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subasurf said...

I made the mistake this morning of giving Trigg a go.
Talk about a humbling experience...a tiring one too...uuuurgh.

Did you get belted?

The paddle out took forever, got pummeled on the way out by what felt like an endless surge of wash (never seamed to be a lull) and then waited for ages for a wave I could actually paddle into...hahaha.
Finally got one and it was fairly sizable, only managed a few turns before it assploaded me all over a rock (cracked the rail on the board)...then tried again to get back out...too tiring...got smashed, leash came undone, board washed in and I had a nice little swim to get back in. Beach patrol guy was slightly concerned hahaha!

Good times

In all fairness, I surfed for about 6 hours yesterday and every day for the last week and I think my arms have had it. No rest to be had though...Secrets is looking tempting for an early one tomorrow.

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smicko said...

North. Thursday through Sunday looks like it'll be alright up that way too.

I thought it looked familiar. I used to camp up that way a lot in the 80's and early 90's. It's a bit hit and miss but at least there's plenty of km's of beaches to check out. Only needs about 1.5 metres of swell, great in summer.

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subasurf said...

I made the mistake this morning of giving Trigg a go.
Talk about a humbling experience...a tiring one too...uuuurgh.

What time were you there? I didn't see anyone else in the water when I was there this morning. There was a bit of size with the sets.

Probably in the water just after 8am mate.
Went out at the cafe and drifted down to 2nds.

A lot of effort for one ride...but I try to look at it as an optimist
Any time I make it back safely in heavy conditions I consider it a good fitness training session.
Makes those heavy sessions down south just that little bit easier.

Yes it's great for fitness. I left at 7.30.

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subasurf said...

The paddle out took forever, got pummeled on the way out by what felt like an endless surge of wash (never seamed to be a lull) and then waited for ages for a wave I could actually paddle into...hahaha.
Finally got one and it was fairly sizable, only managed a few turns before it assploaded me all over a rock (cracked the rail on the board)...then tried again to get back out...too tiring...got smashed, leash came undone, board washed in and I had a nice little swim to get back in. Beach patrol guy was slightly concerned hahaha!

Good times

In all fairness, I surfed for about 6 hours yesterday and every day for the last week and I think my arms have had it. No rest to be had though...Secrets is looking tempting for an early one tomorrow.

What rock?
What rock)

Quoting above not really working ...

But in response to supasurf's post:

"what rock?"

Not sure exactly what you're asking?
There's plenty of rocks between the cafe and 2nds. There's about 6 signs on the beach clearing pointing them out.

I put myself out of the water for a solid week after landing on my knee on one near the start of the year.

This morning was good. Clean swell and some really good waves at Trigg. Much cleaner than I thought it would be after yesterdays onshore.

12 out at Toms and no one else until 2nd's at Trigg. Plenty of good waves going unridden this morning.

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Zuke said...

This morning was good. Clean swell and some really good waves at Trigg. Much cleaner than I thought it would be after yesterdays onshore.

12 out at Toms and no one else until 2nd's at Trigg. Plenty of good waves going unridden this morning.

Good to hear

Ventured down to Secrets this morning. Lineup was almost empty and I had at least 80 metres between me and the nearest surfer.
Some real quality waves rolling through...I surfed like an absolute kook (just way too exhausted) but got lucky and managed a left tube ride (crouching) to start the sesh

Oh I had a fun day. Bit of travel but FUN!!!

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smicko said...

Oh I had a fun day. Bit of travel but FUN!!!

Where and any Pics?

^
That!

Oh...and looks like I'm not getting my rest day tomorrow...back out again to secrets in the morning...

It's a tough life.

Not gettin any pics out of me on this one boys. Offshore, waist to chest high 100m+ little rights with two of us out.

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subasurf said...

Ventured down to Secrets this morning. Lineup was almost empty and I had at least 80 metres between me and the nearest surfer.
Some real quality waves rolling through...I surfed like an absolute kook (just way too exhausted) but got lucky and managed a left tube ride (crouching) to start the sesh

Thanks for letting everyone know it was uncrowded. May as well send a personal invite to the hoards !!

my bad...

barely anyone out this morning.. no swell either but some glassy waist high sets came through so plenty of fun! had a nice peak to myself for about 2 hours before work!

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smicko said...

Not gettin any pics out of me on this one boys. Offshore, waist to chest high 100m+ little rights with two of us out.

wtf?...are you dreaming?

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subasurf said...

Ventured down to Secrets this morning. Lineup was almost empty and I had at least 80 metres between me and the nearest surfer.
Some real quality waves rolling through...I surfed like an absolute kook (just way too exhausted) but got lucky and managed a left tube ride (crouching) to start the sesh

Thanks for letting everyone know it was uncrowded. May as well send a personal invite to the hoards !!

agreed, noone likes crowds so why anyone would encourage more crew to turn up is crazy.

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swalkington said...

subasurf said...

Ventured down to Secrets this morning. Lineup was almost empty and I had at least 80 metres between me and the nearest surfer.
Some real quality waves rolling through...I surfed like an absolute kook (just way too exhausted) but got lucky and managed a left tube ride (crouching) to start the sesh

Thanks for letting everyone know it was uncrowded. May as well send a personal invite to the hoards !!

Yea while they are all at work

These boards are frequented by like minded blokes and i can't see i reference hear and there making a big difference to the surf crowding...

It ain't no conspiracy..The hole idea of this thread is to share a little info FFS.

In that case, it was so crowded this morning. Even dolphins had rocked up to take on the oldies on minimals. I strongly suggest everyone to not turn up tomorrow as it will probably be the same. Further more the ocean was basically flat with the occasional dumping wave

Well...Secrets was 5hithouse this morning.
Nice weather at least...

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jbshack said...

These boards are frequented by like minded blokes and i can't see i reference hear and there making a big difference to the surf crowding...

It ain't no conspiracy..The hole idea of this thread is to share a little info FFS.

It's not the forum members you have to worry about, it's the dozens or more who aren't logged in or aren't members who just read anonymously. There's no login requirement and it's a public forum. If it were private it might not matter so much.

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subasurf said...

Well...Secrets was 5hithouse this morning.

lol, nice come back

haha well it was the truth
There was one guy managing insane rides on what were barely even ripples...don't know how he managed to get so much speed from nothing.

Almost everyone else was on longboards. There was even a SUPer.
When there's SUPers at Secrets you know it's bad

Oh and yeah, sorry again. Don't know what I was thinking with my other post.
Silly indeed.

Just checked the Scarb cam - trying to plan my day tomorrow - watch the GF with two teams I care less about - or look for an uncrowded surf...

Anyways... Scarborough looks about 6 inches and the only person I saw on two runs of the cam was a sole SUPer.

GROAN!

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smicko said...

Not gettin any pics out of me on this one boys. Offshore, waist to chest high 100m+ little rights with two of us out.

wtf?...are you dreaming?

Nope, gotta think outside the square. There's lots of little nooks and crannies along our coast that are offshore in an onshore.