Tigertracks

October 13th 2009

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Another pulse in the swell had hit the G-Land Surf overnight, and there were some thick sets coming in throughout the day, a good 6-8ft at times. Offshore winds were up all day long, talk about a good run of October winds!

Money Trees was the section breaking the whole time in (more…)

October 10th 2009

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

G-Land Bobby’s Surf Camp had 11 people leave and 7 arrive. Of the 7, Michael Narchi arrived in camp, and I will be training him during my final 6 days, as he will be taking over as surf guide for the rest of the season. He has surfed G-Land many times in the past, shapes his own boards, and is often seen out in big G-Land waves riding his 5′9 twin fin! I think he’s going to make a good surf guide, and he will add a good style to the job here.

G-Land Surf was a bit bigger today, plenty of 4-5ft sets (more…)

October 8th 2009

Friday, October 9th, 2009

G-Land was a similar size to yesterday, although a touch less power and height. Today the wind was better, by late morning there was a fairly good trade up, and through the afternoon there were some pretty clean waves. The odd good barrel was ridden here and there.

G-Land Surf had waves all down the reef through (more…)

October 6th 2009

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

G-Land Surf had a slight increase today, the sets were 3-4ft all morning, and then in the afternoon there were solid 5ft sets up at the Kongs end of the reef. The wind was rather variable all day, not really a great offshore, but clean still, and some really nice overhead walls to be ripped up. Before dark I even got into a few nice glassy tubes and got some super smooth Ledge pockets, that my old 6′1 channels board sliced like a hot knife through butter.

All morning and early afternoon I did some surf coaching down at Tigertracks with Hoppy, the daughter of AFL legend Gerard Healy, as well as (more…)

October 5th 2009

Monday, October 5th, 2009

G-Land hadn’t dropped in size, infact there was some new sort of swell trying to show itself. A high peak period and much more west meant that by the afternoon Kongs had some nice 3-4ft sets. In the morning it was about 2-3ft. The wind was fairly variable most of the morning, but offshore and clean late morning onwards.

I went down to Tigertracks and (more…)

October 3rd 2009

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

Welcome back to G-Land Bobby’s Surf CampĀ Mr George, aka Mr Coca Cola, perhaps the guy who has spent the most amount of days in G-Land than anybody else?! A legend in his own right, he knows the G-Land Surf like the back of his hand, he’s in his 50’s and he’s fit as a fiddle, rides a variety of surfboards and surfs 2-3 times a day, and outpaddles everybody!

G-Land was about 3-4ft in the morning with (more…)

September 30th 2009

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

G-Land had fun waves today, but today pretty much rounded off the worst September in memory! In saying that there was waves every day to be had, not too crowded, and constantly increasing water temperatures, as well as no shortage in wave height. Just not so many days with good quality barrels. I have a good feeling October is going to be nice with good winds and end the season with a bang!

G-Land Surf was 4-5ft up at Kongs and Fan Palms, (more…)

September 28th 2009

Monday, September 28th, 2009

As I was saying in yesterdays report, I boarded the G-Land Bobby’s Surf Camp fast boat G-Land Express without any sleep, although got some shut-eye on the smooth ride over, and on the boat was 4 friends from New Zealand. 2 Fathers and each with a 13 year old son. All excited to experience the magic of G-Land!

G-Land Surf was 3-5ft through the day, with (more…)

September 16th 2009

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

Happy 60th Birthday Charlie Q!! As I write this at the G-Land Bobby’s Surf Camp restaurant round table, Charlie is sitting next to me eating a slice of his delicious birthday cake he received from the staff here with a traditional birthday celebration. Charlie caught some nice waves in his G-Land Surf Session in the 4-5ft range, not many people out, and clean conditions.

G-Land has had a bit of extra rain lately, (more…)

September 11th 2009

Friday, September 11th, 2009

G-Land provided me with a really good sleep last night, waking up after 8am, I walked to the beach and holy sh*t its perfect offshore already, not one person out, and 5-6ft! If I had have woken up earlier I would have been out even earlier. But anyway after some breakfast and warm-ups, I was out by 10:30am, and for a good hour there was no more than 10 of us sharing some sick as waves. Sets were solid 6ft, sometimes 8ft, and some nice clean walls and barrels to be had! By 12 there were maybe 40 or 50 guys on the Tree and I was off it, so I simply paddled in for lunch.

G-Land Surf just got bigger through the afternoon, and (more…)