"No photograph or video is worth your life."
Tropical Cyclone Alfred has somehow still not made landfall, on Australia’s eastern coast, but is now expected to either late Friday night or early Saturday morning. The potentially wildly destructive category 2 is the first to kiss the coast south of Brisbane since 1974 though has already almost claimed beloved champion surfer Mick Fanning’s eyeball.
Yes, Queensland and Gold Coast surfers have been going bananas as perfect righthanders lighting up the Superbank and then Instagram. Jeff Weatherall, local surfer, explained to his confused British cousins at the BBC, “This is what we look forward to. This is the fifth day straight – I’ve done nothing but eat, sleep, surf and do it again.”
Well, the Gold Coast City Council is not happy with the balance in Weatherall’s life and has threatened to impose whopping $16,000 fines on those who dared to cross the “Beach Closed” ropes.
A Gold Coast City spokesperson who preferred to remain anonymous in order to keep his cred told 9 News, “Although the large waves may be exciting to witness, we need everyone to stay well away from coastal areas for your own safety. No photograph or video is worth your life. Increasing winds will see conditions deteriorate further and conditions become more dangerous. We have seen several people involved in incidents because of the hazardous surf conditions including falls from rock walls and being swept out in the surf.”
Surf Life Saving Queensland lifesaving services manager Natalie Edwards, whose cred must be in the clear, added, “Now is not the time to head to the beach for a look, especially with young children who may be pulled out by the fast moving tides that are encroaching on walkways and areas that normally would be far from the water. Please don’t put at risk emergency services personnel because you want to venture out in these conditions.”
$16,000, Australian, is sitting at around $10,000 USD. Surf Ranch rents for $70,000ish USD which could be split amongst seven friends netting each 12ish waves.
Would you rather Kirra or Kelly?
Something to think about.
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the real poll shows , trumpy now down to 42 approval and still tanking
girl’s sufr contest at Ft. Wayne and recruicts have shown, speed, pwer and flow…
Gorilla was right !
See below. .
way down below
ran outta back scratchers?
Used to know a girl who’d squeeze the whiteheads outta my back whilst on smack!
Ah good times
annulled that surf session and any contracts that superceded the NDA’s…Sydney Sweeny;s thighs …stretch marks!
I decided to come up to Byron/Gold Coast to see some serious cyclone action…….pretty tame…..winds are not that strong…..,swell seems to be about 10’….fair bit of rain….cyclones stalled again and won’t hit till tonite now….so should be another day of Kirra….
$16k fine only applies to ski assisted kuks.
Anyone else notice crowds are significantly down? Maybe it’s just me but seems like a good amount of the fucking covid VALs have finally gotten over surfing and realize no matter how nice of a surf skate you buy or how much you spend on your washed up wanna be pro surf coach you still are gonna suck and will always suck. Noticed a lot less barns out in the water the past couple of months, especially during significant swell. While everyone else is bitching about Cheeto man I’m gonna count my lucky stars and be thankful I get to surf my shitty local beach break again without a million 600 dollar “hybrid” soft tops in the water.
read my hybrid posts here, there, and everywhere. first dose is FREE!
Surfline cams at Kirra have all gone off-line.. https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
Still one cam up on Swellnet and the councils cam on their app is working too. Angles are a bit ordinary though.
Okay, I get it that Government employees are not super intelligent, but where do they come up with $16k?
why not 15k or 20k?….or $16, 382.47?
Probably has something to do with the Chinese currency Yuan and exchange rates
sounds like a perfectly plausible conspiracy theory, botto. well done.
well, the government’s dunce-in-chief certainly supports your intelligence theory, crappy hamper. but most likely it’s to easily confuse people like you.
I surfed there once around 02′. Solid size. Drifted down from snapper. I couldn’t believe I was there surfing this holy wave. In reality I wasn’t surfing Kirra but paddling it…for hours…then I finally got a wave. Outran me… pulled straight and got pounded. Mile walk back up the beach. No idea where friend is with keys to car. Starving and exhausted.
