Watch: Tim Bonython // Fiji In September
Earlier this month, in fact while the final five pros were surfing Lower Trestles, Tim Bonython parked up in the channel at Cloudbreak.
The only pro surfer in the water was Jamie O'Brien, and he only loosely fits that term. The rest were locals and holiday makers; hot surfers little known outside of their local beach but putting on a fantastic show in pumping double overhead lefts.
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Skip to 4:40 to get through the bullshit. Love Cloudbreak. As a goofy it's my favourite wave.
dreamy
Reckon if they paddled out there for the Finals Day someone, somehow could claim it as an unfair playing field that disadvantages Surfer X?
Maybe that clique of Santa Cruz surfers who reckoned they surfed better in 3mm booties? They might struggle
Obviously JJF/Nate are sailing through Fiji at the moment, as seen in Jon's YT shorts and JOBs edit from the same swell. Surprised they weren't out there, look forward to their edits from wherever they end up. Fucking love Fiji.
Beautiful, beautiful wave Cloudbreak. The second part was so gnarly but echoing free above, the first glassy sesh- dreamy.
That arvo glass off section in the second half of the vid is nuts. Don't see much footage of CB glassy at that time of day.
What a wave! Guessing it's a lot heavier than it looks (FR, eel?)
6'10 DS and 7'6 Spartan would be in my board bag.
Open ocean energy / deep ocean energy / long period energy / wide sets / not breaking perfectly, makes it not a fun place to get caught inside at size. I'm fairly fit and I've been 1 wave away from giving up there, twice. Can't wait to go back!
Dreamy 100%
Best wave in the world?
Gotta be close
Nah maybe most consistent high quality wave in the world but other waves such as the fickle skeleton bay are better when they occasionally break right.
Still cloudbreak including restaurants top ten,maybe top 5 world class waves for sure.
The only place in the world that’s amazing from 2-20 ft…
4-5 ft had me years ago …
Bruno Medina and Pupo were pups and out there schralping…
Same glass but quarter the crew …
Fiji is the shit !
No CT surfers out there . Would have been a perfect opportunity for those not at Trestles to improve their bigger waves skills.
Sick second half , thanks Tim.
Fiji looks to be doing a fair impression of an Ulu,s style kookfest of surfers these days (until it the swell came up anyhow ) , drop ins , chicks with dreadlocks ,instagen surfers, go pro heros....
JOB ,s been in a good paddock over covid
Chicks called Noah?
Needs more WA hard cunce
A real perspective of the power out there. Beautifully filmed.
Ok brag time
Had the most amazing experience of surfing it about this size …….by my self
Around 15 years ago when the island still had control
Couldn’t believe it when I walked down to th boat in the morning and no one else was up.
Crazy beautiful wave … and I’m goofy
Glorious wave. That first session was mesmeric.
MUST go there one day, even though it breaks the wrong direction : )
Bravo Tim, an epic wave captured in all it's splendour.
The wave has so many personalities depending on wind, tide and swell size...
The clip doesn't do it justice, it is a wave of significant consequence, 2-3 wave hold downs are normal....
What a wave!!!
I went in 2013. Surfed it a few times, best was around 6ft and clean - occasionally a little bigger. Most scared I've ever been taking off. Scored a couple of keepers but was pretty tentative. I caught the boat out with a Brazzo braggadocio....that was until he broke his board, got washed in across the reef and had to paddle back across with the two halves. He got back to the boat in tears praying to his mummy.
Chipper, you can see the different moods in the clip. First half is more drawn out, super long ruler edged lines freighting down the reef but the last bit of the clip looked heavier, bowly and far from perfect. That session would have been scary.
It definitely has different moods for sure. It can be a completely different wave on the first day on an 16-18 second period than it is on day 2 or 3 as the period drops. Throw in tides, swell direction and tradewinds and everything can change really quick. I've been going every year (outside of Covid) since it went public access and still have no clue out there somedays.
I could imagine, that's the allure of it though eh?! Have to get there in the near future.
so much slo-mo
That was exceptional, thank you Tim! Boat drivers need a good weather eye!
And I liked the introduction to the island and the people bit too.