The Ride of Your Life - Surfing XL Kirra 

I remember paddling out at Kirra in 84 when I was just a teenager. I was scared to death by the pure empty power I saw, and I was a pretty confident surfer having been raised on the Tweed Coast. But, I never forgot it, every kirra shredder was out and getting these mesmorizing freight trains whilst I with my little skinny frame was paddling for the horizon trying to avoid the impact zone. It was both a thrill, and scary as. Good days 😊👍

Where are you now? Are you still surfing? The Gold Coast has changed!

I knew the locals then , great nights out at the jet club

big groyne kirra at 6 foot + is actually pretty terrifying.

@@vanmiddletonphotography I respect your opinion, as I do anyone else's, so please don't take offence when I disagree. 8-10 foot slabs draining practically all the water off the reef(sometimes ALL of it, haha), that's terrifying. Terrifying, but EPIC!!! 😉🤙 Take care man, smile, n may your next session be a cracka!! Yeeeeewwwwwww

@@davo_t well yes, 8-10 foot reef is even more terrifying. I've only surfed that size a few times, big Ulus and one crazy sesion at HTs 15 years ago. of course Kirra is fun compared to that stuff, but big groyne gets scary, and anyone who says otherwise is a regular at pipe or full of shite ;)

@van middleton Ok dude. I'm not sure why you seem so personally affected by what I said. I didn't call you a pussy bro, so there was no call for passive aggressively suggesting anyone is full of shite here. Once again though I'll disagree. N the fact you mention big ulus, which everyone i know agrees is probably one of the easiest waves in the world to surf triple overhead, and then HTs, as if they're anything similar. Ahhhh, yeah nah bro. Pushing into a steep drop at hts triple overhead HTs is a bit fkn different to that😉🤣🤣 8-10ulus has a friendly as fk take-off. Racetracks at low tide, now we're getting closer. Fks sake, 4 foot padang padang is way nastier than 8-10 ulus, anyone who's says different has not surfed them and is portraying clearly that they are most definitely "full of shite" themselves. N with that, ill leave you to ponder this: Your own comments say more about than you, than i could, or anyone on the internet... Now im torn between saying "peace dude n all the best", and "may a goatboater burn your next good wave"

Are y. The younger bros. Of scotty 'tube it Taylor ' . Arrragh bee garrrrah.... Radar danoah D.

Cooking

@@paulmolles4445 What makes you assume that rider is some feeble old man? Looks like they just made a shitty board choice given the conditions. Longboard and big wave guns are not the same. He can barely even maneuver that thing.

Yeah i think it’s the old “I don’t have a jet ski to taxi me back up the point so I’ll take a board that makes it easy to paddle against the sweep” logic When Kirra is like this you’re only trying to paddle against the sweep or trying to make a drop and stand there there’s not much else happening But you’re right I don’t see many 10ft’ers

Dreamy

Shot from this angle it doesn’t look as heavy as it really is. Looking into the barrel you see how thick the lip is and how wide the barrels are.

Hmmmm. So you surfed it like this have you Sam?

This 4-6 Hawaiian size cuz. You talking California size.

Anchor Point. I’m heading over there in June/July, hopefully there is some swell around.

@@rawsurfing Nop not Anchor mate! Way heavier, I think you know the one :) Kemper was there

@@pedrolito862 boilers?

@@andyetheridge nop raas lafaa ;) up North. But oh boy Boilers is hectic too ahah...can still feel the sea urchins in my feet

@@pedrolito862 safi?

Michael Peterson. A flawed genius of surfing, especially at Kirra.

Epic reply Brudda, I busted up LlMmFfAaOo.Cheers

Here in WA if you said that was 8-10ft your mates would take the pi$$ outta of ya the rest of ya life 😂😂😂

Absolute chargers out here. The standard is joyous to see.

They are all filming probably.

Cheers 👍🏼

Had my bordies ripped off there when I was younger and it was only 4ft. When it’s over 6-8ft it’s a scary line up to be in if your not a pro.

Yep, they're still riding shortboards!

😂

Raw Surfing got it this time! 😂

No fucking snake.

These days it's pretty hard to call that a bad drop-in. Guys duck-diving are a bit like speed bumps, you don't want to hit them but they're everywhere. Too many people. Not just in the water, but at my local golf-course, fishing spots, petrol station, supermarkets, roads....and everyone is an expert with all the gear.....

It's certainly not 6!!! But it ain't 10 either😁. Let's just call it a solid 8 and be done with it 🤙

These waves totally only have 4-6 feet faces. If these surfers are only 3 feet tall.

@@antoniusblock3316 wave size isn’t measured by the the face size in any decent surfers books.. go back to the drawing board champ

@@positivethoughtlibrary The wave measurement should be done case-by-case depending of the spot, indeed, some waves like Teahupoo have a huge face and a not so big back, which doesn't provide to surfers an accurate information about the wave power.

@@positivethoughtlibrary Why are you trying to act hostile? Only because you read about the Hawaiian scale somewhere? Just because something is done in a specific way somewhere, does not mean that it's an intuitive and useful way to do it.

Must have lived up the nrthn end ?helensvale?

I’ve been out at 4-6ft and it’s a serious wave. Hollow as and fast. Great watching the pros take it on but dishes out nasty beating to those who don’t paddle in to it fast enough.

@@rawsurfing Yeah I can imagine how heavy that is! beautiful

It's always beautiful and romantic until you get to paddle in.

@@nairdazitro7460 I'd rather die trying than watch

@@pedrolito862 What a tough guy you are.

Canoe man was charging, even his kick out was canoey.

What?

@@matthewroy7718 Don’t worry about it, place sucks, don’t surf there. Kook

I've surfed blacks many many many times. And I'll agree that it's up there with the raw power. Blacks can be terrifying that's for sure

Kirra is about a million times better. Black's gets big but it's a bunch of dorks on 8 ft. guns shoulder hopping.

@@charliedillon1400 Yeah I know, I was comparing the power of the wave, Blacks gets even heavier. The last comment got deleted for some reason.

You must not be in a creative field.

Close out ? .. No problem !

Just don't get suck back over da falls brahda

Gold Coastttt