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bazz61 said..
was that the "PREZ" on coast watch vid Mac..? riding your old board ..?

Lol

The comp will be doomed with no swell oh yeah Baz the was the Prez,rips hey!

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Macaha said..
The comp will be doomed with no swell oh yeah Baz the was the Prez,rips hey!

Who cares? We have northerlies coming back

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bazz61 said..
was that the "PREZ" on coast watch vid Mac..? riding your old board ..?

Link to clip please.

Some tidy looking waves...doesn't look that crowded either

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Macaha said..
The comp will be doomed with no swell oh yeah Baz the was the Prez,rips hey!

yes very stylish .....

He is the current world champion

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Macaha said..

SP said..

bazz61 said..
was that the "PREZ" on coast watch vid Mac..? riding your old board ..?

Link to clip please.

http://www.coastalwatch.com/videos/21227/john-john-friends-enjoy-snapper-rocks-this-morning


around the 2 min mark

Don't like how the new system doesn't show the previous quote like it used to (but then it's nice to not have to scroll down a km every time).
So anyway... re:
www.coastalwatch.com/videos/21227/john-john-friends-enjoy-snapper-rocks-this-morning
and re:
Just after the 2 min mark.....

Nice surfing.

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chrispy said..
Tux this place is a joke. So called pros being towed into surf that even a weekend warrior could paddle into , so there is no excuse for all this jet ski ****. It is pure arrogance and the rest of the peasants can get ****ed according to them.

The powers to be should have been impounding the skis and charges should be laid. So dangerous and irresponsible in a place that is already a joke due to crowd numbers.

They are soft and ****ing spoilt. I'm more embarrassed by the arse lickers who defend their actions.

Hey if it was 10ft and you couldn't paddle out fine tow em in....otherwise **** off.

If its 10ft and you cant paddle stay home you got no place in teh lineup

Yep and mister stoopid who decides to do it anyway , gets belted backwards over the bank a few sets worth of times & takes half an hour to finally scrape out the back claret everywhere & just flops on the board farked entirely - a liability to the poor farkers out in that line-up have to get around not this black duck I watched the floggings

I was over last June/July and the jet skis were out it was all the pros and we were paddling.
it is illegal to operate a watercraft within 100metres of swimmers period.
i shut my mouth and watched the zoo but to be honest if you pulled that shot in west oz in double head waves not only would the whole line up hook into you for being a soft count but it is likely you may receive a bit of a touch up.
these guys get to surf around the world in a class locations and taking a ski out at one of the most crowded waves in the world is a recipe for disaster.
bunch of over privileged assholes.

if a punter can paddle and your a pro getting towed than you are a kook.....fact

It's the sweep not the waves size that's why they use skis so why not get whipped into a few, not that any of us would go out in that size I think we are older longboards so good luck to the Crew who scored epic Kirra

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Macaha said..
It's the sweep not the waves size that's why they use skis so why not get whipped into a few, not that any of us would go out in that size I think we are older longboards so good luck to the Crew who scored epic Kirra

I saw one poor bastard try & try & try and just get carried down to the stage setup nearly a kilometer away every time he got close to getting over the bank a set smashed him backwards farken long walk back up the beach poor carnt was knackered

Yeah at least he gave it ago, once that place hits 3 foot on one of those lows the sweep will start to kick in, yesterday they were calling it 6 7 foot so that sweep would have been impossible unless your superman.

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Macaha said..
It's the sweep not the waves size that's why they use skis so why not get whipped into a few, not that any of us would go out in that size I think we are older longboards so good luck to the Crew who scored epic Kirra

I saw one poor bastard try & try & try and just get carried down to the stage setup nearly a kilometer away every time he got close to getting over the bank a set smashed him backwards farken long walk back up the beach poor carnt was knackered

More respect in walk of shame then getting a ride out and doing step offs.

I reckon that poor bastard was thinking the exact opposite he was a dark shade pink when he finally got back

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Razzonater said..
I was over last June/July and the jet skis were out it was all the pros and we were paddling.
it is illegal to operate a watercraft within 100metres of swimmers period.
i shut my mouth and watched the zoo but to be honest if you pulled that shot in west oz in double head waves not only would the whole line up hook into you for being a soft count but it is likely you may receive a bit of a touch up.
these guys get to surf around the world in a class locations and taking a ski out at one of the most crowded waves in the world is a recipe for disaster.
bunch of over privileged assholes.

if a punter can paddle and your a pro getting towed than you are a kook.....fact

+1 Its not even big ffs, why would you need a tug for that sh1t. If anyone snakes or drops in on them its totally justified, that is ridiculous....but yeah the current is a bitch along there when it bigger. Getting tugged is just plain cheating.

