The round one heat, Yorke surfer v Uplift should be unreal..... :p TGF v gordo.... Zen is flying in for his battle against Blowin..... Welly in his cape v dog and his guitar.... Can't wait........ :0)

What's a yorkesurfer?

This guy?

@uplift: I'm enjoying your tales of the carnage that is Blackfellows. It really has re-arranged a few egos over the years! Pity you don't want to reveal the tale of the legendary surfer/shaper big gun. Sounds hilarious!

The 'carnage' I surfed daily, year in year out, well into my fifties. Never seen or heard of him. Surfed the mighty 'chis' too. When I was 17 we were over it. Time to move on. Left it to pixie and the roadies. Hey he isn't pixie is he?

Hey I got a bite!

It is pixie, I knew it! He never forgave me... not that he had a choice.

Who the fuck's pixie? I did enjoy your blacks tales and other stuff upster! I'm into historical stories of our coast. Not so much the rants on health and fitness but that's cool you helped some people out on here, even Welly!
I think I even remember surfing blacks with you once when I was 15 back in the mid 80's. You said something like "it doesn't get any smaller than this" when I nervously paddled out;)

Pixie Cahill. He set up shop and somehow ran the circus over there, and simultaneously took control of the the roadies, including the infamous 'fighting gordons', all from fucking cornball point.

You want the true history, then trust me, the not the other liers. They ended up creating and then battling it out for leadership of the now (for all the wrong reasons) famous around here, Team Sunsilk. When we were kids we were spellbound by the 'yorkes' stories. The final reality snap was watching noddy, the then king of the roadies, babbling about 'massive' doilies, to a bug eyed little stick, frosty, only to witness his chick, also a lid rider, drop in on him, fade him and then send him in on the 'wave of the day'.

Lifty yorkes disclaimer:

This statement is to inform people that yorkes is no way my surf of choice. I do not recommend it to be surfed by anyone.

Never have I had any involvement with yorkes and I certainly have not and do not recommend its surf, or surfers..

Ah now I remember who your talking about! Yeah he was a fucken unit! Haha

I agree with your disclaimer too upster! It's shit down here! All keen surfers should head to blacks;)

My final word is this. 99.9% of the history of yorkes was punk, jewel, weasel and ray palmer screaching, squwarking and yelling at each other, whilst bouncing backwards and forwards between richards and dustbowl trying to figure out where to have their rally. In the end they usually ended up watching greg frost bolt more accessories on his kombi, in the pondi car park, before speeding back to the mid to catch 3 poles on the incoming tide. It all got found out and exposed, in that ludicrous, disgusting, sickening aussie titles South Australian 'state team', bunny hopping, flip flapping debacle at margarets.

Lifty SA disclaimer:

This statement is to inform people that I have never been to South Australia. I do not recommend it to be bunny hopped or flip flopped by anyone.

Never have I had any involvement with south australians, and I certainly have not and do not recommend its surf, or surfers or bunny hopping or flip flapping.

Thankyou.

Haha that was good! Vintage Lifty;))

Speaking of Pondie/Richards that reminds me. A dead 6 metre Pigmy Whale washed up on the beach a couple of weeks ago and is slowly rotting between the two breaks!

Last Friday some people from the museum came down and chopped it up, removed the skeleton for their display and buried the rest in the sand. Should be some nice funky smells around attracting old whitey for the next couple of months!

I wonder if they will hold the Yorkes Classic down at Pondie this year?

As for my blacks stories, they aren't my fault. I didn't ask to have to witness them. There's zillions of them along these lines. I'm surfing with gaully, maybe 4 - 6 foot blacks,and next thing he's screeching at his 'mate', 'sponno', who's just paddled out and is bouncing down the reef towards us. I ask him who 'sponno' is, and it turns out to be NPJ from kirra. Public flogmania. Really, genuinely nice guy, but we had a ball trying to get him over the edge of one, to no avail. At one stage he was pleading with me to give him a shot on my nugget. The final blow was when I was coming into the end bowl at low tide, and he'd been washed there again. I thought it was stones gaul, so lined him up and sprayed the fuck out of him, laughing my head off, only to kick out alongside stones in the channel. Poor 'sponno'.

Again, thats just a sample of commonplace blacks happenings. Not my fault. If you prefer it, who cares, he took it apart.

