Only 7 days into the New Year and I have shots to post - woo hoo!

The last time I shot any surf action was about a month ago which is way too long between drinks. Needless to say, I was quite excited to read the forecast for the weekend and set out early this morning frothing at the bit expecting to spend most of the morning taking shots.

As they say - 2 out of 3 ain't bad. And so it was for Labour Weekend 2011 in Sydney where the pre-weekend forecast called for rain, rain and more rain. What we got was waves, rainy blowout and waves respectively over the three days of our long overdue long weekend.

Encouraged by the glowing forecasts of swell for the weekend I set out early on Saturday morning to see what I could find.

What a great pressie for Father's Day - waves with walls, decent energy, smooth conditions, blue skies and bright sunshine. What more could you want?

On a day where everything was blown to bits by the wind, Manly was the rare exception...

First shots for August posted! It's been awhile between snaps but Huey finally relented and sent some swell our way today. Started at Curly where it was lumpy, inconsistent and just a bit too full. However, there was a mass of punters out there making the most of it.

Having been overseas for the last week and a half, I jumped off the plane into a cab, unpacked and went straight to the beach to see if I had even a remote chance of shooting any remnants of the past weekend's epic swell.

What an awesome weekend! But I don't need to tell you that as I'm sure most of you were out there getting some for yourself.

Just posted new pics from a quick tour around the traps for the early. Swell conditions were alright with the odd bomb set makng its way in. The only problem was direction - it tended to be too straight so those spots with a bit more tilt were the picks.

But what a fantastic day weather-wise - almost better than summer! ;0)

The Curl Curl Longboarders monthly comp.

It was a gray old morning and very uninspiring so much so that I almost packed it in even before I got to North Curly. Having thought that I figured that even with the rain I could shoot from the tunnel.

As it turned out I didn't have to as the annoying spittles of rain stopped and I was able to set up in my favourite spot around the corner by the cliff.

Conditions were tough but every now and then Huey delivered some nice bomb sets. And the sun even managed to break through for a few seconds! The boys managed to put on a good show which also featured our new Treasurer Mike Baird whose first order of business was to go have a surf with his mates.

Go well.

Doug

Was I overcompensating for not getting any during what was the best week of swell in a very, very long time by going out twice today? You bet I was!

There was swell but there was also a honking wind that messed up things a lot except at Dee Why Point which seemed to be the only southern corner unaffected by it. And there were huge sets every now and then which had the usual crew were throwing themselves at it with unabashed enthusiasm.

All manner of craft was on it for the afternoon session as well including surf boards, knee boards, boogie boards, kites and a lone wind surfer who always seemed to look like he was being chased down by a horde of kite-surfers!

Hope you got yourself some.

Go well. Doug

We're all being spoiled this week even those of us doing the 9 to 5 thing as Huey has been leaving some on the table well into the end of the day - YEW!!~!!

Knew the last two days were going to be good heading into the start of the week but that thing called work keeps getting in the way. So I was glad I ventured out to see if there was any residual goodness left in it this evening.

And there was but obviously not as sweet as it was earlier in the day but it was better than nothing. All I can say is I wish I had a home office!

Weekend's looking pretty good at the moment though so there might be compensation yet.

Go well.

Doug

Compared to Saturday anyway!