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This is the worst summer ever!

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Created by Ctngoodvibes > 9 months ago, 23 Feb 2015
Ctngoodvibes
WA, 1402 posts
23 Feb 2015 7:21PM
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DARTH
WA, 3028 posts
23 Feb 2015 7:43PM
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Really?

sparki
WA, 410 posts
23 Feb 2015 8:22PM
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you just have the wrong board. just had a great session on my 5'10 quad softech. mushy waves, but the board drove straight through the flat sections

GPA
WA, 2519 posts
23 Feb 2015 10:59PM
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YES! It's been absolutely woeful... no shape and too much wind...

thedrip
WA, 2351 posts
23 Feb 2015 11:03PM
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I missed a lot of it through travelling, but all my mates reckon it has been a shocker. I got back Jan 8 and have had waves, but nothing to really froth me. Pretty small for the most part. And everyone has bemoaned the southerly air flow with few true offshores.

Prawnhead
NSW, 1317 posts
24 Feb 2015 7:11AM
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i think this belongs in the WA section!

Buster fin
WA, 2568 posts
24 Feb 2015 5:58AM
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Prawnhead said..
i think this belongs in the WA section!


Smug sunrise-over-water watchers.

Andy T
WA, 325 posts
24 Feb 2015 8:08AM
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Me thinks it's time you guys added some kites to the quiver then it's been a great season

thedrip
WA, 2351 posts
24 Feb 2015 8:43AM
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Prawnhead said...
i think this belongs in the WA section!


We spend our whole life living with eastern staters who think australia ends at the great dividing range, get one thread with 6 posts about our state going, and then whinging starts?

It's just not fair.

LateStarter
WA, 589 posts
24 Feb 2015 8:52AM
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Yep, Metro has sure been average. Lots of days with S/SW winds and lacklustre swell. When we have had a bit of a groundswell come through the banks at the beachies are non existent, and there hasn't really been enough consistent swell to get the reefies moving.

Then there are the crowds. I've never seen so many people in the water! Surfing is huge business these days, and as its popularity grows, no doubt the crowds will too.

I have still scored this summer, but have had to travel well out of town to do so.

genuine
332 posts
24 Feb 2015 9:22AM
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One word - travel.

DJMWA
WA, 342 posts
24 Feb 2015 10:00AM
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genuine said..
One word - travel.



I agree, I swear I hear this every summer. Do all the metro surfers forget that Perth has only two banks from November to March. One at TP and then one that runs from seconds all the way down to Floreat groin parallel with the shore.
I reckon this has been a stock standard summer.

genuine
332 posts
24 Feb 2015 11:03AM
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DJMWA said..

genuine said..
One word - travel.




I agree, I swear I hear this every summer. Do all the metro surfers forget that Perth has only two banks from November to March. One at TP and then one that runs from seconds all the way down to Floreat groin parallel with the shore.
I reckon this has been a stock standard summer.


have to agree,

Souwester
WA, 1255 posts
24 Feb 2015 2:09PM
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No Surf = Fishing....No Fish = Watching Cricket...winning.

jbshack
WA, 6913 posts
24 Feb 2015 2:55PM
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My Sweet Potato has made mine enjoyable but the crowds are starting to piss me off

Luckily my last two surfs have not topped 5 people.

Prawnhead
NSW, 1317 posts
24 Feb 2015 7:12PM
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thedrip said..

Prawnhead said...
i think this belongs in the WA section!



We spend our whole life living with eastern staters who think australia ends at the great dividing range, get one thread with 6 posts about our state going, and then whinging starts?

It's just not fair.


yep..........but you lot were whinging anyway!

Prawnhead
NSW, 1317 posts
24 Feb 2015 7:13PM
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thedrip
WA, 2351 posts
24 Feb 2015 4:46PM
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Nice barrels but it's so small and gutless. Where's the juice? Guess it was off shore at least. Snapper must have been good that day too?

And fair call, we are whinging.

Ctngoodvibes
WA, 1402 posts
24 Feb 2015 5:36PM
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Andy T said...
Me thinks it's time you guys added some kites to the quiver then it's been a great season


Funny you said that coz that's my plan!

Gringo
VIC, 17 posts
24 Feb 2015 8:49PM
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This has been the worst summer i can remember for Vic east coast beaches. Not for swell but wind & banks.

