teahupoo tow in surfing - highlights from yesterdays session

shades of blue · Post by **shades of blue** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 4:14 pm

the world tour pro comp was put on hold for this...

The 15-25 ft Tow Session today was incredible, check out the highlights from a very special day in surfing's history

breakdown on the live session... http://billabongpro.com/tahiti11/heat-analyzer-gb

or a 3 minute preview

big bad & heavy...

finji · Post by **finji** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:12 pm

hoooly shit, huge but pretty messy/untidy too, that's probably why so many people were eating shit. Chopes just blows my mind every time I see it..

shades of blue · Post by **shades of blue** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 5:48 pm

comp back on, live action here

http://billabongpro.com/tahiti11/live-gb/

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:27 pm

yeah watchin' live now on Fuel TV
Towner insane yesterday
when you think how a 1 foot thick lip can bury you into a reef
imagine what an 8 foot thick lip can do!!

shades of blue · Post by **shades of blue** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:16 am

did you see that growler andy irons caught on the tow in day !?

ho damn !!

them tow in chargers ave' got an extra nut, no question...

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:40 pm

not the ones here that use it to drop in at 3 ft

reckon Owen Wright earned the second 10 but I shouldn't care...fuck competition surfing.

vertx · Post by **vertx** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 1:51 pm

Caught the end of this before, fucking monstrous....

fuck competition surfing...

Straight up, takes all the fun away

vertx · Post by **vertx** » Mon Aug 29, 2011 2:21 pm

finji wrote:hoooly shit, huge but pretty messy/untidy too, that's probably why so many people were eating shit. Chopes just blows my mind every time I see it..

Just saw on your blog your a fellow bodyboarder! If your haven't, check out the IBA at chopes when Damien King wins in like 2003/2004, some real history there and some huge waves, probably the biggest IBA Tahiti event in terms of swell ever. I think it's on one of the early Tension vids from back in the day, massive stuff.

EDIT just found this pic of the riptide cover he got, barrel claim and all

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 2:41 pm

hey finally some surfers on here
(ds must've really sold out

)
yeah I remember that Chopes cos I ride lids too.

gotta admit Slater was having fun in the final
& even the freesurfers were giving up choice barrels

vertx · Post by **vertx** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:54 am

Slater rides the chopes like none other

sd5 What part of Sydney you from? what's your local wave?

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:19 am

grew up surfing Cronulla Point,the Island & Vooey
so crowded now I mainly surf Wanda, Windy & Wombarra.
You?

finji · Post by **finji** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:29 am

Shark Island? Jeez another terrifying slabby wave, wish I lived near some class waves like that. Good to see some more surfers/bodyboarders here!

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 6:26 am

Well I'm glad I didn't grow up surfing the North Sea finj.
What's the best wave you've ever had around your way?
(like locally, not Cornwall or France)

Swissdub · Post by **Swissdub** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:08 pm

just a quick shout out to dean bowen, charging this thing at 19 years of age, went to school with the kid,

anyone see dean's wipeout at shipsterns? kid has some massive balls

vertx · Post by **vertx** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:28 pm

sd5 wrote:grew up surfing Cronulla Point,the Island & Vooey
so crowded now I mainly surf Wanda, Windy & Wombarra.
You?

Nice one, you surf suck rock much?

I'm up on the northern beaches, around mona vale / narrabeen area so just a few of the local reefs and beachies, nothing special but when I was super motivated I'd head up the central coast or down to the south coast for some real waves, not doing too much of that these days though.

@finji I can't begin to imagine how cold the north sea is

Whats the surf like?

finji · Post by **finji** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:01 pm

Yeah guys it get's stupidly cold here in winter, donning the 6mm wetsuit all year round.. Surf can be pretty good when there's a nice low pressure system and a storm near Norway. Classic waves like that are rare though really.. There's one good point break around here called Cayton Bay Point

Still Jealous of you guys up in Australia, It's not good for bodyboarding here because there's no real slabs, just kind of weak waves mostly.. That's why I want to check out western Ireland !

nousd · Post by **nousd** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:01 pm

^nice inside suck, better than I thought you'd get conditions-wise

& I used to surf Suck Rock...
the right is a lovely tight backdoor barrel but everybody & his dog is on it nowdays
I'm happy to say I've had Little Av at 6' offshore to myself too!
Lived for a few years near Depot before the bombie got mobbed...
but I've still got a few secret spots down the coast.

vertx · Post by **vertx** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:09 pm

LA without the locals

Crowds are out of control in Sydney

That's a real nice area of coast down Bawley Point to Durras, plenty of quality in a relatively small patch of coast line
Funny how after Todd Barnes did Video with that first real big session at Depot everyone started going crazy for the wave, I only went out there once and I don't think I ever will again

It's been so long since I've been down, stinging for a quick run and gun to Mystics for some wedges

Sydney may not have dubstep but at least we have waves

shades of blue · Post by **shades of blue** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:28 pm

next stop New York of all places !

comp starts real soon....

Swissdub · Post by **Swissdub** » Thu Sep 01, 2011 8:31 pm

vertx wrote:LA without the locals Crowds are out of control in Sydney

That's a real nice area of coast down Bawley Point to Durras, plenty of quality in a relatively small patch of coast line
Funny how after Todd Barnes did Video with that first real big session at Depot everyone started going crazy for the wave, I only went out there once and I don't think I ever will again

It's been so long since I've been down, stinging for a quick run and gun to Mystics for some wedges

Sydney may not have dubstep but at least we have waves

yeah man, south coast has some awesome waves.

i grew up in gerringong, had a few secretish waves around there.

did you ever get to go out at aussie pipe (black rock)

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