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laurie > 9 months ago, 5 Jan 2013

laurie

3860 posts

5 Jan 2013 7:28am

Hoping to find stories of stoke or carnage about yesterday...

Wind was good, and swell was absolutely massive - biggest it's been for years. Some real heart starters coming through.

Yesterday more than made up for all those windless 40 degree days, yet didn't seem to be many crew out.

Did you get some?

hirschausen

422 posts

5 Jan 2013 7:50am

Still grinning,
Late session Thursday at the spot as the swell arrived. Followed by a down winder back to Coros. On the water at 9:00am the next. Too many waves for one man - gluttony is all I will say.
Just waiting now at 7:00am for the coffee to brew before another feast.

Mini Mal

298 posts

5 Jan 2013 8:05am

25kn plus, 4m swell waves everywhere going left ,right and plenty of boosting off big ramps on the way out. Great session in gero with the Radman

Dave Whettingsteel

1397 posts

5 Jan 2013 8:47am

Huge day at Horrocks... 30 knots plus a super heavy swell. Pretty scary with so much water moving around. Never made it all the way out through the break. Had to keep turning around when another avalanche threatened to engulf me.

Swell still up today, but more settled. Hopefully we will get some wind this arvo.

TurtleHunter

1675 posts

5 Jan 2013 9:42am

swell hadn't arrived yesterday and no wind today

swinginginthewind

281 posts

5 Jan 2013 10:05am

Awesome downwinder - Lano to Wedge
8 kiters in total, lots of big swells and big grins
Only one stop on the beach whilst one of the crew untangled lines.
Oh and in case anyone is wondering we had a first aid kit, mobile, water, hats, spare pump and a driver at Wedge to collect anyone

Underoath

QLD

2434 posts

5 Jan 2013 12:11pm

The lads smashed out another Lanno to Wedge downwinder. A few of the boys rode strapless.

I won't say how big it was at the outer reefs, as the keyboard heros will have something to diss.

Biggest waves I have riden in 5 years anyway.

Pulled up sore this morning.

Edit: hey Swinging, you beat me to it.

tightlines

3504 posts

5 Jan 2013 10:30am

Yep Lano to Wedge was epic, swell breaking miles out to sea the whole way.

A well earned beer out of the wind.

connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/258032058

default

1255 posts

5 Jan 2013 10:37am

Yep had an awesome sesh south of perth by myself yesterday, no mates ;) good swell :) definitely made the most of the last 2 days.. Have that soreness that's actually a nice feeling and the beers tasted even better last night

austin

671 posts

5 Jan 2013 10:58am

Early session at point Moore before it started to close out then downwind from drummonds cove to corro, going deep and slaying dragons all the way, well over mast high close outs and long punchy rides on the inside. No sight of anybody all the way, props to my downwind buddy a true slayer of giants.

THEN corro was going off nicely out back, the bar has been raised and what I considered big before is just a walk in the park!

GERO all time yeeew

gavo

127 posts

5 Jan 2013 11:04am

Had an awesome sesh north of Perth, creased my board 3/4 of way into it and managed to ride the rest of the sesh out.. Yew!! Aching all over today but still smiling!

dbabicwa

808 posts

5 Jan 2013 11:48am

Was really good, some massive boost's and first backroll transitions! Yeeee

That's on river tho with Mr. Universal and others:)

AndyHansen

278 posts

5 Jan 2013 11:50am

Another cracker Lano to Wedge yesterday... And possibly a new record for longest ever self-rescue....Trying to outrun moster wave, loose rail, drop kite, kite inverted

try flying kite inverted which now has the flight potential of a one winged retarded albtross.... Finally give up and hack the 1-1.5km self rescue.

Thanks to the awesome crew. Stayed eith me sll the way, waited on the beach with me and assisted with the chinese line tangle puzzle. Think i still owe a couple cartons for that one!!

bene313

1347 posts

5 Jan 2013 12:48pm

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AndyHansen said...
1-1.5km self rescue

Human lure

Tony Armstrong

NSW

341 posts

5 Jan 2013 7:54pm

Totally jealous.

Have not seen anything above 1 foot since, er "whenever" on the south east coast of Australia.

TOAD

NSW

305 posts

5 Jan 2013 8:05pm

Oh a Lano to wedge DW and you didn't post on the internet you were going .Did you have GPS EPERB PHONES BACK UP 4x4 and boat ?????? WOW You guys are radical!!!!! i don't know how you did it ?????? FARK !!!!! AMAZING ..... NOT >>>> P.S. I am a bit jelous though... Tee Hee

laurie

3860 posts

5 Jan 2013 5:05pm

Too cool - great stories.

