It was a big day at the points, one of the best in recent memory, with 4-6ft of ENE cyclone swell courtesy of Oma.
If you were out there try to spot yourself, if you weren't then drool in jealousy.
Two vids. Hook in.
(Footage iflynoosa)
A sailing and surf exploration of Tasmania.
The Lifeline Surf Classic is back for its eighth year.
Sid gets inducted into Surfing Australia's Hall Of Fame.
A new column where a surfboard sage, otherwise known as Murray Bourton, answers everything you want to know.
Surfers are on alert as an eight-metre humpback washes onto rocks near Scarborough.
Is surfing just another sport? Have we been deluding ourselves?
Rare showing of 2018 film, plus live music and conversation.
The turnout exceeded all expectations for Merc's paddle out.
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I haven't regretted leaving the sunny coast 6 months ago for a moment......until now.
Fuck me! The pot/nasho's hasn't been like that in donkeys.
Hope I get something tomorrow to numb the pain.
Why the jetskis????
Two clubbies stopping the other jetskis from getting too close to the surfers. Apparently the other couple of skis were Red Bull crew filming Julian Wilson
Looks awesome ,except for the pack
Can you imagine rolling up there in the 60’s!? Must’ve been special
we use to sleep at main beach; always a park at National and timeless walk to tee tree and beyond; I can't get motivated to surf there any more
out and around people - don't waste other peoples waves
Love to know what Granites was like..
Raw, very lumpy and not surfable
Yep waste of time especially with the insane sweep - wish I had saved my arms for the weekend.
Sick clip.. who shot this? Would love to email ya about using a couple waves for a project
So so good. One of the best feeling waves I've ever surfed.
Congratulations to those of you that scored it.
It was good in the sixties. Quite often no one out during the week (no dole then).
Noosa is definitely the most reliable place to go in these cyclone swells.
Looks super fun, but that pack is ridiculous, i honestly don't know if id bother paddling out, its just a lucky dip that you would even get one decent one.
Then notice how when the sets come through they break that little wider so the crowd is right in the way, guys aren't surfing their just dodging people.
Does anyone get really anxious on epic point swells? The pressure to make sure you get at least one, knowing that when you take off there's 150m of people all hoping you fall, mixed with intense froth that the point has finally lit up? Until I get one and get into the right headspace, it's a bloody emotional rollercoaster.
Funny though... sure it's crowded, but I've seen just as many surfing freezing cold Hobart points on a swell half the size haha.
Tassie gets crowded? Heck, I didn’t know there were point breaks anywhere near Hobart.
Can not surf anymore because of a crippling spine injury guys an girls enjoy mother nature at its best soak up that feeling on a wave please.
Looks rubbish. Crumbly / sectiony 4' barrel. Into a wide fat section dodging the hordes. Meh.
You surfed somewhere better on this swell?
Certainly got better waves last weekend than anything here, only 3-4 out too. Better footage from a number of spots already this swell. Been swamped with work all week.
Had a week of it like that in the early70's.
Remember us being pissed off about there being 15-20 guys on it after coming up from SA where you could surf on your own (and still can a lot of times)
Just couldn't bring myself to surf with that crowd, but a great wave.
Old mate gets completely run over by a single fin at 0:58 in the first vid. Must have duckdived just deep enough
Enjoyed Sunny Coast FM playing in the background there.
I tried to backdoor the Pot at the end of a wide/fat one from T Tree. It grew, turned brown and went very dark. I remember hitting rocks in the foetal position and the feeling of moving very fast underwater. I re-surfcaed near the flat jump rock around the corner. Worst flogging I've had there for sure.
came up from the gold coast for swell only to see some of the best surfers in the world show their greedy disrespectful attitude to all others
I too have a ski but wouldn't dream of doing tow outs to avoid the rip then sliding off the sled for the sets.(you ignorant fucks!)
someone said to me today why didn't you burn them, there was 6-8 skis with 2-3 guys on each, you couldn't keep up there was so many!
well I earned my 4 or 5 waves over a few hours and i now have sore feet from the walk and sore shoulders from the constant paddle but at least i know I can sleep well knowing that i respect my fellow surfers.
get a clue-we say it every swell-
why are these guys getting away with this?again
Name and shame them rondoggie if you know who they were. They need to be held accountable.
i hate to say it but a guy by the name of Julian Wilson seemed to be pretty rested from not much paddling!
it i heard grommets talking about what they were doing on the walk around and how cool it was.
imagine a lineup with 30-40 skis in 3-5 ft waves, were heading there !
That’s disappointing. Our best hope for a world title too.
maybe we can zoom in on the drone footage and get there rego's!
can someone do that?
Respect
Drooling in jealousy??
I got lucky with a park. Then I jumped off flat rock and realised how stupid that was... caught my 1st wave, did the run around to tea tree and rested in the sweep until I hit the pot. Paddled there to stay stationary and waited on any wave I could get.
Got lucky and scored just about every pass. Got dropped in on a couple of times but was able to grab their board and shove them back... I feel pretty lucky to be honest, I think I got a lot more than most out there.
Only thing that would've made my day better was the fact that I caught the wave a 3:50 - 3:55 in the top video but he didn't follow me with the drone. I would've loved to have seen myself riding pumping Noosa!
Looks like that bright yellow/orange wetsuit top was out on the bar this morning, and a foil surfer
Hardly jealous,
Looks more like an American set on a "quiet" day.
A wanker battle for a wave - dodge and weave - edgy testosterone to "get my share" - fuck that!
How's the state of this..