I reckon we need to keep this thread alive especially for those wave hogs out there.
You know who you are...
I'll name some ME,marty,jake that old dude on the blue board, come to think of it mainly the old dude
and that other old dude Piros
Jacko
Talk about wave hogs, at the alley this morning there was this dude on a white PSH board dropping into everything and burning me big time.
Ah Clarky you are just jealous......Get a PSH and you too will "feel the need for speed"
Hey Clarkie. I was at the Alley this mornin on a white PSH. I don't recall burnin anyone! I didn't get out till about 10am, Hope it was'nt me!
Have to agree about the old guy on the blue board.
Pulls up and parks in the disabled parking spot and gets out and goes surfing on his SUP and fades/drops in on everybody.
Pisses everbody off and gives us all a bad rap!!
by the "tough locals" because you and your mate were surfing well... try throwing a rock at me, I dare you
No wasn't you drewsta, I was in the water at 5.35 to 7.oo and couldn't believe it but there was about 15 guys in the water already when I paddled out.
Don't panic Drewsta , Clarky is having a poke at me cause I got more waves than him.
Ive only managed to nearly decapitate two prone guys so far , both by the way weren,t my fault.How many time,s have you blokes caught a wave to have short boarders just sittting their looking at you and making no effort what so ever to get out of the way.
Hey teatree,
I wouldnt call it "no effort" on the prone surfers part,but would say its an effort to block your run at catching the wave.A tactic that I also come across often as the line up gets busier.So I'm always looking out for it and searching for uncrowded waves.
Cheers,
Camo.
on a positive note - i caught my first real wave today - yay!
dutchies, 2pm, 4'+ maybe, smooth sea with a slight offshore still
me, a mal, and a 'goat boat'
anyway, mindful of what's what (and being a beginner) i did try and keep out of the other two's way on the bigger set waves - plenty left for me
it was nice to sit down while waiting for the wave, and nicer still to chat while passing the time
all in all, a very pleasant afternoon
well it looked like 4' to me!
edumacated, again - i'll just halve everything in future
god its hard being a gumby
Hey downwind
Thats what its all about. A few good waves, bit of a chat and move down the line when it gets too crowded.
W
Iam with you downwind. Us gumbies need to stick together. Luvin my 11.2 ft mr easy. Dont have a prob with crowds down here. I've got the only SUP down here. and have been approached by a few of the local short boarders asking for a lend of it. they cant be all bad.
sorry Downwind, didn't mean to rain on your parade, but I'm pretty sure that you were the other side of Dutchies, as I didn't notice dutchies breaking. Doesn't matter, as long as you had fun!!
The system of measuring waves doesn't appear to be very logical (measured from the back, thus a 2' swell may in fact have waves of approx. 4' faces. On this site the Cott swell this morning was recorded as 0.75m (2.5'), yet there were 4' faces at a couple of the reef breaks south of Cott groyne.
Just to confuse matters, you might hear someone say "it was double-overhead at my favourite secret spot today" ----- 12 foot (or 11' if you're only 5'5")?? Not so, maybe 8' (or thereabouts, give or take a foot or two! ).
most informative md
so yes, i think they were 4' faces or even a bit more on a couple (i kid not) = 2'
and i was south of the groyne - on the reef - where we windsurf (so i got dutchies confused as well by the sounds of it)
