The Spectacle: Snapper, Kirra, And Two Days In July
It rained for nearly a week, it was onshore slop. Then, whoa.
You re falling, but what a view. Early Sunday Snapper. All imagery by Andrew Shield.
Nick Carroll
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“I feel like two out of three years are good,” says Josh Kerr. “Maybe five or six in every 10. Sometimes you get a couple of bad ones in a row. Then again, there’s the special ones.”
Kerrzy is reflecting on his years of experience in Goldie waters. When you surf a zone over decades, you get a feel for its rhythms. “I try and be in the right spot at the right time, that’s for sure.”
Out Of Nowhere, The Goldie Lights Up
And Kirra turns on a half day of real gold.
Kirra, 11am just a few in the water. What a day. Photo: Andrew Shield.
Nick Carroll
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Nobody expected this. After three days of wonky onshores and a half-formed east swell, perfect Kirra just didn’t seem like it was on the radar.
When photographer Andrew Shield drove by just before sunrise, he says, “Kirra wasn’t even breaking. It was high tide and super fat.”
Mr Style, Asher Pacey, was one of the earlier arrivals. Photo: Shield.
Shieldsy kept driving, up to Snapper, and found it around three to four feet and also fat with that early high tide. “I thought, oh well, I’ll be shooting guys doing turns at Snapper.”