One day this potter from victor paddles out babbling about 'bullies', and 'chis', only to be blasted out of the ocean first set.

Then there was the common place entertainment of stuey valaderes and nods getting flung, blown and hurled down the reef like a couple of corn chips everytime it was over 2 foot.

Its not my fault. Again whatever you like, bullish performance, and ripping like a couple of corn chips if you prefer, I don't care. Don't blame me.

And, of course, who could forget when the famous merryweather board riding champ came to town, sponsored by MR, tales of the fucking groper hole and merryweather sprouting everywhere, with a pack of cunning newies in tow. I won't even go there, as he was a nice guy too, and to this day still hasn't recovered. The newies, urged on by their newfound traitorous leader toddler, turned on him, and poor yazzie for that matter, like a pack of rabid, stinking, treacherous hyenas. I fought for and protected the both of them until the end, not too proud to protect trounced and flogged kooks, and ensured that they left town without all their possessions being flogged and claimed by their so called newy 'mates'.

However as I said, on occasion, nothing, absolutely zilch in the proud history of surfing, could ever match that legendary, endless, snowballing, legend crumble. I will as I have vowed, protect that 'legend', to the very, very end.

Anyway, what exciting, rivetting thing is supposed to be happening at yorkes?

valladares ???

Gday, yorko.... Nice down here atm too.... Been a few waves as well, which is nice.....

Just sold the land.... happy and sad at the same time...... So who knows what the future holds....

Uplift... Bl**** sort of reminds me of a certain religious figure.... No one can post pictures of him... No one can draw him... Those who do post pictures or mutter his name have a fatwah declared on them... All other gods (waves) are denounced and their followers labelled infidels... Those who do not travel and prove themselves at mecca are doomed to a life of ridicule.....

Well, just like the religion, that sort of stuff doesn't wash with me.... From the rare photo's I have seen, It looks like a clean takeoff..... On an old style 7foot plus board (like the photo you posted - the "shoulder hop" - just stirring), you get in early, set your line for a super shallow heavy barrel..... Heavy for sure....
I'd ask you to supply a link to some video footage, But I know you wouldn't do it..... Been enough beheadings.........
Until then, I enjoy the stories....

There's only one youtube vid with that left in it sheepie. It's got some old footage and some relatively new stuff compiled but it doesn't really show that left at it's meanest. You'll find it if you search around. At four foot it looks like a piece of piss, double that, who knows? But it's nice to hear the big old humble raw boned barrell chested champion of the working class wax lyrical from time to time.

PS, I should clarify, there's snippets of that spot here and there but only one vid I could find that is solely that westcoast left.

Sheepster, who cares, they all come. They always have. They all do secret articles, they all babble about it, and even camslessless... less made sure he bought a block.

@uplift: I'm enjoying your tales of the carnage that is Blackfellows. It really has re-arranged a few egos over the years! Pity you don't want to reveal the tale of the legendary surfer/shaper big gun. Sounds hilarious!

Again, I didn't say this, yorkesurfer did.

@uplift: I'm enjoying your tales of the carnage that is Blackfellows. It really has re-arranged a few egos over the years! Pity you don't want to reveal the tale of the legendary surfer/shaper big gun. Sounds hilarious!

Maybe he's full of it, take it up with him. Anyway, it will come up at the wake, where were you? Bullies. I'll defend you. As for the stories, as ridiculous as they sound, all can be verified. Should have seen when wordy brought the famous Brad Crowe over.

It aint fuck'n Nias.

Sheepster, who cares, they all come. They always have.....

You care, my shoulder rebuilding friend ;).... Otherwise, the stories would cease.....

Would love to see some footage...... So I must care, too.....

ps - I though Chi's was a good wave..... Short..... But good...... Really different setup to what I was used to..... Locals weren't that friendly..... Always looking for a big fin.... But hey, I was a young sand bottomed point surfer back then lol

Thats caring about a different thing. It never entered my, or anyones head back then to film themselves surfing. It was a different era. Who could be fucked? That was much later, the kids, then the likes of camslessless... less and is common now. So I have those two shots, that other people took, and sent me. Go for a paddle, you don't have to surf it, but its a deluxe setup that on the right days you can sit just off the peak, and look into amasing, atomic things. That 'looks clean, you get in early, set your line for a super shallow heavy barrel' line is stock standard fare on the cliff. It aint chis either. Often with a, hey, NE, nice offshore, looks kinda fat though, short... does it get big? 99% end up wishing they'd never uttered it. They have to come back up the cliff, often in front of poor wives and girlfriends, glued to the camera viewfinder. Thank God love is a drug.

