Ooops see it happens to blokes as talented as Mikey In Byron Bay Today

Welcome to In Byron Bay Today’s Weekend Windup. It was a bit of a wintery, windy and woolly old week in the bay. We started off well enough, with glorious weather early in the week, warm with gentle offshore breezes. But by mid week it quickly degraded into windy, wet and bloody cold. All that blustering and yet we didn’t begin to see any real swell until late Thursday. Now if there was a theme for this week, it’s the grossly unprepared surfing population, both residents and visitors alike. People just don’t expect it to get this cold this far north, and so there was much grumbling from the majority about not having enough rubber. Some were turning blue in boardies and vests. The crew have been spinning out about how cold it’s been, but how soon we all forget. We go through this every year in the bay. It can and does get cold here. In fact if you live here you need more variations of wetsuits than further south. Down the coast you get good thick and warm rubber. It does you all winter spring and autumn. But in Byron, well you need a bit of everything, lighter rubber for the warmer days. slightly heavier for the cold and windy days, and an array of differing thickness vests for spring and autumn. Although the water’s warmer, the wind and air temperature can vary quite radically in winter. So when you drive into town pack enough rubber to make a choice. Because in winter it can be summery & warm one minute, and downright bloody freezing the next, In Byron Bay Today.

PS enjoy the BBQ today guys, wish we could be there, being an old Longy buy myself.

Mandy spots a Lobster In Byron Bay Today

First off, the way it was In Byron Bay Today. It started out dead flat. Not too inspiring, but as the day progressed the westerly backed off and few small lines began to appear. This quickly got most us interested as was clean & although small well shaped. Unfortunately it also attracted the interest of the hire board set. Beginners with attitude yeh what fun.

But there were a few nice little waves. And much fun was had by all but a few kooks who tried to play tough guys. But most of this update is not actually about today. This is the first of our ‘Most Popular Images of In Byron bay Today’  for summer. That’s right folks our opinions had nothing to do with this. These are the photos from December 2008 that you guys have clicked on the most over the last seven months. We don’t know whether they are your friends, whether you like the photos, or just dug the comment and they made ya laugh. But whatever it was, these are your favourites and not just by a little bit either, every one of these photos has pulled more than two thousand requests, some of them much, much more.  Don’t forget tomorrow we’ll be putting together ‘Best of In Byron bay Today’ for January 2009, it should be fun, more scenery & better waves.

Mikey taking the drop on a good sized sand cliff In Byron Bay Today

There was a gentle westerly breeze and it was looking downright pretty In Byron Bay Today. But there was little swell to speak of. We did manage to track down a reasonable peak in Byron and start a shoot. There were a few  getting a couple and just managing to eke out a little speed on their fishes.  It wasn’t big, but  it was cute and everyone was having a good time. Hours later as light was failing, we had several folks all excited to find out they would see themselves surfing in the site. Then it happened. I noticed two simple little words, which strike terror into the heart of every photographer, that’s ever used digital equipment. The screen read, Card Error!  It had arrived, the scourge of photographers. Card Error, the grim reaper of digital photos. Upon regaining consciousness in the car park, Yoko reminded me of what had just happened. When I regained consciousness for the second time, she decided it was wise not mention it again. And so here we are. The sun has set and we have no surf shots. We still have all of shots of the people we met. For those who were hoping to see themselves surfing however, I’m sorry for your disappointment. Hopefully we’ll catch you next time you find yourself in Byron Bay. For the rest of us we thought let’s have a little reminder of just how good the last summer was to us, In Byron Bay this year.

Hey don’t laugh You’ll get old one dy too. Bruce sleepwalking In Byron Bay Today

Well it’s still logger heaven In Byron Bay Today. There’s plenty of swell further south but it’s not hit here yet. The waves were worth for lugging out a log.  But if you’re not into logging there are some really good solid peaks starting to appear just a little out of town if you want to get your shortie out. But you’ll have to get out and look for them, which is usually the case at this time of year.  However we stayed into town, to shoot the old crew as we had a visit from the ol, master shaper himself  Bob Brown so we hung around town with Brownie and shot what was on offer. Speaking of Brownie, we’ll be giving away another custome made hand shaped Bob Brown board later in the year to one of our subscribers. He makes a seriously some nice shortboard too so get in get subscribed In Byron Bay Today.

 BTW guys, we’ve run into a few Real Surfers up here now, and naturally we’ve shot them, with a camera of course . Point being, if you’re coming into Byron for a trip, keep an eye out for us on the beach or hit our contact page and flick me an email to lets us know to look out for you. We’re gonna try and shoot as many RealSurfers as possible In Byron Bay Today

Ron aka Charlie Big Potatoes, hanging five like only he can In Byron bay Today

Welcome to the In Byron Bay Today Weekend Windup. it’s been pretty busy up here this week, not much swell, but last weeks big ocean swim, a QLD long weekend, The Byron Bay Malibu Classic and the Byron triathlon. No wonder the joint is packed right now. But it’s all about raising bucks for charity so it’s cool. Speaking of cool, our mate Ron bolted his spare foot onto the nose of his stick. Entered the Byron Classic and demanded he be scored a hang five each wave. There’s nothing like an irreverent amputee. He also reckons if you’re complaining about other surfers, your surfing must not be good enough to keep you entertained, and that you’re taking the joy of surfing as a right not as the gift it is. we say Hear, hear to that Ron.

As for the surf; it’s been small folks, but there are a few little wedgy peaks around if you make an effort to go look for them. Word has it we may see some more swell soon. But either way who could complain, if you’re lucky enough to find yourself, In Byron Bay Today.

The Alaia boys were out in force In Byron Bay Today

And so today we saw Winter Whales Ocean swim In Byron Bay Today. Again the swimmers were spoilt with a crystal clear passage through the bay. With no signs of the massive beast that’s reputedly been spotted in the bay several times during the last week. But no point fretting it’s Byron, there’s always tails of big fish in the bay.

 For the Logger Crew it was kinda fun, well actually heaps of fun.  But the Little Whiteboard Set had to look elsewhere as there just wasn’t enough power for them in the bay. The waves at the moment are pretty soft, it’s just the way the banks are currently formed. No doubt it will pass and we’ll see more barrels rolled out this year. Hopefully sooner than later……….In Byron Bay Today.