An all-star cast including Steph, Sally, Alana and Dimity!
Australia’s most famous wave has been very very good lately, in case you have not seen. All the regulars have been getting theirs, including standouts Steph Gilmore, Sally Fitz, Alana Blanchard and Dimity Stoyle!
Come and watch them bob and weave around speed bumps, etc. etc. etc. It is amazing to me that anyone could surf Snapper with such flair, timing little snaps, gouges, ducking into the tube etc. etc. When I surf crowded home, I focus on all the people I might hit and so basically end up just racing down the line and then feeling frustrated with myself at the end. All those missed opportunities to shine in front of my neighbors. All that emptiness.
Do you surf great in crowds? Do you attack both lip and trough with equal ferocity even if you might run over the hamstrings of a young man, potentially altering the course of his life? Have you ever smashed anyone very badly? Did it change the way you surf?
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fuck alana surfs so bad, think id rather watch myself wank into the mirror
Lakey broke her leg, wheres the vid?
such shit luck for her.
Alana spends more time pulling the cozzie out of her arse than actually pulling any turns. Its a good arse but Steph owned it for sure
fuck, i thought Dimity was Dion for a sec
I got hit by a SUP the last day, got a massive bruise on my buttock, but it was my own fault, I got in his way, he tried his best, I apologised and didn’t mention that his board had hit me!
You truly are a saint.
Unfortunately years at the helm have not hardened me to the plight of the various gronks that infest my local points when they are doing their thing. The end result is that I miss many a section trying to avoid ending their lives or leaving them to attempt to continue their careers without functioning legs. Its a tragedy really.
Needless to say, Steph owned that clip.
A couple weeks ago I crashed into/couldn’t avoid some wannabe JOB trying to paddle out in an inflatable dinghy. Unfortunately the dinghy survived.
Haha did you land in the dinghy? It would’ve been the perfect venue for a Mortal Kombat style cage fight.
fight begins !
Haha I wish! Young JOB bailed the rubber, and I, against my better judgement, bailed so as not to spear the thing. Ended up bonking around with it in the whitewater. I did throw him a dismissive “Was that a fucking BOAT?” and a headshake. “Uhhh, yeah…” He said.
I’ll happily take my uncrowded Oregon Coast 5mil windy rainy close out slop. Thank you. Just me and One-eyed Willie splitting the peak is fine by me.
I sure wish I would have been born with T&A. My sub par surfing could get me a paid trip to surf snappa had it been so. To answer the question, yes I have ran over plenty a clown, and no, I feel zero remorse.
ending every article with questions for the reader is a great way to get the comment count up, nice trick Chassy
But I’m interested! The best things in BeachGrit come from the answers to these questions!
so cynical
It’s the discussion that we all come here for though isn’t it? I like that these guys respond and contribute. The vaginas at STAB just release Comments of the Week and call everyones comments toothless. So toothless that Morgan S Williamson no longer writes like a flower child and limits his articles to an introductory paragraph and collection of third party quotes now.
you have to have zero regard for life or limb out there..for yourself and others. Focus on the lip and pray people get the fuck out the way before they get a fin in the head