Hey - It's been a while again - Not that tehre's been no waves worth reporting, but that I have'nt had my s%$t together for pics.

The last few days have been classic - great conditions and weather. I'm surfed out ! Its been a long time since I had 4 surfs in 3 days.

This is the secret spot at the end of the street -

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I've checked this spot numerous times but it's bee "almost" until today, so I joined Nathan out there minutes after this -

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Unknown - Mini-simmon's-ing it at Mumbles.

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Mumbles Ulus impersonation

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Like Father...

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Like Son...

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I'll be resting up for a few days now...once again just as the surf goes to crap.

JD

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With the swell building all week and a major spike expected for the afternoon, it was off work, pull out the big guns. This little nook was my home break for three years, and it calls like sirens...

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The conditions look like holding for a couple of days...apologies to anyone whose board is late!

JD

A jump in swell size and a respite from Sou-westers made for a classic Vicco afternoon yesterday...not the biggest but clean and regular enough.

The spot at the end of the road again...a great reason to leave work early and surf by moonlight!

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My Lil' Bro is between Jobs...he came down yesterday, dragged me out of the shaping room, force-fed me coffee to amp me up for a wave.

Nice straight swell but limited options with an upcoming tide led to an onshore suit-up and-go surf. It's good what you find sometimes when you go out without looking!

Some nice lefts as the wind backed off.

The clifftop vantage point at this spot gives great view of the action below - here's TTT giving it some stick on one of my concave deck boards...

JD

I used up all my credit with the wifey and had to settle for a quick surf closer to home on Sunday - This spot is the first beach at the end of a dirt road. So while Parko was killing it in front of the paparazzi, I took note of one unknown laying down some respectable tracks.

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Conditions turned to shite again just in time for work...fabulous!

The conditions have been excellent the last two days. Obviously with the Bells easter classic on right now, Bells is off limits. There's a reason why Bells and Winki get the accolades - they picj up the most swell.

With today a public holiday coinciding with the contest, any known spots were certain to be crowded. A favourite spot i've had to myself many times was doing a superbank imitation with 60 people out, so a bit of hunting was called for.

The driving paid off eventually - I got some waves with relatively few in the water, and beat the afternoon wind change.

A couple of lesser-known Vicco set-ups...

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I've been sussing out this bowly little lefthander for a long while now - Big potential but yet to score it epic. Today however I found I'm not the only one -

But I guess that means I'm not daydreaming about secret-spots...

Lone unknown slashing with an audience of one.

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Hey folks its been waaay too long between posts. No excuses, but I'll redeem myself.

This is my first mobile load-up. I'm posting while watching this from my car and shortly to be out there!

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Not too shabby, bigger than yesterday but still a little wonky. The west wind is getting to it a little a nd a strong sweep is separating the men from boys.

JDwww.joshdowlingshape.com

A number of prime days in the last week.

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With Bells being regulation big and nice, I went elsewhere for a bit of Mysto factor-

"Dangeroos" - Lonely and with a shoreline that looks like suicide, I have'nt worked out if it's do-able yet...

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A drumbeat for the arrival of a new swell after some seriously ugly weather the last few days...

With scarcely time to clean up from a wicked southerly yesterday, the Ocean was surprisingly tidy today. Not Corduroy, but packing some wallop...

Crispy Morning goodness at yet another location you actually have to look for...

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