RIP Jack Norris

“Stay happy and you’ll be perfectly fine.”

You’ll always be in our hearts.

Monday, Monday, grey old Monday.

Messy little lines bumble their way into Dee Why.

Not the day for the point.

Hello Friends,

Not what you’d call a great day at the beach. Wind along the northern beaches is east, while the latest reading from Little Bay and the Airport, show it’s more ESE to SE. This afternoon it’s expected to go around more to the NE. Swell is once more out of the east at a couple metres and 8 seconds apart. I’ve given this morning a 2 out of 10.

The outlook is for the conditions to dribble along like this for the next couple days. Toward the end of the week the models show it moving into the realms of flatness – westerlies + tiny, short period windswell. I guess it wouldn’t be winter without the odd offshore flat spell…

Ah well, Huey will return…

Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Monday until midnight: Wind: E/SE 10/15 knots tending E/NE in the afternoon. Sea: 1 to 1.5 metres.Swell: S/SE 2 to 2.5 metres.
Tuesday: Wind: E/NE 10/15 knots.Sea: 1 to 1.5 metresSwell: S/SE 1.5 to 2 metres.
Wednesday: Wind: N/NE 10/15 knots.

Avalon to Narrabeen Rpt

Looks like a really morning to go to work

C C

Overcast, showers and mild on the Central Coast this Monday morning.  The swell is bumpy at 2 – 3 feet + from the east southeast.  There is light to moderate south southeast breeze forecast to strengthen later.  Low tide 0910 and high tide around 1535.  Have a great week.

OWEN WRIGHT CLAIMS HIS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE ASP PRO JUNIOR WIN

Owen Wright continued his dominating form into the finals at the Chill Pro Junior presented by the City of Stirling. Wright locked in an impressive 9.50 out of a possible ten in the first minutes of the final against Queensland’s Noah Lane. Pic Credit – Surfing WA/Nick Woolacott.

Trigg Point, WA —  Owen Wright (Lennox Head, NSW) today claimed his fourth consecutive ASP Australasia Pro Junior Title today, with a convincing victory at the Chill Pro Junior at Trigg Point, Western Australia.  The $6000 winner’s cheque means that Owen Wright has now won more prize money than any other surfer in the history of the ASP Australasia Pro Junior Series. 

At just 19 years of age, Wright now sits clearly on top of the ASP Australasia Pro Junior ratings, as well as holding down third place on the ASP World Qualifying Series ratings.

The best surf of the event was saved for the finals where clean two feet waves allowed for some true high performance surfing, with all finalists stepping up to the challenge.

Wright’s scores in the 30 minute final against Noah Lane (Rainbow Beach, QLD) reflect his total dominance of the three day event. He locked in a 9.50 ride in the opening minutes which set him up for the rest of the final. He went on to score a back up 8.90 to finish with a combined total of 18.40 from a possible twenty, the highest total for the entire event.

Wright’s razor sharp forehand attack was perfectly suited to the long lefthanders on offer, with his smooth style and trademark aerial manoeuvrers causing an eruption of applause from the crowds at Trigg Point. Wright was pushed by a determined Noah Lane who persisted with a counter-attack and scored a combined total of 16.50 from a possible twenty.

“I was stoked with the waves we had in the final, we couldn’t have asked for much more. I was a bit worried that the surf was going to be small, especially after three weeks of pumping waves in Bali, but it turned out to be a great final.” Said Wright who will return home to Lennox tonight for the first time in three months after a busy competition schedule. 

In the women’s event, local girl Felicity Palmateer (Hillarys, WA) caused an upset to claim her first Pro Junior win.  Palmateer defeated event favourite Laura Enever (Narrabeen, NSW) in the semi-finals and carried the momentum with her into the finals, where she defeated Angela Keighran (Mullaway, NSW). Palmateer nearly doubled the score of her rival in the finals, racking up a combined score of 14.25 out of a possible 20, Keighran didn’t look as comfortable at Palmateer’s home break, scoring a combined total of only 7.75.

Owen Wright presented with the $6,000 winners cheque after his win. Pic Credit – Surfing WA/Nick Woolacott.

Byron Bay the way it was May 31st 2009

Lowered split window rust bucket, sounded like a porsche, no doubt about to see a major working over, things were a little slow In Byron Bay Today

Well people it was the last day of Autumn In Byron Bay Today. Now I’m usually a big fan of autumn in the Bay. But I must say this autumn has been a bit of a weird one. Major storms heavy seas and a whole lot of rain and little bursts of sunshine and flat spells in between. We’re all hoping winter will bring a stable weather pattern, yet we shall see. The swell is quite small. Ok, Ok, major understatement it’s really small and its loggers only surf in the bay, even on a log you’d need to be keen. The day was taken up with ducking and weaving from rain spells to try and get a shoot. There were a few slides, some unruly rides and just a bit too much tide. But it’s still Byron and it’s all ok, In Byron Bay Today.