ISO 10000

I took 1 shot today. Oh man it was dark down there. Waves were junkie 2 footers…at least the rain cleared the line-up. Not a great beach day at all so stick to work. All the other images in today’s update are from a few weeks ago. Hey I am selling one of my Canon […]

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Office Jockey

Looks to me like last night’s wind knocked around the swell and it’s now tiny (knee cappers). It’s barely surfable. Seeing the clouds are here with rain I’d say it’s a great day to lock into office jockey mode and start nailing stuff off your list. The good times will return, soon. :: uge

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Cracker

Some days it takes me a while to come up with my two paragraphs that sum up the morning. I get distracted a lot, trawl the web for inspiration and hours pass by…I find myself on google earth scoping out new isolated point breaks in Indo or drinking too much java. Today 2 words sum […]

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Beach Day

If I could I would be down there all day today. 10/10 beach day! The water is warm and clear. The waves are small but surfable. (waist high) Fortunately there is another back up south swell arriving tomorrow…that should pump a bit more grunt into the bump. Seeya down there :: uge

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Good Times

So glassy, so smooth, so good to see a few waves down at Bondi this morning! I think the good times will be short-lived as an onshore wind is about to blow. I saw some tasty rights in the corner – bit of junk on it…but well worth the paddle. I’d hit it now before […]

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Modern Family

Sofía Vergara came down to Bondi beach this morning in attempt to get on Aquabumps. She brought down the whole modern family and 100 trucks of equipment…I told her, it’s gotta be spontaneous…at least she wore fluoro for Fluoro Friday. So much going on down there at sunrise. Bowl-a-rama are setting up for a huge […]

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Inviting

The swell has kicked around to the East providing a few more options today. It’s still tiny yet surfable. I saw waves break around waist high with the odd set in the vicinity of shoulder high. Regardless, the windless conditions and warm water should be enough to motivate you. Bondi was in a very good […]

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Stunted

Tiny, micro, small, stunted, wee, mini, inadequate, shrimp, runty, baby, toy, undersized waves today. Plenty of crew out under dark grey morning skies. Muggy day, feels like Singapore. Max 29 degrees. Go for a swim, it’s nice. A good friend of mine rents out a couple of fancy houses in Bondi for holiday makers. Check […]

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Climax

Today started off well…a nice little fireball lit up behind Ben Buckler…but now she’s gone 50 shades of grey. The surf – little glassy, waist high peaks, good for a grovel. Winds should be good all day. Just need a bit more swell. Friday is looking good at Bondi with a south swell and offshore […]

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Quiet

The recent wet scared many from a beach visit this morning. Bondi was all quiet. Finally there are waves to talk about. Really sloppy ones but they broke around head high on the sets. The conditions should clean up during the day and the sunshine will come out. Wednesday looks like fun for surfers. I […]

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M I S T

There was a muggy sea mist smothering Bondi this morning. The waves are tiny (knee to waist) and they are running the girls over at Manly for the Australian Open of Surfing. This weekend there should be some waves for the comp…thankfully it’s a NE swell best suited for Manly. Watch it live now. The […]

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Prodigal

Hey there, I’m back in Bondi. Did you miss me? Bondi was kinda grey and 1 foot this morning. Quite a bit of chop on it also…yeah I know, that stinks. Everyone’s over at Manly anyway watching the Australian Open of Surfing. Looks tiny though. Live My last day in Hawaii was incredible. Why? The […]

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Kamehameha

This is the final Aquabumps installment from the Hawaiian Sabbatical. After a stormy 30 days on “The Rock” I’m coming home…and I am bringing the rain with me by the look of it. A lot of people ask me for holiday tips here. One day I’ll sit down and write up a big travel guide […]

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Pipe Pro

Did you watch Kelly Slater nail it in the Volcom Pipe Pro yesterday? It was really quite something. The waves were good (finally), around triple head high and very hollow from a new swell. It was Slaters 66th tour win. Not bad for a guy that turns 42 next week. Well he DOES live right […]

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S O F T I E

Yesterday was a pretty fun day on the North Shore. The onshore Kona winds blew out my enthusiasm to shoot much. A 1.5hr drive across the island to hide from the winds just seemed all too hard. Was feeling lazy…y’know…3 weeks on The Rock can do that. Out front the sand has been doing some […]

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Aquatic Playground

People ask me all the time what’s so good about Hawaii. In a nutshell it is just one big aquatic playground. Na, not just for surfing…but anything to do with the ocean. The water temp. and land temp. are very similar so you can spend most of your day swimming, snorkelling, surfing, windsurfing or just […]

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