Sunday 18 January 2015

BOMBORA



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WEDNESDAY 14TH JANUARY 2015

SCUMM FUN DAY MAT MEET


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Well we are finally starting to get some reasonable waves amongst the holiday chaos down here on the South Coast. Paul and Phil are still on holiday leave from work, Eric is retired and I have no contract work at the moment  so the chances of us having 4 or more mat riders in the water together are pretty high

Old Blokes Rule


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Last Wednesday morning was a cracker , after the previous day onshore and wet weather, this morning presented us with a crystal clear sky , offshore winds, killer sunrise and a nice little NE swell running . With just one other guy out on his SUP , I said to the boys they might as well go out while the tide is high and we can look for something bigger later as the tide drops. So Eric and Paul paddle out first with Phil not too far behind them and I opted out to take a few pics and video.



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Sharks and SUP’s

Its amazing what you can see when standing up on a board….’Plenty of little sharks swimming around underneath fella’s ‘…I wasn’t worried too concerned since I was standing on the beach with a camera in hand!


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Who cares abut sharks when there is fun waves on offer?


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Sharing Waves


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It wasn’t long before a few other surfers turned up, and even though it was small and very fat with the high tide, they continued to march out into the line-up, so a little sharing was required at times to maximise the fun level , as seen above and below



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Little Tubes



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If only the tide was a tad lower and the waves a wee bigger….Phil did get one cracker though before it pinched him at the shoreline.



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With the crowd steadily increasing as the morning warmed up, it was time for a quick coffee and another surf with way less people



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Hey Paul, Is that a wave out there?

 

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Yep , and not a soul around….

 

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It did not take long to make a decision here , and with Eric offering to jump behind the camera  , I was changed quick smart and running down the track towards the beach , with my eyes locked on the ocean and not where I was walking …little did I know what was waiting at the bottom of the track



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Snake’s

That's a Death Adder!


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Paul and Phil were not far behind me on the track, I walked around the rock at the bottom and they took the higher path which had them nearly walking on top of the sleeping Death Adder. Thinking it was dead they took their time taking some pic’s, till it moved and then the lads realised it was just sunbaking.


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Waves

I FEEL THE NEED, THE NEED FOR SPEED

Quick edit from Paul Newman below




Tickthatoneoff from Bulkheads Stuff on Vimeo.



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The wave was a nice left hand peak to start with, giving you the speed on the take off to cutback back right and thru the flat water to the inside section , before closing out directly on the inside rocky shoreline.




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Nice Peak to take off on



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Cutback to the right



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Push thru the flat water



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Onto the inside



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and towards the rocky end section



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Phil Harper running the gauntlet , frame grab via my helmet cam



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Speed


It was amazing how much speed this wave was generating. With all 3 of us all riding the new Series V Krypto surf mats , it was a ‘zoom fest ‘ in the water, and it allowed us to push thru the dead ,  flat water section, and  onto the inside. Having our mats down on a low inflation helps, but it still takes a bit of skill to tap that energy in the flat section and keep riding thru. I  have created a slideshow of all the pictures that Eric kindly took and there is a little bit of land base video to give you a Idea of what we were riding. It was a fun morning out there and with just the 3 of us on mats !




bombora slideshow from adam williams on Vimeo.



frame grab’s below via Paul Newman


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Thanks Paul!



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GO PRO FOOTAGE


With all 3 of us wearing a helmet camera setup, its great to compare the footage later, with each of us having their own individual taste in music and editing. My camera fogged early in on the session , but I still got some nice footage below.

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bombora from adam williams on Vimeo.




Paul Newman

MONUMENTAL MORNING







Phil Harper

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Taking the back track to Cuddy and Coffee




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After a great mornings surf it was finally time for food and coffee , but Phil does have a sweet tooth though



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Lick it Frenchy!




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After some food and coffee it was back around to where we started in the morning, and was not surprised to see over a dozen surfers squabbling over some clean but small waves, and to think that we had just left our Bombora wave empty and twice the size…we are truly blessed SCUMM



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2 comments:

  1. awesome that balck adder bombie wave!! you guys scored!! and only scumm out how killer is that! Lving the life you guys are!!
    (except for the adder...and the baby sharks.......................and the Sup!)
    awesome pics and choice of music

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  2. Hey Tommy, Happy New Year!
    Thanks it was heaps of fun with the Boys this day!!!!!!

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