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that looks really good to my eye. I never have trouble with my McCoys handling chop. I found the loaded dome bottom exceptional for reliable, neutral handling in chop/bump. OK great, it was remarkably large chop and steps, I've never surfed anything half as bad. Main break is well overhead and pret...

I'm thinking of buying a semi-gun for around here as there's usually chop on the faces and McCoys don't really handle it well. It's no problem in Bali where it glassy or a few little ripples over 90% of the time. It would only be for up to double overhead, some local shapers seem to have this sort o...

Yals just overhead this morning, one big double a sign of things to come. First time so far of smoothish faces, closing out though so not worth paddling out.

Well overhead this morning but big steps in the faces, more time bouncing around trying to stay on my board than holding a rail.

Small for the protected bays, but a few bigger ones. Perfect weather. I'm starting to enjoy it down here, in fact as soon as I learn to surf again it'll be great.

The Mighty Sunbird wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:14 pm

Did he finally realize that they’re all shit?

lol

I'm told North point was tiny but perfect

Heavy chop, big steps on the face. SW in at 9am, but it was there all the time just offshore.

Sets overhead, got a few but way too choppy, staying on your feet was the main challenge.

Off to see some mates and keep an eye on what's happening

Yallingup 6am, conditions much the same as last night. No wind, shoulder high bumpy and crumbling, four out, watched for 15 minutes, no waves ridden. No point in wasting my time checking elsewhere, swell too small for the protected spots. Forecast is 5 stars, current rating half a star. May really f...

As I haven't surfed around here for a while I don't think I'll surf by myself. After a while though familiarity will probably breed contempt.

A few clean shoulder high sets near dark, no-one out.

Just moved into my seaside bungalow at Yallingup for the week, 50m to the beach.

2' onshore slop ATM, 4 surfers out, nothing happening. Just gonna take a drive to see some friends and check a few other breaks.

Yeah, idyllic is the go. The Lucky Al moniker would also come true in the financial sense and Al would find some other remote location to carry on with.

Great footage, punishment and how to take it

Yeah and infinitely better than nothing.

Why are they doing it then? Are they a not-for-profit organisation, doing it for the benefit of.....?.? as far as I can tell, Dirk Ziff sees himself as a kind of philanthropist in the surfing milieu - a kind of benefactor I don't know this mind you, since I'm not really on the inside of any of it, ...

To me it's just not a thing the whole idea of competition is that it happens in the presence of the Foe. Go away and shoot film of your best rides is a hoax. You could ride 100 waves and finally get one good one. That's not the deal. The deal is outfoxing the opponent. That's where the fire is. Tha...

To me it's just not a thing the whole idea of competition is that it happens in the presence of the Foe. Go away and shoot film of your best rides is a hoax. You could ride 100 waves and finally get one good one. That's not the deal. The deal is outfoxing the opponent. That's where the fire is. Tha...

Nothing wrong with a filmers comp, the better they get the better the entertainment value. There's a four man traditional comp at the end, maybe eight? You're right about a larger travel budget giving an advantage foamy. I thought the WSL would cover it as a fixed amount, but there'd be problems wit...