How good has Currumbin Alley been the last 3 months PUMPING

It's the BEST I've seen the Alley in like 7 years

When the Tide is Right and around 4ft of Swell the place is on fire just as good as Snapper Rocks and not many SUP's in the line-up.

I've ridden every board from. My 6'8'' MR single-Fin, My Sam Egan thrusters from 6'6'' to 7'2'', My 8'6'' SUP that's been laying dormant for like 7 months already, My 12ft PSH SUP on the small days. I even brushed the dust of My very brand new Sam Egan 9'1'' Malibu thats been hanging dormant in the garage for like 2 years, been having a ball on her. Just waiting on a very tiny low-tide swell to give my MR twin-fin a surf.

Surfed OUT already "Yes Please Mr Wizard"

Nice, I am very jealous.

ET.

yeah, crowded but good.

I was out on my mr 6.2 twinnie today. goes pretty good

you need a board that can do long turns to get around some sections.

trick is to get a few then get out.

recoup then go again later or next day.

no point in flogging yourself out in one day.

swell just seems endless atm

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laceys lane said..
no point in flogging yourself out in one day.

What? thats what surfing is all about! If the waves are pumping you surf all day, I felt so f##d today after just a 4 hour session this arvo I couldn't even be bother doing any core strength training when I got home, so knackered "love it" (f## it tomorrow) can't wait till tomorrow's surf already.

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Downwinder said..

laceys lane said..
no point in flogging yourself out in one day.

What? thats what surfing is all about! If the waves are pumping you surf all day, I felt so f##d today after just a 4 hour session I couldn't even be bother doing any core strength training when I got home. (f## it tomorrow) can't wait till tomorrow's surf already.

well, I do other stuff to phil, like work for starters

I used to do that but would always burn out. I got taught about surfing to a level, not peaking in one day and knowing when to get out. better to have two higher level shorter surfs rather than dragging your ass around for the last hour and a half doing fa and surfing fatigued

no one rule. just works better for me. 2 hrs today was fine even tho I could have stayed out longer no worries

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Downwinder said..

laceys lane said..
no point in flogging yourself out in one day.

What? thats what surfing is all about! If the waves are pumping you surf all day, I felt so f##d today after just a 4 hour session I couldn't even be bother doing any core strength training when I got home. (f## it tomorrow) can't wait till tomorrow's surf already.

well, I do other stuff to phil, like work for starters

I used to do that but would always burn out. I got taught about surfing to a level, not peaking in one day and knowing when to get out. better to have two higher level shorter surfs rather than dragging your ass around for the last hour and a half doing fa and surfing fatigued

no one rule. just works better for me. 2 hrs today was fine even tho I could have stayed out longer no worries

I work to Mark, Surfing is the ultimate BUZZ if you can only handle 2 hours thats fine, I'm the opposite if the waves are PUMPING and I'm having fun you'll have to drag me out of the water, before the crowds in the last 20 years I'd surf from sun up till sun down I know this means s##t "I've surfed all my life" my friends on Maui think I've got ADHD because I'll surf and Downwind all day. Come to Indo with me Mark and you'll know what sunburnt/dehydrating feels like after playing in the ocean all day. mate BULK FUN.

for 25 years I worked afternoon shift talk about being asleep at work from being surfed out from to much surfing, I so wish I could go back there.

thrusday. 5.15 1 hour of hi intensity speed sup training.



5 hrs of carpentry work.


2 hrs surf the alley


run day 7 ks


I hr of paddling tuning up fin system on new board - speed testing again


I sleep well



tomorrow training again then straight to the alley to surf again. another surf later hopefully, then its run day again

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laceys lane said..
thrusday. 5.15 1 hour of hi intensity speed sup training.



5 hrs of carpentry work.


2 hrs surf the alley


run day 7 ks


I hr of paddling tuning up fin system on new board - speed testing again


I sleep well



tomorrow training again then straight to the alley to surf again. another surf later hopefully, then its run day again

SO who cares Mark, we all train. Some train smarter than others! I don't want to sound cruel Mark "sorry" but my insides are way stronger and healthier than yours.

