wellymon, 1395812880

[quote=shaun][quote=southey]no comment ...

[img]http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag9/Southey/hollowkeyholes_zps9a388074.jpg[/img][/quote]
So was that you southy in photobucket with the black helmet on the super shallow left?[/quote]

Yeah I noticed and seen that shot before here, Might as well be surfing on Mars, Geez Southey you've got some length too ya, no wonder you were good with the basketball.....!

yorkessurfer, 1395817685

Hey that last shot(the right hander) is one of mine Shatner! Not that I mind. It's actually of fraser-gordon!
That guy gets around.

Shatner'sBassoon, 1395818757

close but no cigar, YS...he's a goofyfooter. I'm a goofball! It was a OG slide film shot, yeah? Good to get a copy if possible. Great photo, great timing! I got this off a Swellnet WOTD from years ago, heard about it when I was living OS, though here the name of the rider's cropped out, as well as the name of the photog too. Anonymity & all that. Ah, that spot, those were the daze.

Shatner'sBassoon, 1395818790

[quote=fraser-gordon][/quote]

Now that's a seriously heavy wave! Poor bugger! Enough to rip your bloody arm or arms orf! Hee hee, ouch!

Shatner'sBassoon, 1395819090

Trippergreenfeet, same sesh?

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/jiDbyku.jpg[/IMG]

ol' mate N.H. getting slotted! Backhand attack!

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kF79CzB.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/MxldXjW.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fHAxb8Y.jpg[/IMG]

yorkessurfer, 1395819581

Yeah the Gordon brothers Shatner, I was under the impression that fraser-gordon on here was the natural foot brother of the goofy you speak of? Either way I'm sure he will set us straight when he reads this. The shot was taken on Kodachrome 64. I used to love using that film although it was tricky to get the exposure right!

Sheepdog, 1395819993

Lookn through these photo's, it just blows me away how many great and different surf spots we have....

southey, 1395820388

[quote=wellymon][quote=shaun][quote=southey]no comment ...

[img]http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag9/Southey/hollowkeyholes_zps9a388074.jpg[/img][/quote]
So was that you southy in photobucket with the black helmet on the super shallow left?[/quote]

Yeah I noticed and seen that shot before here, Might as well be surfing on Mars, Geez Southey you've got some length too ya, no wonder you were good with the basketball.....![/quote]


Negative Guys , never worn a Helmet ....
Also the dead give away would be that i ride with the RIGHT foot forward ,
hence Southey = ( Southpaw ) , just a more respectable term for Goofy.
Seriously "Natural" footers , who do they think they are .
Southpaws are respected in boxing , why not Surfing . Goofy is descriminitive ;-))))

Seriously though , i uploaded that shot to show people why surfing " a " spot at smaller sizes was detrimental to ones health .

Shatner -> Vic photo .... Not cool .... and actually pretty lame , far from epic .

that 'Epitaph' photo on the other hand .... gee , i reckon he's standing on the reef looking for a magic hole in it . Tamayo Perry found out the hard way one low tide ten years ago .

PS , I'm no runt . But I'm not a beanstalk either . 182 /85 .

trippergreenfeet, 1395821078

[quote=Sheepdog]Trippergreen - hot left that one.....[/quote]

Yes, where gringos are not welcome and the cars drive on the wrong side of the road - made for a interesting adventure.

stunet, 1395821535

Fuck, what a great thread. Tonne of warm, sepia-toned images from sessions long ago. Good memories, no doubt.

Shatner, a Welsh mate of mine often goes to the 'jewel of the Atlantic', before the concrete disaster and after. Here's a few photos from a trip that we ran on Swellnet:https://www.swellnet.com/photos/swellnet-sessions/garden-sea

Southey, the 'secret-y Victoria' spot had a full spread run with historical breakdown in a Vic-based magazine recently.

goofyfoot, 1395821783

Whats the easiest way to chuck a pic up?

Shatner'sBassoon, 1395821910

Sorry, Southey, these days (well, 2 years back) I thought a coupla blokes out getting nice little backdoor pits is EPIC! No vibe either. Maybe cos it was shit?! If so, shit is good! Should I delete it, Southey? I thought it's joined the secret-y ranks...first came across it back in the 80s...or has it been reclaimed as secret secret? What is the netiquette here? No names, no pack-drill? Nuttin'?

As for the left, yeah, it's heavy...blew my fucken arm off that very sesh. Painful trip to hospital that one, arm hanging off and out all the way! Yeeeha! The start of many recurring shoulder problems. Maybe Uplift can give us a hand, literally?

Anyways, here's some waves from the other SA (defo no secrets here of any description....well, I think):

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/x5ykjMs.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/BACegwU.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7QHbyxu.jpg[/IMG]

Sheepdog, 1395822906

Goofyfoot , here's a link -http://www.swellnet.com/forums/wax/96181

stunet, 1395824000

Never been but very keen. I kept a close eye on the internet for vids and photos after each swell last winter. Lots of Nazare but nothing from the island. Good sign, I guess. Thought it might've been overrun by rubbernecks by now.

Shatner'sBassoon, 1395824528

[quote=yorkessurfer]Yeah the Gordon brothers Shatner, I was under the impression that fraser-gordon on here was the natural foot brother of the goofy you speak of?[/quote]

Nup... & not to be confused with Uplift's 'Fighting Gordon Brothers' on the West Coast. Whoever they are?? Uplift's spa partners over there?

Shatner'sBassoon, 1395824574

boxing I mean...spar, SPAR!!

goofyfoot, 1395824615

[quote=Sheepdog]Goofyfoot , here's a link -http://www.swellnet.com/forums/wax/96181[/quote]
Cheers Sheepy. Still wouldn't work for me. Ah well I'll just keep looking at everyone else's!

mundies, 1395827631

Mmmm I love good surf porn.

South America...
[img]http://https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=388659439894&set=a.388656494894.168418.520699894&type=3&theater[/img]

mundies, 1395827762

Fark. No image.

mundies, 1395827998

[img]https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=388659439894&l=5d2cc90f9f[/img]

mundies, 1395828840

[img]https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/t1.0-9/32481_388659439894_5338700_n.jpg[/img]

mundies, 1395828906

[img]https://scontent-b-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/32481_388656799894_735583_n.jpg[/img]

mundies, 1395828968

[img]https://scontent-a-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash2/t1.0-9/32481_388656809894_1378789_n.jpg[/img]

Sheepdog, 1395829064

Goofyfoot. I had troubles at the start too... I'll try to make it simple. well......

At that Imgur site, up the top right of screen is where you register an account... So go register an account.....

Now you're in.....

2 - Now that you are in, click on "images" up in the top right....

3 - Now, to upload your images onto imgur from your computers "my pictures", well, that's easy. See where it says "upload images" .... on the right hand side? Click the "computer" icon....

That should bring up a box with your pictures..... Now just select the photo out of your "my pictures", and double click on it.... Done man....... It's now in your imgur images..... :)
You can now click on that image to make it bigger (highlight it as such), and you will also notice when you do, to the right is a list of stuff, which inlcudes a thing called "Direct Link (email & IM)". Remember that "direct link (email & IM)" thing - important for later......

Now, getting that image on here........
Those "image tags" that ben was talking about are these things - [img] ........ and [/img].
They're like bookends, goofy..... The [img] is the left bookend.... and the [/img] is the right bookend...

