@@forthosewhosurf I would love to have one of his boards... when I was a kid I would lust over pics of those boards in the magazines while eating my cereal or whatever, of course back then I lusted over every surfboard I saw.... now I wish I still had the boards I had back in the 80's....
A less swell than lately, but still some fun to be had. Please consider subscribing for more surf vids filmed mostly in North East NSW and the Byron Shire.
Easter with a full moon and a cool tide always brought magnificent swells. My mates would all head off on Thursdays to get waves at Bells , York Peninsula and west coat , Ceduna . Most years I would clean up . Gulf St Vincent. Glassy sets . Few guys . Perfect 2 or 3 days of great waves. 👍🏻👍🏻
I stopped surfing here in 2000 when I broke my arm on Boxing Day at 5.30 am. I was slotted in a really decent size wave, on an 9' 6" mal when some clown thought it would be a good idea to drop in on me. He was not a local and he just looked at me as he dropped in. I was literally flung, over the falls onto my rail onto on the sandbank. I heard the snap as my upper arm broke and when I came to the surface, the bone was sticking out. Luckily someone was sitting on the rocks watching the surf and when I literally passed out from the pain, he jumped in, fully clothed and prevented me being washed onto the rocks and took me to hospital. I was taken to Byron Bay Hospital where I spent two weeks until I could get back to Sydney to have a 22cm pin put in my arm. I had been surfing here since the 60's and never had any problems but this one morning some clown decided that I didn't matter. I will never forget his face as one day I really hope I run into him........maybe literally in the surf!!!
Far too crowded for my taste but I have to give it to most of the surfers - they know how to behave, actually it´s not as much bad behavior as I expected to see - I know places which a far worse, no surf etiquette at all, flying 9.4 Torq Expoxy tanker, people who are dropping in and smiling at you not because they are mean but because they know nothing. Fortunately, you always will find less crowded places, ok less perfect too, but I don´t care.
is it even a drop in if someone was lying and sitting down barely holding on in the whitewater and then they pop up when they finally get clear around the flats 30 seconds later after youve already been up and surfing?
Not fair filming the old guy struggling on the rocks, the RSL or Lions should put in a nice concrete ramp with a handrail. The break looking a bit wimpy, may have to bring the Goat Boat down and show all the younguns how it's done.
