two weeks of limbo

jabes has had the board for 19 days now, I don't believe he has surfed it yet apart from a paddle to do some fishing, his flatmate gave it a spin at some stage, but there are no words for the blog from him. The good news is that hunty will be taking over the board on the 3rd January ~ phoam

to fill the gaps and lack of content here is a catchup of messages from the surf.co message board:

Jabes posted 13 December 2007 22:38
"Yip got her safely at work so if anyone wants to come have a peruse then its at free ride in henderson and ill bring it in thru the day for people to check out it looks amazing and i cant wait to try it bit of a pain bout the tides for after work but i will ride it soon as i can yay."

Jabes posted 16 December 2007 20:47
"nah had to work all day till late its coming out with me tomo and will take the photos and do a bit of a write up a mate and i are going to crank out a tandem for a bit to"

RoyStewart posted 16 December 2007 21:51
"Jabes there's zero chance of going tandem, don't be fooled by the length the board is actually a bit of a blade and is nowhere near buoyant enough for two people, hope you have a good surf."

Father Ted posted 17 December 2007 10:26
"Go the tandem Jabes, cant wait to see if you can pull it off. I was going to try it with my wee boy but he was a bit too wary of it. (I suspicious that you may be using it as an excuse to get UC&P with someone though... cause I don't reckon the board will like it and I think you probably know it too - that tail is pretty tight.) So in the spirit of good old fashioned southern tradition -'Good on ya mate' "

RoyStewart posted 22 December 2007 20:12
"Piha has been cranking ?"


Jabes posted 22 December 2007 22:51
"west been darn near flat lately"

RoyStewart posted 23 December 2007 01:41
"West has been cranking the last few days according to the cams and reports, looked primo today and East not too shabby either , I know that you are busy, but . . .. . the chicken hath arrived !" hunty posted 24 December 2007 11:32
"I'm going to be coming through auckland on the 4th of january guys and id like to pick the board up, do you still have it jabes?i'll pm who ever has it to exchange numbers and get in touch with them on the day.Maybe we can arrange a time for me to pick it up,but i fear the traffic will be a nightmare and make that difficult."

Adam J posted 24 December 2007 11:44
"Yeah come on Jabes, it's been a tad quiet from you since you had the board. Don't tell me one of your flatties thought it was firewood by mistake and you are trying to furiously whittle a copy from the neighbours tree before you get rumbled"

Jabes posted 25 December 2007 00:01
"yeah been too work a holic done nearly 60 hours over the last 4 days took it out tonight tho was darn near flat paddles so well tryed a tandem but not quite wide enough slow to turn and catch you need to be prepared as ted said! prob the best part of tonight was we took it thru the cave system and there was a ton of phosphorescence in there so cool paddling in pitch black with the glow from your hands and the boards wake also used it to pillage a few fish tho sadly no crays for xmas for me"
posted 25 December 2007 09:28
"nah just as the sun went down but we have a bit of a cave network and its pitch black in them once you get in there aye impressed with how it feels in the water once your riding it then its alot smaller than you would think also discovered if you get it going real fast doing the knee paddle you can stand up on it just cruising along without waves"

Beano posted 25 December 2007 12:39
"You've had it two weeks and just now taken it out for a paddle Jabes? I recon it's time to start taking it out or pass her on."

RoyStewart posted 01 January 2008 08:09
"Jabes exactly where has our board been over the last few weeks ? Just wondering."

Jabes posted 01 January 2008 09:20
"done a couple of trips to the beach sadly ive only had the time to take it out once but my flat mate took it out and totally loved it aye its had a nice polish up and its been living at my house meeting hunty i think on the 3rd either at work or here to pass on the torch so to speak"

surfscab posted 01 January 2008 12:30
"Found this on the 'NZ police' website today.

PRESS RELEASE
January 1 2008

After an extensive internal enquiry into police handling of the recent
'Tuhoe protest Hikoi' we have decided in event of future protest hikoi's to employ help from the private sector in order to distance ourselves from criticism by members of the public.

Extensive Google'ing has directed us towards an individual known only as 'jabes' who has managed to successfully stop a
'13 foot of fury hikoi'
We have been impressed in following how quickly and quietly this wannabe surfer has ended what could have been a dangerous hikoi , as neither Tama Iti or Brian Tamiki are 13ft
and with 'Jabes' being a anonymous character and beyond the press's reach we believe he is the best "Man" for the job."