southey, 1401066219
Sorry Sheepy ....
As you are probably well aware of , in celluloid days when you travelled alone , very rarely were images taken by others and shared .... in the modern era though how easy is to exchange emails or better still download straight off theri camera to you laptop .. who travels with laptops though . ?
there are a few ( kodak disposable ) shots somewhere ..... i'll have a look .
Justin Bauer ran a shot of me around 2004 ?? in ASL ?? , and more recently in 2010 Judy Scanlon unknowingly posted a photo of me on CW ....
let me scan one tonight ..... one of my old avatar images was me .
Sheepdog, 1401070386
Here's some photo's , southy........ BTW, mate, I fully understand...... I, too was/am a "solo surfer"..... Often, when Noosa was cranking, I'd rather paddle out at sketchy sideshore 2nd bay coolum by myself, or with one or two mates who didn't mind duckdiving..... Yeah, you'd cop some punishment, but get more waves and less hassle than Noosa.... A camera was never thought of..... Most of my surfing photos were taken by my better 1/2.... So generally she'd only come down the beach when the weather was "nice" (she doesn't surf)..... That's why most of my surfing photos are in small to average waves...... When it's big in Qld, it's usually cyclone season, with rain squalls...... I do have some photo's of me surfing 6foot+ beachies in winter, but I'm just a speck in the ocean ( taken with std camera no lens)... Pointless uploading them...
So I do regret not having any shots at big granite/tee tree/ Burleigh.... But hey, was I meant to do a "puberty blues" at the missus, and demand she stand in the rain under a pandanus? (Get me a chiko roll!!! ;) )
Anyway, found another disc with some more photos of those 2 sessions..... first one is another kong impersonation lol, but goofy...... 2nd is full sequence of that carve at the wall.. By memory, didn't go the whack off the whitewater cos next section was starting to wall up fast, so just pivoted and ran down the line for a fast floater on the closeout......
[img]http://i.imgur.com/aYLRvwe.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/K9IkxYS.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/AAT2GLZ.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/GWr4ji4.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/Elfh3EB.jpg[/img]
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wellymon, 1401072100
[quote=Blowin]It's all about the shape Welly, size is secondary. At least that's what I'm trying to get my missus to believe.[/quote]
Thats not what she told me about you;)
wellymon, 1401072486
[quote=inzider]Still riding hard boots welly? How do you up load photos?[/quote]
"96" was when I threw them in the bin and never looked back, was over the 45 degree plus knock kneed stance dragging the knuckles over hard pack, with all the other knuckle draggers.
I totally rebelled against all my so called hard booter mates at the "Hardbooters" party at barrows pub in Wanaka not long after, got thrown out with my shaved head and eye liner pencilled around my head saying "HARD BOOTERS SUCK COCK" was pretty loose, haha memories ;)
Sheepdog, 1401074207
blink23 - I think you've got spaces between the bracket and the img... Double check that... Also, put it on 2 lines below where yo write ---
here......
blink23, 1401074240
Took my 8 year old daughter surfing and thought i would give her foamie a go! had a ball!
[img]http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n183/lukeymacrae/surf_zps338bae63.jpg[/img]
blink23, 1401074295
haha yep just sorted it.
yorkessurfer, 1401075204
A mate took this pic of me enjoying some fun summer swell a short drive followed by a long walk from my place.....
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lWFxbpA.jpg[/IMG]
Sheepdog, 1401075471
Well, yorko..... Might be heading over your way next year... ;)
yorkessurfer, 1401076666
Seek and ye shall find Sheepy! Mind you that luscious green spread you have in Tassie looks in stark contrast to the environment down here. More like scrub and dust and limestone rock filled paddocks with cliffs falling to a shimmering blue sea. Great if you like surfing and fishing but;)
The view from my front yard in the morning......
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dXJu3yq.jpg[/IMG]
Sheepdog, 1401078529
Was there in 91.... Spent a bit of time in Adelaide.... Stayed at Ardrossen c/van park and had a look around... Went to that cornish festival, drove down to innes, had a paddle and shat myself lol.... Nice spot... Variety, yorko..... A gypsy nomads pleasure.... Been here 5 years now... I think this winter will do me in..... Looking at your area, and another part of S.A where the postman always goes right ;)
yorkessurfer, 1401081578
It's changed quite a bit down here since '91. Sealed roads and more coastal infrastructure like carparks and steps/stairs down the cliffs. Pretty user friendly these days.
More crowds when it's pumping thanks to the internet but so many 3 to 4ft days with no-one around still. It's a nice place to grow old if you can handle the harsh environment and isolation Sheepy! The S.E coastline of South Oz is nice too but still pretty fucken cold in my opinion. At least you can have a garden down there though!
Craig, 1401084511
Limited options down that way Sheepy, especially when it's big and offshore, and then the summer is relentless with strong S-SE sea breezes. YP would be the pick I reckon.
Sheepdog, 1401086228
Thanks, Yorko, Craig.... Yorko (and craig), I assume all properties around the "top of the foot" ( yeah, corny right... Don't pine,,, they're the only clues I'll give lol) would be on tank water? Sewage? So a small vege patch is a no go?.... I could set up a grey water system couldn't I? Howzabout internet up there?
Craig, I thought summer down "that way" would have northerlies like Melbourne/adelaide????? What about that stretch where the "pelicans" live, or that port near the beach? Or even that long garment worn for ceremony?
Craig, 1401086876
Nah northerlies only rock around about every week to week and a half and then between that it's strong south-east winds, strong upwelling and cold water. Same with Melbourne and Adelaide.
Options up near the garment under those conditions if there's swell, but only semi-average beachies.
Summer in SA consists of strong high pressure ridge after high pressure ridge and persistent S/SE winds, with troughs moving in from the west every week/week and a half breaking the monotony.
Sheepdog, 1401086936
Cheers, man
wellymon, 1401087255
[quote=Sheepdog] I could set up a grey water system couldn't I?[/quote]
Yeah but NOT on the leafy veggies Sheepio....!
You will end up with a pooh stance for sure :)
Sheepdog, 1401087455
Welly..... With grey water, not "brown water" lol??? I mean just dishwater, shower water...... Probably high in alkaline (soap), but it'd be ok wouldn't it?
wellymon, 1401088382
Most "Biocycles" are grey water (which is brown water as well :) ooops) brown meaning Pooh.
Using the right alkaline products for your dishes, cleaning products in the shower and washing machine does help. They run pretty clean, from going thru different baffled tanks, then thru chloride tablets, but we don't use them on our veggies, no no no....! banana, mango, avocado trees etc yes.
Wash the car, yes and give the dawg a drink...............
NO :)
yorkessurfer, 1401088637
It's all tank water and septic systems down this way Sheepy but if you have enough roof catchment and its not a drought year you can get away with a small garden.
There are areas along the coast where good aquifer's exist (Carribee Basin) and with a bore quite decent water can be extracted for growing gardens. Depends if you want to live in a town or on a small hobby farm. You will have to do your homework on that one.
There's also some good surfable options in SE winds which is one of the major drawcards for summer surfing down here. Hope that helps!
Sheepdog, 1401089671
Thanks heaps guys...... I suppose if I do move that way, I could set up a simple grey water system (poo excluded) for cacti, general garden (non food), and be smart with tommys, chillis etc in pots.... Probably put in a big garage (re' roof catchment) and extra rainwater tank..... But yeah, have to do homework.... Cheers....
mitchvg, 1401090227
Sheepy as you and Welly have noted above, I'm the man to talk to about brown water and pooh stances... but it seems you're pretty set on the temperate lats, so I can't really help you out unfortunately :P
Sheepdog, 1401090441
Funny, mitch... That wave actually looks bigger than my poo stance wave in tassie lol
mitchvg, 1401093454
Haha yeah imagine that, famous FNQ nudist/gay beach surf bigger than underground Tassie! Just checked Ratshit from the road and it didn't look that good, fairly shallow and sandy. There was actually a sup out on Buchan's bar and it looked ok, but this section of beachie and at Ellis were the chunkiest. On that point (suicides?) there were waves but... you know, kinda peaky. I kid you not the day that Ita crossed the coast I was up at Port Douglas and took off on some 4-5ft peaks, shouldering to 3 pretty quickly.