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Downwinder said..

laceys lane said..
thrusday. 5.15 1 hour of hi intensity speed sup training.



5 hrs of carpentry work.


2 hrs surf the alley


run day 7 ks


I hr of paddling tuning up fin system on new board - speed testing again


I sleep well



tomorrow training again then straight to the alley to surf again. another surf later hopefully, then its run day again

SO who cares Mark, we all train. Some train smarter than others! I don't want to sound cruel Mark "sorry" but my insides are way stronger and healthier than yours.

I don't understand you phil you want to know why I only surfed two hours. I showed you


you surf till you cant move- than talk about training smarter. wtf are you on about. I surfed shorter because of the other stuff I did- that's smart

I don't give a flying toss about your insides phil ffs.


far out you cant handle anyone questioning you


over and out

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laceys lane said..


I don't understand you phil you want to know why I only surfed two hours. I showed you


you surf till you cant move- than talk about training smarter. wtf are you on about. I surfed shorter because of the other stuff I did- that's smart

I don't give a flying toss about your insides phil ffs.


far out you cant handle anyone questioning you


over and out

Come on Mark your tripping mate surfing will always come first before training if you're a true surfer.

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How good has Currumbin Alley been the last 3 months PUMPING

It's the BEST I've seen the Alley in like 7 years

When the Tide is Right and around 4ft of Swell the place is on fire just as good as Snapper Rocks and not many SUP's in the line-up.

I've ridden every board from. My 6'8'' MR single-Fin, My Sam Egan thrusters from 6'6'' to 7'2'', My 8'6'' SUP that's been laying dormant for like 7 months already, My 12ft PSH SUP on the small days. I even brushed the dust of My very brand new Sam Egan 9'1'' Malibu thats been hanging dormant in the garage for like 2 years, been having a ball on her. Just waiting on a very tiny low-tide swell to give my MR twin-fin a surf.

Surfed OUT already "Yes Please Mr Wizard"

Fark that looks juicy brother - great pic cheers

I'm a little confused as to why anyone would get out of the water, while the surf was still pumping, to go for a 7km run and to test fins on a SUP board? Rocks in your head?

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Greenroom said..
I'm a little confused as to why anyone would get out of the water, while the surf was still pumping, to go for a 7km run and to test fins on a SUP board? Rocks in your head?

You would have loved it this morning Greenroom it was pure glass 3-6ft PUMPING I was on the wrong board though my 9'1'' Malibu I should have been on my shortboard, swell jacked up over night. Even got shacked off my face on the Mal. "Yes Please Mr Wizard"

The SUP's got the wide Bombs.

If you've ever surfed Rincon in California the Alley resembled that this morning. when the set came through.

There was a few Ex PRO's out Ripping.

The NW wind has wrecked the Alley now, so I may as well watch the Rip Curl PRO.

aaarrr the alley ...best surf on the gold coast...no more pictures please its killing me

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Tardy said..
aaarrr the alley ...best surf on the gold coast...no more pictures please its killing me

I actually thought it was a bit of a crap pic......poor resolution......poor focus
Thought some other pics would be popping up to show us sceptics "how good it's been"

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Greenroom said...
I'm a little confused as to why anyone would get out of the water, while the surf was still pumping, to go for a 7km run and to test fins on a SUP board? Rocks in your head?

Because the waves have been going for the 3 rd month now
it will still be there tomorrow and the next day and the next week

Had the best surf on my 6. 4 bushranger ive had for a long time


Ps. My cardio man who I owe my life too as well as the surgeon said to run so thats what I do. At least twice a week

I wish you guys would stop it, I just did a surf check at my local.

haven't been able to get out as much as id like lately , but have caught a few screamers in the sessions ive had , one on my 14 flatwater hobie , probably the best wave of the lot If your patient a bombie comes in on the wide bank and you can ride that sucker until your legs cramp

Good Friday it was super crowded and the Saturday a bit better. i got a few of my biggest ever waves on the sup in the past couple of days. To get away from the crowd I find myself drafting down to the Lacey's section a bit where there are some really racy sections which gets the quad fins squirting

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tightlines said...
I wish you guys would stop it, I just did a surf check at my local.

