As the recent run of great waves across the Surf Coast comes to and end, footage and imagery is coming out from a couple of standout days.
This drone footage was capture on the morning of last Friday the 18th with multiple close-up and afar angles shot by Mike Carter-Key.
"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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Nice shots Mike
The 18 second period on Friday was something to behold!
wow it was very good after all. looked great on live cams but not epic.
great waves , looks like the hoods block the peripheral vision, lotta drop ins
legend at the 14 min mark...calls another surfer into a smoker. Spreading the aloha!
Probably his girlfriend
True!
I'm guessing not. If it was, she just would of went anyway, it's part of the deal isn't it?
He's either laying some groundwork or he's just being nice.
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say it's the latter.
That was Dan Ross letting her go.
Thought so, has similar boards one with deck grip and this one without?
Same colour, yeah. The full deck grip one is a big boy.
Ahh, yes.
not surprised he was being generous - briefly chatted with him last year during the big swell down on the surf coast. He was such a legend.
Some good solid surfing on bigger boards there- enjoyed watching that.
Yeah good call after watching a CT event like Jbay you think why is everybody so slow and drawing longer lines - everybody isn't superhuman like those guys are and it looks fine either way.
That's what I thought, too. Nice to see how real people surf!
The pace that Winki breaks at leads to alot of trimming, not many turns...
https://www.swellnet.com/news/reels/2024/08/31/watch-winki-thursday
I love seeing the blatant drop-inners being burnt.
Looks fun as.
is it me, or does that look like a better performance wave than bells?
Bells maybe easier to say & make than Winkipop or....Playa Zicatela ....
Playa zigatelais by far the craziest waves I have ever tried. Bells and winki are points every wave will run. Play zigatela is a whole different game. But the wave of your life is there for every playa
Boog cutty one of the best turns of the clip.
spot on
No one surfing top to bottom... Is it the wave or the surfers?
both
From what I can see alot of drop ins pulling off, not like the goldy.
It's a refreshing change watching regular surfers having fun on a wave and enjoying it for what it is, instead of the pros trying to destroy and work against the canvas they've been provided (JBay excepted).