[Falling Down]

Not bad for a beginner Stu 

This is worth watching for monster waves and why professional surfing is such a fucking circus.

Started back in the gym pool last week and heading to Northumberland with wetsuit and rock boots to see GME this weekend.

[SA Chris]

If you ever fancy a trip further north your Al Merrick board is sad and lonely........

[slackline]

Somewhere in Alaska...

[gme]

That looks great. Images of cold water surfing really catch my attention, something about the water makes them look different to tropical pictures. Often the water is really dark (not in this instance obviously) and this seams to accentuate the glassyness of the wave.

If i was a man with more time i would love to explore the likes of Norway, Canada, Iceland etc where you need to wait for the right conditions to get the good days, but as i am time poor i stick to a full board package type of trip to the tropics.

[T_B]

I wonder what peak that is in the background?

(oh, the er waves look nice too  )

[SA Chris]

...whereas in the Icelandic ice climbing clip in Onsight I was checking out the nice little wave in the background!

http://www.posingproductions.com/product.php?form_action=detail&product_id=188

[SA Chris]

I wonder what peak that is in the background?

Don't know, no backlink!

[SA Chris]

Quick googling of Alaska Coastal Range reveals; Mt St Elias 18000ft.

[slackline]

Don't know, no backlink!

Try the photographers watermark as a clue if you want to know where its hosted. 

Details of location are still lacking.

[Falling Down]

Probably deliberately.  Most unnamed spots will only get titled as such.  Not that Alaska is going to crowded any time soon.

[bigtuboflard]

Quick googling of Alaska Coastal Range reveals; Mt St Elias 18000ft.

definitely Mt St Elias

http://images.summitpost.org/original/177160.jpg

and yes, great looking waves. Off to Vancouver island next spring and though i wont be taking a board, and secretly hoping that i might get a day or so on the water

[SA Chris]

You can hire at main surf spots, we never made it there but planned to

[fatdoc]

If you are going out there...get out on the MTB trails.. They rank as some of the best in the world. XC / AM / FR whatever...

[gme]

This guy is the main man out there and always puts a great section in for the Innersection DVD each year. I would love to go but its fickle as hell, the weather is shite and you need a lot of time to explore.

<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/25748117" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> <p><a href="">Peter Devries // Innersection Spring 2011</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3333712">INNERSECTION</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

[slackline]

/via Bubba...

[granticus]

Pretty gnarly down SW at the minute. 

http://www.eyeballhq.tv/2014/01/02/know-your-limits-and-just-say-no/

[ben]

certainly is.. our local beach cafe has no windows left and a kitchen full of seaweed 

[SA Chris]

They got a deep fryer for it?

Was wild here overnight, might be a wave in one of the more sheltered spots if I wasn't still trashed from yesterday.

[granticus]

certainly is.. our local beach cafe has no windows left and a kitchen full of seaweed 

Lava bread is on the specials board is it?

Our waterfront area in town and local park are underwater due to the tidal surge up the estuary.  High tide is in an hour and half again, along with the peak in swell/wind strength.  Could be a long night for some.

Swell hasn't dropped under 8ft for about 3 weeks, had a few good surfs at sheltered spots over the hols.  Decided against today, bit too hectic out there but I'm sure there will have been some rare beasts awakened, shame the tides are so BIG...

[SA Chris]

Surely high highs mean low lows too? Get some of the rare reefs firing.

Hope there not too much serious damage, we seems to have been spared the worst of it this time round.

[gme]

 Continues to be pretty shit on the east. Odd bit of swell but the weather patterns we are getting the last few winters are just all wrong for over here. Need the lows tracking more north again.

[SA Chris]

We had ok waves yesterday, southerly windswell but was good for a few hours. Sometimes a ESE facing coastline has its advantages.

I bet if you knew the sheltered spots you could be getting some amazing shit on the Hebrides right now

[SA Chris]

Some hammerings being dealt out here. Good work for not towing in though.

[Obi-Wan is lost...]

Comp at Mavericks live on over-caffeinated sugary drink company TV currently

[Adam Lincoln]