So, now go to your imgur page...... and click on your image that you want..... Now highlight and copy the direct link..
Let's pretend the direct link is - http://i.imgaaa[[.com/IV7B0qV.jpg

Right..... Now you gotta put those "bookends" on each side of it..... So it would now look like this;

[img]http://i.imgaaa[[.com/IV7B0qV.jpg[/img]

Make sure the bookends are up flush to the "direct link". Also, don't put it just under where you write.
Make sure you drop.....

a couple of spaces down..... Good luck

ps - 3 stages should look like this ( I'm using a crap photo as an example);

1 - [img]

2 - [img]http://i.imgaaa[[.com/IV7B0qV.jpg

3 - [img]http://i.imgaaa[[.com/IV7B0qV.jpg[/img]



Then click comment and cross your fingers..... like this;

[img]http://i.imgur.com/IV8BRqV.jpg[/img]

wellymon, 1395829221

smokin Mr M,
That last shot, you would running so hard down that hill, I'm sure you tripped....

southey, 1395829581

[quote=stunet]

Fuck, what a great thread. Tonne of warm, sepia-toned images from sessions long ago. Good memories, no doubt.

Shatner, a Welsh mate of mine often goes to the 'jewel of the Atlantic', before the concrete disaster and after. Here's a few photos from a trip that we ran on Swellnet:https://www.swellnet.com/photos/swellnet-sessions/garden-sea

Southey, the 'secret-y Victoria' spot had a full spread run with historical breakdown in a Vic-based magazine recently.

wellymon, 1395829877

This is discreet.
My tomatoe plant was 110kg and lovely on the lips, can't wait for the cumcumbers....!
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/IQKgdXU.jpg[/IMG]

mundies, 1395830106

Mr Welly - 4wd access, and you don't want to take a wrong turn. Dicey goat tracks with cliffs.
Is that fertiliser just shit with a pretty label?

southey, 1395831343

no comment ...

[img] "http://s1296.photobucket.com/user/Southey/media/cd4b970d-541d-4ba5-8387-4f83b8370a51_zps254363fe.jpg.html?sort=3&o=4 [/img]

salt, 1395831519

Champion wellymon champion!

southey, 1395831840

power to the right foot forwards

[img]http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag9/Southey/ea971552-5ff1-400b-ae14-e26ddcdb9491_zps43876f26.jpg[/img]

thermalben, 1395860223

[quote=southey]Just like a shot i recognised from a WA location that made WOTD , and you or whoever deleted the thread i started to out you guys for showing a PHOTO that was definiteley not Kosha . ie its image gives its location away ....[/quote]

Firstly, we didn't delete that thread. In fact Fitzroy even commented on it y'day.

https://www.swellnet.com/forums/wax/90761

Secondly, that WOTD wasn't from West Oz. So how does the image 'give away the location'?

Shatner'sBassoon, 1395882494

Stunet, must be something about that island that attracts the Welsh. First time I went (5 years into Howard's reign back here or thereabouts), there were a couple floating about, and not many others at all. One classic boyo (well, he was an englishmen that lived in Wales) lived there in his little cottage during the winter, surfing and painting. The other one ( a real one!) owned a surf school too but I don't think it's your man. He got so caned trying to get in one big day, I nearly stopped laughing. Brutal. I don't think he ever went back. The swell leapt that quickly that other poor buggers had to try and paddle in waaaaay down the coast. Mental! Fishing boat eventually rescued em. There but for the grace of God and all that. I found the beached walrus technique up the boat-ramp used to work. Timing was the key. Only fucked a fin once. Of course this was before the concrete fiasco. Haven't been back since they did it, though the wave is still good at size I hear. Man, there are some real pearlers on that island. No pics of them ones! Good local drop too!

banksia, 1395883875

Not very sizey, but some long tunnels were had this day.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/ilBNoxF.jpg?1[/img]

zenagain, 1395885237

Awesome Banksia, just full tilt. Yee Hah!!

trippergreenfeet, 1395885771

[quote=zenagain]Awesome Banksia, just full tilt. Yee Hah!![/quote]

Perfect example of waves not always needing size/heaviness to be epic.

Shatner'sBassoon, 1395896852

secret-y thing somewhere in some place (and kinda shit to boot by some accounts)

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/MOHEXuE.jpg[/IMG]

secret-y WA

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/jRMylwy.jpg[/IMG]

some not so secret-y WA...well kinda secret-y

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lpx84tJ.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/9ShziWM.jpg[/IMG]

obligatory photo of some goofball at kinda secret-y SA spot

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/bH1AwZQ.jpg[/IMG]

THE END

sidthefish, 1395898211

[quote=wellymon]This is discreet.
My tomatoe plant was 110kg and lovely on the lips, can't wait for the cumcumbers....!
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/IQKgdXU.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

Fulvic (vulvic) Acid and Wetting Agent, bahahahaha.

sir ambrose beachfucker, 1395899543

South Oz's Mr liquid shit

shoredump, 1395967210

My brother has some really good pics. Here's a slightly different one that is definitely worth sharing. We make a pretty good team actually, he dares me to do something stupid, then he captures it perfectly. This pic is probably my favourite portrait. I love the rawness of it. Stunning pic. The wanky / arty words below are just something I tried to work in with it, trying to do it justice.

[URL=http://s843.photobucket.com/user/Shoredump/media/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpse577c4f7.jpg.html][IMG]http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/zz354/Shoredump/Mobile%20Uploads/image_zpse577c4f7.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

The Edge

This unique and exceptional image cleverly portrays the duality of the human experience.
Strikingly beautiful, the subject stands firm with zen like calmness within the heart of the surrounding chaos. Seemingly, he protests against the violent forces of nature that bare over him, and it paints a turbulent, quite frightening, and uncertain future.
He somehow possesses, in the same moment, both incredible strength, and a raw, fragile weakness.
This photograph also expresses the solitude of existence, while also displaying the connectedness and oneness of our human experience within the ether.
With the ebbs and flows of life's many varied currents, the trials and the victories, ceaselessly and inevitably draining back into the mighty ocean, the force and the being that spawned his rich, yet futile existence in the beginning.
It is a life that is forever lived awake, and on the edge.

Sheepdog, 1395974408

Nice Shoredump. But nothing can prepare you for this killer cyclone action from 1981. Death defying.. Incredible scenes from Yorkeys Knob, as a 14yo sheepdog tackles some of the most unforgiving swells far north qld can offer, on a 6'1 burford single flyer round pin single fin.... Apart from the intimidating nature of these hell waves, these beasts of nature, one must dodge broken bits of boat, box jellyfish, and hungry saltwater crocodiles..... But it's the waves...... The waves that make it all worthwhile...... :/

[img]http://i.imgur.com/gLbZzIy.jpg[/img]

trippergreenfeet, 1395979080

[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/fezz%20at%20buckleys.jpg[/img]

mick-free, 1395980295

[quote=shaun][quote=southey]no comment ...

[img]http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag9/Southey/hollowkeyholes_zps9a388074.jpg[/img][/quote]
So was that you southy in photobucket with the black helmet on the super shallow left?[/quote]

Billy it wasn't Southy was Charlie Pierce at Perfect Wave. I think Southy loves that wave though. I still have scars from that island

shaun, 1395981650

Piss off postcards..

mick-free, 1395985051

Postcards by Joel Colemon

http://www.saltmotion.com/2012/09/20/steamers-in-the-tropics.html

Shatner'sBassoon, 1395992418

hey, Southey, I fixed up that sensitive Vic pic. Also looked at it a bit closer and a bit bigger...it's spitting! And still shit?! Shit! That's my kind of shit!

uplift, 1396001878

Beautiful swellnuts lineup.

