Advantages: Great cheap way to make friends and have a roof over your head
Disadvantages: Meeting and staying with strangers

...Have you ever surfed a couch?? I can see the puzzled looks on your faces right now, allow me to explain to you about the new backpacking phenomenon that is Couch Surfing! What is Couch Surfing? "Couch surfing seeks to internationally network people and places, create educational exchanges, raise collective consciousness spread tolerance, and facilitate cultural understanding" (Mission statement from website) They strive to not only "Change the way we travel, but how we relate to the world" as well. Couch Surfing is a great website that has been created to help travellers on a budget find friends and free accommodation around the world. It also offers great online community where you can join discussion groups and talk to others about travel around the world. This enables you to meet new friends and engage in some... Read review

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Advantages: Great fun, great exercise, Croyde is a good break, and a very nice summer resort to visit
Disadvantages: Can be dangerous if you are unfit, or unprepared

...I was lucky enough to be introduced to surfing at a very young age, living in the West Country where it’s easy to get to good quality, friendly surfing spots in reasonable time. I grew up on the North Devon coast; so playing in the water came naturally. At the age of 14 I was introduced to 'real' surfing, and haven't looked back since. Surfing, if you have the chance to do it is one of the best ways to keep fit and the feeling it gives you is just amazing, that you really need to try it for yourself. I would urge anyone just to give it a go, well worth it! As a really young kid I started surfing the waves on a bogie or belly board. This is a short foam board of about 4 foot long. It is very buoyant, and you never stand up, just lie down chest down and catch the wave. Belly boarding is great, its cheap and easy to learn, and you... Read review

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Advantages: Good CGI, Good children's film.
Disadvantages: Not enough adult humour.

...My children and I went out to the local leisure centre today fully intending to go ice skating, unfortunately for them, I twisted my ankle on the way there (I have a weak ankle due to an accident a few years ago) and so skating was completely out of the question as children under 8yrs old must be accompanied by an adult on the rink. So to make it up to them both (who were extremely disappointed as they both love ice skating) we decided to go to the local cinema instead. There were a few films showing that were suitable, Harry Potter, The Simpsons, Bratz movie (son was not amused when I suggested this lol) and Surf's up. As we had already seen the Simpsons, and Harry Potter we opted for Surf's up by default. Surf's up is an animated cartoon film with a slight difference in that it is filmed to look like a documentary... Read review

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Advantages: Educational, recreational, and loads of fun
Disadvantages: You might come across Angus

...Well another day, another play! I am delighted to complete my hat-trick of joint opinions with Karen, and we carefully selected (!) surfing the Internet as our crème de la crème; actually it was the only one that we could think of that Karen knew less about than me :o( As most people on here can probably surf the Net to a competent level, we decided not even to attempt to make a techie opinion, but more a light-hearted look at the activities of enthusiastic amateurs like ourselves. Surfing the Internet! What exactly does it mean? Visions of a fat bloke in boxers standing on the ironing board while tapping in web site addresses springs to mind, but that is however a general misconception. Below, I will give you a beginners guide to surfing the Internet. Karen, (Wiggglypufff) will fill you in on the stuff I forget!!! Surfing... Read review

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Advantages: Great location - centre of Newquay. Day surfaries to Penzance
Disadvantages: If you stay at surf lodge can be noisy.

...Reef Surf School Learning to surf can be quite a daunting experience, so when we first decided to learn we chose to have lessons with one of Newquay's well know surf schools. Reef surf school has BSA approved instructors and the school is open 12 months of the year. They also have the reef surf hostel that you can stay at the lodge and have surf lessons for a special package deal such as £49. The hostel comprises of flat screen tvs and cd players to make you feel at home. The lodge has many facilities including a bar that has special events and DJ's and they serve good food. The hostel can be found at Reef 10 - 12 Berry Road telephone number 01637 879058. This number will also put you through to the surf centre. The reef surf centre is right on the Great Western beach at the centre of Newquay and also has a beach café overlooking... Read review