This is an accurate depiction of most humble punters’ experiences there.
Still though, you just need one.
Before the sand pumping, when it used to hug that manicured bank and you’d take off at Big Groyne, pump pump and fly through the butter box, and it’d break from two foot to six foot, oowee. So diff now. Very good but almost Burleigh-esque.
A bit like this ?
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1986
not a suitable cave for a real caveman. women still complains~
The sweep is real… unless you have a jet ski
ditto: Chicama, early first century~
Did Bodhi get fined when he surfed Bells during the 50 yr storm?
dead men pay no fines
Well get him when he comes back in.
He’s not coming back.
Need to emphasise the terrible attempt at an Aussie accent.
‘We’ll git him whin he cimms beck in!’
Nailed it
NOOOOO, he can’t die
he’s still alive and living in the state forest….he comes out on occasions and alsways asks what happened to all the pine trees…..??? LOL!
Byron Bay Butcher unmasked
So Point Break III is on!!
norfolk pine and succulents need planting. TDS need more trimming…what i accomplished this week.
TDS can be minimized by a dose of SYLINDRA…
but there are side effects…
LEo Carillo is open one day a month…
file complaints at Barabara Broccoli and
we need a new James, Bond, Jamie!
Id suggest a dose of Scarlett for TDS reduction
https://youtu.be/J3-Z4RTZuW…
used to run a cohseive family consdulting business. influencers and enlarged left breast nearly ruined the dorps…
can i watch w/o any repercussion…and wired front teeth? give the payout back~to beachgritters before we rob Chas of his Corona beer&type writer…Seriously~Del Mar Race Track~Manana_
In PHX tomorrow otherwise Del Mar to watch the fillies is special
castration is such cruelty.. to the owner;s and Wives of Kentucky///
Doesn’t sound surf adjacent to me
Trump Would Let You Go
so long as you said thank you
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AI always goes full creepy with the hands. Maybe cause it doesn’t have any itself.
No AI, No photoshop. All creep.
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2028 is going to be difficult for you.
JD will be dropped like a bad habit, once this cycle is over. Much like Pence was.
Your wishful thinking is adorable
given your world class trolling skills, not sure if you are serious about this. Do you really think JD is at the top of the list come 2028??
He’s proven himself the right pick for VP. He’s engaged, smart and is an effective communicator. If he continues this trajectory then yes, he’s at the top of the list.
wow. Genuinely surprised. Could we substitute in his wife instead???
She’ll make a fine First Lady.
ouch … maybe put her on SCOTUS
She’ll be too busy chasing her small children around the White House
nanny
I dare you to call your wife just a “nanny” to your children
lol, I meant they could hire a nanny so Ms Vance could be on SCOTUS. As for Ms Rocks, I’m the nanny ha ha
this thread is way too funny.
its like watching an engineer in a white shirt and tie, play two handed ping-pong against a bunch of loud mouth high school jocks….and beat em’.
dora may have bested me but Otto?? never!
never met Dora, but I’ve got some good Noll stories…..though, I never played ping-pong against Greg.
need to get you and Brutus on a call and record your stories about Dora and Noll!
that would be fun, but also think Brutski and I have many other surfers we know than just the 60’s crowd.
At least he has both.
Its way to early in the morning to be seeing all of this glazing. You got cum on your chin again.
I’ve been up since 4am. Don’t know when you start your day. Maybe when your Mom shakes you out of bed
Holy shit Otto, a your mom joke?! really!? thats the best you got.
It’s impossible to best the joke that is you.
Now a “no you ” toddler jab. holy shit you really are more of a dork than I thought you were.
Says the guy that works for Facebook
Try again, try again.
Advertising for Facebook
Inncorect once again.