‘Shhiiiiit!!!!’
‘Benny, for God sake you just sprayed your coco pops all over us, now what’s wrong?’
‘Look honey its a picture of Slater at pipeline. Fuuuuuuck, finally I got him, I, I, I... I’ll be the one that got big ‘lifty’!’
‘But it’s not big lifty, where does it say its him?’
‘I gotta make calls, I gotta call the boiz. Hey, that photo of Slater at pipe, is that slater? Thought so!!! Brutuseless, we finally got big ‘lifty’, quick check that shot of Slater at pipe, is that ‘lifty’?’
‘Aaaaahhhhhhh, its not ‘lifty, we got him!!!!!! Now I can finally say I shredded blacks!’ And that I can go left!’
‘Honey for fuck sake, get off the phone, the phone bill... oh my God, now its your fuckin swellnut mate gimp gatesy on tv, he’s talking about that photo of Slater.’
‘Have a look ay, shit surfin ay, the guy is a fucking kook ay, fuck’n joke ay, and what a fuckin’ fat hander ay... this shot is shit ay, show us the next frame when ya get smashed by the fathander ya fuck’n kook ay! Us fuck’n swellnuts know shit surfin’ and surf when we see it ay!’
‘Faaarkkk, shut up gimpo its fuck’n slatsey, not ‘lifty! For fuck sake, get off the tube... oi, sidwe, we finally got ‘lifty’, there’s a shot of Slater, and its not lifty!
‘Does it say its ‘lifty?’
No!!!
Wow man, we got ‘im!!!’
‘We better call everyone sidwe, fizzler reckons we can really get ‘im in the car park. Fizzler’s down there now hidin’ in the fuck’n sandhills, waiting for us all so we can get him!’
‘Ok, lets go... is we comin?’

‘As the head of the fuck’n swellnuts I hereby call this swellnut, we can take big lifty meeting, open.’
Aaaaaahhhhh, hang on benner, I’m the elder statesman ‘ere, I wanna open it.’
‘Naah, fuck orf, its my fuck’n club, and I dun time over west, you got washed away, plus Pete T said hello to me once... what da ya reckon ambles?’
‘Well dunno... I’m a bit of a charger meself!Shit what the fucks that, there’s a coupla gimps humpin’ over behind them bins!’
‘Aaaaaahhhhhhh, its our vice president gatesy and senior member groger, and don’t call em gimps ambles, yar derogagating the cunts. I told the farkin’ council wankers not ta put farkin’ bins there... ‘ere I’ll make a farkin’ petition!’
‘Yeah, bewdy brutuseless, faaaaaaarrrrrrkkkkkk, now dawgs over there getting humped by the both of em... jeez!’
‘Get ooorf em yar fuck’n mangy arsed gimpdawg!’
‘Cooooooeeeee, ya can come down outa the hills now fizzler!’
‘Cooooooeeeee, how many of yas are there, are ya’s sure its safe?’

‘Oi everyone, look its farkin sidwe, faaarkk, what’s wrong sidwe yar sweatin’ like a fuck’n pig?’
‘Biiiiigggg lllliiiiiiiiiiffffffftttteeeess comin!!!!!!!!!, he’s farkin’ nearly here!’
‘FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!’
‘Fizzzzzler, come back ya cunt!’
‘Grogesless, gimper, gimpdawg, get outa the fuckin bins, remember, your swellnutters, take ‘im! Fuck’n gimps!’
‘Oi, you can run it, stitch ‘im Brutuseless, I gotta pick up the kids... be back later...’
‘Shit benno, ya wouldn’t believe it, I got the wrong fark’n hat on, gotta go ‘ome and get me fark’n fightin’ hat, plus me beard needs trimming... get ‘im sidwe... jeez, where the fucks sidwe, go, do ‘im sweller, I’m outa here!’
Faaarrrkkk, I gotta do some real intense shit and wrassle some farkin’ yeti and aliens and wild pigs an’ shit... see ya, take ‘im ambles!!!
‘Sweller, nutters, come back, FFFAAARRRKKK ‘eeees farkin’ ‘ere!’
‘Goooood moooornnnninnng Mrrrrr Uuuuplift’. Shift me car, yeh, sure Mr Uplift right away. Over there in the mud, no worries Mr Uplift. What, ya wanna have a shit, an wanna use me shirt to wipe yer arse? Jeez Mr Uplift, its me new billy’s bad boy cut, wiv the summer mysto’prints! Fanno designed it... hey, no probs though, here. Faaarkk, Mr Uplift its covered in shit, thanks heaps though... have a good surf! Sure, I’ll fuck off right away Mr Uplift sir!’

‘Jeez benny, thanks, I had to pick up the kids, where the fuck have you been all day? I’m going to bed, you can sleep on the couch.’
‘But honey... hey why have ya got that picture of big lifty?’ Well fuck it I’ll just ring the gimp then!’
‘Brutuseless, ya were supposed to do the dishes and vacuumin’, where the fuck have ya been all fuck’n day!’
‘I had to trim me beard honey and I lost me hat...’
‘Try timmin’ ya guts, and lose that ridiculous hat permanently, you can sleep on the couch, I’m going to bed.’
‘But honey... oi, whatya doin’ with that picture of lifty? Stuff it, I’ll just ring the gimp then... aaaaahhhhhhhh!’
‘Fizzler, I don’t wanna hear it, you and who’s army, now shut the fuck up and do your homework, you little dimwit!’
Yeh, well, well, well just wait, I’ll run away from home and join the gimp’s club then!’
‘Unswelling, you’re late, now fuck off and go fight some yeti... go hump an alien you nutter, I’m going to bed, sleep on the guinea pig skins. ‘
‘Faaarkkk, high intensity man, hey, why have ya got that picture of big’lifty’?’ Hello, gimpy, answer ya phone, its swelling, yar there maaayyteee?’
Sidwe, what are you doing here, I told ya, ya miles too fuck’n small, sleep in the porch.’
‘ Hey gimpy, ya there maaayyteeee can I come over again? WWWWWWWOOOOOWWWWW man!’
‘Get and chop the wood ya lazy mutt, and when ya finish, mow the fuck’n lawn.
‘But honey, the mower’s too heavy an...’
I told ya, get of yar lazy butt, and join the gym, like that big ‘lifty’ bloke. Now download me another picture of him, and sleep outside... and don’t run off humpin’ gimps all night!
‘Yes, I’m sure uturns was really heavy ambles, and I’m sure you charged all day... jeez what’s that smell, you’re covered in shit, did you shit yourself again? I’m going to bed, and yes, its a picture of lifty.’
‘Hello gimp, ya there, wait for me, I’m comin’ over, I smeared me self in shit for ya too!!!!’

goofyfoot, 1396002355

Wow, this fuckheads really lost the plot tonight.. Lock ya doors Elliston

trippergreenfeet, 1396002712

Lock up alright, you could be in for a right 8==0~ {()}

uplift, 1396003478

Was that written in summer swellnuts? Or was it a norwester at sunset. Its completely different at sunrise, and could be a rocky range if the fences are up over by the blue sky in Ellens high school... nuff said nutters.

southey, 1396005314

fucklift ,

shut up ..... I'm trying to watch the footy ... we're winning ... those 'roids ya sent in the mail worked ;-)
screw WADA . now all we have to do is base the rest of the AUS. WCT out at Tullamarine . great facilities

uplift, 1396005945

Its not the footy, its baseball in a souwester in spring, plus, when the moon's down its soccer, and the devil's secret is on the tully to the left, if you go by the weeds by the trough, but don't play netball if the wind is comin off the marine parks in autumn at sunset, driving yas nutters... nuff said.

southey, 1396006054

actually like many things you've done , the roids' failed to go the distance ....

uplift, 1396006164

And bennysless didn't fuckn say it!!!!!!! Not in spring anyway, when the tide was low by the reeds, posing as seeds, as the crows fly to the east, except when its raining and its west, if you see lids on the jam, in the byway with butter, if its cold and early, and not a highway drivin yas nutters in summer... nuff said.

banksia, 1396007800

For fuck's sake uplift, give it up!! Talk about ruining a good thread.
To quote any young dipshit on the street today....."keep it real"
[img]http://imgur.com/hSkzRHc[/img]

wellymon, 1396008149

More than just Seaweed.

wellymon, 1396008192

Concentrate...............?

southey, 1396008824

Organic ..... Growth boosting 5in1 ....

so much fluid ...

uplift, 1396009266

'Concentrate...............?'

