August is better known as a month filled with tiny windswell and crisp offshore winds. A month where not surfing for days on end is common. Up until last week, this August had been the same...
Every forecast was showing the swell. And it left a lot of people asking: Is it really going to happen?
It did.
This was the Sunday, the first signs of the swell began marching in. Maybe it isn't a practical joke. Maybe Huey has produced a miracle?!?
On Monday, everyone saw that this was real! Waves for days. The 13215729 people out in the water were frothing the winter swell.
I couldn't handle sitting in my class any longer... I had to get a piece of the action... Sorry Louise...
Even after being eliminated disappointingly early from the Tahiti Pro, it is safe to say that Mick Fanning has been having a good time
Obviously I wasn't the only one who thought pulling a sickie was a good idea. The crowds were thick and everyone was charging. This unusually random August swell will definitely go down as one of the best of the year.
What I found most interesting about this random swell was the coverage it got by surfing media outlets. Every website got a piece of the pie. The swell was tracked from the get go and every outlet had their money on it to smash the coast (which it did). Autumn swells are something which is unusual and, for those who are interested, this is definitely 'news'. This 'news' was well reported over various channels of communication and has proved to me how effective surfing media outlets are at using these channels of online journalism to broadcast news.
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