Oh yeah and the shot of young Skywalker is an aerial not a jump on the way out through the break

Very poor camera wok by me I am afraid.
There was some great aerials being thrown by a few of the guys but I was just too slow with the camera (and way too interested in getting out amongst it)
Luke nailed a couple of very clean goiters and Morrie was cranking so hard off the top you could hear the spray slap down behind the wave.

Just checked the beach just now.
Swell is on the build and probably getting close to head high
Wind is dead south which is straight onshore
Water temp approx 16 - 17 degrees (bring some rubber)

Friday is looking the goods with 20 knot westerly's predicted... could be worth an early look for those coming up for the comp.

Sounds good, few of the crew from here are gettin up friday arvo for a sail. Gaggin to get the new gear on the water, looks sick. Sailed on monday, cross on 25kts, 74lt real world wave was awesome frontside and backside. Cant wait to give the pro wave a rip down the line.
Keep us posted on the condition kev, be gentle though, Im a seabreeze virgin haha
All the best, dan

I can only dream of hitting those heights I guess haha

Ive actually got a pro wave comin, the real world is just a loaner, that happened to work really well. You can hardly compare it to an evo or pocket wave fish style board though, its a couple of cms shorter and wider than I normally ride. Did the job though. thumbs up

no trying to be a party pooper but sadly it doesn't look good for wind...

Late arvo/early evening update

I checked Birubi at around 5pm as I was returning from the big smoke.
Swell was a pretty consistent 3 foot with some bigger sets moving through.. conditions were absolutely perfect...perfect for surfing that is. Absolute glass without a hint of breeze.
Very misty/foggy here at present so am confident cooler air from the west is coming on in
Tomorrow could be the pick.
Looking forward to catching up with a few crew over a beer or 3 !

Hope to test out the new Bro edition JP Real World Wave 82...

Kev

Very very light nor wester into Birubi
I'll head down and grab a picture of the swell size in the next hour once I get some coffee into the system.

Swell sounds bigger as I awoke to the sound of it.
Birubi faces due south so any hint of south swell comes marching straight n

High Tide 1104
Low Tide 1503

Oldboy, I would suggest bringing your mast with jammed extension up to the comp... come Saturday and Sunday there could be a beachfull of people you could rope into grabbing onto the mast and separating the bits

Kev

High Tide UPDATE

Wind has just arrived in Anna Bay/Birubi
Newcastle is showing a 20 knot spike... here on the beach its blowing 13 knots cross off and the waves are oh so clean !

Still some swell sticking about (head high with bigger sets)and with the outgoing tide and building breeze (fingers crossed) it could be worth a crack

Wind arrived a lot later than predicted which could mean more wind for tomorrow

Kev

WindWarrior Australia

Wind is backing off right now
Just left the beach and there were still 3 guys out in 12 - 15 knts

Was windier earlier and the swell had some size (overhead on sets) and crunch to it... 2 snapped masts so far and the comp hasn't even started yet !

Oh and nutbag, the wind reading comes via a hand held wind gauge that I scored for free off a mate of mine who used to be the Channel 7 weatherman a few years back. It lives in my car with all the rest of my sailing kit and half of stockton sand dunes/birubi beach.

Fingers crossed for some wind tomorrow... the early might be the go !

Kev
WindWarrior Australia

OK I see what you mean
I live 2 minutes from the Beach.

Can this little comp be hyped up anymore. Should be funny though watching those guys riding Real World Waves trying to do a cutback.

Not pro yet, but hopefully soon!

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Great to see everyone getting pumped up for the event. Our Team Rider Jesse (Junior Freeride) will be competing in his brand new TABOU/GAASTRA gear and we wish him the very best of luck.

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So Jesse is in the pro division this year?

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Zero chance of wind up there this weekend. Talking about riding styles, I wish Andrew Thornton, Brett Goodwin and Doogs still did the comps.Those guys were so far ahead of everyone a few years ago and their waveriding would still be unmatched today.

haha! true