Or the aliens will ring the yeti and find yas, but only if it looks like a left that went right at sunrise, but does transformers in a sw, if the norwester blows over by the lids on the bins, and no body knows where you are, because its by the blue sky with a tree near it, and the tree is ripe with nutters... nuff said.

Blowin, 1396011181

Fuck mate, hope your mates have taken your car keys off ya, you get caught driving like that and your rooted.

uplift, 1396014343

Ok, you win, I'll fix it:

Only the yeti will find yas, but only if it looks like a left that went right at sunrise, but does transformers in a sw, if the norwester blows over by the lids on the bins, and no body knows where you are, because its by the blue sky with a tree near it, and the tree is ripe with wise nutters... nuff said.

Sheepdog, 1396045346

Benski, . If you're out there.... Yeah, it might've been the 27th (noosa swell)...... There was only about 6 of us out at Tea tree.... Freakn dangerous off the rocks that day - highish tide, massive swell.... Opted to paddle out from the beach. The outer jump off spot was basically a no go zone, with 6 foot walls of whitewater smashing all the way up to the cliff face....... Finger rock was getting swamped.... Anyway, caught about 4 absolute bombs.... Got one that reformed all the way in..... Though fuck this paddling, I'll give jumping off the finger a go...... Wrong!!!!!!! Was 3/4 of the way out on the rocks, and one of those "hidden last waves of the set" started to drain....... Fuck....... Surrounded.... General Custer..... Sprinted and jumped, but don't know if my leggy caught a barnacle, or if part of the wave explosion did something, but my board got slightly twisted out of my grip - a 5 foot vertical jump and wack,,,, rail in the jaw.... "blacked out" underwater for a millisecond.... dead set seeing stars like in a cartoon, no shit..... sounded like a bomb went off...... Anyway, underwater... thought "fuck this is serious"...... Fought the concussion and got to the surface, got to me board, and got out the back.... Felt a bit sick in the guts....... Time to assess. I couldn't feel my chin, like I actually couldn't feel it , as if a dentist went psycho with a needle over my whole jaw...... I then felt under my chin, the fleshy area between the chin and adams apple...... There was a hole.... my fingers kept going in deeper... I could nearly push them up into my mouth under my tongue..... I looked down and there was blood pissing out. My white rashy was red. A couple of blokes looked at it and their faces went white.......
But in true he man style, I caught a wave ( they were kind enough to call me in) and got to the beach... Was a fuckn good wave too...
Using my rashy to hold me chin together, me mate Rod (rip brother ;( ), and I started to walk back to the carpark... At the pot lookout, the shock wore off and the pain kicked in...... Fuck me....
Anyway.... still alive..... still being a c***...... Lived to tell the tale.... And how embarrassing would it've been to die surfing fuckn Noosa...... ;)

stray-gator_2, 1396046128

Now THAT'S a great yarn! Thanks, Sheepster.

fraser-gordon, 1396047776

Bramfield training and conditioning.

grog-an, 1396055152

why does everyone always try and make out upsydaisy is on the roids?? Ok, he does have a small set of nuts, but people on roids are toned and have muscle definition. Obviously upsydaisy isn't on them.

away, 1396055996

Keep the old pictures coming! I am loving this.

fraser-gordon, 1396069264

Waiting for Big Lifty to drop in.

roubydouby, 1396071438

Couple from 6 or 7 years ago
The last two are the same wave/session

[img]http://headbounce.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/image.jpg[/img]
[img]http://headbounce.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/img_3702_2.jpg[/img]
[img]http://headbounce.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/img_3746.jpg[/img]

roubydouby, 1396071567

[quote=fraser-gordon][/quote]

That's insanity...

goofyfoot, 1396071915

Rouby that first pic is an absolute beauty.. Wow!

roubydouby, 1396072845

I had sweaty palms just watching!
There were no takers though - the ski was just peeking into the void.

goofyfoot, 1396073926

So epic

wellymon, 1396077291

Fraser-Gorden, Bramfield training Classic stuff, that takes the cake for sure.

Grog-an , yes you are spot on there champ, looking at old Uppity Squat Fuck photo.Ol My God.
Baha Naaaaaaaaaaaa..

Rouby-Douby that first photo fuch ,,,,,,,,,:)
The thing I find with WA photos, is that they are so deep with colour and scarey looking GW (Grey Suit) stuff for some reason....:)
That first photo looks fucking amasing.

yorkessurfer, 1396088145

I took this pic of a nearby reef on slide film about 20 years ago. The wave you surf here is actually a left off the same peak but it gets these perfect rights occasionally.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vXAEdP3.jpg[/IMG]

uplift, 1396089077

The mighty fighting Gordon! Hilarious. When did your nuts drop, last time we spoke, you were quiet as a carpark mouse.

How'd you go surfing that amasing, secret place in WA unswelling? In between fight'n yetis and trackin' aliens?

wellymon, 1396092308

"How'd you go surfing that amasing, secret place in WA unswelling? In between fight'n yetis and trackin' aliens?"

Yeah finding it hard at the moment 'Concentrate' , I've still been fighting "Yowies" at the moment .

My cucumbers are growing tho :)

uplift, 1396092718

Amasing, anything can happen online!

benski, 1396094768

Cheers for the yarn sheepdog. Quite the story mate. Very nasty. Must have been a hell of a whack. Especially at Teas, usually such a mellow jump/walk that inside one! Although I have seen a couple of guys cop it there over the years.

My embarrassing story from that day, I nearly broke my finger coming in across the rocks down towards johnsons cos I couldn't stand up straight. Slipped on a mossy one and jammed my middle finger in between two rocks as I reached out to steady myself. Right up to a ring I used to wear. Couldn't get it out and then got washed over by some white water. Felt everything tighten up and thought here it goes, gonna snap a bone and then the ring popped and I managed to pull my finger out.

um....make sure you don't read that last sentence on its own.

Sheepdog, 1396129290

Yeah, benksi, full on that day...

[img]http://i.imgur.com/CdadCsD.gif[/img]

Might've been the 28th..... As you can see, the storm was pretty close.... The swell was raw, chunky, and coming straight in from the ene..... No tapering at all, which is rare for tea tree.... It was a big fuck up on my behalf - lazy..... smart arse..... Shoulda just paddled back out..... Paid the price....

mitchvg, 1396141115

Lol Benski.

Shhepy any guidelines on central pressure vs speed the low moves away I.e have you ever seen a single chart that looks impressive but didn't produce because it sped off? Maybe discussion for another thread...

Sheepdog, 1396151386

Mitch, yes I have... I'll have a dig and post on the forecast notes where we were chatting about Nth qld...