Hey gents look I certainly kicked off about jet skis and towing.
me ranting doesn't help, but I have seen it over there and experienced being snaked by a ski several times at snapper n Kirra in waves which were 6 foot, yes the sweep was bad and yes it was hard work but it made it all sweeter to turn around and know you were the only one in position when a set came through, this was achieved by hard work years of surfing staying off the piss and early nights. Meanwhile johnny Utah is slipping round again to do another step off into a wave he can't paddle into.
imagine if everyone with a ski in snapper decided faark it I'm towing.
Good for the goose good for the gander 10-12 skis at snapper and cause everyone has already let it slide it's too late. One ski isn't going to end the world and I know that...
maybe im just livid as I've been on the receiving end of being singed by them, the funny thing is though that growing up on fishing boats we would drop a ski in and tow and still do now and than but it's all a couple mile offshore and where no one is around. Their are waves up and down the coast that can be pioneered and surfed by ski and know that maybe no one or a handful of other like minded crew have hit them.

there is several wave in wa maybe not heavy like the right but certainly big and certainly perfect that have a small crew of guys that surf them regularly some of which have been held by fishing families for two or three generations without being exposed and are paddled and towed.

they are the places skis belong.

Look I've already said too much ( it's a habit ask my wife)

anyhoo good read below and I apologise for kicking off I still want to come over this year to the land of the rights on my annual pilgrimage and I understand how people feel about blow ins ( I'm a local somewhere too)

recently surfed down south wa with a lad from caba and last time I was over there the locals at caba where cool too me I took my turn and waited, old mate blow in from caba was notified of this shown the entry exit point called into set waves and got given the green light.

we all travel and we have all been a local and felt the heat from them when travelling

anyway peace out rant over



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^^^^^^ I'm with him

I can not believe they are sending the girls out to start round one in absolute rubbish wtf. It's a not a great way to start the year, worlds best surfers in the best waves rubbish WSL

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Macaha said..
I can not believe they are sending the girls out to start round one in absolute rubbish wtf. It's a not a great way to start the year, worlds best surfers in the best waves rubbish WSL

Too right. (Did just see Sally Fitz do a nice snap though...) They must be pessimistic about the forecasts to send them out in this:
www.worldsurfleague.com/events/2017/wct/1801/roxy-pro-gold-coast

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McGuane said..

Macaha said..
I can not believe they are sending the girls out to start round one in absolute rubbish wtf. It's a not a great way to start the year, worlds best surfers in the best waves rubbish WSL

Too right. (Did just see Sally Fitz do a nice snap though...) They must be pessimistic about the forecasts to send them out in this:
www.worldsurfleague.com/events/2017/wct/1801/roxy-pro-gold-coast

Yes the girls are surfing really well,they are saying its going to improve later today,I'm not convinced but what happened to the Quick trials have they canned it

Trials have already been run and won I think... they should have run the girls yesterday. 2-3 ft off glass...it ain't gonna get better today because this wind is not going anywhere

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chrispy said..
Trials have already been run and won I think... they should have run the girls yesterday. 2-3 ft off glass...it ain't gonna get better today because this wind is not going anywhere

In past years they made a song and a dance about the trails so I think they didnt have one this year,cut backs maybe?

Nat Young won the Trials.

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SP said..
Nat Young won the Trials.

Well there you go must be because he is not an Australian it wasnt news worthy

Half saw a news article? Did sally Fitz just say in her post heat interview it is her last year on tour?

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SP said..
Half saw a news article? Did sally Fitz just say in her post heat interview it is her last year on tour?

Mate I heard that too,was it a slip of the tongue,a mistake I was shocked to be honest.

Maybe she plans on having little panthers & moving out to Penrith with Trent

www.worldsurfleague.com/events/2017/mct/1800/quiksilver-pro-gold-coast

... not classic Snapper, but some good sections now and then. And some potentially good heats coming up if the surf behaves.

ITS ON