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Swellnet Analysis

After some great days of competition over the weekend, we've got a few lay days ahead.

Onshore winds and an easing swell have resulted in competition being called off for today.

Tomorrow morning may be used as a half day to get through some heats, with easing 2-3ft sets and a morning W'ly breeze. However, this is unlikely with better days to come.

Thursday will be clean all day but with small surf, around 2ft through the morning reaching 3ft on the sets into the afternoon with a mix of new swells.

Of much greater interest is the swell due Friday. Currently a very strong and intense polar low is generating a fetch of severe-gale to storm-force W/SW winds through the Surf Coast's south-western swell window.

A moderate-sized long-period SW groundswell will result, arriving later Thursday, with a peak due Friday morning to a strong but slightly inconsistent 3-5ft. Conditions should be good to excellent with a morning N/NW breeze due to swing more NW through the day. With this there may be some slight bump up the face early, disappearing through the day as winds swing more NW.

Into the weekend we've got a mix of strong SW and W/SW groundswell due to build though Saturday and then hold Sunday morning. These will be related to a flurry of strong frontal activity under the country during the coming days, being steered towards Victoria by the Long Wave Trough.

With back to back frontal systems piggy-backing over each other we'll see a large open ocean swell created, with dual, moderate to large W/SW groundswell pulses for Saturday afternoon and Sunday.

Saturday morning should start around 3-5ft, before building to a larger 4-6ft into the mid-late afternoon, easing back slowly from a similar size Sunday morning.

Conditions on Saturday won't be ideal with an early W'ly breeze due to give into a fresh SW change mid-morning, while Sunday is looking great with a light morning offshore wind from the NW ahead of light afternoon sea breezes.

A moderate sized reinforcing SW swell is on the cards Monday with favourable offshore winds, so there's plenty of quality days for the event organisers to pick the eyes out over the coming week.

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Craig Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 10:52am

Satellite observations have picked up a nice 50kt fetch around the polar low this morning.

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Craig Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 11:11am

And continuing on from conversation in the other article, here's Velocityjohnno's image and words..

What can I say about this shot?  16 May 2009 10:46am on my digital camera. (I would love to see the chart and tide for this day and time).

I'd left my work and went down to watch, no one was out at this time although some surfed later.  I had taken photos from in close on the lookouts then was driving back when the ocean really stood up a couple of kms out to sea.  Pulled out, got 1 megapixel camera out, took 4 or 5 shots then switched to video.

From my location cnr Bells Bvd and Bones Rd, note that on most days when you reach this point you cannot see any white water.  In the big shot I'm about to send, you can. It's my contention that the whitewater you can see from this point of the intersection is representative of the average waves coming through, triple head or bigger.

The one wave (it wasn't 3, it was one enormous wave and an 'echo' after it) came through and was substantially bigger than either the median sets, or the outlier sets.  It closed out Bells. In the pic you can see it feathering just before impact.  I guess we could use trigonometry knowing height of intersection and height of Bells cliff in foreground to estimate size?  Would you have to include an estimate distance to horizon?

It is easily the largest wave I've ever seen.  The other thing was just how long a line it had, the line was a few km long!

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caml Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 8:21am
Craig wrote:

And continuing on from conversation in the other article, here's Velocityjohnno's image and words..

What can I say about this shot?  16 May 2009 10:46am on my digital camera. (I would love to see the chart and tide for this day and time).

I'd left my work and went down to watch, no one was out at this time although some surfed later.  I had taken photos from in close on the lookouts then was driving back when the ocean really stood up a couple of kms out to sea.  Pulled out, got 1 megapixel camera out, took 4 or 5 shots then switched to video.

From my location cnr Bells Bvd and Bones Rd, note that on most days when you reach this point you cannot see any white water.  In the big shot I'm about to send, you can. It's my contention that the whitewater you can see from this point of the intersection is representative of the average waves coming through, triple head or bigger.

The one wave (it wasn't 3, it was one enormous wave and an 'echo' after it) came through and was substantially bigger than either the median sets, or the outlier sets.  It closed out Bells. In the pic you can see it feathering just before impact.  I guess we could use trigonometry knowing height of intersection and height of Bells cliff in foreground to estimate size?  Would you have to include an estimate distance to horizon?

It is easily the largest wave I've ever seen.  The other thing was just how long a line it had, the line was a few km long!

Vj I pulled out the map archive for this swell , close range & sw direction , if I knew how to post it I would , I have it on my phone so if anyone wants it I will send it . I don't think it be a tsunami just a big set !?

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velocityjohnno Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 1:14pm

Very interesting on the close range and SW Caml. I will see if I can get the two shots I sent in forwarded to you in time, they are worth looking at in big size. I'd love to see the chart for this one if you have it.

Makes sense that closer into the heart of a system there will be more likelihood of things like this.

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Craig Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 1:57pm

Just had a look at the archive charts.

It was a succession of cold fronts, followed by a very strong polar front pushing up and over the active sea state and right into Victoria.

Second to last chart shows that tight embedded low (960hPa) about to be slung right up towards Vicco, giving the swell a S/SW bias.

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pigdog Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 7:49pm

impressive!

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Craig Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 9:19pm

And the polar charts from Cam..

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caml Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 3:34pm

A guess at swell size , maybe 6 metre @16 sec = 25 ft waves on swell magnets
Then add 1- 2 metre seas on top
Not surprised if it was 7 plus, metres

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Beagle Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 10:40pm

I remember that day well, being the biggest birthday swell I've ever been lucky enough to score.Down the road was pulling in about 3/4 of the size but handling the wind better. Then the sky went black and a set cleaned out the entire bay. My old man was working down at PC and reckoned the spray from the sets was splashing up to the top of the cliff at two mile.

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southey Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 12:15pm

VJ . Are you a Pedafile , sorry i mean Priest .
16 th of May 2009 was a Sunday ............
Why were you at work ? Sounds fishy , I'll check my surf diary when i get home .
PS , i've seen swells - waves peaking from that spot , when its offshore they feather ? spray plumes off for a while before they break at similar sizes . Looks like a real South Swell and light westerly winds . ( cross onshore ) ??

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pigdog Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 12:22pm

This swell was on a Saturday. Have not seen Torquay as big since. SWELLNET did a feature on it….someone should put up the link!

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Craig Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 12:28pm

Got the link, old story with no photos, trying to get sorted now and will post.

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caml Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 10:24pm
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This swell was on a Saturday. Have not seen Torquay as big since. SWELLNET did a feature on it….someone should put up the link!

Good recall pd

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pigdog Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 12:37pm

this was winki in the late arvo.

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pigdog Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 12:40pm

this thing ate me up too.

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Bob's 2 Bob's Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 1:03pm

Vic LOCAL would have been out there for sure and it was a 5 to 7ft swell in his world - Vic LOCAL is a charger.

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Nick Bone Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 3:21pm

Was waiting for mention of VL. I he perhaps bidding his time in the shadows, waiting to strike when we least expect with claims and knowledge unparalleled..

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inzider Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 1:16pm

i would have charged that dribble switch foot on my goat boat blindfolded after skulling a keg of voi boi. Would have filmed it with a selfie stick hanging out of my tea towel holder and uploaded that shit to instaface and snapbook before my overly powerful bottom turn snapped my goat boat making me body surf all the way to pt danger where there would have been hot chicks waiting on the shore with my space ship back to mars idling.

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Gary G Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 1:34pm

Craig, I admire your commitment to the 'mugs game' of using actual, verifiable units of measurement to describe surf height. Unfortunately, as per the other forum, these verifiable units of measurement can be misinterpreted by surfers.

Luckily, as per usual, Gary has a solution (which I've proposed before, mind you).

The unit is 'The Gary'.

It's beauty, aside from the positive memories that the word 'Gary' is associated with, is that no one has to agree on exactly how big it is - only that it's daaaaaaamn big. The Gary's beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as such.

Vic Local can impress his mates by telling his mates that he rode 'one and a half Garys' this weekend, while perhaps Bob is a TWO GARY man. Clearly pigdog enjoyed getting chased down the line at Winki by a few Garys back in 2009, a solid effort that.

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pigdog Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 1:55pm

i want to wake up to this tomorrow morning
torquay surf repot wens day 30/3/2016
still swell hanging around half a garry with the bigger 1garry sets coming through wind current w but threatening from the sw

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zenagain Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 3:22pm

It's about a half a Gary here at the moment with a slight onshore, so pretty solid and just waiting for the tide to come in a bit then gonna hit it for the arvo.

Increasing swell, so probably looking at a Gary to a Gary and a half on dark.

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fitzroy-21 Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 3:28pm

Would half a Gary be classified as a Gaz?

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pigdog Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 3:33pm

we will have to confirm this with garry himself…i don't want to get confused when i read the surf report tomorrow morning.

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zenagain Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 3:35pm

Didn't think of that Fitz:)

So looking at a Gaz to a Gazza here atm increasing to a Gary and a half by sunset.

Rippled surface texture but still with clean faces.

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southey Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 4:07pm

facey's Zen , Faceys .....

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blindboy Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 6:33pm

A bit choppy here maybe a G-G-Gary

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velocityjohnno Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 6:37pm

Thanks Craig for posting the pic. Does anyone want to hazard a guess on the size?
Southey, the world of investment analysis and capital flows etc never stops, it is common to be working weekends (and surfing every morning in between the NY close and AU open). You could do it 24/7 but you'd go insane.
So yeah that wave, could be described as an 8 sigma move from whatever bell curve of wave size for that particular swell (or the year's tally tbh) - if we were to use financial jargon. Or we could just call it a wave of biblical proportions.
Craig, what I'd like to know is how did it form? If you look closely the entire line of the thing is just so distinctly different from the other lines of the swell - look closely - it's almost another direction entirely from the wave breaking on centreside and the three swells further on the winki side just before it. What on earth forms such a thing?

