| Name: | tc |
| Comments: | The update was needed because of Thermalben's changes. Amongst other things, his WoTD is now a different filename each day and has become inaccessible to me, either to use as a link in a daily page (or as my 9-5 screensaver). Only Full Circle and Loni remain old school that I can tell.
Good news abounds with both FIG's kid and the Shed's gig. Lets celebrate. |
| Name: | Hames |
| Comments: | Nice bit of housekeeping tc. Found myself a little lost navigationally speaking the last few days.
Alas the Rasta man has been replaced as the local daily reporter down this way. Kind of miss his quirky commentary on matters surfing and social. Last Sunday was a blast, solid and straight. A bit too straight mostly. Hooked into a fabulous barrell and came out clean as a whistle. A rare treat. Shed have scored a gig in the big smoke in March supporting The Australian Doors. A Led Zeppelin/Doors combo! Should be a hoot. Details to follow. |
| Name: | tc |
| Comments: | and Eartha Kitt, or is that not PC |
| Name: | Door |
| Comments: | How poignant you mention Royce. Royce Hart and James Hird should receive an Order of Australia for services to rhyming slang. The Colac herald births section eclipses all. |
| Name: | FIG |
| Comments: | Thankyou for the sensible name compliment. For your amusement I suggest that you buy the Saturday Geelong Advertiser and peruse the births section. What the great unwashed have been coming up with of late puts Jaxxon and Jett to shame. I wanted to run with Royce, but the t&s wouldn't have a bar of it. |
| Name: | Door |
| Comments: | Congratulations Fig and Mrs C , as the Fonz would say! Good to see a return to traditional values a la Sam, were you ever tempted by surfcoast gems like Jaxxon or even the son of the once great Lance, Jett? Let's hope 2010 is the year of the Dog. I seemed to recall liberal doses of Johnsons Baby powder. |
| Name: | FIG |
| Comments: | Speaking of patriarchy, I now have another bloke on my hands. Samuel checked in on the 18th and thank god has been sleeping soundly ever since. Liam debuted in 6 inch whites beach shorebreak on a boogie board thankfully sans wig and sluggos. Will have to abstain from this site as it is unlikely that I will surf again in the next 2 years and the only powder I see is being liberally applied to a babys backside. |
| Name: | tc |
| Comments: | dawn on the open beaches was the best of australia day - the last of the school holiday weekends …. and their traffic (avoided this season by not working fridays) - and although it was morning sick and the onshore came up at 7 and the set of the day landed on husehead, it was allstoke with 5’ being the biggest surf yet for a son now hooked on chasing that feeling (you know when there’s more than enough oomph), and on a day more suited to patriarchy than flagwaving it was appropriate that he almost enjoyed me dropping in |
| Name: | Per PowDoor |
| Comments: | Going down Japanese slopes is so dry and fluffy off piste but snorkel recommended.  |
| Name: | powDoor |
| Comments: | Rusutsu is incredible, knee deep powder and it rarely stops snowing. The long white wave. |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | Have savoured the lush produce of Matakana and small fruits of Pakiri.  |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | Witnessed Franz and Abel in all their glory with the early Speights cloud burning off before the mid arvo Monteith haze set in. Have given up Marlborough country and decided to go strait with the ferry to northern Aotorea.  |
| Name: | tc |
| Comments: | Coincidentally our mob is just back from the land of the long speights cloud.   The east side perfect for kids and SUPs, across the middle so refreshing,   and the west, dark sand stoned beaches, greyed waters and countless empty waves.Not too far away from home we were still comforted in a place called Bruce where free art, wilderness and perfect sand meet - south of the glaciers but not figid. |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | If you were present for Christmas the point is you scored.
Off to NZ this arvo with tin luds and mussus with first choice the South Island. |
| Name: | tc |
| Comments: | Good effort green team, and a last minute offer from TON represents good value for a Christmas present. Done |
| Name: | Door |
| Comments: | Well done team on a herculean effort, even Sally came back from the brink to complete 2 legs (stats to follow). With more training and less tapering (Humpty) and YM lifting his rating a sub 4 hour result is realistic. Finish line photo sees Humpty obscuring sponsors logo, financial support may be withdrawn pending further discussions. Captains debrief to follow.
On another matter, as this site seems to have grown another leg inas far as Rock 'n' Roll appreciation let's get those top ten lists in before the close of play. Suggested categories, Releases, Live shows, Waves, Mountains, injuries or whatever topics you deem list worthy. |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | In glassy as conditions green magazine sent Door, Humpty and TBC on an unfathomable task but with the determination of camels they got their toes to the line. He's Your Mate very appreciative of the effort of the support crew et al.
