One for the surfers (Read 722936 times)

SA Chris · November 08, 2011, 03:40:07 pm

Yeah, Stonehaven is going to be off the charts.

granticus · November 08, 2011, 04:17:29 pm

Quote from: SA Chris on November 08, 2011, 03:40:07 pm

Yeah, Stonehaven is going to be off the charts.

Can't believe you just named it on this forum, there will be hell to pay!

Oldmanmatt · November 08, 2011, 05:43:13 pm

Uhh...
Surfed there 20 years ago, when I was living in Whitley bay, wasn't so secret then; some guy in a pub told me about it...

gme · November 08, 2011, 09:15:43 pm

Where stonehaven.
I have been told some shite by men in Whitley bay pubs before but that takes the biscuit

granticus · November 08, 2011, 09:43:52 pm

Quote from: Oldmanmatt on November 08, 2011, 05:43:13 pm

Uhh...
Surfed there 20 years ago, when I was living in Whitley bay, wasn't so secret then; some guy in a pub told me about it...

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Oldmanmatt · November 08, 2011, 09:50:29 pm

God, can't remember now.
There were a couple of lads who worked in Swans with me and we visited a shed load of breaks, right up (and down) the coast, in the 7 months I was there (only worked 3 days per week, heaven).
I was joking about the guy in the pub...
My point was, in usual obscure way, there's little new. I've been shown a few "secret spots" over the years, usually by locals.
I grew up in North Cornwall and cherished a few spots myself, untill I found out my dad and his mates had been surfing them before I was born.

And, this isn't a major forum...

Oh and I've paddled out before dawn, at my favorite spot, only to find twenty kids in the line up.
It's a pain.
But it happens...

granticus · November 08, 2011, 10:03:36 pm

I might be wrong but I think Chris was being sarcastic (who'd av funk it?), Stonehaven is not a secret by any stretch and not likely to be on the UKPSTs hit list of the best waves in the UK.

I was definitely being sarcastic.

There will be no hell to pay.

However, if I were to name the spot I was thinking of there might be hell to pay...

Jaspersharpe · November 09, 2011, 08:06:39 am

SA Chris · November 09, 2011, 09:28:58 am

Quote from: granticus on November 08, 2011, 10:03:36 pm

I might be wrong but I think Chris was being sarcastic (who'd av funk it?), Stonehaven is not a secret by any stretch and not likely to be on the UKPSTs hit list of the best waves in the UK.

Understatement of the year.

It's 10 miles from me, and probably the only break visible from the A90. I check it most times there is any swell on, but haven't surfed it since New Year 2007.

granticus · November 09, 2011, 10:50:36 am

Crazy big wave Jasper!

Croyde boy Cotty's been in on this action too and has started a blog.
http://www.eyeballhq.tv/2011/11/09/yeah-that-is-me-surfing-and-yeah-that-guy-leaning-out-the-helicopter-is-filming/
Mcnamara's new film is sounding good.

gme · November 09, 2011, 11:00:06 am

I KNOW HE WAS BEING SARCASTIC

We all know he meant South Shields not Stonehaven !

do you need to tell everyone when your joking by inserting some funny faced type thingy every time you post.

SA Chris · November 09, 2011, 11:04:22 am

I thought it was Saltburn.

Oldmanmatt · November 09, 2011, 02:45:19 pm

Quote from: gme on November 09, 2011, 11:00:06 am

I KNOW HE WAS BEING SARCASTIC

We all know he meant South Shields not Stonehaven !

do you need to tell everyone when your joking by inserting some funny faced type thingy every time you post.

YES

Got to find a way to add emoticons to the ifern app.
then I could have

'ed on the first post and avoided long rambling burble in second...

(Though, it is true; that I tend to not let one word suffice, when a thousand will confuse the issue (a picture being the obvious answer there)).

granticus · November 09, 2011, 08:21:29 pm

Wasn't sure if we were all talking on cross purposes.

Anyhow it's Sutton-On-Sea, there I've said it now.

Baron · November 11, 2011, 12:32:22 pm

Yo east coasters, any eyeballs on how this east/south easterly is shaping up? Thoughts on tomorrow? Had a load of fun with the last one couple of weeks ago.

gme · November 11, 2011, 12:43:15 pm

very messy today as strong offshore winds. Not anywhere big enough for the usual E/SE swell sheltered spots to work.

Wind should drop overnight and i guess leaving a lumpy bumpy swell in the morning cleaning up throughout the day. Should be a decent day.

I like it when its a bit raw and chunky on a SE swell. Tends to hit the banks on the beaches better than a northerly.

I will be checking a few nice rare slabs up my way but think the southerly wind might still be a bit strong so probably end up on the beaches. Maybe late in the day it will be light enough.

SA Chris · November 11, 2011, 01:58:45 pm

I will be punishing my liver at a stag in Edinburgh, so will miss out.

This looks like it might be worth adding to the Xmas list, one of surfing's legend, the man behind the brand

http://store.magicseaweed.com/Jack-ONeill-Book/Item/16252/

philo · November 11, 2011, 02:39:28 pm

been out to check it and the wind has ruined it down my way, tomorrow ill be in morning in a sheltered spot and hoping the wind drops through the day!

ben · November 11, 2011, 03:04:30 pm

Someone took a couple of half decent pics of me yesterday for about the first time ever...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7261339@N04/6334228802/#in/photostream/

SA Chris · November 11, 2011, 03:10:05 pm

Looks good Ben. Love the Gwenvor ruler lines too.

gme · November 11, 2011, 03:19:35 pm

looks really nice ben. And bloody warm, we are pretty much wintered up here now. 5/3 boots and hood, not done the gloves yet but guess it wont be long.

I always forget how much warmer it is down south

philo · November 12, 2011, 03:40:37 pm

christ that looks warm ben, was in full winter gear today with boots and gloves, no hood yet though.

Anyone else manage to get anything today? It was a strong southerly that was a bastard to paddle. Was alone all day today near my house at a reef point that breaks right into a beach and was epic. The paddling was a nightmare and I felt so unfit trying to paddle through treacle.
Was some nice clean waves when the wind dropped and the sets stood up overhead.
AND it was sunny, whats the odds?

gme · November 12, 2011, 06:11:50 pm

Had a great session at a rarely working left slab/ point. Only works on se swell with no wind.
Really ledgey take off to a speedy wall. Got a few gems and a sore ankle from bouncing the rocks hard.
Few four to five footers among the head high ones.
Wind got up by 11 and messed it up so spent a few hours on the beach which was fun but fat.
Nice and warm for the time of year.

Baron · November 12, 2011, 08:07:10 pm

Had hoped to have kicked this cold in to touch for this morning. Alas, no joy and no surf for me.

Maybe tomorrow, if there's much juice left in it.

gme · November 12, 2011, 08:58:34 pm

If you want a surf tomorrow i would get up early. i guess it will be all over by 9 ish as winds going to be on shore.

Should be light first thing. I am staying in bed.