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velocityjohnno Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 6:41pm

Pigdog great wave mate. I couldn't do that.

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southey Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 7:26pm

The plot thickens . i was in WA for this swell . WA got the same swell in earlier in May .
( there's a photo floating round cyber space of Paul Morgan dropping down a mineshaft at Margie's ) . Anyway , if pig dog is the same dog I'm thinking of , then that is small for him . Although I thought this other dog was a goofy ? That Guy rode the biggest wave I've seen ridden in person . Would of been 5-6 Garry's . Was towed aswell so not sure it counts though .
VJ , I shared a story on here a longtime ago . Surfing a far offshore medium wave reef with one mate , at 6-8 . Anyway a set with ATLEAST 10-15 waves comes through building in size each wave to near triple the size we were out in . Washed us 3/4 of the way to shore ( a long way ) . Next day read in the paper that a huge ( km's - ice berg had broken off Antarctica ) , not sure you'd call it a tsunami ..?! soliton of whatever . Was in the mid to late nineties ?!?

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pigdog Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 8:16pm

so how many garrys is this left hander at nazi that garrett macnamara has been nominated in the wsl big wave awards 25 garrys maby….or like 35 garrys….

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Hako o hakonde ... Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 9:22pm

A gazzelle

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pigdog Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 9:45pm

or a Yabblett...

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southey Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 10:51pm

pd .
Please don't start over calling it . 1 Garry is a solid unit of measurement .
The Gary measurement tops out at 10 . you can't go any bigger . Its Exponential . Just like then Richter scale . 8 is probably where man is capable at the moment . We can only hope that Gary comes out of early retirement as shows us the full 10 .

i will presume it wasn't you i saw ride a very big wave , because it wasn't much smaller than Nazi .

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zenagain Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 11:24pm

You want the 10?

You can't handle the 10.

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Gary G Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 9:58am

You're all over this, Southey.

Next step - get the WSL to use it in their commentary. With a careful spray tan and a little extra supplements routine, I'll sneak into the broadcast and disguise myself as the mahogany desk for the morning show. By the time they realise that the ripples in the table are my rock hard abs It'll be party time in the broadcast suite.

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Craig Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 1:31pm

Haha.

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caml Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 10:33pm

Pauls wave 1-7-07 , almost but no . I was in margs surfin some big lefts apr-may 09 & it did get huge

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southey Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 10:40pm

okay sorry . it was second hand from a friend that it was 09 . i wasn't in the SW at the time . ;-) But yeah SOLID swell where i was too . Just presumed .

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GarryG Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 at 11:33pm

What else do you presume?

Talking Turkey wrote:quote:

http://www.swellnet.com/forums/wax/12736?page=1

southey wrote:Quote :
Ive been following these forums for a while and have done much reading of the great uplift, the first 3 sentences of his posts anyway, after that it turns to gibberish.
Tread carefully here Southey, at first I thought grogon was off with the fairy's thinking the turkey was uplift, but I now realize he could be right, Uplift is using Valium to mask his identity."

okay Shaun .

Turkey .

I spoke about how i had spent some time on multiple month long trips to and through the far west coast . i admitted that on my first trip as a youngin ( id' only been surfing for 3-4 years ) that i didn't take on Blacks . But had studied for a return . On return trips and after discovering other regions i still hadn't surfed it even though i was competant enough . There are varying factors of each time why not , but i won't turn this into a biblesque uppy post . i then got court up in a four way bitch fight over how blacks although heavy was not the holy grail , and infact didn't hold much size ..... this started uppy on a hell bent attempt to tell everyone and anyone how his spot which he ruled with iron quads and bolt strait legs whenever it was under 4ft . i did the right thing and not endulge others to greener pastures in solid surf . SO now i'm blessed with the chicken soufle title , of which i hear on the grape vine is one bestowed onto people who stick to the truth no matter how it hurt their cause ......
Lest just say that Uppy will never be invited to these award ceremonies as his sheer self belief in all conquering strength over flexibilty will not let him bend his mind to such strengths as humility .
see i'm bored already regaling you.

So.........you've never surfed Blacks?

Southey wrote:quote:

http://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2014/01/08/best-photos-an...

Only surfed Blax twice , once when i was young and i was intimidated . The second time it was puss .

Liar, liar pants on fire?

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Hako o hakonde ... Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 7:09am

HaHa, and there I was musing we may have had the return of Big Wayne, or possibly his bastard son:-))

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southey Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 11:47am

OOOkkkkkkaaaayyyyyy then .....

One does not meerly paddle out and not sucessfully catch a wave of consequence and then claim that they had surfed one location . This was corrected .

If we were to count successful missions when one was to live in a spot for 20 years and only catch a handful more successful waves of consequence than someone that was a blowin . Would that be fair .

Garry Michael Wayne Turkson ,
You are a false God , i hold the real Gary in great regards . A champion of Guru like status .
But alas , King for a Day . Fool for a life time .
.....

SO really I'm just a bored ex housewife living in a rented unit in Parramatta .
Be careful though lets not get too personal or "a Bit mischief time " could be had .

I don't know how to say this , and vomit does well in my throat , the same throat that he would like to vehemently squeeze , from time to time . But i do miss Uplifts ramblings . This new guy is an imposter , i quickly fell for his spray on tanned charm . But unfortunately the vitriol has returned . We all know the real Gary is a strictly tanning bed sort of guy , and no special cream or lotion could touch his chiselled skin and stay put .
Stu , the door please .

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Gary G Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 9:48am

Well, I'm not particularly surprised that after a little bit of Gary magic we have a party on our hands. I'm at least glad that we've all found something we can agree on with 'The Gary' as the unit of measurement. I much prefer good vibes, I'm a lover not a fighter after all.

Not sure about the cut of this new Garry's Jib, nor the tenor of his prose; although I must say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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Hako o hakonde ... Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 9:51am

My god!!! What sort of person would get kicked off a forum and then come back as another persona, outrageous!!
I was starting to get a whiff of it and was about to sat if you keep on stroking your Gary it would over inflate and explode and now it's happened and there is shit everywhere.:-))

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Hako o hakonde ... Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 9:54am

My mistake didn't pick up on that:))))

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zenagain Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 9:54am

This is getting weird.

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Hako o hakonde ... Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 9:56am

Weird in a very swellnet way :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

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Hako o hakonde ... Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 9:55am

So we have the real Gary and the dildo Gary?

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Gary G Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 10:01am

You don't spell Original with two 'r's, Nor are there two in 'Gary G'

The new Garry is a couple of one legged squats short of a balanced workout, if you ask me. It is however Amasing to have an imitator.

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southey Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 11:56am

Uplift how dare you take " the lords " name in vein .
And then misspell it . tardy .....
Gary on behalf of the swill nutters , I'd like to apologise for this cretin trying to pose as you good self . All this talk of Garry's become the plural of the standard Gary measurement . I hope I have clarified correctly to pd and others that this measurement is the new metric that will make it look like hold imperial system .
Can you please cut it into decimals so all great board shapers alike can start using this fine measurement into their pro models .
I can see Slater now , talking up the pretence of less Gary is more etc . ...
Lots of love your , Son Southey .
( Mum said it was immaculate conception , but i knew all along that one day you would
" rise " again) .
Hallelujah

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GarryG Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 12:58pm

Now there is shit everywhere, and always two r's in morris, 2 dogs, and shaun. One in original, one in Turkey, one in Gary makes 3.

Presuming that we have the genuine story?

Southey wrote:quote:

http://www.swellnet.com/forums/wax/158886?page=1

I've told you twice now . suplit
The first time was two weeks after Jevans death .... yeah it was beyond my risk / reward measure .
Second time it was , shit - onshore / too big .... Indicators was delightful for a few days though .

I've been over there around half a dozen times . It's just that I don't always go past Elliston. Especially when coming from Adelaide side , as you know it's all similar travel times from Pt Augusta , be it Lincoln to Penong stretch . I've only ever travelled the whole coast twice in a single trip .
I didn't lie , I didn't start surfing till late teens , so on my first trip over there . I on purpose didn't go to Elliston , ( I don't trust myself , as usually I take on more than I can chew , for the same reason I didn't bother going to Indo until I knew I was ready to tackle everything it had to offer ) .

Liar, liar pants on fire.

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southey Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 6:07pm

So ,
half a dozen visits , a few non paddle outs , one rabbit in spotlight , and another gravel in rubbish . Get over yourself .

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Vic Local Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 1:25pm

Fuck me. I don't post for a few days and this thread happens. Did someone find a crop of mushrooms up Gazeepore road?

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velocityjohnno Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 1:29pm

More like a few nangs were liberated from Mum's soda stream... more brain damage that way

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GarryG Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 1:30pm

OOOkkkkkkaaaayyyyyy then .....

Southey wrote:quote:

'I didn't start surfing till late teens'

Southey wrote:quote:

http://www.swellnet.com/forums/wax/313966

Wayne Lynch late 90's , semi secret beach ( was then ) .....only Two of us out . Wasn't heavy thankfully , and I just figured I deserved it for daring to surf " his spot " ...... When I say two of us , I mean only two of us in the water I mean there would have been no other human within k's of where we were . He didn't talk the entire time we were out there 2-3 hrs sitting on the same peak . Kind of suited me ....
Paul Donda ( sparticus ) - NW reef . Heavy barrel , I pretty much tried to dive on the back of his board in the pit .... A few quiet words , I went in ...... ( was a pretty skinny kid at the time ) .

One r in original, one r in liar.

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southey Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 1:38pm

Ask them both .

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GarryG Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 2:06pm

I just presumed that as you were taking waves inside Donda on heavy NW reefs, and getting barrelled behind him, and doing the same to Wayne Lynch at his secret spots, as a skinny kid that only started surfing in his late teens, that years later you would not be intimidated at blacks, as a young kid. And at a place which you dismiss as not much of a wave at all. The whole thing doesn't make sense at all. Its very weird.

