Sanctuary - video
The NSW Mid North Coast has a range of waves: reefs, points, and beachies, but if we're wondering what the quintessential set up is, then it's gotta be the corner beachbreak. Southeast Queensland has reeling points, southwest WA the one punch reef break, but mid-NSW has sand stacked up against headlands, sand pushed out from rivermouths, and all manner of sand over reef setups. And the water! When the sun is high the ocean assumes a cerulean shade that sings to heart of anyone who can trace memories to the region.
It's enough to make someone pack the car and create some new memories. Stack the fourby with boards, fill the tape holder with tunes - still the undisputed best format for a surf wagon - and turn the stereo up loud.
Same with this clip...
Comments
" fill the tape holder with tunes - still the undisputed best format for a surf wagon"
Please explain??
Bloody Beautiful
@Boxright
Reckon tapes are still the most durable medium, at least for those who can't afford a car with a hard drive and LCD screen in the dash. My glove box is packed with sparkling shards of old CDs and the footwells full of tapes that have sat under wetsuits, wet towels, and wet shoes, and yet the tapes still play!
Just blow the dust and sand out, rub the moisture off on your sleeve and slip the bastard in. Never fails...
"Just blow the dust and sand out, rub the moisture off on your sleeve and slip the bastard in. Never fails..."
Uhhh what are we talking about here exactly
How good was that!
Cue Barabara Streisand singing 'Memories' on the old, durable, tape player.
and a bag of WEED
The Cult...so good...I had Electric and Sonic Temple on cassette too...
Ditto. Sanctuary is one of my faves and goes so well with a surf vid.
Agree cult electric is unreal. All the songs are good
Ha, Stu waxing lyrical in his dotage.
Couldn't agree more Stu, although you seem to be forgetting how the cassette player would chew your favourite tapes up and then you had to carefully pick them out and re-wind them. But yeah, they usually played again.
Conversation with the kids recently about them, how you would make up mix tapes for parties, or for friends, or for special someone's. Both are heavy into their music and expressed delight at these old world charms.
As for surfing, god I love a good beach break. They don't get good often enough, but for variety, never seeing the same wave twice, surfing on your wits and reflexes and just having fun with mates, nothing beats them.