Round 38 - November 2004

[WeegieBoy]

Another Scottish Photo:

[Bodyboarda]

scotish? shit if i were surfin there i would have on more then a steamer nice wave though do u no if it gets and size around there cause i have never herd of like a surfin trip to scotland or anything

[WeegieBoy]

That spot gets heaps of swell, that was a small day, but perfect. There are heaps of good spots in Scotland. The water is a little bit coldd so keeps the crowds down. I wa at one of the most crowded breaks on the weekend and there was about 20 people out in overhead reef waves.

[Booger]

That spot gets heaps of swell, that was a small day, but perfect. There are heaps of good spots in Scotland. The water is a little bit coldd so keeps the crowds down. I wa at one of the most crowded breaks on the weekend and there was about 20 people out in overhead reef waves.

my god im commin to scotland. just need a dry suit

[WeegieBoy]

Ha hardly any body boarders up here, thank god, a few mals and the odd goat boat, but mot are just surfers.

[Bodyboarda]

have ya got ne more weegie?

[Bodyboarda]

shit that surfer is gonna eat it

[JRsurfer]

now i dont wanna hear anymore boogers saying surfers dont take heavy,wedgey waves

[thermalben]

I took this photo of Teale Vanner at Seaford (Mid Coast, SA) a week or so ago.

http://www.swellnet.com.au/images/RipCurlGromSearch_Adelaide_Teale_Vanner01.jpg

[bazzaboarder]

Hey thermalben, you should know where this is...

[thermalben]

sure do Bazza.. I've spent a lot of time in that part of the world ;)

Looks nice and sizey too - I reckon I remember that swell (Derrick sent me quite a few pics from that trip).

[exbunobooga]

Those wedge pics are mad but this section is for pics that you guys have taken so you can win free burleighcam shit. Why not just put em in keg talk? Dont wanna be a nazi but anyone can run a search on google for those pics.

[yewwww!]

yeah i know, sick pics has gone down to people putting photo's they taken off the net. its YOUR OWN pics.

[Slick]

well these are mine - the last one goes alright as a wallpaper.

[Bodyboarda]

on that 1st pic why is noone goin for that wave??

That 2nd pic is fairly cool.

That 3rd pic i wouldnt describe as a 'Sick pic' its cool with the sun and all but i like lookin at nice waves not the backround sorry mate

[Slick]

yeah man thats sweet depends wat ur tastes are hey.

[Bodyboarda]

yep

[fisho]

Hey all,

I have been reading/viewing the posts in this forum for a week or so and decided to post a few shots of my own - these two are from a surf trip I took around Oz (for 3 years in total). Nothing epic, but a real nice peak in one shot and hope some of you get a good feeling from the second - you've gotta love searching a coastline like this for new spots!

Cheers,
fisho

[Ron Jeremy]

farking nice one bruvva.
where were those shots taken?? vicco?
How did ya manage a 3 year trip round aus?

[fisho]

Hey Ron,

They weren't in Vicco, but I can see how you might think so ... try again! :wink: I managed the 3 years with basically 1 year getting half-way round from BrisVegas to the Pilbara in WA - working in Adelaide for 3 months, then Albany on a tuna boat, Perth at the Royal Show, Exmouth (tuna), then scored a gig in a pub for 1.5 years in a great town, but with very little surf (my girlfriend was responsible for this - our Gnaraloo missions meant an 8 hr drive south!). I then spent another 6 months coming back to the east coast via an extended fishing trip over northern Australia!

Needles to say, there were stacks of great waves (and fish) and lots of good memories! It was wicked! I recommend it to anyone!

I might have to scan some more pics in an post 'em!

Cheers,
fisho

[exbunobooga]

Its around the kalbarri region?

[fisho]

Hey ex,

This is fun! Good guess, and once again I can see the resemblance ... but no cigar!

