Time: 55 mins
Surf: 3 times
Conditions: Hip to shoulder high, random, short period, high tide. Onshore wind
NOTE: VIDEO TO COME
Hooked up with another great group of people from The Sydney Surf Group. Their skills ranged from beginner to experienced, but they all had one thing in common, a positive attitude. Great to be around!
I think it's official, Sydney has skipped summer and has gone into winter with a vengeance! Stunning, bloody-hot-weather yesterday, then it pissed down overnight. Grey, gloomy, rainy today. Guess that's why the water tasted so off at Bondi this morning.
Bondi 7 AM: onshore wind was blowing strongly and all I could see was white water from north to south. Had to pick a spot which would not freak the beginners out. Tough call. Went down south and felt some comfort when I spotted the surf school going out.
Stayed with the beginners for a bit in the white water and it must have been a hard slog for them because the waves were relentless. Just getting far enough out to catch a little one back in was tough. Eventually I paddled out (with a lot of effort) and sat with the rest of the group.
Not a huge number of surfers in the water. Majority were on shortboards. Watched a few ripping it up. This included Matt, Aus and Scott from our group. I managed to score one long ride in and was really aware of the missing thruster fin which I lost nearly a year ago at the Bower. Mistimed a few and got smashed.
Afterwards, our group sat around eating breakfast and telling surf-horror-stories, which probably wasn't such a great thing for the beginners. To top it off, I banged on a bit about how much time you've got to put into learning to surf. Oops. At least they never have to surf alone!
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