Yeah not easy at all, maybe on a small swell and high tide, but that's about it.

It does give you a little chip-shot entry but drains and goes square quickly and keeps sucking.

As Uplift has said, a way different beast in the water compared to the cliff. I would never contemplate giving it a crack at size, scary wave!

Ah .....Uplift you make me laugh.........but can someone tell me how a thread on the Yorkes Classic turned into a blackfellas thread, ah thats right Uplifts about. Still cool though keep it coming, Im bored this arvo.

Is this what all the hoo ha is about..... Now don't declare a fatwah..... Over 100000 views on u tube....

Btw, uplift, one of the Coolum crew surfed it.... said it was a great wave.... Even had a bit of a scare in that underwater cave you told me about..... Had to follow his leggy to get out he reckons....

Still think Chi's is a good wave.....

Um.... No.., that's not it, that one is on the mid, and it's called truckasaurses.
It's in-between chumbawumbas and shit tanks.
Bit of a mal wave really.

And yes SD, chi chi's is a good wave.

why why why do the SA crew who charge some hard waves insist on belittling the rest of the surfers in SA your the most hypocritical bunch I have ever come across .
Surfing is different things to different people some may have a ball at a simple fat beachie is that a crime or make them a wimp?
Maybe we should all flick our jobs and become full time chargers then you guys would truly have something to wine about

Hard to compare how heavy Blacks is compared to the right further up the coast IMO. While the initial beating at Blacks is probably heavier at least you eventually get pushed clear into flat water - take a wipe-out on the right on a solid day and it can be damn hard if not impossible to get back out. Not unusual to find yourself washed up against the point either and having to try and pick your way back to dry land before starting the long paddle back out. So which is heavier?

Try copping a flogging at Old woman.... Barnacles 2 foot under.... Then a solid 25 minute paddle back to the mainland leaving a burly trail in friggin deep water..... Seen some heavy shit out there.....
Anyway, hope Yorkes turns on the juice..... Hope some footage is available.....

Hi Craig - great trip thanks - took your advise and went to YP on 11th thru 14th. Got some nice waves at BD's and SH amongst others. Good call on your part.

Drove west on 16th and had 4 very good days before driving back yest. The 18th/19th were as good as you could ask for.

Quick question for YS - noticed the self registration station at the park has had all the money boxes taped up. What's the go with that - are we meant to get a park's pass on the net before we even head over?

Seems a bit strange - must be a heap of crew turning up there without a pass - expecting to be able to pay the money once you get there like we always have.

Some trips you may not even go into the park so buying a pass beforehand seems wierd - or perhaps it's better for revenue cause you will probably buy a pass just in case you do need to go in there?

Yeah we are scratching our heads over the entry pass situation maddog. You have to book online before you come down. Or on your smartphone if you have one down here? It's a ridiculous situation.
So the rangers now have a tablet that they cross check car rego's with the bookings. If your not on their list a fine gets automatically sent to your home and they don't have to deal with irate people complaining when they get booked. That's progress.....

Let me get this right...... You have to pay to go into Innes???? Jesus.. Noosa is a National park.... You don't pay there.... if they tried that shit, there'd be blood in the carpark.....

That's a bit rough - not like we've been notified of the changes or anything. First thing I knew about it was when I turned up there last week.

So you are saying I now have to buy a pass before I head over (as my smart phone doesn't get service) even if I may not end up in the park? ie I have to pre-pay for a service I may not even use??? That's criminal!

It's been that way for years Sheepy. Us locals buy a yearly pass which is cheaper.

Yeah sheepy - $10 just to check if it's worth the paddle. Plenty of times have paid my $10 only to drive straight back out again.

The 'only' plus to that YS is that you can duck in, check the surf and duck out without paying.

If it is pumping, then you can jump on your phone and get a pass.

There was a story in the Advertiser about it a few months ago. Not that I read the rag but my parents saved the article for me. Yeah it's fucked;(

True craig you can run the gauntlet and get away with it but if you get unlucky they will ping you. It adds another stress to what is supposed to be a fun getaway for the weekend warriors. It's a big fine too, $300 or something!!

