Early October: An unseasonal trade swell, a lack of northerlies, and a number of pros on call at the Straddie comp means primo Greenmount for the average punters.
Lot of bogged turns and baubles, lot of undisguised joy too.
"That board felt like the starting point for a new life."
The inner mechanics of Russell's mind.
Sniffing out the bounty on land and at sea.
From a day with a low wave count yet high consequence.
Like a hundred social media clips joined together but not on social media.
Seeking darkness on a sunny day.
And Matahi lifts the bar yet again.
Bite size humans in king size waves.
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Insane
great stuff
That vid's almost enough for me to sell up and move the family up to the Goldie.....to become another face in the crowds.
That line up was as crowded as a strip of fly paper in an outback roadhouse.
yeah bloody chaos. yesterday morning at greenie (wed) was absolutely cooking but it was team surfing on every wave. negotiated 2 barrels on one wave and 4 separate dropins.. the last one got me, nice new ding to boot..... but it's the goldy..
Proof of GOD waves
looks like a bit more support for comps......
The last wave at 3:15... great footage of two surfers in sync on back-to-back waves. Cool!
Nice to see punters in there as well as opposed to Mick and Joel etc. Gives me a much better sense of what it would be like to surf it.
yer nah, that crew is fukt and its sharky
Everyone got over the shark attack quickly?
Safety in numbers aye.
how easy/difficult is it for the average punter to snag a wave when its like what we see in the video...please anyone from Victoria can you comment. thanks
I used to live up there @garryh. It's always busy, but on days like that there's heaps to go around. Plenty of average punters getting good waves. Just a different vibe, much more competitive, gotta hustle / hassle a bit more. You still get a few less crowded ones if you paddle out at dawn, although it seems much more sharky now than when I lived there so not sure how much I'd be up for the pre-dawn paddle...