Waves if you want them!
This week’s surf mightn’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but its horses for courses (another great cliche).
Imagine if everybody liked three-foot, soft beach breaks like Crippsy - the world would be just one big wave pool!
Mark Mathews and his Maroubra mates definitely wouldn’t like it, that’s for sure.
Watching them jump off the rocks at mid-tide at Pikers Hole into an 8-foot north-east swell was a site to behold. The first wave someone paddled into, his leggy broke and I never saw him again.
For us more normal surfers this six-foot plus swell is going to ease over the next few days with variable winds, but mainly from the south-east so conditions won't be ideal. The weekend should be a lot more friendly when two to three-foot waves are expected.
I took one frame today before getting pushed back into my car, and I didn’t see one surfer in the water. Yesterday morning KP was breaking but the tide was a little low and I didn’t see anyone catch one right through - I took the Solander pics after that.
The Oakley Pro Bali resumed competition today and the world-class Balinese righthander off Keramas delivered barreling six to eight-foot (2 – 2.5 metre) waves for round 4.
Watch it live now, Slater just got beat by Josh Kerr and Taj beat Parko - who has to surf against John John. Fanning has to surf against the second placed in heat 4.
Event No. 5 of 10 on the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT), the Oakley Pro Bali endured four lay days of small surf before Keramas reawakened today and the world’s best surfers threaded barrels, lofted airs and executed turns, whittling the event’s original 36-man field down to the final 12.
The final day of the Australian Skin Cancer Clinics NSW Longboard Titles finished at Rainbow Beach, Bonny Hills last Saturday.
Finalists in the 14 different divisions took to the four-to-five foot peaks that rolled through at Bonny Hills’ southern point and in the middle of Rainbow Beach.
The third Over-65 Mens final saw former Australian Champion Daniel Bond take on Philip Nicol and local surfer Jeff Chelman. The winners of the Over-65s division were determined by a combination of three separate heats. As result, Daniel Bond was crowned overall Over-65 Mens champ, with Philip Nicol finishing in second and Jeff Chelman in third. All three surfers will progress to the Australian Surf Festival in August.
Event standout and 1988 Pipeline Master Rob Page managed to sneak into a handful of solid bomb-sets over the course of the Over-45 Mens final. The Verges Creek surfer scratched into several long waves, which allowed him to draw out his trademark carves.
Finally, four times ASP World Tour Champion, Mark Richards and 2000 ASP World Tour Champion, Sunny Garcia are two recent additions to the ever growing list of people who’ve participated in Surfing NSW’s free CPR and Board Rescue course, Surfers Rescue 24/7.
Sunny, who was recently in Cronulla for promotional duties with his main sponsor Carve, stated: “I think some of the techniques we learnt were pretty vital. Those techniques will help if someone gets into trouble around me and just knowing some of the little things could help save a life. It was definitely good for me, thankfully I’ve never had to really save anyone, but the things I learnt will hopefully help when it comes to getting someone to the shoreline, and maybe even save a life.”
“And then I can drown them!” - no I unfairly made that last bit up , Sunny was a perfect gentleman on his trip to the Nulla, and even Rick gave him a few waves at the Point.
So turn on the Keramas contest and hope the winds swing around.