'Maybe we should all flick our jobs and become full time chargers'

I always worked on the west coast and surfed. No need to quit working. If you truly want something there's a way.

That cliff is so entertaining. All the desperate, nervous stories it rings out of em. I love the simplicity. Just climb down it, simple. Plenty do, and plenty pick their days, and times, and super carefully pick their waves. That initial beating mentioned has no limit. Its genuinely infinite what it can dish up. Its up to what you truly want to, what you are willing to take on. The best I ever saw was the Toddler from newy. But I didn't see Carrol on the same sort of days. Although he was impressed by the power, the heaviness at 3 foot. Toddy went on anything, he didn't concern himself if everything wasn't just what they wanted. Not many do that. And he did it over and over for a few years. But, most impressive was his attack on bombs. As anyone who knows him knows, at 6'5", and fit, strong he could arc it up. Plus he was lifting weights religiously, we'd surf in the day, lift at night, he got much stronger and fitter. He genuinely attacked the thing, squared up and carved on bombs, it was deluxe. On big 3" thick 7 foot plus boards, he could throw them around and expand on and soak up grunt, and shift water. He had a big rep in lots of waves of consequence. Once we needed some info for a surfing company, and the reference came from some pretty reknowned and respected pipe and Kauai surfers. Plus respected photographers. He ranked as all round the heaviest thing he'd surfed. Including living in the desert. He got pretty cocky out there and quickly ended up fucked up in hospital. Anyway, it isn't for everyone. Koby Abberton said to me it was too much hassle and expense, Mentawi's was easier and cheaper, and quicker to get to. Plus, nothing else for a person that like s the city life to do. Sounds bad sheepy, but that chis intimidation stuff you mentioned... yeh, nice wave, but we surfed it when we were kids. Its not chis. I had a unit at Mooloolaba for years, in Landmark, on the beach, bought it off Junipers, and rented it back when I wasn't in it. Entirely different ball game.

imagine a cam at chi's im sure it would capture plenty of great footage of interesting stuff doubt if any of it would be waves

I can't remember paying back in 89.... Mind you, was sinking a lot of piss back then lol....

Don't we all pay for upkeep via our taxes???? I find it quite offensive.....

Uplift.... I could spin bullshit... say I surfed Chi's, got barrelled, blah blah... Or I can be honest....... As a young qlder, first time travelling, first time, surfing different types of waves, Jumping off the rocks below the cliffs and paddling out at chi's was a totally foreign experience.... That little butterfly feeling one gets when confronted with something new.... Being alone and stared at by hairy blokes in their 30s didn't help the adolescent dog...... But I did it...... Got a few waves... Nothing to rave about.... Nearly got cleaned up getting in..... Quite tricky there.....
Honesty always beats bullshit, uplift......

ps - re' old woman..... Soft wave at 3 foot...... But at6 - 8 foot it's a different ballgame.... Thing is, you'll only get it like that twice a year.... Then of course there's the outer righthander.......

yorkes classic should have junior division anyone know why it hasnt

@maddog I heard just now that they are putting a wi-fi terminal next to the park entrance soon so that you can book with your smartphone even if you haven't got coverage. Might be the go to get a yearly pass if you come down a bit. It's around $60 p.a for entrance only, more if you want camping included for the year.

You can also pre-book campsites on the website which is handy if you are rocking up late and want to guarantee a campsite.
http://www.parks.sa.gov.au is the website to book permits on.

But yorko, the question remains, why should people have to pay to enter land owned by the people? We've already paid...... Double dipping.... No charge for Noosa National Park... No charge for Tas sw wilderness.... You do have to pay at bruny Is..... It's offensive...

Yeah well I'm not defending it sheepy, it's just the way it is. They have spent a shitload of money fixing the park up in the last 10 years though.

Thanks for the info YS - having a WI-FI terminal sounds like a better idea than what they have currently. As long as you have a phone that's charged I suppose. I was thinking a machine that you can key in ya rego and swipe a credit card or enter cash could also do the trick.

Do you know if the yearly pass is attached to your car? ie could I come down in a mates car with my yearly pass?

