Aussie surf pics & clips!

[Jakee]

since there is a picture thread in north america i thought i would start one here. ill start with some photos of south straddy a couple of days ago.....993992991994995

[iggy]

Yewwww!!

[prjwebb]

That break always looks so warm and fun!

[Slowman]

A million bull sharks can't be wrong, they love the warm water up there!!

[Jakee]

The firewires are too fast for the bull sharks up here!!!!

[iggy]

The firewires are too fast for the bull sharks up here!!!!

hahaha!!!

[iggy]

very appropriate!!!

[Slowman]

Some outside Ours from back in March:
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[Slowman]

Some from the middle at Ours
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[Slowman]

Here's a beauty of Koby on an outside pit from Oneshuteye Cronulla Beach's FB page they just put it up today. Just slightly better than the ones taken on my phone! Enjoy.
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[Jakee]

Here's a beauty of Koby on an outside pit from Oneshuteye Cronulla Beach's FB page they just put it up today. Just slightly better than the ones taken on my phone! Enjoy.
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Ours is such a crazy wave!! You have to know what your doing to surf there that's for sure!

[prjwebb]

Ours is such a crazy wave!! You have to know what your doing to surf there that's for sure!

And be a nutjob to go with it!

[STC67]

Solid !!

[Chris]

slowman is that you out there??

[Slowman]

Chris, no....never! Actually, I used to go round and watch it in big swells as a teenager by myself and watch and imagine that one day guys would surf it. Just further round inside Botany Bay a bit more there is another break that barrels pretty good too and is nowhere as wild but it needs to be 10' out Ours to get 5'. I might surf the middle break one day...you know as a bucket list item but the outside break right next to the rock ledge is crazy. It takes about 30 mins to get into the water and probably about 30 mins to get out, you have to get the timing between the sets so right or you get dragged across the rocks or worse. The third picture above you can see the horrendous shorie in the foreground...that is what you have to contend with if you get it wrong. You can also find pictures of Kelly about to get creamed by it online.

Here are some pics from my local beach from the best day last year...no photos of me but I surfed it that day and got a couple in the afternoon
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[Slowman]

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[prjwebb]

That looks so sick!

[iggy]

Slowman that looks soooooo good

[iggy]

Wise guy!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqvoXeXkic4&feature=player_embedded#!

[Jakee]

Is that just a beachy slowman? I want some of that!

[Goanna]

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Dunnies?

[Slowman]

Is that just a beachy slowman? I want some of that!
Yep, it gets like that when we get rain which breaks open creeks that flush sand out to create some amazing banks. Decent NE swell and NW winds help too!

Dunnies?
No but the clues are above! Further south across the river.

[core personal training]

SSSHHHHHH slow...!!

south of the river then go west.................

[prjwebb]

several thousand km west...

[Chris]

haha keep that oner a secret!!

looks awesome!

[Slowman]

Dunnies?
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[David_KJeep]

Hi guys,

I put together a few videos from my GoPro taken in July on the PNator. It was probably 1 to 4 ft waves but most waves were very straight anyway.

http://vimeo.com/49957949/

[Slowman]

You'll be amazed to know there are still isolated stretches of coastline in Sydney
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[Chris]

how are people doing with the shark threat these days in AUS??

[50young]

Why worry mate. More chance of serious injury on the way to beach than in the water

[Slowman]

Chris, maybe you heard some news about the Western Australian premier's announcement that they will introduce shark culling. In WA they do have a problem with great whites migrating from Seth Efrika - the bastards are ferociously hungry by the time they come up out of the deep ocean trenches and hit the coastline. Not sure what time of year this occurs (spring?) but your chances increase around those times of becoming a snack. Other than that as the waters warm up they become more active near beaches everywhere. I personally avoid, dawn and dusk at certain beaches. It hasn't gotten bad enough that I've had to resort to using burleigh at one of the beach so I can go surf the other!

Though as 50young says more chance of a motoring fatality. Hey 50young leave a bit earlier when there is no traffic!

[David_KJeep]

I don't think there is a season where sharks are more present in the area or more hungry. I think there have been 5 or 6 fatalities over the last 12 months in WA waters hence the governement introduced a new regulation allowing to catch and kill the protected great whites if they are coming around popular beaches and threatening the beachgoers. I know it's dividing the community over wether or not we should kill the great whites as it seems some alternatives are possible (like not burrying whale carcass along the shore where all the oil is flowing in the ocean attracting the sharks...). Anyway, what do you reckon?

