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By Ed Magicseaweed - Published on 15th May 2009 | Viewed 38381 times.

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On Wednesday 13 May 2009, seven-time World Champion and renowned Hawaiian charger, Layne Beachley, rode what all witnesses were calling the best wave ever ridden by a female surfer in Australia. The venue, Ours, Sydney's infamous slab.

Thinking she's too deep ... Layne Beachley© 2009 - Billy Morris/Coastalwatch



It was by far the biggest and best day of surf in Sydney so far this year, a lot of Sydney surfers tagged it 'Big Wednesday' 2009. The triple sucking reef break, named "Ours" by the Bra Boys, is for experienced big wave surfers only. Located off Cape Solander at the entrance to Botany Bay in sharky waters, the wave breaks over a shallow rock shelf literally metres in front of dry rock.

It was the best swell to hit Cape Solander since the infamous June 2007 storm swells that grounded the Pasha Bulker. The swell was in the 6-8ft range out of the SSE and winds were light offshore westerly all day. The sun was shining and the water was an unseasonably warm 21 degrees.
Ben Horvath Coastalwatch editor

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Ratbag989 days ago +3 Rating Rate Positive Rate Negative
This place is a death trap cos if the rocks don't get ya the locals will. As far as I am concerned it's called, YOURS! - Watch The Bra Boys documentary for a bit of insight to how deluded the locals are.
jlbrazil989 days ago +7 Rating Rate Positive Rate Negative
Article on name change http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bra-boys-say-its-ours/2007/07/14/1183833835467.html
toadfish990 days ago -1 Rating Rate Positive Rate Negative
Good coment souts. How can a moving body of water be Called 'OURS'Localism is for teritorial knobheads...the same people who invariably expect to be treated fairly elsewhere. Limp dicks!!
coillte996 days ago +2 Rating Rate Positive Rate Negative
Ha ha Souts I like it!! Them Bra Boys sound like a pack o tossers anyway..
Globalsurfer996 days ago Unrated Rate Positive Rate Negative
Layne Beachley ROCKS ! Let's call it HERS, she is a legend
Hughy1001 days ago +4 Rating Rate Positive Rate Negative
Isn't Layne Beachley an Aussie??
RICHSURF1001 days ago +4 Rating Rate Positive Rate Negative
should be known as shit ya pants, no thanks!
Ross Red1001 days ago +4 Rating Rate Positive Rate Negative
This break has been known as Piker's Hole for well over 30 years. Why is it referred to as Ours?
Jesse Rach-Sharpe1001 days ago +2 Rating Rate Positive Rate Negative
because the bra boys decided to actually surf it, and they named it ours
laowes1001 days ago -2 Rating Rate Positive Rate Negative
it was surfed by bodyboarders way before the bra boys got there, they just moved in heavy handedly, bodyboarders get beaten up when they go there
Ross Red1001 days ago -2 Rating Rate Positive Rate Negative
Sorry Jesse, this break has been surfed for well over 30 years as well.
soutie1000 days ago +1 Rating Rate Positive Rate Negative
i have a 3yr old nephew who calls his toys MINE.
 
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