Liar, liar pants on fire.

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southey Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 2:31pm

NW was 2004 .
Vic , the less I say the better .
SA , ten years is a long time . 20 even longer .
Now I'm sure you've got some incontinent older ladies to train at $75 /hr .

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GarryG Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 2:44pm

So, you started surfing in your late teens, and then later you were at blacks in 2000, when you were a young kid too intimidated to surf there, but did actually surf there. Then 4 years further on you were taking waves off Paul Donda, still as a skinny young kid. Vic, that is Wayne Lynch's secret spots, the less you say the better, after you made a point of highlighting it as one does. Even weirder. Presumably one can get weirder still.

Liar, liar pants on fire.

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southey Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 6:04pm

After Jevan was taken wasn't the first time i was there , but it would have been the first time i would have been ready . First time was puss ( groveling ) , second got nothing and wasn't ready .

Your a dickhead i give up . I've been patient till now . If people want you on here more than me . Then that'll be the way it stays .
PS , i'd check your sheets everytime to you go to bed if i was you . Google that .

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talkingturkey Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 2:48pm

Up your nose with a rubber hose?

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GarryG Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 2:57pm

Gary, one r, that's enough, what will morris think. Or shaun. The timeline is stressful enough, even for one with a memory like an elephant. No matter how you look at it. Started in teens, then got younger, then younger again, now aged? 20 years? Started in teens, got younger, Donda? Do something 2 dogs.

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wellymon Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 3:13pm

I honestly thought so, a long time ago G!

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simba Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 3:43pm

yep in a galaxy far far away........................................................the return of swellnet wars......music cuts in.....

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caml Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 5:13pm

Swellnet called fri surf conditions about 10 days ago & it hasn't changed since right but some ppl said you can't do that in vicco

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Swellnet called fri surf conditions about 10 days ago & it hasn't changed since right but some ppl said you can't do that in vicco

Craig but you can't call surf in vicco 5 days out apparently

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Craig Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 8:24am

Yeah funny that.

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GarryG Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 6:59pm

Southey wrote:quote:

After Jevan was taken wasn't the first time i was there , but it would have been the first time i would have been ready . First time was puss ( groveling ) , second got nothing and wasn't ready .

Southey wrote:quote:

http://www.swellnet.com/forums/wax/158886?page=1

I've told you twice now . suplit
The first time was two weeks after Jevans death .... yeah it was beyond my risk / reward measure .
Second time it was , shit - onshore / too big .... Indicators was delightful for a few days though .

On return trips and after discovering other regions i still hadn't surfed it even though i was competant enough . There are varying factors of each time why not , but i won't turn this into a biblesque uppy post .

So one shouldn't presume that if you said twice, that the first time you went to blacks was in 2000, and highlighted and became agitated, and made clear that you said so, whilst having a memory like an elephant, that it wasn't. You just became agitated and highlighted that you said it was, when it wasn't. Back when you said you surfed blacks, when you didn't. And one shouldn't presume that if you keep pointing out that you started surfing as a late teenager, then later you were taking waves off Wayne Lynch at his secret spots in Vic, in the late ninetees, then first went to blacks in 2000, although you presumably went before that, that you were then an even younger intimidated kid when you went, as you said on numerous occasions? A young intimidated kid that started surfing in his late teens, that already found Wayne Lynch's secret spots and was inside him taking waves. And presumably, years later, in 2004, when you were then taking waves from Paul Donda and getting barrelled behind him, that you say you became an even younger and skinny little kid?

That's sounds very weird. As one presumes, it keeps getting weirder.

Liar, liar pants on fire.

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chickenlips Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 7:47pm

Southey! Have you taken your medication today?Yesterday!?Or the day before that?!

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talkingturkey Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 8:02pm

Geez! E-Gadd! Who's copping it up the Gary/Garry?

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Gary G Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 at 8:27pm

He has brought shame upon the good name Gary.

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GarryG Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 12:26am

Ahh yes, glittering Gary and his presumably glittering gang.

Gary wrote: Quote:

You're all over this, Southey.

Gary's beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as such.

Shame about that.

Surfing is in glittering hands with Gary and his gang.

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Bob's 2 Bob's Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 6:36am

Would be great to Vic LOCAL's read on the weekends swell - LOCAL call will be most accurate for sure. Does Vic LOCAL surf Cloudbreak as well with Free?

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Vic Local Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 7:49am

It's going to be poop. Stay the fuck away.

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caml Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 9:03am

Nice day

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Hako o hakonde ... Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 11:13am

If you gunna say something caml , don't change it aftrwards

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Hako o hakonde ... Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 7:00am

Whoa, who crawled out from under the wrong side of the rock this morning?

It appears the value of the Gary is spiraling, with the fake Garry flooding the market. Only time will tell if the real Gary's fake tan is quality enough to not get washed off in this shit fight.

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Gary G Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 10:59am

Fools gold does not have the same value as the real gold on which I base my shade of tan.

Gary generally refrains from extended internet back-and-forths, as they make it difficult for the casual (and often, the experienced) observer to determine which of the protagonists is the freaking idiot.

So from this one, I'll hand the imposter the shovel and let him dig - as based on past form an 'Act of Mod' is likely looming on the horizon anyway.

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fitzroy-21 Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 11:41am

We all know which Garry is the freaking idiot.

BTW, welcome back 2 dogs :)

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GarryG Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 11:14am

Gary G wrote:Quote:

You don't spell Original with two 'r's, Nor are there two in 'Gary G'

There's only one Gary G, glittering away, as Gary has made clear. And although Gary is a master at carrying out his secret, hidden activities, his activities tend to pop up in the end, with all his focus on rigs, and kiddies.

http://www.swellnet.com/forums/wax/308180

Yes Gary G is famous, as a master at skulking around in secret, although seemingly glittering, staying hidden as he goes about his business. His surfing family gathers around him enthusiastically, not the brightest of sparks presumably.

But every time Gary G surfaces, glittering away, it soon becomes clear that all that glitters is definitely not gold and Gary G and his enthusiastic family are outed as just one big family of rolfs.

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talkingturkey Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 12:21pm

So Gary G is Gary Glitter. I can see that.

And Garry G is...this guy?

http://garrygilfoy.com/counsellor-for-men/

He does live in SA. And he's an author, counsellor, AND trainer.

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Hako o hakonde ... Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 1:39pm

No that's not him, uplifts training wheels fell of awhile ago

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indo-dreaming Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 12:51pm

Good to see they are holding some heats (women) at Winki today.

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Craig Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 1:17pm

Yeah high tide tomorrow afternoon I reckon they'll shift the mens there as well.

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indo-dreaming Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 4:10pm

Pitty they didn't move things to Winki last week, we might have seen some surfing like this from Kelly. http://www.surfermag.com/videos/kelly-slater-winkipop-board-test/#IjfP8u...

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GarryG Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 5:49pm

Talkingturkey wrote:Quote:

So Gary G is Gary Glitter. I can see that.

And Garry G is...this guy?

http://garrygilfoy.com/counsellor-for-men/

He does live in SA. And he's an author, counsellor, AND trainer.

Yes tt, it was bound to come out, in the right circumstances. Gary G is as he has stated proudly, the one, the only, Gary Glitter. And what a sight he made on the cliff at blacks, although he tries to disguise himself as a ginger version, if you can imagine it, these days. Like some of his fawning family here, Gary didn't do much good at all at blacks, hopeless really, despite all the snorting and carry on. It got worse though. The often heard saying, the plot thickens, as the locals soon discovered, and still do by all reports, became the plots thin when Gary G is in town. Gary G always protests his innocence though, and always has, his kind always do.

As for Who am I, goodness, dare I say it, fizzler 21 will drive himself into another episode, and morris and shaun have only just found the strength to speak again. However I will say this. If my elephant like memory serves me correctly, I trained a chap named Gilfoy in my late teens, when I began counselling. Years later, when I was an intimidated young kid aged twelve, I felt I should take up counselling, but wasn't ready for the likes of Gilfoy. However, earlier on at 22 years of age, he looked up to me, which I felt I deserved, as when I was an even skinnier little kid aged 9, I had trained his teacher in crisis situations. If you get my drift. Now, drift, my goodness, that would make a movie title for a movie so tremendous, so earth shattering, a movie the likes of which the world has never seen, or will for that matter. I saw the movie when I was a skinny five year old, even though, anyway, I have regaled you enough tt.

On a serious note, fizzler 21, why are you making yourself so upset all the time. And all, save yourself. Counselling will help. Find one who will take your horrible, horrible, horrible, terrible, monumental, earth shattering, devastating, shocking predicament into account. I know one I trained when I was a young skinny kid, who I had already also trained years earlier as a late teenager. Or so I presumed.

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talkingturkey Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 7:02pm

Hah! Triple G! Ginger Gary Glitter! That I'd like to see on the cliff...with a special Needs hi-collared wettie and silver platform booties of course. Rock n roll, heeeeey!

Right. That's him sorted. And the Soufflé. Who's next?

Hmm, seems Grogan's special alert hasn't pinged off yet? Or Stunts?

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gearoid Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 6:12pm

I've just had a look at the official site and the are another 20 odd heats / finals / whatever to run. It looks like its going to be pretty reasonable tomorrow, pretty steady 3 - 4 foot.

My question: Is it logistically possible that the contest could finish tomorrow or do I have to resign myself to this thing dragging on into next week?

On an unrelated note:
I happened to see Nikki van D get knocked out at Winki this arv. Couldn't care less about contest surfing, even less so about women's events, but it is good to see that the tradition of Viccos getting ripped off by the judges is being maintained this year. She gets this years Adam Robbo trophy*.
(*Trophy awarded to the best plain brand surfer sacrificed so a big name can get through to the semis.)

