Here We Go Again / by craig levers

And So It Begins

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Strap your paddling arms on, the West Coast of the North Island is in for yet another run of offshores. It looks like we are going to get a good week of it.

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This spot, which will remain nameless due to it being highly localised and secretive, probably won't break again over the next week. The swell will be too small.

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The bank isn't that good anyway. No one was making barrels last night. 

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There were no defined take off points or sections

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Kye Bedford, plainly no way he's gonna get to the face on this close out

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Floyd Smith and no doubt a similar grim outcome as Kye's wave

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Kye on a good double over header

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Meanwhile out the back things are going to get hectic real soon

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Local builder Al Sanders 

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Clearly the rights were better 

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Dune Kennings on a rare peeler 

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Dave Wood getting tangled with a school of local predatory eels 

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Kye in the box seat for the best show in town 

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Dune on/in that section mentioned before, the one that's not really there 

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Dave on a freak peeler, the rest all were straight handers 

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West coast textures 

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Dune and clearly, the end.

Good luck with your wave hunting over the next week. Go a little further, search a little harder, and thrive in the thrill of exploration. But always be respectful of the land, and the people that choose to call these places home.  Have fun. 

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