I'm still going in the water, even at dawn or dusk but I reckon I'm more cautious around those times and some of my mates are going back in before dusk to avoid the risk.

[Slowman]

David, I'd heard this "migration theory" from marine biologists that have been tagging and tracking great whites. Before they started tracking them they had no idea that they were migrating from SA to WA through deep ocean trenches in the Indian ocean, where there would be little food available - sounds plausible to me.

On the score of culling, for sure there are alternatives. Electronic shark shield networks could be used to protect certain beaches, say the most popular ones, so that everyone could go to a "safe" beach nearby. When I did an Ironman WA at Busselton in 2004 they used electronic protection (Shark Shield (http://sharkshield.com/)) like this for the swim because there had been a couple of attacks nearby. Seems like an idea that should please everybody. I can't understand why it hasn't caught on, the maintenance costs compared with the cost shark netting and checking the nets daily must be cheaper.

[Fazza]

Living and surfing in the South West WA it is always in the back of your mind, I try to avoid dawn and dusk and always surf with a few mates. There are plenty of people talking about it and possible solutions. There was a few shark sitings last weekend at a few popular surf breaks which were closed for a day or so. In the last few months I have been wearing a shark shield from Hawaii by ESDS and never saw anyone with one now seeing lots of people wearing them. I know there is no guarantee but if you get some peace of mind for you and the wife then it has to be worth it.

I have recently read and independent report on the effectiveness of shark shields and although there was no definitive proof that they are 100% effective with all shark types and sizes they concluded that it was better to have one than not. They also found that they do not attract sharks, sharks will hear your heart beat before they will know you have a shark shield on.

I think there has been a major effect on people holidaying in the south west and usually on a long weekend before the school holidays the cars are streaming down from Perth but not last weekend there was hardly anyone on the road.

[Slowman]

Found an interesting discussion comparing Shark Shield with ESDS here http://www.wadivers.com.au/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8181

The ESDS unit is far more appealing for surfing being so small. Hopefully more testing and better data will show the limits of both units.

I haven't seen anyone wear one over here on the east coast yet but I'd be thinking about one for my beach for dawn patrol. The next beach around has the most great white sightings pa in the area!

[Will.]

I visited Australia when I was younger and loved it, such an amazing place. My uncle lived near Byron Bay, Fernleigh, Bangalow area. Id love to go back and live there for a few months, the sharks and spiders do put me off though hahaha! I think the East/south east coast (queensland, new south wales) is where I would like to go, are there generally more parts of australia which are sharkier than others or are they just everywhere?

[Slowman]

In the Byron Bay area Wategos and Tallows (the back beach around the corner from Wategos) are supposedly the sharkier spots and I recall surfing there one day with a baby shark swimming through the lineup chasing fish. It swam right underneath me probably only 4' no one else was worried so I didn't either, there are lots of fish in the water, so hopefully they are well fed.

Here's an article that identifies the spots where the most attacks have occurred http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/kill-zone/story-e6frg8h6-1225971145872 it's thesis is fascinating too, about how sharks (great whites at least) use an anchor point from which to observe and select a victim before closing in. You will find Byron Bay on the list but the last fatality was in 1993. While the Gold Coast doesn't get a mention in summer it is thick with bull sharks, I can't recall any fatalities, the bloody things are swimming around in the canals in some of these developed housing estates with their own waterways where you can park the motorcruiser out the back.

[Will.]

Is that the article you show to us poms to scare us off? ha ha ha! Interesting read and very fascinating I agree.

[Slowman]

Looks like I became part of the local surf report. Desperate, riding 1' closeouts trying to test the JK out at Elouera.
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[core personal training]

there's a five in the AM..??????????........

[FW - Fan]

Did everyone see that report where the WA department of fishing tested those electronic shark repellants that surfers and abalone divers over there rely on and the verdict....they dont do snizzle !! The sharks take no notice of them at all...

[core personal training]

seemed too good to be true.... i'll stick to the eye's on my boards.. patent pending...

[50young]

Not that I'd worry anyway but check out swellnet for the response from the Shark Shield people. Typical media hype up the negative for news worthyness. Tuna tied to Boogy boarder does the trick lol

[core personal training]

iphone pic from a mile away....if you zoom it in...squint...then start imagining, you can see my backhand s-track into a closeout floater/reo on a 5'4 sweet potato....yes..you read it right.... dopey dave's on a hybrid...!!.. i'm kooking most takeoffs by catching the forward rails, but up and riding it is surprisingly high performance ..the day before, a left stood up shoulder high and i banged out three vert reo's into reverses...all linked together..!!.. and i hate hybrids ..!! ... and i've never done a reverse (on purpose) in my life... !!!