Social worker
community organizer
Runs a newly formed non-profit that was awarded a $26Million grant from the EPA in December 2024
Is that supposed to be a bad profession, not that I am one, just wondering how helping others is negative.
“I’ve been up since 4am.”
*clears search history before wife wakes up
wait a minute, why Vance as the 2028 GOP candidate?
You’re not a true MAGA loyalist unless you insist that the 22nd Amendment somehow doesn’t apply to Trump and that he gets to unconstitutionally seek a third term.
Thats exactly what’s going to happen.
Three terms! Three terms! Three terms!
Their trajectory on America’s #1 and #2 concerns is to underperform when compared to Biden/Harris. At least if their last month is anything to go off. Market trending downwards. Deportation numbers somehow lower than Biden’s monthly average in his last year.
The market is actually up since election day. While gains have been given back, pain was expected with agenda pivots. Overall, still up, which is sort of impressive
“pain was expected with agenda pivots” so youre admitting that his policies have a negative affect on the market/economy.
If the policies were so great the markets would react accordingly.
If you knew anything, you’d know that the market doesn’t react to anything. The tariffs are priced in.
There has been no negative effect. We’re emerging from earnings season. Data that doesn’t include Trump’s 47 Presidency.
What are you talking about? Markets are exteremely reactionary. Look at any day a major annoucnent is made, if you follow Earning Reports you will see how reactionary markets are.
You literally just cited Trumps election in your previous comment and how the markets were up since being elected now youre saying none of that is factored in. OI vey
arguing with pathological liars will do your head in. it’s why the dems have no credible response to trump.
The market goes where the forces want it to go. There are two people/entities on every trade. When people are selling, people are buying. Hate the game, not the players.
Yes, I cited the date of election as a measuring point in helping slipped disc understand what he sees more clearly than you.
Those forces be the reactionaries and the opprotunists. Reactionaries sell, opprotunists buy. It literally changes nothing to the point that markets are reactionary.
ex. 2009, 9/11 etc.
Any other topics you would like to be schooled on? Slow day at work today so I have time.
Where did you read about that?
Reactionaries and opportunities?
Finnance 101 but here you go.
https://www.chicagobooth.ed…
Was your “Finnance 101” class right after “Spellling 101” at Chicago University?
Love the deflection towards a typo, even more so after you used “most sincerest” earlier.
When you can’t attack the validity of the argument attack the grammar I guess.
Individual investors don’t move the market. They don’t have the pull. The market gets pushed and pulled by supply and demand. By unfilled orders.
Who said anything about individual investors?
The article you googled as a response. It’s most decidedly referring to individual investors
I studied finance. The theory and practice applies to institutional investors as well. Just today the bond markets sold off in REACTION to tarriff news. I am not saying that the market doesnt rebound to an equilibrium I am staying that in day to day or even week to week windows markets are extremely reactionary. If they werent day trading wouldnt turn a profit.
If you still dont beleive me look at the market the day the Fed announces interest rates, you will see a 3-4% reaction one way or the other based on that info.
The controlling swing highs and controlling swing lows are not dictated by the reactionaries.
Nearly everyone knows what the Fed is going to announce before it’s officially announced.
Sure dude, whatever you say. The Fed and scholars disagree with you but Otto knows all!
https://www.newyorkfed.org/…
ok and what defines “controlling” a swing…..ill help you out. “To “control” swing highs in trading means to identify and REACT to them strategically. Literally everything in finance is a reaction.
The market is a war zone. Between buyers and sellers. Points of imbalance mark controlling swing highs and swing lows. Say there’s an uptrend. Within that you’re d lives controlling swings. A high and a low nearest to current price. Everything I. Finance is an action, not reaction. It’s why brokerage houses pay top dollar for their servers to be as close as possible to the CME server. It’s all algorithm now, while retail tries to catch up.
The market makers don’t react. They act.
Just read the paper man, be humbled.
Dude, you are referencing a paper from 2003.
