Nice shots.
I much prefer stills to video.

Thanks for the pictures.. I must look pretty silly waving my paddle around in the air like that..

It's a small panasonic lumix waterproof jobby... Often carry it stuffed down the wetty on good days. Photo of my board being ejected from the whitewash was by the other thing I take on good days - a mate or two! This time it was the guy on the new starboard widepoint 8'10". You would know him as the bloke who caught lotsa waves kneeling down!

DavidJohn said..
Thanks for the pictures.. I must look pretty silly waving my paddle around in the air like that..

Nah, it's your trademark; I could tell you were surfing the break from about halfway into the paddle down, just by the wavey paddle! Makes life that bit more fun having guys like you around... Thanks DJ.

As a matter of interest, this is what I got from my RipCurl watch. You can see a couple of waves that ended up on the rocks... (And you can see that I walked my board down there - I couldn't be bothered paddling - I had surfed the previous three days and my legs were like rubber.)

windjunky said..

cantSUPenough said..
As a matter of interest, this is what I got from my RipCurl watch. You can see a couple of waves that ended up on the rocks... (And you can see that I walked my board down there - I couldn't be bothered paddling - I had surfed the previous three days and my legs were like rubber.)

Wow... what software do you use to get that sort of track presentation? Can it read in a standard GPX file or similar? Looks cool...

It is all part of the RipCurl searchGPS watch. A gross overindulgence at A$500, but it tracks all your movements and determines when you are catching a wave. Its estimate of wave speed is pretty good - there are times when I have caught one late and I feel like I am flying but the watch will say I was just mooching along - I think you need to be traveling fast for quite a few seconds for it to record the speed properly.

You access the information via their web site, or via your phone/tablet via their app. Here you can see some of the other info you get. And you can add notes on the session, and it records the tide/wind/swell (but often gets that wrong).