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[core personal training]

oh, and if you know where this spot is...... shutup...!!!!...

[Slowman]

I love the comments about how Shark Shield electrical impulses are hurting dolphins and wrecking the ocean environment - I just thought of it so it must be happening who needs evidence?

[Goanna]

oh, and if you know where this spot is...... shutup...!!!!...

Looks like a walk in the Park Dave.

[core personal training]

ssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh :)

[iggy]

iphone pic from a mile away....if you zoom it in...squint...then start imagining, you can see my backhand s-track into a closeout floater/reo on a 5'4 sweet potato....yes..you read it right.... dopey dave's on a hybrid...!!.. i'm kooking most takeoffs by catching the forward rails, but up and riding it is surprisingly high performance ..the day before, a left stood up shoulder high and i banged out three vert reo's into reverses...all linked together..!!.. and i hate hybrids ..!! ... and i've never done a reverse (on purpose) in my life... !!!

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No hating no more mate!!!! YEWWWWW

[FW - Fan]

Looks like a walk in the Park Dave.

Would that be Malcom's Park.....

[core personal training]

Would that be Malcom's Park.....

too many clues you blabber mouths...!!!

[Chris]

uhoh. forum local tension.

[core personal training]

yeah look out...chris is the forum "black shorts"...he'll punch yer fins out and send you in....!!!!

[iggy]

yeah look out...chris is the forum "black shorts"...he'll punch yer fins out and send you in....!!!!
jajajaj I was coincidentally watching "Busting down the door" for the 90th time!!!... mental picture right there

[K24Surfer]

Wow! That is so sick! Thanks for sharing, I live in Florida and we either dream or travel for waves like that. I just got to to come and visit.

[K24Surfer]

Wow! That is so sick! Thanks for sharing, I live in Florida and we either dream or travel for waves like that. I just got to come and visit.

[Goanna]

Quick trip up the coast this last weekend - joined by the infamous "Core" and Megzy
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[Goanna]

Couple more...12201221

[core personal training]

it was a pleasure to duck up and meet goanna and megsy...a couple of decent guys, totally stoked with their firewires...they surf pretty well too..!!...lets do it again..!!

[prjwebb]

That wave looks so fun! Looks like Dave picked off the nug of the day! Nice shots

[core personal training]

anyone notice that fin behind me in pic two....i bring my own when i travel.... dun dun dun dun dun dun.....or is it a friendly fin......

[prjwebb]

Yeah that doesn't look fun. At least the eye is keeping it at bay!

[core personal training]

That wave looks so fun! Looks like Dave picked off the nug of the day! Nice shots

nah phill, i got all the "Kelly Kloseouts" ... and only one cutty... the boys reckon i was 30 mins too late... they had it sussed..

[prjwebb]

Well it looks like a little drainer in that photo!

[Will.]

Those waves look really fun apart from the shark fin.

[iggy]

Quick trip up the coast this last weekend - joined by the infamous "Core" and Megzy
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Yewwwww

[iggy]

Is that fin on the second pic one of a tuna or a dolphin or is that the one Core's daughter saw while she was spotting?

[Goanna]

it was a pleasure to duck up and meet goanna and megsy...a couple of decent guys, totally stoked with their firewires...they surf pretty well too..!!...lets do it again..!!

Same for us Core!

[Goanna]

Is that fin on the second pic one of a tuna or a dolphin or is that the one Core's daughter saw while she was spotting?

I thought it was a dolphin when shooting but now when I look at the fin shape I'm not quite sure.

[core personal training]

after googling the fins of the most likely suspects around there.. (dolphin, bronze whaler or great white) to back up my first thought, i'm still leaning towards the white...we had a pack of dolphins out there, but their fins are raked like our board fins...even the bronzy has a little curve...the white on the other hand is a fat triangle....thanks for calling me in Goanna..!!.. your a real mate ..#$%@&*#^..... !!.. i stayed out on my own for ages in the gloom after you left...

for perspective, this spot was right off a breakwall... the fast flowing mouth of a great lake system... sharks are common..

now you all see why i have my sprayed on repellent.... i must really smell.... the mongrels find me everywhere i go.... you watch, when i get over to surf with iggy on his wave.... one will turn up there too ..!!.. hows Cornwall looking for whites Phill..?? .. and this will be the first and last time Goanna and Megsy let me come join them..!!........and deon will flat out BAN me from going over to him..!!!!....

or is goanna pulling our legs..??.. has he been playing in photoshop..............................

