Grom Wars

A little handplane session late this arvo was a great way to end the day, even if my feet ended up looking like they belonged to a dead person.

Three body boarding groms out as well, including the self appointed "King of BP". They were very funny. The king spent the whole time telling the others what not to do and then doing it himself. Apparently he thinks that you can call a wave as soon as you see it, regardless of whether your on the inside or its your turn ! He would call his mates into the first shitty one whenever he thought there was a better one out the back. He then bagged one of his friends for dropping in despite dropping in on me on every wave. The King might find his head in a guillotine if he tries that on a better and more crowded day.

Still they gave me a laugh and the clear, crisp water was invigorating. The waves were really small and fast but there was the odd little fun waves for a gut slider. It was a bit like this video from the Daily Bread blog.

Monday

Some footage from Monday. My apologises for the quality as I'm still waiting for insurance to buy me a decent camera. Still you should get the vibe of some decent waves.

 

Mush

Did something yesterday that I can't remember the last time I did it. Or should that be didn't do because the thing is that I didn't look at the beach for the first time in a long time (not counting when I was stuck in Perth a week or so ago). Looks like I didn't miss much anyway.

Today is cold and windy. There is a bit of swell but it is messy and mushy. The Bay had four out but they weren't catching anything that would make you want to go out. There is a lot of water moving around and lots of paddling on the spot. Despite not being huge, they were having a bitch of a time getting out.

Stay home, watch a DVD or FuelTV and let you wettie dry out.

Something to watch

You can see why this is considered one of the best logging waves in the world and also why you would never bother trying.

Malibu Madness- Sea Movies from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.

And some Parko

MONDAY MORNING from Joel Parkinson on Vimeo.

Yesterday

Heaps of swell yesterday morning at Yallingup and light offshore winds. Had a hunt around. The Farm had a few but the tide seemed to be coming up and the swell dropping a little.

Ended up at Capel Cut. Nice waves, head height and walling to the beach.

Front tonight. Very messy this arvo in Bunno.

Happy ISD

With a building swell and light winds International Surfing Day threw up some good conditions but as usual waves were few and far between.

Sidewash seems to be the place over the last few weekends and drew a decent crowd again today.

Sunday is International Surfing Day

Sunday is International Surfing Day. The swell models have a big blob hitting the south but the winds aren't ideal. There are two things you must do on ISD -

• Catch at least one wave
• Pick up one piece of rubbish from the beach

They're back !!!!!!!

The groms surfaced this afternoon just as I was pulling on my wettie. Must have just been hiding this morning.

Tried the northly chop on two boards but it was one of those days where it looked a lot better than it was. Even from the water it looked like there was a mass of drivey lefts and rights but in reality they were almost impossible to get on to.

We'll see what tomorrow brings.

North

You know its not any good when sun and Saturday don't equal a line up of groms. Or maybe they have tricked their parents to do a run down south where the north wind will skunk them !

The swell is pretty small and the north wind is cutting across the beach. Nothing is really breaking outside of the shore dump. Looks like the wind is from that direction for the next few days. Generally that's bad but you never know when it can give you that freaky day where you seem to be surfing back out to sea.

Would like to show you a photo but some bastard broke into my house yesterday and stole my camera (amongst other things). I usually try to be nice to everyone but I hope something really bad happens to whoever it was.

Silvana Lima has won the world tour event in Peru. Who knows what it was like as there was no coverage other than an ASP press release.

With her 5th place WA's Clare Bevo moves up a couple of places to 13th.

The womens tour goes into a break until October. Hopefully it will get better treatment when it returns for the Rip Curl Pro in Portugal.


MOVISTAR PERU CLASSIC FINAL RESULT:
1 - Silvana Lima (BRA) 16.50
2 - Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 10.77

MOVISTAR PERU CLASSIC SEMIFINAL RESULTS:
SF 1: Silvana Lima (BRA) 11.77 def. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 11.00
SF 2: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 14.60 def. Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 11.56

MOVISTAR PERU CLASSIC QUARTERFINAL RESULTS:
QF 1: Silvana Lima (BRA) 13.43 def. Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 11.23
QF 2: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 11.86 def. Paige Hareb (NZL) 10.50
QF 3: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 15.27 def. Coco Ho (HAW) 13.70
QF 4: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 14.14 def. Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 13.43

Current ASP Women's World Tour Top 5 (After Peru):
1 - Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 4716 pts
2 - Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 4224 pts
3 - Silvana Lima (BRA) 3612 pts
4 - Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 3588 pts
5 - Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 3180 pts

Grommet City

Went for a quick hand board bash at Barnacles this afternoon. The day has been superb weather wise and the water was cold but refreshing.