Shatner'sBassoon, 1396244092

Hey Fraser Gordon, you've actually met Uplift?? Or is he confused? Too many Gordons out there...it's a big clan! Maybe he's getting mixed up with Marg's very own big, bad, bustling ILLBOY? I hear there's a wrestlin' death-match comin' up between him and THE MASKED DUTTZ at some event called FOAM-DUST this week. Pagey'll be there. Chockin' in the foam dust! Let's get ready to ruuuuuuuuuumble...

uplift, 1396260155

Yeh shattered babsoon, I know both the infamous 'Fighting Gordons', and have bumped into fraz. Duttsie no doubt has been training under gaul's conniving, underhanded, devil may care fightin' skills and has that up his massive, stretched sleeve. The real deal is on in Lincoln on Saturday night when under the guise of a charity event the line up of ford fiesta and the hulking jervis are plotting to thump the shit out of unsuspecting townies. Jervis is cunning, and disguises himself as a ring post before leaping out and splattering his hapless victims.

brutus, 1396307031

hmm,uplift OK no answer on SIARGO,how bout VISAYAN SOUVENIR.......??

wellymon, 1398408155

Heres an awesome memory of a great wave in NZ, Myself and a great friend had it to ourselves all day, started of at 6-8ft then when we left after 3 surfs, this photo was 5ft, looks fat from this angle but is very deceiving....? The place rocks especially on the right swell out on the take off, on the point down the line....:)
Hey Sheepio no trick photo shit, pure old hard copy, scanned and thats what we want to see, with the old Kodak.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/xfKPqB4.jpg[/IMG]

Sheepdog, 1398474703

T...A..W.....T...A... (Totally awesome, welly.... Totally awesome :) )

wellymon, 1398483924

Thought you might appreciate that one Sheepio
The other shot that got you going with this thread
Is 300 m north of this spot and I reckon breaks better than
Angourie on its day, 3 times longer but is so fickle needs NE
Swells. Like fr76 said if NZ was SE - NW facing this place
Would absolutely crank
My favourite set up in NZ with out a doubt
Good times there for sure ;)

inzider, 1398502490

Welly, that pic above has got me thinking , there is not much to give way its location , but at a guess it is on the east coast of the South island near ocean seafood I reckon.

wellymon, 1398504160

Not giving anything away ENZER....?
Scott Rowley (Peak Surfbrds) old THC boy used to come down when he knew it was pumping....!
He was on to it and a charger, lives in Oregon USA now....? I think.
Surfed with that guy a few times at this place, pretty switched on cat, always knew when this was on...!
A couple of times with him at Munga......................hume highway????? 8ft +, not sure if I spelt it right or left :)
Geez that place above 6-8 is an awesome reef.....:)THC for sure.

Near a lot of ocean seafood:)

wellymon, 1398504312

ENZER, its been pumping there lately as well, you need a key to get thru the gate tho, otherwise a long walk and you can't camp with your car and supplies....

yorkessurfer, 1398505868

This is 15ft plus Ethel's on Easter Saturday. I went down the beach and stood on the boiler to check it out and got swamped! One of the dumber things I've done lately!
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ITygaoG.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/fo5ctZ4.jpg[/IMG]

wellymon, 1398507194

Classic YS.
R U sure thats not your old jet ski from years back ;)

udo, 1398507733

Yorkie what spots were surfed that day ?

yorkessurfer, 1398508686

There was very little wind so I think most of the reefs were surfable udo. Being Easter I just walked down to the reef near my house and had an early one. It was only 3 to 4ft but it takes a huge swell to get in there so it was a novelty surf. No-one surfed Chinamans that I know of. It was a raw and wild swell so the Chi Bowl was very evil looking;)

yorkessurfer, 1398510150

Here's an old pic of a wave that breaks good in big swells like last weekend. I saw some pics yesterday of some mates towing it at 10 foot on Easter Saturday. Another mate of mine tried to paddle out there but he reckons his 7ft board was too small so the ski's gave him a lift in. It breaks a long way out to sea and its hard to paddle out and in when it's over 8 foot!

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SrmDXt1.jpg[/IMG]

wellymon, 1398510986

Keep them coming

T....A.....YS.

yorkessurfer, 1398519115

Anyone who has been to Ethel's knows its mostly a closeout. But very rarely it gets like this.....
Me and the booger checking it were the only ones to surf it this day.

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/UT0CHOH.jpg[/IMG]

Sheepdog, 1398561449

Yorkessurfer.... Nice shots man.... so you actually live in yorkes?

yorkessurfer, 1398561575

Sure do Sheepy

Sheepdog, 1398564470

Cooool, yorko.... hey man, there's a beachbreak on another peninsula, nears waits...... On yorkes, there's a beach that shares the same name.......... Does any swell ever get in there..... Or along there..... If my clue has given too much away, just say no waves get in there, even if they do. If you feel the clue is cryptic enough, and surf does get in, i'd be interested to know...... Looking at moving back to the mainland next year.... Need to do some research..... Cheers.....

yorkessurfer, 1398564472

The guy in this pic has a holiday shack down here. I got him a large blown up print to hang on his wall. He was stoked!

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/eN29m6O.jpg[/IMG]

yorkessurfer, 1398564633

That coast can pump sheepo but its fickle. Every dog has its day as they say;)

Sheepdog, 1398565395

Thanks Yorko.... Who knows..... One day you may see an old **** of a goofy surfn by himself..... hoody on.... smothered in zinc..... Be sure to say gday :)

maddogmorley, 1398566836

BD's was good on Easter Sat at 4-6ft with the odd bomb.

Sheepdog, 1399171615

Mick free----- you're a good bloke.... Keep up the great work champ ;)

yorkessurfer, 1399370238

Here's me getting a huge tube Sheepy! Can't tell you where it is or everyone would be turning up trying to get a slab like this.......

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/m8CBXVo.jpg[/IMG]

Sheepdog, 1399371525

Mate... 4 a moment it was like where's wally!!!!!! I didn't really know what the fuck i was looking at hahahaha....... lol

yorkessurfer, 1399437401

Here's a few more images from the vault Sheepy. No landmarks, no people out, just mind surf yourself on these waves;)

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/W6L86kG.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Vqf7znF.jpg[/IMG]

Sheepdog, 1399445705

Yorko - sweet photos dude!!!! Here's a link from last month re' tassie... Big ese swell getting into novelty corner
http://www.swellnet.com/forums/swellnet-forecast-notes/115551

Craig, 1399446316

Love the old shots YS, as you know, especially that ledge shot, such a trippy but perfect photo!

trippergreenfeet, 1400044882

A reliable and consistent ledge over my back fence and down the sand hill when living in WA.

[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Backfence.png[/img]

wellymon, 1400050795

Thats a real ledge TGF, slotted nicely :)

trippergreenfeet, 1400061373

[quote=wellymon]Thats a real ledge TGF, slotted nicely :)[/quote]

Slotted on a Hot Buttered Eve 6'0 single (RIP)

trippergreenfeet, 1400070573

Same ledge on the hide tide.

[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Backfence%2001.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Backfence%2002.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Backfence%2003.jpg[/img]

southey, 1400071616

Is that Slingy's TGF ?

trippergreenfeet, 1400073584

[quote=southey]Is that Slingy's TGF ?[/quote]

Slingy's? no, this joint is kinda nameless, the ledge or the right is all it really goes by. Tucked away on the back side this long point break.

