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occism - "that was a rare long lull, we've been having long lulls all day"

but you know... occ... you gotta love him

Best commentary call? Occy complimenting Nate Yeoman's (I think) natural affinity with the wave: “He's taken to J-Bay like candy to a baby”. Pure comic gold. :lol: yeah caught that too and thought the same, except it was more like "He's...yeah...umm...you know..taken to...ummm you know...ummm...J-b...

yeah i got similar story to ajohnsen..loooong break and its funny was going to make a post about it here and then saw this thread. will post the details when I am not at work.

great thread.

Dane was the surfer of the contest though...that backside lien grab reverse was amazing. I was watching that live on my lappy in my office/studio and was so amazed by it I let out an involuntary yelp/hoot/groan/curse when he did it. My partner came running in going "whats wrong?? whats the matter??...

^^^ thanks Don.

Since I posted, it has improved.

anybody else having dramas with webcast today?

not sure if its my connection today but its unwatchable for me today. worked perfectly when it was at winki.

yeah congrats steve. more please.

always enjoyed reading your posts here so thought it was only matter of time.

[quote="Quangers" No longer will I be shearer's whipping boy ... have finished the assignment I went up for (tracking Owen through his last 24 hours pre-debut) and going to wait till the Business End, by which time that dreadful man will no doubt be on the Rainbow Bay SLSC verandah, pissed as a new...

still waiting for the out the back yak's to emerge tho hey NC? ha ha I drowned the camera that first big day, the one when Tom got hurt yes, can't tell you how thrilled I was, a coupla waves into the session, there's 15-20 of the best big wave chargers in the world out, all happy, laughing, stoked ...

Wow, edge of the seat stuff.

Congrats Mick! Bad luck Joel.

I'm just glad I live in a time where I can watch it live . Remember when you had to wait a month for Tracks to come out with the results and maybe a couple photos? Obviously there's room for improvement, but I consider myself lucky. haha yeah was commenting on this with a friend yesterday how much ...

Agree with what most you guys have said here and it was awesome day and to be able to feel a part of it and catch about 80% of it was a blessing. Just one thought I would like to add that I think helped add to the spectacle of it all was the competition format. Done and dusted all in one day. And th...

awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70sm_u8Amwg some more amateur footage i just found. even has a shot of that booger in the shorey the amateur stuff (some of it) adds a level of realism to it all which makes the heart beat even faster. full props to the people paddling out. *doffs hat* looking forward ...

as one who lives about 30k's away this is GOLD! Nice work Steve. gobble gobble.

^^^ i was keen as friday's sometimes provides a window of opportunity so I was watching the forecasts but not to be today. work. still here.

I downloaded and watched the full version.Brilliant, beautiful film. Now thats how ya make a surfing movie. Are you taking notes Tim Bnython? yeah I did likewise, great film. Does anybody know if you can get higher res version? doesn't seem to be on that relentless website. Definitely one for the a...