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| Name: | tc at 48 |
| Comments: | Hilltop Hoods with my 14yo Friday easily bettered Deep Purple the last band I saw at Festival Hall about the same age. I thought the Corner pumped last week but that didn't compare to the hip-hop beats; the clarity of the hard worked sounds, right through the range from grinding, gut busting bass to piercing guitar riffs. They used some classics – rerecorded not sampled Zep and Hendrix – but without question original. Whole lotta love was A1. I was sus at the start, with the warm up acts. Didn't know what the guy on the desk was doing. Couldn't tell what was prerecorded. Brittany Spears crossed my mind. But Hilltop dispelled all doubts. They did poetry with balls, video bright and sweet timed, scratching that even this old man got into. And the crowd, today's youth, the future, went off – fully. It was hot. |
| Name: | tc |
| Comments: | I would have thought that as Viccos, wearing rubber would be second nature. Still putting yourselves to the sword is certainly the stuff of super snags, and must go a good way to offsetting the debt we otherwise eternally owe the mothers of our children. None could but be impressed. Yer Yah Yahs last night was absobloodylutely seneffensational - great musos, classic music – the corner pumped. And despite being for the show, appearance of the biker heavies really affected the mood, though nothing affected it stronger than the opening cords of Midnight Rambler. Still got shivers. Black Cab were strong and fresh in the mind but couldn’t keep us there and here and now – took a yellow taxi home just like way back then. |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | Good luck FIG. Stay clear of Dr Love (true name) in Sandringham. He was a butcher plus took me mojo. |
| Name: | FIG |
| Comments: | Managed to jag a week minus the fam at the island. Great waves for 3 days on the trot on the beachies. Trying to get as much water time in before the arrival of no2 in mid Jan. Will be giving 1300DRSNIP a call soon afterward. (My favorite SEN ad) |
| Name: | Door |
| Comments: | For anyone who cares to listen Melbourne still remains the international capital of soulful rock n roll. Last Saturday night the legendary Hitmen starring Radio Birdman's own Chris 'Klondike' Masuak blistered through their back catalogue in front of about 100 die hard fans, who were rewarded in spades. Check out their reissues, light weight outfits like Pearl Jam should have a listen to understand what high energy rock is about. Further to that, Tim Rogers and his merry band of Stones addicts recreated the 1969 US tour of North America at Yah Yahs in Smith St last Wednesday night, if you love the album get a ticket to Saturday night, Friday is sold out. The note perfect sound they create and attention to pop culture detail will rock you. I will get off my soap box now, one more thing, Dinosuar Jr next year at Golden Plains, keep your eyes peeled for side shows, J Mascis is the modern day Jimmy Page, and Dan Sultan's new album is worth a listen too. |
| Name: | tc |
| Comments: | dusk yestee with huonpeck, and dawn today just huon meon camera |
| Name: | mattmac |
| Comments: | It wasn't just weird. It was odd, strange etc.. a bit like some of the characters that frequent this spot like "fieldsy".
I heard TBC was making friends with some bodyboarders out there last weekend? |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | Good to feel shagged from a super Sundee of surf. Dawn at the fave a bit weird for some but still a bevy of beaut bowls. Clubhouse closeouts with the kids at lowtide (the Euroesque clubbie attire was roundly condemned by the tinlids). Finally a fabulous filthy four foot mid arvo solo sesh at the end of the road down Giza way. Only fishos for company - you know who you are - the Fwits who left empty bait bags and drink cans strewn on the high tide mark. |
| Name: | . |
| Comments: | Some things just work better the old way. It will always be 6 foot and not 2 meters for mine.
The Double Imperial smoking on aforementioned Hot August Day  |
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| Name: | Door |
| Comments: | The more loyal board members put rock n roll first to support Hames in his homage to LZ. We were graced by a rare public appearance on the West coast by The Colonel himself and Peck. An excellent performance on lead axe with spousal support up the stairway! Catalogue exhausted, insure those hands Hames. Let's hope the Shed is rebuilt with a new frontman soon. |
| Name: | Promotom |
| Comments: | Shed Zep - possibly their final gig - this Sat Zebra Bar OG |
| Name: | Ryan's Express |
| Comments: | THAT hot August day.
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| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | Door on the piste. Rusutsu slopes beware of kamikaze activity in January.
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| Name: | mattmac |
| Comments: | Why didn't you use those big guns at the end of the point to thin the crowd out a bit! |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | Went by pushie to the end of the road on Friday to be greeted by dawn bombs past the firing range. A speccie site with outside banks detonating and long lines marching on to the point before exploding on the end cylinder section. Guns were the order of the day.