Cheers,
fisho

[yewwww!]

my 1st guess would of been vico. but since that is wrong, my next one would be Northen/central W.A

[thermalben]

great photos Fisho - I know where (in SA) they are :)

[fisho]

Good one thermalben! South Oz it is ... and what a wonderful part of the world hey?! Did you get over that way when you were down there recently?

One question ... should I put some sort of copywrite signature on pics b4 I post 'em here?

Cheers,
fisho

[Slick]

my guess is somewhere along the Eyre Peninsula?

[thermalben]

nah, didn't have enough time unfortunately (scored fun Parsons (http://www.swellnet.com.au/reports/images/25Nov01big.jpg) though).
I'll be back there in a few weeks again and am hoping to slide off for a couple of days, but I'm not sure if I'll have the time.

[thermalben]

my guess is somewhere along the Eyre Peninsula?
That's kinda like saying "it's somewhere between Sydney and Byron Bay".. the Eyre Peninsula has a lot of coastline with thousands of nooks and crannies.. waves where you really wouldn't expect.

But yes, you're right :)

[Slick]

yeah i like to start big and narrow it down lol.

my next guess is near port lincoln?

[fisho]

Keep guessing cutting! :) Actually, I didn't spend much time looking for waves around Port Lincoln ... are there any apart from the beachies to the west? I can't remember!

Yep, thermalben, the Eyre is amazing! I was absolutely blown away by the amount of waves and variety in this area! It was a buzz cruising around searching for different spots! Some I scored swell for and others remain a mystery for next time ... and the whole time me and my mates surfed with no more than 4 other (local) crew in the water!

Oh, and Parson's is filth when it gets like that ... which, in the 3 months I surfed the Adelaide area over winter, was quite often!

Australia has it all!

[Slick]

does this joint actually have a name or is it just a random break that has never been surfed just watched from the cliff?

[fisho]

Pretty close with that comment I'd say cutting ... I think you did well to establish it was the on the Eyre in SA ... I'm off to work now (bugga), but I'm stoked a couple of my pics stirred such interest! I might scan some more and start another round of guessing games down the track!

Cheers,
fisho

[yewwww!]

nah, didn't have enough time unfortunately (scored fun Parsons (http://www.swellnet.com.au/reports/images/25Nov01big.jpg) though).
I'll be back there in a few weeks again and am hoping to slide off for a couple of days, but I'm not sure if I'll have the time.
what is it that you do man? besides swell net? if you dont mind me asking....

[Bodyboarda]

those r some perfect pics that water looks so nice but S.A prob cold as. Did u just go around takin fotos or did ya surf these breaks?

[thermalben]

what is it that you do man? besides swell net? if you dont mind me asking....
Swellnet is all I do.. it's a full time job for me - around 70-80 hours a week.

[nugget]

shit, did ya have to go to uni or anythin and how much dosh do ya make

[yewwww!]

really. swell net is it. yeah it does look like you put alot of your life into it. how to you come up with the dosh? your a pretty good bloke aye, putting all that time into something that people can use to free.

[jonok]

that second SA photo looks hot......

hey ben - its jono here. living in london. no clear green water or barrels for me for a while. soak them up for me dude!

and say hi to all the SA seeds on the goldy!!

[thermalben]

hey Jono! Nice to hear from ya. I'll say g'day to the fellas.

Geezz.. do you guys want a copy of my business plan? I can't really sum up what I do - Swellnet has snowballed much more than I ever thought it would. I've done plenty of study, and worked as a research scientist in a few other areas before I gave this a solid crack. Things are moving ahead nicely.

[exbunobooga]

70 - 80 hours! shit dude, im pullin 40 and thats more than enough! Hows your quality of life? Im guessing you love your job

[yewwww!]

hey Jono! Nice to hear from ya. I'll say g'day to the fellas.

Geezz.. do you guys want a copy of my business plan? I can't really sum up what I do - Swellnet has snowballed much more than I ever thought it would. I've done plenty of study, and worked as a research scientist in a few other areas before I gave this a solid crack. Things are moving ahead nicely.
yeah sorry about asking you heaps. i was just interested. but yeah, how is your quality of life, doing 70-80 hours a week?

