The big NE swell this weekend

What surfer doesn't care about the weather? Who hasn't predicted the arrival of a new swell? Do all of it here!

Moderators: collnarra, PeepeelaPew, Butts, Shari, Forum Moderators

User avatar
alexisanchez
charger
Posts: 873
Joined: Sat Dec 12, 2015 12:47 pm

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by alexisanchez » Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:00 pm

steve shearer wrote:couple reasons, but primarily I thought it would be a bog standard storm swell for longer than it was and that storminess would destroy the sand banks.

as it turned out, the storm moved off quickly enough and cleaned up quickly enough that we got classic big surf instead of a stormy mess.

I still think there will be a hangover from the event, but for now it's as good as it gets.
Fair enough, I thought though they were predicting SW change sat arvo and fine Sun for up here even on Thursday?

ctd
barnacle
Posts: 1508
Joined: Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:49 pm

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by ctd » Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:25 pm

Hatchnam wrote:Just been watching some of today's replays of the cape solander comp. never seen such hidings, such slabs, ever. Perhaps it's the northerly swell making it even more mutant. Some of the waves were Backwash 12 footers that were almost entirely all lip. Fk that nonsense.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... waves.html

there is Ch 9 video about half way down the page, check out the wave at about 0.19...

Drailed
Huey's Right Hand
Posts: 23010
Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:07 am

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by Drailed » Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:52 pm

I like how most news outlets are calling it Cape Solander and not ours.
Trev wrote:I have always had a lot of time for Dick
smnmntll wrote:Got one in the mouth once, that was pretty memorable

User avatar
Hatchnam
Duke Status
Posts: 18789
Joined: Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:44 pm

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by Hatchnam » Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:27 pm

I call it theirs. They can have it
Sniff wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:39 am
Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque

User avatar
Wyre
Owl status
Posts: 4939
Joined: Thu May 01, 2014 6:23 pm

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by Wyre » Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:06 pm

They surely can! Fcuk that.

Yeah hatchy, I was watching with my boy where you were- definitely the best option today around that area, although my local started firing later on.

Hoping to snag something tomorrow morning.

Reckon it will drop a bit? Asking for a friend.
Sniff wrote:
Wed Nov 10, 2021 7:46 am
I remember some wheelchair xylophonist getting all macho about how he liked to smash absolutely heaps of Weetbix before a hard day's roofing

User avatar
Wubic Pig
Harry the Hat
Posts: 3325
Joined: Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:06 pm

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by Wubic Pig » Tue Jun 07, 2016 8:59 am

steve shearer wrote:I thought I'd lost my soul when I got out there, I couldn't breathe properly, I had no strength in my limbs. The current was dragging you deeper into the peak, the takeoff on the back button was really challenging and technical, no easy entry.
Got a big wide one to start and got caught behind, big long hold down, few on the head.
I saw that :shock: - from the safety of the headland - that was the exact moment I decided to leave my board in the car.

Huge effort Steve - the fact that there were only ever a dozen or so blokes out at any time gives you an idea of what it was like.
Beanpole wrote:
Tue Aug 01, 2023 7:44 pm
You have nothing I want or need.

User avatar
Hatchnam
Duke Status
Posts: 18789
Joined: Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:44 pm

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by Hatchnam » Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:02 am

Yes. Steve. Killing it man. Top effort. Love hearing stuff like that .

And to put yesterday's still shots into perspective here's some footage

https://sendvid.com/2efhspjs
Sniff wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:39 am
Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque

User avatar
shaunmorrison
barnacle
Posts: 1804
Joined: Sat Aug 01, 2015 8:05 am

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by shaunmorrison » Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:14 am

So Hatchman, looking at that vid it looks like you could take off further out more easily and cruise through the section that those guys are missing, what's the deal?