[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Backfence%2004.jpg[/img]

old-dog, 1400143977

[URL=http://s1156.photobucket.com/user/rockby/media/MyDocuments076.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/rockby/MyDocuments076.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
a.m. solo session ethels.
[URL=http://s1156.photobucket.com/user/rockby/media/caveslllll.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/rockby/caveslllll.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
not saying.
[URL=http://s1156.photobucket.com/user/rockby/media/MyDocuments020_zps9c8effca.png.html][IMG]http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/rockby/MyDocuments020_zps9c8effca.png[/IMG][/URL]
Waits carpark. 1968
[URL=http://s1156.photobucket.com/user/rockby/media/CHINAMANSBIG.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/rockby/CHINAMANSBIG.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
1974 chinas

old-dog, 1400145028

[URL=http://s1156.photobucket.com/user/rockby/media/kimyoung3.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/rockby/kimyoung3.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
the man 1973
[URL=http://s1156.photobucket.com/user/rockby/media/CUTBACK.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/rockby/CUTBACK.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
[URL=http://s1156.photobucket.com/user/rockby/media/TUBED.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p579/rockby/TUBED.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
Waitpinga 1977?

sir ambrose beachfucker, 1400145824

nice stacked not saying left set up .

wellymon, 1401988757

Found this old photo at the bottom of the drawer of a river mouth in,NZ east coast 6ft and pumping.
Memories, not to many people around..:)

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/juhOLnF.jpg[/IMG]

winkie, 1402011193

Hey old dog, loved those photos especially chinas taken by jock. Great memories. I will have to go through
some old photos and put some up. Seeya!

old-dog, 1402561818

Hi winks, yeah we had some great times as grommets in the early 70's. You must have some epic shots from all those years living at Blacks, be good to see a few of you going through the motions. I seem to recall some good ones of you at Cunz too. Cheers.

trippergreenfeet, 1409626891

Waitpinga last Friday arvo glassoff, had that right all to myself, yew.

One wave sequence.
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/20140830_172420.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/20140830_172421.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/20140830_172422.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/20140830_172424.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/20140830_172426.jpg[/img]

braudulio, 1409627433

Got any jobs going down your way tripper?

Craig, 1409627679

Epic TPG!!

trippergreenfeet, 1409627824

[quote=braudulio]Got any jobs going down your way tripper?[/quote]

Not anything noteworthy, that's why I work FIFO... plus I can avoid the weekend warrior, not that there's anything wrong with being a WW, just not for me.

trippergreenfeet, 1409628316

Found some pics from a Bluff trip back in 2000.

Morning of the September coral spawn... the fish were suffocating and the sharks were feeding all round us.
One of my favourite shots, the framing of the Bluff with the full moon and a cracking set taken about 6am.
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Image%20%2832%29.jpg[/img]

Some pics from that mornings session that I took after my session ended. These 10 shots were the last 10 on the last film left of the 2 week surf trip.
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Image%20%2833%29.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Image%20%2834%29.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Image%20%2835%29.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Image%20%2836%29.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Image%20%2837%29.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Image%20%2838%29.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Image%20%2839%29.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Image%20%2840%29.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Image%20%2841%29.jpg[/img]

And here is ol mate the elephant seal who was keeping us company in the lineup at Graveyards (Exmouth). All good if he spent the tide on the beach when surfing, but if the tide turned while your were out, or he wasn't on the beach when paddling out guaranteed he was gonna pay a visit... not much fun when ya a km out to sea.
He was fairly aggressive in the water cause he had two females he was keeping us from, cause you know how lonely it get out in the desert for a young single fella, haha.
That's me squatting behind him.
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Image%20%2842%29.jpg[/img]

trippergreenfeet, 1409628664

[quote=Craig]

Epic TPG!!

braudulio, 1409630228

[quote=trippergreenfeet][quote=braudulio]Got any jobs going down your way tripper?[/quote]

Not anything noteworthy, that's why I work FIFO... plus I can avoid the weekend warrior, not that there's anything wrong with being a WW, just not for me.[/quote]

Bugger, that left looks like the goods! WW doesn't work for me either, luckily live close enough to the local to take or leave weekends.

Sheepdog, 1409631281

[quote=trippergreenfeet]Waitpinga last Friday arvo glassoff, had that right all to myself, yew.

One wave sequence.
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/20140830_172420.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/20140830_172421.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/20140830_172422.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/20140830_172424.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/20140830_172426.jpg[/img][/quote]

Wonderful, tgf :)

fraser-gordon, 1409632785

ha ha same left.

Blowin, 1409645084

I remember that seal TGF .... prick of a thing. That left is a hoax . It only breaks a handful of times a year. You must have been lucky that year......looks nice though.

wellymon, 1409646433

Awesome photos TGF,
Hows the elephant seal...? Big boy for sure.

The photos of the Bluff.... Wow
"the framing of the Bluff with the full moon" Subaru Wagon in the fore ground.....?

Great photos TGF ;)

trippergreenfeet, 1409646568

[quote=Blowin]I remember that seal TGF .... prick of a thing. That left is a hoax . It only breaks a handful of times a year. You must have been lucky that year......looks nice though.[/quote]

Glad I'm not the only one who thought that seal was a bastard, that chick in the photo thought he was "cute" and thought we were being harsh hating the prick... she never entered the water though.
I later learnt from the local rangers that he and his two consorts did the trip from Exmouth to Madagascar yearly, well out of normal Elephant seal range.

The left was shit, the right however was smoking with the bigger swells, and the hollow right to the north of Gravyards was working too.

trippergreenfeet, 1409646738

[quote=wellymon]

The photos of the Bluff.... Wow
"the framing of the Bluff with the full moon" Subaru Wagon in the fore ground.....?[/quote]

Hahaha, can't win em all for the cracker shot, gotta play what ya dealt... don't think it would have gone down too well - 6am wake up call, knock knock "hey mate, can ya shift ya car while I take a sweet photo"

wellymon, 1409646986

TGF 15' Exmouth Bombie....?

I see that break often from above sitting in a really big Drone;)

trippergreenfeet, 1409647938

[quote=wellymon]TGF 15' Exmouth Bombie....?

I see that break often from above sitting in a really big Drone;)[/quote]

I was talked into paddling out with an older bloke from Margs, fucken hellman he was... fuck me was that an experience. Only caught two waves, spent most of the session saving my arse from getting smashed.

Blowin, 1409648933

Beautiful part of the world. Nice work TGF

trippergreenfeet, 1409649807

That year in September saw a couple of big swells, the first one that hit Exmouth, Ulu lefts was 8' plus, and the right off the sth side of Ulu was winding off for ages when I surfed it, dead leg stuff. Dunes was just massive and out of control.

Thinking about the old bloke that I surfed the bombie with, I think it might of been old man Hardy. He surfed it, then sailed it, just an all round waterman. No wonder his lads charge.

Blowin, 1409652437

September can be great. I'm not far from The Bluff now.

caml, 1409660069

Tgf your tripping that left has never got 8ft & t hardy doesnt sail

trippergreenfeet, 1409697153

[quote=caml]Tgf your tripping that left has never got 8ft & t hardy doesnt sail[/quote]

I dont know hardy from a bar of soap, and you've now made it clear the dudewho mentioned it to me at the time doesn't either... I'll just call him the mystery man.

As for calling wave size, I think that is commensurate with the size of ya balls, and is very obvious yours are a damn sight larger than mine so your always gonna call shit smaller than me, haha.

caml, 1409699384

Yeah sorry tgf im just jealous cos i like that x bommie & im a bit protective

trippergreenfeet, 1409701205

Cool as caml, I can see how ya can get to love that wave... I only surfed it that one time and was intimidated but I can see once ya find the groove it would be a whole lotta fun.

mothart, 1409706282

Does 'Bruce' still live at 'murderer's bommie'?