Okay, just tried to measure double overhead against the staircase. Realistically, 5 is a push. And since most surfers talk it down, probs 4. Anyway, enough to speed bump me off one take off!
wellymon, 1401093540
YS is on to it, (Carribee basin) etc.
Sheepio, Cacti....? Yeah I know the one haha :)
Make sure you boil it well. Doesn't matter if it's fed with pooh water aw well ;)
udo, 1401094962
mitchvg, what size foot you got there boy ? 13+
mitchvg, 1401095255
Udo, you are a grade a PEST! :P
mitchvg, 1401095585
Oh, I see. Well, it depends if you count my 2nd toe! haha, get some problems from the big toe nail trying to keep that 2nd toe lined up inside a rigid soled hiking boot.
mitchvg, 1401096301
Back on topic though, good for gripping the rail on a day like Sat morn on the FNNSW beachies. The closeouts were kind enough to at least let you in, so you fade hard from the take off! Don't really have any other good shots... let's see it Udo!
Sheepdog, 1401101197
Mitch.. Those south of the paddocks photos...... Man, you gotta go there this spring, when it's 2 - 3 foot..... Most fun little wedge ever...... Just remember to take off on an angle, not straight down the face... Forget the bottom turn...... Just "angle paddle" hard into the wedge and hook in ;)
blink23, 1401102494
I surfed Ratshits for about 6 years (when it was surfable) also during a cyclone i scored some of the best right handers i've ever surfed at a point break set up just around the corner from there with only two other guys out, only had it for about an hour until the tide fattened it out.
mitchvg, 1401104303
Sure will give it a crack Sheepdog, not sure if my mates are keen cos we really have heard a pretty heavy wrap about it, and there's so many closer spots. And even though there's usually complaints about crowds it doesn't often push us to venture to new territory. I'll try but.
Haha that's pretty lucky blink23, it's not easy to spot check around there.
Sheepdog, 1401106019
[quote=mitchvg]Sure will give it a crack Sheepdog, not sure if my mates are keen cos we really have heard a pretty heavy wrap about it, and there's so many closer spots. And even though there's usually complaints about crowds it doesn't often push us to venture to new territory. I'll try but.
Haha that's pretty lucky blink23, it's not easy to spot check around there.[/quote]
Mid week off season, Mitch.... When the swell is small.... Sept/oct.... Go to that c/van park.... I've had some of the most fun small wave sessions there with fuck all people..... The rebound wave jacks up a 2 foot swell to a 3+ foot peak..... Like dbah, but no one there..... So a 2 foot tuesday morning, everyone goes to work/school, and you are left with fun little wedges that have the power of a 3 foot groundswell........ Sand bottom..... Rip next to the wall to get out the back easy...... sweet......
mitchvg, 1401106889
Cheers, good for typical spring winds too
southey, 1401109740
Here Sheepo .....
[img]http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag9/Southey/IMG_1601_zpsb0e1d587.jpg[/img]
No its not in VIC ...... ;-)
And i've got one for you Welly . once i can find it , might have one for uplift too in "the vault" ......
Sheepdog, 1401148408
Is it in Oz, southey?..... Looks like a really long period swell...... Out west somewhere?
stunet, 1401148664
Looks like a competition vest Southey. Didn't peg you as the type.
yorkessurfer, 1401149054
Deep tube section Southy! No fat bottom turns out on the shoulder for you;)
mitchvg, 1401149446
[quote=stunet]
Looks like a competition vest Southey. Didn't peg you as the type.
[/quote]wellymon, 1401150689
Lollipop road workers vest, deep in the mouth.
Ya reckon that would go down well in the worded caption for WOTD, Stu......?
stunet, 1401151563
Ha...yep. Or this "Southey building a house with this deep tube ride in western Victoria."
Sheepdog, 1401152408
[quote=yorkessurfer]Deep tube section Southy! No fat bottom turns out on the shoulder for you;)[/quote]
Hey!!! That's not a dig at my cutty is it??!!!??? ;)
yorkessurfer, 1401152659
Nah not at all Sheepy! That cutty of yours is textbook! It was more of a cryptic comment comparing the two approaches of Southy to his old sparring partner uplift;)
wellymon, 1401153218
No Sheepio a dig at wellymon waving at his chick to quickly push the button.
Quite true what Southey says about getting surfing photos of yourself, in 30 years that was the only one ever, hahaha pretty funny and it was from a dumb blonde:)
Now days apparently you can set up a camera or video on the beach and wear a wrist band which signals the camera to take shots.....? Beyond belief.
A good mate was surfing Lefties down at Margs awhile back and some hipster looking young cool bearded thing was doing the exact thing, getting in the way and taking shots of himself surfing with his wrist band. My mate paddled over to him, told him to fuck off basically and said your an absolute nuisance, you can't surf and you're spoiling it for others.
Technology eh....!
wellymon, 1401153287
[quote=yorkessurfer]Nah not at all Sheepy! That cutty of yours is textbook! It was more of a cryptic comment comparing the two approaches of Southy to his old sparring partner uplift;)[/quote]
Boom tish YS
Sheepdog, 1401153760
hehehe..... Not going there....... Now, DON!!!!! DONNY!!!!! Pull out the black and white album from 1968.... Don't choke on the dust ;)
southey, 1401155068
Guilty as charged Stu .
A Story of Being so keen that I forgot to take off the
the overalls and spaz vest , isn't gonna cut it ay .
But in saying that , I would add ( how can I comment on comp
Without EVER participating , or if ya can't beat em join em . )
Note that it wasn't anything more than local level , and at that stage we pretty
Much " cleared " the lineup ... Hence this was man on man , that doesn't happen
much . Does it . ?!
Was fun , but I never did well ( except at an intra club on the same track ) .
Again , your never gonna do well on comps , when your only focus is gettin pitted !
You could call it , Oz sheepdog . Just it couldn't be any further from VIC .
And besides even when they do have comps in western Vic . All competitors have to wear Black .......
Fluro' s for Torcool .
Sheepdog, 1401155202
Fuck I love surfing.......... No seriously...... Fuckn love it!!!!!
stunet, 1401155915
Ha ha..I thought I was taking an airswing. Like, there's no way Southey's gonna be in a comp.
Love this line:
[quote=southey] And besides even when they do have comps in western Vic . All competitors have to wear Black.[/quote]
mitchvg, 1401157640
Bet that was a real crowd pleaser but aye Southey!
southey, 1401159175
Only if I made it . Mitch . !!!!
End section is a real bitch at this location .
Again , no one noticed it's a screen grab from a vid .
Unfortunately said vid missed the start of it , which was
the only worthy part of that wave . :-)
uplift, 1401159454
Yorky with a bit of a squawk up! And 'swollen's risked the mighty shoulder, keyboard flappin'! Guarranteed I've never had you two inside me out there. How'd ya go out there squwyorky? Never heard anything. If chi's puts the fear up ya, wouldn't bother.
Here's some old shots from the 70's. The car park is really different now. All those bushes, those whole little sandhills are gone.
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Here's one pete, or toddy rom took, when they started getting some confidence out there.
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Here's one from a few years ago. I'm 56 then. No doubt you boys will be out there inside everyone, hooking into them then.
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Heres some when I was 57, beautiful waves.
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yorkessurfer, 1401160852
Nice pics uppy! Love those old historical photos. Thanks for sharing.
I've surfed 'your' wave several times over the years. It's a great tube! I'm a natural footer and love getting backhand tubes at the bowling left 5 minutes from where i live. When I head over your way I'm usually chasing righthander's as there's not too many good rights where I live.
Got any pics of you getting tubed out there? It would have to be a big tube to fit a man of your stature!!!
zenagain, 1401161490
Agreed, shot number 2 is sweet Uppity. Nice colours on that bowling section.
Sheepdog, 1401161760
Southey... Did you make that barrel? The two biggest thrills in surfing are barrels, and big turns.... Taking off wide of the actual take off spot on a 7 1/2 foot board, and just standing there like a lead weight doesn't do it for me..... Neither does upright cutbcacks....... So cheers, southey.... kudos to you...
There are these boomers that used to paddle over to old Woman Island..... Rode these ridiculously long thick boards so they didn't have to take off over the shallow reef.... Always took off wide...... I knew one of them.... His surfing hadn't improved in 20 years..... But he thought he was good, taking off wide and standing there..... Throwing an uninspiring turn waaay out on the fat face..... That's all that counts really, as long as he was having fun....