Nah it's done on your rego number so you need one per car. It used to be a sticker for your window but the last two years they give you a paper copy which was a pain in the ass. I was getting mine reduced and laminated so it would last the year without blowing out the window.
I think in the future there may not be any visible pass at all, same as vehicle rego it will all be done electronically through your rego plates. But I'm not 100% sure if that's the case with the yearly passes for 2015. We will have to wait and see.....

Hmmm that sucks....but I can see why. Sorta. Was kinda hoping it was just a ticket on ya dash like a parking permit. I'll make sure my phone's charged....

Yorkes is shit ..no good waves there just fat straighthanders..better off goin west..long weekend super crowded..good luck getting food from the shop.

Yorkes isn't shit.

But yeah, good luck with the food. Maybe book your table now if you want to eat at the pub.

'carnage'

'At four foot it looks like a piece of piss'

'While the initial beating at Blacks is probably heavier at least you eventually get pushed clear into flat water'

'It looks like a clean takeoff..... you get in early, set your line for a super shallow heavy barrel..... Heavy for sure....'

'carnage'

Yes, the ever entertaining cliff, and the nervous, seeking, searching utterings, disguised as 'confidence', as 'savvy'.

Commenous Maximosis Ridiculati... 'I'll get in on the shoulder and feel a few sets out.' Massive, biggest, monumental, common disaster/debacle. 'carnage'. What shoulder? If you are the gun from hell, the gun for hire, you'll swing on the shoulder. Not many are really guns for hire.

I've heard so many, many puff ups. Dead give away. 'carnage'. Angas, DY, the nulla, ' the island (s) theres literally hundreds of them), Lennies, Sandon, kirra, mysto newy rights, bombies, etc, etc, etc. Pulling back to disaster... sadly, tragically discovering, there is no back, see ya later.

Ripleys believe it or not, just another of zillions. So ridiculous, ludicrous, but so true. Sitting at the cliff on a monster day. Not really keen, but wondering if I could sift a few. Mick pulls up. Not interested. Showered in dust and gravel... those number plates, Qld sqwarker leaps out squwarking as we brush the dust and gravel from our hair and windscreens. 'FFFFFAAAARRRRKKKK YEEEEEHHH!!!!!!!' Except he's looking at a set on the phantom. Probably a raw, shifty, 20 foot plus. 'Bit fat eh, yas keen?'

'Its massive out there mate, pretty ugly. Square.'

'Don't ya's like a bita size?' Still checking the phantom. Where do ya get out?'

Fuck this. Follow us. Come on Mick, this will be hilarious.

So, he does. We lead him on the hardest way down the cliff, his 6'3" 1'3/4, "Slasherjet quad gleaming in the sun, the pro comp leggie already dragging in the rocks and sand, getting hooked in the cliff. We stand at the bottom, urging him to let go of his death grip on the pinnacle and jump. 'FFFFAAAARRRRRRRRRRRKKKKK!!!!!!!!!' Meanwhile, his girlfriend is setting up to film her 'fearless' gladioli. Just follow us. Then he's gone, trying to take a short cut to the phantom. When we get out its speccy, square triple up bombs heaving. We can't see him. We get a few inbetweeners, and are planning to bail, when, there he is. The phantom explodes, triple ups approaching. Houses. 'carnage'. The current drags his bug, plate eyes across the peak, inside us, as he flails in desperation. Thereef drains all around him. A backless, 3 blocks thick house approaches. 'Farewell brave gladioli!' His girlfriend screams.

KKKKEEEERRRRRFFFFFUUUUKKKKIIINNNGGGKKKKEEEERRRRRBBBBOOOOOMMMM!!!!

Mick a man of a few words, 'fuck him, he's a fucking idiot'. So we do. On the cliff, we watch. 'carnage'. His girl friend begs us to save him. His board is heading to Esperance. He's trapped in the current, the tide has turned, Anxious is draining. OMG, the final explosion, Gods exit, blows him through the sky. I go down the bottom, he's washed in, but too terrified to scale the pinnacles of doom. I scream at him to swim to the beach. So far away. His girfriend is still screaming.

'What attracted you to him?'

She stops screaming and thinks deeply.

An hour later he's walking up the road to the point jibbering. He's alive, but broken, dead where it counts. She filmed all.

'See ya later mate... nice board... goes fast, should be in Albany by dark.'

