Stories are need from WAPSurfrider members for the next newsletter detailing the best (or more accurately worst) wipeout they experienced or saw. Maybe it was a 10 wave hold-down at Marges main break, a free fall from a Gnarloo lip or everyone's favourite, going over the falls backwards !
One of the best I ever saw was at the 4th Groyne in Mandurah in the mid 90's.
It was a clean and bigish day for there (about head height). The wave breaks best just in front of the groyne but the take off can be really hollow and a bit tricky.
Cue the smart arse groms. These three paddle out and straight inside of me and Ian Francis. We had been out a while and had worked ourselves into a good takeoff position. Apparently they thought the were more local than us (Frano was living two streets away) so they would be a little greedy.
Set comes through, grom paddles and gets launched by the lip. He doesn't even touch the water before being deposited onto the groyne. The wave then smashes over him. When the water subsides he is clinging to the biggest rock with his board bouncing off everything hard it can find, helped by a leggie that has wrapped around the groyne. Luckily for him no more sets come through before he can extricate himself.
Total of the damage - bit of missing skin, a few dings, a fin that is knocked over and the snapped in half and one massive ego dent. His mates thought it was the funniest thing ever and for us it was one less in the lineup.
Got a story ? Membersbcan email Dave at work but everyone else is welcome to leave their story as a comment for everyone to read.
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