Vic Local, 1529479144
Great. Another week of flat surf followed by a tiny window of OK stuff on Saturday morning. Crowdnet have made the call so we can expect the idiot mob to descend en-mass. It will be small enough for any clown to get out, yet big enough for said clowns to get into trouble. My prediction. Another wasted day with 60-70 in the lineup, inconsistent surf and some poor local 9-5er getting a board in the head. Thanks a fucking lot crowd net/huey.
FreddyWaters, 1529483517
Cant even surf fucking bird rock without 20 blokes out on a weekend morning these days, might have to try sparrows.. oh wait theres 30 blokes there as well, time to sell the house and move to fuckin princetown
beenjammin, 1529489518
Be sure to stop at Lorne on your way out Freddy. Very strong rumours of a toob on the weekend..
miles, 1529491368
I'm with Vic local and Freddy. Gotta love the share button for fb and twitter at the top and bottom of every forecast page. Bring on the weekend warrior and his warrior mates who have seen his repost of crowdnets weekend forecast. Good on ya and your social mistakes.
velocityjohnno, 1529492596
maybe *maybe* the snow will send half in the other direction. And, the water is now cold. Real cold. Brrr.
Edit: link to snowatch provided:
http://www.snowatch.com.au/
Vic Local, 1529492887
Sharing reports on facebook. It's a reason there's so many complete dickheads in the water these days.
Crowdnet fucks up so many sessions in their quest for hits and $$$.
adam12, 1529534477
Hey VicLocal,
You're a wingeing little bitch aren't you.
I like that!
adam12, 1529535123
Yo Freddy,
It's called "Sparras". Named after John "Sparra" Pyeburn, he used to be Rip Curls wettie guy and made the wave his own back in the day.
He also ran the Rip Curl wind & wave report in the days before the internet.
plops, 1529535841
Can confirm this! Best pit over the rock at first point in over a decade...
plops, 1529536223
Can I just point out that if you surf good enough and are fit enough to paddle for 2 hours in a crowd you can catch as many waves as you want. Coming on swellnet and venting your frustrations behind your keyboard ain't going to help your wave count down the surf coast this weekend.
Prove me wrong Viclocal and post a recent photo of yourself surfing...We live in one of the better states for crowds, Torquay isn't the only place for waves.
beenjammin, 1529537167
Wow, what a lucky devil.
thermalben, 1529537603
Vic Local, what industry do you work in mate?
Vic Local, 1529538335
Thanks digger.
Vic Local, 1529538399
Not the surf industry.
thermalben, 1529538625
Anything tourism related? With a slight surf bent?
Vic Local, 1529538712
"Can I just point out that if you surf good enough and are fit enough to paddle for 2 hours in a crowd you can catch as many waves as you want". I will just assume you're one of those fuckers who paddles around like a blue arse fly snaking everyone who is patiently waiting for their wave. You can do that if you want, but if you think you're going to pick off set waves by yourself with that attitude you're deluding yourself.
Vic Local, 1529538892
Tourism related, but the number of my guests who surf the points is zero. Mate, your website is a fucking menace.
kneepete, 1529539228
Heres a curveball. You work in surf tourism VL?
thermalben, 1529539308
So, just confirming you run a local tourism business that includes surfing, but your qualifier is that your clients “don’t surf the point”.
Vic Local, 1529539875
No mate. I don't. In the past a group of guests (under 10) requested a surf lesson and I've pointed them in the direction of surf schools. Little Ben thinks that somehow means that excludes me from criticising his website that draws the masses to the lineups.
thermalben, 1529541311
Jeez mate, you're downplaying things - your website has three local surf tourism products related to Torquay (one of 'em even states that you'll take people to Bancoora!), and another website says that you offer guided adventure surf trips to Indonesia.
Doesn't your corporate profile also state that you worked in the surf industry for ten years?
BTW, I enjoyed the Little Ben reference too - reminds me of Trumpian tactics.
Nick Bone, 1529546030
I dont know this is only forecaster notes this happens on?
plops, 1529551199
So your not going to post a photo proving your herculean efforts on the reefs, validating your aggressive opinions on what is an excellent website that enriches peoples surfing lives?
velocityjohnno, 1529555204
Think so but I'm sure it's been raised on the NSW and QLD notes - those places are mega packed.
I've had good discussions on the synoptic on the WA and Tas forecaster notes, that is what it's all about really. Go surfing and smile.
The Vic notes can be really funny though, probably the notes with the most banter (I miss Ralph). And there's substance behind it, if you compare the pressures on the coast to previous decades. As the economy shifts from making things to selling experiences, those experiences are going to get diluted and this can be painful to see happen. Tragedy of the Commons.
scottindo, 1529555621
Hey Vic Local
Ya we have same promblem here at Dbah and Snapper with kooky blow in crowds but 10 x Worse
beenjammin, 1529561749
Hi Ben,
Can you stop posting photos of webcam stills?
Just askin.
Cheers!
goofyfoot, 1529573278
oh jeez i cant wait for Vic Kookals reply to this one.
Might have a bit of explaining to do eh?
pigdog, 1529580760
i was thinking the same thing what is going to be more brain damage this weekend the beach or the bottom of the hill waiting for the ski lift...
its going to be an interesting next ten years in melbourne population wise with currently 2500 people moving to melbourne victoria each week to live and estimated extra 2million in the next 10 years..... i wonder what % of that 2million will be surfers.....im just glad i learnt to wavesail and kitesurf and still scratch my head at all surfers with blinkers on looking for swell and offshores but waisting all the time and energy the ocean has to offer when its perfect or not so perfect to sail.....
Joff, 1529621646
There's no doubt a good swellnet forecast has a huge effect on crowds down here. I think us Victorians are more vocal about it due to the fact that we don't have the mega crowds of NSW and QLD, so a small influx of people is definitely more noticeable (especially in winter). But it's true- whenever there is a good swellnet report (even if it's incorrect) there will be twice as many people in the water. Swellnet have a business to run so can't be too hard on them, if they weren't providing the service someone else would be.
On the positive side - my mate and I have had some cracking sessions and plenty of waves to ourselves when the swellnet forecast is bad and the conditions prove otherwise. So it can work both ways.
ringmaster, 1529623917
It's looking increasingly like it's going to be very average to shithouse down here this weekend anyway, so save your time/petty money and find something else to do would be my tip.
geek, 1529624872
I saw a comment from Craig in the forum saying the forecast notes will be subscriber only soon (and I see CW have now done the same with their weekend forecast).