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Heat Review - Roxy Pro Gold Coast 2012

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Check out the final of the Roxy pro . You can click on the best scores, to see the best waves fast. So you don't have to watch the whole heat. Talk about great technology. This year the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro didn't get the great glassy and big swells it had on other previous years. Most days were onshore choppy and smallish. I would go for a surf and think this is terrible then I went up to watch what the Pros did with it and it was mind blowing. They are so good. The council happily helped out by pumping sand onto Snapper Rocks . this gave some fast barrels on the take off spot behind the rock. The Freebies this year Were great as they always are. We all love a freebie. I got stacks of stickers "Best" and you fill in the blanks with free permanent markers. Ok I did have to work to find these by just asking in the Quiksilver shop. They had free 5 blade shavers. Free surf mags. Free vegemite toast which was nice on some of the rainy days. Roxy this year se...

More places I travelled+ The Quicksilver and Roxy pro+ Snake.

Tahiti We went there last year on the way to Brazil. Gorgeous Island . Stayed on the main Island of Tahiti itself. Gorgeous reef to snorkel in at the local beach. Lovely French language. Loved it! New Zealand North Island Saw the famous left hander Raglands. It was freezing so I didn't surf there. Snowboard here for the first time, actually found skiing easier. I would always lean back to turn like in surfing. As as I did this I would fall. The Quicksilver and Roxy pro Rocked today. Such great surfing from the guys and the girls. Us Surfing Mums sat under the Roxy tent- nice shade. Will down again tomorrow. Hope to see you there. Snake of the surfer kind- I paddled for a wave and the other surfing guy was right there in front of me. I said "sorry" as I could have easierly have hit him. You know what he did. He paddles to inside of the wave and he tried to snake me. There was someone who dropped in on me also. There we are all 3 on the wave. The one in front of me dropp...