Victor scraps - video
Here's another perspective of the TC Victor swell across that (now) legendary Sunny Coast sand bar. The footage is a little grainy and shaky, but it gives it a cool retro vibe. Also shows just how ledgy the wave is too.
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Comments
That's hollower than a politician's promise.
Great line Roubydouby.
Don't be surprised if one fine day you're sitting in a beachside car park watching some particularly square pits unleash on a reef when a split screen Kombi pulls up and out pops some Blowin wearing head to toe tie- dye with a grey ponytail hanging down to his arse , who raises one eyebrow and states :
"Hollow ? Hollow !? That last set was........"
Hahaha. Compliment it with a beyond-the-horizon gaze and you got yourself a high-five there, fella.
Best vid of that wave yet that I've seen. It's a fickle gnarly beast alright, that first section is almost unsurfable. Possibly worthy of a tow session (for high speed reasons) if it was uncrowded. Awesome to watch tho.
How was poor old mate at the end ...... Gets gifted a roll in , only to have his glory stolen by a slightly too hard direction correction . Oh the possibilities !!! Reckon he migh relive that one for while , I've still got a few I'm still re surfing at night from over a decade ago . :(
Fuck me has there ever been a bigger bunch of kooks in the one line up!?
And that guy who pulls back at 2:13 should never be allowed to surf again!
Wow
Really? Looks pretty fricken difficut to be in the right position and deal with the takeoff.
Any vids of you killing it in good surf?
Yeah really. Are you the guy who pulled back on the 3 footer?
No vids of me "killing it", but vids of me making 3-4 foot barrels.. Yeah sure there is.
YouTube link?
Of me surfing 3-4ft waves? How exciting that would be. Well worth going to the effort of putting it on YouTube...
Victor overrated hype all it does is make for some good pics let's hope we get some good lows off the coast soon
Overrated hype? Certainly not from our end.
Of all the footage I've now seen I've only seen one guy actually make a wave/barrel.
Looks exactly how i remember it, looks awesome and great to mind surf but the reality is its a very hard wave to surf, shifty, fast, and sectiony, and this day looks extremely hard to get into them….such a fine line between an epic wave and a closeout or unridable one.
That's all good Ben as long as you enjoyed it,living up on the northern end off the coast it certainly didn't live up to expectations.
What expectations? In my forecasts I reiterated countless times how inconsistent the swell would be.. I purposefully downplayed it for many reasons, including local winds. They're all there in the archives for you to read. But considering the southern end of your coastline recorded one of the best days of waves in decades, a compromise has to be made. The Gold Coast was epic, so were a few locations on the Tweed Coast and many locations on the Northern NSW coast. Kinda hard to please everyone.
Yep this video shows clearly how hard it was to surf and even if you pulled in, the wave would section away too quickly. Only a rare one looks makeable.
This vid puts the "One perfect wave on the Sunny coast" into perspective. Given the number of blokes getting caught inside or too wide or going over the falls, looks pretty challenging.
The surfers have some sort of excuse with how ledgey it is but the spongers have nothing. You would be waiting your whole life for a wave like that on a sponge and they had nothing.
I've surfed with most of the lids that actually got on a wave in that video. You are deluded if you think
A) They wouldn't go
OR
B) Lots of lids could make those waves.
Pass on from me, they are rubbish spongers. Dont ever bother surfing somewhere like South Coast NSW you will just embarrass yourselves.
looked fairly tricky. Obviously a couple of sessions in that edit……the one where it isn't as clean and closing out a bit more looked borderline impossible…
…..there's some epic footage of Parko in his 'Free as a dog' clip of that spot from years ago. It really makes you realise how fast and ledgy it is for the average punter
looked fairly tricky. Obviously a couple of sessions in that edit……the one where it isn't as clean and closing out a bit more looked borderline impossible…
…..there's some epic footage of Parko in his 'Free as a dog' clip of that spot from years ago. It really makes you realise how fast and ledgy it is for the average punter
looked fairly tricky. Obviously a couple of sessions in that edit……the one where it isn't as clean and closing out a bit more looked borderline impossible…
…..there's some epic footage of Parko in his 'Free as a dog' clip of that spot from years ago. It really makes you realise how fast and ledgy it is for the average punter
You blokes on the Sunshine Coast should book yourselves in for a few surf lessons.
So the average punter pulls back, so what !…..check out the footage of Parko in his 'Free as a dog' vid of that spot a few years ago. It shows how powerful this wave gets. It comes out of deep water and hits a shallow sandbank. Ive surfed it many times about head high and super fun, but when it gets double overhead like this you need to be able to surf ... and well.
Some of them look makable to me but no one out there with the right experience and equipment to get the job done
So the average punter pulls back, so what !…..check out the footage of Parko in his 'Free as a dog' vid of that spot a few years ago. It shows how powerful this wave gets. It comes out of deep water and hits a shallow sandbank. Ive surfed it many times about head high and super fun, but when it gets double overhead like this you need to be able to surf ... and well.
Well if you need to be able to surf, and well, what's the average punter doing out there in the first place!
Your comment makes no sense
I guess they are at least attempting to surf it, instead of hiding at home on their keyboards.
A bad day out in the ocean is better than a good day at work or school !
Yep I gotta agree with your last sentence.
Looks like the surfers are a bit out of practice , maybe a bwt event site , bring in the worlds best for this heavy deepwater slab . U guys got those floatation vests & safety in case of a wipeout waves69 ?
Ya reckon one of those 6'4 DS's would've helped em out in those conditions, Cam?
Its beyond help time ldogy , a boot camp would help more
I want a camel boot camp..
Unlucky.i just watched it.if i didn't have a good surf id probably ditch the board and just body bash it....