Quicksilver Pro

[popshuvit]

Watching this currently on the net.
They have moved the comp to Coolongatta Beach.
Looks like some pretty decent waves on offer, with the effects of the cyclone giving a bit of size... go you aussies.

[The Frog]

Taj in the water now but up against it with Dane Reynolds who got a 9.5 early on.

[popshuvit]

Geez... the weather has closed in big time there.

[popshuvit]

And it looks like the waves have increased in size & power.

[The Frog]

Yeah the surf has definately gotten bigger over the last two hours.

...and Taj got through.

[Donza]

Washing machine .com.

Hows that Rip, sweep.??!!!
that would be the worst to have a comp in.

[The Frog]

Would be worse if they didn't have the jetski to take them back out after each wave.

[SDJ]

i can think of a lot worse places to surf. smile.gif ive surfed snapper with only 3 others out only average waves but stilla great wave.

[spaz]

Love the Pro Tour online. A sporting event that doesn't suit TV, goes for daaayys, can't pick when the waves are on or when someones going to catch one.
Have Quicktime Player in the background while I do stuff on 'puter, click over when someone gets a wave.
10 events through the year, Quicksilver's the first.
Only the finals left. Tommorrow<big>?</big>

[spaz]

Taj gets through in the last second! After trailing the whole heat.

[The Frog]

Swell will be even bigger tomorrow but with the cyclone moving SE the southerly flow might clean it up a touch although it will still be very windy. Should be good to watch wherever they choose. I'd say Greenmount might be the go.

[popshuvit]

The first semi has just started, between Parko & Mick Fanning.
They have moved up to Kirra.
It looks pretty stormy with fairly larges waves on offer.

[Donza]

Parko through.


Taj getting swamped.

[popshuvit]

PArko got a awesome tube ride for a perfect 10.

[Donza]

taj needs a solid 7 and 9-10.

[SDJ]

Go Parko


How was semi No. 1 Insane.

Go Aussie Go Parko
graemlins/woohoo.gif

[popshuvit]

That 10pt tube he took was massive..

[spaz]

Arrggh! I'm missing it, dam lawn.

[SDJ]

Ahh ilost the live connection where did quiky pro go :(

[spaz]

too many people watching. I can't get it up at all, try the lower stream, might be less using it.

[popshuvit]

The final is just about to start...

[SDJ]

I cant even open the site now
dam it i was watchin from the start today and i got bumped off no fair :(

[spaz]

Got it working now, Final just started!
Have both low and high stream going, in case high goes down.

[SDJ]

graemlins/woohoo.gif im back on and so is it graemlins/woohoo.gif

[spaz]

Parko broke his board on second wave!

[The Frog]

Working fine here. smile.gif

[popshuvit]

another 10 for parko

[SDJ]

10 for Parko yooooooooo

[Donza]

He wins...with a 10 last wave

can't be beaten.

[bdenny4]

I must not know much about surfing cos how did that look better than the 7 point ride from de Souza?
Spend about the same time in the tube

Excuse my ignorance

[Donza]

Originally posted by bdenny4:
I must not know much about surfing cos how did that look better than the 7 point ride from de Souza?
Spend about the same time in the tube

Excuse my ignorance The take off was more critical. Also it was a bit chunkier and cleaner on exit.
But if i was scoring 9.

[popshuvit]

and he was pretty deep inside the wave as well

[Donza]

Originally posted by popshuvit:
and he was pretty deep inside the wave as well Yeah from the water parkos would have looked so good.

[spaz]

Late.. late takeoff, landed on the foam ball and couldn't be deeper in that tube, great exit, shoulda lost a point for the lame air. In comparison De Souza's was just a head dip.

Parko No.1!

[spaz]

Can't wait to see it on the telly in full resolution.

[SDJ]

makes me wanna get out... :( stoopid shoulder :(

[spaz]

When your rebuilding the muscle, I would think surfing will be a great strengthening exercise and you will have to do it at least three days a week. ;)
But buy a longboard so you don't work it to hard. Should be starting to get movement soon, did it get better through the day?

[The Frog]

Parko's take off was insane, full drop into a HUGE barrel. I would have said 9 though. They seem to give out waaaay too many 10s these days. I remember seeing the very first comp 10 when Derek Ho got abouta 5-6 second deep barrel at Pipe in the 80s....that would have been a 12-13 compared to todays 10s.

[Bendalong]

I think they gave Larry Blair a 10 at Queenscliff for his most awesome barrel in winning the 78? surfabout

[The Frog]

yeah the Surfabout at North Steyne riding the lefts that was, against the late Wayne Lynch...was a bit before my time but I have seen footage. Blairs 10 was about 7 seconds inside the barrel.

[SDJ]

Originally posted by spaz:
When your rebuilding the muscle, I would think surfing will be a great strengthening exercise and you will have to do it at least three days a week. ;)
But buy a longboard so you don't work it to hard. Should be starting to get movement soon, did it get better through the day? ;)

i already got a few longboards its the short boards that need replacing/repair my fav board is currently held together by a steel bar and sme wide gaff tape :D still rides ok snapp is about a foot back from nose so only really notice it when duck diving or steep take offs.

As for the shoulder i have 1 exercise to do till i geet out of the sling no physio till then. then i go from there but from the post op report i wont be in the water for a few monts atleast :(

im actually plannin on getting a paddle board (clubby style) for fitness and strengthening work so will put it to good use through rehab period id imagine

[Spiceman]

I was just a kid when Blair won that Coca Cola Surfabout comp and remember watching that wave... very cool but geez he was a tosser... He had a very large ego from memory and let everyone know it. My mate was his nephew or cousin or something like that and I remember going out to his pad in Coogee and just seeing boards everywhere... I was about 10 at the time...