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2 hours ago, McQueen said:

Big wave surfers have to hold their breath for a long time if they come unstuck and get pummeled by more than 30,000 tonnes of water. I'm guessing this is the gist of what Visser and the coaches are trying to impart on the players - when you're not in control, you need to remain calm and keep focused by facing whatever fear it is your facing so you can recover from it and ultimately survive (win).

I've just finished reading What doesn't kill us from the author Scott Carney which is essentially a book about Wim Hof and how Carney wanted to prove Hof was a fraud and just another false prophet. Through his investigation of Hof, Carney traveled the globe meeting fitness guru's and researching many other alternative training methods that athletes utilise to try and eek out that extra tenth of a second that might mean the difference between winning and coming third in a 100 metre sprint for example.

Part of that investigation took him to big wave surfer Laird Hamilton's training pool in California. Some of the techniques he is researching and applying are insane but having real impact on individual performance. I won't spoil any of the book because I really recommend the read for not only its information but because it's actually a bloody enjoyable book to read. I'm halfway through it on the second read now.

Anyway, here's a link to Hamilton's website Laird Hamilton which may help explain a bit more about what the club may be doing along with Visser to look for that little advantage when you're in need of it..

I just hope I haven't gone off on a tangent here.

Thanks McQueen.  I have reserved it based on your recommendation.  Interesting area of human performance...

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    53 minutes ago, buck_nekkid said:

    Thanks McQueen.  I have reserved it based on your recommendation.  Interesting area of human performance...

    It’s also available on Audible for those that travel a lot in their jobs. 

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    8 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

    Thank goodness they didnt put Viney and TMac together

    They might create antimatter, or maybe invent fusion.

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    So instead of guys getting concussion from bricks in a back pack, we my have someone drown instead?  ??

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    8 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    I was actually thinking the opposite. When he was with us I thought he seemed to be carrying a bit too much weight around the midriff. But this photo suggests he's been working hard and looks to me to be fitter than I've ever seen him. I, too, hope he can have a great career from hereon. And should that happen and people on here say we should never have let him go...it doesn't mean he would have been just as successful if he'd stayed. The new environment, for whatever reason, might have been just the spark he needed to get the best out of himself. 

    He had a good a career at Melbourne as was possible. He was injured most of the time he was with us. I loved him, loved his attack, but....

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    47 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

    Thank goodness they didnt put Viney and TMac together

     

    38 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

    They might create antimatter, or maybe invent fusion.

    Could help solve our energy crisis.

    Certainly would produce more that solar and wind have done these past weeks.

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    11 hours ago, McQueen said:

    Big wave surfers have to hold their breath for a long time if they come unstuck and get pummeled by more than 30,000 tonnes of water. I'm guessing this is the gist of what Visser and the coaches are trying to impart on the players - when you're not in control, you need to remain calm and keep focused by facing whatever fear it is your facing so you can recover from it and ultimately survive (win).

    I've just finished reading What doesn't kill us from the author Scott Carney which is essentially a book about Wim Hof and how Carney wanted to prove Hof was a fraud and just another false prophet. Through his investigation of Hof, Carney traveled the globe meeting fitness guru's and researching many other alternative training methods that athletes utilise to try and eek out that extra tenth of a second that might mean the difference between winning and coming third in a 100 metre sprint for example.

    Part of that investigation took him to big wave surfer Laird Hamilton's training pool in California. Some of the techniques he is researching and applying are insane but having real impact on individual performance. I won't spoil any of the book because I really recommend the read for not only its information but because it's actually a bloody enjoyable book to read. I'm halfway through it on the second read now.

    Anyway, here's a link to Hamilton's website Laird Hamilton which may help explain a bit more about what the club may be doing along with Visser to look for that little advantage when you're in need of it..

    Didn’t mean to go off on a tangent here.

    Sorry but couldn’t seem to edit previous post. 

     

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    37 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Bayley looks to have bulked up. ?

    ................. and he's definitely speed(ed) up and improved his endurance out of sight.  Huge season coming up from Fritta, I reckon.

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    On 2/1/2019 at 3:11 PM, Wadda We Sing said:

    Thats a absolute monster isnt it !...Portugal?? Is that a drone flying in the foreground or a bird? Would be some good drone shots there.

    Drone. That wave's over 80feet high. Imagine jumping off an 80' building which I think is about 9 or 10 storeys and then have it drop on top of youI'd be absolutely crapping my dacks just watching it from the land.  

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    3 hours ago, It's Time said:

    Drone. That wave's over 80feet high. Imagine jumping off an 80' building which I think is about 9 or 10 storeys and then have it drop on top of youI'd be absolutely crapping my dacks just watching it from the land.  

    Yep it was Portugal. Given the is also some conjecture about the different wave height measurement systems used across the world its probably higher. Must head down that way next time im over that way and take a look. I knew they got big waves there, but not that big !

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    3 hours ago, Wadda We Sing said:

    Yep it was Portugal. Given the is also some conjecture about the different wave height measurement systems used across the world its probably higher. Must head down that way next time im over that way and take a look. I knew they got big waves there, but not that big !

    Nazare. And the inland town of Tomar is worth a visit. Cristina was on the team which restored the nave in the 12th century Templar convent there. 

    Image result for convent of christ round church

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    4 hours ago, Skuit said:

    Nazare. And the inland town of Tomar is worth a visit. Cristina was on the team which restored the nave in the 12th century Templar convent there. 

    Image result for convent of christ round church

    Wauuuwww...really!? Awesome, great work Cristina. Must must get down to Portugal very soon. Hope you got my note about the EQs in the Azores. Take care out there.

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    On 2/3/2019 at 12:31 AM, Skuit said:

    Nazare. And the inland town of Tomar is worth a visit. Cristina was on the team which restored the nave in the 12th century Templar convent there. 

    Image result for convent of christ round church

    I'm guessing Cristina started on the bench and eventually moved to scaffolding. Also, clearly takes, sorry, makes a mark at its highest point.

     

    (Apologies to all. Am having a quiet day).

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    1 hour ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    I'm guessing Cristina started on the bench and eventually moved to scaffolding. Also, clearly takes, sorry, makes a mark at its highest point.

     

    (Apologies to all. Am having a quiet day).

    So the derail of the derail is admittedly my fault, but I suspect you're bordering on some DV8-level abstractions here La Dee-vina. Are you referring to our lord and saviour Jesus Christ(ina) - who was born on or in some wooden-like bench manger and then concluded his first innings as a scaffolding-like feature?

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    1 hour ago, Skuit said:

    So the derail of the derail is admittedly my fault, but I suspect you're bordering on some DV8-level abstractions here La Dee-vina. Are you referring to our lord and saviour Jesus Christ(ina) - who was born on or in some wooden-like bench manger and then concluded his first innings as a scaffolding-like feature?

    I thought the Cristina reference was the name of the artist who had the job of restoring the inside of that wonderful church. If I'm mistaken and my post is sacrilegious I'm quite happy for the mods to delete it.

    What I was attempting was a bit of humour paralleling Michelangelo's method of painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling while lying prone on a bench. 

    Just saying I'm bordering on anything to do with DV-8 has completely put me back in my place. 

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    9 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

    I thought the Cristina reference was the name of the artist who had the job of restoring the inside of that wonderful church. If I'm mistaken and my post is sacrilegious I'm quite happy for the mods to delete it.

    What I was attempting was a bit of humour paralleling Michelangelo's method of painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling while lying prone on a bench. 

    Just saying I'm bordering on anything to do with DV-8 has completely put me back in my place. 

    Wouldnt want to offend anyone would we.

    Whats the world coming to.

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