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A southerly arrived early and laid waste to most surf options on Monday, but the east swell still had some legs and there were waves to be had at the Bower and Collaroy. So, I grabbed...
After weeks of dribble, Sydney surfers finally got a few fun waves thanks to a couple metres of east swell on a sunny Sunday. I surfed it myself and shot pictures at three different...
Surf Photos of You. I was enjoying a cap down at Dee Why and decided to get the camera and shoot Dee Why Point for an hour or so between 11am and 12.10pm. 3 – 4 foot+. (5...
Surf Photos of You::: If you were surfing at South Narrabeen this morning between 8am – 9am near the South Narrabeen Surf Club and the Marquesas between 8 – 9 am on Saturday...
Now it was a rather glorious morning to say the least, sun was out, lines were reasonably clean and the crew were feeling well happy and mellow, in Byron Bay today. Then many sponsored...
Dean Bowen wins Billabong Pro Junior Bali
Posted on July 26th, 2009 in Contests, News Stories, Surf News, Top stories.
Dean Bowen (Australia/Sth Coast NSW/Gerroa) wins the Billabong Pro Junior in Bali.
Keramas Beach, Bali, Indonesia — Dean Bowen (Australia/NSW Sth Coast/Gerroa) today won the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Grade – 5 Rated Billabong Pro Junior Bali.
Held in magnificent surf over all four days at the now famous Keramas Rivermouth on the east coast of Bali, Bowen’s powerful backhand on-face surfing proved too strong for Teale Vanner (Australia/Kangaroo Island/SA) in a one sided final with Bowen’s top two rides of a 7 and a 7.5 and final total of 14.5 eclipsing Vanner on a two wave total of 7.5.
“It’s been such a good event with waves pumping in every heat and I really wanted to win here” said Bowen. “Everyone was getting amazing barrel rides throughout and I was always ready to take on a big barrel but that’s the beauty of this wave, if it’s not barrelling then generally it’s performance driven on-the-face moves and all my heats and particularly the final with the tide going out was more about big moves rather than tubes.”
Dean Bowen.
Bowen’s win today saw him significantly jump from 10th up to 2nd place on the ASP Australasian 2009 Pro Junior ratings behind Owen Wright.
“It’s good to be up on the ratings but I’m not really concerned with ratings this year, more focused on winning events and simply surfing good” added 18 year old Bowen who earlier this year also won the World under 18 Surfing title.
Teale Vanner, who throughout this event had posted multiple 9 point plus outstanding barrel rides and earlier in the day scored a perfect ten point barrel ride in his quarter final seemed to be hunting for tubes in the final but was unable to find any while Bowen maintained his powerful and vertical top to bottom attack on the wave to take the win.
“I thought I’d find a few barrels in the final but it wasn’t to be” said Vanner. “It’s been a great event for me and I’m so relieved to do well here and score some fantastic waves as well.”
Vanner is a former Australian Junior Champion but his year-to-date on the ASP Australasian Pro Junior series had been a shocker and in all 6 events prior to this one, had not made one single heat!
“I was down on confidence and really didn’t know what I had to do to find a result but surfing here has really turned my year around and to score a perfect 10 and quite a few high 9 point rides feels great.”
Equal 3rd placed surfers today were Chris Bennetts (Australia/Gold Coast) who was eliminated in his semi-final by Dean Bowen in the final seconds and Dale Staples (South Africa/Cape St Francis) who had been a standout in deep tube rides throughout the event.
Indonesian surfers had surfed exceptionally throughout this event and their top placed surfer here was Raditya Rhondi (Bali) who made it through to the final 16 surfers and the final day but had to settle for equal 13th place overall.
Surfers at this year’s Billabong Pro Junior Bali almost unanimously agreed that this event was the best ever ASP Australasian Pro Junior they had competed in.
Keramas the wave, across all four days exposed it’s variety of super high performance qualities, from small and perfect on day one, to solid onshore but superbly carvable on day 2, then epic solid powerful barrelling slabs on day 3 to rifling perfect barrels on high performance midsized waves on the final day.
As the only ASP rated event for 2009 in Indonesia, it was an excellent event.
Pics from last Thr midday at Curly
Posted on July 26th, 2009 in Click! Pics for folk, surf photography, Top stories.
