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by **myate** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:16 am

first weekend in ages no surf up here...where i go anyway. big and mushy, would be waste of time.

by **PapaW** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:44 pm

Large session while the winds held at the local boulder reef with a mate whos visiting. some heafty drops then the hail started again! Thankfully today will be the last of it and we're left with pretty good conditions for the rest of the week. bonus.

by **surferdude_scarborough** » Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:43 pm

waist high and nice and fast today at langland. only a couple out too which i found a bit odd. my head was a bit chilly in the wind but not too bad.

by **Choked out Surfer** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:44 am

Trestle was going off today.

by **drowningbitbybit** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:58 am

I had such a good session tonight

5pm... at work, fed up, needing to de-stress a bit... 6pm in the water at maroubra :thumbs:

The waves were about 3ft (maybe I shoulda waited for a set before taking the photo...) and a bit lumpy, but a dry hair paddle out. Then the sunset lit the water up bright orange, then the wind died and it went glassy

And I surfed on beautiful clean waves until it got too dark to see the sets. I had some of the best waves Ive ever had tonight. Stoked. :claps:

(Apologies to the chap who spent ages trying to catch a wave and when he finally did, I was directly in front of him trying to disentangle the leash from around my head... sorry about that) :oops:

by **PapaW** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:09 pm

Good shoulder to head session on the boulder reef today. winds held for the majority but then got just a little too strong and the sections begun to collapse. still a solid session

by **PapaW** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:51 pm

Cranking session at a hidden harbour reef this evening. 3-5ft stonkers reeling down the line. Just me and a mate out as usual

Oh and the coastguard...

by **Sillysausage** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:05 pm

i've had enough of you papaw, how come theres always good surf by you?? been pretty flat here again today!!

by **PapaW** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 3:15 pm

Another great session this morning before I dropped me mate off at the Airport. In at the same hidden harbour as yesterday...2-3ft clean and hollow down the line on both the left and right and once agian all to ourselves.

please excuse the cropping.

by **surferdude_scarborough** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:59 pm

Sillysausage wrote:i've had enough of you papaw, how come theres always good surf by you?? been pretty flat here again today!!

just to make it a bit worse for you:

monday at oxwich. pretty much firing on all cylinders but with a very strong offshore making it a bit tricky. got some nice rides. the very talented among the crowded lineup were absolutely flying.

today was pretty good if a bit windy at horton. bout 3-4 ft maybe less and v windy but some nice waves holding up. had an awesomre ride right in front of all the crew from the uni surf club. woot!

by **Sillysausage** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:24 pm

surferdude, it was flat here yet again! one of my mates phoned up from home to ask if i was going out today, said it was hitting 6ft+ at some of the breaks but the wind was too strong so didn't go out. i bet when i finish college a week tomorrow it will be flat!!

when you down 'till? i might be at the gower area in a week or so before i head off for a couple of months

by **derbyshire surfer** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:28 pm

Hi all,

Just got back from a great trip to Portugal. There for a week and scored some pretty much near perfect waves in the S.W (sagres area), then drove up to Arrifana area.
A bit hit an miss first thing in the morning then Tonel 'did it's thing' peaking at around 6-8ft one day looking as ferocious as ever!!!
Beliche was it's usual 'tubing self' although I was kept of the peak by the hordes of 'spongers'. S.W body boarders can be a pretty heavy local crew, about the only downside to the trip!
After driving around on the last couple of days we decidied to have a go at Tonel. Had the main peak to ourselves, 25c air temeperature and lots of hot naked women!

Got a few amazing rides, almost got in the tube. Towards the end of the session took a rather big air drop but landed and was stoked. Last ride of the day...I was getting a little too used to 'friendly Tonel' when it showed it's teeth. A larger set came through, paddled for one, took off and was 'speeding' down the line...speeding for me lol. All of a sudden forgot about the large earlier submerged rocks, hit them scraped my board from top to tail and smashed the centre fin clean off! Swam around in the impact zone for a couple of waves then made it back to the beach. My mate had been taken into a cave face further along the beach! We had a good laugh about it and watched some more shapely sunbathers lol! All's well that ends well!
Thoroughly recommend the area for anyone. There are some mellow rides to be had on the beachies, but look around and there are some class points and reefs. After surfing at Tonel I got a lot more confident, however don't get too cozy with it lol! Other than local body boarders an awesome destination! This was my 7th trip there, not all surf trips, but I've never been dissapointed and if you want 'suicide missions' head up towards 'Lisboa' you'll find supertubes etc. there...probably a load more body boarders too!
Will post some photos soon, hopefully got some water shots althought they will be on film.
Adios

by **drowningbitbybit** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:51 pm

good story :lol:

I like the 'smashed my board to bits, had a good laugh about it' attitude :lol:

Had a fairly mediocre session last night - icky mix of small groundswell and wind swell, 2-3ft maybe. Paddle out was easy in a rip, then after wiping out and getting stuck in the impact zone without a rip, paddling back out was far too much like hard work. Yes, it was a one wave session :roll:

by **Sillysausage** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:54 pm

sounds awesome D.S got any pics? glad you enjoyed it, and good to hear there was good surf!!

by **derbyshire surfer** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:07 pm

I'll post some photos tomorrow night, got so many I'll filter out the best ones. Also...some spots aren't that easy to get to when you're using a hired out Fiesta! May be better with a 4x4! We left the hire car in Faro car park with the keys in the ignition, maybe someone nicked it before they could check for 'chips' or a missing wing etc lol!

by **skimchick666** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:54 pm

umm how do i use this website ?

by **drowningbitbybit** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:04 am

skimchick666 wrote:umm how do i use this website ?

Go to this page first Introduce yourself

by **skimchick666** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:23 am

drowningbitbybit wrote:
skimchick666 wrote:umm how do i use this website ?

Go to this page first Introduce yourself

K thanks =)

by **surferdude_scarborough** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:30 pm

Sillysausage wrote:surferdude, it was flat here yet again! one of my mates phoned up from home to ask if i was going out today, said it was hitting 6ft+ at some of the breaks but the wind was too strong so didn't go out. i bet when i finish college a week tomorrow it will be flat!!

when you down 'till? i might be at the gower area in a week or so before i head off for a couple of months

Apparently swansea bay was breaking on monday. managed not to see that though despite being in uni most of the day. im going home a week tomorrow and back mid april. oh and as for being flat when you finish in a week....... i wouldnt check magic seaweed right now....

had a rubbish surf today at caswell small and crumbly. pants.

by **Sillysausage** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:38 pm

oh right no probs then, i'll be on ship in april and will be back at the start of august so hope we get some good swell in august... :surfing:

not gonna check the forcast until i get home because i'll get down if it's sh**...lol

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