Just dropped by WA filmer Scott Bauer is this short from North Point, filmed during the waiting period of the Margs comp.
"It rained pretty much all day until," said Scott, "and an hour before dark, as soon as it stopped I rushed out to film a handful of waves."
Stars Jed Mattinson, Dan Ryan, Sheldon Simkus, Kael Walsh, and Jed Gradison.
"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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Glad to see the footage in the clip: booger drop-ins, drop-ins and lotsa crew who know their way into a pit. It ain't uncrowded paradise.
Some great rides.. drop in central.. anything goes
prison rules...welcome to first grade.
hate seeing shit like that. some of those drop ins were so blatant it was like occy
Aussie legend, icon, cult figure, world champ, .. has made dropping in OK, and degraded the soul of surfing.
With all that power and influence, imagine the positives he could have created,
Instead:
What a legacy, what a contribution, what a fuckwit.
Who?
occy
deadset
still at it too.... the old white water behind you take off and appearing like a dick outta the foam.. i possess one of the best ever videos of occy doing this recently to a mate of mine at pumping fun sized greenie through rainbow... she keeps her nerve, cuts back and back at him...sending him to the weeds.. he"s flapping some fish killers to try and keep in front of the white water but she keeps him off... then a dickhead mate of his drops in on my stoic buddy thinking she's burned sly dog occ... he gets off after being rightly told to fuck off... he's a bloody disgrace and definitely not a crowd favourite - not that he gives any fucks either way
send a link to the video. i'll publish it on insta. that prick deserves it
The whitewater snake takeoff is among the lowest of the low acts.
Yep, and now he has kooks paying to surf with him and screams at locals who don't give his paying mugs a wave, Get Fucked Occ - your time is long over.
wow, didnt realise he shouts at people re his paying mugs lol. i still cant understand how he hasnt been beaten up. most people would have been belted for far less
Didn't see him get any of those NP drainers?
double booger drop in
Carn swellnet. More vids of the goldy please
And Solander
Why in black and white ?
Every surf clip I see these days features crowds and drops ins.
Let's all give up surfing, it's cooked.
Fuck that. What a zoo
Is there anything sweeter than watching a drop in cop a flogging?
Based on these Videos kids are now watching...Drop ins are normal
Until you drop in on the wrong person........
Then I reckon the video's should also show the beatings that occur.
Would be great to see some of the "almost Pro's" on the Goldy cop a belting for a drop in .
hell yeah....there'd be dozens of beltings an hour... great viewing!
"Gut slider's" fucking up a great session...
There's little on the positive side of the ledger to say about this vid.
Shithouse behaviour.
Shithouse glorification of shit behaviour.
Shithouse music. Though probably a perfect choice in light of the above two points.
0.5/10.
Nothing like the wave I had the pleasure of surfing like that in '95. Though I was forced to share a barrel with a lidder who was quite surprised to see me exit next to him.
Northpoint is such an amazing wave. I have very fond memories of surfing it late 80s/early 90s staying at C Bay, 12 yrs old or so surfing with family & friends & it's only exposure to the outside world was through Mark Warren's surfing Atlas. The place was so quite & we would surf with the Cato brothers. Cayden was super friendly to me & my mate coming down from Perth - James ripped back then. When it was firing I remember thinking waves can't get much better than this even in Indo (had never been there). Dennis Lilly (cricketer) scored on his waveski & created havoc but he did a good job. So uncrowded, so peaceful & a groms heaven. The world has moved on but damn good memories of this place
Hang on, back it up... can we have some more information on this part: "Dennis Lilly (cricketer) scored on his waveski"
Dennis L has always run the right type of mo for a goat-boater.
Yep, back when waveskis were a thing. I remember one session in particular, absolutely perfect 8 foot, offshore, blue sky. Dennis would be picking up the outside bombs & paddling in from way further out & even got barrelled on the thing (but got smashed from memory). A little controversial but there was enough to go around :)
Brilliant. And with a little digging found some more gold...
Hilarious. Yeah a bit of that going on as well. We were just stoked that we were surfing next to Dennis Lillee & getting some sick ones :)
That's a classic story TimmyJ.
Classic Timmy.
Was he singing "Carmon Aussie, c'mon c'mon..." as he was paddling into a set?
Terrorising the North Point lineup like it's a Pakistani batsman at the WACA.
What a champion. Have heard that DL was seen escorting a young Elle Macpherson around that part of the world at one stage.
I don't remember him being super chatty in the lineup, nor singing Cmon Aussie. He would just pick-off the bombs & then paddle past everyone to bag the next set. I was cool with it as those 8 footers were pretty scary as a grom (hehe, they still are). I remember James Cato & one of his mates sitting alot deeper. Dennis was sitting wider with the rest of us mortals, but just alot further out. James & his mate were catching them from what I can remember to be where Robbo catches them today. There were some crazy crazy perfect deep barrels going down. No cameras. No internet. This session in particular wasn't empty, say 15 guys on it. But most days during the week you could paddle out at 7am & surf for an hour or 2 with just friends, & same in the arvo. Take me back!! :)
The misnomers are abounding:
Dennis Lilly
Dennis L
DL
Carn blokes, it's D.K Lillee. Look at the scoreboard.
Or Lilibet as he was affectionately known in the dressing room.
Haaaaaa
Sorry Stu. I have been fairly chastised.
Australias best right? well known right maybe.
Lillee caught Willey bowled Dilley
That's actually in the scorebook from an ashes test back in the 80's.
I remember Dennis on his goatboat around C Bay in the 80s as well, South Point too. He was a weird mix of awkward kook on the worst of all surfcraft, along with plenty of world class fast bowler attitude. I was one of the crowd chanting his name at the WACA a few years earlier, but my opinion of him slipped a fair way after a couple of hours sharing the surf, he was hungry and dangerous!