Wave of the day

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Southshore started the topic in Wednesday, 12 Mar 2014 at 4:37pm

g'day swellnet people
im new to this so please bare with me and excuse me if it has been asked previously or im in the wrong section but how does one go about getting their images on wave of the day on swellnets homepage? is it exclusively for swellnets photographers or can anyone sumbit a photo? is there certain restrictions that need to be followed eg file type and size.

thanks in advance!
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yorkessurfer Monday, 28 Jul 2014 at 3:32pm

How's this for a Wave of the Day? A surfing Llama? What unfortunate creature will be next hauled onto a surfboard?

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stunet Monday, 28 Jul 2014 at 4:16pm

Hey Southshore,

You can send any photos to me: [email protected]

I'll get back to you to let you know if they'll run or not.

We don't run many shots of surfing llamas.

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Blowin Monday, 28 Jul 2014 at 4:31pm

Yeah Yorkessurfer there are some strange goings on in the world of surfing at the moment. For instance a mate of mine reckons he saw what looked like a palsied gibbon bouncing around on a board out at the back beach this morning ! Weird huh ? What makes it even stranger is that I was surfing out there all morning without even seeing another person , let alone a surfing monkey . What's he been smoking eh ?

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yorkessurfer Monday, 28 Jul 2014 at 4:54pm

What impressed me most was the Llama's drop-knee technique then just to take it further casually lifting a front leg too! Why he needs a life vest on with that kind of confidence I have no idea?

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Blowin Monday, 28 Jul 2014 at 4:53pm

The llama's got better style than his partner that's for sure.

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wellymon Monday, 28 Jul 2014 at 6:39pm

They're pretty llamo swimmers.

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niggly Thursday, 5 Nov 2015 at 6:22pm

Nice shot 5/11/15

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zenagain Thursday, 5 Nov 2015 at 6:30pm

Shit yeah niggly, stunning.

I took a similar shot in NZ quite a few years ago, I'll try and dig it up.

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niggly Thursday, 5 Nov 2015 at 7:53pm

please do zen'
:)

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wellymon Thursday, 5 Nov 2015 at 8:35pm

Oopps missed the post sorry:)

Hahahha

Went ot I Heart WOTD?

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goofyfoot Saturday, 4 Jun 2016 at 7:21am

Nice photo today fellas

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stunet Saturday, 4 Jun 2016 at 8:54am

goofyfoot wrote:

Nice photo today fellas

Doesn't it conjure up a wonderfully relaxed mood? And that's despite it being one of the more fercocious waves on the coast.

Pete said it's where he likes to hang and have an arvo beer while watching and shooting the waves.

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CELTIC Thursday, 9 Jun 2016 at 5:03pm

I suppose the best surfer on the day is the one who has the most fun. Let's not forget it is about having fun....

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goofyfoot Wednesday, 5 Oct 2016 at 4:20pm

Micky Free baby wooooooooo in the green room!

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Finnbob the terror Monday, 8 Jan 2018 at 11:34am

nice photo

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chucky84 Wednesday, 14 Mar 2018 at 5:23pm

Sick shot today of Reef throwing it!

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Ant agonist Wednesday, 14 Mar 2018 at 9:40pm

if he landed that then that is fuckin epic

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rooftop Wednesday, 14 Mar 2018 at 11:37pm

Totally.

Can't really see it, but what is that wave - four foot? Jeezus...

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GuySmiley Thursday, 15 Mar 2018 at 7:57am

Today's a cracker

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chook Thursday, 19 Apr 2018 at 9:38am

great shot of Simon Farrar

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goofyfoot Tuesday, 10 Jul 2018 at 9:25am

Nice choice today.
That’s a big cavern

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GuySmiley Wednesday, 11 Jul 2018 at 12:14pm

wow, PNG?

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stunet Wednesday, 11 Jul 2018 at 1:18pm

Indo, GS.

Very famous.

 

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Island Bay Wednesday, 11 Jul 2018 at 1:27pm

Is that a key hole I see?