But I never saw him out in big sketchy waves...... Always surfed waves that peeled off - noosa points, old woman reefs... So much easier.......
winkie, 1401162657
z
wellymon, 1401171702
@ winkie, how big is it...!
uplift, 1401173375
Good to see ya back looking at all my post dawgless. So full of it. Glad you love charging ya thin gutless slop (not you, the surf). How'd you go at blacks. Another, 'didn't aye'.
That's pretty much my photo collection squwyorky. And 99% were taken in the last few years. In the early days it was a full no no, filming people in the surf. Yeh, no doubt you ruled blacks, any shots? Like there's pretty much nothing that you haven't captured on film. Still can't remember looking inside though, and thinking, shit, squwyorkies going!
Funny in all the underground legend hullabullo no one mentioned Mark Archer. In that era there were no shots, yet he pretty much ruled the place for quite a while.
wellymon, 1401174101
Thats what I meant how big is ya winkie........?
Sheepdog, 1401176064
Rope a dope lol...... Never mentioned a name...... Hilarious.....Mate, you joined MY thread, stairdodger.... Couldn't help yourself hahaha..... Love the little chi's comment.... Glad to see ya' been paying attention, following my every move.... Yeah, a little 20yo qlder paddles out at chi's, never been there before, by himself, doesn't know the reef, amongst the glares of the "friendly" locals, the "rumours" of the sharks, the threat of loosened wheel nuts.... Balls, mate.... And the balls to admit me arsehole was twinging........ Old woman ledge.... google it..... Oh, that's right.... Take off on the shoulder.... Forgot...
BTW, seen better turns by an epileptic.....
Blacks just peels off..... Easy to get out with ya hair dry..... Just sit wide on a big mackn board and take off on the shoulder like photo one..... Can't be that hard.....
"Still can't remember looking inside though, and thinking, shit, squwyorkies going!"........ Yep.... out on the shoulder, looking where the real surfers take off.......... Checkmated yourself..... Soooo funny.... :p
Put some fuckn rail in the water..... It's called "surfing", not waiting for a bus.....
uplift, 1401177971
'Like there's pretty much nothing that you haven't captured on film.'
Sorry, my mistake, there are notable exceptions, ie, 'yetis, and aliens.
'Good morning everyone, this is your swellingnut captain speaking, just got back from a weekend of fighting yeti's and aliens, put your seat trays up, fasten your seatbelts, and enjoy the flight!'
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yorkessurfer, 1401178335
They say a picture tells a thousand words uplift well you have written thousands of words telling us all how amasing you are. Now we have seen the pictures and they're a little underwhelming?
uplift, 1401178731
Oh my, oh dear.
'I wont be commenting in regards to him again here... Waste of breath....'
Full of shit, sheepshit in fact.
You need me 'shit.
'Blacks just peels off..... Easy to get out with ya hair dry..... Just sit wide on a big mackn board and take off on the shoulder like photo one..... Can't be that hard.....'
Thats what all the kooks, chickens, and suckers do, that get pile driven, you geek. 'I know, it will be safe out here on the shoulder, FFFFFFFAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'
Verdict,
'Mr Sheepshit. You are a proven geek, and slop banger, guilty as charged. Life.
udo, 1401179035
Rebel TV did a piece on Mark Archer and S.A. west coast.
wellymon, 1401179429
Lets see it udo
Please give as squawkers a geeking look... Interesting,,,!
inzider, 1401179453
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uplift, 1401180172
'Rebel TV did a piece on Mark Archer and S.A. west coast'
Yeh, too bad none of the wise ones remembered him or have ever heard of him.
Inzless, you'll have to do the opposite, use someone elses wave, and no need to edit the scone. Fucking scaffolder... ludicrous. Definite swellnutter material.
sir ambrose beachfucker, 1401180467
UpLiFt that's exactly the same colour knob as your new ebay glow in the dark ' strap on '
you know the one you bought cause ya cashew stopped working.
Lane Habib remembers ya at the trough.
uplift, 1401180600
Where's your blacks shot ambsless? Still searching for intel?
wellymon, 1401180864
[quote=southey]Here Sheepo .....
[img]http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag9/Southey/IMG_1601_zpsb0e1d587.jpg[/img]
No its not in VIC ...... ;-)
Where Southy where....? Cant wait
And i've got one for you Welly . once i can find it , might have one for uplift too in "the vault" ......[/quote]
Where, can't wait ;)
inzider, 1401181132
Sorry upmyownarse, couldnt help myself. Before you write scaffolders off you wanna have a go at lifting and placing a 3metre standard 25 storys up. I bet you would be shitting your crotchless undies. Your knees would be wobbling and ego destroyed.
trippergreenfeet, 1401182379
Mark Archer...I remember the old man and Paul Witzig telling stories about him when I was a young fella hanging round the fire at Paul's house at Cactus.
The Rebel TV segment on Archer.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnimi_gzjVk[/url]
old-dog, 1401182602
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Found this old shot of Winkie at dustbowl, Dec. 1974 . He was the style-master, that's me in foreground.
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Daly's '74 youngdog.
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Rockpools 80's
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You can teach an old dog new tricks. 2004.
Yeah I know ,pretty lame . Cheers.
trippergreenfeet, 1401182836
Cool shots old dog...the rockpool shots bring back some memories, got washed onto those inside slabs on a big day, no fuckin fun at all.
wellymon, 1401183191
Air as well 'Old Dog' ....!
Nice work champ
The Blonde on the beach must have good on the camera ;)
southey, 1401185183
yorkes ....
Uplift is always argueing with everyone over the same topic .... " how good he is " and " how good blax is " .
the funny thing is everyone that responds is argueing how much they don't care how good he is or where ever spot is . he just doesn't get it .......
Uplift , blax maybe consistantly heavy . and yes its heavier than most waves at 1.5M .....
its just that i can think of atleast 6 waves that are heavier , better and hold bigger ... I've surfed 4 of them . And thats not even counting NSW .
Anyway . As i said before in response to Mitch . No i didn't make that wave , ( i did make that section ) , i did back door the peak , and often backdoored the right off it on my back hand ... but i don't care , i have better photo's , its just they aren't as nice a shots . ( overcast , raining , too far out to sea ) ...
But it doesn't matter this isn't a competition ........ And i'll never surf better than Agent Bourne , ' coz he's 1'1/2 inches taller and 10 kilo's heavier , etc , etc .....
The only thing i have going for me , is that i'd rather pull in deep and not make it than shoulder hop . And that doesn't change whatever size it is ...... Probably the same reason , i've had so many surfing injuries . I'd rather be a has been , than a " Never has been " ........
goofyfoot, 1401189169
[quote=southey]Here Sheepo .....
[img]http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag9/Southey/IMG_1601_zpsb0e1d587.jpg[/img]
No its not in VIC ...... ;-)
And i've got one for you Welly . once i can find it , might have one for uplift too in "the vault" ......[/quote]
Nice wave Southey!
Sheepdog, 1401189791
Old dog.... Nice man... Nice indeed.....Southey Yeah, respect man... I'd rather watch you pull in deep and not come out than watch stairdodger take off on the shoulder in his mein kampf stance, then going waaay out on the fat where a surfboat should be, just to do a doe see doe your partner turn.....
I think stairdodger secretly admires me..... To troll back through countless pages of forums just to dig up a sheepdog quote is both flattering, and a bit "stalk scary at the same time lol.....
Nahhh, don't need ya, stairdodger.... Been happily "yappin' " away for weeks without ya'... hehehe....
But you've been craving the dog..... You've missed it......
How big is that shoulder hopping mal with the pointy nose, stairdodger? 7'4? 7'6? Hilarious....
"Thats what all the kooks, chickens, and suckers do, that get pile driven, you geek."
Well....... Photo 1....... Nowhere near the takeoff ... Kook, yep.... Chicken? Yep...... Sucker? Yep.... I can see your trail in the lip.... The whole world can see it...... Paddle in on a surfski "shortboard", nice and easy - and can't even take off on the peak...... A real surfer like yorko or southey would've already been barreled...... And like you said, you'd be looking from the shoulder..... Seen blokes like you at the island..... A legend in their own lunchtime...... I'm waaaaay more impressed by old dogs 4th photo.... Style.... Speed.... Class......