[thermalben]

nah, I'm only stirring - I don't mind answering questions - it's just a little hard to condense what I do into bite-size-chunks.

However, I don't consider 70-80 hours a week excessive - ask anybody starting a small business, and you'll find that it's pretty standard.

[Bodyboarda]

Well you've done a great job and I'm hoping it won't end soon

[JRsurfer]

ya keep up the good work mate.
by the way, im heading down to broken head either 2moro or thursday, do u happen 2 know wat the surfs gonna be doin or if this FARKING RAIN IS GONNA EASE :x cause im gonna be camping down there and i might not be goin unless this rain stops, cheers

[straddiecam]

me new camera is working magic

[yewwww!]

ya keep up the good work mate.
by the way, im heading down to broken head either 2moro or thursday, do u happen 2 know wat the surfs gonna be doin or if this FARKING RAIN IS GONNA EASE :x cause im gonna be camping down there and i might not be goin unless this rain stops, cheers
good luck getting no rain for a while. that low isnet moving anywhere. its stayed in the same spot for a little while now. rain up untill atleast saturday isent it thermelben?

[straddiecam]

chunkey wave at pipe

[straddiekid]

that photo best day i have a strad for a bit sets bout 3 odd 4 that a small one bout 2

[straddiecam]

nice barrel

[straddiecam]

small one but still cool

[straddiecam]

nice wave

[Slick]

wat sorta camera did u take these with?

[straddiecam]

i just got this cannon with a casing. These were my first pics ive taken in the surf.

[Inverted]

Chubbs! lol, funniest cvnt out.

[Bodyboarda]

Those r some nice waves especially the 1st one. How long ago were they taken??

[Invert_D]

They are some Awsome wave n nice photography

[straddiecam]

i took them monday at staddie at like 600 am
pretty good for me first time aye 8)

[straddiekid]

yah pritty fun day at strad. any of uses 'locals' goin tomoz (thursday)

[Bodyboarda]

Those r heaps good for ya 1st time, how much do u reckon it will cost all up to get a decent cam with casing??

[straddiecam]

dont no aye u will have to look around. Why r u thinking of buying one??????

[straddiecam]

yeh like em too!!!

[what_a_bogan]

ya i wannt no how much a vid cam cost and a pic cam underwater cost

[straddiekid]

they cost a fare bit i dunno im guessing sumfin ova 500

[what_a_bogan]

tru ay.

[JRsurfer]

they cost a fare bit i dunno im guessing sumfin ova 500

:shock: Way more than that mate. A waterproof housing alone costs around that if not more.

[thermalben]

Depends what you want. Dave Kelly's custom water housings are over $2K (I have one for my miniDV cam) - but they are very high quality, and have been used by guys like Tim Bonython and Jack McCoy. There are cheaper alternatives, including some waterproof "bags" - but I wouldn't trust them with an expensive camera at all. Then you need the camera - either an SLR (or DSLR) or something smaller and cheaper in the point-and-shoot variety.

[yewwww!]

yeah i know alex omerod bought a new houseing for his camera a few months ago and he bought a cheap one for $1200 or something like that. camera's and houseings arn't cheap. you can pick up some cheap houseing but for about $300. just the simple plastic casing. but you have to have a pretty pupular camera to pick up one like that.

[straddiecam]

oi matt i no ure jealous because of my pictures its ok dont cry straddie has been way better than burlz loser

[yewwww!]

oh god.

[Inverted]

they cost a fare bit i dunno im guessing sumfin ova 500

:shock: Way more than that mate. A waterproof housing alone costs around that if not more.



Nope, you can pick up a good underwater set for around $600. Video cam and still pics. Easy as cake:

- Sony Cybershot 5.5 mega pixels.
-A water proof casing that all good camera shops sell for around $100 thats especially made for sony cybershot.