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goofyfoot Wednesday, 11 Jul 2018 at 2:17pm

That pic makes me weak at the nias

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lostdoggy Wednesday, 11 Jul 2018 at 2:34pm

Not me GF, seeing those beautiful waves while sitting at a desk is a pain in nias

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helmet-not-hose Wednesday, 11 Jul 2018 at 4:15pm

Surely the first time a Carpenters lyric has captioned a surf photo??

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GuySmiley Wednesday, 11 Jul 2018 at 5:57pm

Light Bulb!
Old mate went there in the late 70s, he has two whole photo albums of that wave. Each photo he's slotted, boring after the second page, not. Looks like that once small village is no more.

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indo-dreaming Wednesday, 11 Jul 2018 at 7:34pm

It's an interesting photo/perspective.

The thing that stands out to me is despite the mess of losmens right next to each other, not far behind it is still fairly untouched, while when you are there it feels like the mess goes further back.

Nias is pretty screwed up, but i think if the community all rallied together and agreed on things like building restrictions and code etc and worked together on re greening and landscaping and even bringing beauty back to the high and dry reef, Nias could really be changed in a positive way.

Unfortunately there seems little motivation for this :(

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indo-dreaming Wednesday, 11 Jul 2018 at 7:38pm

What is also clear and i did notice last time i was there was the clear line where the land is being reclaimed, going to be interesting what happens here?...will it stay wasteland like it has in recent years, or will they build in front of other losmens?..or?

Would be nice if they could replant coconut palms and landscape with that fine grass etc.

But again, highly unlikely :(

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udo Wednesday, 11 Jul 2018 at 8:04pm

Big wide walkway being built i think ?

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indo-dreaming Thursday, 12 Jul 2018 at 9:19am

Are okay, i guess thats not a bad thing if done right, its far from it's natural state anyway.

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The Fire Friday, 13 Jul 2018 at 6:55pm

Nice friday the 13th wotd sn!

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stunet Friday, 13 Jul 2018 at 6:59pm

Two frames later. Optimism misplaced...

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simba Friday, 13 Jul 2018 at 8:11pm

is he ok....serious face plant coming up or crayfish dinner.

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maddogmorley Sunday, 5 Aug 2018 at 8:52pm

Nice WOTD. Don't see that wave break too often.....

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yocal Monday, 6 Aug 2018 at 1:24pm

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udo Monday, 6 Aug 2018 at 4:27pm

What an Evil Growling 30ft Beast !

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blindboy Monday, 6 Aug 2018 at 6:06pm

Yeh that would be my estimate too udo. The scary thing is that it was probably very surfable and running a long, long way.

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goofyfoot Tuesday, 14 Aug 2018 at 8:40am

Stunning photo today gents

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Craig Tuesday, 14 Aug 2018 at 8:44am

How is it, captures the late pumping sunset session amazingly well!

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stunet Thursday, 23 Aug 2018 at 1:18pm

Video of Ox from same session as today's WOTD:

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DamonS Thursday, 23 Aug 2018 at 6:19pm

The Cronulla guys were such a big influence in the 90s. Idolised the McKinley bros, and others there, as surfers. A lot of brilliant surfers came from that region during that time.

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mikehunt207 Thursday, 23 Aug 2018 at 9:45pm

That guy has been doing that since a long time before instagram, nice work!

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upnorth Friday, 24 Aug 2018 at 5:30am

Jeremy Clarkson?

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goofyfoot Friday, 24 Aug 2018 at 11:33am

That’d be a fun session :-0

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mattlock Sunday, 7 Oct 2018 at 2:54pm

Six 4wds just out of frame for sure. Nice line up.

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velocityjohnno Sunday, 7 Oct 2018 at 4:30pm

Days like that you paddle in blind. Think I know what coast it is...

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uncle_leroy Sunday, 7 Oct 2018 at 6:39pm

@ mattlock, I think you forgot a zero, 60, maybe 40 is more realistic but a sign of the times, isn't what she use to be

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goofyfoot Sunday, 2 Dec 2018 at 9:58am

Yesterday?