Sorry, no pics, need Boardies over wettie and W/P camera !!

Today I had a nice solo paddle from Juc to Boobs (near Winki) and back.

Solo - well accompanied by the Naish 14 of course

Just checking out the scenery... no sign of sharks or whales today. Very slight NW breeze, paddling into it, and I was lucky that picked up a fraction, and I paddled back with a WNW over the left shoulder.

Deep water, deep aqua colours.... it was high tide, and the waves were thundering into the caves at Steps & Sparrows..... (a section of cliff just near Bird Rock, Jan Juc). There was backwash / cross chop coming back out of the caves at high tide today.

I was going to go all the way to Winki & Bells, but I kept seeing overhead sets rolling through Winki and Bells (swell was bigger than I expected), so I bailed back to Juc and changed boards for a nice session at Winki (normal surfing).

I think Boobs is named after a guy who's nick name was "Boobs".....not sure though.

and a story on Winki Pop

http://www.winkipopsurf.com.au/Main.asp?_=The%20name

Revvin said...

I think Boobs is named after a guy who's nick name was "Boobs".....not sure though.

and a story on Winki Pop

http://www.winkipopsurf.com.au/Main.asp?_=The%20name

Great story. Love that area, one of the Aussie sacred sites. Even when it's flat and in you're in Torqs you have to go out there just to go out there. It's sacred after all. Just Like Margarets, Kirra, Lennox and Angourie.

camo hosk said...

What about Pt Impossible,

because it's impossible to get a wave off a longboarder there.

Ha Ha Cam,

Your not tryin hard enough!

Should have gone to the vicco titles you could have had it with just 4 out or in Kristis case 2 out.

Phill

I could look at anything and see boobs.. .. I like that reason better than a guy nick named boobs.. I wonder if he had manboobs?.

I'll ask sparrow next time I pass through Torquay.. He'll know for sure.. I wonder what Dean and Rich think?

DJ

Revvin said...

If Rich didnt know, he could ask Mike or Matt D or Boardroom Bob and one of them would know for sure.

There is only one person who i believe would know the correct answer to the questions ....Board room BOB ,He is Rip Curl's Surfing Historian and has lived & surfed here for a long time.

Bob said Boobs is named after Bells land owner Bobby Johnson who's nick name when growing up was Bobby/Boobs.He and a mate were out surfing there in the early 60's and Bobby caught the first wave so was given naming rights so it became Boobs.

Winkipop is part of the early Torquay / Boot hill folklore scenario.....it's another name fornicating , a Ronnie coote , Mallee Root etc etc.

Rich

Hi Guys. Sorry for bringing up this topic again.

Earlier tonight I was talking to one of the crew, who were the first guys to surf Bells Beach in the early 1960's. This guy grew up in Torquay as a kid.

He said one of the Bells beach crew, named Brian Trist always said to the other guys "Im going to surf that spot one day (Winki Pop)"

One day at Bells, while the crew were sitting on the beach, Brian Trist got up, grabbed his board and walked to Winki Pop and paddled out and surfed it. The Guy I was talking to, thinks this happened about 1962. He was there the day Brian surfed this new spot. Brian got to name the new surf spot. While walking on the rocks at Winki Pop, he kept standing on that seaweed that pops when you crush it with your foot. So he named it Winki "pop" after that seaweed.

He also confirmed that Boobs is named after Bob (Boobs) Johnson. Just for some more history, apparently Bob Johnson’s dad was in the Australian Test Cricket some time back then.

He said Winki Pop is defiantly not named after some rude terms or woman, or anything like that.