Session Number: 842 - You are clear for takeoff
on Aug 30, 2009 in Video Swell: ESE 1 FT Board: 9' 6" McTavish Redline Location: Queenscliff Rating: 1/10 Start: 7:30 AMTime: 35 minsSurf: 2 timesConditions: Ankle to knee high, smooth, reflected waves, extremely strong offshore wind.I'm not going to say much at all. It was freezing cold. The offshore wind howled. The board nearly flew away. It looked OK...

Session Number: 841 - No stress session
on Aug 23, 2009 in Swell: NE 1 FT Board: 9' 6" McTavish Redline Rating: 7/10 Location: Queenscliff Start: 8:10 AMTime: 1 hr 20 minsSurf: 6 timesConditions: Knee to hip high, bit of wobble, high tide, regular well spaced fun sets. Offshore wind.With the two Peters from the meetup group. Forecast 2 FT swell either came during the night or didn't com...

Session Number: 840 - Fast forward and mostly uncut
on Aug 15, 2009 in Video Swell: E 2 FT Rating: 6/10 Board: 9' 6" McTavish Redline Location: Queenscliff Start: 7:15 AMTime: 30 minsSurf: 6 timesConditions: Knee to chest high, clean, mostly closeouts, dumpy close in, low tide. Offshore wind.Didn't have much time, so I did a quick prowl along Manly Beach and settled on Queenscliff where it seemed to be...

Session Number: 839 - A whack to the side of the head
on Aug 13, 2009 in Board: 8' 6" McTavish Carver Video Swell: E 3 FT Location: Manly Volley Ball Courts Rating: 8/10 Start: 12:45 PMTime: 1 hr 20 minsSurf: 14 timesConditions: Chest to head high, clean, dumpy close in, rolling lefts and rights, stunning to watch. Offshore wind.At last! I could not believe my eyes.Drove all the way to Collaroy Point and back just to...

Session Number: 838 - Beware! There be the pipe!
on Aug 8, 2009 in Location: North Steyne Swell: SSE 2 FT Video Board: 9' 6" McTavish Redline Rating: 8/10 Start: 8:10 AMTime: 1 hrSurf: 10 timesConditions: Hip high, long wait between sets, going high tide, rippy, crowded. No wind.Out with the Meetup crew again and my hopes were high that the big swell of yesterday would still be around. It wasn't.Went u...

Session Number: 837 - Surf or sandpit?
on Aug 4, 2009 in Video Location: Freshwater Beach Board: 9' 6" McTavish Redline Swell: ENE 3 FT Rating: 7/10 Start: 9:50 AMTime: 1 hrSurf: 14 timesConditions: Knee to chest high, smooth, bit rippy, low tide, mostly closing out. No wind.Music: 'Noctuary' by Bonobo from their 2003 CD, Dial 'M' For Monkey...

Session Number: 836 - wham, bam, damn!
on Aug 1, 2009 in Swell: SSE 2 FT Location: Manly Video Rating: 5/10 Board: 6' 6" Bear Fat Ass Wombat Start: 7:50 AMTime: 1 hr 25 minsSurf: 4 timesConditions: Low tide, dumpy, smooth, short rides. Offshore cold wind.With Stef and Freddy from the meetup group - two super keen surfers!How many times have I stood in the same spot and known in advance wh...

Session Number: 835 - unremarkable
on Jul 25, 2009 in Swell: E 1 FT Video Board: 9' 6" McTavish Redline Rating: 7/10 Location: Queenscliff Start: 7:45 AMTime: 1 hr 10 minsSurf: 11 timesConditions: Knee high, smooth, low tide, gun metal sky and water. No wind.Wow, was it small this morning! Headed up to Queenscliff which had tiny little, knee high waves. Very clean and no wind. Gun metal...

Session Number: 834 - As good as it got
on Jul 19, 2009 in Swell: SE 1 FT Board: 9' 6" McTavish Redline Rating: 5/10 Location: Queenscliff Start: 8:00 AMTime: 50 minsSurf: 3 timesConditions: Ankle to knee high, clean, smooth, closing out. No wind.With Stef and Peter from the Sydney Surfing Meetup Group.Very crowded up at Queenscliff considering there wasn't any swellNothing seemed to wo...

Session Number: 833 - Wild and Wooly water
on Jul 12, 2009 in Swell: E 3 FT Board: 9' 6" McTavish Redline Rating: 7/10 Location: Manly Corso Start: 7:40 AMTime: 45 minsSurf: 7 timesConditions: Bumpy, shoulder high, rippy, mid-low tide, grey dirty water. Along shore wind.With Peter.Looked really wild and wooly all along Manly Beach. Watched some massive sets coming in up around Queenscliff...