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Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 12:13 pm
by chrisb
saltman wrote:el rancho wrote:I've been surfing a single fin this whole swell. insano old 70s 6'5ish thing with a roundish pin and flyers with little concaves in em. flat bottom to a vee starting just in front of the fin and out through the tail.
so many people commenting on it when I surf it or carry it up the beach.
easy entry, handles late drops, deepest bottom turns I can muster, still turns easily and fast fast fast - never surfed a board like it
Looks just like a board I bought off Peter Drouyn in the late 70's
Yes he called them flutes back then
But he also called himself Peter Drouyn back then.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2016 1:00 pm
by chrisb
saltman wrote:Had his own surfshop and board label.
Was active in the local chamber of commerce at the time - friend of my Dads introduced us, seemed a good guy with heaps of energy
Westerly Windina (get it, ha ha!) these days........hmmm I wonder if that's Offshore's alter ego?
Giving him/herself a name like that isn't exactly a good start to leading a quiet life.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 9:45 am
by Trev
I had a good session too. Without the crease.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 4:04 pm
by Drailed
Some solid ones today, only got a handful but it was a rush. Took some floggings.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 6:24 pm
by batoes
Drailed wrote:Some solid ones today, only got a handful but it was a rush. Took some floggings.
Yep - cranking down south too. Man, it was flog city for a good twenty minutes. I've still got water running out of my nose.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:05 pm
by Hatchnam
Wind protected but washy reef south of Wollongong at a solid 5 foot. A bit burgery and shapeless but still had a tonne of push to it. Wasn't barreling, but some fun drops, speed runs and cutbacks.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:27 pm
by Drailed
batoes wrote:Drailed wrote:Some solid ones today, only got a handful but it was a rush. Took some floggings.
Yep - cranking down south too. Man, it was flog city for a good twenty minutes. I've still got water running out of my nose.
Haha same, tap nose 5 and a bit hours later. Took the first wave of one set and got absolutely smashed by 4 after. was regretting not keeping up cardio and healthy lungs for a little while.
Good post surf adrenalin buzz today.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2016 7:42 pm
by chrisb
Few northern beaches had rideable waves with my local closed and empty. Some bodyboarders were taking advantage of a nearby 2-3 times a year wave that barrelled into 6 inches of sand - a smaller version of the Waimea shore break.
I headed further south to a protected spot but had to share with many others.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 11:53 am
by batoes
saltman wrote:New SE swell and fresh Southerly wind limited the options today
Heavily refracted high tide beachie with a river like sweep
Nice shape but lacked energy - unfullfilling
yep - nowhere near as good today down here.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:12 pm
by chrisb
Local has cleaned up but still only 3 out in head high stuff suited only to the highly skilled. Travelled south again to the rideable protected spot and shared the chest high (at best) waves with 50 other new best friends. I hate to think what the weekend crowds will be like there.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:16 pm
by Drailed
batoes wrote:saltman wrote:New SE swell and fresh Southerly wind limited the options today
Heavily refracted high tide beachie with a river like sweep
Nice shape but lacked energy - unfullfilling
yep - nowhere near as good today down here.
Same, perfectly groomed 4-6 ft bombs unloading in a straight line. Maybe the tide too high when I went out today.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 12:24 pm
by Hatchnam
It's a swell for reefs not beachies Loofy. A swell this size with too much period or south in it will just go to waste at maroubra or most beach breaks .
Go find a reef break ffs Loofy. Put that 6'8 Russ short bonzer thru it's paces. It's a bird with clipped wings collecting fkn dust
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:25 pm
by 8
dusty birds are the worst kind...
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 1:37 pm
by Drailed
Shut up you clown Iggy, I had work to get to work.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 2:41 pm
by Hatchnam
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 2:45 pm
by Trev
I had a few good ones at my local this morning (again). But I got way more on the head than I caught. Some of the bomb sets were 10 or 12 waves. If you didn't make it over the first you got pushed back into the drop zone until they were finished with you.
Nice the swell is hanging in there. Just hope the wind drops off overnight again.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:00 pm
by Yuke Hunt
saltman wrote:Hoping for the wind to back off tonight
Looks promising for the early
The next 3 days are showing similar patterns, with a slight variation in wind direction and a dropping swell. Optimistic.
Re: Where did you surf today ?
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 9:45 pm
by Trev