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tightlines said...
Yep Lano to Wedge was epic, swell breaking miles out to sea the whole way.

connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/258032058

That garmin track is interesting:

Elevation Gain: 1,270 ft
Elevation Loss: 1,198 ft

24 metres of up/down action : Boosting or really big faces?

Dave Whettingsteel

1397 posts

5 Jan 2013 5:27pm

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Underoath said...

I won't say how big it was at the outer reefs, as the keyboard heros will have something to diss.

Awww go on, have a stab!
The Gero outer channel boy was recording a 3.2m groundswell, I reckon the faces on breaking waves at Horrocks were 5 to 6 meters on the sets. Definitely over the old windsurfers mast high I think.

2 local surfers paddled out into the Horrocks gap this morning, they looked tiny. Craig reckons he took 19 or 20 waves and made the drop on 3... Ferocious.

Whatever .. Epic.

mattyjee

575 posts

5 Jan 2013 6:46pm

Having to work on Friday I can't read this thread without crying...

ZaZz

89 posts

5 Jan 2013 7:44pm

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mattyjee said...
Having to work on Friday I can't read this thread without crying...

Torn my mcl thursday.
Out off the water for a while...

I can cry

Dave Whettingsteel

1397 posts

5 Jan 2013 7:50pm

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ZaZz said...

mattyjee said...
Having to work on Friday I can't read this thread without crying...

Torn my mcl thursday.
Out off the water for a while...

I can cry

Poor thing! How did you do that?

Juddy

1103 posts

5 Jan 2013 8:06pm

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ZaZz said...

mattyjee said...
Having to work on Friday I can't read this thread without crying...

Torn my mcl thursday.
Out off the water for a while...

I can cry

unbelievable...I got an invite for this DW, but the old 9-5 gig won out...of course, a minor tear of the LCL (lateral collateral ligament) whilst wakeboarding a week ago didn't help.

Work + injury = missed out. Not happy Jan. In fact, fkn spewing.....

I can cry also....

Weta

893 posts

5 Jan 2013 8:25pm

Juddy hope u r still good for the LOC??? DNS = Carton of Corona

Underoath what happened to the invite :(

tightlines

3504 posts

5 Jan 2013 9:48pm

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laurie said...
Too cool - great stories.

tightlines said...
Yep Lano to Wedge was epic, swell breaking miles out to sea the whole way.

connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/258032058

That garmin track is interesting:

Elevation Gain: 1,270 ft
Elevation Loss: 1,198 ft

24 metres of up/down action : Boosting or really big faces?

Whilst I am quite fond of a bit of up/down action at times there was no boosting on this run, so yeah I guess it must have been 24mtr faces, that sounds about right, I think I remember that one

ZaZz

89 posts

5 Jan 2013 10:47pm

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Dave Whettingsteel said...

ZaZz said...

mattyjee said...
Having to work on Friday I can't read this thread without crying...

Torn my mcl thursday.
Out off the water for a while...

I can cry

Poor thing! How did you do that?

Nothing spectacular, not even close. I wasn't trying to do a front mob

Was really gusty and stronger than I expected. No wind on the beach and hard to launch.
I was hit by a gust at the same time I decided to edge hard upwind. When lifted out of the water my right knee was twisted. I managed to kite back to the shore but my knee was wobbly and gave out a few times. End of the story.

Akwa

255 posts

6 Jan 2013 12:47am

I was out at Lancelin as well. Had a good sesh with some MASSIVE waves in the back. I'm not brave/good enough to tackle those badboys just yet but it was fantastic to watch all you nutcases shredding those waves apart!

All and all a good day full of boosting and learning new transitions.

Saw a dude get dragged over the beach and slam face first into the sand dunes. I'm sure some other guys at lano's would have seen it... Does anyone have any further info on how it exactly happened and if he's ok?

Underoath

QLD

2434 posts

6 Jan 2013 3:26am

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Weta said...
Juddy hope u r still good for the LOC??? DNS = Carton of Corona

Underoath what happened to the invite :(

Check ya phone buddy.
I messaged you on the 31/12/2012 @ 11:11pm

: ) keen for next time?

Weta

893 posts

6 Jan 2013 8:13am

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Underoath said...

Check ya phone buddy.
I messaged you on the 31/12/2012 @ 11:11pm

: ) keen for next time?

Sorry Mate missed that message or forgot about it in the excitement of New Years

Definitely keen for the next one, looks like you had a good crew......waves would've been scary BIG with that swell

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