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seal Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 5:52am

Niki was probably more a case of the Ripcurl number 1 rider couldn't be beaten by a lesser team member and they are pushing Tyler for the World Championship ,plus the Owen thing etc, rather than being Victorian.
Once again the judges seem to be influenced by emotion and public feelings ???

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gearoid Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 8:47am

Spot on, seal.

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indo-dreaming Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 7:10pm
southey wrote:

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDT65014.shtml

So when we have wave period measured on a site like this, is that measurement?

(Tz ) "Average time (seconds) between all waves in the record."

or

(Tp) "The peak energy period (seconds) is the period of the dominant waves in the record."

????

As measured on the Bom site.

I assume its the second one (TP)

BTW. Some pretty solid sets down the beach here building.

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southey Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 at 7:57pm

Reckon you can put a ( Victorian ) size on it , just by the sound of it . VL probably could .
Peak is the significant period . The zero crossing is the contaminating local wind swell . But as you know the early fire runners will be well out numbered by the shit to start with .

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Average Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 12:11am

No Thursday forecast update?

Thank-you!

But seriously, hype for tomorrow is way too high.

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Craig Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 5:27am

Buoy readings looking real nice!

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sharkman Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 7:46am

looks like 3-4' , clean as , I wonder if they will go to winki all day?

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Craig Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 7:50am

Probably a good choice with the dropping high tide and also dropping swell through the day. Cape Sorell already easing off.

Another classic one peaking overnight (as expected).

Good to see Sunday's coming swell peaking more through the morning.

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Craig Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 8:00am

Looking the goods!

 

I think @mfanno just made the call.

A photo posted by Christopher (@binnstagram) on

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mick-free Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 8:07am

So its on, 2 hours of wasting time.

Good call Gearoid. I'd say both Steph and Mr Wright we're lucky to get through. Winki judging is always stuffed, maybe they see it differently from the judges angle or something. Maybe the CEO of Vicco surfing can explain, he understands rip offs. Still you have to leave no doubt in the judges mind so the saying goes..

So the Gary Gazza GAry Glitter is is Mick Bourne aka uplift all along, like the bloody X files lately..

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Gary G Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 2:54pm

Not Quite, Mick

Your namesake from SA is 'GarryG' and has returned post suspension to make sure we all know he doesn't like Southey.

Gary is and always was, just Gary.

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talkingturkey Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 5:46pm

Yo, Triple G!

There's only one Ginger Gary Glitter! Now roll them 'Rs'! Rock n roll, heeeeey?!

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Hako o hakonde ... Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 6:04pm

I know uplifts name was exposed ages ago, but we are dealing with someone with a few issues here and it's gone beyond the point of mocking him, so how about you delete his name and leave his identity buried in the archives of swellnet Mick.

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gearoid Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 8:52am

So, back to the forecast:

They'll get through a few heats today, maybe run the women this afternoon, then tomorrow will be big* and junky, Sunday onshore but reasonable size, then light winds Monday, about the same size as today.

Anyone with experience running comps care to hazard a guess as to when it will be over?

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Craig Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 8:54am

They'll finish Sunday, not onshore through the morning, W/NW winds probably until 10-11am and 6ft.

Not as perfectly lined up as this morning but decent.

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freeride76 Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 11:18am

really struggling to find any interest in this comp.

surf seems shite every time i tune in and after seeing Coffin get a 9 for three cutbacks and a layback you can tell the judges are getting desperate as well.

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Craig Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 11:22am

Did you just see Carissa's layback gouge right in front of Steph, that was one of the best turns I've seen her do!

Been watching all morning and am the opposite, love seeing the on rail carves, and also tricky nature in reading the wave and where to place a turn.

Steph was totally off and when you are it shows, made her look terrible.

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velocityjohnno Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 10:14am

Of the entire contest we had a little time to watch it onsite, for Sal's heat and this one with Carissa in it. Wave quality, surface conditions and surfing quality were superb and looked both faster and more critical than you see on the web presentation. Carissa was on fire, even the speed generated on the inside (going with the sweep a la QLD) on the first score over 9, very impressive. The angle coming down the stairs from Winki was magnificent, unsure as to why this isn't filmed more.
h/t the guys going left into the dry rock on the button, huge entertainment & a logical development with the crowd in the water nearby. & to the guy going left in the shorebreak in the eastern corner, some great moves.

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freeride76 Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 11:25am

tbh it hasn't held my interest enough to tune in that long.

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Craig Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 11:28am

Fair enough.

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Bob's 2 Bob's Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 11:40am

Forget Carissa's great heat Craig. Free rides Cloudbreak, pretty sure he could handle anything in Vic and PNG that the females rip in.

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johnutah Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 1:07pm

From the WSL site:
SUNDAY 3rd: STRONGEST IN THE AM with solid 12-16' occasional 18’+ faces. Fading through the PM.
SWELL/SURF: Large SW swell peaks late Saturday night and holds into Sunday morning with double to triple overhead+ surf (occasional bigger waves early). Surf eases through the afternoon but still very solid. Easing SW windswell. Surf still a little jumbled, but more organized than Saturday.
WIND/WEATHER: Light+ westerly wind in the early to mid morning, veering south and becoming moderate into the afternoon. Partly cloudy.

Is Sunday the more likely day than tomorrow?

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Craig Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 1:09pm

Yeah Sunday is the day.

How's the forecast change, last week they were undercooking it, and now it looks like they've over cooked it.

"double to triple overhead+ surf (occasional bigger waves early)" That's 6-8ft+

I'm expecting 6ft+. So 8ft bombs expected at times through the morning, but I can't see it being bigger.

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Stok Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 1:13pm

Sunday wind will be tricky I think, especially with the strong SW blowing all day Saturday. It may not be blowing from the WNW long enough to really clean it up.

Looking super fun out there at the moment though.

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Craig Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 1:24pm

Yeah, by no way perfect, more lumpy and not super straight. Clean on the face though.

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Vic Local Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 1:59pm

18 ft faces? Time to wax up the 7'8".
Just joking folks. Sunday morning looks the pick. Looks solid but wobbly as.
Given it's high tide, Winki would be better early. Makes for interesting decisions re jet skis if they did move it to the pop.
I say make the pros earn their $$$ battling the sweep old school.
Crazy decision not to start earlier yesterday. Everyone was getting great waves for at least 2 hours before the decision was made to start the women's event at winki. What were the contest organiser's looking at out the windows of their ivory towers?

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wellymon Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 6:48pm

Don't tell people too much mate.
You might find heaps of coffee latte drinkers from the East driving down!

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Vic Local Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 8:29pm

I only talk size when it's going to be too big for your average punter. Today was the perfect size for muppets. Easy to get out, and just big enough for them to get in the way.
And to the old bloke with the 8ft board at Winki today, get a clue. Paddle out when it's super inconsistent, take the first set you see, paddle back up the line up, sit 15m outside the shortboard take off area and get the very next wave. It was 3-4 foot and using a board that long like that won't be tolerated anymore.

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batfink Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 11:32am

VL, feel free to give the old bloke a spray on my behalf. I do not like that sort of behaviour.

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Vic Local Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 11:39am

I suspect batfink may have a certain fondness for Point impossible, helmets, cool artwork, and go pros.

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wellymon Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 4:53pm

BF, was that FR?
Or the old boy, Wellymon?

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Sheepdog Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 2:44pm

Please!!!!!!! WSL...... Stop playing that fucking ad with that hipster "edge of the ocean take me away" song!!!!!!!!!! Just stop it!!!!!! decaff quinoa beach folk......

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mackdog Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 5:40pm

I think there are restrictions on the comp going to Winki on weekends, regardless of conditions. Probably due to the local coastal heath on the cliff top getting trashed a few years ago by spectators when they ran a full day at Winki, even when Bells was firing. It was same day Adam Robbo got 3 barrels and a big end turn on one wave and still lost to Jordy under suspect judging.

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alsurf Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 6:07pm

to add to other comments on surfing today Can't believe coffin was getting the scores he was for powerful but none the less repetitive cut backs . I'm a big fan of rail surfing but at least mick and jordy were mixing it up

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freeride76 Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 7:51pm

Robbo got robbed that heat. He knew it, everyone there knew it.

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wellymon Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 8:18pm

Was surfing today with a couple of champs who rip the shit out of solid, I mean solid 10-12 ft P Pass ( Covershot Surfing World) and 2ft foot, goldie etc etc??? Haha.

I was talking about some bloke from Victoria called, VicLocool, and a forum previous to this! VicLocool was saying on the day ! ,during the comp at bells was 3-4 ft?????? When IMO it looked a lot bigger? As well VicLocool was paying Craig out, about being in Sydney, calling wave heights etc etc.....!

We all agreed that the waves down there break a lot softer. ( Cold Water etc)

Try paddling out at 8ft Burleigh thru the river mouth! Or haha of the cove?
Maybe meet FR on the rocks at 8-10ft, at the ox and give it a go champ?

So much different compared to down there.

Believe me. LoCool;)
Way different.

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Vic Local Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 8:37pm

Hilarious. I think I saw a queensland local in the water today at Bells in his 4/3 hood and booties. Come down for a dawnie when it's 3 degrees and blowing 70km/h offshore in August. Wellymon, we know that's never going to happen. You'd be tucked up under a doona sucking your thumb in the foetal position with your Nanna bringing in a cup of milky tea and a hot water bottle.

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wellymon Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 8:55pm

Haha

I wish Nanna, was bringing me a cup of milky tea and a hot water bottle, because that's what the old girl used to do for the young pip squeak Welly;)
I miss my Nana RIP.

Quote VicColdie "Hilarious. I think I saw a queensland local in the water today at Bells in his 4/3 hood and booties."
Yeah for sure no doubt, Vic Coldie, you get what you are used to, don't you?

