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I think the protection of great whites started in 1999.

Darned TOTP.

Drinking a Cow Bombie red. That sort of counts as surfing, I reckon.
Slurp...darned big wave too.

That's great!
Great for anyone. But as you are muso, you don't want to be losing feeling in your thumb. Good news.

Is your thumb getting better?

Keala Kennelly, the first woman invited into the Eddie Aikau, with Paige Alms listed as an alternate.
It's a nice photo.

Basically, they see a bit of a boom coming with the Olympics, wavepools and more surfing interest in Asia. Plus, DHD have bought Modom, a softboard and surf accessory business. I think the money is to tool up production capacity and invest in product development and marketing in epoxy boards, softbo...

You could have bodysurfed them, Nick. Those types of waves can be good fun. They are pretty useless for board riding.

The Peahi conditions were beyond all the paddlers, but there was no shortage of ridiculous guts from the women, particularly Keala. She's great and a really good surfer. But, to put it in context, this was Keala's highest scoring wave of the day to win the title. A 2.97. http://www.worldsurfleague.c...

All the talk I've heard is about Kai Lenny and the above photo of Keala Kennelly.

With Sally Fitzgibbons' Keramas tube and her three tubes today, and her evident enjoyment of them, I am giving Sally my Tubehound Award. Not saying she is necessarily the best tuberider in the group, but she gets them and she likes them. That's a Tubehound!

Alana's 7.6 that ended Lakey's title run was a well-surfed wave.

http://www.worldsurfleague.com/posts/36 ... nchard-760

Alana Blanchard the unlikely giant killer. Steph wins her 7th.

The WA report found 'only' a third of attacks occurred in water temps of 20°C or over.

http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Documents/occ ... fop109.pdf

White Sharks are observed to be pretty comfortable in water temps up to 24°C.

White Shark distribution.

I spent a week in Port Macquarie last year. Really nice spot. Some long term residents I know do wish the town wasn't growing so much.
“Port Macquarie is expected to be the fastest growing place in New South Wales. ”

Steve, are you already planning a return trip?

Very good article by Sean Doherty about JJF and a quick trip to King Island with Rasta.

https://www.surfer.com/features/king-is ... e-profile/