Hoping to see some pics Simondo.

Simondo said...

Well it's that time of year. Easter Comp starts tomorrow. Looks set for some nice waves on Morning 1 too. So look out for the web casts, and Fuel TV.

All the Pro's are in town now. Just in the water today at Winki I saw Mick Fanning, CJ or Damien (1 of them!), Kai Otten, Luke Steadman, I think maybe Matt Wilkinson, and maybe Heiter Alves. Head count wavered between 15 & 20, and plenty of waves on offer.

Comp was set up in under 14 days this year. A modern era record.

Simondo did you happen to see the legend from LM out yhere today,MAC

SP said...

Anyone game to pick a winner?

I think Jordie will go close and the usual right hand rippers, Parko, Taj and Mick will be close as always.

I don't know if any of you guys log on to Baliwaves,I do daily and Jordy made a bee line to Bali straight after the quickie pro and he was killing it.

Parko for my has the perfect style and flow for Bells imo.

laceys lane said...

hey simondo, murry burton is down there for the bells. he's a closet vicco

Shapes a nice board as well - I am sure you could add one of his to your collection. I have a 6'6" Silver bullet for the bigger days and just love it. Get yourself one!!!

Good find Ted. Most of that remains the same. They have been stuffing around for ages dropping in a pipe to Bells, but I'm not sure if it is for Town Water, or Sewer connection back to town. As far as I could see, it was only 1 service, and not both.

I think the storm water pits on the beach have been "tarted up".

Winki carpark situation is unchanged.


....

OK, Bells Final, Parko v Slater. Parko as winner. Fanning is good through the bowl too. The judges like his spiderman approach, and he surfs really fast. You need to watch the slow-mo replay to appreciate some of his stuff! The cream will float to the top though... Parko, Slater, Fanning, Jordy, Owen...

laceys lane said...

Ted the Kiwi said...

laceys lane said...

hey simondo, murry burton is down there for the bells. he's a closet vicco

Shapes a nice board as well - I am sure you could add one of his to your collection. I have a 6'6" Silver bullet for the bigger days and just love it. Get yourself one!!!

ha, i've been getting boards off murry since i was 18

I would reckon I've had a few but I reckon Lacey would have had more.

Fun waves for the chicks out there at the moment.

62mac said...
I was just thinking the same,fun LB wave atm

You can see why Simondo loves it down that way so much. I would love to move south and live by a quality point break or two but the FW only wants to move north (sun godness that she is) and I hate crowds so I guess that means we are stuck!!

Yep - hard to do any work with that on my other screen right now. Owen destroyed that heat in some lovely waves.

Just got home now. Bells & Winki were mostly smoking !! SMOKING !! Such a fun session. Really really clean long lines coming through Winki. Well overhead on the sets, and the good in between ones were about chest to head high+.

Today, in the water at Winki, was Steph, TC (Tom Carroll), Danny Wills, one of the Hurley Pro's, another Hobgood, one of the girls in a beautiful pink/purple wettie, and towards the end, KS/Ke11y/K11 paddled out.

I saw some beautiful sets coming through Centre Side and Bells too. Some of you would have seen some good Bells sets on the TV / Webcast.

Gone onshore now. I'll post some heats on demand later, once they are up.

Simondo

No worries Asea.

This is a bit of a spine tingler... Picture this, 2 men getting ready paddling out for The Final at Hells Bells, and AC-DC Hells Bells is getting a run through the PA system. There nothing quite like hearing that song in The Bells Carpark ! Probably gets a run over the PA about 2-3 times per day.

Simondo, you beat me to it with ACDC clip - you bugger

Simondo said...

Doggie, Fanning went OK at Winki yesterday! Not sure on too many results. I was in the water surfing!

Scotty, get some Hells Bells up ya !!

i hope not in the comp area Simondo

62mac said...

asea said...

Simondo said...

Just home now. Bells & Winki were mostly smoking !! SMOKING !! Such a fun sessions. Really really clean long lines coming through Winki. Well overhead on the sets, and the good in between ones were about chest to head high.

Today, in the water at Winki, was Steph, TC (Tom Carroll), Danny Wills, one of the Hurley Pro's, another Hobgood, one of the girls in a beautiful pink/purple wettie, and towards the end, KS/Ke11y/K11 paddled out.

I saw some beautiful sets coming through Centre Side and Bells too. Some of you would have seen some good Bells sets on the TV / Webcast.

Gone onshore now.

Simondo

Keep the updates thanks Simondo

How did Chrispy go

Chrispy was ripping it apart at the seams in his purple and pink wettie!

Forecast looks quite reasonable actually. Cold front coming through too. They get through a chunk before then. Then probably have a day or two off, during on shores.

So, Wed, Thur, Fri mornings all look quite good. Swell with correct wind direction. The afternoons just have question marks over wind direction.

My new board... It's shaped. I spoke to Ben Wallace. So it's moving through to lamination. Ben McTavish is having a baby (so to speak - you know what I mean), so he's been busy pushing through his side of the work, so he can have a week or so off. Sounds like there are a few boards waiting for lamination.