Comments on: 10 Years of Aquabumps

By: patrick fitzgerald

patrick fitzgerald — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:09:21 +0000

fitzy, here in ireland lovin my daily day dream of livin the dream. you have the life buddy. cheers for the blast of escapism on dreary irish mornings

By: Mike McGraw

Mike McGraw — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:29:30 +0000

Sitting here in New York and seeing these reports always reminds me of the great sessions I had and great people I met during my time in Bondi. Thanks for my daily trip back to paradise and may you enjoy another 10+ !

By: LC

LC — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 10:40:59 +0000

Reading your news and looking at your fantastic photos reminds me why I have to move back to Bondi:)
Congrats on 10 years, and I hope you’ll keep on the good work for a long time:)
L.C from Norway

By: Ness

Ness — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:28:05 +0000

Euge, as long as Aquabumps is here…….I will be too. You make me admire and appreciate the place I live in. We all need to be reminded that we live in awesomeness and you capture it everyday.

Cheers mate to another decade.

Nessie

By: Cornelius

Cornelius — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:32:18 +0000

Your picture of 10 years celebration is now firmly sparkling down from my screen. Awesome wallpaper!! Keep it comin’.

Cheerio bye bye from Singapore,
Cornelius

By: Niko

Niko — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:32:27 +0000

Thanks for reminding me daily of what i’m missing out on being in the office… got hooked on the ‘Bumps site whilst living the easy life above the Express Realty in Hall St back in early 2003. Left Bondi since then but your images of its waves have stayed with my inbox ever since. It has become my comparison or benchmark while living living and surfing on the coasts of Denmark, France, Morocco and the UK. Landlocked in London for the fourth consecutive year interspersed (with tri-weekly weekends in Devon & Cornwall year-round) i finally did the return journey last year to once again surf at Bondi. What a cracker! Here’s to the next 10. niko

By: Soph

Soph — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:34:37 +0000

Happy Birthday Aquabumps!
Been getting your awe-inspiring emails and photos for 5 years now and since our move to London it adds a much-needed slice of lovely Sydney to our day. Love the sunrise pics this morning Uge, keep on snapping! x

By: James

James — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:07:06 +0000

G’Day Uge,

I got my first corporate office job in April 1999 and quickly realised I needed to tap into something online that gave me an idea of what was happening at the beach while stuck in the office.

After finding RealSurf I noticed pictures of Bondi/Bronte/Tama cropping up on their site and decided to take a look…

Almost 10 years on and I’m still hooked on these digital windows on to where I’d rather be..!

Awesome milestone mate, keep up the good work =)

Cheers, James

By: antony shaw

antony shaw — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:01:59 +0000

Uge, hi from shawry and alex up here in hong kong . didnt see any other hk names so thought someone should fly the flag up here. hows about a couple of shots from gusto’s or paris cafe to perk up a morning breakky for the expats. cheers and good luck

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:39:23 +0000

Cheers from a very wave-less Phnom Penh, Cambodia (5 hours to some of the flattest seas around…). Your emails arrive about 8am here, which is just in time to inspire me to get through the day. Keep it up – hope there’s many more years to come!

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By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:21:34 +0000

Luv your work. I travel from Austinmer on the south coast to work in down town Cabramatta. Your daily keeps the coast close. Congratulations.

By: Nick Logan

Nick Logan — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:55:53 +0000

Congratulations on your milestone Eugene. How about setting up a people choice for best photo over the ten years? Maybe in three divisions, Bondi, OS and art?

