Some this year

Brief snippet of some surfs this year, nothing epic but at least im getting in the water a little bit.

southport slut

Had a couple more surfs at southport in January. Pretty average really, two reasonable swells that just didn't do anything size or quality wise. Got to test out my new single pin gopro mount which was cool. Its way better than the base plate, just less to put pressure on and created less drag on the camera. First use i only turned the camera on for a couple of waves as it really wasn't worth it.



Second surf i got to catch with Phil who had been in the stated for a couple a months. decent well but poor winds and banks and a fair crowd too. Handed over my board to Phil so he could get some footage but neither of us got anything particularly good. Here is a couple of Phil's rides




The casing mount broke on me this time, have almost broken all the original parts now. Bad luck on my behalf i think as i haven't heard others say they have broken as much as me. It not as though the waves its been used in have been big enough to justify the breakages either so I'm a little annoyed. I have glued it back together for now but no doubt it will snap off again the next time it gets used.



On the positive though i have had 4 surf this year all ready and its only just gone in to February. That's one third of the total surfs i managed last year! Happy days......for now

Fun Day with the family

On wednesday i took the family down to port elliot. My Bro was down there on holidays so we had a visit with the kids. The morning was raining which was good becasue the wind wasnt half as strong as it was forcast. The morning was filled with mini golf and ferris wheels, donuts and jumpy castles. Tired the kids out nicely so after some luch we put them to bed and my bro and i made the 1 min journey to knights. The wind was picking up but still less than forcast and we were amazed to only see 2 people in the water. it was 2 ft occassional bigger one and pretty lumpy. got some fun closeouts then some larger peaky ones and manage to roll of another. Was only a quick session but fun enough. Met a person i went to school with out in the water which was weird. Had a little chinwag and catchup in between some waves. Was a good day overall. went to the beach with the kids in the afternoon then trundled on home.

First surf for the year

Well, first surf for the year was fun enough. Better than most of last years surfs even if it was only 1.5 ft max. Started the morning flicking a lure around for some salmon and waiting for the tide to drop. That didnt last long as there was a decent bank and fairly regular waves coming along. With no one else in the water it was too much to resist so i went back to the car and got my gear and paddled out. Nothing epic but got to practice a few moves and get some little barres when the tide got lower. Got a bit bored so paddled over to the reef to have a look with my camera. On the way back i thought id try and catch some waves with the gopro in my hand. Was kinda fun and good for getting a slightly different angle. Here's a few pics










A little vid i made is here