Now put some fuckn rail in the water, and stop shoulder hopping, wasting quality waves that real surfers could get barreled on!!!
(ps You love it - you missed it )
uplift, 1401189876
Broke back chicken soufle', you admitted you shit yourself at blacks, yet suddenly you charge much heavier spots. Have you noticed that 'everyone', is a merely a handfull of you nutters, that comment on every thing going. Like when you became a fitness expert, and basketball star. You had your chance at blacks and ran, simple. Get over it. But, you can't, you just can't, you try and try, like sheepsheet to resist, but you just can't. It will follow you to the grave... here lies brokeback... shit himself at blacks, but hey...
Your doomed pull in deep is a doomed, hunched up, out of control line, destined to failure. In that doomed position, helplessly heading for the sky, you went for the but I pulled in desperation. 'Made the section aye, I did, farkin foamball dun me up. Bullshit.
Sheepshit, bullshit. You are bullshit, and made that clear when you ran off blubbering, vowing never to return. Depite all ya SA savvy, you too dodged blacks. Yet, stiil, you call it. Fuck'n caller. Call that fucker! Go 'sheet!
Sheepdog, 1401189906
FFS southey lol :p ..... Is that for real???? Soooooo funny...... You're a crack up mate... Love it!!!!!!
uplift, 1401190493
Now the great bronzed gimp has finally revealed its true identity. Ludicrous. A true swellnutter.
southey, 1401190742
see Goofy , ... You haven't seen all my tricks !??!
Upshit .... One image of you actually inside a Tube of some description would save you face ....
But not one anywhere .......... would be even more impressive if you had one on your backhand . Handsfree ? But it doesn't exist . I took photo of each of the days ( stopped for lunch passing through ) that i've been past blax .... and they make your shots look good ....
anyway ..... " IS THERE NOT ONE " ( image of you within arms length of a Barrel , let alone deep . )
yeah thought not . ya gronk .
uplift, 1401190907
Don't make it any worse for yourself bronzed gimp, if thats possible, try to salvage a sceric of dignity.
goofyfoot, 1401191128
Haha I don't think I've seen any Southey!
Love the old picks of Blacks uppy. Must of been pretty wild times out in the desert then
mitchvg, 1401191756
Just googled "soufle'", looks epic
stray-gator_2, 1401191905
And super-, ultra-, hyper- critical surfin, mate, Mick, Bluey, cobber. I mean, miss that shoulder turn and you could break a line of stitching in that beavertail wettie trying to get back within 12 to 15 feet of the pocket.
uplift, 1401191979
It was goofy, but Archer, Mick and a hand full of guys were there early, surfing and surviving. And the farmers and town hated them. They were the genuine wild, hard times. Pretty wild. Hooter. JB. A couple of classic names. There was a gang of them. Remembering its the super isolated desert, even Penong is at least on the highway, and has Ceduna. In one way it was safer, less worry though. I was talking with a long time shark fisherman today, and he was commenting on how he saw 7 big pointers in 20 years, yet, in the last few he's seen tons. Just last week three burgers, all around town.
goofyfoot, 1401192370
That's pretty heavy shit, but it goes to show there not interested in eating humans. If they were, with the numbers as high as it is at the moment, people would be getting chomped weekly.
But this ain't a shark thread, let's not turn it into one..
Blowin, 1401193061
I'm loving all the photos , everyone's got their own take on things. Something about the old film shots really gets me. Great work legends.
trippergreenfeet, 1401194304
I posted this one in the other bloggers waves thread but it belongs here too.
When I was 23 I developed a death wish after a bout of double pneumonia and drowning in my own fluid resulting in a heart stoppage. Came back from that so went mad for a while, this was the culmination of that madness.
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/fezz.jpg[/img]
southey, 1401195613
NICE .... So flawless it doesn't look real ?
If it is , then massive Kudos .
trippergreenfeet, 1401197521
[quote=trippergreenfeet]
The board was 10'8 x 20 x 3 3/4 Sunova, painted black and blue, kinda fitted my mood of the time.[/quote]
Paint job was actually inspired by the song Black and Blue by Chain...after drowning in my own funk and going into muscle meltdown before my heart stopped, my body felt like every inch had been beaten black and blue when I was revived, and I'd been really digging Chain at the time.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjslm31mjm4[/url]
trippergreenfeet, 1401197793
[quote=southey]NICE .... So flawless it doesn't look real ?
If it is , then massive Kudos .[/quote]
It's a trip eh...I'd surfed this joint twice previous this size but never this clean...this day was just magic, actually quite easy to surf cause the wind was dead calm and the water was just flawless. This one fucking ate me alive but I got a couple that let me out. The board was 10'8 x 20 x 3 3/4 Sunova, painted black and blue, kinda fitted my mood of the time.
12 months later my first daughter came along and I lost that death wish so never felt the need to kill myself in big surf again. It's a weird thing that kind of wild abandon, to have absolutely no care if you die or not, not safe but looking back I had fun trying.
southey, 1401198257
[quote=wellymon]Back hand pooh btm turn practise in the wrong substrate, oooops wrong hobby but same realm :)
Practise makes perfect, photo by Tony Harrington (cool cunt for sure)
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/5EKusXx.jpg[/IMG][/quote]
welly ....
Couldn't help myself , not quite at your level .... But how's the style .... Was a bit nipply .
" http://s1296.photobucket.com/user/Southey/media/Picture6_zps03b14246.png.html "
Hopefully thats the only " shoulder hopping " , i'll be treating you guys too .
Blowin, 1401198361
TGF, I can't really get proportions right on that wave . Approx how big is it do you reckon ?
trippergreenfeet, 1401199329
[quote=Blowin]TGF, I can't really get proportions right on that wave . Approx how big is it do you reckon ?[/quote]
I was calling 18'-20' on the day...face is no more than 25', equal to the biggest waves I've surfed...I'm 5'11 but not quite standing tall, my head is behind the lip.
Blowin, 1401201868
Holy shit. Looks like a Tommy Carroll surf doll.
southey, 1401222733
That's wat I thought . I've seen a lot of large surf ( mainly from the shore :/) ,
The lip doesn't look right . !
Fake or not , it's still an epic shot . I'm tipping even the real TC , would be proud
To be mistaken !!!!!
thermalben, 1401224829
Yeah something doesn't look right to me either.
freeride76, 1401227921
fake
wellymon, 1401228463
Haha Southey, great style hands low, in control, skin coloured nipple tantalizing long johns with the tight little jean shorts, Gold:)
Archive stuff
TGF geepeez, death wish stuff, it's weird how becoming so close to death makes you appreciate life a wee bit more, respect.
mitchvg, 1401228844
Haha you can see individual droplets from the wave in front. Then, with your eye, you can continuously follow foam & ripples across the surface to the next wave
udo, 1401228940
I thought fake to freeride when it was posted in the other thread, no one else commented so I didn't
Tripper been loving your work here...........but .....fake or not ?
trippergreenfeet, 1401229495
[quote=Blowin]Holy shit. Looks like a Tommy Carroll surf doll.[/quote]
Almost a winner...it's actually me surfing vicariously through a NQD "Lisa" radio control surfer (Lisa Anderson model). The pic is a screenshot from this video.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbEjbsk_vBY[/url]
I can't believe nobody questioned it in the other thread so in my desert delirium for a piss take I thought I give it a run here. Southey was onto it, but Blowin got it. The lip and glassy face really give it away, just can't replicate big wave conditions from 2' waves and a 12" doll.
The part about me being 23 and my heart stopping from pneumonia and ending up with a death wish is true, kinda made me bat shit crazy for a while. Probably what's wrong with me now;)
trippergreenfeet, 1401230796
The footage was shot on the same ledge as the vid I posted of me surfing the HB Eve single.
Also credit to my neighbors 8yr old son for manning the camera, not bad for his first time behind the lens.
Sheepdog, 1401231352
Pretty funny TGF.... But I'm still getting over southeys snow shot.... classic.. Style personified :P
zenagain, 1401231828
Where'd the nipples-out snow pic go?
