Flat spell breaks at last

Dave and Cass, Dan, Nicky, Zef and Evie along with Scott and Brian all enjoyed the charms of Pointies on a stellar weather day and a few waves to boot. The flat spell was cracked and some nice waves were ridden. Dan's new quiver got a workout, his classic single fin doing the job (see above) while Nicky worked some magic on the wood veneer super mal. Zef is turning into a very talented little grommy: won't be long before he's outsurfing all of us.
Ran into Mark down at Alleycats and he reported they'd scored some really nice waves at Cliffs on Friday afternoon/evening......we're all happy! (check slideshow above)

somewhere off the SW of Oz

A picture speaks a thousand words...check the article

some action?

All charts pointed to a little swell spike late arvo/evening and early shots from the east coast showed some promise. Rumour has it that some one (or more) of the lads got out, but who? Maybe we'll get a report...
Anyway, let's hope something is happening to cause a few bumps on our flat seas...the weekend is shaping up OK at this stage.
(this photo has nothing to do with this entry...I found it and thought it looked great!)

Fishing Frenzy!

Dan reports from the weekend (bad news about Pointies, at least until winter....)

"With Pointies permanent closed due to surf life saving training days, we had headed to Jinshan. Slightly more than a shore lap with loads of contestants in the water did little to inspire a session. Luckily we had a borrowed SUP that provided loads of fun.
Towards the end of the afternoon a few fishermen decided to up the casualty factor and hauled their fishing boat in to the small peak for a bit of extra fun."
(words and photos by Dan/Nicky)

Shameless!

This heat and lack of swell has meant I am shamelessly sourcing photos from Surfella the last couple of weeks. Not much action again, and the water temps are pretty much "warm bath" like, so it isn't even very refreshing. Maybe some of our other members got some surf??
(thanks again to photos from surfella)

Dieses surft in Deutschland

Our own pointyhat member Andrew witnessed this bizarre surfing in a river in Munich on his recent holiday. I have to say this is real dedication to the craft and they look like they're really carving a few good lines here too.

On Golden Pond

Wushi gang is a pretty picture in the early golden light: if you can get your mind around the lack of swell and the crowd! (photo courtesy of Surfella)

We're back!

Dave's big purple mal got a workout as did the shorter boards as Merewether served up day after day, week after week of solid groundies with light to strong offshores. A very solid winter season.
I'll post some shots of freezing Dunedin (how does Tucker do it?!) as soon as I scramble a few together that don't make me look too soft...
Send some shots along Pointies if you have any...

Dunedin

Dave is about to hop into single figure degree water in Dunedin tomorrow. Ross has the top entry 3/3 wetsuit ready and Dave is steeling himself forthe challenge. Queenstown was extreme, but this Dunedin is also extremely cold!
Merewether has produced some great swell in the first few weeks, but obviously dodging the sealions and avoiding hypothermia will be high on the agenda for tomorrow...stay tuned!

Here is the NZ slide show

Pointyhat's Annual Holiday

(This time last year at Merewether: let's hope there is something similar...)

GP and Tobes got some pretty good surf at Baishawan over the weekend with some nice shoulder height waves to be had on Sunday.

The blog will take its annual holiday over the next couple of months as people disperse around the world. Bring back a couple of shots or stories about your surfing adventures and we'll get them posted on here in early August. A new "Pointy of the Month" soon after we come back as well.

Rip into a few, do some soul surfing, enjoy, but most importantly come back safe and sound....