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Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:42 am
by Cranked
The point was, we'd all seen the ski go by about 15 mins earlier, it came up from padang, and powered straight past Ulus at speed and disappeared past secrets heading towards the temple. WTF.

God knows what they did up there for 15 mins. I recall that I saw a crew getting ready to film up there really early. Maybe that was the original plan. Staying away from the paddlers.

But there were no paddlers, the only two out had shit beaten out of them by a mega set and retired. And the waves up there were probably too daunting to ride.

Whatever. The ski must have come up the backs of a huge set out of sight till it topped the biggest one. It just suddenly came into view, we barely had time to register what was happening when the rider sling shotted in, dropped the rope, and gave everyone a perspective of the real size of the wave.

That's it, I'm done now.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:09 am
by crabmeat thompson
what about the guy in the still wearing the full suit?

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:12 am
by Skipper
it looked like it was taken at Ben Buckler last week.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:18 am
by crabmeat thompson
aha! the plot thickens.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:26 am
by foamy
Swellnet have that still of Andrei Ovchinnikov as wave of the day.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:45 am
by Cranked
crabmeat thompson wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:09 am
what about the guy in the still wearing the full suit?
Ok, ok! Fcuk you guys. Can we lay this wetsuit controversy to rest?

He only caught one wave, he didnt have it on when he started, so he must have changed into it at some stage during the ride. He did disappear out of sight around the corner so it must have been there.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:48 am
by buddy
Cnnnts fcccken Russian. It was just a stinger suit for sun protection.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:53 am
by Cranked
These russians eh! Just natural for them, big wave surfing is literally just a stroll down the catwalk.

Obviously this attention grabbing fashion advertising is going to be a big thing. Next it'll be casual wear and deck shoes. Is nothing sacrosanct any more?

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:59 am
by Cranked
No Pants Lance wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:12 am
it looked like it was taken at Ben Buckler last week.
I may be getting old, and I sometimes forget things, but I'm pretty sure I can still recognise the difference between ulus and ben buckler thanks no pants

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:20 am
by Nick Carroll
channels wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 6:57 am
Any reason the big wave crew that just hit Cloudbreak last month didnt show up to Indo for this? Not hyped enough?
ah a lot of guys went to Nias, they don't wanna surf Ulu Burgers

The size of this swell, they are probably a bit like "fcuk!" that crew would have made mince meat of Ulus yesterday.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:36 am
by alakaboo
steve shearer wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 6:08 am
hahahaha......russian big waver?!!!!!!! In a steamer!

this is a thing now?
Wonder what Christian Fletcher thinks about this?

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:46 am
by steve shearer
good point Boo.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:21 am
by Cranked
Nick Carroll wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:20 am
channels wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 6:57 am
Any reason the big wave crew that just hit Cloudbreak last month didnt show up to Indo for this? Not hyped enough?
ah a lot of guys went to Nias, they don't wanna surf Ulu Burgers

The size of this swell, they are probably a bit like "fcuk!" that crew would have made mince meat of Ulus yesterday.
whoa! hold that headline. bali times is now going to lead with 'plucky locals take on mushburghers in indonesian surfing backwater'

with a feature 'aged expat has beens and svelte russian fashionistas take on placid ripples'

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:28 am
by crabmeat thompson
Cranked wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:45 am
crabmeat thompson wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:09 am
what about the guy in the still wearing the full suit?
Ok, ok! Fcuk you guys. Can we lay this wetsuit controversy to rest?

He only caught one wave, he didnt have it on when he started, so he must have changed into it at some stage during the ride. He did disappear out of sight around the corner so it must have been there.
my theory is; he actually got changed into the steamer while surfing this raging fat mushburger.


i mean what else are you going to do on that piece of shit wave.

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:49 am
by offshore1
saltman wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:33 am
After immersing myself in all the footage of this swell and in a daze
I have come to the sad conclusion that what I have been doing for the last 35 years
Is NOT surfing
SHATtered
I know what you mean dude. Surfing, Real surfing, is on a whole other level,

Image

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 11:03 am
by foamy
This drone footage of one of the long rides at Ulu is pretty good.
An 80 second ride.

https://youtu.be/UdDx4UGlJww

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 11:29 am
by channels
Im guessing he covers 3 kilometres on that wave?

Re: Where did you surf today ?

Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 12:21 pm
by Drailed
Pretty boring to be honest... just kinda outruns the pocket and surfs in the flats most the way.