(and where can I buy that outfit? For special occasions- wink wink.)
trippergreenfeet, 1401232001
[quote=Sheepdog]Pretty funny TGF.... But I'm still getting over southeys snow shot.... classic.. Style personified :P[/quote]
Southey's snow shot is the bomb...those nipples are outrageous, and those cut off denim jeans, mmmmmm...but that hair is what really sets the whole affair off, is the hair real Southey? That's what I wanna know, like my faux wave, it's just too good to be true.
Mrsuplift, 1401232412
Uppity is just trying to share. There is room for one person in the barrell behind him, one person doing vertical reos, one person doing out on the face cutties and then the big chump himself way way way out on the flat shoulder with that dumber than a Neanderthal look.
That's four guys per wave and as crowds increase we will see more of this. Groundbreaking stuff big fella!
trippergreenfeet, 1401232481
[quote=zenagain]Where'd the nipples-out snow pic go?
(and where can I buy that outfit? For special occasions- wink wink.)[/quote]
Fixed it to show....piss taking at it's best, what life's about eh Southey, having a good time, fuck what the square squids think.
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Sheepdog, 1401233105
Zenagain, TGF..... I think I'm developing a mancrush on southey.... "He's too sexy for his shorts.... Too sexy for his shorts..... :p
wellymon, 1401246511
[quote=trippergreenfeet][quote=zenagain]Where'd the nipples-out snow pic go?
(and where can I buy that outfit? For special occasions- wink wink.)[/quote]
Fixed it to show....piss taking at it's best, what life's about eh Southey, having a good time, fuck what the square squids think.
[URL=http://s1296.photobucket.com/user/Southey/media/Picture6_zps03b14246.png.html][IMG]http://i1296.photobucket.com/albums/ag9/Southey/Picture6_zps03b14246.png[/IMG][/URL][/quote]
Thats not Southey, Fake...:)
wellymon, 1401247144
Thats a Lisa Anderson doll, you can see the tears from her face crying from the cold.
The tears have stuck to his blue scarf......?
Your a fake Souflee , how dare you, I had so much respect for you :(
southey, 1401249833
Fuck ,
I go offline for 12 hours and it all goes paired shaped .....
To quote the Simpsons " No padding there , It's 100 % Pure South' "
( Adam West , Simpsons Episode # 2123314???? ) .
TGF , there was a time a few years back where the locks could of been real . But the mo' , the Tits , and self sacrifice in the name of Comedy is all Pure . It was all a piss take , in the name of myself wanting to Take " Alby Mangels " a character i often emulate to the Snow .
Trust me the photos get better / (worse ; depends on ya outlook ) . But falling short of turning this into a " Snow thread " , i feel obliged to refrain .
Lets just say the lifty's ( Not you Fukwit ) , [ the guys and girls that operate the chairlifts for teh season ] are still suffering after accidently copping an eye full of " Alby " choc a bloc up Belinda Green on the summit super lift ......
PS . the neck warmer was used to keep ones nuts warm . As there is no place to hide in those " cut off " jeans shorts .
zenagain, 1401250158
I love it Southy. All my little yellow hipster friends here think they're cool wearing their tiger or panda onesies on the hill. Bit passe now if you ask me.
I want to up the ante next season and bust one of those Alby Mangel costumes out. To quote a good mate of ours- 'it would be deluxe hilarious'.
Where can I get one?
(Also, i could save it for after dark for one of those special times with my lady- she can put on her old school uniform, spank me with a cane and call me a poodle.)
trippergreenfeet, 1401250837
Alby Mangels eh, now there's a character to emulate...gold.
Alby choc up Belinda, the real deal or another clown in character...life, grow a sense of humour and be in it.
southey, 1401250896
Not much to the costume .
Grow a Blonde Moustache , chuck on a ( Adam & Eve Nude suit ) skin coloured lycra suit available to buy only at all good dress up shops , cut some jeans down . Grow your hair long prior or bust out a borrowed wig . Make sure ya leather sided aviator sunnies have a strap , ( or ya end up with having to go to the backup option in above photo , [ servo sunnies of the worst description ] . Find a willing buxom wench to follow ya round in the same outfit , but with a white t- shirt that turns see through when wet . [ sans bra ] ......." Alby's " ya Uncle .....
Be careful to not rock this out in Europe though , for danger of been recognised as any German backpacker or a weird bloke that goes by the name " Lars " .
If you haven't drank a litre or so of Jager Meister prior , you may want to wear light colour thermals underneath skin suit . Or just don't fall .... Simple really .
southey, 1401251197
TGF ,
I'm not into dudes . And what happened pre wife . Stays pre wife ! ;-)
zenagain, 1401251313
I'll be in Hokkaido Christmas day, could be the time and place for Alby to bust out.
Cheers Southy.
wellymon, 1401256739
[quote=zenagain]
(Also, i could save it for after dark for one of those special times with my lady- she can put on her old school uniform, spank me with a cane and call me a poodle.)[/quote]
Thenagain you could , but your opening yourself up here brother, You and Udo would go well together ;)
Sheepdog, 1401257060
Zenagain.... if the poodle needs a sheepdog to be whipped by the "schoolgirl" as well, just call me......
(jokes, maaaaate!!!!! just jokes..... ;) )
trippergreenfeet, 1401257399
[quote=wellymon][quote=zenagain]
(Also, i could save it for after dark for one of those special times with my lady- she can put on her old school uniform, spank me with a cane and call me a poodle.)[/quote]
Thenagain you could , but your opening yourself up here brother, You and Udo would go well together ;)[/quote]
Oh the visions of horror...a dodgy Alby Mangels (if you can get any dodgier than the real deal), a school girl and Christopher "The Poodle" Pyne getting spanked with a cane...I'll never be able to look at Question Time the same again.
sir ambrose beachfucker, 1401266447
winkie post your blax pics .
southey, 1401324775
[quote=trippergreenfeet][quote=trippergreenfeet]
The board was 10'8 x 20 x 3 3/4 Sunova, painted black and blue, kinda fitted my mood of the time.[/quote]
Paint job was actually inspired by the song Black and Blue by Chain...after drowning in my own funk and going into muscle meltdown before my heart stopped, my body felt like every inch had been beaten black and blue when I was revived, and I'd been really digging Chain at the time.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjslm31mjm4[/url][/quote]
Mate ,
Apart from the obviousnous of the wave not looking right .
The scale of a 10'8" to the rider is wrong , not mention
that I've never seen someone on a board that big get that barreled and
More to the point , was devastated that their " might " have been a wave
Near your birth place , that good but I hadn't found it .
We'll played Sir. .,.... ( I didn't wanna call ya out as fake , as I've made that mistake
Once before. !!! )
trippergreenfeet, 1401327966
[quote=southey]
Mate ,
Apart from the obviousnous of the wave not looking right .
The scale of a 10'8" to the rider is wrong , not mention
that I've never seen someone on a board that big get that barreled and[/quote]
Yep, definitely winging the bullshit there, haha…I’ve never seen that myself.
[quote]More to the point , was devastated that their " might " have been a wave
Near your birth place , that good but I hadn't found it [/quote]
Well, (this is no bullshit) there is a wave (right) I’ve seen break in the 18-20’ range, clean but less wall way west of Penong with an identical wave that breaks about 5’ smaller on same swell separated by a narrow channel…but, and this is the big but, you’d have to have the balls of Captain Goodvibes to surf it cause both break way too close to the base of a 300’ cliff. One fuck up and it’d be a sure ride to hell.
[quote]We'll played Sir. .,.... ( I didn't wanna call ya out as fake , as I've made that mistake
Once before. !!! )[/quote]
Coolio man, I could read between the lines of ya post you were not convinced; I played as long as I could. One thing is for sure around here, we look at waves far too much to be fooled for long, if at all.
By the way, I was digging Chain in my early 20’s too, some good Oz blues for sure, just kinda lent to the bullshit ;-)
Sheepdog, 1401352482
TGF... you wrote "Well, (this is no bullshit) there is a wave (right) I’ve seen break in the 18-20’ range, clean but less wall way west of Penong"..
Mate, there is a righthander deep in the SW wilderness down here....... Haven't seen it with my own eyes, BUT...... It's that big you can see it on google..........
trippergreenfeet, 1401356016
[quote=Sheepdog]TGF... you wrote "Well, (this is no bullshit) there is a wave (right) I’ve seen break in the 18-20’ range, clean but less wall way west of Penong"..
