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It's 19.3 in the water. Swell and waves and building numbers of surfers at the point. Frangi complains how the ocean is not conforming to his predictable predictions. My heart is a muscle and it pumps blood. Like a big old black steam train Trooper (aka Bev but mainly known... Continue reading
Posted Oct 24, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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Summer is back. The FFF are back. Bluebottles are back! But not in the waves, where joy and ranting and running are the essence of our morning. If you want to join the FFF, come on Fridays... 6.29am on the ramp... and then we make our way 100m down the... Continue reading
Posted Oct 17, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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We may never meet again So shed your skin and lets get started While Millie is at her first Coolangata Gold, Merman and Frangi talk tactics... how to beat her swimming It's 19.0C Someone check the Bakers thermometer! Heaven knows if he bakes with that thing. The corner is pumping... Continue reading
Posted Oct 10, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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16C 🌡️ 17C? it’s cloudy ☁️.. Water movement - it’s a bit choppy. Few waves. Visibility is average. Stairs from Special K... she slept in but contributed all the same. Here we go, here we go for one more turn Frangi details how the ocean is conforming to his standard... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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Shadows grow so long before my eyes And they're moving across the page Suddenly the day turns into night (ooh) Far away from the city I wonder how they have the power to shine, shine, shine Rustys Pitch Report: A deserted wall at 6am. We swam north with the Ocean... Continue reading
Posted Sep 13, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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Franjis Pitch Report Quite flat conditions across the bay and at the beach. There's a little bit of movement on the surface as a result of 20km winds from the NW. Great for a swim though with 1 foot waves at the beach. 17.2 degrees in. Happy Friday! This week... Continue reading
Posted Aug 29, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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In Ober-Roden, just out of Frankfurt Germany, the finest ciders in the world are made. On this day a long long time ago the town saw the birth of the finest Master Baker to grace our shores, our very own Andre Arndt. During the great milk shortage of 1969, cider... Continue reading
Posted Aug 15, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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I wake to a roar, 5km from the beach. Guy’s post talks of calmer waters. Say Yes to health & inner peace. Played in the waves for 45 minutes today. 2 Surfers turned into 200 and I exited. Chat to Trooper who was muttering something about surfer free zones. She'll... Continue reading
Posted Aug 1, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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Orange, blue, sharp lines, gathering crowds. The boys on the bench chatter. if you choose, choose to be happy.... Cold hands, warm hearts today. I'm sure it's warmer in the water than when Guy measures at 2am. The 6am crazies. Flashes of Phosphorescence from the point. Clear skies still full... Continue reading
Posted Jul 19, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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2 weeks on from the greatest swim of the year, we return to Shelly. A roaring southerly wind whips us, glad we're not naked this time. No pagan orgy either. I forget my towel. The 6am swimming headlights head back to Manly as we arrive. Still dark, no-one here, (didn't... Continue reading
Posted Jul 4, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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In a quiet pond near Royal Tunbridge Wells, Ironman Ian (not long of Manly and Cabbage Tree Bay) applies face paint, strips to his birthday suit and disturbs some rather plump looking ducks. A northern Summer Solstice. A normally bustling Friday morning at the wall by 6am, is eerily quiet...... Continue reading
Posted Jun 20, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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A welcome sight, the cafe is open after roller shutter problems this week. Overnight heavy rain, but still plenty of early morning swimmers. Darker at 6am than normal. Rustys pitch report: Headed north early, found Simon, Ali, Jen and friend playing in the waves at the pipe. I need a... Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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Taipan challenges everyone to breathe through your nose with your tongue out! A rising sun just stole my girl away. A setting moon. Yellow tail off the shed Reports of a gigantic swell, but really just a surge. Up the beach I found some parts of the promise. No-one out... Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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Never thought we'd ever end Is it that time. The light has almost gone. The carnival moves on Caroline's Pitch Report: Hot Cross Buns. It's 22.1C. DX continue their romance with the dark, lights flashing across the bay. A 20 foot Grey Nurse was sighted! (trust me, it was big).... Continue reading
Posted Mar 28, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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Fingerbone rolls past. Queenscliff standstill, still jammed with surf lifesavers. A southerly breeze greets me. Cleaning up. Normally bursting at the seams, Friday seems a little slow Franji stares seaward at the temp wall, measuring waves for his morning report. Everyday is 3-5 foot. The baker and his buns. Water... Continue reading
Posted Mar 14, 2024 at Pacific Jules
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Here I go out to sea again. The sunshine fills my hair Rusty's Pitch Report: The mighty Machine Men, take a sip of their orange juice?, before celebrating the Summer Solstice with a liberating, nude swim to Shelly. The 'dismount', a coordinated maneuver where budgies are removed and hoisted around... Continue reading
Posted Dec 21, 2023 at Pacific Jules
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7.30pm Ain Salah, Algeria, July 1992. The hottest place on the planet at the hottest time of the year. A motely crew of mad Englishmen arrive on their mountain bikes after crossing the Sahara Desert. A crescent moon rises over the desert. And the temperature starts to cool from the... Continue reading
Posted Nov 23, 2023 at Pacific Jules
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One word. Joy. So good to have Andre back amongst us. Sophia also back after a very civilized European visit..including a half marathon. Well done. Also back is the action event of the week... the FFF... remember 625am on the ramp. Every Friday. Blocky lays down the rules, we do... Continue reading
Posted Oct 27, 2023 at Pacific Jules
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We take a chance with new beginnings Still we try... win or lose Take the highs With the blues Rusty's and Faahany's Pitch Report Reports of big surf, coupled with the Sargasso sea at the shoreline yesterday, and we call half way. I see Franji heading for the Drinks Express,... Continue reading
Posted Oct 12, 2023 at Pacific Jules
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James and Michelle emerge James Bond and Halle Berry like, warriors from the dangerous surf. a Guy recruits assistance for our daily thermometer wall. I ponder what the 2 turtles are actually doing.... James shows off his bite size wetsuit damage. We watch the shark boat idle for 40 minutes... Continue reading
Posted Sep 28, 2023 at Pacific Jules
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it's just like the ocean under the moon. Oh, it's the same as the emotion that I get from you A scorching sun, flaming the clouds, cracks open at 6am. The 609 dawn patrol swells in size and they wade into the sunrise. You feel the turning of the world,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 14, 2023 at Pacific Jules
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The gurus pitch report Leaving the fast filling car park with a “spring” in my step on a good looking Friday morning, the gentle little sou-easter was a reminder that Mother Nature wasn’t done with winter just yet. 1st September - “a pinch and a punch for the first day... Continue reading
Posted Sep 1, 2023 at Pacific Jules
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The gurus pitch report Leaving the fast filling car park with a “spring” in my step on a good looking Friday morning, the gentle little sou-easter was a reminder that Mother Nature wasn’t done with winter just yet. 1st September - “a pinch and a punch for the first day... Continue reading
Posted Sep 1, 2023 at Pacific Jules