'What did ya say attracted ya to him?' His girlfriend laughs.

Yes, they come, and many will think what a load of bullshit. Call them Zenzkis, call them Zkis. Armed with the carefully chosen quad, carbon railed, Performo, shred sled version 8. The website said it will do the trick. If only they'd listen. It has muuch, much, much more than meets the eye of the... of the...the... call them the Zki's. Zkiwits. If only they could pull back.

If only you could surf one scintilla as well as you can self-pleasure.

Beyond gibbering.

Might start calling you Pluto. As in the planet. You know: it's out there in the solar system somewhere, but fuck only knows where.

crowds have never been heavier at blacks than over the last five years.a lot more good surfers ,coupled with internet exposure and accurate forecasts have made getting your chosen wave even harder to nab,turning your amped up expectations into just another frustrating session. i ve heard of a MUCH better setup. its in the Phillipines and its Uplifts treasured new local wavegarden.uncrowded,amasssing and just begging to be turned into the next "paradise lost". id tell u all about it too, but i live in the reality of the WWW,2014, not 1987

Good story uplift lol..... A few holes in the plot though..... Doesn't add up, but neither did the matrix...... Entertaining, none the less..... ;)

Wrong, crowds were heaviest ages ago. There were over 20 locals, plus a dozen Lincoln visitors surfing every day. Coupled with regular, yearly visits from Americans, Kiwis, Europeans, Victorians. Both Caravan parks were chock a block every holidays and it was legal to camp in Anxious and across the road from the road house which would also be chock a block full. Even the locals surfed in shifts to avoid crowding each other. The town had much more work, Hospital, all the services were much bigger. There was no Mentawis/Indo like now, dole was easy, petrol and travel was cheap and easy. There had also been no shark attack there. It was way more crowded then.

Quite unbelievable the price of houses out your way, lift.......

Well, you probably saw it from a different angle sheepy. Not so close quarters. You had to be there... or had to want to.

Love your stories, lift.... Just that one had holes in the plot... that's all....

Just that one?

Every story that Pluto tells has more holes than a Swiss cheese at a mice picnic.

Yeh, fuel is the killer sheepy. You know you need a good workout gateless, come in.

Looked at realestate.com.... Fuck, man.... Do they use gold bars for housing frames???? 300 -450k to live in the outback,,, fuck all work,,,,, Miles from nowhere.... really????
Same deal with Robe....... Some towns need to get a grip.....
A decent house near shippies will set you back 250 -300k.... Roaring beach... Wsw, sw, south swells... Short drive to eaglehawk east coast, south thru to ne swells...... Hour to Hobart......

It will probably get even worse sheepster, with all the mining plans. There's a really big rig coming offshore too.

this post is supposed to be about the legendary yorkes classic not rantning and raving from half baked desert dwellers

Then say something, crapster.... I'm interested in what Daleys is like to surf... Never got round that far..... Well? Do they move the comp around? What breaks and in what conditions....
You have the floor, my friend....

Daly's is over-rated. Just a fat full but powerful left that always leaves you wanting. Better when 4-6ft or bigger but still fat. Baby Daly's much better.

Event is moveable but I think they just stay within and around the park. Plenty of options in any winds and swell.

Only ever seen photo's in an old tracks mag.. gary green I think...... Never even heard of baby dalys..... back in the late 80s went to chi's, the beach with what they call "a wreck" on it (ethels?), pondies, then I drove north a bit, and spotted what looked like a pretty decent right reef... All I remember was there was a carpark on a rocky outcrop, quite few fishing dudes in old cars, and beach stretching northward, and way up the beach was a sick looking right..... A bit inconsistent, but when one came through it was pretty hollow....

jeez,talk about flogging a dead horse !!!.back in the day,sure there were crowds,but equipment and technique {or,rather, lack of},meant the best set waves would only be ridden by a select few,which i could name[but whats the point,were getting off-topic here,[AGAIN].this meant that despite an apparent crowd,the majority wouldnt be interested in going for the sets.so a good surfer could go out and get some good ones no problem.these days,theres a big pack of gun local[and interstate]chargers out there who ONLY want the sets. this ofcourse can lead to frustration and forced wave selection[not ideal at a lethal surfbreak].anyway,enough has been said about this once-little-known-but-now-internet-forum-whore of a wave.put it back on the shelf and move on,Uplift

@sheepy-Daly's is a strange wave in that slight changes in swell direction can make it fat, sectiony or good so it's hard to pick when it will be on, especially if your driving from Adelaide.
Really you want it around 6ft+, a summer low tide and 15-20 knot offshore to hold it up and hollow it out. Often when it's good you are taking blind take-offs from the stiff offshore blowing spray into your face.

