mac,whilst yur out of the water more waves for the rest of us,the FB will only be used in the small stuff then the BB takes over.B thinking of you in the surf . sorry mac

surfed out mac too tired for typing,water warm wind cool.

doggie said...

I was almost going to start a "RIP Longboards" thread this morning but it seams you guys have woken up!!

Hey mac I will be over you way Monday or Tuesday

Yes I was thinking the same RIP haha
Thanks for the notice doggie, I'll start an evacuation plan
Time for a coffee / rum my knee is rooted atm, so no water time for me,dam 21st

62mac said...

gee doggie must be busy,no bit yet

Yea mate actually doing some work at the moment, crazy stuff I know

62mac said...

doggie said...

62mac said...

gee doggie must be busy,no bit yet

Yea mate actually doing some work at the moment, crazy stuff I know

work WHAT THE [}:)]

are you working over here or a little holiday doggie?

Got next week off so I thought I mite come ova for some waves

Yeh BB just looked at the cam there's a few on your bank atm 3.45

doggie said...

62mac said...

Mate I told you we Dont have waves over here.
Waves what waves, where you hanging out south end or north, now dont say mid

Dunno, was actually gonna ask where is cheap and secure around some waves

Billboards house remember that BBQ he promised the put on for the first west coaster to visit.

How many are in your party doggie

62mac said...

doggie said...

62mac said...

Mate I told you we Dont have waves over here.
Waves what waves, where you hanging out south end or north, now dont say mid

Dunno, was actually gonna ask where is cheap and secure around some waves

Billboards house remember that BBQ he promised the put on for the first west coaster to visit.

How many are in your party doggie

Just me my friend

billboard said...

Hey doggie - we can offer you a mattress on the floor of the spare bedroom from wednesday to friday next week if that helps. We are about 1 block from the alley and the same from palmy beach breaks. Nothing flash but it's comfortable.

Hey mate I mite take you up on that, I will PM closer to my arival

You guys are the greatest

Sorry guys I am guilty of attending a SUP comp today Man those guys did real well in very sloppy conditions

Mac, Crescent is a great comp, I went there for an unofficial ex Cronulla guys reunion, a number of old surfing mates live there, here's a pic of the "legends" of the 60's Cronulla era.....(one is just a nobody....don't know how he got in there )

LtoR...Nigel Dwyer (DEL surfboards NZ),Me (the nobody),Brian "Jacko" Jackson (Jackson Surfboards for 50yrs), Bob Weeks (Surfer & photograhper of the time), Gary Birdsall (Surfer & Artists). A great time was had & a few thirst quenchers

They're all old mates, Nigel & Gary I haven't seen for 40+yrs, Jacko not seen for about 23yrs, get to surf with Bob a couple of times a year

Sydney's not too bad at the moment, we're not getting the bad storms that are hitting the far south coast but the swell did creep up today. Most of it is not too mal friendly but you could find a decent wave if you looked.

The wind didn't quite suit it but I had a good session at Collaroy this morning and a few came through with some good size.

Best thing of all was a pod of bottle nose came right up close and put on a show for us, have you ever noticed how everyone out in the water tends to sort of cheer up when that happens?

I went back in the late arvo just with the camera expecting it to be much bigger but it wasn't so I took some pics anyway just so I could have and excuse to stay and watch from the rock pools.

I wanted to see what DY point was like, it was very longboard unfriendly, but the shorties and the speed bumps were having a ball.




This was Collaroy in the late arvo, some good ones were still coming through but I was too slow to get a good pic. The demographic had changed a bit when it got late and the shorties were starting to take over from the mals.







I just had to show you this guy doing the dropknee, he’s there often with a mate, they’re youngish but real stylemysters.





With these dudes it’s all frantic crosstepping, toes on the nose, pirouettes, back turns, switch footing, reverse paddle take offs, you name it, these boys will have a go at it. And under no circumstances would they ever be caught dead using a leash, no matter what the conditions.



That’s why I had to show you this; a rider less board, one of them tried a maneuver just after takeoff from a good way out, lost it, and the board went straight for the rocks and almost took a couple of guys out of the game.





A shorty tried to grab it and although he lost it, he managed to change its direction so it was heading to the beach but the poor sod who lost it had a monster swim to get it back.

I shouldn’t laugh, but I did.

Not sure of the official results but the conditions were atrocious - 1ft of howling onshore/cross shore slop and it isn't any bigger now - just cleaner, but still unbearably windy. Put it this way - it was so bad there was no-one out at the alley except the sup comp - and no that wasn't out of respect for sup (as you know there isn't any respect for sup there).

BB,could have gone out today at spit but it was one of those days when you look and say to yourself too small ,not enough waves for everyone,but having said that blokes who came in said it was fun,get out there tide is right so tomorrow i'll be there.Are you getting any waves?