Any OZ KBers Ever Surf Here...

[surfhorn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGPmOqQg ... re=related

[Scott]

Boy, that really shows what the best of the spongers can do on a wave that is just about impossible for anyone else. Loved the suicide airs they got on some of those, and the krazy kiteboarder gettin' a few.

[jim richardson]

[jdc]

yeah!

most of us Ozz kneelos cut our teeth out there as groms...but we try to keep mum about it cos were so self effacing.

Now that we are all forties and fifty plus somethings, the storys are leaking out

Steen wont let his photos be published till his long gone...sorta like a second comming


our grand children will know our legacy but

[Mike Fernandez]

jdc

[freshfruitflava]

Yeah...paddled halfway out there a few times...the music was wankerish, so I paddled back in and went rollerblading instead.

[Bud]

WOW !!!


And you're out there with these as well

[Scott]

Bud, that is the HEAVIEST wave I have ever seen: 10 feet of wave face, and another 12 feet of massive lip, and all of it extending back about 100 yards!!!!!!

The shark looks tame by comparison...

[Bumps]

You need to be one eyed to surf there!

[griz]

that photo of Bud`s is actually not of Cyclops but a semi recent find in the general region that has the slab masters frothing as the afore mentioned is generally being left to the lidders these days , although lidders did play a major role in being some of the first to tackle this mutant.

[ross]

Hey Scott remember when you asked me if i thought the shark vibe was strong to the north of SC? and i told you it wasn't to bad because medical help was close by. Well by the time you get back to land from this break your looking at a three hour drive to basic medical facilities, no mobile phone acsess in between!
Believe it or not the shot in Buds post is about 400k's to the east of cyclops one of a few like it in the area
You know sometimes you think your "having a go" and you see this kind of activity and just crawl back under your bed.
And who the hell wants to flap around off the back of these rockshelves where the biggest sharks in Australia lurk, waiting to get towed into one?
gotta hand to these lids though, my brother-inlaw and I were surfing a sheltered rivermouth earlier this year,8foot and pumping. the lids came out of the inlet on jetskis to go surf "the right", didn't even stop to surf where we were! The swell outside that day was 50ft @ 23 seconds
There are so many no-name chargers down there it's not funny.

So heavy

[ross]

Hey Scott remember when you asked me if i thought the shark vibe was strong to the north of SC? and i told you it wasn't to bad because medical help was close by. Well by the time you get back to land from this break your looking at a three hour drive to basic medical facilities, no mobile phone acsess in between!
Believe it or not the shot in Buds post is about 300k's to the west of cyclops one of a few like it in the area
You know sometimes you think your "having a go" and you see this kind of activity and just crawl back under your bed.
And who the hell wants to flap around off the back of these rockshelves where the biggest sharks in Australia lurk, waiting to get towed into one?
gotta hand to these lids though, my brother-inlaw and I were surfing a sheltered rivermouth earlier this year,8foot and pumping. the lids came out of the inlet on jetskis to go surf "the right", didn't even stop to surf where we were! The swell outside that day was 50ft @ 23 seconds
There are so many no-name chargers down there it's not funny.

So heavy

[Scott]

Great post, Ross -- thanks! But 50 ft/23 seconds? That can't really have ever existed, can it?

[RMcKnee]

But 50 ft/23 seconds? That can't really have ever existed, can it?

Err ...

on July 5, an even bigger swell slammed into Cow Bombie, this time with highly favourable light offshore wind conditions. On the day, all previous ideas of surf size in these waters were blown out the window, as surfers like defending Oakley/ASL Big Wave Awards champ Damon Eastaugh, Paul (Jake’s brother) Paterson, Alex “Alfy” Cater, Damien “Taco” Warr and Lief Mulick tackled 30 to 40 foot plus waves.

Article here
http://www.coastalwatch.com/news/news.a ... Type=admin
Photos here
http://jamiescottimages.com/NewWebsite2009/gallery5.htm
(Click the WAVES tab for shots of Cyclops, among others.)
Strangely, crowds don't seem to be a problem at these breaks.

[RMcKnee]

Just by the way, the thought just occurred to me that when these guys (in the photos) talk about "surfing", they're talking about something of which I have absolutely no conception at all.