Watch: Boiling Pot from the sky

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Stu Nettle (stunet)
Swellnet Dispatch

It was a big day at the points, one of the best in recent memory, with 4-6ft of ENE cyclone swell courtesy of Oma.

If you were out there try to spot yourself, if you weren't then drool in jealousy.

Two vids. Hook in.
(Footage iflynoosa)


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tiger Thursday, 21 Feb 2019 at 8:48pm

I haven't regretted leaving the sunny coast 6 months ago for a moment......until now.

Fuck me! The pot/nasho's hasn't been like that in donkeys.

Hope I get something tomorrow to numb the pain.

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Eugene Green Thursday, 21 Feb 2019 at 8:56pm

Why the jetskis????

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NickT Thursday, 21 Feb 2019 at 10:34pm

Two clubbies stopping the other jetskis from getting too close to the surfers. Apparently the other couple of skis were Red Bull crew filming Julian Wilson

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simba Thursday, 21 Feb 2019 at 8:59pm

Looks awesome ,except for the pack

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Solitude Thursday, 21 Feb 2019 at 9:07pm

Can you imagine rolling up there in the 60’s!? Must’ve been special

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gander50 Sunday, 24 Feb 2019 at 1:21pm

we use to sleep at main beach; always a park at National and timeless walk to tee tree and beyond; I can't get motivated to surf there any more

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LeBarry Thursday, 21 Feb 2019 at 9:27pm

out and around people - don't waste other peoples waves

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fitzroy-21 Thursday, 21 Feb 2019 at 9:29pm

Love to know what Granites was like..

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NickT Thursday, 21 Feb 2019 at 10:33pm

Raw, very lumpy and not surfable

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mrkook Thursday, 21 Feb 2019 at 11:40pm

Yep waste of time especially with the insane sweep - wish I had saved my arms for the weekend.

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samzub Thursday, 21 Feb 2019 at 10:54pm

Sick clip.. who shot this? Would love to email ya about using a couple waves for a project

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Island Bay Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 5:10am

So so good. One of the best feeling waves I've ever surfed.

Congratulations to those of you that scored it.

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spencie Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 7:07am

It was good in the sixties. Quite often no one out during the week (no dole then).

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hamishbro Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 7:33am

Noosa is definitely the most reliable place to go in these cyclone swells.

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indo-dreaming Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 7:54am

Looks super fun, but that pack is ridiculous, i honestly don't know if id bother paddling out, its just a lucky dip that you would even get one decent one.

Then notice how when the sets come through they break that little wider so the crowd is right in the way, guys aren't surfing their just dodging people.

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dandandan Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 8:25am

Does anyone get really anxious on epic point swells? The pressure to make sure you get at least one, knowing that when you take off there's 150m of people all hoping you fall, mixed with intense froth that the point has finally lit up? Until I get one and get into the right headspace, it's a bloody emotional rollercoaster.

Funny though... sure it's crowded, but I've seen just as many surfing freezing cold Hobart points on a swell half the size haha.

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teezyheezy34 Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 8:33am

Tassie gets crowded? Heck, I didn’t know there were point breaks anywhere near Hobart.

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Andrew Langton Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 8:36am

Can not surf anymore because of a crippling spine injury guys an girls enjoy mother nature at its best soak up that feeling on a wave please.

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blow-in-9999 Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 8:49am

Looks rubbish. Crumbly / sectiony 4' barrel. Into a wide fat section dodging the hordes. Meh.

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gunther Saturday, 23 Feb 2019 at 12:41pm

You surfed somewhere better on this swell?

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blow-in-9999 Saturday, 23 Feb 2019 at 6:02pm

Certainly got better waves last weekend than anything here, only 3-4 out too. Better footage from a number of spots already this swell. Been swamped with work all week.

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oldman Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 10:56am

Had a week of it like that in the early70's.
Remember us being pissed off about there being 15-20 guys on it after coming up from SA where you could surf on your own (and still can a lot of times)
Just couldn't bring myself to surf with that crowd, but a great wave.

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spenda Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 11:29am

Old mate gets completely run over by a single fin at 0:58 in the first vid. Must have duckdived just deep enough

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karliosis Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 11:55am

Enjoyed Sunny Coast FM playing in the background there.

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mugofsunshine Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 12:14pm

I tried to backdoor the Pot at the end of a wide/fat one from T Tree. It grew, turned brown and went very dark. I remember hitting rocks in the foetal position and the feeling of moving very fast underwater. I re-surfcaed near the flat jump rock around the corner. Worst flogging I've had there for sure.

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rondoggie Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 4:21pm

came up from the gold coast for swell only to see some of the best surfers in the world show their greedy disrespectful attitude to all others
I too have a ski but wouldn't dream of doing tow outs to avoid the rip then sliding off the sled for the sets.(you ignorant fucks!)
someone said to me today why didn't you burn them, there was 6-8 skis with 2-3 guys on each, you couldn't keep up there was so many!
well I earned my 4 or 5 waves over a few hours and i now have sore feet from the walk and sore shoulders from the constant paddle but at least i know I can sleep well knowing that i respect my fellow surfers.
get a clue-we say it every swell-
why are these guys getting away with this?again

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Bnkref Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 6:40pm

Name and shame them rondoggie if you know who they were. They need to be held accountable.

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rondoggie Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 7:21pm

i hate to say it but a guy by the name of Julian Wilson seemed to be pretty rested from not much paddling!
it i heard grommets talking about what they were doing on the walk around and how cool it was.
imagine a lineup with 30-40 skis in 3-5 ft waves, were heading there !

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Bnkref Sunday, 24 Feb 2019 at 9:45pm

That’s disappointing. Our best hope for a world title too.

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rondoggie Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 7:23pm

maybe we can zoom in on the drone footage and get there rego's!
can someone do that?

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fisheads Saturday, 23 Feb 2019 at 2:28pm

Respect

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nic-martyn Friday, 22 Feb 2019 at 7:59pm

Drooling in jealousy??

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CutbackBretto Saturday, 23 Feb 2019 at 12:22pm

I got lucky with a park. Then I jumped off flat rock and realised how stupid that was... caught my 1st wave, did the run around to tea tree and rested in the sweep until I hit the pot. Paddled there to stay stationary and waited on any wave I could get.

Got lucky and scored just about every pass. Got dropped in on a couple of times but was able to grab their board and shove them back... I feel pretty lucky to be honest, I think I got a lot more than most out there.

Only thing that would've made my day better was the fact that I caught the wave a 3:50 - 3:55 in the top video but he didn't follow me with the drone. I would've loved to have seen myself riding pumping Noosa!

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uncle_leroy Saturday, 23 Feb 2019 at 7:57pm

Looks like that bright yellow/orange wetsuit top was out on the bar this morning, and a foil surfer

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spuddyjack Sunday, 24 Feb 2019 at 1:15pm

Hardly jealous,
Looks more like an American set on a "quiet" day.
A wanker battle for a wave - dodge and weave - edgy testosterone to "get my share" - fuck that!