Photos: Cape Solander in May
Saturday was a fantastic spectacle at Cape Solander. People got injured, skis ran amok, one even got washed onto the rocks and destroyed. The Cape once again showed how it can transform an otherwise exquisite swell into fifty metres of brutality. Don't let the blue sky and clear water fool you.
Tim Bonython filmed for ten hours straight, with a video edit soon to come. Till then, here's some stills from a savage day.
Lucas 'Boo' Street
Matt Dunsmore under an arcing lipline
Max McGuigan hands free and deep
Maxime Rayer indifferent to the danger
Dean Jamieson counterbalancing each direction
Laurie Towner made the trip but was reluctant to hassle in the crowded and competitive lineup, bagging just a handful of waves
Max McGuigan again
Evan Faulks - above and below - from where you'd rather not be
...and the outcome
Spud gets angry
Josh Ku
Russ drives from way deep as the pack dives
Comments
Man it was a zoo from the vid I saw....more dangerous from people than the wave. It does not look like a wave than can handle that sort of crowd
Too many humans and bit too much on with both skis and paddlers. One or the other is fine but gets pretty interesting with both...
sick frames looks so green.
Thick.
Wasn’t it this guy who assured us that everyone towing out there knew exactly what they were doing and got a bit upset when punters pointed out the dangers. Apologies if I’ve got the the people mixed up.
the only guarantee when it comes to the ocean and jet skis is one day they are gonna bend you over
Yep, that was Tim
Also suggested setting up a go fund me page for the JetSki on kips Insta page, don’t think that’s necessary
Laurie on a nice one
"Minor rib injury"
"9 weeks"
Fuck.
pro surfers are soft, mate :-)
Hell yes, Stu, I’m afraid to say. Rib injuries keep you out of the water until they are fully healed. Even then the ligaments and tendons need to be re-stretched after that long out, so you feel sore from that too.
Yours being back ribs may be better though. They’re slow.
Copped some similar real talk from a medical fella today. Told me that anytime a rib breaks in two or more places, the floating piece(s) between the breaks slow the healing and potentially complicate it too.
Good news has been light on the ground lately.
It's a shit place Stu, but it's temporary, and it will be a distant memory soon. I know it's annoying to hear (and not that comforting right now) but as far as injuries go, it could have been a whole lot worse. You'll smash the recovery and be back into it in a while. It will seem like long time, but you'll adapt. Dr Phil, signing out.
Fucking fuck oath
Well the boys can surf a bit but they're all pretty good at promo...
If you get barrelled and no one sees it, did you really ever get barrelled....?
Existential question for the day.
Ha! If nobody sees the insta photo you definitely didn't.
Not the same league as Ours but the local was looking good on Saturday and all the rippers were at Ours so it was win-win
Is this the least appealing wave in Australia? At least riding sloppy close out beach breaks - the nearest contender for the award- won’t expose you to death or dismemberment on the nearby rock shelf, stinking JetSki noise ,fumes and wake and exposure to a mass gathering of desperate Insta celebrities.
Ugly, lurching, short and mostly unrideable ......ugghh.
All yours, gents.
hardly the point blowin...
Didn’t even mention the backwash or the vomit inducing and thankfully extinct previous name of “Ours”.
Oh, wait .....it’s also the predominant flow through point for the millions of litres of toxic pollutants exiting the sludge hole that is Botany Bay. This joint makes breaks with names such as Oilies and Shitties appear enticingly pristine.
Did I miss anything?
Least appealing wave in Australia. It’s official. Convince me otherwise.
Doesn’t mean crew aren’t into it. Some people enjoy coprophilia and some people like surfing Solander....that’s just the way things are.
Amazing wave when there's not too many out and you've got space and time to ease into it.
No idea how many days exist like that anymore, but for a few years there we used to get into the park before the gates opened at 7am - either walk or kick a loose copper log off, drive the cars through, then replace it. Surf it with a handful of crew who mostly all knew each other before work.
Is it a decent wave? It always looks to be a 90 percent no make rate.
Amazing wave, if you're into that thing. A good fit among the Cronulla reefs.
It's funny, I used to check it through the 90s, always thought it needed more tide when it actually needed less - low tides are better unless it's huge. I never saw anyone surf it even though I now know the Feinbeer brothers and Steve Doney, amongst a few others, went out there.
Often wonder if I watched it during a good, ridable day but just didn't recognise it. I mean, like Backdoor Pipeline, Solander is on full display, everyone who drives into the park can see it, yet also like Backdoor people didn't recognise it as surfable for a long time so it went largely untouched.
Just took crew with imagination to pioneer the first tracks and realise it is possible.
If perhaps I did see it on a good day then I couldn't visualise those tracks.
Coprophilia. Googled it. You're a funny cunt
Those Copraphiliacs would enjoy this one then !!!
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=136003555123650&id=10055307…
Occasionally photogenic (as a juxtaposition)
What's a jetski cost? 20k?
Good for the ego Blowin. Looks like Max M has it wired.
Putting aside the fact that a wave like that is completely out of my league, I'm filing it with every other crowded and over hyped surf-spot: Good to watch but not my cup of tea. Also, as much as I experienced a certain amount of schadenfreude watching that ski get totalled, I'm glad that bloke is okay. In the end we're all out there trying to have fun.It sucks when people get hurt.
Ive sat in my lower northern beaches bubble for a decade with every intention of getting down to have a look. Figured early that sitting on the shoulder doesn’t roll so now, with all the crowds and the skis and cameras then I’ve missed the boat. And by that I mean, if watching deadman’s when its big is any yardstick then its not going to be a comfortable viewing option. I’d love to see it, goes without saying.
Holy shit.....forgot about Deadman’s. Looks like Solander is second least appealing wave.
I'd take deadmans over solander purely because there are no skis out there- no backwash too...
Still a shit wave though hahaha
It is an over rated wave Blowin but it keeps the bra boys up there instead of way better waves on the south coast.
I thought that slab Hayden blare got was one of the better ones in the clip maybe towing into death slabs don’t count