An Autumn Lament
A short essay on the season that wasn't for NSW North Coast surfers.
A short essay on the season that wasn't for NSW North Coast surfers.
The surf goes up a notch and the performance level with it.
Kelly Slater, who reluctantly accepted the wildcard, was beaten in straight sets.
The swell due next weekend has been upgraded.
The most dynamic season for weather and swell in many years.
It'll be classic Trestles summertime conditions, though inconsistency may be a problem.
“I want to thank you all for coming to see my first surfing film,” said the man on the stage.
The winners are decided in small waves on an inconsistent swell.
The guillotine falls and all surfers now know which side of the blade they're on.
What chance a secret in the technological age?
"Courage has become a disvalued trait, bundled up with toxic masculinity as something that is counter to civilised society."
"What seemed most remarkable, as the cut itself faces the cut, is how well and how accurately it worked."
A festival of tubes ridden this time last Friday.
Big win for clean water and coastal commonsense.
No cutbacks, no airs, no righthanders.
After more than a decade of service, JMD signs off.
Early leaders after the first stop on the Challenger Series.
Plus Newcastle, for a second time.
Ferocious waves breaking under glorious skies.
The forecast is stacked, they'll just have to work the local winds.
The CT's mid-season cut has cleaved the fields.
"The first surf spot I ever dedicated myself to was a pointbreak that wasn’t."
A short essay on the season that wasn't for NSW North Coast surfers.
The surf goes up a notch and the performance level with it.
Kelly Slater, who reluctantly accepted the wildcard, was beaten in straight sets.
The swell due next weekend has been upgraded.
The most dynamic season for weather and swell in many years.
It'll be classic Trestles summertime conditions, though inconsistency may be a problem.
“I want to thank you all for coming to see my first surfing film,” said the man on the stage.
The winners are decided in small waves on an inconsistent swell.
The guillotine falls and all surfers now know which side of the blade they're on.
What chance a secret in the technological age?
"Courage has become a disvalued trait, bundled up with toxic masculinity as something that is counter to civilised society."
"What seemed most remarkable, as the cut itself faces the cut, is how well and how accurately it worked."
A festival of tubes ridden this time last Friday.
Big win for clean water and coastal commonsense.
No cutbacks, no airs, no righthanders.
After more than a decade of service, JMD signs off.
Early leaders after the first stop on the Challenger Series.
Plus Newcastle, for a second time.
Ferocious waves breaking under glorious skies.
The forecast is stacked, they'll just have to work the local winds.
The CT's mid-season cut has cleaved the fields.
"The first surf spot I ever dedicated myself to was a pointbreak that wasn’t."
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