Hey Old Dog, is that you in the photo with the tshirt, jeans & board?

caml, 1409710459

For sure bruce & family swim back n forth . As for the murder the guys still locked up , i googled it once & there it was . Hunters carpark left closes out as soon as its big

Sheepdog, 1409730673

[quote=fraser-gordon]ha ha same left.[/quote]

Is that you relaxing in the pocket, FG?

fraser-gordon, 1409740743

Yep Sheepy cheers Rowlz for the photo here's another he took on the same day .

wellymon, 1409741998

Wow, nice wave f-g.

Sheepdog, 1409789286

[quote=wellymon]Wow, nice wave f-g.[/quote]

Yeah, like sweet candy..... Gotta love those 3 - 4 foot clean uncrowded groundswell sessions.... Just fun for funs sake....

Craig, 1409806800

My last surf in Adelaide down at Waits before moving to Sydney...

It was a week day, and the surf the next day was supposed to be pumping, 3-4ft, straight offshore all day and during the middle of summer, so hot.

I slept in the back of my wagon in the Waits car park, noting in the darkness a right hander just right of the main stairs, whitewater running from the outside, perfectly all the way to shore.

Set the alarm for first light as the crowds during summer under a hot northerly get busy early.

I woke up to my alarm and while still dark, got out the car and started to hook into bananas and other fuel for the morning surf.

After about 20 minutes it was still super dark, with no light showing on the horizon. I checked my watch, and I had woken up an hour too early, setting it to the wrong time.

Wide awake I stood there watching the white-water from the perfect looking right, and then started to hear something in the distance that sounded like hooting.

Next wave I noticed just in front of the waves white-water trail, a smaller track line what was amazingly a surfer!

No way! Waits in the darkness, 45 mins before first light, it couldn't be. Listening harder the hoots were from the water, with a couple of guys scoring in the dark.

I was supposed to be meeting a friend for the early, but with pumping waves with a couple out I couldn't wait, so I suited up and headed down the beach.

There's a small outcrop of rocks that sometimes become uncovered in front of where the right was, and in my eagerness and carelessness (along with the total darkness) I duckdived right into one on the paddle out through the shore. Dinged the board slightly but that wasn't stopping me.

Once out there it was surreal, surfing these 4ft perfect rights in near darkness before the sky slowly started to lighten and everything became clearer and clearer. Apparently the guys surfed the wave the day before and were keen to hit it up before the crowds, crazy!!

My friend eventually came out, but with the filling tide and day break, the magic was almost done, it was still unreal but nothing like the pre-dawn session.

Was an epic last surf before trekking east and one I'll never forget, especially on a sand bank that perfect, as they're super rare along the Waits and Parsons stretch.

fraser-gordon, 1409813058

Waits.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaIMMUYYXn8

trippergreenfeet, 1409813951

Thanks Craig for that cool story and FG for the vid... back in the desert so nice to live the life vicariously through other measures.

wellymon, 1409821987

[quote=trippergreenfeet]Thanks Craig for that cool story and FG for the vid... back in the desert so nice to live the life vicariously through other measures.[/quote]

Secound that;)

trippergreenfeet, 1409871250

Found a few more pics from the vault...

Suicides
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/0000.jpg[/img]

Parsons
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/0001.jpg[/img]

Bullies on a hell NW blow, bloody tough surf that session
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/0002.jpg[/img]

Different faces of my old backyard
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/0003.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/0004.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/0005.jpg[/img]

PInes, small but smokin
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/0006.jpg[/img]

Tunks, not my shot, don't know how I ended up with it but it's a worthy inclusion.
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/0007.jpg[/img]

NJ at Avalon Point
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Nick%20Jenkins%201.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Nick%20Jenkins%203.jpg[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Nick%20Jenkins%204.jpg[/img]

fraser-gordon, 1409871541

Hey Tripper how's that Bullies one?Would of been a nightmare trying to get down the things. Here's another little vid of Waits maybe Craigs right?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCSjVsbEB8Y

trippergreenfeet, 1409875107

I took a few blind, over the falls trips that day...

Inside section of the same Bullies wave as above with a dude doing some serious shoulder hoppin.
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/0008.jpg[/img]

groundswell, 1417175726

I dont usually go for airs but heres a clip of ME in a fun day in perth recently. Hi uplift!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDzGRtkZIKg

groundswell, 1417176445

Heres another of me with died hair going switch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPdQzSnO-30

Sheepdog, 1418789117

1992, not that far from Melbourne. No one around.... No one.... Perfect reef... clean 3 foot+.... Sunny...

[img]http://i.imgur.com/9Nlo2ct.jpg?1[/img]

Shatner'sBassoon, 1418799149

Waves of WA nostalgia for these troubled times (note the absence of lots of other punters...Hell is other people!)

The pot

[img]http://i.imgur.com/FKOdqWr.jpg[/img]

The sharky right across the road from the heaving left

[img]http://i.imgur.com/XODntdo.jpg[/img]

Mystery point up even further up the road. Live coral, yowch!

[img]http://i.imgur.com/JaUuP2b.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/h6G1YmY.jpg[/img]

Blowin, 1418802824

Hey Swellnet, I've got a photo you might like, but I'm computer illiterate . Can I e mail it to you guys for insertion here ? Might even be WOTD standard, I'll guarantee it actually, but it's a few years old.

Shatner'sBassoon, 1418900501

A jealously guarded secret in SA...I don't know if I should even be posting this

[img]http://i.imgur.com/93yUFdg.jpg[/img]

When this place is on, the rush is on!

[img]http://i.imgur.com/81S78PW.jpg[/img]

Craig, 1418909166

Ha, look at all the weed, must of been blowing south-east for months!! And Blowin email me craig@swellnet.com.au

factotum, 1544517475

I hope Pipe gets like this. Crab-killer!

[url=https://imgbb.com/][img]https://i.ibb.co/n7k68Rd/swellnet-foto.jpg[/img][/url]

(I'm not the 'blogger' that took this photo, by the way)

Westofthelake, 1552712548

5 year old thread-timeless.
Some really incredible photos and stories and oh so funny at times!
The Swellnet forums just keep on giving.

Anyway, in the spirit of the thread on a wet and shite Saturday I found a worthy pic to share.
[img]https://i.ibb.co/J3MBgKm/20190316-154324.jpg[/img]
Local secret spot that rarely works.

Blowin, 1552715926

Looks beautiful Westof.

You ?

Westofthelake, 1552720286

Yea blowin. After the lifty debacle on page 1 of this thread I thought id better keep it authentic :)
Btw can you believe its taken you 5 years to learn how to post photos without using bloody imgur.!? Haha. It only took me 2. (imgBB a bit better - cheers facto!)

And re the photo, it has had a 'tropical' filter applied, but it was winter thats for sure.

goofyfoot, 1552723859

...image deleted, it was giving a bit too much away
Ill try to find a more suitable one

goofyfoot, 1552801944

[url=https://ibb.co/JnCBsZg][img]https://i.ibb.co/rkv7w9N/fullsizeoutput-215.jpg[/img][/url]

goofyfoot, 1552801989

[url=https://ibb.co/CHphQgR][img]https://i.ibb.co/fxV4Hfj/IMG-1009.jpg[/img][/url]

goofyfoot, 1552802068

[url=https://ibb.co/cXmYpB0][img]https://i.ibb.co/tPdLNGg/IMG-0717.jpg[/img][/url]

Hey getting closer

Blowin, 1552802439

Nice shots Goofy .

You hate a left , huh ?

Blowin, 1552802512

.

goofyfoot, 1552802731

Ha ha yes I guess so..just one more

[url=https://ibb.co/TY12LjW][img]https://i.ibb.co/S5cyrYf/2349-C67-C-0999-47-E8-85-A7-92-C7816-CEF5-B.jpg[/img][/url]

Blowin, 1552802949

That’s a fucking smokerrrrr , Goofy.