Trust me surfed the Catlins,Deep South for 10 years VicLocal.
You would come over and freeze champ.
Actually probably ask Zenagain, for advice on how to keep the 15 litre hot water hot, for when you get out eh;) But the difference is we only have fires over there, not warm cupboards:-)

Look Vicco, I'm not having a go at ya, not even gonna debate with you at all, we found it funny how you were calling sizes and comparing them up here, or along the East Coast?

End of a very different story.

Cheers

Welly

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Vic Local Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 9:02pm

nanas are awesome. What can I say, I just love fishing for north of the border surfers. Maybe Swellnet will let me do a teaching video showing you blokes how to duck dive?

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wellymon Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 9:07pm

Haha good call;)

What's ya technique VC!

Twist the board on the side like Nick Carroll explains?

Ask FR about fishing tho;)

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Vic Local Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 9:11pm

Twist? Don't you just paddle straight out and when the wave comes throw it backwards between your legs?

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wellymon Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 10:01pm

I don't surf 12-15ft foot like you.

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Vic Local Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 10:04pm

Doesn't need to be big for that technique. It's the method of choice lately down our way even at 3 foot.

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indo-dreaming Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 10:03pm
wellymon wrote:

Was surfing today with a couple of champs who rip the shit out of solid, I mean solid 10-12 ft P Pass ( Covershot Surfing World) and 2ft foot, goldie etc etc??? Haha.

I was talking about some bloke from Victoria called, VicLocool, and a forum previous to this! VicLocool was saying on the day ! ,during the comp at bells was 3-4 ft?????? When IMO it looked a lot bigger? As well VicLocool was paying Craig out, about being in Sydney, calling wave heights etc etc.....!

We all agreed that the waves down there break a lot softer. ( Cold Water etc)

Try paddling out at 8ft Burleigh thru the river mouth! Or haha of the cove?
Maybe meet FR on the rocks at 8-10ft, at the ox and give it a go champ?

So much different compared to down there.

Believe me. LoCool;)
Way different.

What?????

Ive lived/surfed in QLD for about ten years and Vic and Tas for the rest of my surfing life and sorry but that is so untrue.

Vicco waves might generally be pretty fat but there not soft the swells are generally long period and packed with power, even John John said the other day how the swells at Bells have a similar power to the North shore or words to that effect.(kinda surprised me he said that actually)

Getting out is generally not a problem down south, not because the swells are soft but generally the setups have a deep water paddle outs and the lulls between sets with the long period swells, if its ever a problem getting out in QLD its not because of the actual power in individual waves it's just the fact the gaps between the waves are shorter and lulls often not as long and the resuting water movement that often goes sidewards, the biggest problem i found at very solid burleigh was often not getting out it was the sweep that often pulled you away from the actual waves once you were out there.

Then once on waves you can feel the power difference again, QLD waves even when solid you can kind of push the wave and feel like your in control, but in Vicco often your just holding on for dear life nursing turns (you could see this the other day even with the pro's)

Also barrels in QLD if the lip brushes you you can often brush it off and hold firm and readjust and often make the impossible, in Vic more times than not if the lip just brushes you your gone.

Tassie west coast is the next step again in power, maybe because less continental shelf?

And the cold water thing doesn't make it softer?....It makes it feel harder.

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wellymon Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 10:05pm

Anyways I think you've surfed TOS at solid pumping 6ft Indo.
Does that break soft?

NO...

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indo-dreaming Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 12:10pm

Don't get me wrong im not saying QLD waves are soft and i love QLD waves especially sand bottom points and TOS and the shape of waves in QLD is generally better than down south they generally have a nice round barrel and a fair even shape, while down south our waves are either very fat or crazy hollow and often change quickly, you bottom turn lining up a nice section, then just before you hit it, it goes fat.

But as far as power goes unless it's a protected location where the swells feel the bottom for a long time before breaking (westernport etc) then spots down South win hands down.

TOS does have a lot of punch i guess because the power is focused into peaks and goes from deep to shallow pretty quick, but if you compare those type of waves to similar setups down south, the power is probably a notch up again.

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wellymon Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 4:46pm

Agree ID, well said.

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Hako o hakonde ... Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 5:39am
wellymon wrote:

Was surfing today with a couple of champs who rip the shit out of solid, I mean solid 10-12 ft P Pass ( Covershot Surfing World) and 2ft foot, goldie etc etc??? Haha.

I was talking about some bloke from Victoria called, VicLocool, and a forum previous to this! VicLocool was saying on the day ! ,during the comp at bells was 3-4 ft?????? When IMO it looked a lot bigger? As well VicLocool was paying Craig out, about being in Sydney, calling wave heights etc etc.....!

We all agreed that the waves down there break a lot softer. ( Cold Water etc)

Try paddling out at 8ft Burleigh thru the river mouth! Or haha of the cove?
Maybe meet FR on the rocks at 8-10ft, at the ox and give it a go champ?

So much different compared to down there.

Believe me. LoCool;)
Way different.

Yeah I would say easier welly, but for Way different reasons. We get ground swell round here 15 to 19 second period lately so there are decent lulls to paddle out from the beach with out getting your hair wet , whereas 12 seconds is a groundswell on the least coast:-)

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wellymon Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 10:02pm

Fair call ID,
Was just giving the Vico boys same banter champ;)

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Vic Local Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 10:13pm

If you're going to chirp Wellymon, best not come from a place with soft waves, bluebottles, crowds in the thousands, and worst of all, The Mad Hueys. Fuck me, Victoria has kneeboarders with more dignity than those twats.

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Sheepdog Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 10:33pm

Ahhhh ya gotta love a bit of banter..... Perhaps one day vic local might surf something big that doesn't peel down a gentle sloping reef, at 15 second intervals with lulls...... A chunky sketchy consistent 6 foot shifting beachie at 10 to 11 seconds will prime ya duckdiving....

15 seconds?...... I could get ready for a duckdive, roll a smoke, order a pizza from torquay, tell the missus I'm gonna be a bit late, and read the footy section of the herald sun before I even grab the rails......... Or just sit in the channel watching netflix.....

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zenagain Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 11:19pm

Until you're lulled into a false sense of security Sheepie and the horizon goes black, you realise you're way inside and you're just about to cop a 10 wave set of ice-cold Mother Natures fury on top of your noggin:)

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Sheepdog Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 11:28pm

Yeah yeah been there done that.... Those gradually deepening sea floors are great... You can see the big ones coming for miles..... Vicco water is pretty warm..... South of Dover Tasmania was a bit cool..... Toasty warm here in south oz...... :p

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southey Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 11:10pm

Got pretty round where I was today . Unfortunately , it was one of the first good days
( light offshores early ) at this location this year . So every " specialist " was there too . Always the same blokes .
I agree with ID , that the only thing that would make Qld hard is close gaps between waves , and consistency . But that is still going to be 11 Sec of energy flat out . Some days you'll have up to 16-17 secs here , and yes flat out ( wave after wave ) no lulls . When the forerunners are up near 23-24 sec's and the swell fills in at 18 with peak swell heights . Then the bulk of the swell can arrive in the 16 sec range . So a couple of beaches will rival Sunset for ease of surfing . And that's when they're are holding 6-8ft .
( Vic local , size ) ;-) then you have the borderline days for the nutters who like 300 m wash ins off one set , only to go round the washing machine to rinse and repeat .

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Sheepdog Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 11:40pm

i partly agree with I.D..... That's if we're talking the bread and butter sand point trade swell set ups at 4 foot , 8 to 10 seconds..... But you get on to a real cyclone swell at 13 seconds, or Fraser Island winter bomb swell at Old woman or PP, or stop rock, and you'll feel a unique type of power unlike anything else.... Rare? Yes.... But you can get a 3 or 4 day run.... Whip cracking.... And Indo, you wont be driving through the lip at 6 foot ledge..... I can assure you.....

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southey Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 12:25am

How many two wave hold downs would you get out of that brutish ( snigger ) 13 sec . swell sheepo ?
As for your 15-16 sec. Winter swell @ Fraser etc . Where do you think that came from , I bet it's off a southerly push rather than a cut off . ie the energy source is from down here , and then when it's on its last legs it's re- invigorated into a wind swell . Or better still like the groundy's they surf in winters all, the way to PNG along the GBR , the same ones that track through the broad high's . YeahNa .
Did you surf the west coast of Tas when you were there ? :-) a few swells coming your way soon .

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Sheepdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 12:43am

Are you pissed or something? How the fuck do you get held down for 2 waves on a super shallow reef like Old woman? It aint deep water, southey..... What happens is you get cut to shreds and break bones.... So there's question one answered....

Question two.. i said winter BOMB.... You know.... upper level low moves off the qld coast near fraser and bombs...... Had 8 to 10 foot Point Perry a few times like that.... And yeah 2 wave hold downs...

Marrawah.... Grunty..... South coast is grunty too.... Well, south west facing coast...... Never surfed shippies.... Too old... Too slow... This old goofy knows his limitations... lol

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Hako o hakonde ... Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 5:56am

Southy and ID have pretty much nailed it, I've seen countless time crew from the east coast look at a 4 to 6 foot beach with no real bank , just peaks all over and think it's magic, rush on out and never get out the back.

Was something special yesterday at some places southey looking forward to first light.

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johnutah Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 11:12pm

Jeez there is some shit that gets posted in these comments.

Surely people can take their in-house jokes offline? It's been going on for days now. Bit of tension in the air I feel.

Whatever floats your boat. I guess.

Anyway, some of the judging has been suspect for sure. Mason's wave with the barrel was well above an 8.5 or whatever it was given.

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Hako o hakonde ... Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 6:15am

Yeah but some people aren't really interested in contests John, unless we're contesting for actual waves:)

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southey Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 11:27pm

John . Occasionally Forum banter seeps into the comments ..... It's not the worst or longest by a long way . But Stu is using it to study his thesis of online psychology , in social warfare . Everyone is here voluntarily , but I believe some might be on the payroll , or they think they are , hence their vigour . The lunatics run this asylum !

