I heart WOTD

Blowin started the topic in Wednesday, 30 Jul 2014 at 08:07 am

The wave of the day does it for me big time. Nice work Steen Barnes , Shaun Anderson and Swellnet.
In one photo you've encompassed everything nice about surfing. If I was a wanker I'd say that it was perfect except for the fact he is in a wetsuit. Which it is , it's perfect .....except for the fact he's in a wetsuit.

kbomb Friday, 21 Sep 2018 at 08:42 am

Thanks maddog

Blowin Monday, 8 Oct 2018 at 06:48 pm

Spewing.

Nick Bone Friday, 19 Oct 2018 at 07:10 am

Ohhhh myyy gawwwwwdddd.

How do you even survive that shit. Doesn’t being in a lip like that blow out your joints on detonation??

Craig Friday, 19 Oct 2018 at 08:55 am

Not good, worst case scenario, well that or doing that sitting on your board still :o

davetherave Friday, 19 Oct 2018 at 10:29 am

sent a shiver up my spine- he's a sawtell boy????

indo-dreaming Saturday, 27 Oct 2018 at 11:10 am

Brings back memories that shot, i use to park my old Kombie camper van in the bush just to right out of the pic, down the old track and sleep down there, although id spend most days hanging out and surfing the much better point just north.

goofyfoot Saturday, 27 Oct 2018 at 10:05 am

Beautiful photo today

GuySmiley Saturday, 27 Oct 2018 at 12:31 pm

cracker

yocal Sunday, 28 Oct 2018 at 01:28 pm

and today. magic bowl & full commitment seeing how hollow that looks

goofyfoot Sunday, 28 Oct 2018 at 01:36 pm

How fun does that wave look!

GuySmiley Monday, 29 Oct 2018 at 03:49 pm

hey GF, does that wave look familiar to you on the MP? Its looking like something local maybe.

Bnkref Monday, 29 Oct 2018 at 03:56 pm

Really? I was thinking it was the well-known wedge in SA.

factotum Monday, 29 Oct 2018 at 04:22 pm

Where's Curly?

blindboy Monday, 29 Oct 2018 at 07:52 pm

Just south of the centre of the universe.

Blowin Monday, 29 Oct 2018 at 07:56 pm

Dee Why would anyone do it to themselves ?

blindboy Monday, 29 Oct 2018 at 08:21 pm

I would try to explain Blowin but nah, you wouldn't get it. I'll just say Dee Why Surfing Fraternity ....... and that last word actually means something!

Blowin Tuesday, 30 Oct 2018 at 06:12 am

I understand , BB. I’m just taking the piss. Even though I imagine the waves actually are 89 percent dogshit , I’m sure it’s a cool place to live.

blindboy Tuesday, 30 Oct 2018 at 07:13 am

The Point is still a great wave on its day Blowin.

simba Thursday, 1 Nov 2018 at 07:12 am

Great angle,so much sand ....is that a recent shot?

stunet Thursday, 1 Nov 2018 at 08:03 am

Yep. Amazing amount of sand there at the moment, and the reports on the ground say the Rainbow/Greenmount section is A1.

indo-dreaming Thursday, 1 Nov 2018 at 01:53 pm

Life is so cruel sometimes, Straddie, Burleigh, The Alley, Super Bank even D-Bah all right in a concrete jungle, imagine if they were down near crescent head or somewhere similar.

Yes i know some are better because of man, but still.

thermalben Thursday, 1 Nov 2018 at 02:22 pm

ID, the equivalents of those waves do exist away from the concrete jungle.

indo-dreaming Friday, 2 Nov 2018 at 12:50 pm

I know that but in Australia the closest we come is the Byron to Ballina stretch, BTW i forgot Kirra....

freeride76 Friday, 2 Nov 2018 at 01:22 pm

"ID, the equivalents of those waves do exist away from the concrete jungle."

Not really, unfortunately.

There's nothing remotely like the Superbank anywhere else in Aus.