Mid-Curly Thr 23 Jul 2009
Working my way through the backlog. If you surfed the middle part of the beach at Curly around midday on Thursday 23 July, I might have taken your picture(s). I shot around a hundred between 1130 and noon.
Here’s the link to the gallery on my site.
digging a few tunes
Posted on July 26th, 2009 in Surf Reports.Hanging at the [ime and tide and listening to the band
Great way to spend a sunday afternoon. Even a cold one like today. Writing
Cronulla report by Aquasea Wetsuit Repairs
Posted on July 26th, 2009 in Surf Reports.Small 1 footers, cool cloudy conditions with a light offshore breeze showers coming later, calm seas, a bit of fun only today.
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FORECAST: Cloudy, with patchy rain developing. Light to moderate northwesterly winds, freshening near the coast in the afternoon.
MAX AIR TEMP TODAY: 15-17 degrees.
SWELL: ENE 0.8-1.8 metres at 8 seconds.
TIDES: HIGH: 11:36 LOW: 17:24
WINDSURFERS: Light conditions today.
BOAT DIVING: Great sea conditions outside, vis around 10m+ on the TUGGERAH and Kelloe, 10m at Barons Hut, thanks to Ian Griffiths “Griffiti”.
SHORE DIVING: 5 metres vis at Oak Park. 5 metres at Shiprock.
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Very small Sunday
Posted on July 26th, 2009 in Big Picture, Dee Why.
Swell is just about out of gas...
Hello Friends,
Little tiny waves are all we have on offer this morning in Sydney. Swell out at sea is around about a metre at 7 seconds apart. It’s coming from the ENE, so that should mean that a few spots which have missed out on the small mainly southerly wavelets could be picking up some knee high action today. Mind you, we’re going to a biggish high tide at 1136, so I expect whatever little peaks that may be working now to be throughly swamped before long.
Outlook for the next few days is looking pretty abject for Sydney, but the models are currently showing the possibility of solid, long period groundswell around Fri-Sat. That of course is right at the limit of the models, so I wouldn’t be committing to a plan just let, but if it shapes up the way they predict, we could see exceptionally long periods (15 sec) – which means swell getting into well protected corners and having heaps of power at exposed locations. Replacement board sales week after next could zoom!
FWIW, one interpretation of the model data is also showing a solid pulse hitting us around Thursday. Between now and then though… good for catching up on things I’d say.
Go well with your day!
Sydney Coastal Waters, Broken Bay to Port Hacking and 60nm seawards:
Sunday until midnight: Wind: N/NW 15/20 knots, reaching 20/25 knots at times chiefly offshore, tending W/NW in the evening. Sea: 1.5 to 2 metres.Swell: E/SE about 1 metre.
Monday: Wind: W/SW 15/20 knots.Sea: choppy. Swell: E/SE about 1 metre.
Tuesday: Wind: W/SW 15/25 knots easing.
Carlsbad: from good to better!
Posted on July 26th, 2009 in California, Surf Reports.
Period’s down a notch or two but so is the wind which means glassy smoothness even on the bomb sets. It’s about 4.5ft on a 15 sec period today so there are a fair few out there but with enough waves to go round everyone’s getting their fair share of rides!
Fantastic day here for it. Hope you have a good one!
Cheers, Doug
Byron Bay Today’s Weekend Windup July 25th 2009
Posted on July 26th, 2009 in Advertorial, Byron, Just for fun, Local Colour, Site News, surf photography, Surf Reports.
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Welcome to, In Byron Bay Today’s Weekend Windup. It’s been a stunner fo a week weather wise but we really didn’t see much swell up here at all. There have been some small waves for the kids and those of us keen on logging it. But apart from that most have just been getting wound up for Splendour in the Grass this weekend. In fact Splendour is in full swing while I’m sitting in the office tapping this out. You know guys we love bringing you In Byron Bay Today, it truly is and always will be a labour of love to a large degree, yet we also need to eat and cover our costs. The time has come to open the doors for business. Now we don’t like website ads anymore than you do. So we’re doing things differently here. We’ll be listing our first reviews over the next few days. To our readers, keep a close eye on who makes it in for two simple yet important reasons. Firstly because those who do make it in are businesses that we have gone and sampled what they offer. Secondly because we are giving them discounts if they offer you discounts. So pay close attention in the near future and you’ll get the best of Byron for a little less through In Byron Bay Today.