The sony cybershot its self is a good camera. Just not enough mega pixels to shoot from the shore line. Minium requirement would be 15 megapixels at the least for good on shore filming. But if your in the water and up and close 5 mega pixekls is still pretty far so its pretty cheap to get started up.

Then again JR was talking about caseings that are customly made to fiot your type of camera which I'm sure can get way over $500.

[JRsurfer]

Ya my mates cost around $2k and thats custom made

[xfactor]

hey inverted, if 15 megapixels is enough for shooting from the beach - how about using an analog camera? cuz analog dont have megapixels.... does that mean u can shoot from the beach and get it zoomed and have close-up surf to be clear? - i dont have a clue about cameras so yeah

[Ranga]

Inverted i am 100% sure that you are mixing your megapixle with optical zoom, cause there is no way a camera would have 15 megapixle. my new panasonice has 1.7 megapixle and i bought it for $1500 (cheap as normally around$1750).

[Slick]

yeah i thought the best digitals were the SLRs and they are like 8 megepixels at most.

[yewwww!]

yes he's getting them confused. you dont get 15 megapixles. your talking about optical zoom.

[JRsurfer]

Yeah i thought that sounded a bit off, my cameras only 4 or 5 megapixels and i shoot from the beach no worries with 10x optical zoom. It also has digital zoom but i always find that it fucks up the picture when u use it.

[Inverted]

Inverted i am 100% sure that you are mixing your megapixle with optical zoom, cause there is no way a camera would have 15 megapixle. my new panasonice has 1.7 megapixle and i bought it for $1500 (cheap as normally around$1750).


ye my bad. lol.

[straddiecam]

oi my new canon camera with a casing is only like 3.5 megapixels and the pics that i have taken turned out fine back on page 3-4 :P

[jai]

FREAK LIP

[Bodyboarda]

i seen that before but holy shit it still impresses me i dont know how anyone would be able to drop sumthing that heavy

[yewwww!]

i dont understand how you can ride a wave that shape. i looks at pics like that one all the time and try figure out how it is they made the drop, then could still ride the barrel. when it gets to that shape you just loose your board and end up over through the lip and on to the reef.

but what actully was the point of that picture?

[Slick]

jai that wave is this one of laird hamilton's at chopes from the side.

[Booger]

oi matt i no ure jealous because of my pictures its ok dont cry straddie has been way better than burlz loser

Uve been to straddy once these holidays u loser and burlz sux dick i havnt been surfing there its DBAh all the way u fagget awww yeah and talabudgury. so when r u coming down

Dbah is a piece of shit and tally well i don't need to say anything. Your a kook.

And whats with posting unoriginal pics.

[Jb]

i scored these waves yesterday in tonga. got back this afternoon.

[Jb]

and..

[JRsurfer]

Nice work mate u scored big time :!:

[what_a_bogan]

hell ya you would be in the best mood on the way home scorin them waves.

[Bodyboarda]

Dbah?? r u fuckin retarted i hope u stay there in that washy crap u dont deserve to go anywhere else

[Slick]

ease up tiger

[Bodyboarda]

yeh fully im a little worked up over other reasons. sorry mate

[yewwww!]

Nice joey. who did you go with?

[Jb]

a friend from school. definately worth goin back though.

[WJB]

Yeah everone put their own pics on instead of getting them off the internet, pussys.

[Ranga]

hey jb those pics are sic. GIve us some details on ya stay mate i would love to here it. Cost, length of stay, consistancy, breaks etc

[B]

Inverted i am 100% sure that you are mixing your megapixle with optical zoom, cause there is no way a camera would have 15 megapixle. my new panasonice has 1.7 megapixle and i bought it for $1500 (cheap as normally around$1750).

Canon just bought out a new 16.7 mega pixel camera, the Canon EOS-1D's Mark II , it is the best on the market and has the highest resolution possible that i know of, there is only one catch it is $14,000 AUD, if you wanna find out more check out the site http://www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/eos1dsm2/html/00_home.html

And if anyone is looking for housings check out
www.aquatech.com.au

B.