I don't usually bother to check it as there are waves that break in the same conditions closer to where I live but on the Sunday after the Daly's Surfing Reserve party this year I had a look after helping to clean up the party.

Maybe everyone was hungover but there were only 2 guys out there and it turned out to be the best surf I've ever had at Daly's. I even got a really good standup tube across the double up end section which often pinches but the stiff offshore was holding it open.

Every dog has its day I guess?

Thanks yorko..... As far as that "right" goes, all I know is that it had a long stretch of beach.... I just looked at the map, and I can't remember which turnoff it was.... If I did, I wouldn't say anyway... Dunno if it is a known break like chi's or dalys, or a secret....

Sunshine, fuck off.

Sounds like your describing Browns Beach sheepy. Good salmon fishing, there's a bombie out there that can get a gnarly looking right but I've never seen anyone surf it? I used to work fox baiting for the national parks and some days in huge swells I'd be down there dropping some baits around and see that bombie going mental but like a lot of spots in S.A you would need a ski and/or a death wish to surf such a sharky suspect spot!
There is another spot it could be but I don't want to talk about that. Haha

sound advice mate.im going straight up to DaleyHead now that i know the exact best conditions for it

Good luck sunshine like I said it's hard to pick when it's on as slight swell direction differences can make it good or crap. That's why I rarely bother checking it. But go for it, I've never seen it crowded.

Sunshine, dry your eyes, stop your blubbering, put the dummy back in, and have little think. So back in the day, you should have had a chat with me, you've had years, I haven't heard a squwark out of you. So according to your hidden squwark, either you are a select, hardnut charger from then, that now has your modern equipment advantage, and wants the bombs at blacks, or, you are a young gun hardnut charger, with your modern equipment advantage that wants the bombs at blacks.

Except, revealingly, you are now squwarking that:

'Awll vem sthtinky meany, nasthty touwithts wown't wet me havth eny ofth ver bombths!'

That line was used by some hardnut 'guns' like you back then too. My answer is the same to you now as it was then. If you are such a useless kook, that even after all the practise at your home break, all the home break advantages, you still can't get a wave out there, leave, take up golf. Or go to the end of the line where you belong. If you are such a gutless chickenshit, that the 'sthtinky meany, nasthty touwithts' relentlessly bitch slap you and do what ever they like, man the fuck up, and stand up to them. Or, leave, take up golf. Or go to the end of the line where you belong, and suck your thumb down there.

Also the 'little known about' wave was plastered all over the net, daily, and in the mags by the young guys years ago, as is normal in these times.

DailyHead never crowded?mate...back in the day.... but,i digress... why get angry, i mean really angry,about the past? dont we as surfers,have some accountability when it comes to the FUTURE? after my last trip to S.A. i doubt ill bother going back.it was more fun in the 80s.;] ;].going O/S this week.youll never guess where!!!!!

Ah the good old days sunshine......cue violin music.
You sound bitter mate, did someone slap you down last time you visited S.A?
And now you've taken to trolling the Internet making barbs while hiding behind the safety of your keyboard?

I hope you enjoy your holiday but I don't really give a fuck where your going, just glad you won't be coming back to S.A.
Blubbering sooks who complain that they can't get a wave don't get much sympathy down here, as you know by the sounds of things.....

Yorkessurfer - I reckon I was one of the guys out at daly's in that session you spoke of a few comments up, I remember my mate saying that pit you got was a beaut! Everyone seems to rip on it but I rate it, good to get a bit more grunt than other spots down the peninsula.

Yeah that was a magic sunday session crow. Only a couple of us out and the afternoon sun giving the waves that beautiful backlit colour.
Dalys gets some pretty bloody good waves in the right conditions......

Yorky ,whats the conditions for the comp today?

