at least u are surfin and not on some fricken oil rig!

PaddlePig said...

I'm not the best surfer by any stretch of the imagination, so let's get that out of the way...

But gee Trigg was ****. i hate that **** hole. Anywhere between Brighton to Trigg is ****. But ended up surfing it this morning. What a heap of rubbish. Straight lumps onto shallow sand, either sharing with boogs or kooks or wanna-be pros who are still surfing trigg/scarb.

Went to usually place around mettams (never said I was a good surfer) and that was crowded; pile of rubbish!

Here's the report fellas, it's crap!

Shame there were no waves

Wasn't supposed to surf Yesterday but woke up and wind was light so went out front of my house for an hour at best and it was not that bad. Had to do a fare bit of talking to the bin lidders to get them loosen up there grip on the whole place but enjoyed it..

I Was desperate to get out as i had only the night before finally bit the bullet and bought a brand new Super Fish 2 and was very keen to see if I'd done the right thing

jbshack said...

Wasn't supposed to surf Yesterday but woke up and wind was light so went out front of my house for an hour at best and it was not that bad. Had to do a fare bit of talking to the bin lidders to get them loosen up there grip on the whole place but enjoyed it..

I Was desperate to get out as i had only the night before finally bit the bullet and bought a brand new Super Fish 2 and was very keen to see if I'd done the right thing

Hey JB - what size did you get and epoxy or poly... I'm still waiting for a decent day to ride my new 7'3" epoxy - on hols Thursday for two weeks and there's a 5m swell at Gero later this week so hopefully I'll get something decent to talk about...

Sorry GPA its the Poly version. Double Dip.. Thats how i felt when i first saw them but its grown on me..

I actually should say that last week i saw a couple of locals at Trigg and got talking with them. Both liked the SF and one was Tom from vidlers so i rang him later, talked a bit more and was driving past late on Sat so dropped past to look again. Ended up leaving with the board ("should have got flowers for war office". note to self for next time)

Great guy who seemed to really now what he was on about. I had been watching him at the point as well and he rips..

Good to get some great advice and old fassioned service..

Sorry for the Add..

subasurf said...

Cott was a bit of fun when there was only 3 of us out there. Gave us plenty of space to chase the waves...lasted about an hour before it just got packed out.

early this morning?

was the seaweed still there? once again, only three of us in the water early this morning. some nice little ones to be had, but there always seemed to be a big strand of seaweed on takeoff - wherever the takeoff shifted to.

jbshack said...

Sorry GPA its the Poly version. Double Dip...

...so dropped past to look again. Ended up leaving with the board ("should have got flowers for war office". note to self for next time)

HaHa - yeah I went to have a look - and whilst I didn't come home with one, I had placed an order and put down $500... apparently, I got the first one to hit WA (only 15 in Oz, and two > WA). My Mrs had just been away again [Melb] for the second time in a month, so no flowers req'd

I'll keep an eye out for you at that other point... once it starts working I tend to check it most weekends... hopefully the NW'er will stir things up a bit... it's woeful at the moment. Also hope the weed stays away this year - bleck!

did anyone head out to the northern beaches this morning between 9.30 n 10.30 or so? saw on the cams that the wind had swung ESE during that time. given the swell is still around 1m mark, that would have been awesome.

newguy said...

sparki said...

did anyone head out to the northern beaches this morning between 9.30 n 10.30 or so? saw on the cams that the wind had swung ESE during that time. given the swell is still around 1m mark, that would have been awesome.

I saw that and raced down. Rocked up to howling southerlies and a washbowl So I paddled out onto the reefs. Big sets coming in. Speaking of big, I seem to be having trouble with duck diving when the swell kicks up. Anybody have any tips? Smaller stuff I manage well and even in the bigger stuff when it surges. It's just the whitewater that I can't seem to get past when the wave breaks. I'll dive and then get thrown around before I surface

Join the club mate, dive deep and a bit before the white water hits you. That will work 1 out of 3 times but its the way.

newguy said...

sparki said...

did anyone head out to the northern beaches this morning between 9.30 n 10.30 or so? saw on the cams that the wind had swung ESE during that time. given the swell is still around 1m mark, that would have been awesome.

I saw that and raced down. Rocked up to howling southerlies and a washbowl So I paddled out onto the reefs. Big sets coming in. Speaking of big, I seem to be having trouble with duck diving when the swell kicks up. Anybody have any tips? Smaller stuff I manage well and even in the bigger stuff when it surges. It's just the whitewater that I can't seem to get past when the wave breaks. I'll dive and then get thrown around before I surface

heh. i was spewing that i was possibly missing something good while at work. all good that it wasnt. when it's big, take a few paddles towards the white wash so you have some momentum going into it. push your board down when the white water is maybe 3m away. mostly push down the nose, but it doesnt really matter too much - just make sure the board is a deep as possible while maintaining control. its all about timing, so when you feel the white water hit you, pull up with your hands and push down with you legs (you'll find it easiest with your knee, preferably into the tail pad so that you dont do damage to the glass... but just let it come naturally with practice). if you dont time it right, the white water will hit the top of the board, pushing it further down, out from under you. if you time it right, the white water hits the underside of your board, propelling you up and through the back of the wash.

hope that helps.

The start of Easter
Let the carnage begin

TimKay said...

The start of Easter
Let the carnage begin

Drove past Leighton/ Cottesloe reefs this morn looking for a wave to bodysurf(nursing injured ribs). No room to turn a board on a wave never mind surf one i thought. I wouldnt have been so popular i thinks. I turned around and hit the beach break before the dog beach . Must of been hellish further north.

not too bad this morning

nah, if anything more sand than usual