I heart WOTD

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Blowin started the topic in Wednesday, 30 Jul 2014 at 8:07am

The wave of the day does it for me big time. Nice work Steen Barnes , Shaun Anderson and Swellnet.
In one photo you've encompassed everything nice about surfing. If I was a wanker I'd say that it was perfect except for the fact he is in a wetsuit. Which it is , it's perfect .....except for the fact he's in a wetsuit.

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Moonah Tuesday, 1 Apr 2025 at 11:08am
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Almost as good a shot as Margo's.

that is one of the best shots i have seen in a long time...with the over saturation of images these days it takes a lot to make you stop and go...wow!

Epic isn’t it?

I’d love to see a sequence of it.

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rooftop Tuesday, 1 Apr 2025 at 6:05pm

Today's reminds me of that classic photo of Margo at Nias by Jason Childs. My mate had that up on his wall all through high school and I couldn't stop looking at it.

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Roystein Tuesday, 1 Apr 2025 at 11:07pm
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Roystein wrote:
Taprobane wrote:

Almost as good a shot as Margo's.

that is one of the best shots i have seen in a long time...with the over saturation of images these days it takes a lot to make you stop and go...wow!

Last December I stopped in at Bali for a day and scored Keramas with a bit of swell. Dylan W was out there and I saw him repeatedly try a regulation layback snap but deep in the pocket rather than the shoulder.

He made some, blew others but the number of attempts made it obvious he had his mind set on the turn.

So I was pretty thrilled when David sent a bunch of photos that included Dylan doing that exact turn, only on a bigger wave and with a better backdrop.

Like you, I think it's an amazing surf photo.

Epic to see the preface to it Stu.

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Supafreak Wednesday, 2 Apr 2025 at 5:49am
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Supafreak Wednesday, 2 Apr 2025 at 10:42am

Max really has this place wired.

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Supafreak Thursday, 3 Apr 2025 at 7:07am
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Moonah Thursday, 3 Apr 2025 at 7:38am

Faded to perfection

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stunet Thursday, 3 Apr 2025 at 11:34am

Another wave from the WOTD session. Same surfer, Riley Pitt, showing optimism in the face of disaster.

Photo Steve Turner.

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Fliplid Thursday, 3 Apr 2025 at 11:55am

^ All good so far

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udo Friday, 4 Apr 2025 at 3:26pm
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basesix Saturday, 5 Apr 2025 at 9:28am

a nice amalgam of the WOTD and Stu's 'which dog are you gonna feed' flyer.


@Sebastian_surfs, 16 yo from the goldy making pov gromumentaries,
reckon he's go a budding young tim bonython doing soundtrack ; )

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basesix Tuesday, 8 Apr 2025 at 4:38am

haha, squirt-tastic!

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Craig Tuesday, 8 Apr 2025 at 5:17am

Ha!

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southernraw Tuesday, 8 Apr 2025 at 8:44am

haha. Very clever caption.
Glad there was nothing said about Surfers Paradise squirters!!

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Moonah Tuesday, 8 Apr 2025 at 10:31am
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a nice amalgam of the WOTD and Stu's 'which dog are you gonna feed' flyer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0DAPcV9ddY
@Sebastian_surfs, 16 yo from the goldy making pov gromumentaries,
reckon he's go a budding young tim bonython doing soundtrack ; )

Anyone done any fishing out there? It would have to be pretty good I'm thinking.

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stunet Tuesday, 8 Apr 2025 at 10:37am
Moonah wrote:
basesix wrote:

a nice amalgam of the WOTD and Stu's 'which dog are you gonna feed' flyer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0DAPcV9ddY
@Sebastian_surfs, 16 yo from the goldy making pov gromumentaries,
reckon he's go a budding young tim bonython doing soundtrack ; )

Anyone done any fishing out there? It would have to be pretty good I'm thinking.

Jack knows:

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Moonah Tuesday, 8 Apr 2025 at 10:41am
stunet wrote:
Moonah wrote:
basesix wrote:

a nice amalgam of the WOTD and Stu's 'which dog are you gonna feed' flyer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0DAPcV9ddY
@Sebastian_surfs, 16 yo from the goldy making pov gromumentaries,
reckon he's go a budding young tim bonython doing soundtrack ; )

Anyone done any fishing out there? It would have to be pretty good I'm thinking.

Jack knows:

Crikey! He sure does.

Hows that shorey reeling off behind him too.

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rj-davey Wednesday, 9 Apr 2025 at 9:40am

Great pic, great caption

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wally Wednesday, 9 Apr 2025 at 4:28pm

Agreed. It’s also a great image of a water photographer at work, in the firing zone, preserved like a fossil in amber.

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seeds Wednesday, 9 Apr 2025 at 9:38pm

^^Opti heading through his portal.

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indo-dreaming Thursday, 10 Apr 2025 at 7:48am

Classic set up, with the left looking to have better shape id almost be tempted to go left, but im sure id say i will just get a few rights first.

