houston said...
13 sailors out at Bell Buoy not sure how many at Lagoons....maybe 15 or more?

Great day........... only one real disappointment of the day was Greenie.............. in spite of all his verbal abuse he didn't get one forward..................... Clarky you must be so frustrated with your little mate......................we are


Rob Lakin didn't pull off a forward but pretty sure he pulled his cruciate ligament

I think I saw and heard Rob win 'Damage of the Day'. I thought he was pulling off some weird freestyle move - board upside down but feet in straps, whilst getting whitewashed - worth a try I suppose.
Then it turned into a sort of Australian Idol / cat strangling vocal performance, but even more excrutiating (believe it or not) - EX-cruciting it certainly was!
Sorry Rob - commiserations. Clearly no one else gives a cats...

A straight NW at Bell buoy is never going to be the best conditions particularly as the wind had some lighter moments which could cause issues if you were caught in front of the bigger lumps of foam. The big upside is that you are never far from the action as you sailed down the beach, there was always someone trying some move or swimming after their gear close by. My favourite moments were seeing Gclarke go for a giant back loop a few metres away. As always he gave it %300 effort and had already completed the loop as he hit the apex of the jump, he was then flung from his "space craft" ( like Sandra Bullock in the film Gravity) unfortunately there was no George Clooney with a jet pack to navigate him back to his ship and he had to "space walk" some distance before he was inexorably drawn back to "earth" . I also saw a huge stalled forward from Felix (no space walking there)!

WTF You missed the double as well Houston!!

Great to see this thread and the photos! brings back some memories. I used to sail regularly at Low Head 20 years ago on a Zot, completely out of control.
Great spot