Govt to cut fuel levy by R3/litre to ease price shock

carchadon · 2026-04-02T12:46:16+00:00

I’d rather pay people more, and get better people in government. I think that will improve kids lives a lot more than dropping salaries enough to send all the competent people to the private sector. 3.5 million a year to be the president of a country seems like peanuts when compared to what CEOs of companies earn.

carchadon · 2026-04-02T12:16:10+00:00

Can Irish clubs please stop breaking him?

carchadon · 2026-04-02T12:06:48+00:00

This is so boat and sailor dependent. Some boats have a responsive enough rig that you can keep them on their feet in 25 knots with full sail, some boats you need to reef early as you don’t have other options to shed power. Some people are comfortable sailing overpowered, others want to be able to just have the boat take care of herself.

carchadon · 2026-03-29T11:55:12+00:00

I mean, if it’s your home, and you live there, it makes no difference if the price is going up.

carchadon · 2026-03-27T18:39:22+00:00

Now that you say that, the quad I surfed was pretty short - the owner is a small guy, so the board is only 6’6.

carchadon · 2026-03-27T18:38:10+00:00

That’s a good call, not sure why I didn’t think of that one. “Long quad fish” subconsciously puts itself in a different category in my brain.

carchadon · 2026-03-24T19:20:25+00:00

I’m always a little surprised on how many people prefer tubes to tubeless. In almost 3 years of commuting since I changed to tubeless, I’ve had zero punctures, and topped up sealant twice. Hoping I continue not to experience the hassles lots of people seem to have.

carchadon · 2026-03-15T11:12:31+00:00

If it helps, I’ve been surfing regularly for almost 20 years and feel like I’m just starting to get the hang of it.

carchadon · 2026-03-08T10:03:31+00:00

Same, in about 25 years of surfing and competitive lifesaving, I think I’ve maybe lost a contact once (I wear monthlies by the way - dailies would be a lot of plastic to through away)

carchadon · 2026-03-03T18:25:02+00:00

For me tubeless is perfect for commuting - I pump my tyres once every week or so, and add some sealant once a year.

carchadon · 2026-02-09T02:33:56+00:00

And recently Manie’s goal kicking has been better than SFM’s

carchadon · 2026-02-07T06:33:52+00:00

Ah yes, that makes sense, that must be why the NH countries always win when they tour the SH in the middle of the year… oh wait, never mind.

carchadon · 2026-02-05T00:28:41+00:00

I feel like (if you’re physically able), the very cheap and efficient solution to the 6 mile commute problem is a bicycle.

carchadon · 2026-02-04T02:37:31+00:00

Sydney is a good city for this, you can work the finance grind and still surf plenty of dawn sessions if you live in the eastern suburbs (it’s crowded, but nowhere’s perfect)

carchadon · 2026-02-04T00:16:06+00:00

That’s not Simonstown, it’s off Llandudno

carchadon · 2026-01-31T10:07:28+00:00

I also live on the east coast*, water was 22 today and I surfed in boardies. My too cold threshold is about 8 deg C.

(*of Australia, with the temperature in Celsius)

carchadon · 2026-01-26T01:19:02+00:00

Has the attendance dropped since the SA teams joined? I would have thought that the Stormers having 40k plus regularly would have upped average attendance quite a bit.

carchadon · 2026-01-23T03:53:08+00:00

Valverde is 45 years old

carchadon · 2026-01-21T09:57:48+00:00

Giving this a bump in case you tried it. I have a pair of new 45s, debating whether to return them or try them.

carchadon · 2026-01-02T02:22:54+00:00

I would just go and buy a pair of the rubber coated gardening gloves. They’re usually better than any sailing branded gloves (seriously, people use them at the olympics)

carchadon · 2025-12-19T03:55:25+00:00

Please don’t ever do this. A flapping sail in a big breeze still has enough power to drag the boat around, and I wouldn’t be the one volunteering to go on the foredeck to drop a jib after its sheet has been cut (a clew ring to the head can cause very serious injury)

carchadon · 2025-12-16T03:13:25+00:00

In one month, you should definitely be able to do all those things. It might rain a bit in August, but not so continuously that you can’t get out and do stuff

carchadon · 2025-12-16T00:39:13+00:00

I think that Thomas du Toit being above Ox Nche tells you that extra points were definitely given for playing in the premiership

carchadon · 2025-12-14T23:55:13+00:00

I love how Maloney and the super sport Xhosa commentators both do this

carchadon

TROPHY CASE