Check this out…
http://www.swellnet.com.au/sessions/Epic_Gold_Coast_140207.php
Great wave but a huge crowd - gold coast pics from this week…
would you go out in this???
I gotta admit I’d probably not bother… rather go find something less crowded…
“I only see waves”
You call that a crowd?
You havn’t seen HB pier in Cali
before the contest!!
All for 3 -4ft beach break …
with onshores.
I’d do the gold coast in a minute for
a few of those waves!!!
The paddle back must suck tho…LOL
Got any pics of the crowd?
hard to understand when you’re spoilt sometimes!!
I reckon I’d go in with mates but some of the guys out there get pretty intense… I actually stopped surfing for a couple of years in the 90’s because of it…
yeah… the waves are killer…
pitty I live so far away now 
(2000km, but only 130km from bells beach… so :))
On this one? Yes I would…
No probs with crowds…
I dunno…that’s a lot of half-dressed, totally ignored girlfriends on the beach, not to mention cold beer…
Nels makes a VERY interesting point. Also, are there any lessor quality breaks in the general area that are “under utilized”? I’d much more likely be at one of those.
Looks like SB River ,but way less crowded and the water isn’t toxic brown either…I’m w/ Nels !
just a mile away
mebe 1/2 mile there is another wave
two guys out.
wanna bet you could catch more waves in less time
atta not so super bank?
or wait an hour and them enthusiasts
and these enthusiasts will shift off the peak and then strike
or go do some rewarding project.
and bank your surf time for another better oppertunity.
the masters of crowd insertion
are notorous.
to be one
is a life endevor
ending as a disgruntled old
fossil burning 12 year olds
until they start burning back.
the drive to go out in such a crowd is
an illness,treatable only by going out.
until you dont have to do it to validate
self esteem and credibility.
…ambrose…
nat would go
and then write a book.
that looks like malibu on a small day in the summer or should i say most days in the summer
I disagree, if it really looked like Malibu they’d be running each other over as well.
I did. I went out for the last 2 hrs of daylight on sun, mon and tues.
Sunday was crazy with lots of local crew all trying to outdo the visiting pros.
each set wave had 20 guys paddling for it and 10 actually taking off.
Monday was bumpy, but still fun and pretty much uncrowded.
Tuesday was cranking with lots more waves and some nice barrels coming thru. the crowd was onto it tho.
Is it the only point in the area, for instance in NJ there are only a few points over hundreds of miles of coast, and those points hold swell differently so if that were the case maybe. but austrailia, ten miles away a not as crowded point maybe not as perfect but pretty darn good.
do you know of anyone who went to cabarita, curumbin or rainbow?
I recon they would have been pumping too…
rif.
Its not the only point in the area. It is the best tho. The others might not have been handling the swell size and direction very well.
Cabarita would have been pretty big. A guy broke his leg jumping off the rocks at currumbin, right in front of a news crew. Mis timed it and got washed back over the rocks.
Byron would have been pumping at the pass and lennox.
I went to angourie on saturday and it was pretty good but a bit inconsistent.
The main reason it was so crowded was that there was no sweep. usually you have to paddle at probably 80% just to stay in the same spot. this cuts out the weekend warriors from the rest. the guys who are paddle fit get most of the waves.
no sweep means everyone could sit at the top of the point.
Where does “soul” fit, in this type of surfing expereince? It’s a term which seems to be used liberally when discussing different technologies etc. To me it would depend on the mood of the crowd. I have surfed in crowds that have been pretty mellow and enjoyed myself and felt it was “soulful” in ways. however when at th enumbers in the photo, I think there is always going to be a level of unhealthy agression in the water, any thoughts?
Yeah, totally agree!
At the break I go to most often these days there is a group of about 10 guys that all know each other - we greet eachother - whoop and holler when one gets a great ride help eachother out if a board goes loose and give waves to the guys who are missing out/not as fit/old.
Now 10 is not a crowd… but there can sometimes be 20 odd in the water and its a small take off area (5m or so) when the waves are good but the attitude of the group invites the other “non locals” into a good mood and they respect us more - if we call a wave they will pull off it and we give them good waves back - “Take this mate, youre in the spot!! GO!!” Its a great vibe.
There has been a couple of times when someone comes along or a small group of two or thee snake people or drop in on the old guys (one who is 78yrs) and they get put in their place VERY quickly but others in the group. More often than not they will leave after a short time.
vibe can make or break a surf spot for me…
rif.