Mate, there is a righthander deep in the SW wilderness down here....... Haven't seen it with my own eyes, BUT...... It's that big you can see it on google..........[/quote]
I wonder how many are actually out there that are so far removed from prying eyes? Been breaking for eons without a soul to break the solitude.
Sheepdog, 1401359240
I know ryte....... Confucious say, If unknown isolated wave barrel for 100 yards, did wave really barrel at all? ;)
trippergreenfeet, 1401362401
[quote=Sheepdog]I know ryte....... Confucious say, If unknown isolated wave barrel for 100 yards, did wave really barrel at all? ;)[/quote]
Only if the forest heard the lip fall.
trippergreenfeet, 1401951622
Tim's Thicket, WA on an 8' Sunova.
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Tims%20Thicket.jpeg[/img]
trippergreenfeet, 1409870446
Cosies on the same 8' as above, shot was taken around 2002.
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/24048821/Cosy%27s.jpg[/img]
fraser-gordon, 1409874519
That's one wild looking board Tripper .
trippergreenfeet, 1409875647
Sick board, performs well above what ya would expect an 8 footer to perform. In need of some serious TLC though, has had way too many sessions on shallow reef.
I gotta take it to Mid Coast Surf for repairs as it needs vac bagging.
cycd, 1409896031
A few from up north the last two winters
[IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f218/resourcetechcy/462998_10150575753631003_719898781_o_zpsf206f974.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f218/resourcetechcy/565012_10151597467911003_1923820475_n_zps54bd0cda.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f218/resourcetechcy/1150949_10151583444886003_772697217_n_zps20466842.jpg[/IMG]
davetherave, 1409966570
[quote=mitchvg]Charger! I've heard it's not even really a surfing wave. Kinda like the groyne I guess. But hey, this a lad from Cairns talking. Carry on southern shredders.[/quote]
ah mitch, did you surf ratshit north of wangetti? I had rocky point south of wangetti 5-6 foot and perfect one cyclone. Then perfect peaks at Hartleys creekmouth until i had to leave the water when a 12 foot "log" suddenly developed eyes and a tail. Getting spooked by a shark is eerie, but by a croc is fucking bowel blowing!
trippergreenfeet, 1409968160
[quote=davetherave]Getting spooked by a shark is eerie, but by a croc is fucking bowel blowing![/quote]
Scored a couple of cyclone swells when living in Townsville, some unexpectedly nice waves to be had, namely Saunders Beach and Haughton River.
On the croc front, I scored nice waves at the Cape Cleveland spit (Haughton) but the just the thought of crocs had me shitting bricks... I had been worded up by locals that I was fucking mad going out there due to a couple of crocs hanging about.
mitchvg, 1409974187
Yeah DTR I was up there over Easter, TC Ita crossed near Cooktown at or just downgraded from cat 5, on Fri night. I drove up from Cans and got the tides wrong I think (roads blocked too but young lads with croozer utes aren't easily stopped haha). Winds weren't tooooo bad out of the NE, and there was swell with 11sec period in the water. But yeah, just too much washing across banks at some places, and looking a bit fat on the points. Kept looking and the end of the tombolo turned out to be overhead with clean faces, but still pretty wobbly. I brought a pretty average board up, but one I really like (wafery 5'10 thruster ridden as a twinny due to busted fin plugs; hadn't been a surfer before I left Cairns). So, on paper, can't ask for much more... maybe my memories will grow more fond with time. I was kinda off myself for sticking to only trying to surf the biggest ones coming through, when I coulda had more, smaller waves...
Anyway, places like Hartley's or Haughton, FARK DAT!!!!!! I shudder at the thought. It reminds me of swimming at Holloways and walking through the foot of gelatious mud at the bottom, and all you can think of is, when is a croc gonna snap my ankle ahaha. At least points have clear water sometimes, and aren't within eyeshot of a river mouth! People say crocs used to be scared of humans too, cos they used to shoot them.
davetherave, 1409974970
don't miss that water mitch, never seen buchan bigger than your photo. Unfortunately with a lot of big wet seasons the last decade and a half, I noticed that inshore was way more silted up and shallower. The first times I surfer Ratshit it was actually deeper blueish water out back which allowed swell to stand up on surfing bank. Gradually I noticed worse conditions and decrease in size. Get out near Bat Reef mate, one reef with nice right on end wrapping offshore in sou easters.
Sheepdog, 1410053410
dave the rave - ratshit bay, circa 1981ish
[img]http://i.imgur.com/o4mVAZ2.jpg[/img]
davetherave, 1410064507
thanks sheepdog,
this is a good day for up there, but like i remember it mostly, more often than not, pretty average but at least it was surfable. You have to love the local crew's enthusiasm, shitty brown powerless slop some time, and flat most of the time. That's why the day at Rocky Point and Hartleys is so memorable.
Best memory of Ratshit Bay is a surf with the aid of a New Guinean Herb supplement, funnily enough with a St Kilda supporter nicknamed Sheepdog.
You didnt live at Yorkeys did u sheepy?
Sheepdog, 1410069997
I did, dave the rave... I did indeed.... And yes, I am a long suffering saints supporter.... I have posted these before - the cove wedge, yorkeys... From on top of the groyne..... A young teenage sheepy amazed at a rideable wave...
[img]http://i.imgur.com/2iGjyUq.jpg[/img]
And the incredible perfection of Yorkeys beach lol..... I'm surprised my fin didn't dig into the mud hehehe...
[img]http://i.imgur.com/gLbZzIy.jpg[/img]
davetherave, 1410080833
good one sheepy, the good old burford hey!
i'm surprised jimmy biscuit wasnt surfing the cove. seen a bloke called squirta have a dolphin jump right over the top of him at that place. Visited squirta when I went west and up to Kalbarri.
in tassie hey, talk about extremes mate. i'd love to check out a map of tassie at the moment.
im keen to do some exploring, when's best time for waves and weather where you are?
been 25 years since you visited me at uni in newy, in that time st kilda still hasnt won a flag- go the hawkies!
me living D'bah.
Sheepdog, 1410086307
You're joking!!!! Great to hear from you, Davo..... Remember you were riding that pig of a board, and we bumped into a French tourist camping at the cove... You bought a skip single fin swallow off him for 20 bucks!! Good board that one..... He showed us his photo album of Europe... 1981 (I think)... Photo's of a wicked left called Mundaca...... Classic..... I remember that freekn dolphin too!!! I had the same thing happen to me at North Coolum, surfing with a mate named Fraser..... I was actually surfing along... Freaked me right out....
Also remember you and me getting hassled by a small shark at Thomatis creek..... That photo above at the cove.... I think YOU took it lol...... Got a couple of old photos of you surfing somewhere.... Last I heard of you was when I phoned your big brother... geez back in the late 90s..... Don't think you were contactable....
Squirta's in W.A??? Still surfing?
You still surfing? Someone told me you had a fucked neck from a car accident or something....
I remember you and me camping in a caravan at Burleigh.... Your fins got ripped out at Burleigh cove, so I lent you that Burford..... I had that hot stuff 6' thruster..... Also remember you and me dominating the cove, dbah.... Good times man...
Not surfing much these days.... Had a run in with melanoma (surprised squirta the part albino is alive with the amount of sunburn he used to get)... Lucky to still be here bro.... Just getting my body back in shape now....
Anyway, this was me a few years ago ( lived in Coolum for nearly 2 decades)... Great to hear from you man.... I'll look you up on facebook :)
[img]http://i.imgur.com/K9IkxYS.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/AAT2GLZ.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/Elfh3EB.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/4agTTsk.jpg[/img]
mitchvg, 1410089391
Thomatis Ck!? Was the shark a loan shark busting down the door? And you were living in that caravan in the mangroves, between trips out to sea?