Few novelty waves around that have their day once in a blue moon but nothing that matches it for perfection, hollowness and consistency.

yocal Friday, 2 Nov 2018 at 01:56 pm

Agree Freeride,
On any given swell the superbank is the most likely spot on the whole SEQLD/NNSW coast to have the biggest size, have a decent sandbank, and be the cleanest.

My guess is that the bay is just big enough to cause the swells to refract and align themselves, but not so big as to be in the swell shadow. (probably its NE orientation helps that). And somehow the banks are less susceptible to be totally destroyed by storms (aside from off the top at snapper).

And the Tweed Topography always bends the winds southerly in the mornings when the rest of the GC is already blowing from the ESE.

Its a magic set-up. not coincidence.

50young Friday, 2 Nov 2018 at 02:10 pm

You forgot the guaranteed crowd on any given swell

Blowin Friday, 2 Nov 2018 at 03:58 pm

The known knowns , the known unknowns and the unknown unknowns !!!

yocal Friday, 2 Nov 2018 at 04:55 pm

How could I forget! That would fall into the Known Knowns category.

gannet Tuesday, 6 Nov 2018 at 07:14 pm

Nazare?

I thought that was Beacon the other day

stunet Tuesday, 6 Nov 2018 at 07:31 pm

If someone doesn't at least acknowledge the grass/rush pun them I'm gonna swear off botanic wordplay for good.

crg Tuesday, 6 Nov 2018 at 07:35 pm

Hahaha...no don't stop...I always look forward to the daily comment as much as the photo...

AndyM Tuesday, 6 Nov 2018 at 08:09 pm

Pretty weak Stu - my "listicle" joke the other day was way better.

stunet Tuesday, 6 Nov 2018 at 08:36 pm

True. Wish I could put dick and ball jokes in the caption.

AndyM Tuesday, 6 Nov 2018 at 08:55 pm

Why the hell not? Anyway, there was no mention of dicks...

GuySmiley Wednesday, 7 Nov 2018 at 05:46 am

The Catcher in the Rye?

stunet Wednesday, 7 Nov 2018 at 06:44 am

Damn. Wish I thought of that.

GuySmiley Wednesday, 7 Nov 2018 at 08:07 am

The Box Seat?

stunet Wednesday, 7 Nov 2018 at 09:09 am

Nice, but IMO those three parellel leaning trees are the more prominent feature.

GuySmiley Wednesday, 7 Nov 2018 at 10:47 am

true there is a symmetry to the image framed by the palms

davetherave Wednesday, 7 Nov 2018 at 11:26 am

awesome wotd- let's get out there!

GuySmiley Sunday, 11 Nov 2018 at 10:35 am

When the music's over, turn off the lights ........

crg Monday, 12 Nov 2018 at 03:27 pm

Geezus! How good does that shot look! You'd swear it was a point break.

Blowin Tuesday, 13 Nov 2018 at 08:28 am

Clean , clear water with the sun shining makes any surf that much better. Add a pretty reef and you’re already half way to heaven before you’ve caught a wave.

velocityjohnno Tuesday, 13 Nov 2018 at 04:27 pm

That was a really good pic for WOTD, really beautiful water

udo Wednesday, 14 Nov 2018 at 09:31 am

Nice..very lucky chap to still be with us and able to surf
Boots podcast on Hurly Burly.

blindboy Sunday, 18 Nov 2018 at 12:51 pm

Pulled into that section a few times Stu?

yocal Wednesday, 21 Nov 2018 at 12:20 pm

The same carpark angle as every other photo taken of the place but the majesty of it never gets old!

Blowin Wednesday, 21 Nov 2018 at 12:25 pm

Amen to that.

The fun zone.

Gary G Saturday, 24 Nov 2018 at 10:08 am

You could have at least posted a photo of Gary with that caption, Stu.

Gary G Saturday, 24 Nov 2018 at 10:10 am

Or perhaps he’s already there, you just can’t see him xoxo