Mixed Monday @ Manly (pics)

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Mixed Monday @ Manly (pics)

Post by Butts » Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:22 pm

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6. BOOMER on a great wave (for those who don't know boomer, hes 60+ and still having fun 8)
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Post by oldman » Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:24 pm

Butts, I don't now how ya done it, but I knows ya done it.

It was blowing south easterly pretty hard this morning when I left to drop the kids off and go to work around quarter to nine.

How was anywhere smooth water surface today, or was this in the afternoon? The wind did seem to swing around to the south westerly. At least I was walking back into it on the way back from lunch.

Size also really surprising. My 4 days off work consisted of 3 days of crud followed by one day of offshore crud.

Crap banks at the bra. I should go and harass the northsiders.

For those not in Sydney, what you don't see in these pics is the minus 5C wind chill factor.
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Post by Clif » Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:36 pm

wow. amazing shots. super moody and looks bloody good. nice job Buttman. Like the framing too.
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Post by 2nd Reef » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:24 pm

Hey Butts!

Is that Boomer the Boomer that used to ride the Bommies around Long Reef during booming swells? Apparently used to paddle out to 'em (pre jet ski) and if the rescue helicopter came to check who the madman was paddling out to sea by himself, he'd hop off the board and turn it over. On the bottom was written in big red letters 'BOOMER'. And they'd know he didn't need rescuing.

I'm not making this up. I read it once.
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Post by Kunji » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:38 pm

Thats the one, Reef. Paddled out to German Banks. :shock:
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Post by 2nd Reef » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:41 pm

So it's true? Great stuff!

Go Boomer!!
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Post by chrisb » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:55 pm

2nd Reef wrote:Hey Butts!

Is that Boomer the Boomer that used to ride the Bommies around Long Reef during booming swells? Apparently used to paddle out to 'em (pre jet ski) and if the rescue helicopter came to check who the madman was paddling out to sea by himself, he'd hop off the board and turn it over. On the bottom was written in big red letters 'BOOMER'. And they'd know he didn't need rescuing.

I'm not making this up. I read it once.
I saw it happen... in May1997 in a huge choppy south swell I saw a large crowd of people on DY headland anxiously looking out to sea at a speck in the ocean. Apparently it was Boomer. When a rescue helicopter arrived he waved it away.

I waited for 30 minutes but didn't see him catch any waves that day. The next Monday there was an article about him in the Manly Daily. In those days he ran a local gym.

Half the people think he's a legend and the other half think he's a nutcase.
Whatever, that's a bloody good wave he's on in the photo. :D
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Post by miiichael » Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:57 pm

Coops@DY wrote:Paddled out to German Banks. :shock:
Woah how long did it take him to paddle to the german banks?

btw greats shots butts! pic 7 and 1 are great !
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Post by flow » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:00 pm

how was bower today/winki??
did it get any swell?
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Post by Kunji » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:19 pm

miiichael wrote:
Coops@DY wrote:Paddled out to German Banks. :shock:
Woah how long did it take him to paddle to the german banks?

btw greats shots butts! pic 7 and 1 are great !
Not sure mate. Quite a while. Im mates with his son. Booma senior used to show us theses pics of him on giant waves out queensy bombie and of him free diving with large tigers.
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Post by ppaattoo » Mon Jul 28, 2008 8:55 pm

thats cranking!
cant believe i was working today, rather annoying
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Post by miiichael » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:15 pm

Coops@DY wrote: Not sure mate. Quite a while. Im mates with his son. Booma senior used to show us theses pics of him on giant waves out queensy bombie and of him free diving with large tigers.
His son must have a lot to live up to if he surfs and is anything like booma :D
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Post by Kunji » Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:26 pm

He doesnt get out much anymore but use to charge out the point and out the reefs and on land doing funny stuff.

btw butts 8)

Im all about #5. Love the foreground.
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Post by Jimi » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:04 pm

That is SIC!!! Id give my one remaining nut to have been out there today.
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Post by miiichael » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:08 pm

Coops@DY wrote:He doesnt get out much anymore but use to charge out the point and out the reefs and on land doing funny stuff.

btw butts 8)

Im all about #5. Love the foreground.
Sounds Like A Champ!!
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Post by Butts » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:09 pm

Coops@DY wrote:He doesnt get out much anymore but use to charge out the point and out the reefs and on land doing funny stuff.

btw butts 8)

Im all about #5. Love the foreground.
Coops, booma (boomer - which ever way you spell it :oops: ) is a really nice gentlemen. :wink:
Have had many a long talk with him over the last 2 years, keep bumping into him at
various locations and ONLY when its big :o :)
The stories, the surfs, the people he used to hang out with :shock:
Just love hearing about it, still so much more to be told. :wink:
True character of the ocean 8)

Love to be able to still surf at his age :shock: Damn fit bugger too, probably give a few
of us young'uns a run for our money STILL 8)
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Post by Kunji » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:17 pm

He used to be into competitive bodybuilding in WA. Then started Booma's Gym in DY. Good family.
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Post by SAsurfa » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:16 pm

1 is very very moody! I love it :shock:

6, great wave, 8, great perspective, 9 another nice crips clean wave :D
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