República Portuguesa

One week to go, lets hope we get a few days like this.

Plaza-ering

Few more quickly taken pictures from last weekends skate at Truro Plaza. It's an interesting place, a whole lot of it appears to just be steps, massive steps, which not many people seem not to skate. That said theres a few fun bits and bobs scattered about to hit up, and the mini ramp is mellow fun on a shower dodging afternoon.

Standard

Seeing as Chris 'Pikerust' Bisson has stitched me up on his blog, again, I thought it only fair to post this picture taken this past weekend of El Whippito executing his standard "hot street move" at Truro Plaza. He's also due to get hitched so we're all off to Portugal for some warm waves and stag/eel do action in 2 weeks time - stoked.

Some more from this session coming soon.

The other TC

Whilst looking for fins for my new board I was reminded of the other TC - Tom Carroll and the picture of "that" snap at Pipeline. I had a ripped out magazine page of this on my wall and it wasn't just the fact where he was doing it as much as the fact his board was massive and he's not the biggest guy. Insanely radical stuff, as were the 2 10pt rides he also managed that day.

Nothing Meaner

No waves this weekend meant that I got to sneak off for a skate on sunday, and a quickly organised session at the Deaner was the call. This was my old local, I lived 2 minutes skate away and I love this place. Not the easiest to skate, mainly down to the fact it's downhill but spend some time here and the lines will appear.

It's had a revamp recently and there's a new bowl at the bottom where the gnarly old crusty ramp used to be. It ain't the best bowl in the world but then it's the Deaner and something thats fucked up kind of fits in better then something perfect.

This was taken back when you were guaranteed a good crowd down there on a summers evening. Matt 'Boyo' Williams with a well caught backside flip for the peanut gallery.

Gimme shelter

The importance of a sheltered spot in these windy climes is not one to be sniffed at. I grew up with Coney Beach as my go to spot and it's still serving me well. A lot of people hate the place, and with good reason as it's often a massive closeout, overcrowded and, well, a pretty shitty place. There are occasionally a few nuggets of gold amongst all the donkey shit if you get lucky. Some waves you can even do a few turns (my record stands at 5 turns, something I don't think will be repeated for a while).

My last 2 surfs were both at Coney, with a quick hour in a lumpy, confused Rest until the tide got too high and I picked the wrong gulley to get out in. The first Coney session was a late evening, cross shore, typically crowded closeout-fest. Fun for a while but nothing seriously rad. The next morning the swell had dropped a little and it was pretty glassy, perfect for the log. The difference of a less crowded, sunny day seemed to make it a different spot altogether. It also helps that the log loves a walled up wave. 1 spot, 2 surfs and 2 different experiences.

Take 3

So this is the 3rd blog attempt at something a little more substantial. Hopefully there'll be a bit more interesting surf related content and more than likely a few sneaky skate bits. As I'm now a professional "man-of-leisure" (House husband) there should be slightly more regular updates about stuff I (and usually only I) find interesting, random snaps and the odd surf I manage to sneak.