Hill which was a little overgrown but still worth the half hour walk up. We discovered earlier in the day that there is plenty of wildlife in the area and found Goannas strolling about the camp.

After checking the lookout it was time to kick back with a couple of cold beverages and enjoy watching the sun disappear over the back of the lake. It was just what was needed after so many other trips being physically demanding. Good company, cold beer, amazing scenery and dehydrated dinners.
Next time it will be a kilo of steak and camp oven potatoes.

While dinner was cooking, we noticed small eels along the edges of the lake. They were quite shy when we shone the head torch on them but otherwise not bothered by our presence.

After a great night planning a few more trips to the area we returned to Korsmans landing the following day.

With another fun trip in the bag and a few more in the pipe line we headed back home relaxed and happy.