I heart WOTD
Its interesting that you guys keep posting pics of the telos in particular mishos/churches.
I honestly think the constant exposure is blowing the place up, crowds this year were way up (sadly when people see these pics and think lets do a telos trip , many now do it on a charter boat)
We don't spend a cent on advertising but cant keep up with bookings the demand is huge people even want to book for 2021
As a surfer who enjoyed the place totally empty it kind of sucks but on the flipside i make a little money and my local friends are now very well off and the money does go back into the community.
No, it ain't. I name it because I think it's a big region, same as I'd say 'Mentawais' or 'Sumbawa' or 'Java'.
I'm here. I answer any comment or email, so ask a question before constructing a conspiracy theory.
"I’d say that’s why the region is named too."
You're saying I'm complicit and I'm telling you it's bullshit.
Aye. Tears are dried. No more Telos or similar.
I don't know i just get confused about how heavily some of these resorts are trying to sell the place, especially with their photographers surely they understand just because the photographer stays at some resort doesn't mean people looking at the pics will also stay there, it doesn't work that way, your advertising the place like a product, but when people buy into the product they buy it from all kinds of sources. (resorts, camps, boats)
Except it ain't myshos/churches. It's 'The Gooch' :)
Probably, we call it "Razzor backs" is clearly named as Telos though.
Yep and have to agree with you re crowds....the joint has exploded in the 10 years i've been going there.
The charter boats are the killer - everyone else seems to have reasonable understanding of the 'wait an hour if someone else already on it' rule but with the charters its a fukn free for all
I do all that in the local carpark here.
Haha, gold Blowin!
Awesome moves Blowin.....did they catch on?
Yep maddog 100% true, some resorts are also better than others telo island lodge and pinnacles come and go as arent limited to one trip a day in boats, others sit on waves all day especially the resort that even sometimes sends two boats south and two north( even other resorts both north and south are over them)
Im naming and shaming here too Sumatran safaris pretty much sat on the left for a week with two of their boats last month.
Yeah sure south winds but so options limited, but really two of your own charter boats at same break pretty much 70% of the time, imagine if you were a guest on their boat? Id be pissed.
They market themselves as always being onto uncrowded waves ect but last year the locals at rockstars in Nias also got pissed of and forced them somehow to move on after 4 days.(nias tourist get pissed off and complain hence why Nias locals care)
For sure ID - too many of those zero boats for my liking
Gold Blowin, fisiocrem mixed into sun cream works a treat especially when later applied to the face and around the eyes .... just quietly
I’d be keen to know the story behind today’s shot. That’s incredible
Almost whipped down there for that swell, new 7'6" might been on the underside of suitable, fitness more an issue, however I thought the waves around home would be good. But they weren't, I rode a 5'8", barely raised a puff, and then Lance sent an email with that shot.
I'm swinging between relieved and frustrated.
Wild pic..and that next section forming...jesus !
Is that a paddle in?
I'd say that one's a tow.
If you look closely he's on a tow board with straps.
What a bomb. Incredible photo.
Ahh just saw today's. I was talking about Chopes.
Is today's the spot that has shown up in footage with the likes of Russel Bierke charging it?
Nup. Its not. The photo has been flipped to keep the hype down on this incredible Righthander.
That was a very fun session (today's pic).
Ha ha ha...and I almost didn't use it cos it was too obvious.
Todays wave reminds me of the Toyota ad, 'Oh what a feeling!'
The nonchalant lady not so much.
Booties? I know a bloke who surfs Lennox Head in a hood.
While he watches his pals sit on the sidelines for 6-8 weeks waiting for their drilled out ears to heal up. So I've heard, my hearing is great btw.
Hey Harry Elks, don't give too much away, you might regret it when the hordes start turning up and word gets out on the international grapevine.
Not a fan of the booties and boardshorts look then?
Yep. Photo from late y'day.
He must have the itchiest of itchy feet that bloke.
Great shot.
A couple of cracking frames the last WOTD's how critical is is that rail grab,
PJ's (North Point?), epic.
Yep, Pete's was NP.
Dreamy WOTD. Sweet.
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.