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Sprout Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025 at 7:34am

Sick one Andy, reminds me of waves I'd draw in school.

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daltz Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025 at 9:10am

Hey there, is there a place to access previously published WOTD's?
It was a few weeks back, with a dude in a pit behind a jetty........many thanks

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basesix Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025 at 9:35am

I was looking for the same thing @daltz, (I sometimes send non-surfing but surf-interested rellies a few levels of a surf thing I find interesting, try to make it suit non-surfer attention spans. I was gonna send 3 versions of max mcguigan's deadmans flailing frog foamy freefall: the wotd photo as a teaser, @Supa's 1min insta clip with 'killing in the name of', then TB's Deadmans Lurking film hoping they'd engage with the whole). I assume part of the deal with SN is that wotds are burn after use, so the photographers retain the online control.. like TV shows disappear off of iview etc after a while..

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basesix Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025 at 10:06am

@daltz - if you type various combos of:

wotd swellnet "swellnet" "wave of the day"

into Google, then select images, looks like there's lots on the swellnet insta account? (I can't access) and lotsa old swellnet.com wotds (can't see the jetty one). You can get them big enough to copy, but if you click on them again, you get all kinds of relic pages and stuff..

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daltz Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025 at 11:14am
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@daltz - if you type various combos of:

wotd swellnet "swellnet" "wave of the day"

into Google, then select images, looks like there's lots on the swellnet insta account? (I can't access) and lotsa old swellnet.com wotds (can't see the jetty one). You can get them big enough to copy, but if you click on them again, you get all kinds of relic pages and stuff..

Awesome.....will give it a go. Thanks basesix...yewwww

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Sprout Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025 at 12:25pm

Can also...

https://www.swellnet.com/welcome

...scroll to the bottom, Load more, repeat. Pretty laborious. Would be cool to have a gallery page of them SN.

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basesix Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025 at 12:42pm

here's an interesting one @Sprout and @daltz.. seems to be page after page of articles and WOTDs going back in time:
https://www.swellnet.com/node
Ignore the first 2 articles, a margs and a surf politik, might just be @stu's format placesavers for impending drops..? (I don't understand internet machines). it's in reverse chronology after that..

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garyg1412 Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025 at 1:29pm

I'm glad you asked that question @daltz

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Craig Tuesday, 15 Apr 2025 at 1:44pm

Daltz, check here, all the WOTD's are there..

https://www.instagram.com/swellnet

It's not this one?

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Moonah Thursday, 17 Apr 2025 at 9:50am

Nice looking board Clint’s on.

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Island Bay Friday, 18 Apr 2025 at 4:37am

Today's is a beauty!

(And fully agree with you on Clint's board y'day)

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Moonah Friday, 18 Apr 2025 at 2:11pm
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Today's is a beauty!

(And fully agree with you on Clint's board y'day)

Hey @IB, Clint’s board just liked like a nice clean shape, nothing fancy standing out about it just a good board for good waves.
Hope you’re getting some over there.

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seeds Saturday, 19 Apr 2025 at 7:34am

Awesome shot today! Wonder how it panned out?

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carpetman Saturday, 19 Apr 2025 at 7:35am

Insane wave. Love to hear the story

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stunet Saturday, 19 Apr 2025 at 7:48am

Old mate to the right of shot might have a story.

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etarip Saturday, 19 Apr 2025 at 8:07am

100% @stunet!

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thermalben Saturday, 19 Apr 2025 at 8:11am

"A medley of breath hold techniques and floggings".

Part 1: Oh Fuck.

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Craig Saturday, 19 Apr 2025 at 8:52am

Made it, comes out after the spit, sequence and video to come.

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Lanky Dean Saturday, 19 Apr 2025 at 9:51am

How's that wave !!!!!!

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benskii Saturday, 19 Apr 2025 at 9:59am

Can't wait to see it. Seen a few great posts on Instagram already. Epic.

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Sprout Saturday, 19 Apr 2025 at 3:29pm

Mad shit!

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blackers Saturday, 19 Apr 2025 at 4:21pm

It's been a pretty good April all around judging by the spate of cracking WOTD's . Have to feel for old mate in the very worst place to watch Tom Myers' stonking barrel.

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basesix Saturday, 19 Apr 2025 at 4:36pm

"dead bloke to the left of me, live one to the right,
here I am.. committing to a hell tuube.."

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Island Bay Saturday, 19 Apr 2025 at 7:35pm

Such an incredible wave, and so well ridden. I'm jealous of Sydney's bombies.

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mikehunt207 Sunday, 20 Apr 2025 at 9:59am

I read today's headline as Wendy Botha without my glasses
Wonder where Wendy is these days?
World champion and playboy centrefold !!!

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basesix Friday, 25 Apr 2025 at 12:26am

first left in forever.. no pressure..