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GizzieNZ said..

towball said..

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of course there are days if you are old and wise you should know better than to paddle out

True but we're both pretty stupid in that department

True......its a bit of a lucky dip. It looks goodish.....sometimes it really is goodish and other times it works out not so good. But more fun than buying a lotto ticket for sure. Looking even more gooder than goodish for this weekend (thank goodness)

sponge bay was surfing heaven late morning.......the big sets were peaking way off the car park point (okay they did tend to deposit me on the rocks)......but the rock was as good as it gets........peaking up really high and charging off to the right

Some really heavy big waves at the outer island were inviting casual punters to come and play......but no one was keen. Not even a long boarder

If it was that big at Sponge then the Island would have been cranking

it looked pretty enticing.....but possibly you would have been silly to try it without a jetski or something to help you out if it all turned to custard. Not a "man alone" mission for sure. But then there was that early mavericks pioneer who used to surf it by himself and lived to tell the tale. When I have been surfing outer island......quarter of the size it was today......you get the impression of powerful swell hitting shallow rock shelf (towball would have coped okay though)

you see that vid where surfers had anchored their boat off outer island.......quite predictable waves.......then big set came and slaughtered them and washed them right over the rocks into the bowl ......and that was on a small day

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11632897

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GizzieNZ said..

GizzieNZ said..

towball said..

GizzieNZ said..
of course there are days if you are old and wise you should know better than to paddle out

True but we're both pretty stupid in that department

True......its a bit of a lucky dip. It looks goodish.....sometimes it really is goodish and other times it works out not so good. But more fun than buying a lotto ticket for sure. Looking even more gooder than goodish for this weekend (thank goodness)

sponge bay was surfing heaven late morning.......the big sets were peaking way off the car park point (okay they did tend to deposit me on the rocks)......but the rock was as good as it gets........peaking up really high and charging off to the right

So that us in the morning then I whipped of to northerns with Johnnie. the hole Town was at the point god doesn't any one work any more

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www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11632897

That gold ! Classic. Looked like no one was watching out to sea when that first wave hit. Thanks for posting.

Morning chaps. Just been looking at the weather for the weekend and its going to be unreal

Partly cloudy. Medium (50%) chance of showers, falling as snow above 300 metres. Winds southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h increasing to 40 km/h before tending westerly 15 to 20 km/h during the day. Overnight temperatures falling to between zero and 4. Further south its -4-0 !



Lucky is warm (relatively speaking) and sunny today - so best I make the most of the day ahead! Hope your weekends are looking better

Congrats to Pat Eastwood on winning the over 50s QLD title yesterday
have a good one mate Yeeeeeeeew

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Cobra said..
Congrats to Pat Eastwood on winning the over 50s QLD title yesterday
have a good one mate Yeeeeeeeew

Are you talking about a 666 race

I did see them this morning and a guy on a OC1 can't say or mention names anymore.

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Macaha said..

Cobra said..
Congrats to Pat Eastwood on winning the over 50s QLD title yesterday
have a good one mate Yeeeeeeeew

Are you talking about a 666 race

I did see them this morning and a guy on a OC1 can't say or mention names anymore.

666 surfing, also come outright 4th in over 40s

Enjoy the world peeps

Horrendous night of weather here in NW Tassie. Front after front after front came lashing through last night. Snow to 300m so should be another cold one

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Ted the Kiwi said..
Horrendous night of weather here in NW Tassie. Front after front after front came lashing through last night. Snow to 300m so should be another cold one

Nothing but blue sky here.

Morning all cold flat and windy , no work today swell tomorrow

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towball said..
Morning all cold flat and windy , no work today swell tomorrow

Well well well look what the cat dragged in How are you mate and your lovely wife


Nice and warm here,not a cloud in the sky swell hitting today.

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Macaha said...

towball said..
Morning all cold flat and windy , no work today swell tomorrow

Well well well look what the cat dragged in How are you mate and your lovely wife


Nice and warm here,not a cloud in the sky swell hitting today.

All good mate head bum up lately

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Morning..

TFIF....

You'll have to click through to the clip..


Authentic Wave
<div class="subheader">Single-fin surfing, black wetsuits, and elevator music from filmmaker/photographer Tatsuo Takei

www.surfersjournal.com/feature/authentic-wave/

Our portfolio in TSJ 25.2 focuses on the work of Japanese photographer Tatsuo Takei, who grew up heavily influenced by the golden age of 60s-era surf photography and the single-fin infused, California-aesthetics of that era. His gear: deliberately retrogressive, to evoke a period-correct mien. And his life approach (which entails a few months in Japan hustling real-world work to save money, and the rest of the year living in a van patrolling the coast with a 650mm Century lens) is stripped down for the purposes of mobility and temporal freedom. In addition to his still work, Tat also shoots motion footage from time to time, appropriately employing 16mm film, a Bolex, and a sensibility in the editing bay that draws from filmmakers like Bud Browne, Bruce Brown, Greg MacGillivray, and Jim Freeman. We asked him to cut a sample to augment his print portfolio in this issue. “Authentic Wave is about single-fin surfing, black wetsuits, and elevator music,” says Tatsuo. Sixteen-mil time portal now open below for your viewing.

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towball said..
Morning all cold flat and windy , no work today swell tomorrow

Farking good morning you magnificent little big man ...... go hard champion

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thePup said..

towball said..
Morning all cold flat and windy , no work today swell tomorrow

Farking good morning you magnificent little big man ...... go hard champion

Same to you , you crusty Mango fornicator

Good morning picture perfect here today with longboard sliders

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towball said..
Morning all cold flat and windy , no work today swell tomorrow

not true......zero wind at makorori this morning........small peaky waves at red bus breaking a long long way out.....the air as warm as toast

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GizzieNZ said..

towball said..
Morning all cold flat and windy , no work today swell tomorrow

not true......zero wind at makorori this morning........small peaky waves at red bus breaking a long long way out.....the air as warm as toast

That was Friday come on keep on the program

Sorry.....i keep forgetting that there are rainbows in the spray of the breaking waves every morning at makorori

but honestly.......shoulder high waves and no wind

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GizzieNZ said..
but honestly.......shoulder high waves and no wind

I had the same Wed/ Thurs Might get something in town in the morn

went out monday morning town beach......enter water 6.30......half an hour before exiting water for work 7.30 start.....was quite cold......our sup enemy john lush parked quite close to me.....but maybe he didn't recognise my vehicle

Happy birthday vanders...i hope its a cracker champ

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chrispy said..
Happy birthday vanders...i hope its a cracker champ

Happy birthday from NZ vanders may you have many more