Surfing Waves

Do you collect breaks?

How many have you surfed?

hundreds

UK, France, Spain, Canaries, Indo, Costa Rica, Ireland, Fiji, Tahiti, Maui, NZ.

Think that's it. Prolly be Oz next.

Heaps...
lunch break, morning tea break, afternoon tea break, smoking break etc...


nah, I'm boring, and have only surfed the 5 beach breaks near my place, plus another break near my holiday place... but I surf them all regularly.

France, Spain, Portugal and Scotland. Prob about 10 or 11 breaks. Not a lot, i know but i hardly ever get the chance to go much nowadays.

Surfed a few UK places, the beaches around where i'm from in the North East (secretish spots so best remain nameless), then Cromer, East Runton, Llangennith and heaps in NZ...Mt Maunganui, Raglan, 90 mile beach, T-Bay, Whangamata & a few other coromandel spots, Ruakaka hmmm and a few other places up north that i cant really remember!

lost count

Christ yeah thats like asking how many jaffa cakes have you eaten! Like I could keep count

I dunno... I've surfed alot of breaks from North Santa Barbara County to South San Diego county. I've surfed since 1967. Probably hundreds of different breaks.

maybe 4 or 5 different beach breaks. ive only been surfing a year so i hope to get a lot more in. I want to travel the world and surf.

Folly Beach, SC - Main Break
Hunting Island, SC
Daytona Beach, Fl
Flagler Pier

Sadly, that is all so far.

been quite boring really. only on 17. of which perranporth is my favourite and anglet was the one that scared me most...

Can't remember

Dammit! Alzheimers setting in



-doug

maybe close to 50 or so

hmmmmmmmmm let me think...

(a good 5mins later....)

23 ... that's actually surprised me!

all of them have been in Britain. Give it another 4 months and I'll be adding a few in Hawaii too

why does it matter? i have 3 favorites. when i try new ones i feel uncomfortable and confused.

hawaiiSUCKSexceptsurf wrote:why does it matter? i have 3 favorites. when i try new ones i feel uncomfortable and confused.

i doesnt really matter to be honest.

I am just interested in how interested people are in going to new breaks or not.

keeping like a log book of how good a session was at whatever place is pretty cool.

2many to remember. should have kepy at diary or domething. good idea for u groms will be good to look through when your 30something

a few that stand out

europie outer hebrides & thurso same week. hell of a trek
raglan nz perefct 3ft glassy lefts
snapper oz lucky enough to get a wave to myself without getting burned and it was a bomb
supertubos portugal barrel city couldnt make any but worth getting smashed
a month in the dominican. surfed everywhere no hassles.
6 months in france bit further north away from the crowds summer 96 think it was
nov 1st last year. scabs uni reef. absoloutely off the scale. 20min paddle outs & well well overhead
ulawatu & padang padang last winter crowded but awe inspiring as well as pant shitable

most stuck in my mind

morrocho this winter just gone. 3 weeks travelling up and down and staying whereever. surf was amazing, weather was hot, food was good, weed was better. surfed the same day thats in the mags at the moment.

ermmmmm about 5

borth
trap
saunton
perranporth
fistral

in that order

I keep a log. Whenever I surf somewhere new I add to it. I've also flagged them all on Google Earth here is an excerpt. I also have break type (beach,reef or point) ocean (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian) and notes on how it was on that day, but not included here.

Some people would call North Steyne, South Steyne, Queenscliff as the same place as they are all on the same stretch of beach. Same goes for other places. I haven't added new ones for a while as I haven't had time to go on road trips for ages. Hope to go back to Bali soon and surf the reefs as the last time I went was about 15 years ago and I couldn't really surf then. I'm 30 now and started surfing again about 3 years ago when I moved to Oz.

Beach, area, state, country
Kuta, Kuta, Bali, Indonesia
Estagnots, Seignosse, Landes, France
Les Culs Nuls, Seignosse, Landes, France
Short Point, Merimbula, NSW, Australia
South Durras, South Durras, NSW, Australia
Bendalong, Bendalong, NSW, Australia
Monument, Bendalong, NSW, Australia
Bombo Beach, Kiama, NSW, Australia
Mystics, Shellharbour / Killalea, NSW, Australia
The Farm, Shellharbour / Killalea, NSW, Australia
Stanwell Park, Stanwell Park, NSW, Australia
Cronulla, Sydney Sth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Maroubra, Sydney Sth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Bronte Sydney, Eastern Suburbs, NSW, Australia
Fairy Bower, Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Manly South Steyne, Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Manly North Steyne, Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Queenscliff, Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Freshwater Beach, Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Curl Curl (N&S), Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Dee Why Point, Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Dee Why Beach, Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
No Mans Land, Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Long Reef, Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
The Kick (Collaroy), Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Collaroy, Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Sth Narrabeen, Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Warriewood point, Sydney Sth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Warriewood, Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Bungan, Sydney Nth Beaches, NSW, Australia
Palm Beach, Sydney Sth Beaches, NSW, Australia
MacMasters, MacMasters, NSW, Australia
Avoca, Avoca, NSW, Australia
The Entrance Nth, The Entrance, NSW, Australia
Birdie Beach, Lake Munmurrah, NSW, Australia
One Mile Beach, Anna Bay/Nelson Bay, NSW, Australia
Yaggon Beach, Pacific Palms, NSW, Australia
Celito aka Sandbar, Pacific Palms, NSW, Australia
Treachery, Seal Rocks, NSW, Australia
Light House, Seal Rocks, NSW, Australia
Bluey's Beach, Pacific Palms, NSW, Australia
Sunshine Beach, Noosa Heads, QLD, Australia
Alexandria Bay, Noosa Heads, QLD, Australia
Granite Bay, Noosa Heads, QLD, Australia
Ti Tree Bay, Noosa Heads, QLD, Australia
Witches Cauldron, Noosa Heads, QLD, Australia

Let me count, its not many yet

Fistral
Polzeath
Watergate
Saunton

Thats 4 then. I actually like the idea of trying new breaks but teh guys i surf with arent so keen. Home comforts and all that