[Bodyboarda]

$14 000? i wouldnt pay that unless i had the money

www.seaandsea.com have great casings as well. looks to be a pricey though

[yewwww!]

top stuff B. do you have any pics with it?

[Jb]

Ranga, the whole trip for only 7 days was around the $1500 mark with accomodation right on the beach lookin straight onto some of the breaks. Apart from the epic surf we had everyday, Tonga is the most boring place on earth apart from scandinavia, plus everything is fairly expensive over there. Still it was well worth it and after surfing in fiji and margaret river, i would still rate tonga the best place to go.
heres a website with all the info and pictures and stuff based on one of the small surfing resorts over there: http://www.surfingtonga.com/

[Ranga]

hey jb thanks for that. Also wanted to know if you found that 7 days was too short even though it did get boring when you werent surfing, cause i would probably wont to go for 10-12 days to make sure i got something rideable and decent during that break. Reefs stay good all day and how heavy were they?

[Jb]

yeh when i was there i saw 7 days as being enough for me, but yeh coming back to the surf we have at the moment i guess i should've taken advantage and stayed longer, maybe 10 days. Most breaks are unsurfable at low as it either breaks dry or ankle deep and can get dangerous when 8ft bombs come crashin onto the almost dry reef. but even at high it still hollows out is and is fairly heavy. a couple of brizos over there booged a bit as they couldn't make the take off on their sticks and they weren't particularly kooks either. apart from the low tide the surf was allways consistent throughout the whole day.

[Booger]

Looks cool.

[B]

top stuff B. do you have any pics with it?

nah, i don't have the camera, but if you wanna look at some sample photos check here -->http://www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/eos1dsm2/html/eos1dsm2_sample_7e.html

[Inverted]

Hey Jb, yu seem to travel a fair bit mate. How do yu pay for it?

[yewwww!]

hmmmmmmmmmmm. inverted lets just think about this.

[Jb]

with money.

[WJB]

goooooooooooooo suncorp

[Inverted]

yer, I mean are yu spono or do yu go with your parents or do yu make the voyages with mates or what?

[yewwww!]

he's sponoed obviously. JB rides for Dunes and UnKnown.

[Bodyboarda]

yer, I mean are yu spono or do yu go with your parents or do yu make the voyages with mates or what?

I may have picked it up the wrong way but beleive it or not inverted not everyone is still in skool and needs their parents to take them places..

PS: im still in skool :(

[Jb]

he's sponoed obviously. JB rides for Dunes and UnKnown.


no way, wish

[what_a_bogan]

so how do you get to surf mad spots mummy and daddy rich? Or are you like 18 and have a full time job!

[yewwww!]

he's sponoed obviously. JB rides for Dunes and UnKnown.


no way, wish
dont be modest JB. he really does. havent you ever heard of him inverted. he shreads d-bah. everyone on the coast knows who JB is. he's like Rat. he's the best the coast has to offer. him and daniel who lives in his street. what a shredda.

[Inverted]

Go D'bah! :roll:

[Dragon]

Yeh DBah is much better then Alley ay Inverted, your the only one that would know

[CJ]

Winners Sick Pics Round 38 - November 2004

1st prize Big Deal Tshirt and 1 month BurleighCam subscription
- fisho, cliff side perfection

Runner Up 1 month BurleighCam subscription
- straddiecam, Straddie A-frame watershot.

[what_a_bogan]

he's sponoed obviously. JB rides for Dunes and UnKnown.


no way, wish
dont be modest JB. he really does. havent you ever heard of him inverted. he shreads d-bah. everyone on the coast knows who JB is. he's like Rat. he's the best the coast has to offer. him and daniel who lives in his street. what a shredda.

Daniel who?

[lmnop]

Go D'bah! :roll:

yeh d'bah can go off sometimes but it has been realy sh*t lately..mch like all of the coast i spose :evil: but there is ALWAYS a crowd at d'bah so i dont surf there at all anymore.. rather put up with the crowd at strad for better surf

[booya]

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