I woke up at 6.30 am when the stinking alarm goes off. Who gets up at this insane early hour to go surfing? I had breakfast, chucked the hippy foam in the back of the Toyota Station Wagon, then drove up the Pacific Highway to Bulahdelah. It was necessary to stop here to get my […]

Stephanie Gilmore has the ability to win a world women’s surfing championship this year but can she handle the pressure?
Gilmore had won at Phillip Island just recently and has beaten Layne Beachley in the final of last years WCT event at Manly, Beachley’s own beach. Steph entered as a wildcard in that surfing contest for […]

Ha , remember how i said that i hoped that mark mathews would win Pipeline 2007? Well, almost as good as Mark is Jamie O’Brien winning at Pipeline. Jamie O’Brien is an awesome and powerful surfer who has his own style and originality. He has been my favourite surfer for the past couple of […]

I went to have a look at the surf this morning. I could not go in because i have pulled a muscle in my shoulder. It is so annoying when you get an injury and I do not even know how i got it.
well, the surf at Bar Beach and the Cliff was about […]

Hard Kore surf adventurer and tube riding specialist Mark Mathews has scored a perfect ten at Pipeline during the fifth round of the Banzai Pipeline. The Hawaiian super left had 3.5 to 4.5 meter waves so Mathews was in his element. He won that third round heat and then went on to carve it up […]

The Newcastle Surfest will be held at Merewether Beach from March 12 - 18 March, 2007.
Californian Dane Reynolds, an alleged up and coming superstar is getting a wildcard entry into the event. Dane Reynolds is an aerial specialist and will go into the round of 64.
Merewether veteran Matt Hoy, coming out of retirement […]

The surf is about one foot today and the only saving grace is that the wind is pretty light onshore.
I will go after the super bowl has finished. It has been a crap game and has not kept me enthralled at all.
I may go up to the north coast and do some surfing. the swell […]

It is said that the best surf in india is Goa around Palolem and Varkala and Kovalam in Kerala state.
Also on the east coast of India, try Orissa. Some surfers have been there around april to may and they got three to six feet consisten most days.
There may be some surf at […]

 I was having a look at Google Earth last night about some island that had not fully recovered from the 2004 Tsunami. It happened to be Nicobar island and I could see that there was some swell wrapping around the points and the reefs. The resolution for half the island was quite  good so I […]

The kiteboarders were going off at Nobbys this afternoon. I just drove past to check out
the surf.
The nor-easter was howling and all the kiteboarders were out in full force, sailing and
jumping waves and doing whatever it is they do. It must be a heap of fun to do but I do
not think i would […]