Category Archives: Surf

Australia, cronulla, Ocean, photo, road trip, Surf, Sydney

Weekend stuff and a 9 feet log coming this way?

Image October 20, 2014 Sara 1 Comment

I’m pretty sure I’m suffering from some sort of post holiday trauma by being back in the office and not eating enough nasi goreng…

So Friday at 5:15 PM – here’s my pick up!

Heading south on the M1 – just flying through traffic and watching the sun go down.

Woke up to this, photo’s might not show it but the Golf Course looked pretty much the best I’ve ever seen it. Just that there was a bloody longboard competition on so we decided to keep looking for waves.

To messy/small/windy/wrong swell direction/ugly/not feeling it – you name it – we found it.

So back to the drawing board = keep on heading south…

We probably would have paddled out here but then skippy said locals only and scratched his nose and I’m not sure what that means so back on the road. Again.

This looks like a brand new spot for us – and only two people out? We would have paddled out here if it wasn’t to crowded?

Here we go – did not find waves but Noel, Billy & Takea!

& this guy wanted to join to…

So now it looks like we might have found some surf but not to sure, so just doing some board drumming…

Really looks like we’ve found something?

Oh yes when in doubt – let’s surf the pond!

(Actually we did surf and I borrowed Noels mini-mal and I had about a million fun waves so now I feel like I have to buy a long board. Like a 9 feet log. But with that comes a logistic issue since someone is very against having roof racks on top of the VW. )

Bali, Indo, Surf

24 hours in Canggu – Birthday Crash for Pax

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I was to tired to drive all the way back to Kuta yesterday so we decided to stop in Canggu for a night and celebrate Paxitos b-day.

Having birthday brekkie at Canteen after two hours on the scooters from Medewi with to much time behind trucks spewing their fumes in your face.

Drinks and live music at Old Mans in Canggu – this is where the hipsters hang.

Thanks team Ireland for supporting 🙂 Much love!

Cruising around in Canggu for a bit. Good food, awesome coffee and nice views.

& that’s it now we’re at the airport heading for Melbourne and then Sydney. I’m glad we’ve had a few good surf sessions, time to catch up with a heap of people and yeah sampai jumpai lagi Bali!

The rabbit fan has passed out on me for the second time today….

Bali, Indo, Ocean, photo, Surf, Waves

Hammocking and hanging out

Image October 9, 2014 Sara 1 Comment

It doesn’t take long to get used to the traveling life again, we’re spending a lot of time doing not to much which takes up a lot of time for some reason. Since we spent a lot of time here there’s a lot of familiar faces and Bali is just one of those places that people come back to and tend to stay for a long time so we’ve been pretty busy doing some catch ups with friends we haven’t seen in a while.

Surfboard parking outside room number 9 – sembilan.

Stopping by Maruf and his lovley wife Dewi who has a cute little warung up the street for a coffee and some food.

Maruf does surf trips to G-land (Pax has been last time) and Red Island – much recommended. This time we don’t have enough time for it.

Picking up our washing – now we smell good again.

Longest left hander in Bali? Anyways so much fun!

Another coffee – tastes so good after surf 🙂

Bintang and sunset time

Bali, Indo, Ocean, photo, Surf, Waves

SURF FUN SUN

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After a great afternoon surf its nice to come back to the best outdoor shower ever.

Great way to finish the day a chill in the hammock and watching the sun go down.. xx

Australia, Bali, cronulla, Surf

Sampai jumpa nanti Sydney

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Here we go finally on our way, see you later Sydney can’t wait to wake up in Bali tomorrow 🙂 We’re already at the airport in Sydney, early enough to have a few drinks. Both of us “randomly” screened for bombs and drugs as usual. And I’ve got some dollars back (the VAT) for leaving with my new surf board. Puss Puss

Pax taking the fins off, it’s really quick and easy if you have FCS 2 fins… If you don’t you shouldn’t pull them out, you have to screw… just saying. It’s not like anyone tried that this morning, no.

Bali, Ocean, photo, Surf, Waves

ME HAPPY – BALI – NEXT WEEK – ADUH!

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Yesterday – talking about the labor day-Pax birthday week that we’ve both have off in October. Figured we’d do a roadie maybe up north somewhere. But then I’m not sure well I ended up booking tickets to Bali instead. It’s just for a week but still bikini surf and 5 dollar massages – here I come. It’s the most expensive tickets to Bali I’ve ever booked from here and also the shortest stay with only 8 nights but we’re off next Friday and I’m so happy!! I can’t wait for that heat to hit me when I step out of the plane, waking up somewhere in noisy Kuta complaining about how much things have changed since last time. Getting a bike and driving off to find some waves somewhere. Eat Sleep Surf on repeat.

Australia, Surf, Sydney

Stephanie in the water – screening in Australia

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The documentary on Stephanie Gilmore, five times world champion is finally screening in Australia next month, in Sydney on the 23 & 24th of October, have a look at the website for more dates. Steph won her first world title at the age of 17 and the director Ava Warbrick has followed her since her third world title win. I love Stephs surfing style and that she’s into her retro boards, there’s so many cool clips of her riding that single fin out there. Stoked to get to see this docu at the cinema next month 🙂

Australia, Ocean, Surf, Sydney, Waves

SYDNEY – GERRINGONG – BENDALONG – MILTON – MOLLYMOOK. RETURN.

