Jordan Barta swam the channel as Mark Mathews, Makua Rothman, and Perth Standlick had varying degrees of success at Cape Solander.
Jordan Barta swam the channel as Mark Mathews, Makua Rothman, and Perth Standlick had varying degrees of success at Cape Solander.
Last Sunday Max Zappas perched himself on the rocks as a small crew threw themselves over one of the most formidable ledges on the NSW South Coast. Surfers include Dean Bowen, Karl Attkins, Russell Bierke and Kipp Caddy.
Conditions were almost perfect at Cape Solander during last Sunday's cyclone swell. Almost. The swell had a touch too much north and the low tide didn't arrive until later in the day. Dom Wills had one of the more acrobatic dismounts getting pommelhorsed out of a gaping barrel onto the face.
A bout of surf culture overload leads to a conversation with someone who's giving up surfing for the year. Are such drastic measures needed when it's time to hit the refresh button?
At the same time our East Coast was copping beautiful long-lined cyclone swell, the US West Coast was hit by a large, unruly north-west swell. A small group of locals paddled Mavericks under grey skies and north winds.
UPDATED 11:30am TUESDAY: OK, yeah, it's been pumping on the East Coast. The forerunners from Tropical Cyclone Lusi made landfall in Queensland Saturday afternoon. Daybreak Sunday saw cyclone swell from Noosa to the NSW South Coast. Here's the photographic proof.
