"Thanks Surfline 80 guys out by the afternoon. I just love social media."
Four weeks ago the world was turned on its head when surf-forecaster Surfline sacked its Australian editor, the legacy surf journalist Nick Carroll, brother of the two-time world champion Tom Carroll.
The plan to disappear Carroll, along with his talented photography sidekick Hannah Anderson, became evident when Surfline started burying their work beneath layers of cams and weather reports.
Carroll, sixty-five, took up the post in 2019, quickly shelving his duties as a popular below-the-line commenter on BeachGrit for the prestigious well-paid position. Readers still reminisce about Carroll’s lightly hectoring older brother tone and a relative candour not seen in his published work.
The ramifications of the Surfline blood-letting have now been laid bare in the post-Carroll era with a horrifyingly tone-deaf post on Instagram, a post that would never have seen the light of day, as they say, if Carroll was still behind the wheel.
A by-product of TC Alfred has been the lighting up of novelty waves inside harbours, rivermouths and so on. The surf media has, historically, taken a light hand to running photos or video of these waves, most of ‘em rare and guarded by a strict code of localism.
So when one of the best harbour waves in the country was presented by Surfline on Instagram, surfers reacted with horror.
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Social media and Surfline ruined surfing.
You guys need an ethical policy. Give ups! How do you treat your mates when they get trouble? Filthy. Broken a basic rule yet you pretend to be a surf site
another local spot falls victim to surfline
I hate Surfline
Crowd will get even worse now
When one local surfer Wayne Curtis complained, Thanks, surfline 80 guys out by the afternoon. I just love social media, a light imbroglio followed.
Surfline replied, This is from a few days ago, mate. We waited till everyone had their fill.
Which seemed a fine riposte until the curtain of lies was ripped back by a local surfer.
it wasn’t breaking a few days ago. Yesterday at the earliest. Love the overexposure
And,
no one’s falling for your bs
Piss off, wait a week you nobs
Other local surfers pointed out the negatives of the wave.
Filthy water, bits of metal on the bottom, razor sharp oysters on the rocks, bull sharks, great white sharks and floating dog turds. Otherwise it’s paradise. Good to see Jacko didn’t follow the other sheep to the Goldy and charged this hectic slab instead.
The thing with this spot is everyone knows everyone so if you are not from the area there’s next to no chance of getting a good one. Plus this size is not even worth it!
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Nick Carroll’s the first chimpanzee to be taught to surf, but his journalistic skills weren’t on par with his ego, so surfline went for quality over quantity.
Now, if they could just support local surfers rather than piss on them by giving kooks knowledge of their breaks, they might earn a little respect rather than deserving ridicule.
Change your surflie settings to metres for actual wave size in feet.
Australian Surfin Life in the late 80’s Barton Lynch cover shot out there.. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Fartin Lunch!
Surf journalists who complain about crowds are the worst. It’s like Chapelle said about white women, “you were in on the heist, you just didn’t like your cut.”
Same goes for pros and you tubers
Such a Carrolless maneuver by Surflie.
Surfline has made their forecasting service noticeably worse after doing everything they can to automate reports. They are not noticeably better or locally accurate more than any of the free resources anymore.
I’ve always defended them but after switching to weekly reports for Central America and Mexico I’m not going to renew this year. It functionally provides you the same information that you could get from wavefax or 976 Surf in the late 80’s or early 90’s.
get onto windguru….once you learn how to read the swell size it’s the most accurate by far….we have been using it for a decade and everywhere I travel…hawaii/South Africa/Europe….Surfline is and has been one of the worst forecasting sites!
agree
Wind guru are super accurate once you get a grasp on what their size pattern is. Good for winds and rain too so very useful for work/ surf organization.
Free and 16 days view
You’ll favourite Aussie surfer has just made the news, on abc. Apparently she’s been oppressed out in the water.
No need to worry, though. University research is being carried out to stem this surfingness.
add her name to my previous comment ..
