Some video for a rainy day

Haven't blogged for a long time because I'm using Instagram (@bunburysurf1) and twitter (@bunburysur1) but I'm killing time before heading overseas for a holiday in a few days and thought I'd up date some of the videos of the year so far.

SUP World Tour event in a wave pool
If you thought you were good enough to paddle a 7 foot SUP then watching this event would have changed your mind. These guys are super fit and skilled and struggled to stay upright while paddling. Good to see a WA SUPer on a WA SUP competing internationally.


There were more than a few videos floating around from the pros around the Margies Pro
Jordy from O'Neill

The alleged shark in the wave shot of Kelly via GoPro


And finally a three part doco series on Taj and Kerzzy by Red Bull

Chopes

There had been some movement amongst the big wave movement on Twitter the last few days with people like Laird Hamilton and Maya Gabeira tweeting from airports. The results have been slowly coming through on the net.

This video is ten minutes of pretty raw footage which shows the swell build and the crowd drop. The others are shorter

Teahupoo Tahiti 13 05 2013 by 1ere-polynesie

Surfline have some great pictures here.

Or check the live webcam here.

Good news/bad news

Been a while since I've had a good news/bad news day which I think is kind of good news.

Good news - went down south with a mate.

Bad news - strong wind warning - southerlies

Good news - buckets of swell and the wind is offshore and just right

Bad news - none for this bit

Good news - Smiths is cranking. The beachies, the reef and supers are all throwing up more than fun waves. The reef is even tubing. The sun is out and the water crystal clear.

Bad news - none here either

Good news - chose one of my favourite places, a series of banks between the reef and Supers. The big ones are closing out but the in between ones look good.

Bad news - my back, which was getting better, chose today to seize up. No paddling power and whenever I try to stand I'm so stiff I can't get my feet underneath me.

Good news - I'll just go in and take a picture or two on my new camera

Bad news - camera stops working. I assume that was because the battery wasn't really charged but when I get home I find its because the camera is full of water !!!!!!!!

Bad news - the SD card has died

Good news - dried out and wait long enough and the SD card starts working again

Good news - came home, had a great lunch at Happy Wife with my happy wife and then a great little hand plane session at Juniors. Got some nice rides, little cover ups and one left that wouldn't quit.

All in all more good news than bad.

If you are looking for a wave there is a few out of the rip at Juniors but although the wind is swinging more south it should stay ok for the rest of the day.

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Surf Movie Sunday

Slim pickings again this week.

Irish surfer and filmmaker Mickey Smith has recently posted this award winning short film



Yet another take on Shipsterns. Watch for the guy getting sucked over the falls around two minutes in.



And for something different a bit of body surfing.



And a history lesson.

Surf Movie Sunday

Here's this weeks efforts

Dean Morrison in Africa



Ry Craike in Java



And finally the Billabong has released the first of its pre-event videos before Chopes (which is two weeks away). Something warm for when the wind and rain comes here.

Surf Movie Sunday

Not a lot to choose from this week.

Last week was classic rides at Cloudbreak. This week it is bone crunching wipeouts from the swell during last month Volcom Pro.



Some 1994 footage of deep Indo by Sonny Miller.



Like I said, I'm scratching for clips so here's something to make you feel better when it's less than classic.

Better

The nice blue sky has tempted a few out. The waves are better than this morning but that's not hard.

You could probably get one or two if you wanted. There seems to be a new swell in the water so every now and then a bigger one comes through.

I just finished watching "Come hell or high water", the Malloy brothers new movie on body surfing. It is a really high quality flick and more meaty that the normal surf porn. That charged me up so I had a mid- afternoon session at Juniors on my hand plane.

Looks like some bad weather over the next few days but the weekend looks ok. It is a long way out to be to confident though.

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Surf Movie Sunday

Some cold waves for a winter's day.

Surf Movie Sunday

Some Yanks enjoy some West Oz hospitality. Novelty surf. Waves off the Sydney Opera House ! This one has nothing to do with surfing but I thought it was funny.

Surf Movie Sunday

Quiksilver's new movie - Moments 2. Fifteen minutes of goodness. And Moments 1 from last year if you missed it.

Code Red online

Billabong has release the HD version of its Code Red Tahiti video on YouTube. Amazing quality footage of one of the biggest days surfed at Chopes. Worth spending the 15 minutes watching.

All day

The wind stayed light so people were paddling around all day.

You know you're spoilt when ten is to crowed. I'm spoiled and walked down to a rip bank down the beach. My screwed back allows me to stand up on one out of every three waves so I got a couple (moving back to Juniors when the crowd left) but wiped out more often than that. Here a collection of photos I took this morning.

Some vids to pump you up

Bit of a range, mostly freaky things.

Sometime you wonder who decided this was a surfable wave.



This is unbelievable and will make you rethink what a skim board can do.



Ry Craike at home on a not so great day !



and a couple of old school shredders

Kelly in the 90s, most of the ASP still can't do this.



and some recent Tom Curren

Hold your breath

The Billabong XXL Wipeout nominations have just hit the net. They are all unbelievable but I'm leaning to Mark Mathews having the whole Indian Ocean folding onto his head.

More Iggy

Two new videos from Cyclone Iggy courtesy of elsegoodproductions.com. Jay Davies and Taj get shacked in waves that are only slightly smaller than Bianca but way more gnarly.

iggy storm from Elsegoodproductions.com on Vimeo.

sneaky peaks from Elsegoodproductions.com on Vimeo.

Slow Mo

Some new footage from some hi-tech slow mo cameras. The definition has you ignoring the surfing and watching individual drops of water.

DAY DREAMING from Rick Rifici on Vimeo.

More Surfing Videos

Footage

A few pics from this afternoon. The swell has stuck around but the crowd really built up. I'm glad that I got it first thing to myself. The waves were about the same and the lulls as long but I only had to battle myself for the sets. There was plenty of drop in and the frustration level was high. The warm weather seemed to bring out a few kooks who didn't know the rules.

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Boost

More Taj and Jay Davies down south boosting in onshore crap.

1111 from Elsegoodproductions.com on Vimeo.

Something different

This doesn't look quite as scary as I thought it would but I bet in real life your heart would be pounding out of your chest.

Sunday Night Movies

I've been in Perth for the last week but I get the impression it has been flat. Here's a selection of some of the best videos from WA recently surfacing on the net.

Pumping waves down south

Brenno Dorrington // North Point from Tom Jennings on Vimeo.

Bunny Bay from Taj Burrow on Vimeo.

And up north

Low tide delight..gnaraloo from nate brejnak on Vimeo.

And a bit of both