Queen of the south - video
The queen of the south. That's 'south' for the Pomgolians, which is where this wave is located, but for almost the rest of the world, and certainly the places that matter, this wave is up north. Waaay up north where it's cold and grey and a li'l bit bleak.
Good wave but...
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Would love to get this wave on next time I am back in the UK - looks super fun. Kinda like a cross between Winkipop and Express.
Lovin' the backdooring long boarder
The crowd - geez in such a cold place.
You know what's dissapointing? Big crowd, great wave and Sharpy can only muster 3min of half decent footage. Speaks volumes of the inconsistancy and as a result, the lower standard of the average UK based surfer (compared to Aus).
Full disclosure: I'm an immigrant and I'm crap.
Surfed it once when living in Newquay back in 2004, but not at that size. The town itself is a beautiful spot in the summer months (when there's no swell), but in autumn and winter when the swell starts to fill in it was freaking cold!
Does it ever get that size in the summer months n-e-d?
I don't imagine it breaks all that often in summer because the huge SW swells that are required to get up into there mostly happen in the cooler months from October - March. Having said that there were a couple of stormy 6ft plus days during the summer I was living in Newquay but those days were all accompanied by screaming onshores so even if the the swell was getting in, I imagine it would have been blown out.
A decent ex hurricane swell does the trick. These usually happen late sept -nov while the watertemp is still cool(15deg+) from the summer. jan-march =8-12deg but you just get used to cold water especially when the waves are like this
Mugofs that is a big crowd for the UK but then the area is our equivalent of the GC for density of surfing residents, head up north, crowds haven't been invented. Apart from maybe thurso but they're a friendly bunch and there's waves aplenty along that bit of coast. Footage wise you won't see much in the way of drones or shots from the water, it's a small scene compared to Oz so anyone who is interested is probably surfing, if you weren't there you missed it, personally I love the low key vibe.
Cold? You've got to be kidding me. Cornwall is practically balmy compared to a lot of other surf spots in the UK.
Great wave though.
Another long boarder cutting in early on high performance waves....'got skill'
Not sure why he is riding a malinfestation waste of good waves. And I thought Victoria gets cold in winter. The water would be easily single digits and I think in summer it just gets to double. Got to be keen - no sense, no................ Yes excellent wave.
Cornwall never gets that cold. On the hottest days in summer (if there are any) you can even get away with boardies for a short session. The east coast however is a different story thats cold like you wouldnt believe some incredible mysto reefs though!
The east coast and north coast can get properly cold. The numbers in the water are still growing though - I guess as the wetsuit technology improves it was always inevitable. It still takes some real effort to get in the water up there in winter though.
I still laugh when I see people on the surf coast in vicco wearing hoods and gloves on some days. Seriously boys, get a grip!
Yea it really does take some commitment. The boys in Vic can come back to me when ice runs out the rivermouth they are surfing! ;-)
Nothing will get the paddling muscles up to scratch like paddling out in a 6mm though!
For someone raised in the tropical waters of SE Qld it was plenty cold for me! Having said that i did bust out the boardies and vest on a few of the hottest days in summer.
Never surfed the east coast but heard a few stories from some of the crew i was working with in Newquay about cold brown barrels up on the geordie shore.
Yea ive been in SE QLD for 5 years now! I'm not sure i could handle getting changed in a snowy car park in the depths of January unsure whether the sun exists anymore!
Barrels on the Geordie shore? Nooo none of that shit round here mate, keep on up the A1. Besides if you haven't scraped ice off your car pre surf have actually even been surfing?
It was a surprisingly good coast to surf. Great people, enjoyed the much smaller nature of the surf scene too. Up North, Stu, that's in the land of the Picts.
Cornwalls south coast has a good number of quality spots. This one is one of the best for sure. However its very fickle. Only wakes during the winter and then its a race against the tides and daylight hours to find a window. And is fully crowded too. However when this one breaks there are other lesser known less crowded spots in the area too.