She goes on about being yelled at and even punched in the surf… yeah right , would have hear about that if it had really happened. Anyone that gets yelled at and or punched generally deserves it from what I,ve seen .
The article from some researcher “Equality” in surfing study…. Whereas “Etiquette ” in surfing might be more appropriate tyler you whinging muppet
quite funny really…..she should be aware that this done out of , “everybody is equal, warts and all!”
I have been yelled at, threatened and once upon a time might have even punched my…board/?…..so it’s normal behavior and non -discriminatory……to get yelled at and punched…..question is what behavior merited such a ….?????
surfline and NC are perfect bed fellows, as neither has brought anything positive to the surfing lifestyle.
💯. If Surfline hadn’t have sacked Nick, he would have totally stopped them from running pics of Newy Harbou….. oops… soz… Spot X.
Tell ya what tho, it looked 9-17ft of purple OMG-ness https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Cunt (Carroll) dropped-in on me riding a soft-top…
still scarred.
Wait, you were soft topping or he? Regardless, I’m here for you xx
He.
Surfline are nothing but a webcam company , exploiting and overcrowding waves everywhere they are , they make money while locals get fucked in the arse.
I Occasionally will spray paint our local camera [works very well and fast to do ) and encourage everyone to do the same .
Ps their forecasts are b grade and articles even more saccharine. Nick sold out a long time ago so he has just kicked himself an own goal in this case .
Webbycam
Moves to town, buys a big house with a holiday rental at the beach and then puts the webcam up ….
Instant local , what a wanker
II belive the web cam was set up so all his buddies from Trigg and Sydney could see when the surf was going to be 4 to 6ft so they could all pile on , and he is really happy with crowds.
They threw my local on this year. No cam but report. Everywhere else nearby they say will be 1-2 and they say my local is 3-5 (Its all the same size) so they swarm to it like a moth to a flame. Like Waikiki now some days. Bouys everywhere. Then you get the guys who are a little bit better but not by much that want to be your friend. Like dodging bullets everytime you go for a surf. Head down. Don’t smile. Don’t make eye contact.
https://aeon.co/videos/havanas-streets-become-racetracks-in-this-exhilarating-portrait-of-children-at-play
Wow. Give these poor guys a smartphone (and access to electricity) and that’s the end of that.
My family went to see the children’s games show by that artist recently, everyone was mesmerized – this one stood out with the lasertag-loving young ones:
https://francisalys.com/childrens-game-15-espejos/
Which BG commenting Nova Castrian had the post tube laaaaaazy cutback to whitewater bellyflop though ?
Surfads ?
Channelbottom ?
Is one or both the mystery coneheads ?
https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
So many questions, so few answers…
Not me mate. Never surfed it.
SurfAds is up the coast a fair ways now, as far as I know.
Fuck blowing out spots. That sucks. Kook move.
Vigilante mob assemble!
‘Twas not me tho I’ve dinged many a board and body there over the years
Got my first legit backhand barrels there as a grom. It was better back in the day of course..
Before the extended the wall!
First time ive ever seen an accurate report for surfline.
Women, and lesbian surfers DO NOT WASTE QUALITY WAVES.
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lol there’s always 80 guys out at my local.
If it is a “novelty wave” with dog turds in the water and only breaks twice in a year under exceptional circumstances and if it is impossible to score it unless you live within 5 kilometers of the location, why the vitriolic whining and complaints of “overexposure”?
Lol, a photographer and his wild opinion on the matter.
“Filthy water, bits of metal on the bottom, razor sharp oysters on the rocks, bull sharks, great white sharks and floating dog turds. Otherwise it’s paradise. Good to see Jacko didn’t follow the other sheep to the Goldy and charged this hectic slab instead.”
That kook just highlighted where it is!!!!
who fucking cares
Always love a surfline pile on but it’s literally had a QS run at it before. Still agree with the sentiment regardless
Someone had to send the photo to Surfline?
@Ads or Chanbum probably ?
Or their mate ‘Billy’ ?
Thanks for the moral credit. Not.