A year ago Wellington Surfers organised the inaugural ‘paddle your brains out’ to
bring the surfing community together to support the purpose of SurfAid
International. Fifty plus surfers and around one hundred spectators turned up to brave a howling northerly and paddle around the water course. This year it’s all go again. Check the poster below for info or email Dion Howard at this address: dion.howard@gmail.com.
I was glad to have a day off yesterday and headed over to the Wairarapa for a surf.
A couple of kilometres before Ngawi, (the infamous fishing village) there’s a couple of good spots. One in particular was pumping yesterday… Dee Dees. I’ll post some photos as soon as i’m able.
For most of the surf I was out on my own and couldn’t help thinking about that shark film ‘open water’ I watched a few weeks back. Aarrrgh!!! It was so annoying having that in the back of my mind. I wish I never watched it. Being 200m offshore in the middle of nowhere with only green ocean and baby seals around was isolating enough. Yeah, I was starting to second guess if that seaweed off yonder was in fact a ….. shark or my mind playing tricks on me. Yes, the mind does play tricks. Ah well, everything changed when a couple of other guys came out. All of a sudden I felt bullet-proof again. As if to think sharks don’t eat when there’s 3 humans to choose from… only one… or maybe there’s security in the fact that the odds are better?
Anyway, the day was a pearler and again reminded me of how much i take the Wairarapa for granted. It’s a gem, and super close.
Is it just me or do all of the artificial surf reef projects seem to drag on and on…
Lyall Bay is supposedly, maybe, probably going to have one.
I’m super keen for it to happen and will use it if it goes ahead for sure, but I can’t see it happening given the delays and constant bad press surrounding other related ventures. Can anyone confirm whether the mount reef has started breaking up? I heard a rumour. Did the same thing happen on the Gold Coast in the 90’s? All of this probably doesn’t bode well for future applications.
Here’s hoping someone passionate enough to recreate nature will have the nous’ to push it through in a better fashion than has been the case for artificial surf reefs until now. Great concept, but seems to be a grind to get them built