Do you have any idea the technology that is at work in the mechanics of the market nowadays?
The technonolgy you speak of runs off threshholds, and reacts once those thresholds are met. For example, say you are trading off of bollinger bands, if the movement hits the bottom of the ban it will react and cause buying, and inverserly if it crosses the upper band it will react and start selling. You literally have no idea what youre talking about.
No. The market never reacts to Bollinger bands. It’s just a technical analysis tool. It does not cause buying or selling. While it’s used to predict, itself has no actual effect on the market. The same can be analyzed using curve, looking at whether current site high in the curve or low in the curve. That is not technology.
The technology I speak of is the algorithms institutional traders and banks use, that move huge amounts of orders where FOMC announcements and such are already baked in, and already forecasted. Shit moves so fast that orders are left behind in qualified supply and demand zones. That’s where unfilled orders sit, and where an effective day trader can find high quality entry points.
You are either retarded or can’t reead. Automated trading or algorthimic trading uses thresholds or a variety exit and entry strategies ; threshholds are imputs that trigger responses. I used bollinger bands as an example cause youre too fucking stupid to understand anything more complex.
Bollinger bands are just an indicator. The market itself doesn’t “react” to indicators
Again, I didnt say it reacted to bollinger bands. I am saying that all automated trading uses strategies that react when certain criteria is met.
DOGE should talk to your boss. You’re not very productive
the new tariffs are not costed in yet as donny has again changed his mind again and given anotherb 30 days…rattling markets and US manufacturers as how could you invest in manufacturing in the USA when the leadership keeps flip flopping….since don came to power stock market has lost 1%………..markets react with volatility to anything that could affect earnings!
The trajectory is the concern. More tariffs on the horizon, certainly won’t help.
cool way to say “lap dog”
He really has a face ya just want to punch.
“I hate it when people bring politics into the discussion, and it’s totally unrelated to the article.” Hmmm!
Your inability to recognize sarcasm is only outmatched by your inability to recognize Trump’s overwhelming popularity with Americans.
Would Trump surf Bells doing a 50 year storm like Bodhi did all those years ago?
Now this is what AI should be used for
With a little help from Raimana…..and a ski, anyone can surf anything.
You’re a fucking idiot. Just throwing the same sarcasm back at ya Bennie boy but I suppose traitors and valor stealers don’t have much of a sense of humor about themselves.
Getting you riled up is a too easy. It used to be somewhat of a sporting endeavor for me.
“overwhelming popularity” is an interesting euphemism for a 48% approval rating, botto. you’ll swallow anything, won’t ya?
80% of nationwide counties swung right.
Trump won ALL seven swing states
76% Approval on Tuesday night Joint Session Speech (CBS Poll)
Won the Popular vote.
all that and still only a 48% approval rating. i’d pin it on all the lies, but
peoplebots like you eat them up hook, line, and…well, you know the rest.damn Piss, you forgot to say “Nazi”…..and “Racist”.
got to admit though, those little signs the dems were holding up were so cute.
watching the dems during the address was like watching a class of 2nd graders in detention. love their little angry faces.
yeah, that was pathetic. it’s hard to put up much of a meaningful response when faced with an avalanche of lies.
see, that’s the difference between you blind trump supporters and most other folks. we see nuance, assign blame where it belongs regardless of party, and call out lies when we see em. but you lick the boot no matter what type of shit is stuck to the bottom of it.
Dems have a 21% Approval in Congress
never said anything about dems’ approval rating, and agree they don’t deserve much approval, but luv the whataboutism.
getting you riled up is a too easy. but then, it’s never been a sporting endeavor for me, anyway.
Plagiarism is the most sincere form of flattery
“most sincerest” haha! keep it up, you silly, lovable lil’ bot.
