Nate Florence will likely have this day burned in his memory for the rest of his life. Photo: Tim Bonython
Good Friday was a great Friday for the kind of surfers who like to feel as if they’re escaping death. Cape Solander, known to some as “Ours” and known to others as “Cape Fear,” was, to put it mildly, terrifying. But the next day? Well, Easter Saturday was something else all together.
“You thought Good Friday was wild?” asked Tim Bonython, who created a two-part video series about the Easter weekend swell. “You haven’t seen anything yet. Cape Solander delivered once again — but this time, it wasn’t raw chaos. It was refined power. On Easter Saturday, the ocean settled into something special… the kind of Cape we dream about but rarely get. Clean lines. Heavy slabs. And a lineup packed with some of the best to ever do it.”
That packed lineup did indeed include some of the best slab surfers in the world, from local legends like Kipp Caddy, Max McGuigan, Richie Vass, Kirk Flintoff, and Boo Street to the next generation of up-and-comers like Oscar Berry, Kash Brown, and Xavier Stark. And you know who can’t miss a good slabbing wave? Nate Florence. He too was there getting in amongst the madness. And it wasn’t just the ones who stand up on surfboards, either.
“Bodyboarders were going toe-to-toe with the ledge,” Bonython said, “proving once again that the Cape belongs to everyone brave enough to commit.”
See more from Tim Bonython on his YouTube channel, Surfing Visions.