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| Name: | AZ |
| Comments: | Good to see you are so happy and upbeat TBC. A saints supporter perhaps?! Yes, the swell didn't really push through as anticipated. Press release from WA reported 30ft+ waves at Cow Bombie on the Thursday and then 'smaller' 25ft waves on the Friday. All indicators pushed me towards the forecast and the articles. I've seen similar Southern Hemisphere storm systems produce 20ft surf in California - over 6000km away. Also, I've often surfed Sunsets on swells from a similarly positioned storm system. Anyway, I've had decent feedback on the forecasts since I've been back doing it and if I do make the odd mistake I'll never learn. A bit like the old skiing adage, if your not having a few stacks, you're not trying hard enough. PS Surfed your favourite spot yesterday as it cleaned up around midday - as forecast. PPS MM has some nice Indo pics on Devilnet today. |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | Had beachies as expected on Friday down PBB way. Stayed away from WC as never envisaged the pulse to match the hyperbole of Kerguelen, Great Circle path, Hawaiianesque, extended period etc etc ad nauseum. Off to the G to monitor frontal pressure with Pablo et al. |
| Name: | Hames |
| Comments: | Yep, happy to report that the Chook Shop went off! Climbed the Stairway to the clouds and hovered there for a few days. If you're a bit of a hack but you want to rock and roll I have the formula. Practice like there's no tomorrow, do covers of one of the worlds great bands, and surround yourself with the best musicians you can muster. Got very lucky with the latter.
Next gig Sat Oct 24. Details to follow.  |
| Name: | Door |
| Comments: | Good news TC, happy birthday GT. Fresh from my discovery of snow,busily planning Japan trip for January, might have to get a job! The Shed were incredible at the Town Hall and all reports the Chicken Joint gig raised the bar even higher, congratulations Hames, the bespectacled Zep mad publican was suitably impressed, no mean feat. Waiting period begins for the gig on Door's Deck as soon as logistics and weather permits. |
| Name: | tc |
| Comments: |  went to the old haunt.. went in. The leg isnt up to it (yet). No surprise Pendelbury didn't play. Enjoyed the game at the birthday boy's but, with a good cook-up and plenty of crowns, and shots and movies (good work Dirk) from NSW during the breaks. Great to be back |
| Name: | tc |
| Comments: | went to the G.. went for the doggies.. |
| Name: | Clark Little |
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| Name: | The Dacios |
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| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | Tuesday dawned with a blast of hot air and a few squawks from startled galahs. Again minimal crowds with only Pottz for company late morning chasing the boomers as the pelicans scrambled for the channel.  |
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| Name: | Hames |
| Comments: | Love the pics TBC. Sorry to miss you but arrived late morning just as the finless maestro was exiting the bowl. My first three attempts at getting out failed but with determination managed to finally make it with a big paddle from Jarosite. Rich rewards followed with three magnificent beasts on the 8'0. Shared with just 6 punters mostly undergunned. Ten foot set towards the end tested the lungs but heald on for a final corker. Shore break on the way in the heaviest I've had to deal with. |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | Biggest+Cleanest for a long while and minimal crew to boot with the odd blow-in from up north. Beaut camaraderie in the lineup with av. age late forties.
Row by Row: Lowers, TBC 2x, DH and NC, NC, Committed Unknown! |
| Name: | Promotom |
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| Name: | Dirk |
| Comments: | An airplane would be quicker. |
| Name: | Door |
| Comments: | Heading to Northern NSW on Monday to join Peck and Jerry for a week, I will be riding a surfboard. Anyone keen for the Eyre Peninsula October onwards? |
| Name: | Hames |
| Comments: | Caught possibly some of the best waves I've had at the Gong this morning including two smoking tubes. Simply magnificent!!! Might be tempted to debut the 9'4 if Thursdays predicted jackage comes to pass. Hope to see some familiar faces in the lineup. Raring to go! |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | Words can't describe.....max 15 out on Tuesday at the Pop.
