Beware the river outlets...

Dave surfs in the background of the river of death: He is just surfacing today after 4 days totally incapacitated from a vicious bug picked up surfing in the filth of the Rocket's outfall... and it wasn't even that good!

Ten ten

The cliff had some nice clean swell, but it tended to be a bit full. A move round the corner to the Rocket was great for Dave: the waves a little smaller but breaking on a bank, quite glassy and moving quickly across the inner bank. Lots and lots of fun little lefts all to himself!

Tobes, Gary and the boys were out at Fulong where Dan and family went yesterday as well. Dave was on his way today, but couldn't rouse Tobes on the phone... understandable: he was probably out surfing!

Kids Cut Loose

Tobes is taking some great still and video footage on his in-water wrist camera. Jack and Luke are really showing some great balance and ability these days, while GP continues to style. Only trouble with taking these shots is that we don't get any of Tobes himself!

Slater: 9X

One of, if not the, greatest sportsmen to ever live has taken out an unbelievable 9th world title. It's almost impossible to use enough superlatives to describe this achievement, so I won't try! Check this article instead...

Gary and Tobes really enjoyed some nice clean waist high shooters at Pointies yesterday. They were getting some 25 metre rides after a steep takeoff...sounded like fun!

Rumour has it that one of the Pointyhats has turned to the dark side: high powered motorbikes being ridden all weekend long? Guess who has a new toy?!

Saturday Swell II

Looks like Danno got to surf the legendary Dog Bay just out of Dasi. This wave is the one where Dave and Ross got some heart-in-the-mouth lefts some years ago. Only works about once a year. Dan reports in: "Hitting a small spot just before town we happened to see a guy tuck in to an outstanding wave and hit the water. It was breakin pretty heavy and close to the rocks but being a respite from months without surf I was into it, despite the lack of fitness that left me grasping for breath after the heavy poundings. Each set got bigger and bigger and eventually after a couple of hours it was just not handing the size and the only thing to do was to paddle in. Only a few people paddled out during the session with the rest watchign from the safety of the shoreline. One local dude was absolutely ripping the place up with an impressive desplay of solid surfing. On the way back past Dashi the beach was empty and sizeable waves were washing in."
See video above.

Saturday Swell

It was a very interesting day. Dave headed to Greenball via Pillbox. Dan went to Fulong, then Dasi. Scott was at Pointies, then Little Yeliou. Pillbox, above had a touch of offshore, but was messy and swell in the wrong direction. Greenball was pumping some typhoon generated surging waves, it was very windy and a strong current. Dave met JB at Greenball and Scott reported some smaller stormies coming in at the top coast. Dan was headed to Dasi as Fulong was maxed out.

Dave joined a small crew out at Greenball, but was a total kook, hardly getting a decent wave on his brand new MR Spitfire. It was however, great to feel some surging water power again, but probably not the best choice for a wave after two months off! The camaraderie of the guys out there was great: lots of help to pull boards up over the pods, as the water really surged up to the exit spot. To add insult to injury he managed to crunch two dings through the glass on the bottom of his pristine newie...

Finally.....!

Tobes reports in from yesterday afternoon: "Nice swell yesterday… with occasional shoulder/head high sets. Started off too crowded, but by late afternoon the crowd had thinned out. Really fun day. The local boys said today should be more of the same. Perhaps a little smaller, best in afternoon. Attached are some photos/vids taken with the “gopro” from the beach in very low light so the quality is not so great. That camera needs lots of sunshine to be at its best."

I'll try to post a little video Tobes took as well. It's great to see a few waves breaking at long last!

Sinlaku sighs

Dave left Dan in the lurch at 5am on Saturday, but there wasn't much on. Surf was big and wild as expected, but the boys in blue were everywhere. No more joy this morning as Green Ball had a small, but nice shape...just taking this photo inspired a local roller to stop and wait till I got back in the car. Pillbox was too full and everywhere had the most water flowing over rocks and banks that I've ever seen. Local news reported some foreigners not heeding police calls to get out of the water: unfortunately, it wasn't us!

Stand up wind swell

Tobes and Gary got some standup action at Jinshan proper really early on Sunday morning. It was pretty much just a wind swell, but still a bit of a wave. Pointy of the Month coming soon....

New Header!

We have a new header featuring our guys on our local breaks with lots of different styles portrayed. I think it gives a good idea of our philosophy (having fun), and also shows what we can get if we're patient enough!

Dan Robbo reminded me of the magic seaweed site, and I've moved their Wushi graphic down on the right under the Wavewatch graphic. There is also a link under "Taiwan" on the right. Check it out: they have great reports and links to all sorts of other pics, blogs and sites.