Its sad to say folks but we may be staring down the barrel of the gun not the waves as we look to surpass
the 5 weeks of flatness last seen in 2005.
Grit your teeth, grin and bear it and hold onto your chair as we surge forward into the unknown.
Here is a quick excerpt from NIWA which gives hope heading towards the end of March.
" Flat until the end of March brah"
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
Nelson Crew Go Well at Go for Gold
Ben Winmill on his way to finals time. |
The best part about the whole weekend is that it was instigated by the grommets, Jimmy McKay and Jackson pulling their finger out and saying "hey we wanna do this". Previous generous sponsorship was once again on offer for those competing taking the sting out of the price tag and big thanks go to John Hogan at Hogeys surf shop along with Russell Bruce of "Bruce Design&Build" for helping out the guys with petrol and entry fee costs.
Ben recieving his fourth place prize in longboards. |
Nelson Boardriders Club itself, does not provide funds towards these events but with networking, and the correct fundraising it is possible for all the crew to have a cheap weekend away.
Days Since Last Waves In Nelson : 21days (not that bad ya sook's)
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Flat Water Fun
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Former Nelson Lad Shapes up a Storm
Moving to Australia a few years back, former Nelson skater/surfer Chris "gnome" Orr, has embarked on one of the trickiest
games in the modern surfing world. Starting out small a couple of years ago Chris is now
spitting out some healthy looking boards and has stretched his arms out back to his old local
inviting any keen Nelson crew to check out his stuff and get in touch.
Chris will be travelling back to Nelson in late march/early April and said he would love to get some
local boys riding his shapes. Checkout his blog below.....
http://gnomeorrshapingco.tumblr.com/
games in the modern surfing world. Starting out small a couple of years ago Chris is now
spitting out some healthy looking boards and has stretched his arms out back to his old local
inviting any keen Nelson crew to check out his stuff and get in touch.
Chris will be travelling back to Nelson in late march/early April and said he would love to get some
local boys riding his shapes. Checkout his blog below.....
http://gnomeorrshapingco.tumblr.com/
Monday, February 11, 2013
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Settle into the Flatness
(above): Happier times at Snappers/ |
Top 5 Reasons why Flat Spells are Good
5: You can concentrate on other less important things such as work.
4: No need to hide that Christmas belly in the snappers carpark.
3: Spend more time with your family.
2: Become more appreciative of when there actually is swell.
1: Turn to alternative activities such as fishing, fishing and fish.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Anatori Glory
Not to be outdone by the shenanigans of most of the Nelson lot,
Conal Parkes took a step out of the box and headed to the Northwest coast finding some gems
at Sandhill and Anatori, rumoured also to be in the area was Keni Duke
(above): Conal Parkes needed a bib after rocking up to this salivative lineup. |
Thanks for the photos guys and keep em' coming!!
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Desperado Swell and West Coast Melts
After two solid weeks without waves everyone seemed to have had enough and a couple of different sets of crews headed to the West Coast for Saturday's predicted (by swellmap) 10 out of 10 swell.
The boys werent dissapointed with Jackson Gregory, Roz Dubz, Liam Buttner and company scoring all time Cobden/Channel joined by Christchurch talent scouts Taylor Mcneill and Tristan "T-Yazz" Yarrell.
Bruce Wilson made a quick Cameo appearance before sneaking back up the coast for some more secluded gems.Meanwhile, back at the Nelson ranch, people were convulsing in disgust at just the mere thought of those lucky crew scoring all time West magic....
Locally.......... Monday night (nelson anniversary) saw a quickly rising groundswell disguised as a windswell glass off and some lucky lads surfed until dark whilst the leftover swell the next day reminded everyone of winter with snow on the western ranges and 11 degree air temp highly contrasting the night before's boardshorts surf.
Silly season is over and its time to surf so start your chanting and lets get surf city back in the mode!!!
Photo Credits: Wilson
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