Surfing Pics

I spent the past year traveling, a few months in Mexico, a few in Australia, New Zealand and nearly 2 months in Indonesia where I ended my trip. The primary purpose of the trip was to surf, everyday, for a year. There isn't much photographic evidence that I did such a trip and surfed as much as I did. However, I was fortunate enough to bring these snaps home to show my friends and family that I was really surfing on my trip....

Small, sunset surf at Lakey Pipe, Sumbawa. Taken ealry August when I was there for two weeks, by Erik Aeder.


Another small day at Lakey Pipe, great conditions , another gorgeous day. Photo also taken by Erik. Lakey Pipe, photo by Erik.


After Sumbawa I flew back to Bali and spent a few days at Uluwatu. I didn't surf the first day there, mostly because I wasn't that keen on surfing with a 150 people.
The next day was small and I got out and got some good waves, despite the crowds. I ran into the fisrt kneeboard surfer of my trip, a guy who I actually met while surfing in Margaret River WA in may.
The next day the surf was a bit bigger, conditions were great and I actually ran into 4 other kneeboard surfers, three from USA and one from Aussie. We had a great surf in the morning and getnerall just had a really fun day.
It was the perfect ending to the perfect trip.
I caught one of my best waves of the year and had an awesome surf at an epic spot on my new Flashpoint.
Uluwatu August 19.
Uluwatu August 19, 20008

Waiting in Singapore..

Just killing a bit of time in the singapore airport.
The Indo extravaganza wrapped up with flare and was a totally smooth ending to a great year. A few dozen more hours of traveling and I will be home sweet home.
I still can't believe it all went down the way it did, and it's already been a year. I can't wait to do it all agin in 2009!!!
I will be posting my sumbawa pictures when I return, and doing the last posts for Uluwatu, and bali.
take care.

Back in Bali

I just spent nearly two weeks in Sumbawa. It really was geat, but you'll all hear about it later when I post some pics. I am safely back in Bali, staying up at Ulluwatu for a few nights. I flight out of Denpasar on Wednesday, it will be a long haul home.
Definately looking forward to a steak, and good bc brew and the sweet company of friends and family.
See you soon.

Clean Laundry

I am not usually a big fan of other people doing my laundry, let alone folding it, but it is a luxury I really have enjoyed while being here....

More Ubud Pictures

I had a wonderful and relaxing time in Ubud. I saw a lady who fixed my neck up, I enjoyed brekki by the pool every morning at Green Fields, I ate many great meals and generally had a good time being a tourist. Being a tourist is a strange thing to me as I usually forgo the usually tourist attractions to surf. A surf break in land in a touro hub allowed me to get out of my boardies and join the rest of the touros doing what touros do....

Brekki By the pool. Fruit, banana pancake and rich and delicious bali coffee.

Pool at Green Fields
Statue at green fields.

Jegog performance in Ubud. The large instruments are made out of big pieces of bamboo, they provide music to accompany the dancing.
The under belly of the jegogs.

I think this guy is part of the "happy rice harvest dance"

Water buffalo dancer.

Water buffalo up close.
One of these is not like the other.....it really is rediculous being a tourist sometimes!!

Me and my new balinese dancer friend!!!!

Balinese Macaques, they are apparently very successful primates.

Baby macaque.

"Official Bananas," I didn't engage in this activity of buying bananas and feeding the monkeys. I preferred to quietly stand back and do sketches of the monkeys. However, the masses of touros were really loving this strange interaction with the primates. I wasn't keen on getting that close, and have you ever seen monkey teeth? they are huge and yellow and very sharp looking.

Ubud markets. A busy place where you can buy whatever you want or "need". I didn't buy anything. But it was good to check out.

Produce at the market. The colorful baskets at the back are full of fresh flower petals, which are used for the offerings.
Presumably, the basket at the top of this womans bundle is an offering. It is really incredible the things these women can carry on their heads, and yes it is only the women.

A few random snaps from the lembongan era

These three photos were taken by my mate lynn, he really knows what he's doing with the digital era- he must of read the manual. Well not the first one of the boat.

This is a picture of a boat that is very similar to the public boat which goes from Sanur (bali) to Nusa Lembogan. You get a bit wet when you get on, unless you request some assistance-I think I would have been too big for such service, but I was wearing boardies.
Chillin' in the bamboo zone & morning bali coffee.
Ride out the the breaks in Captain Aquas boat. Yes, turquoise and red are my favourite colours.

New Stick

The new custom kneeboard. Specially made for me, for Indo. Another gorgeous Flashpoint.
Been on it now a few times and it goes unreal.

The new stick.