I heart WOTD
AndyM wrote:I guess it's better than Chippa casting his wedding tackle.
That would be a ballsy move. You'd have to be pretty cocky to pull that one off.
Oh shit that is funny. Do you reckon he really did that?
he has to be a funny pisstaker doing that. Way undersized and non legal size fish to be catching with that silly method..funny bastard if he is taking the piss
That is gold.
groundswell wrote:Looks similar to an old semi local i leved 25 minutes away from but different type of volcanic rock shape so certainly not it.
Havent surfed this joint pretty sure but good photo but what was yesterdays size? 20 foot? some kalbarri chargers i sort of semi know would call it 15 foot but one certain one im talking about is a super fit around 49 -50 years old or something ses worker as wel as other jobs but one of the only guys out in a maxing kalbarri spot on 8foot plus days he calls 6 foot.
What’s the size of the surf in WA got to do with this photo groundy?
Yesterdays monster shippies photo im questioning what size is it called by most aussies like Stunet who i know goes by hawaiian sizes.
Ah gotcha, I thought you were talking about Chippas photo today, I thought he is from Qld.
Yeah that shippies pic is massive
Its ok but how big would you call it goofy? 15-20 somewhere?
never personally dont think i have ever paddled into waves or lineups that big..bIggest ive surfed was probably with an old peruvian friend in the late 90's outside corner ulus 12-15 foot but easy to get waves, just as got out before sunset which was piss easy for some reason from the peak side of lowtide reef, just jumped off and out back quickly without getting hair wet..Got one 12 or so footer bumped around a little then decided ill leave waves that big and bigger for others..even as a healthy non smoker always preferred 3-8 foot barrels but started smoking then more into 3-5 footers really...Then aging got more now into mini mals and longboarding 1-3 footers.On a lid bigger barrels but standing mini mals and bigger sized fish than at 28 years old.
Guess that's why some people such as myself just prefer indo and peruvian or south coast nsw waves than hawaiian Wiamea type waves..Some semi un noticed by most bombies i like too but not many see them work often.A jim banks fish i half paid his agent for went well at one on an 8 foot day at one not well known bombie 8foot plus and never slid out..Back then locals saying that boards meant for one foot mush and personally i knew nothing about twin keels at first..But it handled and never got loose if back foot were not on butcrack.
Then learnt, lift backfoot heel a bit and pressure toes on inside rail and wide fish can fit you into the tube a lot easier than foot in centre of tail/stringer where a few times pit and lip landed on my head.
Yeah I would of called it a 20 footer groundy no problem. Funking massive!
How’s NSW treating you now?
Syds been nice found a good doctor straight away first try, which is rare for Sydney i used to find...Surf might have been good at an old haunt today but i dont have a car to drive..Might have to fix up an old mountain bike i left here but its got slick tyres and its been raining heaps..Good bike though, with some sort of Hawaiian model board rack and plenty of old boards i left here...Catching up with a few friends but not sure if other friends want to catch up or not..A little anxious about who to meet up with.
Things good though.
Yep id call it 20 foot too.
Hope you get some waves soon.
Well take it easy, try to get back on your healthy eating and exercising programs and get a few waves.
Healthy eating and shopping is much easier in nsw than kalbarri i reckon but thanks hope you score soon.
Crocodile Rock
Wow how's today Fijian freight train! Great pic and colours.
Love it. Nice one 'Swilly'.
Asher stayed out all Day...and Snuck a few turns in
Ah Ben.. you got me!
Did the boss believe your excuse?
Fantastic pic Ben of a very treasured part of the world.
That banks looking shallow!!
Cheers.
Paddle out looks hectic, did anyone take it on or was that a rare one out of heaps of closeouts?.
Yeah man, the boss is way too lenient!
This photo reminds me of when -Apparently a few weeks or a month or whatever ago my own mum was walking along Cronulla's esplanade for usuall exercise when a massive black cloud formation came over and she was stuck at south Cronulla all surfers at all beaches and point scrambled for shore..Mum left her car at Wanda, like 4 km away and nobody was on foot path.. Scared the hell out of her but she made it..
Its pretty rare in my experience to see surfers scramble for shore..Even if there are a few sharks or whatever.
