Watch: Sandbar cheer with JJF

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Stu Nettle (stunet)
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Chip shot takeoffs and undersucking freefalls.

Head-high waves that double in size down the line.

A sandbar that's here today and washed away tomorrow.

Watch the bros Florence and friends make hay over sand.

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Nick Bone Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 10:47am

sun screen job outta 10?

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surfstarved Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 11:39am

I was just thinking that too, although the wave provided most of the slop and the slap that day...

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stunet Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 12:07pm

Reckon it's the result of sun protection as an afterthought. Trying to rub cream onto already wet skin.

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braudulio Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 10:50am

Yeah nah, someone buy the kid a rashie

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Gowsa Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 11:21am

Sand in your undies for days after that...

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Hiccups Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 12:15pm

Go pro in mouth. Ruins the clip from land, and rarely does the footage look good anyway. Besides that, very good.

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ringmaster Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 12:42pm

You'd wanna be getting free surfboards if you're gunna surf that sorta stuff.

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adambol1 Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 1:47pm

Best 4 minutes of my day

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vbaaccess Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 1:51pm

Reminds me of Rabbit Hill around Yallingup area. Just as deadly sucking, slamming closeouts.

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dazzler Thursday, 18 Feb 2021 at 8:05am

Agree, also has a bit of Mooloolaba shorey on a big ENE swell. Fun a lid as a young bloke not on my backhand as an old bloke!

The double up @ 2.45 does it for me.

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brandonrooney14 Monday, 22 Feb 2021 at 12:27pm

been aaaaaaages since i've surfed it good... boxing day 2011 rings a bell? afternoon glass-off, brown water and d-bah-esque peaks.

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hunt3r Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 2:44pm

Big skill being able to constantly survive this

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Garryh Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 2:54pm

what is the technique for bailing on a wave (whilst in the barrel) with a lip that thick?

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Winki-outlier Sunday, 28 Feb 2021 at 9:17am

Dive down where you think the lip will impact. By the time you get there wave has moved forward and you twist n go back under wave

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freeride76 Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 3:19pm

wonder how many toob rides JJF has had this winter?

have to be thousands, surely.

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batfink Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 3:20pm

How quick on his feet is he? Amazing.

The amount of sunscreen could have bought him a rashie. I hate piling on sunscreen.

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joesydney Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 3:28pm

I can confidently say I would make none of those drops.....
I tried surfing a rip bowl which was about a quarter of that intensity......every time pitched into the flats

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Westofthelake Wednesday, 17 Feb 2021 at 6:22pm

Like Joey said.

Everyone knows super-sucking-rip-bowls are like 'black runs'.

It's just that the pros like JJF make them appear green.

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tango Thursday, 18 Feb 2021 at 10:45am

I love seeing waves like this surfed well, but also admit to enjoying seeing surfers at this level getting flogged a little more. Oh, to be 23 and bullet-proof again.

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Optimist Friday, 19 Feb 2021 at 5:57am

We used to call that game "Commandos" when we were young.....see who could last longest and get the best flogging.

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Solitude Friday, 19 Feb 2021 at 6:50am

Can you imagine how full on it is if Jack Robbo saying he’s scared?

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san Guine Friday, 19 Feb 2021 at 8:49am

Notwithstanding JJF's undoubted ability, all I can think about is spinal injuries. Maybe I'm just getting old or more risk averse, or both!