A lot of you guys will know these spots better than me, but below is a link to an article I did talking about the best freestyle spots around Perth (plus a video).

http://www.boardseekermag.com/features/travel/western-australia-perth.html

Hopefully this summer with El Nino will be better for wind, definitely not much around at the moment!

Al

yea there is plenty of little pockets and holes suitable for freestyle especially in and around safety bay and shoalwater islands

thank god - you left out all the good ones

Very interesting Al... and Woodmans point gets me 5min from work so it´s great!

best part of the vid = 2:35
(me )

nice "freestyle" move scarrgo! ( i would call it "the big cahona")

great vid and well done thanks for pluggin our beautiful part of the world!

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scarrgo said...

best part of the vid = 2:35
(me )

that part of the video might be slightly sped up ;)

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albentley said...

scarrgo said...

best part of the vid = 2:35
(me )

that part of the video might be slightly sped up ;)

SSSSSSSHHHHHHHH all the gpstc'ers know how slow i was going that day you don't need to let all of seabreaze know too

"woodies" is an over populated dump with ****, if any amenities. Good for the locals that "have to go there" Make sure you lock your car.
It reminds us of Meekatharra.... Don't stop there unless you really have to.

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busterwa said...

"woodies" is an over populated dump with ****, if any amenities. Good for the locals that "have to go there" Make sure you lock your car.
It reminds us of Meekatharra.... Don't stop there unless you really have to.

I agree, the break-ins and kiters at Woodies are enough to keep me away, but if your chasing plenty of flat water and decent wind woodies is pretty damn good.

dont get yourself impaled of on old piece of jetty iron.

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busterwa said...

"woodies" is an over populated dump with ****, if any amenities. Good for the locals that "have to go there" Make sure you lock your car.
It reminds us of Meekatharra.... Don't stop there unless you really have to.

your correct there are not many shops around there, but conditions wise for freestyle there is no where better within 30-40 mins of Perth.

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Subsonic said...

busterwa said...

"woodies" is an over populated dump with ****, if any amenities. Good for the locals that "have to go there" Make sure you lock your car.
It reminds us of Meekatharra.... Don't stop there unless you really have to.

I agree, the break-ins and kiters at Woodies are enough to keep me away, but if your chasing plenty of flat water and decent wind woodies is pretty damn good.

I transitioned from river sailing to "ocean" sailing at Woodies about 20 years ago and I don't want to sound like a "those were the days" sort of whinger but those were the days --- when you could drive the old Landy onto the north side of the beach, throw the gear into the water 5metres from the car and leave the dog to look after your car and gear.

The biggest issues were treading on a crab or hitting the net that the professional fisherman put out occasionally....

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patsken said...

Subsonic said...

busterwa said...

"woodies" is an over populated dump with ****, if any amenities. Good for the locals that "have to go there" Make sure you lock your car.
It reminds us of Meekatharra.... Don't stop there unless you really have to.

I agree, the break-ins and kiters at Woodies are enough to keep me away, but if your chasing plenty of flat water and decent wind woodies is pretty damn good.

I transitioned from river sailing to "ocean" sailing at Woodies about 20 years ago and I don't want to sound like a "those were the days" sort of whinger but those were the days --- when you could drive the old Landy onto the north side of the beach, throw the gear into the water 5metres from the car and leave the dog to look after your car and gear.

The biggest issues were treading on a crab or hitting the net that the professional fisherman put out occasionally....

Yup Pre-kiter days it was one of the big 3 winter spots and uncrowded. Drive onto the sand nestled in between a couple of dunes to minimise the wind, then sail 5m away from your car. Back to the car for hot coffee / soup etc every hour or two, and back out on the water all day, 10 guys out
Back when Angus hit the submarine conning tower cos he couldn't see it on a 7m swell day about 1990.

Interesting article, I have been thinking about getting a freestyle board and giving it a go as I now work in Kwinana and safetybay / woodmans point are much closer than Scarborough.

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FilthyAmatuer said...

Interesting article, I have been thinking about getting a freestyle board and giving it a go as I now work in Kwinana and safetybay / woodmans point are much closer than Scarborough.

Yea there is a bit of a freestyle crowd in safety bay, me being one of them

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jsnfok said...

FilthyAmatuer said...

Interesting article, I have been thinking about getting a freestyle board and giving it a go as I now work in Kwinana and safetybay / woodmans point are much closer than Scarborough.

Yea there is a bit of a freestyle crowd in safety bay, me being one of them

The pond would be pretty good for freestyle I'd imagine, cept for all us lawn mowers in the way

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Mark _australia said...

patsken said...

Subsonic said...

busterwa said...

"woodies" is an over populated dump with ****, if any amenities. Good for the locals that "have to go there" Make sure you lock your car.
It reminds us of Meekatharra.... Don't stop there unless you really have to.

I agree, the break-ins and kiters at Woodies are enough to keep me away, but if your chasing plenty of flat water and decent wind woodies is pretty damn good.

I transitioned from river sailing to "ocean" sailing at Woodies about 20 years ago and I don't want to sound like a "those were the days" sort of whinger but those were the days --- when you could drive the old Landy onto the north side of the beach, throw the gear into the water 5metres from the car and leave the dog to look after your car and gear.

The biggest issues were treading on a crab or hitting the net that the professional fisherman put out occasionally....

Yup Pre-kiter days it was one of the big 3 winter spots and uncrowded. Drive onto the sand nestled in between a couple of dunes to minimise the wind, then sail 5m away from your car. Back to the car for hot coffee / soup etc every hour or two, and back out on the water all day, 10 guys out
Back when Angus hit the submarine conning tower cos he couldn't see it on a 7m swell day about 1990.

Submarine conning tower!!! I bet that scared the bejesus out of him!

^^^^ I wonder about the submariners hearing doooonnnggggg!! and thinking "WTF was that!!!????" lol

He was more worried about props, after crashing and having the hull silently sliding across him. Swam like blazes I reckon...