You were almost worthy of really poor grammar
ah how about 42% of merricans approve of dons economic policies, 54% disapprove………don lost 4% this week….and next week???
don’t you just love those polls……the same ones that forecasted Kamala was going to crush Trump?
you mean polls like the one showing that 76% “approve” of trump’s speech?
my apologies, I didn’t see that poll in your original comment.
I think the problem you’re having is you fail to recognize the difference between the definitions of the words; “popularity” and “approval”
there’s no problem at all, crappy hamper. the poll was cited in botto’s comment. nice sidestep, though.
but the truth remains: when it serves your pathological ideology, you back it regardless of truth. if it doesn’t, you condemn it. grow some balls and think for yourself, boy.
mine is Get/Fucked
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from my reading, my first instinct was it was a play on President Trumps government deregulation and the “Eddie Would Go” slogan, but I may be wrong.
call me stupid…..please
The obvious eludes them
obviously
The problem is the whole them vs us, they vs we shit that is used (forgive the pronouns as I know they set off the political right). Personally, not a Republican and not a Democrat. As a result, partisanship doesn’t cloud my ability to think for myself and dislike the whole MAGA/Trump thing. The fact that I dislike MAGA/Trump also doesn’t automatically mean that I am a Biden or Harris supporter. I more dislike all politicians as they are a bunch of liars and snakes with Trump leading both categories. Just no way I can get onboard with thinking that anyone who doesn’t think and feel exactly the same was as me becomes my enemy. It’s just too fucked up and twisted for me to relate to.
yep , what you are saying is the system is completely broken , when we have little choice between 2 party’s, but to vote for one who we consider to be the lesser evil.
Fact , as a society we rate ( Polls) politicians as the least respected profession and also the least ethical……..at least ol donny has been transparent in creating a new deep state with his lobbyists/Billionaires….the grift is on…….exposing a system that is now staggering to a new chapter of enriching the already rich , by taxing the poor….fuck where’s Robim the Hood,LOL???
But all the people here that say that have never, EVER said a bad word about Biden or Harris.
well Biden left a very robust economy for ol donny boyo, and harris was roped in last minute because ol Biden had become ah too old to govern which is hilarious when you think people are considering trumpy for a 3rd term,LOL……….loony left rabid right!
Yeah, four year years as VICE pres. Thats not enuff time to get to know her obvsly
haha , VP ‘s a lot different to the Pres……..but she is a woman and black…..probably needed a lot more marketing ….must admit ol hair dunny is a genius at marketing……now lets see how his product goes….so far….??
Yeah ,so you think she was good.
uhhhhh….hello???
oblivious seems more pertinent….obviously!
That is clearly what he was getting at. I thought there might be entertainment in tossing his own comment back at him from 2 days ago knowing he was being sarcastic to begin with. I just didn’t expect to have to explain myself but here we are.
They’ve starting filming Point Break III https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
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Is that the picture before the orange one received a handy?
Le Handy, as Macron may call it
Le main, probs.
return of the Golden Hair Dunny…….we will welcome him with open arms and of course we will hide our women and children….let the Golden era of donny begin……so it finishes quicker,LOL!
He is the ultimate filthy pig!
Trump would have done one of the following:
1. Presented a map that he sharpied over altering the projection of the hurricane
2. Suggested that they nuke the hurricane
Oh wait he did both of those things.
and…”The Gold Coast of America”
the Gold Coast of Trump , could go very nice with trump Gaza?
he did get his revenge though by firing all the NOAA staff, who dared question his genius when he redirected the Hurrican that was hitting Florida…he has magic marker pen that controls the weather!!
Trump surf Bells https://uploads.disquscdn.c…
dude, your photoshop skills suck.
Hey I’m a boomer, so be impressed I’m aware of photoshop
at least he won’t have to put on his orangeness…..lol?
as he is letting go of his MAGA base!
If one chooses Kirra does it come with jet ski assist?
Sure does!
Well, ok but no DH driving – he’s got more life threatening destructive potential than Alfred.