by Franck Gazzola | Aug 23, 2010 | Daily Updates
Beautiful sunny skies in the lead up to Spring this past week. You can smell it in the warmer air, she's just around the corner!
With a bit of variety in terms of surf conditions, Tuesday and Wednesday were the bigger days. The surf slowly dwindled away in the later part of the week, until Sunday when we had a little bump in short range southerly swell. Most of our stretch was being utilised, with waves at both Bronte and Tama, plus smaller ones coming in to Maroubra.
There is not much to look forward to this week, although Thursday is a possibility with a 2-3ft short period south swell. So, even if the surf isn't doing much, get out there and enjoy the warmer weather in the prelude to Spring!
Frothers' photog Brad has been out of action this week. Thanks to the rest of the team for holding down the fort, especially Billy Morris. One of the best and most experienced surf photographers in Australia, Bill has been out and about this week capturing the action. If you see his head bobbing out in the line up, or on the beach with his machine gun like set up, go ahead and say G'day!
Also be sure to check out this weeks update from Bondeye Candy. We reckon they just keep getting better and better and hopefully gives you a little insight about what it was like in the water the past week around town. Cheerio and enjoy the week ahead!
by Franck Gazzola | Aug 16, 2010 | Daily Updates
We had every colour of the rainbow this week. Beginning with small waves on Monday & Tuesday. An east swell was on the charts, and it came to fruition on Wednesday. Bondi had a couple of rippable right handers, by all reports Maroubra was good and Tama went off for the late. Then the surf went pretty much back to nothing when we woke on Thursday morning.
By the afternoon the first pulses from the new south ground swell started to show up. And it hit with a punch on Friday the 13th! All along our Eastern beaches we watched 10ft beasts surge to shore. For those of us lucky enough to sneak away from work there were only a few options. Fairy Bower, on the North side and a few South Coast breaks were on fire! Frothers' photog Brad Malyon and Bronte madmen Luke Daniels, Ryan Clark and Liam Taylor managed a trip down south, where they were rewarded with perfect 6ft barrels.
Best of luck goes out to Tom Whitaker and Blake Thornton as they head to Tahiti later this week. They both need good results for any chance to make it through the cut off! Good luck fella's. While on the topic of the ASP, Bondi's Perth Standlick has won two Pro Juniors in a row in Japan. Great work mate!
There looks to be a little something building from the south on Tuesday and it should be looking the goods for Wednesday morning. Is that the sound of someone frothing. Enjoy the week and happy surfing Frothers!
by Franck Gazzola | Aug 9, 2010 | Daily Updates
Although the week started off a bit slow, with near flat conditions on Monday, most of us held out hope that things would improve. The southerly hit Monday night and it packed quite a punch! With Bondi's tent city torn to shreds overnight, we woke to 6 – 8 ft windy woppers rocking in. Wednesday was probably the best day to have a wave, with a few lucky early birds sharing some waves with dolphins at Bronte and Tama. Make sure to check out the shots in this week's slideshow.
The Frothers' team would like to send out a big congrats to Tom and Yolanda Whitaker, for the birth of their new little man Fynn Winter Whitaker last week. If he takes after his daddy we'll see him ripping up Bronte reef in no time!
Hit the link to check out Bondeye Candy's weekly vid. With this week's music coming from Black Taj, the song is 'Fresh air traverse' from their album 'Beyonder'. You can purchase it HERE through itunes if you like what you hear.
The surf looks to be pretty good all week, so get out there and get your froth on!
by Franck Gazzola | Aug 2, 2010 | Daily Updates
Well, what a mixed bag we had last week! We started off with a fair sized swell from the SE which kept most of us amped, but closer to the weekend things got a little on the small side. The longboards were out in full force over the past few days with Bondi's sand banks turning on a bite sized treat.
Wednesday morning at Tama was the place to be, as the swell straightened to the East and cleaned up overnight thanks to a nice NW wind. Tama stalwarts Duncan Lovely, Derek Recio and Andrew Chapman all took advantage of the little surprise package before work! Christian Besserra also nailed a couple in between the above mentioned trio's rampaging Tama tactics. Luke Mussett caught some great action around the traps this week, so check out Bondeye Candy's video footage HERE.
By Tuesday morning we will see a big increase in south swell that will last throughout the week. It's not going to be anything special and far from perfect as it looks to be only a 9 sec swell period. Wednesday and Thursday look to be the pick this week with the wind expected to swing back to the W/NW. So get out there and enjoy it. We think a sneaky trip down the coast to a protected reef break may be in order!
by Franck Gazzola | Jul 26, 2010 | Daily Updates
Welcome to the new look Frothers and the start of a new working week. We were lucky enough to have something worth sliding on for most of last week, but that was only if you were brave enough to venture into the winter waters. Generally, the days started off with some chilly SW winds which kept the waves clean and rideable through until mid morning, when the devil wind came to life from the SE ruining our fun.
Some standouts in the water this week were Mick Marj, getting some serious tube time "over the hill" as well as little 11 yr old supergrom Ethan Davis taking flight – both shot by grommet photog Jeremy Shanahan. Caleb Reid again was busting the tail out most days, but it was Insight designer Ryan Hanrahan that nailed a sick air in the south corner at Bondi, lunchtime on Tuesday.
Tuesday and Wednesday look to be the pick of the bunch as far as conditions go this week. Expect a rising south swell on Tuesday lasting throughout Wednesday, with light offshore winds. It's sounding good to us. See you out there!
by Franck Gazzola | Jul 23, 2010 | Daily Updates
A few of the local surfers from Bronte and a couple of Lifeguards from Bondi Rescue went on a well deserved trip to Nias in late June. As you can see they well and truely got what they were after. Some big throaty drainers, a few snapped boards and a few crazy crappy haircuts. The guys stayed at a place named Rafaels. A great place to stay after the 48 hr journey to get there. For those that don't know Nias is an Island in North Sumatra, Indonesia that has a perfect right hand break dishing up some of the best barrels in the world. Surfers featured are Liam Taylor (Itchy), Ryan Clark (Whippet) , John Dwyer (Bones), Mouse as himself and Matt (Slowy) Sloaman. Luke Daniels failed to submit his shots in time due to further shananigans in Bali.
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