Pretty good down here atm

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GizzieNZ said..

Tardy said..
aaarrr the alley ...best surf on the gold coast...no more pictures please its killing me

I actually thought it was a bit of a crap pic......poor resolution......poor focus
Thought some other pics would be popping up to show us sceptics "how good it's been"

true its not the best ...but if you've surfed there and you see lines like that ...its going off ...
ok bring on some more picture downwinder ..even if not this week ..

That picture got my juices flowing..... yowzaaaa... gimme some!

its a F***kin zoo when it like this, when it bigger with a good sweep 2/3 of the clowns out there today can't handle it, thats the best time to surf it !!!

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bspot68 said..
its a F***kin zoo when it like this, when it bigger with a good sweep 2/3 of the clowns out there today can't handle it, thats the best time to surf it !!!

the crowd factor is a major. I would say in the last year and a half has gone into overdrive. even with the amount of swell we have had crowds are still up when usually by now it would thin out- perhaps people are getting smarter and not surfing themselves out in 3 days

pretty photos never show up crowds that the guys from the other states don't see

midday mid week its still crowded. the banks are so good so its like a catch 22

yes its not been too hard so the sup crew haven't been able to take advantage of worn out prone surfers fighting the usual rip.

no need to even do the walk around atm

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bspot68 said..
its a F***kin zoo when it like this, when it bigger with a good sweep 2/3 of the clowns out there today can't handle it, thats the best time to surf it !!!

Yep brpot68 it's a zoo alright thats the Gold Coast it's so main stream it makes me cry (I liked it when we were call bums) I'm so glad I'm an old man. I started surfing in the 60's in the 70's 80's & early 90's there was no one around I surfed the most perfect beach breaks & reefs breaks to myself you'd see maybe a fisherman on the beach on-one else, the points would have no more than say 100 surfers surfing was so much fun you'd get surfed out every day.

now in the 21st century you have to be a good snake and drop in on everyone.

So many kooks in the water, when you watch them catch a wave they can't even do the most basic manoeuvre (a vertical re-entry) Kooks.

If you want uncrowded waves these days you have to go to the South Pacific.

Even Indo is so crowded these days. In the early 80's I surfed Nias Jungle style I went there by myself 21yo in took me 3 days surfed with only 6 guys in the line up (Solid 12ft on a 6'8'' single fin and PUMPING) and surfed Uluwatu that you had to walk half hour through the bush if you wanted to surf it, had it PUMPING with only 6 guys.

The younger generation have not even experienced True Burleigh, Burleigh Heads has not broken properly for over 10 years. The Bank Is F##d

The Queensland Government needs to build artificial reefs on the Gold Coast to deal with the Crowds imagine a V Shaped artificial reef of North Burleigh Rocks so you could surf Left or Right 300 metres wide going out 500 metres to the point of a Vee facing East. "Yes Please Mr Wizard"

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Downwinder said..

You would have loved it this morning Greenroom it was pure glass 3-6ft PUMPING....
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3-6ft....? Only in Queensland, Downwinder!

Measured by the wave face not as southerners see true raw ocean waves

Surfs been good on all the beachies of late
Much much Better than the Alley hassle

I measure by wave face, lets face it that's the part you ride, I think tang was referring to the gap 3 to 6 correct me if I'm wrong

Gap ??

Whats a gap ?

Yep, got in one, mick.
it was late, I was just stirring. Hope it's that good when I come up early May.......
I'll happily froth around in 3-6ft alley, though that would be faces from 5-12ft at least down here in the Deep South....a bit like those set waves the bloke on the venom board gets into in the new vid in the boards page.

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SteveM74 said..
Gap ??

Whats a gap ?

it's a measurable distance between two points