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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:53 pm
by buddy
Waited patiently 10 min for my first wave, dude on mal after just getting a wave paddles far out to my outside. Drops in on me, bails board and snaps the nose off mine. Obliviously asks me what happened to my board when he saw it.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:57 pm
by Nick Carroll
weeee more fun. E swell seemed to pulse a bit around 11am for a while. she's got a bit windy now though.

5'10" is a little shark of a thing.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:59 pm
by Hatchnam
Are you surfing the beachies or reefs at Newport nick ?

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 6:15 pm
by ctd
buddy wrote:
Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:53 pm
Waited patiently 10 min for my first wave, dude on mal after just getting a wave paddles far out to my outside. Drops in on me, bails board and snaps the nose off mine. Obliviously asks me what happened to my board when he saw it.
Did you say 'a nose for a nose' and bloody him up?

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 6:24 pm
by Nick Carroll
Hatchnam wrote:
Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:59 pm
Are you surfing the beachies or reefs at Newport nick ?
well a bit of both, the peak is a reef that tails off into beachies, plus I sorta tend to roam off that into different lil sandbanks

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 6:52 pm
by buddy
ctd wrote:
Sun Apr 29, 2018 6:15 pm
buddy wrote:
Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:53 pm
Waited patiently 10 min for my first wave, dude on mal after just getting a wave paddles far out to my outside. Drops in on me, bails board and snaps the nose off mine. Obliviously asks me what happened to my board when he saw it.
Did you say 'a nose for a nose' and bloody him up?
I let him know but didn't push it any further. Thought there was nothing to gain.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 7:18 pm
by Hatchnam
Nick Carroll wrote:
Sun Apr 29, 2018 6:24 pm
Hatchnam wrote:
Sun Apr 29, 2018 12:59 pm
Are you surfing the beachies or reefs at Newport nick ?
well a bit of both, the peak is a reef that tails off into beachies, plus I sorta tend to roam off that into different lil sandbanks
Must hit Newport again one day. How big does it need to be for the peak to start working?

I’ve only surfed Newport once, about twelve years ago. The peak at 6-8 foot. Was impressed with it. Really steep stretching take off and great face to cutdown/back on.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:20 am
by Nick Carroll
ahh the peak is pretty tidal, at low tide it'll happily break at 3', the bigger it gets the further out it breaks along the rock line. High tide shuts it down mostly. It's sandbank dependent so if the sand sets up badly, it can be shit even when it's breaking

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:28 am
by offshore1
In short, stay the fcuk away Iggy.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:56 am
by Nick Carroll
oh no! everyone's welcome out the peak. just v hard to get waves when it's OK. most shitty days now it is the habitat of shearer's favourite type of surfer. 35-50yo recently started or taking it back up again. boy do they get bemused when it suddenly improves and out come all the crew. a lot of slightly woebegone faces, "what happened, why aren't I catching any more waves??"

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 1:20 pm
by Beanpole
Good so that means I can go and snake everyone if it's ordinary.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 2:01 pm
by Hatchnam
It doesn’t start breaking til it’s three foot. Which immediately disqualifies you.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:41 pm
by Thud
DY point. Meh.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2018 4:17 pm
by Over55yrs
ahhThe Peak........wandered out once there many many years ago (back in the very early days of the plus, Hynde and Co) and didn't catch a wave. Never been back.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 1:09 pm
by Thud
DY proper. Good.

Couple people out there complaining about it. I just buttoned by lip.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 1:39 pm
by channels
saltman wrote:
Tue May 01, 2018 1:11 pm
Whale Bay for a few hours in the middle of the day. Rode my 5-11 quartet home made - was hard to get my back foot on the board after riding an 8-1 the last 3 weeks. However despite my kooky footing I managed a few critical drops on the surge
The inside section from the surge rock was pretty darn fun - just 5 on it. Head high and reeling like a left hand noosa nationals
got better as the hugetide dropped.
Looking forward to the pulse tomorrow evening next few days of very light wind and 2.5m @ 15 seconds
Had the wave of my life at Outside Indicators. Love that stretch of points.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 1:53 pm
by Cranked
Head high plus sets mid morning as the incoming full moon tide added some push, light side-off breeze, not crowded. Only got a few, pulled back on some when I should have gone.

Waiting for the tide to drop, the wind is aleady offshore

First surf in a month, it can only get better.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Tue May 01, 2018 7:19 pm
by Cranked
Excellent afternoon surf, fcuk all surfers, offshore, regular overhead sets. Hollow and fast as the tide dropped, hit the reef hard a few times.

No more surf reports from me is a good idea I think.