That’s where I’d love to be right now. Except if I fell off I’d surely drown.

You really aren’t opposed to going left are you ?

Goofyfooters are a different breed .

Blowin, 1552803021

.

goofyfoot, 1552803358

I do like rights too, don’t get me wrong..

Nice clean wahpuhhhh on that one blowie

indo-dreaming, 1552804895

I think the shoulder/arm mount would be the best, but only something you would ever want to take out in real hollow waves.

Those mouth mounts look so uncomfortable.

Totally agree on the whole deal though only time id feel comfortable with a go pro in the water is if i wasn't surfing and just taking shots of others or inside barrels type shots.

Those board mount facing backwards, i just cringe when i see guys with the actual mount without the camera on their boards, just knowing they have filmed themselves flapping around.

Blowin, 1552805042

I got given a GoPro at work. I thought it’d be cool to play with but it turns out I didn’t really give a fuck cause I forgot about it for a couple of years. Then I found it one day and decided to have a play. I bought a mouth mount because every other view makes you look like a retard.

-See that ? Classic Self delusion. Thinking that one GoPro mount is less dorky than another .-

Particularly the GoPro mounted on the nose of your board . Looks like you’re being attacked by killer bees. Flatters no one. So I bought the mouth mount at the airport on my way to Indo . Not sure if you’ve ever seen one , it’s like the mouth piece from a snorkel . It’s ungainly and a pest to surf with . So I finally took it out for an experiment one small morning with no one around because you really don’t want to be that guy filming themselves or sitting around with a camera hanging off their face like a malignant tumour.

So I caught a few waves then a few crew came out and I felt like a fool and went in . This is the result .[img]https://i.ibb.co/Jtz43FB/51-A2-ADAA-6-D6-A-419-F-82-F7-4762-BEEC3216.png[/img][img]https://i.ibb.co/rxpJdpm/3-D8-A3-B97-225-E-4-BE2-AE1-E-37375-B1-FC6-F9.png[/img]
[img]https://i.ibb.co/vXmdPJQ/EDA5-D728-922-C-48-DE-8645-D73543-F8-B86-D.png[/img]
[img]https://i.ibb.co/F4FHdqC/4-D7-F5-C5-F-7-DC8-4-CDB-A179-AA30-C86-FA48-F.png[/img]

If youre thinking of getting one I’d say - fuck that. Sure some people get some cool shots , but it’s a vanity project that’s nothing but drama. For a start you’re compromising your session by worrying about a fucking camera and turning it on and off , rather than just losing yourself in your session like you hope to. Plus it’s a logistical hassle. Carrying it , getting wiped out with a camera hanging out of your mouth is just asking to lose all your teeth.

All in all , it’s a headache . Don’t go there.

I give it 1 star out of 5 .

Hats off to the crew doing it for a living like Anthony Walsh though. Pulling into massive pits and risking 22 teeth just to get the shot so I can watch it from the comfort of my lounge. Cheers you mad bastards .

goofyfoot, 1552807747

And really only on Skeleton Bay type waves

Blowin, 1552808745

Happy St Pats

Westofthelake, 1552810479

Great pics gf. Keep em coming. Goofys rule. Bloody Natural footers wouldn't know which way the wind was blowin'. Haha.
Go Pro for the gob? Yea naa.
Good review though, and despite the dodginess of the pics they do capture the sunny smooth and solid vibe of the conditions.

goofyfoot, 1552813194

Thought that disappeared before.
I’d be very happy at that place. Incredible wave

Edit. Wtf, you took it down AGAIN blowin? Now i look like I'm talking away to no one..

AndyM, 1552814774

[url=https://ibb.co/wWGcXWv][img]https://i.ibb.co/6P9XxPd/IMG-2416-2-JPG.jpg[/img][/url]

Who says Tuscany doesn't have waves?

yocal, 1552862727

Blowin, I hear you about the GoPro. I also found the mouth mount is by far the best because it causes less distraction in terms of paddling etc.

I find that it prevents me from really being in the zone in a session and out of sync with being positioned for the sets. also I seem to take less risk. All in all, I now strictly only surf with a go-pro when i'm by myself in a line-up because if you're sharing waves with someone and blowing a set-wave here or there the other person doesn't need to put up with that.

Most of the best stills come from closeouts and the one or two keepers in a session might come out looking very average after reviewing it on the screen. I've had sessions where the battery goes flat after an hour or so of struggling to find a keeper, then paddling back out and after 5 mins get the wave of the session and a ride that would actually look decent on film. I've managed to get a few stills that I was happy with and are great to sit on my desktop and return to the moment while i'm at work, or show to a few very jealous mates after a mid-week strike.

Overall I use it two to three times a year and sometimes wonder that in the ideal conditions to bring it out, wouldn't it be better to switch off the device and immerse myself in the solo-session in pumping waves, and not risk missing the set of the day because I was distracted and left the positioning paddles a second too late?

yocal, 1552864102

[URL=http://s1298.photobucket.com/user/jeremydicko/media/Step5_zpsxirxafok.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag42/jeremydicko/Step5_zpsxirxafok.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[URL=https://s1298.photobucket.com/user/jeremydicko/media/rectangular_zpsnewbtlrs.jpg.html][IMG]https://i1298.photobucket.com/albums/ag42/jeremydicko/rectangular_zpsnewbtlrs.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

ojackojacko, 1552870641

yeah blowin, yocal. my go pro experiment was a cheap chinese knock-off (surprisingly good quality). used board mounts but ended up with a good canadian mouth mount (different from the snorkel jobs). but ultimately, using a go pro in the surf just shits me. i like photography, and when i do it i'm doing photography. having a camera in the surf means i'm not really surfing. got some ok stills but would rather just surf. doesn't worry me at all what other people choose to do though

goofyfoot, 1552871108

Yocal I think that problem with yours is that the waves just aren’t hollow enough....

Holy fuck man that bottom one is actually square. You mad dog

Bnkref, 1552873726

Great shot (goofy's one overlooking the big left). Love the view from up there (our answer to Ulus in my mind). Need to get back in the water at that spot. Has been too long.

stunet, 1552874487

That first shot Yocal! Crazy curves up ahead. Love that weightlessness after taking the pressure off the inside rail and bringing it up the face to set your line. 

Westofthelake, 1552876116

Great pics Yocal, was half expecting a comment from Stu, "could have been deeper" :)

Blowin, 1552876623

Yocal - Have a go , mate. Get off those rolling mush burgers and find something with a bit of throw ! Seriously, that thing looks like cyclops..

Andy - Nice shot . Very unique.

yocal, 1552881199

Thanks yeah it is a fleeting view more often than not punctuated by a good walloping!

Stu, wrangling that particular section is the very reason I wait 6-8 months to score it each year. And each time I return I have to get the knack of it again.

It catches you off-guard in terms of how hard you have to square off the face into the trough to prevent yourself from being sucked up and into the lip. After the first two wallopings you really begin to pay attention to how you set your line!

factotum, 1594550574

Secret spot.

[img]https://i.ibb.co/njL7mzv/108062182-2177413679050002-2659847962078718796-o.jpg[/img]

Craig, 1594601998

Looking like an actual point ;p

Bnkref, 1594606834

Saw that one on Insta yesterday. Brilliant photo.

I usually only surf there around Christmas when I'm back visiting. Geez it can be atrocious at that time of year.

factotum, 1594610607

What, like this?

[img]https://i.ibb.co/JFYtnJh/141218160933.jpg[/img]

Merry Xmas!

Bnkref, 1594617081

Haha! Spot on. I can smell that seaweed from here (about 800 km away).