The FP 12 in action at the Main Beach Mt Maunganui.On this day the car park was absolutely packed with surfers, but there were only three of us out and i was the only one to make any waves, getting long left handers all the way to the inside blowhole corner.
It was high tide with a difficult to negotiate backwash which made the waves throw unpredictably, and they broke so fast down the line that the other guys were buried by the time they made the drop, every time.Two days before it has been 3 times overhead and I'd been out the back of the blowhole alone, surfed for three hours until I got hammered on the head when attempting to roll a huge set in the rapidly rising swell, without the helmet i might not have made it but got a massive lump on the head and a long swim in.The next day the swell rose to 24 feet plus and closed out the harbour entrance. No one ventured out The picture is the day after that, the swell had dropped a lot but was cranking.
It was high tide with a difficult to negotiate backwash which made the waves throw unpredictably, and they broke so fast down the line that the other guys were buried by the time they made the drop, every time.Two days before it has been 3 times overhead and I'd been out the back of the blowhole alone, surfed for three hours until I got hammered on the head when attempting to roll a huge set in the rapidly rising swell, without the helmet i might not have made it but got a massive lump on the head and a long swim in.The next day the swell rose to 24 feet plus and closed out the harbour entrance. No one ventured out The picture is the day after that, the swell had dropped a lot but was cranking.