With a little bit of swell but a really low tide the waves along BP were close outs. However that didn't stop the flock of groms invading Juniors and the reef. Must have been 20 of them out there and no one old enough to grow bum fluff in the line up !

Looks like a repeat tomorrow. Apparently it is epic down south.

Womens WCT is on

The Womens World Tour is battling away in Peru. Very hard to tell what is happening as there is no website or webcast.

Steph Gilmore is through to the semis, as is WA's Clair Bevo. Regardless of what happens it will be Clair's best result of the year so far.

MOVISTAR PERU CLASSIC ROUND 2 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Sage Erickson (USA) 13.57, Anali Gomez (PER) 11.83, Bruna Schmitz (BRA) 9.84
Heat 2: Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 10.26, Nikita Robb (ZAF) 9.50, Valeria Sole (PER) 5.17

MOVISTAR PERU CLASSIC ROUND 3 RESULTS:
Heat 1: Silvana Lima (BRA) 16.00 def. Nikita Robb (ZAF) 8.43
Heat 2: Claire Bevilacqua (AUS) 13.60 def. Melanie Bartels (HAW) 11.67 
Heat 3: Paige Hareb (NZL) 13.33 def. Rebecca Woods (AUS) 9.84
Heat 4: Stephanie Gilmore (AUS) 16.50 def. Julia de la Rosa (PER) 8.60
Heat 5: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) 14.00 def. Anali Gomez (PER) 9.37
Heat 6: Coco Ho (HAW) 14.00 def. Rosanne Hodge (ZAF) 11.77
Heat 7: Chelsea Hedges (AUS) 15.17 def. Amee Donohoe (AUS) 9.50
Heat 8: Sofia Mulanovich (PER) 15.17 def. Sage Erickson (USA) 13.60

MOVISTAR PERU CLASSIC QUARTERFINAL MATCH-UPS:
QF 1: Silvana Lima (BRA) vs. Claire Bevilacqua (AUS)
QF 2: Paige Hareb (NZL) vs. Stephanie Gilmore (AUS)
QF 3: Sally Fitzgibbons (AUS) vs. Coco Ho (HAW)
QF 4: Chelsea Hedges (AUS) vs. Sofia Mulanovich (PER)

Dark

Its getting dark on the horizon so it looks like we might get a shower or two. The swell has dropped out again and the wind is from the north.

The only place that seems to be attracting the desperados is sidewash. Very small, very short but the lid groms seem to be enjoying themselves and thats all that matters.

Handplane days

Swell has dropped again and even the Bay is struggling to throw up any rideable. What waves there are are breaking right on the beach.

It wasn't good enough for a board but Barnacles threw up some little dredgers that were perfect for my Hydro bodysurfer hand plane. The water is cold but crystal clear and there were a couple of fun ones to make it worthwhile. Wouldn't have got wet today without it.

Wedges

A pile out at BP Reef but nothing surfable is breaking in the knee deep water.

However the Bay is chucking out some fun wedges for the body boarders. The north end is better with some nice take offs leading into a close out bazzer or el-rollo.

Bonus

Didn't think I would get wet before the weekend but scored a bonus surf late this afternoon at Juniors. The conditions were nice and crisp and there are the early makings of a decent bank.

Three out and two on the reef. The young grom with the Firewire was catching ten waves to my one. Being half my weight and two thirds my height he was able to get the odd little runner in what was basically soft closeouts. Unfortunately (and I'm back on my high horse) he did lack the required level of manners with his constant snaking and the odd drop in turning my fun surf a little frustrating.

Its hard to get a handle on what the next few days are going to be like. We'll just have to see.

Late Arvo (4.30 till dark)
Waves      :  1 - 2 foot, soft close outs
Winds       :  Light and just onshore
Tide          :  midish
Quality      :  5 out of 10
Fun factor :  afterwork stress reliver
Crowd      :  two including the Energiser Grom

Frustrating

Great conditions. Light offshore winds and a clean swell but nothing that resembles a bank. Everything is a close out.

The Bay has a decent crew of body boarders who do seem to mind a close out on the head.

Every now and then they can pull into a deep pit but not many are coming out.