East coast bliss.. warm water, two foot swell, good fun had by all
The boat Shed
BrettSki
CrackerJack
ElPresHouston
Rob
ElPresHouston
Fluro
Geard4Knots
Kaleb
Relic
Jez
AppleMan
Crash Test Dummies = Gear Breakage
Great day had by all, really good fun and wish it happened more often. Sorry if anybody was missed
Thanks for the great pics Apple. Particularly like the crash test dummies!!
Nice to see everyone featured too .
Wow, nice looking wave. Looks like if you stuff up on the wave you end up on the rocks though. Hope the Kode is ok Buzzy. I've never seen such a concerned look on Houstons face. Ok I'm in next time looks like worth the risk.
Fantastic to see photo's were taken of everyone
PS: a list of all gear breakage please
Houston 2x trashed sails 1x broken mast (all under warrantee) and a few bruises.
Buzzy 1x trashed sail.
All worth it
Thanks for the pics Appleman
Trip over the rocks for me. Only a small scratch on the tail of the board. Later wiped out and the broke 3 battens while sail getting worked over by a couple of set waves.
Sail is ok, just a few broken battens and batten pocket damage, easy fix for JAYSAILS
Mr Rob; nose & tail of board smashed. My fin crunched on "soft rocks" and don't forget Ant's munched board nose. Not discouraged Ant stuffed some ding stick in the damage, rigged another sail and ventured back out! Respect
Last photo my favourite ,Relic washing his sail with Ant turning under it with a mountain of white water chasing him
Last photo my favourite ,Relic washing his sail with Ant turning under it with a mountain of white water chasing him
I was riding what I thought was the best wave of the set then heard the roar of the monster behind thought this will be the ride of the century looked down the line and thought sh.t there's Relic already drilled and I'm in the death zone just lucky to get a gust to fly past my half dead mate and get to the beach in tact.
Looking at the photos Applepoo got the wave of the day.
And that was only forecast 2-3m what will it be like with another couple on top.
Great day and thanks AppleMan for sparing my excursion across the rocks from the "crash test dummies" footage.
My favourite is Ant's forward loop attempt...(below)
That is DEFINITELY the closest you have ever got Ant-Man...by FAR!
Thanks for sharing
Good on yaz, I wouldn't be able to handle those rocks
BTW. that first photo is postcard material
Thanks for posting the photos, so many good ones but this is probably my fav. Who is it ? Nice wave riding.
Wilson
That's amazing, most movie stars cant tie their own laces. :-)
Launceston to Kelvo 1hr 45mins
Hobart to Kelvo 1hr 25mins
This is seriously a world class spot and the more we sail it the better we work it out. Seems forecast best with a SW swell anything over 3m with S to SSW wind.
Good to see some Lonny's making it down next time.
IT IS NOT A SW SWELL!!!!!!!!!
Anything from S to E swell.
The SW your surfer mate is talking about is when its a SW swell 6 metres plus down south, as this travels through it moves more southerly as the low passes to the south and is a southerly swell up the coast. A true SW swell does not get up the coast, thats why you can have small points in Hobart on a 4m SW but flat up the coast. Yet a 2-3 m SE will have head high waves up the coast.
BOM forecast that morning was a SW swell with Seas 2-3m.......................so Buzzy you ring them up and tell they get it wrong every time
The forecast for the east coast was southerly swell. It doesn't matter what it said down south. The fact also is that swell was bashing down the side of Betsy Island and also getting up the river to Taroona. This is indicative of a Southerly with a fair amount of SE in it. You are incorrect to think that was a SW swell. The low was positioned to the SE of Tas and that is where the majority of the swell was coming from. Yes the forecast said SW on the SE forecast, we are talking about the Inner East coast not the SE coast.
www.surf-forecast.com/breaks/Buxton-Point
Gee..... get it right Antman!!!! The guru has spoken
Give the Antman a break he may still have some brain swelling after his seat of the pants wavesailing session.
I have uploaded all 783 pics in full res, to view and download.
Can be found here:
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