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Vic Local Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 9:01am

Lunatics? I resemble that comment. And where's my damn cheque Craig?

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barley Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 11:35pm

I hope you all peel your foreskins back and get into a few the next coupla dayz..yeew!!

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mikehunt207 Friday, 1 Apr 2016 at 11:53pm

It has been getting flogged for a while on this one but I,d have to go with vic local on the mad hueys comment, thank fuck they live on the gold coast ,what a bunch of tools, wannabe jackass with even less brains,ex pro surfers selling stuff? get an original idea, who buys that shit? Speaking of ex pro surfers still trying to sell shit to justify their existence i got a preview of the WA tourism promos for the coming margs comp, bit of vomit in the mouth stuff watching TC, Cairnsy and sadly even MR wanking on about how "raw and natural" (not to mention uncrowded???) Margaret River is ,while sipping wine and wandering around the bush in awestruck wonderment "margies moments" , Cairnsy even claimed he was a farmer! bullshit farmer more like. Fuck you guys! Drive east of bussell hwy and have a look at the suburbs or rock up at umbys and see 30 guys battling it out for a 10m ride . Mother sellers, get a real job cunts.

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Vic Local Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 9:04am

Mike,
Tell us what you really think and stop holding back.

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goofyfoot Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 8:23am

Are some folk on here really saying qld is heavier than Vic? Pfft cmon now please.
Although I think welly is taking the piss

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Vic Local Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 9:09am

The funny thing is, the Banana Benders think surf in Vic starts and ends at Bells. Apart from Western Port, the Surf Coast is the softest place in Vico, and it still has way more punch than queensland.
Nice mankini too Goofyfoot. Did you wear it on a holiday to the Gold Coast (trying to fit in with the locals)?

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goofyfoot Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 3:19pm

Nah i just wear it down Portsea front beach to impress the ladies

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sharkman Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 9:23am

ah but its all in your mind , east coast boasters VS Southern man . So funny to see so many people here trying to judge Vicco/SA/WA based on bells and Winki , which is the soft coast relative to the west coast , which means east Coast is really really soft , watching those big heaving barrels during the snapper pro , and manly hahahahahaha

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wellymon Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 9:47am

Spot on again GF.

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Wharfjunkie Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 10:24am

Vic Local/ Welly how can anyone discuss heavy waves comparing east coast to vic without mentioning Cat Bay or Shellies Beach Phillip Island get caught inside on a big a set you will know about it.

Local surfers are just as heavy drove down with our mates from StKilda for a day mid winter last year howling sth westerly an old bloke pulls out a 10 footer tells us we shouldn't go out as it's a bit unruly today.

Way heavier than those piss ant points in Qld.

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zenagain Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 10:53am

I think we can all agree, this Mexican is the winner.

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wellymon Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 4:30pm

Haha Zen,

That was actually incredible.

The dog should be in the Olympics, on the beam?

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batfink Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 11:50am

Thanks to all, that was a piss funny read. Like going over a conversation between mates who are all stoned to the eyeballs. Hard to keep track of what was what, and I'm not in the loop for half the banter, but that don't matter.

Carry on.

And Gary G, the real one, impressed me greatly with his comment that he tries not to get involved in slanging matches as the uninitiated might not be able to work out who the kook is. That's where I've been most of this read, Gary G, props mate.

Haven't surfed vicco at all, so can't comment, but have surfed 15 - 18 second swell and it is powerful as, had some glorious smashings and terrifying hold-downs, and that is only at 4-6' (about my upper limits, I'm old and feeble, and my prime is behind me).

But beach breaks on east coast can be bitches to surf in anything over 4'.

Will have to try the vicco surf coast one day, when it's 6' or less, and will be very respectful to locals (everyone!) when I do.

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wellymon Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 4:31pm

Nice post BF

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wellymon Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 4:36pm

OOps edited

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Sheepdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 12:28pm

Been on the Robe to Port Fairy stretch now for 7 months.... Yeah heap of big water..... But heaps of crap conditions..... Howled south east over summer for like EVA!!!! That limits surfable spots for months to a meagre handful , most of which are tapered.... So yeah a lot more consistent big water here.... But consistent quality? perhaps that's why there aren't too many pro's out of Vicco.... Perhaps that's why there's never been a vic' world champion...... OUCH!!!!!!! Bahahahahaha

Everywhere has it's good and bad points.....

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lostdoggy Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 1:03pm

Wayne Lynch would have been a more than worthy world champ.
Now he's in the east coast bath tub relaxing his bones ;).

I don't think it's the lack of quality days in Vicco, but there is a lot less kids having 2 or 3 2hr surfs in one day in the sunshine, and there's not banks spread down the entire coast where you can just surf straight out front. A lot less before school surfs, and there is not a big population that lives right on the wave-coast like Sydney and qld. Apart from Winki, crowd is often less competitive.

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Sheepdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 3:11pm

Wayne Lynch????? Holy crap....... That's like talking about the glory days of the Melbourne demons!!!!! But yeah Wayne would've been a worthy champ........ However if we are gonna go that far back, You'd have to give 3, maybe 4 titles to MP, maybe 1 to Drouyn.... Add PT's, Rabbits, Occy doesn't count - thats a cronulla title... Parko, Fanning..... Kong was robbed..... Few blokes on that list that can handle juice...... Kong cut his teeth not on the pissant qld sand bottomed points, but on the qld waves that have a bit of spice...... They do exist..... Just like everyone up north associates Vicco surfing with Bells/winki/surf coast (yet there is sooo much more on offer), Vicco surfers automatically think of Snapper, or Burleigh, or fucking noosa..... They go to these festering shithole points then whinge about it..... Ask Mick F..... I put him onto the goods last swell...... Ask him about the carnage....... MickF surfs ok too....

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goofyfoot Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 3:18pm

Mick Fanning?

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lostdoggy Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 3:22pm

Mick free I think.

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goofyfoot Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 3:28pm

Yeah my attempt at a joke didn't really go that well ay

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lostdoggy Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 3:32pm

Haha, that was my first thought too, then I remembered how many times dog told us that he helped mick score good heavy waves on the SC.

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Sheepdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 3:50pm

Call that a joke???? Now this is a joke......... How do you confuse a feminist? Say to her "as the man in this conversation, I hereby forbid you from making the sammiches".,....... :p

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Hako o hakonde ... Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 4:06pm

Mick free, isn't he the bloke that reported in that the population of J/bay was 1000 people , oh and um yeah 28,000 coloured. So in with in with the in crowd he didn't rate the help as people.
Still flying in and out and not taking much in that's going on around him. :-)))))))

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Sheepdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 3:31pm

No, swellnet blogger mickfree.....

If however that's not what you are referring to Goofy, and you are referring to Fanning being born in nsw, I'm pretty sure he moved at a very young age to qld....... Dunno if he competed before moving..... If his first comp surfing was in qld, do "state of origin" rules count? lol..... Or is he a cockroach? :p

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goofyfoot Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 3:53pm

Yeah I think I read he was born in Penrith, then moved to Ballina. Then goldy.
Surfed with him at viccos premier left point break last weekend. Slater has been making appearances too. Good to see the local guys still getting the best waves though! And I don't mean the guy who got wotd on here the other day! Grrrr

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Wharfjunkie Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 7:59pm

Not impressed Goofy what about the following article?

Might see you out there tomorrow champ gonna boat pool.

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goofyfoot Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 9:49pm

You're not impressed? Or me?
I don't get it.

Nah I won't be there tomorrow, last week was a fucken joke

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Wharfjunkie Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 3:11pm

Sorry mate I meant are you not impressed by the Wave of the day?

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GarryG Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 12:35pm

Zen wrote:Quote:

I think we can all agree, this Mexican is the winner.

Yeh, well, almost certainly, depending on whether or not you perceive that without observing it.

Word has it the dog only started to learn to do that in its late teens, then later when it was 12, it found a famous dog doing it in secret, and stitched it up in secret. But before that, when it was older, it was a fearless champion charger at skiing in its piss, and as a powerfull young champion athlete, but then, later when it was a younger even skinnier, skinny little pup it got really intimidated at a place where you could do it, so it went to heaps harder places and then did it easily. Then, much later, when it was much younger than its late teens, at 9 and an even skinnier little pup, it pissed all over another legend at really heavy places to piss up in the NW, but got really scared. That was the first time it had done it, but it did it first another time, twice. In the end it didn't even piss, some other old privy dogs told it about pissing so it didn't have to piss to even piss. Then it just couldn't piss anyway or it would just piss too hard. Then of course the terrible, terrible, horrible, devastating injury happened and the greatest pissing artist of all time couldn't piss so magnificently ever again, even though he would have easily been the greatest pissing artist ever. If that horrible, terrible, terrible, horrible, devastating, shocking injury didn't stop him. It all started in his late teens. Then when he was younger. Shit, that doesn't make sense. Well, he's told us twice anyway.

But in the end an even greater pisser pissed all over Joel Fitz, because, even though Joel Fitz is the real deal, genuine charger from hell, this other pisser uses zen, and just knows heaps anyway, and does heaps, so he and his mate stupor would stitch him up anywhere they like, and pissed all over him, calling him not very good at all, just a kook. Then they carefully pissed on him, carefully calling him a prick. Later they demonstrated the famous hand stand while pissing backwards stunt.

Its all here, but you daren't tell anyone because its naughty and no one will piss in your ear if you do.

http://www.swellnet.com/news/swellnet-dispatch/2016/01/26/north-coast-pe...

That heavy backwards pissing guy found pissing at the place where the skinny young kid that got younger as he got older got really scared at and pissed at without pissing, really easy for him, because he learned how to piss without pissing too. Also, now there are two dogs who can piss together, again, they know how to do it in secret.

