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couple of spots Buddy, but crowds seem to have found them.

we'll be seeing them soon on video edits.

Some recent footage of da boys at cloudbreak. no sign of shearer on his 8ft gun though.

http://www.mysurf.tv/video/5787708071001

South facing cove beach down the south coast. Double overhead sets with occasional bigger ones at the peak of the swell.

Surfed two x two hour sessions and got a stack of waves.

Left and right peaks. Wedgy, and bit shifty with lots of water moving. But some great runs when you got into position.

Surfed my knifey 8ft gun. Very responsive, nimble and easy to turn for a board of its size.

Overkill for the size of the surf but still fun. Thought I’d give it a run to keep a feel for it, rather than use it only once a year or two in big stuff, only to have to try get my head around it each time I take it out.

Nice ones Iggs.......half of QLD was here today for a swell that just would not fill in.

Looks weaker now than it did at dawn.....

DY close outs. F&cked.

Some decent waves at last. Checked a few places at dawn, but only saw the first set after about 30 mins... not promising

Took my time and got out at 7am, only two out, offshore, regular six wave overhead sets, ten minutes in between. Had my 7'4 so I took any wave I wanted. In just over an hour I had six good overhead waves, 50 - 100m rides.

Got out, as it will be much better later on and we old guys need to conserve our strength.

By the way the current length-of-ride record at this break is 650m

650m.

On a good day you can get 300/400 at my local.

Which, by the way, is benefiting from the lack of a web cam and the onset of cooler weather.

I'm stoked to get 3 to the beach to be honest.

saltman wrote: ↑

Thu May 24, 2018 4:22 pm

My knees would be rooted if I do 3 turns on one wave

Then last few weeks there's hardly been a surf where I haven't had one or two all the way to the beach.
Friggin long paddle back. My knees are up to it but my shoulders sure let me know about it.

Do you need heating in winter up where you live Trev?

Drailed wrote: ↑

Thu May 24, 2018 5:57 pm

Do you need heating in winter up where you live Trev?

hell no. it's still boardies weather. water is like 24 degrees

crabmeat thompson wrote: ↑

Thu May 24, 2018 5:59 pm

Drailed wrote: ↑

Thu May 24, 2018 5:57 pm

Do you need heating in winter up where you live Trev?

hell no. it's still boardies weather. water is like 24 degrees

I'm old.
I wear a springsuit at this time of year. But I'm in the water at 5.45 am.
Still boardies if I go mid to late morning.

I mean at home at night?? At all during winter??

Drailed wrote: ↑

Thu May 24, 2018 7:08 pm

I mean at home at night?? At all during winter??

We do have reverse cycle aircon but it really only gets used in summer. Right now I'm waiting for the footy to start. Just wearing a pair of shorts.
Go inland a bit and you get freezing mornings come winter. Western suburbs of Brisbane and Ipswich. But not many days at a time.

Drailed wrote: ↑

Thu May 24, 2018 7:08 pm

I mean at home at night?? At all during winter??

mate, it's queensland. you barely even need a jumper.

Trev has no feeling anyway, he lost all feeling in a POW camp in ww1, after an "incident" with an enemy officer referred to as "donkey" for reasons Trev doesn't like talking about

Beerfan, you're turning into a dead-set cnut

Dead-set funny cnut