I lost my wedding ring on a day similar to this where the right is breaking. Expensive surf. Edit…..yesterday’s WOTD
Beautiful shot. Reminds one that see such liquid sculptures and to ride within them puts surfing in a realm no other sport can come close to matching.
Vision of heaven and hell ..
Beautiful shot ..
He’s going for it today, charging.
Any details about the shot?
Yesterday Margs was pumping Goofy, all the worlds best battling each other for shorty rights and getting rides back out on the rescue ski (which was driven by a total white belt wsl flat water specialist by the way he was chopping up the the lineup with his wake and cutting people off in hie enthusiasm to collect his precious cargo) and 3 old guys sharing all the lefts to themselves
The circus is well and truly in town as the foreground would suggest
Hahahah. Cheers Mike
Geez it looks good on boat ramp camera...
Looks like hard yakka.
Don't overdo it lads.
The captions are well and truly back on song, hope the rest of the recovery goes as good Stu
82shoes wrote:The captions are well and truly back on song, hope the rest of the recovery goes as good Stu
Indeed! A good indicator, I hope.
82shoes wrote:The captions are well and truly back on song, hope the rest of the recovery goes as good Stu
*ahem*
Yours are too clever Ben.
Only for the elite thinkers.
Haha! I enjoy the challenge of coming up with something unusual that makes you ponder for a second (even if it's "WTF are they on about today").
Had a nice compliment the other day, that our WOTD captions are "like Wordle meets the Far Side". I'll take that.
thermalben wrote:82shoes wrote:The captions are well and truly back on song, hope the rest of the recovery goes as good Stu
*ahem*
Oops ...... :(
Thankyou
You're on a wing and a prayer if you want a wave down there. ;)
Ha, incredible shot though!
megalodon!
That Photog names indicates that wave could be somewhere. Wonder if it’ll make the slab tour vlog. I could be wrong but.
I always get chocolate stains on my pants.
Nick Bone wrote:That Photog names indicates that wave could be somewhere. Wonder if it’ll make the slab tour vlog. I could be wrong but.
You aren't wrong bone. It’s the spot you’re thinking of. He posted a clip of a paddle in wave there yesterday wooowwww he is a dead set psychopath
Surfed with him there Monday. Tuesday he was apparently paddling 12 foot tow waves on a 6'2. Would say it will make the slab tour vlog. Should be some good Tim Bonython footage of it on the internet soon too.
How was he going there on Monday single fin?
How big was it?
goofyfoot wrote:How was he going there on Monday single fin?
How big was it?
6-8 feet, and equally as wide.
He rode one big tube early in the session but then seemed kinda disappointed in himself after picking a few duds and falling on a few.
Such a tricky wave to read and scary to paddle. Bowls so hard on itself that the good ones actually look like closeouts.
Kipp Caddy rode the paddle wave of the day and Dylan Longbottom backdoored a mental tow one on his backhand.
Following day sounded like carnage, couple skis lost and some 15 foot sets closing out the channel.
SingleFin95 wrote:goofyfoot wrote:How was he going there on Monday single fin?
How big was it?6-8 feet, and equally as wide.
He rode one big tube early in the session but then seemed kinda disappointed in himself after picking a few duds and falling on a few.
Such a tricky wave to read and scary to paddle. Bowls so hard on itself that the good ones actually look like closeouts.
Kipp Caddy rode the paddle wave of the day and Dylan Longbottom backdoored a mental tow one on his backhand.
Following day sounded like carnage, couple skis lost and some 15 foot sets closing out the channel.
Got a pretty wild still image of Dyl's wave, but I'll wait a while to run it as WOTD.
Think Tim B ran Dyl’s wave on his insta and called it ‘tamarama’
At least make the fake location plausible.
But then the locals at the fake location blow up cos they feel their spot has been exposed.
It's a tricky business.
Salute Andrew/ #1 swellnet! One of yer best & All time best Snapper shots ever seen.
Used to live in there rolling about & dustin' the Chandelier!
Maybe one day can regrow me sea legs & dust off the unfathomobile!
tbb's Goldie Locks...nothin' fancy...a Triple Helix with a Blue Bottle Kiss (Not greedy!)
Man ya just gotta give that a bash...Yew!
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.