but then catchin fast breaking side shore stuff can do that
The mrs is back at work 3 days a week next week after 9 months off with the second kid - double income again !!! so we have an in principle aggreement to holiday at LENNOX HEAD FOR EIGHT DAYS NEXT JULY - my 40 th birthday
at least theres surfing light at the end of these doldrums - summer coming and all
sorry I am not going to make it this year to your Santa Cruz festival
We have the Phillip Island comp on the same weekend
good luck withyour comp ...I do hope to return soon
I am going to Hawaii in Feb ...maybe we can catch up then
how is everything on your side of the world
I should let you know Bree came home last week after 11 months away with very fond memories of california thanks to you and Bonnie as well as Darcy down south who welcomed her and Alex with open arms
I hope I can recipricate when ever you need a place to stay when down this way
Stay in touch
Tony
Love that "greenroom" feeling...(don't panic I finally found it)..... good ole' winki on a good day
Glad to hear Bree's home safe. Great spirit to pack up and travel the world like that.
We should get Qantas as a sponsor and alternate our yearly comps - Aussies fly to the US for Santa Cruz and Yanks fly to Philip Island for the PI comp alternating years... whattya think? HAH!
Well, November is good here in California and the same for PI so we'll just have to live with our schedules. Next year we'll contact you guys early and try to make sure we don't overlap.
Good luck to you and all the guys/gals down at the PI comp. Should be a great one with a ton of talent.
Send pics... I'll put up a new photo gallery section for both our comps.
Dorje
I know powlett river mouth is a long way from you, but simon F text me yesterday and said he had a four hour surf out there and had so many barrels that he even got 20 for me, made me feel sick, when i was slaving at work. Coming to the Island next wednesday with Albert and Troy Simpson
I surfed Wooly beaches with Max Hutchison and Dean Bold and a couple of other kneeboarders. 2-3' clean but not as good as the Powlett. (I only got 2 tubes).
Banks at Wooly are looking good. With any luck we may even have a contest in right handers for a change. Thank goodness because I can't really surf lefts! You can get excited by checking out the surf at wooly at www.triggerbros.com.au
here in indo about 5 weeks lots of fun waves up to 5' nothing of consequence with new swells lasting only a couple of days but a great place to be just the same afew more barrels and a few less bintang would do me the world of good
Sunday Morning surf report;
Pleasure Point 6 to 8 feet glassy with slight off shore
Steamer Lane 6 to 10 feet same conditions
Swell is out of Norhwest and solid lines. This is what we are looking for Thursday. Let's hope it can take shape. Monday is looking real good for those who travel early.
Great waves here today!!! Ain't it amazing how one day (Saturday) can be soooo junky (small wind blown slop) and then the next day (today) can be full of glassy, overhead barrells.
Down the beach playing with kids before dinner tonight - Monday Aust time - swell has picked up substantially since yesterday and we could clearly see the swell heading along the coast to Phillip Island - there will without doubt be waves for the contest - wind is the factor now
dorje
after weeks of poor weekend conditions finally got something half decent yesterday at Jan Jac - another kneelo out as well, but there something about kneeboarders who ride strapper boards (mostly twinnies) none of them want to talk boards...or perhaps its me
Well, if large solo surfs are what you want then yesterday was the day here at OB. I paddled out solo at mid-beach to catch a few "uncrowded" waves... offshore winds all day, long period swell, big groomed peaks. A few guys out on guns but I paddled AWAY from them to catch a bigger peak... What the !@## was I thinking
The one wave I caught was about as large as I've ridden in a while.
The next four waves that crushed me were definetly the largest waves I've been out in from recent memory. I really shouldn't have been out there alone. Syd had just reached the dunes and saw the episode... I sure was glad to see him as I reached the sand.
I'm still rattled to be honest. No surf for me today... I've met my match.
