no waves an hour south of Perth Mick, I'd say at least three hours Well said though.

Legion said..

sporto said..

... eventually my kookness will be gone and I will be killing it.

You sure will, sporto. You sure will.

only problem is you have to compete with a bunch of old serial killers

subasurf said...

rydoba said..

Looks chest height at best...and given the location...probably less

Too windy as well

^ridiculous

They don't like wind Damo, pretty limited over here.

sweet jesus!
If in doubt just go seems to be the philosophy!

really cool perspective though.

Can't imagine there was much of a happy vibe at that spot with every second guy dropping in...!?

I would lose my ****ing 5hit in a crowd like that.

62mac said..


Funny Byron is known for it's so called easy lifestyle but the locals are worse

Is that an oxy moron? Most of those so-called locals have not been there that long but claim in like they have from what I have seen


As Mick said loads of great waves and small crowds not far away - I head there 3 times a year with work and never have any troubles with the crowds. Just avoid the Pass and a couple of other spots and its happy days

sporto said..

My mate who is the least experienced of my crew dropped in on a guy by accident, it was one of those things, yes he shouldn't have, but I found out later that he didn't know the rules.

What do you mean he didn't know the rules? There's not a lot of them and if you bring a friend out to surf with you it should be your job to educate him on the rules. Also, people surfing in "crews" is part of the problem. Mob mentality kicks in and they often seem to forget to respect others in the water and start surfing competitively against each other.

Just myself and one other guy most of this mornings surf. We just went wave for wave and at one point I was on the inside on a monster set, (for me anyway) anyway he called me so I had to go, dropped in expecting to die but got a great stand (almost I was crouching) up barrel

If he hadn't of pushed me, it wouldn't off happened. I meet this guy in the water about a year ago and have seen each other a hand full of times. My point is not everywhere is crowded and un friendly

I thought it was Laurie's job to end threads

It's just about showing a bit of common courtesy when out in the line up. You wouldn't drive on the roads like a maniac cutting across people - although tis questionable when driving in Perth - but you understand the gist of things. Learners have to be mindful of the rules governing the surf (look them up on the net - you don't learn to do maths without learning to count) and the experienced guys have to give the newbies a go (remembering where they came from). Localism is another thing that can easily be solved with the same thought process. Rock up with a little respect and the majority of locals will let you be. Turn up like you own the place and don't be surprised if your car gets waxed/ wheels slashed.

Surfing is much like life. Show people respect and you will receive it back in bucket loads. Honestly we surf to escape the sh** that we face on land - not in the water!

If the surf is too crowded, go home & there'll be one less person in the water

PaddlePig said..

Waveless said..

Localism is another thing that can easily be solved with the same thought process. Rock up with a little respect and the majority of locals will let you be. Turn up like you own the place and don't be surprised if your car gets waxed/ wheels slashed.

I've never really understood the locals only thing. Well I do 'get it', but technically if you fully endorse 'locals only' and enforce it at your break, shouldn't you then not surf any other break... ever?

What I'm saying is yeah, try the other person's shoes on just for a moment...

I know where you're coming from PP. My interactions with the majority of locals have been pretty good though so I have never experienced localism badly. They'll either put up with me or hoot and encourage as I do my best to be friendly and show respect. Maybe it's just having that feeling of investment in a place/ thing and seeing it being 'tampered' with - like a childs favourite toy; not given a choice but being told by a parent to share it around...

Meh, I've got more important things to worry about - like how woman are always suppose to be right even if I'm not wrong and furthermore, expected to apologize and seem sincere about this or face the repercussions...