More on the way. Woooooooooop! |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | B&W groomed to perfection Sundee arvo by howling offshore. The savvy boys on the 7 plus gear, the rest making up the numbers. Hames riding the highline from Rincon all the way and joined him on one beauty through the Bowl. Thanks for the sharetime. |
| Name: | Hames |
| Comments: | My G-land travelling companion pulling in. In his seventh decade. A living legend! |
| Name: | tc |
| Comments: | Not much surf of note here over these hols - though plenty of empty beaches. With the water and air chill its been almost Tasiesque. Found a nice bank at the bottom of TBC's street. |
| Name: | Door |
| Comments: | Back in Australia 36 horas menus surf tablistas courtesy of the Corbyesque baggage handlers. I wait with trepidation to see whether the precious cargo is in still intact, no less the plethora of t shirts waiting to join the collection. It seems nothing much was missed in the past 9 weeks in Victoria. An unexpected last minute highlight of the trip was a visit to Huaraz, the Andean Sierra region of the Cordillera Blanca. Ascending to 4,500m certainly gave me a taste of what mountain hiking snow capped peaks has to offer. |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | Hung out in the scrub 10km north of TOS with no surfers within cooee. Plenny of migrating humpbacks and local dolphins. Swell jacked to 5 foot with a plethora of banks before easing to groomed grommet/mal conditions.
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| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | Not quite Indostyle or Peruesque but the far north coast of NSW has delivered the goods non stop for a week for all concerned.
Macking early in the week after the rain cleared and all points firing and one snapped board from clean 6'+ Tallows. By late week outta the way beachies were on for solo sessions with only dolphins for company.
The new week dealt epic grom conditions at the new fave. Carnage a plenny on the primal dunes.
Heading TOS tomorra. 
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| Name: | Door |
| Comments: | El Faro is providing similar treats, never below 4ft, a short ride is 200m, very powerful wave. Approaching 2 weeks here, only one day without a surf. Went to the famoue Chicama, 2 ft but the swell lines are like nothing else I have ever seen. Back to winter in 2 weeks. |
| Name: | Per Hames |
| Comments: | a: G-land lunchtime specials today; 6 to 8' freight train perfection at mid tide Money Trees. Minimal customers. Highly recommended b: Incredible 4 hr session today! 6 foot absolutely perfect waves. Best surf ever!!! Had about 20 waves. 6 in the water for an hour or so .... Completely spent and stoked! c: ..... in heaven |
| Name: | Pablo |
| Comments: | Lobitos Norte Peru |
| Name: | what is and what should never be |
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| Name: | thermalben |
| Comments: | Prof - I finally managed to borrow CW algorithms over the weekend, but couldn't get it to work. It measured Bells at 6-8ft both pre and post event. |
| Name: | Door |
| Comments: | I will take northern Peru anytime, long hollw lefts on sand, boardshorts weather, been 2 to 3 ft, swell comes Wednesday as will the crowds no doubt but 4 days of orientation has sharpened up my skills. Had a nice solo surf on the edge of the desert 3 horas north of Lima, photos later, hasta luego. |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | The boys flew the flag on Super Saturday. Managed to get out mid morning and snagged a couple of Bells bombs before riding one too far towards Winki and on flick off confronted the The Southern Ocean stacked to the max. Was then dealt an almighty flogging beyond the button.
Stavros and Shaw Thing with First Officer Feral then tackled Victory at Sea beyond Southside. Not a bad effort for two blokes dipping their toes into the tow world for the first time. A couple hours and some carnage later and everyone is hungry for more from the next macka swell. Woooooooooooop
Footnote: Awesome effort from one bloke getting out 3 km west of Bells at the swell peak after Mick Ray had been nailed by a never ending 15 foot set off Jarosite. |
| Name: | AM |
| Comments: | now keep ya shirt on matty boy twas only a small leak. Ya can see it on you tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXngyFLXIq8
Although the music's not mine |
| Name: | tc |
| Comments: |  It may not get quite like this in Peru Door, but it isn't like this much here either. And even less accessible for us amateurs. |
| Name: | mattmac |
| Comments: | We've finally exposed who the peninsula "leak" is- let's just call him "Hero-cam". He's obviously been learning his texting techniques from his "mentor"-TBC! |
| Name: | ASP Media |
| Comments: | BELLS BEACH, Victoria (Friday, April 17, 2009) – Joel Parkinson (AUS), 27, has claimed the 2009 Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach presented by Snickers, defeating fellow Finalist Adam Robertson (AUS), 26, trials winner and event wildcard, in pumping six-foot (2 metre) conditions at Bells Beach. |
| Name: | Prof |
| Comments: | Some weird calls going on and reckon SW hootmeter needs adjustment. Suggest they borrow CW algorithms or recalibrate the sliderule.