Ahh forgot I posted about it already haha. Yeah mate those observations go along with others I've heard... and it's supposed to be that the up until 1980, we got more cyclones and the PDO was -ve. The PDO has been -ve since mid 2000s. Cheers for the tip, one day... It's pretty daunting thinking about it though. Haven't surfed live coral reef before.
davetherave, 1410090219
amazing that we re connect now hey, glad your still here too mate. Yeah, broke my neck in three places. Learnt alot of esoteric metaphysical teachings and quantum physics/mechanics/chemistry/biology and eventually got back surfing using sweep so i didnt have to paddle too much, but got pitched at cyclonic kirra doing no paddle take off on a wave i had to have. Semi paralysed for a while but got back to bodysurfing until got run over and blew discs out below neck fusion and tore tendon off elbow. So me out of water too, finished physio last week and about to commence training.
Squirta not surfing, professional home brewer when I saw him and fill in model for beach balls. He is happy though.
I been a long time Social and Enviromental activist and Not on Facebook mate as I have caught the attention of the authorities with my Wholistic Evolution manuscript and my releasing of a perpetual motion energy generator that we built but was destroyed because it worked- crop circles mandlebrot set shows plans and built using 64 magnets. In time this will be built and available, but not by me. Can be dangerous if used incorrectly. All my stuff got hacked and wiped. Conspiracy-what conspiracy!!!!!!
i did take cove photo and yeah shark gave you a nudge alright decided saints fans didnt taste too good maybe.
daveburdon@rocketmail.com
remember friends may tune in
me want to go to tassie, so i track you down
me a bit of an eaglehawk
stay well brother
davetherave, 1410091307
[quote=mitchvg]Thomatis Ck!? Was the shark a loan shark busting down the door? And you were living in that caravan in the mangroves, between trips out to sea?
Ahh forgot I posted about it already haha. Yeah mate those observations go along with others I've heard... and it's supposed to be that the up until 1980, we got more cyclones and the PDO was -ve. The PDO has been -ve since mid 2000s. Cheers for the tip, one day... It's pretty daunting thinking about it though. Haven't surfed live coral reef before.[/quote]
yeah mitch, thomatis cr mouth had big sandbank, on kingtides it sometimes worked. i gave sheepy shit for falling off his board and then i saw fin and tail swirl next to him. long paddle back to shore.
that FNQ shoreline needs a heap of cyclones to clean it out as they have had heaps of runoff but no real wave action to shift the sediment. you mention the silt at Holloways which now exists on most of that coastline, but was only found at machans next to barron rivermouth when sheepy and i were up there.
as for the reef, obviously high tide and snorkel it first, or save up and go to PNG.
Sheepdog, 1410135622
Mitch.. Most swell up there I found usually came from large fetch's associated with massive winter highs ridging up the Qld coast.... 1030h+, usually over NSW, fetch extending over to New Cal.... Cyclone swell was an oddity..... Once the "Cooktown to Cardwell" report had "se winds 20 to 30K", You knew something would push over the reef... davo and I had it wired.... The small gap below Bat reef used to funnel a small amount of swell directly into yorkeys.... Holloways was flat, Trinity was flat, but for some reason yorkeys used to get ridable, which was handy cos' that's where we lived.... The cove at yorkeys actually had it's moments.... the photo above was a real fun day, quite punchy for NQ standards thanks to the wedge off the cliff face..... I remember that day there was a dead tiger shark, solid 8 foot, wedged in the groyne rocks... A bit off putting... Smelt rank too....
Now.... Davo...... Fuck man, the neck thing sounds heavy..... I'm sure if we had've had a vote via our peers back in 1981, on A - who was most likely to end up in jail, that would've been me..... B- Most likely to be an upstanding citizen - Squirta..... And C - most likely to die from a horrific accident, no doubt Davethe rave would've won it hands down ;)
1 - The dog bangs on raves' window - "surfs up"!!!! Rave staggers out 1/2 asleep, rides pushy to beach with dog, paddles out, takes off, nosedives, cops a fin to the top of his head, paddles back in, goes home back to bed....
2 - Surfs up.... Dog and squirta grab rave... the 3 amigos ride their tredlys to the beach...1/2 way there, raves legrope goes around his back wheel...... Boom crash!!!!! Smashed board.... blood... bark missing everywhere.... twisted bike..... Raves old man rocks up.... Old style..... Anyway, that's when you got the swallow tail skip...... silver lining bro....
3 - same deal - 3 amigos riding to 1/2 moon bay.... ( used to get perfect little waves there mitch)...... This time raves towel goes into his front wheel.... Boom crash !!!!!!
4 - Dog and rave are bored shitless... No surf for ages.... Dog owns a skateboard... "I know what we can do for a buzz" says dog...... "lets try riding down yorkeys knob hill on the skateboard!!!!!!" Dog descends and makes it..... JUST...... Rave then grabs the board..... He flys down the hill, negotiating the crazy corners..... The sound of a car in the distance spooks him on the very last section..... takes a wide line.... near a gravel patch............. Boom....... CRASH!!!!!!
Fuckn funny times mate...... I could write a book.. The time we went and saw "The Church" at the Bombay rock and someone spiked our drinks...... FUUUUCK..... How the fuck did we get back to Burleigh lol.....
Will drop you a line a bit later bro........ Found that photo.... Gotta sort printer out......
wellymon, 1410137553
Classic Sheepio and the Rave.
Who needs FaceBook when you got SwellStalk.
Old times rekindled, Awesome stuff fellas, Geez Rave you had some stacks ;)
Sheepdog, 1410139003
[quote=wellymon]Classic Sheepio and the Rave.
Who needs FaceBook when you got SwellStalk.
Old times rekindled, Awesome stuff fellas, Geez Rave you had some stacks ;)[/quote]
Ehhh what do you expect from a Hawthorn supporter ;)...... At least he could surf lol
The rave at ratshit, pre broken neck.......
[img]http://i.imgur.com/XfAHntE.jpg[/img]
davetherave, 1410147309
classic stuff, thanks mate
still got the scars from that fucking skateboard pitch- very wary of them now
yes i have had some floggings alright, you think i would have learnt.
i still visit family who now live at crystal cascades, and mate the place is too silted up to get the surf we had and half moon (whispering pines) is a fucking marina. remember them two old whores going the nude and wanting us too as well-classic stuff your white arse going over the dunes with grandma- embellishment maybe? maybe not.
it was 1988 when you visited me at newy
no idea how we got back to burleigh either, but that was pretty standard practice when you and I were on a mission, especially at farm past kuranda/mareeba where i wandered lost through the scrub for hours and you didnt even know i had gone- oils at kuranda ampitheatre that night.
so yes i am surprised i am still alive too, i think the gods have too much fun watching my fuck ups.
surfed and visited some great places though mate. tassie only place in oz me not go yet.
yeah email me, all good now but some things can only be talked about face to face.
some good banter here on swellnet, good crew with good humour and life stories to share
coolie now too busy in water all the time, whether jetski's, sups, mals or tourists/overseas students. but great waves, beautiful water and views, but hard to find peace and serenity in the water, thank god for good memories, hey brother- be happy bro's
Sheepdog, 1410149409
Just sent you email link, man.... The only other thing I could say publicly is; "I deny all allegations".... lol....
Yorkeys cove on what would be considered a great day.... 3 foot chocolate...... If you look closely, davo, you can see Jimmy Biscuit pulling into the end section closeout just in front of the rocks......
[img]http://i.imgur.com/4nJvFnv.jpg[/img]
davetherave, 1410150896
go the choc chip cookie man. Jimmy got all the best waves. allegations-where there is smoke, there usually is a fire of some sort mate!!!! ha ha
yocal, 1410152942
[quote=uplift]
Here's one pete, or toddy rom took, when they started getting some confidence out there.
[URL=http://s1350.photobucket.com/user/Uplifted/media/Blacks10003_zps588a1b07.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1350.photobucket.com/albums/p775/Uplifted/Blacks10003_zps588a1b07.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
Here's one from a few years ago. I'm 56 then. No doubt you boys will be out there inside everyone, hooking into them then.
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[/quote]
Credit where credit is due,
for a 56yo pulling into good size edits is a decent effort, and doesn't look like that top one is a shoulder hop
Sheepdog, 1410153463
Lol, davo..... Gave the partying away years ago mate..... In fact, I haven't drank piss since 02. (WHAAAAT???)... Same deal with new guinea imports.......... Got right into surfing, and I found all those substances just got in the way..... But something always gets ya in the long run.... The sun....... Bursitis....L5, meniscus.....
But I wouldn't change anything.....