Been doing a few trips down to the Island but not much better.

loftsofwind
QLD, 226 posts
24 Feb 2015 9:39PM
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what do u expect? off shore winds don’t come until winter... expect nothing but onshore sea breezes.

jbshack
WA, 6913 posts
24 Feb 2015 8:55PM
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Ctngoodvibes said...
Andy T said...
Me thinks it's time you guys added some kites to the quiver then it's been a great season


Funny you said that coz that's my plan!


Can we call you Captain Tea Bag then from now on

DARTH
WA, 3028 posts
24 Feb 2015 8:57PM
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jbshack said..

Ctngoodvibes said...

Andy T said...
Me thinks it's time you guys added some kites to the quiver then it's been a great season



Funny you said that coz that's my plan!



Can we call you Captain Tea Bag then from now on



mousetrap
WA, 64 posts
25 Feb 2015 5:40PM
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Maybe time for the West Oz capital to invest some $ into a few well shaped, well built groynes to create wedges (like old pyramids before it was changed a coupla decades ago). When you consider the amount of cash that is poured into your average sports grounds annually the wedge idea (a permanent fixture) is prob good value for money over time.

thedrip
WA, 2351 posts
25 Feb 2015 7:23PM
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mousetrap said...
Maybe time for the West Oz capital to invest some $ into a few well shaped, well built groynes to create wedges (like old pyramids before it was changed a coupla decades ago). When you consider the amount of cash that is poured into your average sports grounds annually the wedge idea (a permanent fixture) is prob good value for money over time.



Or stop grooming the beaches and allow a natural profile to return so the banks return to what they were like 25 years ago. The beaches will be smaller but the waves way better. The width of the beach now is ridiculous

GPA
WA, 2519 posts
25 Feb 2015 8:03PM
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thedrip said..

Or stop grooming the beaches and allow a natural profile to return so the banks return to what they were like 25 years ago. The beaches will be smaller but the waves way better. The width of the beach now is ridiculous


Yes - Trigg is as wide as I have ever seen it - and the banks straighter than it has been in the 30+ years I have surfed it!

I will be joining the hoards travelling this weekend...

thedrip
WA, 2351 posts
25 Feb 2015 11:11PM
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GPA said...
thedrip said..

Or stop grooming the beaches and allow a natural profile to return so the banks return to what they were like 25 years ago. The beaches will be smaller but the waves way better. The width of the beach now is ridiculous


Yes - Trigg is as wide as I have ever seen it - and the banks straighter than it has been in the 30+ years I have surfed it!

I will be joining the hoards travelling this weekend...



Nooooooooo nooooooo nooooooooooo!!!!!!! I had forgotten it was a long weekend and was looking forward to some waves and now it is going to be war with half of Perth heading down.

Comp head on? Check!
Bigger board than Perth boys? Check!
Wave identified with tricky lineup? Check!
Close second option with gnarly takeoff that Perth boards don't work on? Check!
Ring a few mates to pack the peak on Option A? Check!

Righto. I am ready. Bring it on ya mongrels.

Greenroom
WA, 7608 posts
27 Feb 2015 12:47AM
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Yeah I travel all the time to get good empty waves... like 10 minutes!!! Suckers!!!
Leave your little tooth picks at home coz it gets real when boards are 9 foot plus!
Windsurfing helps ease the pain too.
School holidays and weekends I don't do. Leave it for the desperado's that have to travel a 6 hour round trip, pay for expensive petrol and pay for accomodation hahaha
The truth hurts

quirkus
WA, 322 posts
27 Feb 2015 8:20AM
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Just to rub it in...
When the Westies aren't getting a wave,,, guys on the Goldie killing it !!
www.liquifymag.com/ex-cyclone-marcia-deliver-burleigh-kids/2018

GPA
WA, 2519 posts
27 Feb 2015 8:55AM
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Well I have today off - and guess what? It's sh!t...

Guess I am painting the eves then?!

thedrip
WA, 2351 posts
27 Feb 2015 10:13AM
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quirkus said...
Just to rub it in...
When the Westies aren't getting a wave,,, guys on the Goldie killing it !!
www.liquifymag.com/ex-cyclone-marcia-deliver-burleigh-kids/2018


20 days a year the Goldie breaks 4 foot. I don't bother if it's not 4 foot.



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