I havent been to the English Torquay so I cant comment on the surf there, but I would be pretty sure that you wouldnt find a surf boat surfing the waves there. Mind you there are more and more surf clubs putting surf boats on the water these days.
ahh anyone remeber when there was ahuge storm and chunks of the wall were taken out by the waves, and cars were washed onto the Green? About 2 years ago I think
Really?!?! Read the post above. Yes, Bells will give you a great wave as well. The issue is taking the wave in a surf boat. Nothing wrong with the wave, it is the shallow reef in the bowl that is the problem.
true. Take a surf boat at bells and you wont come back with a boat. Torquay point is a great wave for for learning and longboarding espicialy and also taking a fun ride with a surf boat.
I remember back in the 70's hte Jan Juc crew were sitting off Bells Beach watching the Easter Surfing Titles and had no option to take a large wave in. There was no way they could row back out and had to get a bunch of surfies to carry the boat up the steps. From memory Tony James was sweeping.
And we have been on a wave at Torquay Point much bigger than this as well. Just this time we happened to have a video camera and someone to film it for us.
Swell looking good for this weekend (23/9/06) so maybe we can get some video of a bogger wave and some nice floaters and reos.
a 3 foot wave is big? ive surfed it at like 5 foot (about 4 meters) and the boat was out there then catching waves. This video is a small day.
mattyphilip 11 months ago
clubbie scum
roobysoho 1 year ago
Yes and did a big reo in the shory.....
daboatie 1 year ago
hahahaaha that song fits so good
rams135 4 years ago
By the way did they hold that wave all the way to the beach?
pjharman1 5 years ago
Yep, all the way. I even have the one where they row back out. Will post it some day.
JanJucBoatie 5 years ago
fantastic, just getting back into rowing boats after a 20 year break
pjharman1 5 years ago
Actually wait a minute are we talking about the english Torquay, or the australian Torquay?
SirSalt 5 years ago
The Australian one! lol
I havent been to the English Torquay so I cant comment on the surf there, but I would be pretty sure that you wouldnt find a surf boat surfing the waves there. Mind you there are more and more surf clubs putting surf boats on the water these days.
JanJucBoatie 5 years ago
ahh anyone remeber when there was ahuge storm and chunks of the wall were taken out by the waves, and cars were washed onto the Green? About 2 years ago I think
SirSalt 5 years ago
Torquay point cant get much better than that. Go to bells the same day and it would propably be 6-10 feet perfection.
vin0002 5 years ago
Really?!?! Read the post above. Yes, Bells will give you a great wave as well. The issue is taking the wave in a surf boat. Nothing wrong with the wave, it is the shallow reef in the bowl that is the problem.
JanJucBoatie 5 years ago
true. Take a surf boat at bells and you wont come back with a boat. Torquay point is a great wave for for learning and longboarding espicialy and also taking a fun ride with a surf boat.
vin0002 5 years ago
I remember back in the 70's hte Jan Juc crew were sitting off Bells Beach watching the Easter Surfing Titles and had no option to take a large wave in. There was no way they could row back out and had to get a bunch of surfies to carry the boat up the steps. From memory Tony James was sweeping.
vermontcreekbed 4 years ago
lol ya ive surfed waves way bigger than that at torquay point
longboardluva 5 years ago
And we have been on a wave at Torquay Point much bigger than this as well. Just this time we happened to have a video camera and someone to film it for us.
Swell looking good for this weekend (23/9/06) so maybe we can get some video of a bogger wave and some nice floaters and reos.
JanJucBoatie 5 years ago
oh ok i understand
longboardluva 5 years ago
Torquay point gets way bigger than that....
That aint no Big Wednesday
Lerka 5 years ago
You are right Lerka, it does get bigger, but hard to arrange for 4 rowers a sweep and a surf boat on short notice to crack waves when it IS bigger!
JanJucBoatie 5 years ago