By: imagebytekid

imagebytekid — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:45:12 +0000

From the east end of London this Manly boy send his thanks.
Just to imagine the sets rolling in keeps me happy
To see them when I’m a stress bucket at some unnamed corporation
Allows me the pleasure of sitting out the back
Watching for that bump
That will one day take me home

Congrats on a decade well spent.
from the Hackney Surf team

By: Rodrigo Santos de Moura

Rodrigo Santos de Moura — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:30:53 +0000

Hey Uge,

I have to congratulate you. I’m from Brazil and i lived in Bondi for 1 year in 2005. I have to thanks my mates Joe Biondino that introduced me the website and Mick Greenweel and Gavan Baker my surfmates. Joe once asked me when i already retuned to Brazil to watch the waves in Bondi from Aquabumps… Mate, it’s just turned me on. It just made me feel as i felt on the mornings at 7am in Bondi mate… The breezes, the smeel, the vibe, the colours, the girls… the temperature! AWESOME!! After that i signed in and it’s the first email that i open everyday. Love Brazil… but had such a memorable moments in Oz.

Tks mate to translate the vibe of this place everyday.

Roddy.

By: R

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:01:03 +0000

Currently living/working in Russia (about 900kms east of Moscow in a city called Kazan – Republic of Tatarstan in the Federation of Russia) were you can walk on the Volga River as it’s frozen 2 metres deep (and got down to minus 30 a few weeks ago) so there is not a wave (nor boardies or bikini) in sight.

A few nice sunsets yet nothing comes close to my hometown – Sydney. Your photos are a point of pleasure and pain:

- pleasure in the enjoyment I get to see my home whilst I’m so far away; and
- pain at the daily reminder that I am so far away!

Have shown your photos/site to a some Tatars and Russians who can’t believe they are real photos – ooohing and aaaaahing over how beautiful and clean things are.

Congratulations on your anniversary.
R

By: ben

ben — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:09:49 +0000

Hello from TORONTO CANADA!!!!

By: frank

frank — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:44:27 +0000

I lived in Bondi back in 2005, and haven’t been back since. The daily emails keep me in touch with what i refer to as a second home, especially when its snowy and cold as here in Chicago! Thanks for the shots and forcing me to search hard for a way to go back….

By: Sherrie

Sherrie — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:43:19 +0000

Congrats Uge

While living in Perth last year I subscribed to the surf break of your website.

Back home now and still riding the waves on your fantastic web-site
while skiing the Rocky Mountain High.

You’re truly an inspiration.
Denver,Colorado
S

By: Nina

Nina — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:23:03 +0000

Living through a Boston winter- your images warm the place up! Looking forward to coming home to see the new gallery!
Nina

By: dani

dani — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:48:14 +0000

cheers from gran canaria!

By: Ed Kozun

Ed Kozun — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:45:31 +0000

Congrats on 10 years. That is a big deal. You make this landlocked surfer from Austin, Texas start everyday in the right way…

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:37:55 +0000

Random east coast US person, now living in Sydney, working in Canberra during the week. Have to say thanks. During the week I look forward to the daily email and dread the decent days I should be there, but am stuck here. Again, thanks for the awesome narratives and photographs (more daily please).

Tom

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:30:42 +0000

Been living in the US for 6 years – this is my daily dose of Australia.
Its like a life line for me…….

By: Colm

Colm — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:08:33 +0000

Reader in Ireland!! Used to live in Bondi u never included me in any shots!!

Keep up the good work, come over to Ireland and shoot some waves with teeth on them!!

By: Chris Hughes

Chris Hughes — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:02:19 +0000

Hello from Toronto Canada, I have been following AquaBumps for over 7 years. Keep up the good work, it keeps getting better and better!!!

By: Brett

Brett — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:25:45 +0000

Congratulations and thanks for keeping me sane while I live in waveless northern Michigan

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:07:19 +0000

Uge, congrats! That’s quite a number! If this will carry on – cant even imagine how big it will be in a few years!! Good luck mate and catch ya down in bondi,
cheers Mike

By: Nils

Nils — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:45:24 +0000

Hey!

Really great page and congratulations to your 10th!!!!
There is nothing better in a cold office in Germany than to take a short break and recall the wonderful time in Bondi in 2006. Thanks a lot!!!

Nils

By: Fergus

Fergus — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:34:25 +0000

Congrats Uge,
Aquabumps – the best part of turning on the computer in the wet, cold miserable flat winter mornings

Ferg – Wexford, Ireland