[core personal training]

a new camera angle has come to light... i'm relieved to see a bit more sweep in the fin....phew..!!..

still, the reason i surf solo so often is that everyones too scared to be near me..!!... whilst i enjoy the solitude, i wish it wasn't because of my "attractive" reputation..........

[megsy]

Today would have been the day for conditions up there, South swell, NW winds...always the way.

[Slowman]

Is this up near Pacific Palms somewhere? Or back towards Catho a bit more?

[megsy]

It's on the east coast of Oz....somewhere between Lennox Head & Palm Beach!

[core personal training]

megsy, the master of misdirection....personally, i'd of sent em over the nullarbor.... :P

[Slowman]

For some reason I'm thinking of sea faring swans. It doesn't matter, I might not find the right place, but I know I'd still find good waves in the wrong place! In a lot of wrong places!

[core personal training]

PM-ing the co-ordinates....cant leave a mate in the dark....!!!

[Slowman]

Thanks mate! I think we can do some trading of coordinates.

[indodreaming]

For some reason I'm thinking of sea faring swans. It doesn't matter, I might not find the right place, but I know I'd still find good waves in the wrong place! In a lot of wrong places!

Swans or swains? Always wanted to venture out to swains for waves and fishing, form all I've seen and heard looks sick.

[Fazza]

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Late one afternoon just before dark..........sorry about the quality of the iPhone shots but you get the idea

[iggy]

An idea indeed!!! YEWWWWWW

[Goanna]

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Late one afternoon just before dark..........sorry about the quality of the iPhone shots but you get the idea

Very, Very nice Faz - I don't know about surfing WA on dusk though!

[Wandi]

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Late one afternoon just before dark..........sorry about the quality of the iPhone shots but you get the idea

You should work for the tourism dept WA
Nice shots even if it is on an iphone

[Slowman]

definitely tending towards summer waves and swells now...
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[core personal training]

got bright pink barrels right on the shore yesterday...only kaye and me (and the crimson tide) on km's of beach...wish i'd had a gopro... i cant describe what it looked like in them...and kaye standing 10 feet away talking to me ..!! surreal..!!..that was first surf after a week on the bed with my back ... but that's put me back in bed again...they were worth it though..!!...

[core personal training]

oh, only us, the red tide and 3 thousand dead putrefying puffer fish... yep, summers on the way

[core personal training]

tasty fish - tasty fish - poison fish
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[Slowman]

got bright pink barrels right on the shore yesterday...only kaye and me (and the crimson tide) on km's of beach...wish i'd had a gopro... i cant describe what it looked like in them...and kaye standing 10 feet away talking to me ..!! surreal..!!..that was first surf after a week on the bed with my back ... but that's put me back in bed again...they were worth it though..!!...
Yeah we got some red/pink algal bloom too as far south as we are. Bloody itchy stuff, it seemed to have some lice and bits of old weed floating along with it. We had some very surfable 1-2' waves yesterday...today too.

[kdropin]

ahh summer... its farking freezing here already

[iggy]

I know what you mean buddy!!!. 3hrs session today at -9C uphere in Canada. Thank God for the sun and the lack of wind


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[Chris]

yeah iggy.

yesterday was 55 degrees F and little 3 footers in maine. 50 degree water too. Only like 8-9 degrees colder than the water near my place in CA.

[Slowman]

Some nice barrels around for the groms today

http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/305359_567568733269033_801565832_n.jpg

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/155831_385967191497635_1738391961_n.jpg

[core personal training]

bad camera...bad light...bad waves...bad back...bad timing...bad surfer...bad morals......

even in junk the MB can go backhand up-out-and down in its own track...
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[core personal training]

and even an ageing "has been that never was" can be a grommet at heart.....not up on all the new fangled names, but some kind of backhand rodeo twist partly grabbed thing-a-ma-jig... rag dolled the landing so as to spare my back...would i of ridden out???? we will never know...!!!!
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[custom]

Go on core go on.....................

[Goanna]

Land locked today doing some renovations.
It was pumping at my "home" break though.
Tropical blue and carpet smooth but don't wipe out - the carpet burn is nasty
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[core personal training]

a wipeout there would be a real pile driver...... .. oh man, my jokes just get worse and worse.....

