East Coast Swells At Its Best

StJohnLombard_Bodyboarder
April 2008
Well maybe not its best, but still pretty close.

So A friend and I go for a walk down a certain part of the east coast(Not mentioning any names or spots)
The pictures might be revealing to those we know the area.
we walk for about 1km and we come over this dune, and this bay comes into site, the sun was rising over it and it looked amazing.
It has the most beautiful swell breaking backline, and this HECTIC LITTLE SHOREY, And omf was it hollow!

Well anyway, i had my cam and tripod. and took a few pics. Here are some of them:

[img]http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/SJ3004/2008_04070053.jpg?t=1207644094[/img]

[img]http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/SJ3004/2008_04070107.jpg?t=1207644156[/img]

[img]http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/SJ3004/Untitlded-2.jpg?t=1207644217[/img]

[img]http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/SJ3004/Untitled-1.jpg?t=1207644233[/img]

[img]http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/SJ3004/Untitled-2.jpg?t=1207644249[/img]

[img]http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/SJ3004/Untitled-23.jpg?t=1207644265[/img]

Me On The Shorey
[img]http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj234/SJ3004/Tuuuuuuuuube.jpg?t=1207644325[/img]

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22 Replies

Spy Dude
April 2008
Questions....
1) Why put them on photobucket?
2) Do you know how to attach pics to your message?
3) Why dont you host the pics on sixty40?

reason is photobucket is blocked at my work, but i still cant understand why people host pics there when they can just host them on sixty40.

just list it as secret spot.
StJohnLombard_Bodyboarder
April 2008
yeah, I'm gonna add them to the gallery soon.
StJohnLombard_Bodyboarder
April 2008
Also, Photo bucket is easy to use when it comes to having to resize the images.
Spy Dude
April 2008
PHOTOSHOP....
StJohnLombard_Bodyboarder
April 2008
Most of those images were touched up and cropped in photoshop, but i didn't think to resize them
Marthinus
April 2008

Spy Dude wrote:
Why dont you host the pics on sixty40?
What sometimes puts me off from uploading pics to 60/40's gallery is that uploaded images get re-sized to 600x400 (most likely to reduce bandwidth usage) which isn't very big at all.

Spy Dude wrote:
reason is photobucket is blocked at my work
change your proxy or use an anonymizer
JdV
April 2008
A possible reason for the resizing of images is that very large pics could cause problems with the site layout..for example if someone uploaded a 2500px wide image(wider than most peoples screen res) the space required to fit the image could mess with the positiong of other elements of the site layout.600x400 seems like a reasonable compromise baering in mind some smaller screen sizes.
Kelly
April 2008

Marthinus wrote:

Spy Dude wrote:
Why dont you host the pics on sixty40?
What sometimes puts me off from uploading pics to 60/40's gallery is that uploaded images get re-sized to 600x400 (most likely to reduce bandwidth usage) which isn't very big at all.

JdV wrote:
A possible reason for the resizing of images is that very large pics could cause problems with the site layout..for example if someone uploaded a 2500px wide image(wider than most peoples screen res) the space required to fit the image could mess with the positiong of other elements of the site layout.600x400 seems like a reasonable compromise baering in mind some smaller screen sizes.

Ja - pretty much. There are 2 reasons:

1. We resize to 600 pixels wide for landscape and 400 pixels high for portrait so that we have a photo which fits on most screens without the need to scroll.
2. We resample the images so that they are optimised for web (smallest possible file size at a decent quality - we use 75% jpeg). The reason is not to reduce our bandwidth usage but to improve the speed of the page downloads.

There are some improvements to the gallery in the wings ... some will be coming sooner than others. One of goals is to have the original file available for download for those that wish to view a larger higher quality version.
Spy Dude
April 2008
Marty.... dude... us old folk look at computer with a 1024 x 768 screen res, at that size, 600x400 is fine. This is a site to build up info and image galleries about spots and those that surf there. If you are using a bigger screen res, like on a laptop or a over the top Mac or something then remember this, 95% of the world isnt and well, what seems small to you, is perfectly natural to us. Oh yes... scrolling sux.
Kelly you can push the portraid to 450px, i know that works, that brings in a width of 300px. Just done a site using lightbox image galleries, and those dimentions work lekker.
lyle
April 2008
ay yes, the east coast!!!

saw you ye****ws on sat. was freaking flat. you were chilling on the rocks with a mate. i poped by in a citi golf with a mate. we cruised to gl**n ed***n and scored super hollow 2/3 footers. all alone!!

make me a little sad that im leaving to UK for few months.... but ill be back with even more awsome adventure stories hopefully!!!

spot you aroud...
StJohnLombard_Bodyboarder
April 2008
Haha, I thought that was you, just had a feeling, yeah. as the tide came in we scored nicely at secret lefts.

But we scored big at this secret little bay
lyle
April 2008
on sat? bastard!! i want some of that!!

this is my last weekend here, so you know ill be out there!!!!

spot you!
StJohnLombard_Bodyboarder
April 2008
Its blowing west this weekend lyle. Where u gonna go??
lyle
April 2008
west = ye***ws for sure!! depends on alot of other stuff as well though. crowds, if swell is small or its east swell, then g**n e**n. its abit like easters, always catches swell plus it works on easterly. plus the banks there have been really good with a super strong rip on the one side which makes it super easy to get out!!!! i love lazy paddles!!!! qu***s b**ry is also good on west. almost never anyone there to!! so one of those three spots. always!!!
StJohnLombard_Bodyboarder
April 2008
Yeah, I love G**n E***n's rip, but the rip also gets hectic sometimes.
Q****ns bay or Point?

Swell is west all week, according to wind guru.
Elementree
April 2008
I'** th*****g of g***g t***e m****f, b*t it's a b*t f*r...lol
StJohnLombard_Bodyboarder
April 2008
A few more pics...

[attachment=2]2008_04070083.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=1]2008_04070131.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=0]2008_04070137.jpg[/attachment]
lyle
April 2008
stjohn, the point bud,the left only works on really big swell, when its too big for the point. and for the shorey you need high tide with big swell. otherwise its a drop in get bombed on small kak. if you like shorey go to ch***ta west on a spring high!!!!! best place ever!!! and im always alone there!!!!!!

common elemtree, it aint that far... few hours by plane!!
StJohnLombard_Bodyboarder
April 2008
Ever surfed Gr***e Y**ds? Around the corner from ch***a W***t?
Elementree
April 2008

lyle wrote:
common elemtree, it aint that far... few hours by plane!!

Maybe sometime soon...

For now i' am happy with die Wes Kus.
lyle
April 2008
nope. never seen it work funny enough. maybe because im at all the forementioned spots and only check it out when my usual spots arent working.... which would mean the whole coast would be flat
lyle
April 2008

"Elementree wrote:

Maybe sometime soon...

For now i' am happy with die Wes Kus.

wes kus is probably one of the few areas of our coast ive never been!! ive been to most places from durbans north beach to amanzamtoti to margate to kei to east coast to pe to jbay, stillbaai, buffaloe bay, ct plus a few inbetween. i gotta organise a mission there when i return from UK.

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