Doing running repairs now..... The mighty "uplift" has given me some good goss' on the shoulder.... L5 - well... What can you do bar core strength..... Meniscus..... Probably arthroscope, but not at the top of the agenda......
Tassie is a young mans surf enviro..... Lots of effort, travel, cooooold...... Not many spots where you just pull up and check it from the car, unless you are up ne' coast..... Everything is a mission down here.... But when you do luck it, it's mindblowing..... May have posted these before.... 20 minutes from my house.....
[img]http://i.imgur.com/aGTx90J.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i.imgur.com/Jv7Kf97.jpg[/img]
wellymon, 1410156686
....
Will try later ;)
fraser-gordon, 1410157246
A few pic's from this Indo season it's been pumping.
Craig, 1410158570
Sick FG!
freeride76, 1410168436
Ratshit Bay....almost as good as Farnborough or Emu Park.
fitzroy-21, 1410169528
Hahahaha or North Wall Mackay :)
Hint for you FNQ boys, Ruby or Lena if you have a small boat. If you have a big boat........................
Sheepdog, 1410171745
Didn't call it ratshit for nothing, FR... ;) Worst few years of my surfing life..... But hey, desperate men do desperate things.....
Funny how 2 foot slop can be blessing when you haven't seen a rideable wave for months....
Also funny how we all bailed at the first chance.....
udo, 1410172419
White arse going over the dunes with grandma Ahh desperate men do desperate things he he.
davetherave, 1410179905
SD
good to hear your now a fine young respectable citizen, Tony loves you (geezus that was low-sorry mate)
I am still a goose
good luck with your health issues. as you know i have had my share, and for me, bromelain (pineapple core) plus glucosomine with MSM helps, plus flood body with oxygen (chlorella, spirulina etc). Body will heal itself if helped- brainwave entrainment essential-google it. I use recordings to get brainwaves resonating in alpha as much as possible, but use Delta and Theta before bed or healing session to get best results for body to heal itself. In Delta and Theta, body can re align itself with the DNA coded frequencies of perfect health whilst in deep sleep/trancelike state. In three weeks you should be able to automatically bring forth these brainwave states. By using these techniques,plus intentionally imagining my desired outcome, in two weeks I transformed two prolapsed discs back to nearly normal shape and function, pins and needles went and doctors couldnt believe i didnt need an operation. This is not mind over matter, it is getting conscious mind relaxed so inherent self healing intelligence of the body can do its thing. Its a wonderful thing the human body.
gee that left looks the goods
didnt get your link
hawkies back to back bro- have fun mate
Sheepdog, 1410182909
[quote=udo]White arse going over the dunes with grandma Ahh desperate men do desperate things he he.[/quote]
lol, udo..... Ya gotta remember the rave and I were 15yo... Back then, a "grandma" was a 34yo woman....
I'd do it again, udo....;)
Davo, I'll try again in the morning.....
udo, 1448411791
[quote=trippergreenfeet]Mark Archer...I remember the old man and Paul Witzig telling stories about him when I was a young fella hanging round the fire at Paul's house at Cactus.
The Rebel TV segment on Archer.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnimi_gzjVk[/url][/quote]
Bakehouse now sold.
Blowin, 1554278707
Fuck it . I miss this shit .Im going tomorrow ( hiccup )[img]https://i.ibb.co/VCS9QpP/899224-F6-0-A0-A-4-C31-B2-C8-060-B3-CF8401-B.png[/img]
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simba, 1554279295
Blowin.. going or wishing?
Blowin, 1554279356
Fuck....those shots of Frasier Gordon !
Go you legend !
Blowin, 1554279421
Simba....going .
If I’m no too hungover....then the day after.
simba, 1554279540
Ha.. good luck then.
Blowin, 1554280017
Cheers mate.
Fingers crossed.
Craig, 1554281253
Good luck Blowin!
goofyfoot, 1554282023
Blowin’s well lubed tonight hahah
Blowin, 1554288079
Whatever
Blowin, 1554288139
off Chops
factotum, 1554288763
Going back to SA this Easter. This from a coupla Easters ago.
[img]https://i.ibb.co/m95HZZD/12890988-10153891087275255-8240804550901727964-o.jpg[/img]
Retro! On a singlo. And fucken freezing.
Blowin, 1554289215
A little spot in Sydney harbour which turns on with the new moon sometimes. Everyone thinks it needs a big East swell , but the secret is to hit it early on the very start of the incoming whilst everyone else is surfing Deadman’s.
So good. Tube out the back , a wall made for rail turns then the low tide shelf throw tube.
All to your Pat Malone
[img]https://i.ibb.co/QjMxZmB/59684-EB5-A637-45-B3-B3-FD-C249689-A9110.jpg[/img]
factotum, 1554293685
Going left at the same joint. In 19 fucken 97! Crikey, where does it all go?!
[img]https://i.ibb.co/Hg6hhHx/10479657-10152782100400255-5482412189333802177-o.jpg[/img]
Bnkref, 1554344499
Nice. You're wearing boardies?!
factotum, 1554347676
I had a moustache too.
AndyM, 1554348141
Crack a Solo Facto!
factotum, 1554349246
A Southwark stout after that session if memory serves.
factotum, 1554349731
Interesting factoid:
https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/flashback/the-solo-man-has-a-famous-aussie-son/news-story/42a55bd28faa726a92ad30c3a47240a8
The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree?
Craig, 1586944680
Gave my mate the camera housing on Sunday morning after getting some epic shots at sunrise.
He bagged these great ones of me sliding into a few ocean holes. Pure stoke :D
[img]https://i.imgur.com/w1WLi5e.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/MTKuSha.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/esGe8qm.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/b0e7pKy.jpg[/img]
blackers, 1586944992
TBB would be proud of you Craig.
Craig, 1586990899
And Davetherave :p
stunet, 1588983960
Cleaning the house this morning, sorting shit out, and came across these old photos.
First photo is of me taking a photo:
Second photo is the photo I took:
zenagain, 1589110829
Awesome!
Bet the view looking out would have been something.
Blowin, 1589139026
What happened to the Mundaka photo ?
It was epic. Big face spread out before you like a football paddock, flying down the line.
ringmaster, 1589153091
Here's a couple from a trip to Indo a few years ago just after my 50th. Last one is Mundaka in Winter of 93'.
https://ibb.co/h9rZ7yh
https://ibb.co/zhJXgc5
https://ibb.co/6Jj2PbF
(Forgot how to paste the pic & not the link)
ringmaster, 1589153216
Ha! I was trying to turn the link into a photo and got sidetracked. It will have to remain as a link
Blowin, 1589156349
Nice work , Ringmaster. Cool shot.
Whilst I was checking it out again there was a heads up for me that Asian girls in the area are looking for me !
Pretty sure I would have noticed this hot little number hound dogging after me amongst the 300 octogenarians who make up the local population.
Over here !
[img]https://i.ibb.co/TYrwPM6/8436-E6-D5-132-B-42-D3-8-B24-FB6-C9-BFA83-FF.png[/img]
ringmaster, 1589159252
'The Search'......takes off on a new tangent!
Westofthelake, 1589161195
Oops double tapped it...
Westofthelake, 1589161259
@Ringy - just scroll down to the left hand side of your pic in ImgBB (very cool btw) to EMBED CODES - hover over link (BB or HTML full linked -both work) and a little "Copy" button will appear - copy and paste like so.
Blowin, 1589162514
Ringmaster getting some
[img]https://i.ibb.co/1s58GC3/15-B7-C106-C14-B-4598-9-A26-54-F44467-CFB6.png[/img]
[img]https://i.ibb.co/1ZZ0kq7/FD2-C580-E-E425-4-E1-E-9-F7-C-C27-A70-B1-DF32.jpg[/img]
Craig, 1609139577
Something different..
I ride all different boards for all different conditions, keeps things fresh and interesting and allows you to surf nearly every day. I love cheater fiving on my 7'4 single, but I'd got a new 6ft foamy and my mate Steve Wall captured this image out Bower on a quite evening last week.
I like the pose and isolation he's captured..
[img]https://i.imgur.com/79q9n36.jpg[/img]
adam12, 1609140766
Looks like your right hand is on fire. Nice shot.
zenagain, 1609143920
Styling.
Westofthelake, 1609144327
All the way.