Shark Island on Fire

This week the Island erupted from its long slumber, with a solid east swell and good winds! This swell saw what some have described as the best waves out the island in at least 3-4 years breaking over the infamous rock ledge in Cronulla. On Wednesday, the pick of the days, we woke to scenes like this.

Pic Sam Venn

Once the tide got up enough to surf it, the whole crew headed out there, including locals Dave Ballard, Rissole, Wazza, John Showell, Andy Lester, Sam Strachan, Shaun Pyne, Des and Josh Kaihe. We were also joined by big names such as Mark McCarthy, Ben Player, Michael Novy, Jose Marquina and Toby Player.

There were a whole pack of photog's out to catch all of the action, so keep your eyes peeled to see some intense shots from that day! Local youngster Josh "Blacky" Kaihe got the wave of the day, scooping into an absolute monster, before getting spat out over Surge. Check the shot below of Josh's keg!

Photo: Paul Gleeson

 You can also view some shots of the day on Fluidzone. Water shots by Phil Gallagher like the one below show the intensity.

Josh Kaihe, Pic Phil Gallagher

Land shots like the one below can be seen here, also on fluidzone.com

Luke O'Connor, Pic Grant Trouville

You can also check out a bunch of land shots on the Biarms Digital website.

This was an amazing day of waves, so make sure you check out all the pics of the crazy action that went down on the 23rd March 2011!!!