But the real yard tick, the leader of all the gang of pissers here is Triple G, the famous, and as he says the one and only Gary G, (now as a ginger) the true leader of the gang of pissers here. He is really clever at sneaking around and doing stuff in secret, because if he gets caught he'll shit himself while he's pissing. He got caught, so the gold of Gary stinks.

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Hako o hakonde ... Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 1:46pm

In a box uppy, not in secret just discretely.

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Sheepdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 2:53pm

There's no "I" in Garryg......... But there is "gay"..... And "gag"......

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GarryG Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 2:59pm

Bad arse face booker. Now the SE legend, only took a coupla months. Its pumping down there today. Keep driving.

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Sheepdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 3:19pm

No its not...... It's howling onshore.... Get ya fuckn facts right Gaz......

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDS60801/IDS60801.95816.shtml

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GarryG Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 3:16pm

Burke and Wills. Keep driving burke.

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talkingturkey Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 8:56pm

Ha ha. Now that gents is a pisser!! Carry on.

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Hako o hakonde ... Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 2:32pm

I could think of a heap of spots that are good in se winds in the western distrcts, but not wth sa plates on your car.

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Sheepdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 3:17pm

From Nelson to Port Fairy you can think of "heaps" of spots that are good in se winds? Hang on..... Just gotta go to the oxford dictionary........ Heaps....... Oh, yes.... They say heaps can mean 3.........
My bad...... Bahahahaha

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Hako o hakonde ... Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 3:49pm

Here we go, the blow in local:-)))) got it all sewn up in 6 months.

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Sheepdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 4:39pm

6 months????? Fuck off mate.... Took me 3 weeks.... Like shelling peas, this coastline...... Strengthening northerlies, open coasts..... Turns nw to west - sheltered spots....... sw change blows through - turns to shit, unless you wanna buy steamed dim sims at the pt leo shop..... Se to east - lets go riding grand prix motor bikes....... Or maybe a spot of fishing in Port phillip? Snapper should be biting..... Blue bait or squid.... You bring the sammiches...... ;P

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goofyfoot Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 4:49pm

haha summed it up perfectly Sheep.
Naaahhhhhhhttttt

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Hako o hakonde ... Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 5:15pm

Do you even surf?

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Sheepdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 9:07pm

No.... I just come here for the beer..... Ohh... And the lobster rolls at Flinders.... And the cherries at red hill.... Is the Dava still there, mate? Or have they bulldozed it? Used to be a great pissup there in the late 80s..... They'd pump the place full of sand and have "beach nights".....
You've got no idea, mate..... Haven't even cottoned on I'm originally from Vicco..... Bahahahahahahaha.......

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GarryG Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 1:59pm

Just how the queen's family would piss it!

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GarryG Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 2:36pm

The real Vicco's adore the South Ozzies! Kym Thompson, and of course, look what this guy reckons. Might have been before the ageless pissing gang member flogged him maybe. There's a few versions floating around.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/breaking-news/victorian-surf-legend-wayne-l...

I've surfed with heaps of legendary big wave West Vic guys from around the border. They came over every year for ages. The things they used to say. Yazzie came too. Surfed with him too. Fun times.

Bit different versions to that stinking hot teenager that shit himself, then got younger and younger and a more legendary pisser by the day. The mighty ginger, Gary G, Triple G was no where to be seen either.

As kids we loved the South East/Vicco area. Went there all the time. But that was over 40 odd years ago. Fuck, the states would meet up for club rallies down there.

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Hako o hakonde ... Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 5:51am

Kevin ? :)Ring a bell uppy

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GarryG Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 4:33pm

There was a Kev that rode a kneeboard on the SA side back then. Is that him?

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Hako o hakonde ... Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 5:11pm

Na, from Adelaide, owned land at the island, lived in south af.

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GarryG Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 6:30pm

I think you might mean Broom Hilda. He was more a friend of Marty's and his brother Terry, and the news reader John Riddel. Terry and I were best mates and worked together, so I saw him a bit, if its the same guy. Haven't seen him for around 35 years though.

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sir ambrose bea... Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 6:41pm

rip Kev

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wellymon Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 7:40pm

Peace to him Sir.

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Hako o hakonde ... Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 7:40pm

Sir Ambrose knows him, he passed in 2006. I'm pretty sure he was known earlier as Kev the head, best mates with Spike.

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goofyfoot Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 4:34pm

Just read Surflines forecast for tomorrow.
"Occasional 16-18+ faces"!!!

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Vic Local Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 4:45pm

Why not just round it up to 20? Gotta get the punters through the gate.

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udo Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 7:58pm

Was there a rise in swell at Bells on dusk ?

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Vic Local Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 8:06pm

no. Still blowing strong onshore too. Bad decision by contest organisers not to run heats thursday morning. If Fanning, Cathels, Ibelli or Smith win it, they may need to surf 4 times in one day. Big advantage for the other 4 still in it.
The other option is to run finals on a weekday.

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zenagain Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 8:08pm

How many days left in the waiting period?

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indo-dreaming Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 8:20pm

At the very least they should have finished round five the other day, ideally the whole round should surf in similar conditions.

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indo-dreaming Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 8:28pm

BTW Vic Local, wasn't it you who was saying over a week ago that they should be holding off and waiting for the next swell because it will be better (which is this one) :P

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Vic Local Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 9:32pm

Next swell was always late this week. Thursday was only 2-3ft but it was consistent and straight. Very contestable. Blind Freddy could see Friday was going to be a good day and Saturday was always going to be onshore.
Next three days: Biggish lumpy with offshore AM with sea breezes kicking in. Dropping monday with the SE winds kicking in early in the day. (maybe get an early morning land breeze). Tuesday (last day of the waiting period) further decrease in the swell, favourable winds but big chance of residual SE windswell making a mess of the lineup.
If I was contest director I'd just run it all tomorrow.

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pigdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 9:02pm

Torquay surf report sun 3rd of April
1&half garrys with 2 Garry's at swell magnets on the sets
Light w wind.

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Sheepdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 9:10pm

Will it be consistent garrys? Or will there be big uplifts between the sets?

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pigdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 9:18pm

I hope it's consistent otherwise I'm going to have to mount this machine gun to the front of my surfboard for the dropins and a fly squat for the dude who sits inside and half paddles for the best wave of the set and never gets on to it like every set.

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Sheepdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 9:24pm

Soz', man..... I'll try not to do that tomorrow..... But 2 Garrys is outta my league.... So i hope it's 1 1/2 Garrys....

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Vic Local Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 9:39pm

Pigdog. While you have the machine gun in place, shoot every fucker at winki with a board bigger than 7 feet long*^

*unless it's 6ft+
^or 10 foot queensland scale.

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Sheepdog Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 10:19pm

Which is 3 foot tassie scale..... I really think the garry scale has to be adopted...... You know it makes sense..........

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Gary G Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 4:53pm

Two Garys (A Gary and a Garry) with predictable and repetitive uplifts. Occasional word-count tsunamis that are best let wash through to the beach without acknowledgement.

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southey Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 10:29pm

Sheepo ,
I'm disappointed you moved to a Coast that is known to be shit in Summer .
Mostly from atmospheric anomalies , but a lot to do with geographical .

I also know that Victoria's longest wave broke epicly in the middle to late summer period , where as it is usually associated with winter . And we are talking close to 6ft Vic size , just not the usual period associated with it . So would of had you all horny .
Of all, places the MP has the least options ( believe it or not ) when it comes to winds . Back in the day if you had a car on gas you could almost surf any day of the year somewhere within 4hrs of Melbourne . If you had a pilots licence even more .
But your best weapon are your legs , a sense of adventure , non pulsed by heights , a keen weather eye , and a willingness to walk up to 4-5 hrs carry board/s on trails similar in diversity to SW Tas , and even Shippies in difficulty .
We won't go naming names here , but every wind is covered . Not every option is for everyone though.
PD please, the unit of measure is a Gary ( people got lost in the plurality ) , the other is just a Unit .
Garrfield ,
Can you confirm who the first person was, to surf real waves on your coast ( EP & Far West ) , [Fisheries whilst nice doesn't count ] , where they were from and When . ( Rumour I heard it wasn't a Crow eater , or at very least not someone from Adelaide . )
Of course , ( my source maybe wrong so I will rely on your thorough nature to answer correctly ) . Shouldn't take you long as apparently you know all the legends , like the back of your hand !?!?

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Hako o hakonde ... Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 5:46am

Perhaps maybe a little less talk about Gippslands finest waves southy or you wont be welcome back to the Port Albert pool comp this year, don't want sheepie moving over here. Land prices have dropped enough without him dragging them down further. let the dog chase it's own tail.

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Sheepdog Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 5:57pm

I often travel to Gippys , hacko..... I chill with morris and we spend mornings surfing straighthanders.... He taught me how to do the "Venus flytrap", an amazing manoeuvre that really can only be performed in the sort of powerful surf the Gippsland is renowned for..... Of an afternoon, we sink piss, race tractors, and yell at the tv as the saints lose yet again..... You're a fuckn chaaaaampion Nick!!!!!! And why Plugger had to leave for Sydney still has me fucked!!!!!!!!
Solid 2 Garrys and a Gary here today..... Or 14 1/2 foot faces qld scale!!

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Sheepdog Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 6:03pm

There are personal and financial reasons for where I am southey..... I wont go into it too much.... My violin is broken.... But my wife's health hasnt been the best.... She's a south oz girl..... Her family is here, 4 hour drive to them and a leading specialist........ And I still have easy access to Melbourne from where we are which makes catching up with my brother and the family business a lot easier than remote Tasmania.
Surfing is great part of life.... But it's part of life....

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southey Monday, 4 Apr 2016 at 12:25pm

Sheepo , I'm hearing you and I'm feeling for you !?!

Lucky you can escape a little in here .

Just trying to help .

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Gary G Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 at 11:21pm

Nice surf report, Pigdog. And sheepy, the beauty of The Gary is that it's all things to all people. The Gary has got what you need, no mater what your persuasion.