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Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Astonishingly bad customer service and tech support

...Quite frankly, I wish I had never heard of Freedom2surf and would advise extreme caution to anyone considering choosing them as a broadband supplier. I applied for a broadband connection some 40 days ago and am still without a usable connection. During that time, I have: * been sent an unusable router by Freedom2surf (a BT router locked to BT), an error described as "absolutely ridiculous" by a representative of Freedom2surf's sales team * spent a total of around 6.5 *hours* on premium rate 0870 numbers queueing to speak to Freedom2surf tech support and sales, on more than one occasion being cut off after holding for around half an hour * had to talk to a Freedom2surf sales person because it proved to be impossible to speak to anyone in tech support (as of now, I have still been unable to speak to *anyone* in Freedom2surf tech... Read review

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Advantages: The advert is memorable because of its concept
Disadvantages: I dont find it removes stains aswell as other bands

...This is a review of the surf advert where a gentleman is stood at the bus stop,waiting for a bus to take him to work. Suddenly a car drives through a large puddle by the curb and the spray soaks the man from head to toe in muddy water.Obviously the man has to go home and get changed. He washes his clothes in surf and it gets all the muddy water stains out of his clothes and brings his shirt out like new. The next day the man is stood at the bus stop again, a car drives past and suddenly his trousers are ripped off,then another car goes past and his shirt is ripped off.Finally another car drives past and off come the boxer shorts. Don`t panic his privates are covered by the surf box. We then see the woman who stole his shirt in the car as a passanger sniffing the mans shirt. I suppose that one way to advertise a washing powder... Read review

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Advantages: it does everything it says on the tin, its amazing, smells good
Disadvantages: NONE, no really NONE

...First off thanks larna for your review its the first ive seen on here for it Thankss for bigging it up for the girls, and might i say great review :) Ok so Garnier fructis Surf hair texturising gum, lets see.... ahhh we'll start with who i am Hi im Darran im 23 yadda yadda and yes im a fan of the just out of bed messed up suf look thingamy jigg hair style. Oh and im a guy not a gal lol Ive tried loaads of products heres a short list Alberto V05 extreme rework, this is total crap ont buy it possibly the worst product ever, baar that cheap lynx hair wax you used to get free with your deoderant gift set, and all its claims are false Fish, Fishpaste putty, A dam good hair wax i mean it smells great, works very well and is my second favorite product Fudge hair shaper and the wax, to be honest for the price i really dont see... Read review

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Advantages: No mess no hasle stain remover
Disadvantages: It dose not do the rest of the housework

...I like surf its a brand i have used for years as it works well and unlike other brands it dose get the tough stains out. i have kids so this is very important to me as washing clothes is a job that never seems to end. so when i saw surf small and mighty tropical in my local tesco's on offer at only £1.79 i had to give it ago, and guess what- it didn't let me down. surf small and mighty tropical the small bottle with a big attitued, surf at 2x concentrated delivers a big blow to the 99 top stains. surf small and mighty tropical is a great smelling automatic biological washing liquied that leaves clothes smelling clean and fresh for along time and gets the top 99 stains out. the bottle only contains 730ml of washing liquied but as you only need 35ml per 5kg wash it gose a long, long way at 20 washes per bottle. the cap... Read review

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Advantages: Good surf, other beaches within reach
Disadvantages: Not quiet, very commercialised and crowded in high season

...Everyone knows that surfing is now an in-sport and most surfers head for Newquay's Fistral beach because it's known throughout the world and especially in Australia for not only its surfing connections, but also for its young nightlife. I go to Newquay at least three times each year (to watch not to partake)and it amazes me to think that back in the 60s the surfers bravely practiced their sport without the benefit of the allover body surfing suits that are now available.They must have been absolutely freezing! These surfers were however the forerunners of the sport and it might interest current surfers to know that The Sailors in Newquay,which is still a popular pub for the young, was even then the in-spot for the surfing fraternity around at the time. There are however equally good beaches for surfing within easy reach of Newquay... Read review

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