It's THAT time of the year, winter is really showing up. After the epic summer we've had, I for one, am struggling with the concept of grown up pants [trousers] and extra layers. The windows of surf are narrowing out west. It felt like Nor-east had been the new trade-wind for summer. We are back to Sou-west soup du jour. But that's not say its all bad.... no wait... yeah it's all bad, stuff it, I'm not gonna silver line this; not a fan of winter. NZ Summers rule.
Over the last week there have been some quality west windows. You had to be on it, pick your tides, flag previous engagements. Relish in the randomness.
perfect little sand bar...for a day or two last week
Shay Rainger back from compressing his already smashed C5 /C6 and his second spinal fuse. Yeah bossy
Gap water spikes
How to surf a twin fin
Peter Harding aka Greedy, too soon for a hood Greedy...c'mon bro, you're making me feel cold
And then at the other end of spectrum. A 2 hour window of wind, tide and rare swell angle. The happy place.
Dune Kennings found some of the better ones
And some of the better ones weren't found
Dune and one of the frames featuring on Surfline HERE
Tim Bailey got his fair share and made the Surfline cut too
Foam cave
The one that sent me in for dinner
From The Galleries
Piha Layers love the timelessness of this pano, the symmetry of the west coast headlands the autumn warmth. Wanna see it bigger, or maybe even look at print options? Well you can HERE