And yes, Southey you have a keen eye. The Gary has something for everyone, The two-r Garry Is a more...unique...proposition.

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GarryG Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 12:20am

Chickens of a feather.

All the sources in the world are useless if you are a bullshitting chickenshit brokeback, chicken soufle. Get out from between their legs. You shit yourself at blacks, wouldn't go near it, didn't surf it, not such a big deal, but then you concocted the most ludicrous bullshit ever heard in surfing, rather than just admit it. Everywhere you went, the skinny intimidated kid line pops up, all the stupid contradictions. Even though you only started surfing in your late teens. The timeline is hilarious. And so intimidated, so easily, after you dribbled on what a hard core super athlete you were before you surfed. 'I'll charge too hard'. That horrible, horrible, terrible, petrifying, monumental, horrific, fucking ludicrous injury stopped my greatness'. Lying wanker. I've surfed blacks with guys a million times better than you, that rave about it and made it a priority to surf it. But, you are the man in WA, SA, and Western VIc. I would have loved to have met you, I would have had so much fucking fun. See, the difference is chicken soufle, I'm talking from personal experience, not about things I heard, like you, trying to be a groovy, connected charger that knows privy old guys. Privy old guys at blacks? That's so fucking funny. I did surf heaps with both Carls, so I know which one had the incident at Margarets. You just spout bullshit and drop names that you heard somewhere, so like your 'Morgs' story you fuck up all the time and try and bullshit out of it. Arse lick whoever you want, it does you no good, you shit your pants at blacks. Simple.

Get out from between Triple G"s toothpick legs, he must be stoked, this is a whole new world for him. Who the fuck would suck up to fucking skulking chickenshit Gary fucking G. Wankers of a feather. Another one who shit his pants at blacks and can't cope.

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southey Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 12:20am

Answer the question fuck stick .
And It's Karl with a K . He was nicknamed Carlos .
Blacks isn't the whole coast .
I don't talk of what else I've done In detail like yourself . And the very little has atleast been water based sports , ( AFL is exempt , as the jumpers precede wetsuits )
BECAUSE IT HAS FUCK ALL TO DO WiTH SURFING .
Note your boyfriend Tom Brady shares your style on a board , and his GF has better style than both you . On and off the board .
So again who surfed the west coast of SA first . Maybe Jeff or Gator or SABF have the knowledge you lack ?

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GarryG Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 12:38am

Wank, wank, wank. All your feeble, bullshitting contradictory, ludicrous dribble is on here. He was the KId. You shit your pants and bullshit. You mouthed off about blacks ages ago on here, then had to admit you haven't even surfed it. I wouldn't know who surfed all over here first. If I wanted to so bad, I'd just ask. But, I surfed blacks heaps, And with heaps of guys that shit all over you. That made it a yearly priority. That loved it, that didn't shit their pants and bullshit like you. I didn't shit myself like you do chicken soufl'e. Get out from between everyone's legs.

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freeride76 Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 7:14am

looks like another day of onshore, lumpy caca

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Craig Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 7:17am

Wind not really co-operating, looks average.

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caml Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 7:22am

How big is the surf at bells ? Vic l ? Craig ? Southy? Gary ?

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Craig Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 7:23am

Solid 6ft from what I've seen, likely to be some bigger bombs out there. How's it your way, macking?

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freeride76 Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 7:24am

Question for vic locals: would anyone be surfing Bells on a day like today?

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Stok Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 7:33am

Nah too bumpy, doesn't look much fun, size looks good though. Heading to protected corners.

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gearoid Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 7:39am

I don't surf many weekends, but during the week you will rarely see blokes out at Bells when it is like this. You might see some semi pros or RCJ and TC or guys like that, or you might see a few young blokes who don't know what they're in for, but usually not many.

Winki is a bit more accessible on days like this but the sweep is pretty bad, ride a wave for 35m, paddle for 350.

For one, it is a lot of hard work. You spend ore time paddling around than anything else. Then, the pros make the waves look better than they actually are. Most of the time you are just holding on and hoping for the best as you bounce down the face. Not much fun, really.

(although the regulars on this forum will no doubt say they use days like this to push their kids into a few soft ones on the g boards...)

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talkingturkey Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 10:25pm

As Paul Keating once asked of Andrew Peacock: "Can a soufflé rise twice?"

Southey? Hako?

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wally Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 9:39am

Not classic conditions by a long chalk. But cleaned up a little. Fun, demanding waves and, most importantly, plenty of them. Much, much more entertaining for me to watch than glassy predictable conditions where everybody just bobs around waiting for the 2 or 3 bigger waves in the half hour.

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zenagain Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 9:49am

True Wally. Good to see what seperates the pro's from us everyday mugs. Pretty testing conditions but not uncontestable.

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pigdog Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 10:39am

Peter Mal ' 6-8 sets'
That's double Garry if any one is confused.

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Craig Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 10:46am

A lot cleaner now as well with that onshore wind backing off, letting the strength of the swell keep it straight and fairly decent on the face.

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freeride76 Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 10:56am

looks a lot better now, with the sun on it.

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Craig Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 10:59am

Totally agree, amazing how that happens!

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southey Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 11:16am

Swell period is still climbing . Up to 17-18 secs . I think the energy size has peaked though . ( at least for bells ) .
The sun is their enemy , conditions will only deteriate from here .
I haven't seen much energy over 6 ft . Maybe 8 if you wa g to be generous . If only it had 6-8 hours of offshore overnight .
Hako , funnily enough that's exactly to one of the places I was alluding to . ie walk

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lostdoggy Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 11:13am

Epic final shaping up.
Jordy and Wilko are so good to watch out there.
Mick's alright too, but pretty bored of him ;)

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Craig Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 11:15am

Jordy is on fire and so smooth!!

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zenagain Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 11:18am

For sure. Lovely surfing.

Gonna be a good contrast with the two styles in the final.

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lostdoggy Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 11:19am

Yep.
Is it 1hr break or 0.5?

Want to go for a splash.

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zenagain Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 11:29am

Love Wilko's surfing and would like to see him take the final. His surfing at solid J-Bay a couple of years ago really showcased the different lines he draws on bigger waves.

Can't help but feel with that stance though if he was Brazillian he'd get the shit bagged out of him.

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Hako o hakonde ... Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 11:31am

The only time I've bothered to look at the bells live to see what the conditions are like and I get a commercial and 3 guys on a panel, didn't watch it for long but I reckon Barton Lynch has been getting coaching in media from Bruce McAvaney.

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zenagain Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 12:24pm

Onya Wilko.

Deserved winner.

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lostdoggy Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 12:29pm

Well done Wilko!
The true test for him will be in the barreling events.
Margarets will suit him again though.

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goofyfoot Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 1:20pm

He was charging at big chopes a couple of years ago.

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lostdoggy Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 4:25pm

I don't doubt he'll charge. More his read on the sections and making tricky tubes (particularly backhand) is not up there with some of the other guys IMO, but that may change.
But in his favour, the premier barrel events are lefts and he was lucky the goldy wasn't barreling or a behind the rock event.
Good to hear he's going over early to try and get some practice out at the box. Sounds like he's pretty determined this year.

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wellymon Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 1:01pm

Nice one Wilko,

Good to see you, Drinking a Tallie champ, not to sure about that piss weak girl beer tho;)

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Craig Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 1:05pm

Reflecting back on the event and forecasts I'm pretty damn stoked that it all came in pretty much on forecast.

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Vic Local Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 7:04pm

Except you overcalled it a bit. Other than that a pretty good effort by SN and way better than the muppets at Surf Line.
I'm pretty comfortable with my forecast this year. Called BS when it needed to be done, kept my mouth shut when the waves were going to be good, and got a few surfs in.
See you next year mother fuckers!!! and in the immortal words of Jeff Fenech (look him up kids) I'd just like to say, "eeeeeeeeehhhhhhhm, I love youse all".

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wellymon Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 4:12pm

Thanks Dad.

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Gary G Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 1:54pm

I haven't seen anything today but you've certainly been right to the nearest Gary for the previous days, Craig.

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Craig Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 1:56pm

Shot from Tim Bonython of Terry Richardson Bells 81!!

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wellymon Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 4:48pm

Timmy B!

Never knew you were that old!

You obviously have stepped up, with the equipment champ;)

Looks a little grainy and old school, which I actually like.
Cheers
Welly

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indo-dreaming Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 3:02pm

Happy to see Wilko win but i do think he has been over scored this year and it was rather boring viewing today.

Personally id much rather had see as much of the comp run the other day at winki although much smaller the cleaner condition would have produced much better surfing.

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Vic Local Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 3:44pm

Wilko surfed great, but i'd love to see judges put more emphasis on wave size. Not a good look when the pros are ignoring the sets and catching the tiddlers.

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wellymon Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 4:13pm

Tiddlers were the best Grandad.

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tux Monday, 4 Apr 2016 at 2:26pm
indo-dreaming wrote:

Happy to see Wilko win but i do think he has been over scored this year and it was rather boring viewing today.

Personally id much rather had see as much of the comp run the other day at winki although much smaller the cleaner condition would have produced much better surfing.

It looked pretty fucking spectacular from the beach yesterday...hitting that end section down near the button was deth and glory shit....after surfing in the morning I reckon you guys had it about right 6 foot with a few bigger bombs..well played

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wellymon Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 4:44pm

Don't fuck us all around Lost Doggie?

There is 6 pages of this shit to read.

Ive Read it all, but can not be bothered trying to find ya post, If you know what I mean;)

Swellnet sort this shit out please;-)

LAST POST???
Straight to it!

Simple
Cheers.

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lostdoggy Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 4:55pm

Go back a page. Toward the end. Chattin to goofy.

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wellymon Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 6:52pm

;)

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lostdoggy Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 at 7:24pm

I do see where you are coming from, welly. My posts are all vitally important.