I heart WOTD
zenagain wrote:Is it Ray? That's what I thought it was too but others have said it isn't.
Bro in a place like EnZid its probably easier to work out where it Isn't ;)
True that Cuz.
impressive image slats
Cracking shot, gorgeous light, reminds me of Hardy at Box.
Yeah beautiful eh!
Looks like one of those turns which would feel amazing but would then cost you an extra thirty minutes of padding.
Assuming one does not have access to a ski.
If it's the first wave of the set you commit to the turn, come in and run a lap.
It’s taken me years to (maybe) develop the surfing maturity to (occasionally) kick off before the end section and save myself the epic paddle / sets on the head / washed down the beach scenario you described Blowin
All of that but despite that, sometimes that end section is begging to be smashed.
Nothing more satisfying than making that last big blast.
(considering more often than not I don't)
This talk of hitting the end section is bring back memories of being mercilessly dragged down a reef duck diving wave after wave between coral heads with my boardies washed down to my ankles. Not pretty ...
Ha ha!
Is that how you got the nickname Shiny bum?
I’ve been called many things zen but that’s not one of them :) gawd just remembered getting the wax off the downstairs dept was pretty bad :(
That once happened to me at Lakey Pipe. Got my bum dragged along the reef and pants ripped apart. Had to paddle in and walk back naked…wasn’t embarrassing at all.
pays to advertise eh
Hideaways for me. Didn’t lose them completely but totally shredded the arse out of my then favourite boardies being rather ungraciously dragged across the reef.
I dropped a car battery by accident at the Mobil at Broadbeach and the acid splashed on my boardies and melted most of them away.
I quickly tipped the water from the window cleaner bucket over me but they were shredded.
Gnarly 'eh!
(true story)
Puts a new meaning to the term dropping some acid zen ...
dropping acid at the servo, no less
Ah boys... those were the days.
Today's looks very very familiar and the only Ryan Trickey I can find is a Melbourne based 20s something director (no less) of an eastern suburbs real estate agency which further confirms my suspicions about this wave. If my hunch is correct the wave is no secret and like every other wave in this area is mostly always well over crowded with the full chocolate box of surf skill and craft.
Once upon a time it used to be ok mid week.
Circus now.
That board that blokes holding does it look extra wide ..like 24 inches or more ?
or its just the Angle its being held at..
Standard Melbourne part time surfer design.
Maybe 21 wide.
lostdoggy wrote:Standard Melbourne part time surfer design.
Maybe 21 wide.
Perhaps more so one of a number of board models shaped by a local shaper designed for those reefs and yes the angle makes it look extra wide ...
To be fair, it also has a fair bit of surfer to keep afloat. Not a very flattering angle.
Thats a nice way of putting it..the distance from armpit to centre thigh caught my eye.
... haha, and here I was thinking Ryan had done the usual RE agency trick of making a shit sandwich look like a gourmet lunch, focusing solely on the wave and looking straight the surfer!!
If it's where I think it is Guy, near where our mate Gilligan hangs out, he has made a pretty good wave look like an SEC house in Moe.
I rarely bother with this wave as so busy, but i actually had quite a good surf there before Xmas low tide wind a bit side shore but was overhead about 15 seconds period and only a few guys out.
Bloody hell blackers you’re right, I was way off, only about 2hr drive apart, agree can be excellent but now always crowded.
Low tide info??
GS, ironically the two waves (the one it is, and the one I think you thought it was) are (almost) in the same line of view to the photog's angle. Hence both waves requiring opposite winds to each other. Thus, the giveaway here is the short arm steamer in the photo, suggesting a location more likely to be surfed in summer than winter (which favours the one you were thinking of).
You’re onto it Ben, both waves also share the background headlands depending on where a photographer was standing where I thought the waves was.
GuySmiley wrote:Bloody hell blackers you’re right, I was way off, only about 2hr drive apart, agree can be excellent but now always crowded.
Low tide info??
Yeah I prefer it low tide incoming on a decent swell, has a bit more bite which keeps the City crowd down a bit, but best tide really is about half tide.
Its always been crowded though even in late 80s but sometime you luck out on a weekday often with no logic or reason to why.
Stop beating around the bush boys and tell the world it's (drum roll) Mentone beach.
totally agree info, just this one time ok, normal communication resumes tomorrow :)
Don't tell me it's true, I don't wanna hear about it.
Mmmm, let me guess now Steve does live on the SurfCoast and there only a few places with steps and slightly fewer with sand at the bottom nah too many for an educated guess :)
Looks like Southern Ocean to me.
Definitely looks like a shot of w cape for sure mattlock but must be straddie
That’s an old shot of straddie.
On a foamy no less.
wotd Jamie Mitchell. Speaking about the psychology of fear is on a different planet. In a vid some where he said he is quite comfortable with death from his passion when pushing it, As have other nutters. Really puts those crew out in another zone be it paddling, towing, slabs, big wave or whatever. The bar is high currently, and only rising. Guru's of performance that make it look easy. It has some what become normal to a number of crew to chase conditions you could easily die in. And the numbers of committed participants taking it on will only see levels rise higher. Impressive to see and how far it's is going to go and has come. As it seems like every year is another step up, in equipment and skill. Crazy times.
wotd looks pretty much perfect to me. Most wotd is out of my skill level, but today I would go.
Looks like home.
I don't know if todays is even makeable or ridable.
Great WOTD, you can feel the speed. Nice colour palette too.
Today's is a bit oil painting, a bit tilt-shift, full of feel and a whole lot of incredible, but mostly just makes me want to be out there!
All eyes on Mick
Except for the dude in the foreground who's trying on his best Joey impersonation
Meanwhile, over his left shoulder, Mick is getting casually shacked.
That's Occy setting up for the drop-in down the line haha making sure he doesn't look left "sorry mate I didn't see ya"
I hope he burned him . No sympathy for MF from me if he did. Not at that place anyway.
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.