swell and offshores forecast …
yewww
plus , kieran perrow is hoping to run it at box , as much as possible !!
Keep an eye out for a old timer Yank at margarets.
Glen’r probably the taverns not the BOX!
I caught some of day one.
Funnest contest surf I’ve seen in a while.
There was some size out there yesterday!
I hope it keeps up.
On another note, its funny how folks call wave size.
One of the contestants dropped into a big one. I remember thinking “that’s solid DOH” and just then, the announcer called it 4x’s OH.
oh well, it was good sized that for sure.
its not often you see surfers that good get pitched by the lip so often! gnarly!
a 9.8 for da souza in his first wave at box today .
airborne takeoff to pull in yewww
cj broke kelly’s backup board yesterday
chris … yep , an american did that !!
on the other end , the margs locals were calling it 8’, when it was 16’ at 20 seconds … go figure !
http://zippy.gfycat.com/QualifiedSilkyCrocodileskink.webm
http://zippy.gfycat.com/QualifiedSilkyCrocodileskink.webm
Not sure if the embed will work but, 10 point wipeout for sure.
…you should see the ones they MADE , though !
josh kerr is riding a 5’6 [?!] in 3’overhead box ?! gutsy …
12.30pm wcst- owen wright’s perfect backhand 10 , on an absolute beast of [an offshore / glassy bomb of ] a wave !
apparently it’s the first time he has ever surfed it … and he came up with a 18 out of 20 score for his two best waves , where few surfers have made it into double figures . Really tricky looking wave . Today was better conditions than yesterday , at least ! .
Its pretty exciting, and seeing the high stakes and wipeouts is entertaining , but I can’t help thinking that the comp would be better at another spot to see some longer waves. They already have Tahiti and Pipeline so Im not sure why they need another venue like this on tour.
Its still awesome to watch what those guys are doing.
hahaha, I disagree LiveTheMoment.
I wish all the venues were like The Box, Pipe, Teahupoo, etc.
a lot of the other stuff is boring imo
spent a month at Margies in 97’, stayed with a core local charger I had surfed with in Indo and Fiji.
Main break is heaps of fun, HH to TOH, thick but very doable.
Couple other waves just south of it that are actually better, Boaties and the Bombi, which can hold BIG waces.
The Box? When I was there, strictly a boggie board spot, and those poor saps would come in with their boards folded in half, and occasionally, their limbs as well.
Been fortunate to have done a fair amount of travelling, West Oz easily my favorite. Incredible colors, great waves, folks super down to earth and friendly, and the women are lights out gorgeous.
ICC, I was in Margs for four months at the end of 97. I stayed in Dunsborough, which is near Yallingup. I surfed Main Break huge one time. The place scared the cr4p out of me as it was so easy to get caught by rougue sets. I mostly surfed in the Yallingup area though. Rabbit Hill was my favourite spot. So many world class waves along that stretch of coast. North Point is a truely classic wave. Too bad they couldn’t hold the comp there.
swells really pound that coast. showed up in the middle of prime winter surf season with the biggest board in my quiver an 8’0, quickly ‘adopted’ an older 8’6 my mate had laying around, became my go to board at main break on the boomer swells.
Northpoint is an amazing wave, world class. Tough place to get a wave, the red hot locals take off so far back in the barrel. A good wave there, however, will leave you frothing.
My favorite was the Bombie, just south of main break. Starts breaking at DOH, gets TOH+ on any decent swell. Got some of my best waves there, as well as my worse thrashings.
We also surfed off the grid lineups well south of Margies, driving the beaches in an old Russian 4x4 my mate had picked up, a friggin beast of an off road vehile, would just bash through the brush and power the dunes as we worked our way to the varous points and beachies. We scored many fine waves with our only company pods of dolphins.
If I had been a younger man without a family, would have made every effort to have relocated there. Still in contact with my friend, one of the core local big wave guys back in the day, says the crowds have become thick and property prices crazy, the place having blown up as the wine industry there matured and drew the tourists and lifestyle transplants.
Getting back to the contest, there is little doubt John Florence is the best surfer in the world when in waves of consequence. The kids truly a remarkable talent. I rarely watch contests, too much a circus, frenetic, hyperbolic announcers require a sound mute…if it’s real waves, however, I do enjoy watching The Natural do his thing…
Definitely has been fun to watch. You really see those guys shine, when they are on a wave like that. Saw a little bit of the girls last night. Man they took some poundings.
Watched more footage today.
Good stuff.
Since this is a surfboard design forum, what would’ve/have you guys ridden for that wave?
I really like martin potter’s answer when ronnie blakey asked him the same question [regarding the box] … "I wouldn’t [be out there in that ! " ]
bear in mind … martin was the 1989 A.S.P. tour world champ .
He still RIPS , to this day …