"Friday 18: Combination of swells around 6ft+ across the exposed reefs and beaches, with a chance for a few bigger rogues". ???? |
| Name: | mattmac |
| Comments: | For those unaware !4/04/09 was TBC's birthday and "Huey" came bearing gifts with 6-8ft top-to-bottom barrels reeling off at "Tommy's Right" at outside ... So with camera and tripod in hand I set-up on the rocks hoping to get that classic "cover-shot" with TBC pulling into a dredging 8ft barrel but to my amazement TBC was nowhere to be seen? It was later revealed that he was up in town lamenting what could have been!Huey, may not be so generous in the future with his birthday presents!However,to give him his dues, TBC was spotted at the same spot on the previous day in slightly smaller, but still solid, conditions charging into set waves on his own and scoring a couple of nice pits. Good to see he's still out there charging the solid stuff at his age??? |
| Name: | Hames |
| Comments: | Saturday gig was a blast. Opened with Ramble On, followed with The Ocean, What Is And What Should Never Be and Fortune Teller (from the Plant-Krauss collaberation). Finished with members of both bands up for a ripping rendition of Rock and Roll. Can't wait for the next show. Will keep you posted. |
| Name: | Humpty |
| Comments: | Colonel you need to pull some rank here. troops are ooc ffs. |
| Name: | FIG |
| Comments: | Got railroaded into going to the industryville primary school fete with members of trouble and strifes mothers group. Got to watch the police pipers band instead. There was an unexpected hilight of winning the major raffle prize of a $1300 pamper pack that included bugger all that would be of any use to me, but kept me in the good books with the aforementioned trouble and strife. As for Beasley, well he can't be any more crooked than your average bookie. Certainly not a scratch on your ex prez and salary cap supplementer. Hames, I hope you wowed the seachangers with "Stairway to heaven". |
| Name: | Hames |
| Comments: | I think we are following the preppies and the junior girls rendition of Michael Jackson's "Ben". Might be a hard act to follow. I think we'll be on about 2ish assuming my nerves hold out. |
| Name: | Door |
| Comments: | What time do you hit the stage Jimmy? Now FIG what about that money hungry ex full forward of yours? would put John Wren to shame. Certainly giving Libba a run for his money as the most disgraceful Bulldog post playing career. Goodluck in industryville over Easter. Speaking of Easter well done Swellnet on the dead whale movie. |
| Name: | FIG |
| Comments: | Nothing but respect for GT. The only man I have seen drink a litre of industrial strength coffee with condensed milk, chased down with a Benson and Hedges, then announce that he might settle down for a nap. The toju photos in the gallery aren't bad either.
Any timeframe for the Zep show Hames? Might be worth a short drive. |
| Name: | Hames |
| Comments: | Big Day Out tomorrow. Debut outing for the band at the local primary school fair. Not sure if they're ready for Led Zeppelin but we certainly are. Reminds me of some fantastic footage of Zep in the early days playing to a small crowd of stunned schoolkids in Denmark. Should be a hoot. Hope to make it to the game in the evening assuming I haven't died on stage. |
| Name: | mattmac |
| Comments: | I'm sure GT took my comments in good humour as it was meant to be! Seems like like I've stirred up a pot of emotional rumblings from those lacking any sense of humour. Probably still bitter and twisted over the pictorial exposure of their "home" break!!!! |
| Name: | TBC |
| Comments: | Now that's the fridge calling the washing machine a whitegood. I've witnessed MattMac impersonate a goose in waves of consequence. Our aspiring ascetic sure knows how to dish out the low blows. Beware the vigneron when he ignites his animus. |
| Name: | Door |
| Comments: | Took the words right out of my mouth, was a bit rich. Hames are you a starter for Saturday night? Surfed messy C Rock today with only 4 to 5 Cs in the lineup, paddling strength for Peru being a priority. |
| Name: | Hames |
| Comments: | Back off dissin the Peckster M. I've seen him charge Indo Sunset at serious size. And just a few days earlier took the first wave of consequence at Mama's. Might be going back a few years but he gave us the inspiration that was needed at the time. That's Peck. Always with a perfect sense of timing. And now I hear he's into the stand up paddle gig. Way to go!! Show some respect. |
| Name: | mattmac |
| Comments: | After scoring good waves earlier in the day at Tommy's secret right last Thursday I went down to centrals about 6.00pm to take some scenic pics because the light was really nice. There were some nice little waves coming in over the reef with just a few guys out and got a shock when I saw GT arrive on the beach with a shortboard (not a SUP) underarm- I thought he'd retired from the shortboard! Having the camera at hand I thought I'll be able to get some pictorial evidence for those sceptical it wasn't a hoax.So after setting up on the cliff with camera and tripod with my finger ready to shoot "Pekky" carving along the face but after half an hour still no shot because the man in question was doing a fantastic job of missing every good set that came through! You'd think that living so close to the break he'd have it wired!!!! |
| Name: | Caraibe |
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| Name: | tc |
| Comments: | Next months update is up early thanks mattmac for the birdseye of Murph up off his lid one morning in the autumnal sun. And THERight below ... I don't know (but I like it) |
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