http://blog2.surfsouthoz.com Surfsouthoz blog Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:37:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's funny how often feedback on Surfsouthoz filters back through friends and acquaintances. Most recently, a mate related a conversation he'd had with two friends who were bemoaning the much maligned “shred factor” quoted in every daily report. One was heard to say “how could they call today a 4? ... http://blog2.surfsouthoz.com/?p=54 It's hard to say if it was the drizzly, overcast weather, or cautious swell forecasts in the wake of repeated disappointment that kept the masses at bay on the morning of Sunday March 7. While many slumbered warm in bed, sobering up and shaking off the after effects of long ... http://blog2.surfsouthoz.com/?p=53 Surfsouthoz has offered access to surf report archives since the launch of the re-vamped website in 2007, with historical data dating back to mid 2006.  For some time though, South Australia's longest running internet surf report has been sitting on data  that goes further back. Possibly the best historical record ... http://blog2.surfsouthoz.com/?p=51 After being in renovation mode for almost 9 months, not one, not two, but in fact three banks have formed at South Port to the delight of holidayers and schoolies alike. Ray's right ( dubiuosly named after Ray Palmer's interview last year in the local rag concerning the flusing of ... http://blog2.surfsouthoz.com/?p=49 With the Middleton side of the coast struggling to hold anything shortboardworthy, the obvious destination for something resembling a wave today was Newland Head Conservation Park. By mid arvo temperatures were nudging one hundered in the old money, and swarms of relentless, satanic flies desecended on everything that moved - but ... http://blog2.surfsouthoz.com/?p=48 After a cold, inconsistent October and a virtually flat, hot November, Spring 2009 went out with a bang on the fickle Mid Coast. An 8 week flat spell came to an abrupt end last Saturday, as gale force Westerly winds whipped up the normally lazy waters of St. Vincent's gulf. ... http://blog2.surfsouthoz.com/?p=47 Months of top secret testing and development have finally borne fruit, with the first production samples of our brand new fins literally lobbing on the desk at the corporate HQ of surfsouthoz Monday afternoon. The Rincons  are the first fins in a range that will slowly be released over summer ... http://blog2.surfsouthoz.com/?p=42 Talk to any South Ozzie surfer and they'll have a story of an epic session somewhere along the ten odd km of coast South-East of Middleton. You'll  hear about the 5 second tube they got inside Drib's Bay, the 200m long right hander they snagged off the Grassy Knoll on ... http://blog2.surfsouthoz.com/?p=41 As the Queen's birthday weekend bears down upon South oz surfers, many are considering their options and hedging their bets... but will the last long weekend for 4 months deliver the goods as it has in previous years? Perhaps I should start by giving you the good news, in ... http://blog2.surfsouthoz.com/?p=39 Since April 2000 Surfsouthoz has delivered surf reports, pics, and surf news to South Australian surfers. Over that time we've established ourselves as the most reliable and longest running free surf report in SA - and created a respected brand along the way. But we don't just deliver surf reports and ... http://blog2.surfsouthoz.com/?p=38