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Havachatwithhexy... 20-May-2005 At 12:29:03 PM HEX

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Chart-climber, Kylie Minogue, sympathy space ...
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May 20, 2005

'...THE storm cells that left snow-like drifts of hail across Brisbane last night developed in a matter of minutes, catching weather forecasters off guard after a week of freakish weather across the nation...
After a week that saw a mini-tornado develop during wild rainstorms on the west coast, huge swells continued to pound the eastern seaboard yesterday and the weather bureau was wondering how parts of the Queensland capital ended up looking like Moscow...
There is a swell of 4m along Sydney's beaches. The famous bombora off Manly beach provided die-hard surfers, including former world champion Barton Lynch, with outstanding conditions on which to ply their craft.
It was ideal for "tow-in" surfing, where surfers are pulled on to the waves by jet skis.
"It is dangerous, absolutely," said Andrew Lye, owner of the Dripping Wet Surf shop at Manly. "It's not for the faint-hearted. People should understand their ability and surf within their limits. In reality, many of them should be sitting on the beach watching."
At Long Reef, on Sydney's northern beaches, dauntless surfers were being towed out to the biggest waves...'
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Onsight March 2005 :
>Anyway, thanks for the inspiration above Hex. I’m going to try surfing this weekend – >thought I’d see what all the fuss is about. BTW, surfing has, or at least had, a similar >culture to climbing right? Could be interesting…

These conditionz should answer all your questionz, grass-hopper ...take a 9'-single-fin-pin-tail for best resultz ...

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