Late night tunes: Island style

For post surfing chill-down tunes, I think a little bit of Hawaiian slack key guitar goes down a treat…

Here’s a number performed in true aloha spirit by the great Ledward Kaapana and slide guitar maestro Bob Brozman .

Gonna keep the mellow mood happening with this next standard, “Grandfather’s clock” a as played by Fran Guidry…

There’s a treasure trove of slack key on YouTube, lots of classics and heaps of covers by amazingly talented players.  See what you think of “Glass Ball Slack Key” as played by young Brittni Paiva on her ukulele.

Aloha!

Curly Today

North Curly was the place to be this morning up until low tide and was serving up nice bomb sets every few minutes. It was good to finally get out and snap a few today. I can’t believe this is the first session I’ve shot in February but the dearth of enticing surf lately is to blame for that excluding of course the swell events of last week which of course I missed due to that little four-letter word – WORK! Arrghhh. Anyway, enjoy the shots at www.surfphotosofyou.com/latestcurly.

Video: North Steyne firing 18/2

Going off on Weds morning 18/2/2009

Hi all,

I’ve just posted a short video made up from some footage I shot Wednesday morning at Manly when it was, well, rather good…

Check it out on RealSurf.tv by clicking here.

Scheffau Wow – Austria Ski Report

Another report from longtime RealSurfer Andrew whos on hols in Scheffau, near Kitzbuhel:

“When is it going to stop snowing! Yet another day of face shot powder. Kill me now cause life don’t get any better than this.

Andrew & Neatie”

Out & about: Sth Narra, Dee Why, Curly

0920: tough to catch the little weak ones at south Narrabeen

Went for a little wander to check out the conditions. The dominant feature at 0900 was the chop. The SSE wind was chewing up pretty much everywhere I looked. Far South Narra was probably the least affected, but the waves were weak and around waist high at best. Dee Why was lumpy and junky looking, so I didn’t even bother grabbing a snap.

Around 0900 there were a few fat sets rolling into the north end of the beach.

Over the hill at Curly, the swell was much more evident, but frustratingly for the very few people in the water, it was just as weak, slow and junky as everywhere else. The north end seemed to be a touch smaller than the south. But we aren’t talking a huge variation in size. Figure on waist high with the odd shoulder high set, and you’d be about right.

About the biggest waves seemed to be at Sth Curl Curl, but junk city too.

Next tide is a low around 1:16 this afternoon and by then, the wind could be around to the E-NE at 10-15kts and that might be a good thing for the northern ends.

Go well with your Sunday!

Narrabeen Rpt

Waist-high, grey, weak & onshore

Quiet start to Sunday

Hello Friends,

Dull skies greeted Sydneysiders this morning. Dull skies and small, but not flat, conditions at Dee Why. The MHL data shows we have the same metre or so of SSE windswell (8 sec period) we’ve seen for the last couple days. The good news then is if you found a wave yesterday, go back there again and you should be right.

As far as Dee Why goes, there seem to be weak little lines coming in and, as late as 0800, pretty much no one in the water from the point to well up the beach from the DYSLSC.

We’re set for a few more showers this morning, before the afternoon turns partly cloudy. The light SE winds this morning should turn to the E-NE this afternoon.

I’m gonna go out and check a couple more beaches for ya, so more in an hour or so…

Not looking fabulous, but not flat at Dee Why at 0800