classic stuff here ..as a surf trip should be ...and a reminder of how a single fin made you surf with nice lines...

Epic footage for 1977, quality is better than a couple of pics I got in 1996 lol...as a coincidence a mate of mine from SA who now lives in Japan that I talked to on Skype this avo just after watcing this saw this the other day as well & brought it up which really surprised me.

How did you come by it

Barreled at Backdoors 1996...photo taken with little instamatic Kodak shop print days. Most of the rolls of film I took on that trip farked up unfortunately. Probably from sitting in a car for a couple of months. Pics me on my 6'8 Alloy Joy

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MickPC said..
Epic footage for 1977, quality is better than a couple of pics I got in 1996 lol...as a coincidence a mate of mine from SA who now lives in Japan that I talked to on Skype this avo just after watcing this saw this the other day as well & brought it up which really surprised me.

How did you come by it

posted on swellnet mick

Ahhh cheers mate

Nice work Mick......
Also I remember the Alloy Joy's, It was the Jacko's that were doing them eh ?
They didn't break like a wooden stringer, but they bent and twisted like a potato chip lol lol !!!!
Now you got me reminiscing again.............

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ArtVandelay said..
Nice work Mick......
Also I remember the Alloy Joy's, It was the Jacko's that were doing them eh ?
They didn't break like a wooden stringer, but they bent and twisted like a potato chip lol lol !!!!
Now you got me reminiscing again.............

Ahh the Alloy Joys..... had a couple one was an absolute belter. Mate borrowed and creased it out at Lefties. Kinked the alloy stringer and left a big twist in it

Yeah Art

Lotta power along that stretch SRat, I've broken a few leggies on the Southern end. Surprisingly my Alloy Joy lives to this day, had a couple of people say it is probably twisted. I need to dig it out of the back of the garage & have a look. Had a ton of bodgy quick fixes though lol

Last surfed it 2008 at double head low tide Balangan, it liked it...these pics were taken about 4 years ago. I should fix it up

The other Cactus pic which they were able to process

Looks like Derrs on steroids .........
Well........... minus the crowd of 50 or so !!!

Derrs peaks like that, but crumbles through the middle until the inside section before it barrels. That place is hollower. There was a slab just North that boogers & mad men would froth over today I reckon. Would love to have seen someone have a go. We only saw 2 other guys surf the witzigs side during the 4 weeks we were there. We had it to ourselves, even though there were like 50 people camped there a lot of the time.

Caves - what a wave - best wave in oz I have surfed. Angourie a close second. Had been worried about all the shark stories I had heard before we got there. But the dogs that the hard core boys had that were waiting by the rock ledge where you paddle out to Caves scared the beee Jesus out of me ! 4 vans were apparently torched in the few months before we got there. We had no issues and found the scary crew almost entertaining. Didn't take too many pics though . Great spot. We spent 5 days there and had epic waves on 4 of them. Love to go back one day. Next time I will be flying though

How the hell did they ever shape those alloy stringers, must've been murder on planer blades...?

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Ted the Kiwi said..
Caves - what a wave - best wave in oz I have surfed. Angourie a close second. Had been worried about all the shark stories I had heard before we got there. But the dogs that the hard core boys had that were waiting by the rock ledge where you paddle out to Caves scared the beee Jesus out of me ! 4 vans were apparently torched in the few months before we got there. We had no issues and found the scary crew almost entertaining. Didn't take too many pics though . Great spot. We spent 5 days there and had epic waves on 4 of them. Love to go back one day. Next time I will be flying though

Best wave in Oz you have surfed? WTF? You have to be joking, Ted? It's good fun, but really...

And yep...it's a long long way from anywhere. I have done the drive to surf there a couple of times and aren't rushing back. There's a bunch of waves near there that are better again that I am planning on hitting though. Maybe next year.

I reckon Ted sored Caves better than me too

But doubt you guys scored the Penong pub better than when the crows beat St Kilda...bloody good couple of days that one

It was perfection when I was there. Absolutely smoking. Indo style perfection for 3 days straight. Hardly a sole around. Left a strong impression Not been up the NW of your state yet Drip !

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Ted the Kiwi said..
It was perfection when I was there. Absolutely smoking. Indo style perfection for 3 days straight. Hardly a sole around. Left a strong impression Not been up the NW of your state yet Drip !

No waves up there. It's fickle and gutless.

Yep. That's why I never bother going there. Fickle as a fickle thing and too crowded