Wavepools crinkle their nose in disgust!
If you have social media, and the data suggests you do, then it should be no secret that the Goldcoast has had a damn good autumn.
Day after day my feed is clogged with images of two, maybe three-foot perfection peeling down the Superbank. The wind is light, the water is blue, and the barrels — well they’re plentiful.
But pictures lie. They sell beauty and prestige when oftentimes the reality is much more grim. The wave-of-the-day is made out to be the standard and every drooly-mouthed surf fiend is left feeling an innate sense of loss. This is, at least, what I told myself to avoid the pangs of surf anxiety.
Then this video comes out and ruins my little fantasy. It’s called Dreamount and affirms that the Superbank’s recent beauty wasn’t just an Instagram filter but in fact a warm, soft truth. Please see below for details.
Sure, the Slaters and Fannings and (Mitch) Parkinsons got their fill, but it’s the successes of the everyman that really gets my goat. It’s like, when you see John John get a good one at Backdoor you don’t really care, because that never could have been you. But when some random guy a beat-up stick and halfa skillset gets a proper screamer — that cuts deep.
Tube envy aside, I’m quite intrigued by the machinations of the Superbank. It seems to have changed drastically over the decades. When I was a kid, it was all about Snapper Rocks. As I got older, Kirra slowly started to return and had a few incredible moments. Nowadays, it seems that Greenmount is the hot ticket in town.
Aussie friends, what’s your favorite bank to get burned, frustrated, and occasionally tubed? Are you maybe in this dream clip?
more of stories of random guys burning pros please
i burned ross williams and rabbit Bartholomew twice in the same day. my buddy burned archy at otw and archy was pissed. it was classic
love it..
One of my favorite stretches of sand to get burned on
Good 6ft, ebbing tide, Kirra
Worth every hour paddling against that sweep
All capitals “TAJ BURROWS SKIN” calls out little “pubes”. Laird smells a little blood feud in the works. One argues Dreamland is an amusement park of death in St. Kilda (pronounced Saint Killed Ya). The other argues Dreamland is some little known bass n’ drums festival open to the pubes. Which may or may not stand for the public at large.
ah yeah some of these waves are at Snapper Mikey, some are at Little Marley, some at Rainbow and some down through Greenmount. It’s all Super, it’s just that Greenmount’s got the best sand right now. btw who of these guys on the clip do you see as having “halfa skillset”?
foreground/backgound of the down-the-point angle!
Do you receive Hawaiian-style patronage out there, Uncle Nick, or are you left to fight with the dogs like the rest of us?
ha ha like Rabbit once said, there’s always a way around the crowd
Perhaps he’s referring to Mick’s air game? Mike did a superman first try y’know.
The vid’s called Dreamount Mike, Dreamland is the shitshow up the road where rides kill people
*Dreamworld
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