It's not running today as the swell is a bit small so they're all free surfing Westcape this morning. There's a wind change predicted during the day and a slight increase in swell for tomorrow.
Tomorrow the wind is going easterly too so they will probably surf Pondie, Westcape or Ethel's depending on the swell/bank situation. It's a bit of a bummer because it's been pumping all week but that's surfing, you have to go with what's on offer!

Any results yet.

I heard the finalists were Brett Edwards, Teale Vanner, Kai Adams and Alex Rix. Now I think Brett Edwards won it but that's not 100% confirmed. His family has a shack down here and he's been surfing Yorkes since he was a kid so if he won it's a good result for him.

I went and had a look at the comp at Westcape yesterday. It's was 6 foot and pretty ugly when I was there but I heard it got better as the day went on. A few of the competitors I spoke to wished they had run it the day before which was 3 to 4ft and perfect peaks out at the Cape but they got some slabs so it's all good!

I surfed pondie mid afternoon ben and it was quality 3 to 4ft so I'm glad they held it at
Westcape!
Yeah they wouldn't have got a full day on Saturday so they probably made the right call. Raw 6ft Cape isn't my idea of a good time but those young guns can handle some ugly slabs on the head!

That's true I remember the day that the middle of Westcape beach got its name 44's.
Luke Egan, Neal Purchase Jnr and maybe Margo had been down and we had been surfing Chi's with them.
Then the wind went easterly and everyone was surfing 4 to 6ft Pondie but the pro's were nowhere to be seen. Where were they?

Later in the day we ran into them at the Rhinos Tavern and they recounted their session halfway down Westcape beach. Luke Egan described seeing NPJ getting a 10ft, 10 second barrel and coming out! They were raving about it and no one had even realised how good it can get down there?

And the name 44's? There was a washed up 44 gallon drum half buried in the sand in front of where the bank they were surfing was so that's how it got its name!

93 or 94 billibong pro junior wasn't it?
Casarina was the wave down the beach maybe. Looked ok, then NPJ made it look like the best wave on the coast.

Good to hear Pondie got to 3-4ft, that's what I forecast for the event, would of been pumping everywhere yesterday arvo with those E'ly winds.

And wow, good to know where 44's came from, any shots from that day?

Was it the same year Egan, Hoyo surfed Yanerbie etc then up to the bluff with Schmucker in tow [before tow]...Aaron Chang behind the lens ?

I'm pretty sure that Yanerbie bombie session with Luke Egan and photographer Aaron Chang went down in the late 80's, possibly 1988. The Westcape 44's session was around the time of the Billabong Pro Junior in 1993.

I don't think there's any shots from that first day at 44's. It was an era when pro's surfers sometimes actually just went surfing and not documenting everything that they did!

Moth and Craig your both right about Possums/Casurina. The campground behind the dunes down there is called Casurina so it can be called by either name.

Nah early 90s im sure.

Yeah could be udo. It was a long time ago. There was a cover and article in U.S magazine Surfer. Smux would know but we don't hear much from him on here these days......

Actually that 1993 Billabong Pro Junior also produced a cover for U.S magazine Surfer of Mick Lowe midway through a suicidal floater in a meaty Pondie shorebreak.
I talked to Lowey years later when he came down for that epic Ethel's Ledge session and he said it was the only cover he ever got in a U.S surfing magazine.

Here's a shot I took with my new iPhone at Pondie when the competition was running at Westcape on Sunday afternoon.

Here's another shot I took of the contest venue at Westcape when I was checking it.
There were some pretty good ones on some but there were also ugly closeouts. If you look closely you can just see a guy paddling for it.

A mate from turton took shots of the NP/LE 44's sesh. Can ask if he's willing to share a couple. It was either 93 or 94. One scratchy one went in the letters section of surfing life from memory.
cheers

What was tress's like?

I normally go to tressies if I got the time but I mainly went down to look at the contest that day. Luckily I threw my board in!
I was surprised so few people were out at Pondie considering it was the long weekend! Here's a few more pics of that arvo.....

No worries, yeah watched that LE/NP sesh at 44s from the dunes after an am sesh elsewhere. Broken sticks, leashes, and some swims as expected... Will ask if he'll scan the shots this w-end * 35 mm film.

That'd be great Tikus, and YS, stop it! Such a super fun wave.

Boy that looks like a fun session,blue sky day,offshore and some smoking waves....nothing but crap over here.