[Slowman]

carpet burns aren't easy to explain either!

[core personal training]

talkin' from experience slow..?? :P

[Chris]

boy does that look fun for the gremmies slowman, gotta get them on Vanguards. the kids will freak.

Carpet line up. is that a sand bottom point??

[Goanna]

boy does that look fun for the gremmies slowman, gotta get them on Vanguards. the kids will freak.

Carpet line up. is that a sand bottom point??

Chris at low tide it is fully exposed concrete :-)

[Goanna]

a wipeout there would be a real pile driver...... .. oh man, my jokes just get worse and worse.....

Core, Dad jokes are never bad!

[Chris]

well played.

[Goanna]

Apologies for the bad quality photo from my customers phone but his local river mouth down South is pumping this morning thanks to the cyclone swell.

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[Slowman]

talkin' from experience slow..?? :P
Totally!

[Marcuribba]

Hi mate sorry but I just saw you have a 6'2 jacknife...33,3 lt but what's your weight?

[Goanna]

I wish I could find the original - this is a photo from my phone of a canvas I have hanging up at home.
I couldn't surf that day so videod and took photos for my mates.
They had it to themselves all morning!

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[core personal training]

classic shot goanna... i can feel the vibe... !!

[Slowman]

Hi mate sorry but I just saw you have a 6'2 jacknife...33,3 lt but what's your weight?
90kg 184cm

[Slowman]

Apologies for the bad quality photo from my customers phone but his local river mouth down South is pumping this morning thanks to the cyclone swell.

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G, did you head down there on the w/e? And score? Plenty of swell this last week but certainly nothing flash unless you like severe slabs like the Island, beaches a bit wrecked.

[Goanna]

meanwhile in Australia today (wish I was actually there!)....http://vimeo.com/60229190

[iggy]

meanwhile in australia today (wish i was actually there!)....http://vimeo.com/60229190
p e r f e c t i o n !!!!!!

[FW - Fan]

meanwhile in Australia today (wish I was actually there!)....http://vimeo.com/60229190

How is the current !!!...I reckon if you got 2 good waves a session you would be stuffed. Makes me see the value of a ski in those conditions to get the most out of it.

[Sarge]

I wish I could say my drive down to Boneyard yesterday resulted in a similar quality of wave.
On the other hand, I only needed 1/2 of my fingers to count the other surfers.

[Slowman]

Yeah I thought of Boneyards today, might have been the only spot with a bit of shelter, but sounds like it wasn't. I know a few breaks inside rivers that might have had some shelter too.

[Sarge]

There was no shelter yesterday, but it was still a better wave than my surf at Maroubra on Thursday arvo. The wind today was pretty crazy onshore. Im holding out for tomorrow and doing some location research on the forecast conditions for a quick trip out of town on Monday - possible for E Pt - as well as crossing fingers that the outside banks at Tama might be ok.
2 hours less driving means more surf time.

[Sarge]

Oh, and I am jealous of your secret river mouth knowledge too.

[Slowman]

Not really all that secret and I never got the chance to check it on Saturday but it is a fickle place it needs a low incoming tide to suck the swell up the river otherwise it can be a very fat wave, even 4' and you still can't catch them on a shortboard, mals and SUPs only
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Nothing to be jealous of this day.

[Sarge]

Ah yes, not so secret. I can see where that wave is behind. I was imagining you had a south coast river to yourself. I saw some photos of Neilsen looking nice - but crowded, on Saturday.

[Chris]

those look like frustrating conditions.

[Jase]

Good grief. Hope that wasn't a set!
Someone post something from their hometown that I can mind surf :D

[buzzy]

Jase, my best bet is that spot is around 1 kilometre from the ocean, so not bad going! Most exposed coast was virtually unsurfable last Saturday in Sydney. I was certainly surfing a spot in Sydney harbour.

[Slowman]

Buzzy, 1km is probably about right, maybe 800m, anyway this is not from Saturday, this is from a stormy day where it was only 6-7' (last round of NE cyclone swell) so on Saturday I expect it would have been bigger though possibly still wind affected, but it is one of those "local secrets" in the Shire every man and his dog knows about it and if the swell is up on the weekend it gets very crowded. Once every 10 years it breaks like Kirra (or maybe once every 20 years) but you have to catch the tide just right.

[Slowman]

Good grief. Hope that wasn't a set!
Someone post something from their hometown that I can mind surf :D
Ha ha, go back to page 2!