the last hurrah

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Re: the last hurrah

Post by Nick Carroll » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:51 pm

alakaboo wrote:What are you going to be riding, Nick? You don't seem to be as much of a longer board devotee as Steve.
fcuk mate I dunno, gonna respond to the Situation.

I've got everything from a 9'6" Rawson single fin Waimea board to a 5'7"x15" AB towboard.

Paddle surfing deepwater Sydney reefs needs a real big board so ya never know maybe the 9'6"! Or its' little cousins the 8'6" or 8'1". That would be Sick. But just have to see what the wind does, if it even lets you surf.

In the back end groundswell bit, I dunno, prolly a 7'0" six channel.

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Re: the last hurrah

Post by Nick Carroll » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:52 pm

alakaboo wrote: The foam isn't depressed, seems like it's from the stiffness of the fibre- Innegra - not really handling the flex of the stringer?
dude Innegra is flexier than normal glass. It's the resin that's cracked it. You've just kicked it hard at some point without noticing.

don't worry about it, just surf it till it snaps.

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Re: the last hurrah

Post by Natho » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:09 pm

Lookin pretty wild and windy on the Narooma camera this afternoon. Pretty much just whitewash with gale force winds.

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Re: the last hurrah

Post by Scroty » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:25 pm

The combined plot is showing a good story - Eden buoy hits 8m - and is taken out around lunch. batemans climbs a bit later and then goes offline....

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Re: the last hurrah

Post by BA » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:31 pm

Scroty wrote:The combined plot is showing a good story - Eden buoy hits 8m - and is taken out around lunch. batemans climbs a bit later and then goes offline....
Winds just gone southerly and the rain has hit on the Northern Beaches. Guess its on. Still small on the wave front.

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Re: the last hurrah

Post by alakaboo » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:37 pm

Nick Carroll wrote:
alakaboo wrote: The foam isn't depressed, seems like it's from the stiffness of the fibre- Innegra - not really handling the flex of the stringer?
dude Innegra is flexier than normal glass. It's the resin that's cracked it. You've just kicked it hard at some point without noticing.

don't worry about it, just surf it till it snaps.
bugger.
Yeah, there's a decent heel depression in line with it, but not connected.
oh well, better wax it up then.

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Re: the last hurrah

Post by black duck » Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:57 pm

I think everyone is over-calling this one. Why? Because you're all too fcking excited.
Won't get that big (inverse excitment law prevails).
Mark my words sonny-jims.
Storm in a tea cup.
No stamina in this low. ECL hype.
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Re: the last hurrah

Post by daryl » Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:00 pm

Nick Carroll wrote:you know what is fascinating about this, nobody on here seems that interested.
listen, shitfooter

i've taken the rest week off work

i'm between bigger boards atm due dings and one being in the bag ( 8) shame the newy miss this swell :cry: )

having enjoyed a run quality fun waves out front....i'm quite aware my fishes limitations in quality waves

soooo...i just hocked every power tool i own too cash conveters

and got myself a 6'11 and a full tank petrol

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By fonglongfong at 2012-06-05

i'm not excited.....i'm spasticly excited

:wink:

shitfooter...get a rabbitoh up ya

love fong

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Re: the last hurrah

Post by gabsouy » Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:15 pm

are these monster seas going to be a good direction for 'ours' ? could this be the biggest its ever been surfed,10 -12 ft plus is that the size there calling ?

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Re: the last hurrah

Post by Nick Carroll » Tue Jun 05, 2012 6:51 pm

daryl wrote:soooo...i just hocked every power tool i own too cash conveters

and got myself a 6'11 and a full tank petrol

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By fonglongfong at 2012-06-05

i'm not excited.....i'm spasticly excited

:wink:

shitfooter...get a rabbitoh up ya

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Re: the last hurrah

Post by steve shearer » Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:11 pm

Over it after the last model runs.

That dirty little cnut of a coast-hugging low moves rapidly north bringing southerly gales and bank-busting stormsurf right at the peak of the proper groundy.
It'll be offshore and flat in the morning, with the swell arriving with the wind. 2foot reforms at the Pass.

Looking further ahead now to a possible east swell mid next week as a low forms off QLD coast.
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Re: the last hurrah

Post by Donweather » Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:38 pm

steve shearer wrote:Looking further ahead now to a possible east swell mid next week as a low forms off QLD coast.
Shhhhh, don't fecking jinx this one also!!!!

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Re: the last hurrah

Post by marcus » Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:44 pm

Nick Carroll wrote:you know what is fascinating about this, nobody on here seems that interested.
i am, im chomping at the bit
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Re: the last hurrah

Post by Beanpole » Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:59 pm

I'm just hope we get some decent banks out of it.
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Re: the last hurrah

Post by alakaboo » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:35 am

steve shearer wrote:It'll be offshore and flat in the morning, with the swell arriving with the wind. 2foot reforms at the Pass.
Dammit.
Will be watching wave buoys and wind readings all day, but I think I'm screwed.

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Re: the last hurrah

Post by steve shearer » Wed Jun 06, 2012 10:01 am

Gone from flat to 4-6ft in the last hour. Byron bouy spiking and wind still WSW/SW.
Got a 6'9", 7'0" and 8'0" in the van.
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Re: the last hurrah

Post by oldman » Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:10 pm

NC, I'm extremely interested in this swell, but it is so far out of my ballpark it is for amusement purposes only.

May check out inside the harbour tomorrow though.

It was absolutely smashingly big this morning out Coogee way. Wedding Cake off its head. Another break further south, commonly referred to as 'mine', because nobody surfs it and it's down the bottom of my street, was breaking as big as I can remember, and that was still just the stormy stuff. I'm expecting it to be bigger and cleaner this arvo and tomorrow.

I'll be spending some time just watching. Certainly the winds are such that anywhere getting the full brunt of the swell will have a big onshore factor.
gabsouy wrote:are these monster seas going to be a good direction for 'ours' ? could this be the biggest its ever been surfed,10 -12 ft plus is that the size there calling ?
I know very little about it other than the fact that it ain't far away as the crow flies, and it's exposed to most any swell as it's sticking out there with nothing to stop it.

But yeah, I think the direction is right, but will the wind turn at any point to clean it up a bit. I don't know what it looks like with howling onshore. Probably like a lot of other places.

Size, yeah, this one certainly stacks up for open ocean energy.
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Re: the last hurrah

Post by Donweather » Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:49 pm

steve shearer wrote:Gone from flat to 4-6ft in the last hour. Byron bouy spiking and wind still WSW/SW.
Got a 6'9", 7'0" and 8'0" in the van.
Looks like you're gonna get lucky this afternoon with the stalling of the low hugging/running parallel to the coast Steve. Show us some pics!!!!

BTW - How come you're not forecasting on SN anymore?

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