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We’re back on the road, or at least we where for the weekend. Drove down to Gerringong on Friday night, Pax watched the game (uhmmm the AFN, NRL or whatever it’s called) at the bowling club while I lost my money at the pookies. Saturday morning we headed for Bendalong and Green Island hoping the waves where gonna be alright. Uhhh not quite was just a 30 minute non stop paddle, every time I stopped paddling it was like the island was moving forward.

Australia, Surf, Waves

The ASP world tour – how good is it?!

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Been trying to watch the Swatch Pro event online but I’m in the wrong time zone but this morning I watch the final on my phone while getting in to work. Stephanie Gilmore against my favorite Sally Fitzgibbons in the womens final. Steph just surfed so well and won with a 19.50 total and her 10 scoring wave was just so freaking good so well done Steph 🙂 Anyways Sallys good result put her ranking up so she’s currently number one in the world! I hope I’ll be able to watch the rest of the tour as it heads to Europe, 3 events left this year. Go Sally!

Australia, Ocean, photo, road trip, Surf

Summer is in Crescent Head!

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Was a long weekend for us since I had the Monday off and Pax usually doesn’t work Mondays so – Hello to you again Crescent Head! Crescent Head is a sleepy beach town five hours drive north from us (depending on traffic ;)), somewhere in the middle of us and the Gold Coast maybe. I’ve been there a few times before but this is the first time I actually surfed the main point. It’s been so overcrowded when we’ve been there before and there’s so many good options for uncrowded waves in the area but Saturday morning I had some super duper fun waves again (hello right hand point break I missed you). Then the swell and some stormy weather rolled in and made a big mess of the ocean so we resorted to the pub for pool, drinks and a few games of shit head.

Our on the road home.

Stopping in Forster on our way back to Sydney.

Cold pressed juice stop – so nice when you find some good food on the road.

Boomerang Beach outside Forster, we need to do some exploring around this area to.

photo, Surf, Waves

180 South

Video August 11, 2014 Pax Leave a comment

So you have been working for the last few years wondering what to do next, buy a house? new car?
maybe use your 4 weeks holiday and take a trip?. It seems like we all live day to day to make money for what?. After watching with documentary (180 south) it come to me that its easy for us to make out lives complicated not so easy to simplify it. After watching this movie of a man doing one of his dreams and making his crazy city life nice and simple, I now know that what we need to do with our lives is to find more time to do the things we love. This movie will touch a place in your sole that needs to take the first step to finding some long awaited adventure. Next time you are looking for something to do on that boring day inside then its raining or just what to spark up your sole, go find this movie and start living you way 🙂 …

ITS NOT AN ADVENTURE TILL SOMETHING GOS WRONG !!!

cronulla, Ocean, Surf, Sydney, water, Waves, Winter

The Cronulla office

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While my colleagues been out and about I’ve been working from home which means I have time for early (7:30 is earlyish enough in winter right :)) morning surfs, coffee walks to check the waves and maybe a lunch time run along the esplanade. Pure winter bliss!

Easter, NZ, Surf

Qantas how did you manage this?!

Image April 30, 2014 Sara 1 Comment

Got off the plane on Sunday night in Sydney and went to pick up our boards. Pax thought the board bag looked a bit dusty and it did have a few holes in it so we opened it up to have a peek. Just to find out both surf boards were snapped in half! How is it even possible? We’ve seen from the plane window when they offloaded our luggage placing the board bag sideways in the carriage with one part sticking out so they must have driven into something to small, smashing the part sticking out to break I reckon. Anyways we headed over to the Qantas service desk just to be met by a grumpy lady that just said that since it’s fragile baggage Qantas takes no responsibility and we’ve signed the waiver and so on.

I’ve traveled so much with surf boards on different airlines for the last few years and a ding or a dent yeah that’s fair enough – it happens, but both our boards snapped in half?! That’s just not cool especially coming from an Australian airline that you would assume would be used to handling surf boards. We’ve sent a complaint through to the Qantas baggage claims so let’s see what they say. On the bright side I’m glad it happened on the way back and I guess we need to shop for new boards now.

Easter, NZ, photo, Surf

New Zealand, Part 3, Piha beach

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Back on the west coast, the Kombi is getting a good run. I love this place, so beautiful!

cronulla, Surf, Waves

Surf report from the weekend

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Not really sure what is happening with time but it’s going quick, and it’s getting so dark now. To dark to surf in the morning and you have to be super quick to sneak in an after work surf in the week. We’re changing the clocks here in Sydney on Sunday so it will be better in the mornings for a bit. But we can really tell we’re going into winter over here. We had a few waves on Sunday, yours truly thought it looked to windy and crappy but had some fun once I got in. Anyways almost weekend again, we’re going north for a change, to Forster to cheer on Snoop in a triathlon and hopefully some waves and maybe some pies to, who knows!