Drailed
Huey's Right Hand
Posts: 23010
Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:07 am

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by Drailed » Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:51 am

Avalon yesterday... Wonder if this is Andy

Image
Trev wrote:I have always had a lot of time for Dick
smnmntll wrote:Got one in the mouth once, that was pretty memorable

User avatar
Hatchnam
Duke Status
Posts: 18789
Joined: Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:44 pm

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by Hatchnam » Tue Jun 07, 2016 9:59 am

shaunmorrison wrote:So Hatchman, looking at that vid it looks like you could take off further out more easily and cruise through the section that those guys are missing, what's the deal?
From what I could make out, the few punters out there at that moment early on were mostly boogers. They were deliberately hanging inside further to take advantage of the barrel section.
Sniff wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:39 am
Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque

User avatar
Grooter
Duke Status
Posts: 11244
Joined: Mon May 08, 2006 12:37 pm
Location: Titan Uranus

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by Grooter » Tue Jun 07, 2016 1:21 pm

Drailed wrote:Avalon yesterday... Wonder if this is Andy

Image
shit!!
some cnut wrote:There are only two real problems that we face in life, knowing what we want but being unable to know how to get it and/or not knowing what we want
It's possible to hate the filthy world and still love it with an abstract pitying love

User avatar
Grooter
Duke Status
Posts: 11244
Joined: Mon May 08, 2006 12:37 pm
Location: Titan Uranus

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by Grooter » Tue Jun 07, 2016 1:23 pm

Hatchnam wrote:Yes. Steve. Killing it man. Top effort. Love hearing stuff like that .

And to put yesterday's still shots into perspective here's some footage

https://sendvid.com/2efhspjs
Fark why are they letting them go???
some cnut wrote:There are only two real problems that we face in life, knowing what we want but being unable to know how to get it and/or not knowing what we want
It's possible to hate the filthy world and still love it with an abstract pitying love

User avatar
Hatchnam
Duke Status
Posts: 18789
Joined: Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:44 pm

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by Hatchnam » Tue Jun 07, 2016 1:56 pm

Grooter wrote:
Hatchnam wrote:Yes. Steve. Killing it man. Top effort. Love hearing stuff like that .

And to put yesterday's still shots into perspective here's some footage

https://sendvid.com/2efhspjs
Fark why are they letting them go???
Hard to get into . The stiff cross offshore and north east swell direction, and sheer volume of water moving made things harder than usual. Plus, as mentioned the crew in the footage were mostly boogs looking for late bowl take off into the tube.

Even the core local stand ups out there weren't able to scratch into every wave they paddled for. If you were out there'd you'd soon see what's up. Put it that way ;)
Sniff wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:39 am
Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque

User avatar
Grooter
Duke Status
Posts: 11244
Joined: Mon May 08, 2006 12:37 pm
Location: Titan Uranus

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by Grooter » Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:21 pm

Hatchnam wrote:Even the core local stand ups out there weren't able to scratch into every wave they paddled for. If you were out there'd you'd soon see what's up. Put it that way ;)
Yeah fair point mate :)
some cnut wrote:There are only two real problems that we face in life, knowing what we want but being unable to know how to get it and/or not knowing what we want
It's possible to hate the filthy world and still love it with an abstract pitying love

User avatar
Hatchnam
Duke Status
Posts: 18789
Joined: Fri Jun 18, 2010 12:44 pm

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by Hatchnam » Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:58 pm

The swell was significant enough to do this at Dolls Point, deep inside Botany Bay.

https://sendvid.com/ip8bw8iu
Sniff wrote:
Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:39 am
Not enough for a full handbeak
steve shearer wrote:full dionysian hand jive body torque

User avatar
BA
Duke Status
Posts: 13448
Joined: Thu Mar 18, 2004 12:03 pm
Location: Mexico

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by BA » Tue Jun 07, 2016 6:47 pm

Stopped at South Narrabeen and watched some guys taking on some heaving 8ft barrels breaking real close to the beach. Had a real Pipeline feel about it. The beatings they got were also very Pipeliney.

User avatar
Wubic Pig
Harry the Hat
Posts: 3325
Joined: Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:06 pm

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by Wubic Pig » Tue Jun 07, 2016 7:40 pm

Pulled in at my local after work just before dark. Perfect sand gone. Washed out to sea :cry:
Beanpole wrote:
Tue Aug 01, 2023 7:44 pm
You have nothing I want or need.

alakaboo
Huey's Right Hand
Posts: 22625
Joined: Mon Nov 09, 2009 3:33 pm

Re: The big NE swell this weekend

Post by alakaboo » Tue Jun 07, 2016 7:47 pm

Work?




Can I get another kilo of beans?

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 21 guests