Otago gold

Takes me ages to get around New Zealand. I’m late for every appointment here. I pack the rental full of cameras, pull out on the highway…and bam!…a mountain will be standing 1.5km tall, right next to the road waiting to be shot. Drive 2 clicks down the road and you get a view down a beautiful valley […]

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Wanaka

Wanaka (said wanna-car), is a chilled little kiwi town which is dominated by a huge 192 km2 lake. It’s a much more mellower vibe in comparison to it’s bustling neighbor – Queenstown. It’s kinda like the Margaret River (WA) township for snow. Everyone hits the slopes when it’s on – tools down. It’s in their DNA to ski. The snow […]

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Heli Ski

Today’s ‘Bumps comes from the mountain tops near Wanaka, New Zealand. What an insanely beautiful joint. I was fortunate enough to spend the day out the back, Heli Skiing. Basically a chopper flings you up a mountain and you work your way down. In my case, sometimes rolling down. It’s true…my ocean skills don’t translate […]

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Mount Hutt

Oi Cuzi bros, yes that accent is back! I am in the land of EnZed, one of my favourite destinations which is so close to home – just a stone’s throw across the ditch. Today’s photos are broadcast from the South Islands largest ski fields – Mt Hutt. Mt Hutt is only 80 clicks south […]

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Record

Today is forecasted to be the hottest day in July, ever. That’s scary. A max. of 25 degrees. Make the most of these very unusual conditions and take today off work, slap on the OUT-OF-OFFICE and head down the beach. Keep in mind that there is a high chance of rain around 1pm, but other […]

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Let’s Ride…

This morning got off to a very grey start. The residual storm cloud is still lingering. It rained. It drizzled…and it felt warm and cold all at the same time. I’m confused what clothes to wear? Tomorrow is forecasted for a record breaking 26 degrees. 26 in the middle of winter? Whaaat? I hope you […]

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Travel

It’s pouring with rain outside in Sydney. Nice day to be indoors. I didn’t shoot this morning for obvious reasons. I choose to show you some gold from the Aquabumps archives. My mother has worked in the airline biz nearly her entire life (and still does). She taught us boys at a young age that […]

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Shepherds Warning

Red sky at night is a shepherds delight, red sky in the morning is a shepherds warning… It may feel like summer with a bangin’ 23 degrees and perfect sunshine…but at 8:05pm tonight it will rain. The shepherds are right. It’s coming. So…get outside right now, put the out of office on…and kick back in […]

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Blanket

Sydney was smothered with a blanketing fog this morning. With a forecast of 23 degrees, mid-winter, I knew something freaky would happen. Two air masses, very different temps collided. All clear now, the ferries are running and I can see 2 footers down at Bondi. Our buddies at Audi are giving one Aquabumps reader the […]

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Tube time

Oh boy. So many fun waves this morning. Good to see it lighting up in this south swell. I spent the morning with Blake…hunting tubes. Found em! With the morning dropping tide the waves got really hollow. Don’t worry, there should be waves all weekend in Sydney. Enjoy ’em. :: uge

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Building

A brand new south swell is here…and building. It’s only 2-3 foot right now but it should be solid by the end of the day. Topic of the morning convos was how cold it is…yes. It is. Colder than yesterday. 6 degrees this morning. Great to see the regulars ignoring the 0 degree wind chill […]

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Served Chilled

I got chiiiiiiiills….they’re multiplying! I warned you…cold huh? What makes it so cold is that wind. Blows straight through you. Waves – ya kiddin’. Waves tomorrow – yeah maybe. Snow – oh yeah! She’s having a dump. :: uge

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The Drift

As we thought…the swell has dropped out overnight leaving 1 footers. It’s barely surfable. Kinda warmish morning…but tomorrow will cool down. If you wanna surf, you’re gonna have to wait until the end of the week or catch a plane somewhere like Indo. Otherwise the snow is a good option. Hey, we’re hiring in the […]

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Drive thru

I drove from Maroubra to Bondi this morning hunting waves and light. Even though there is plenty of swell there wasn’t really anything breaking well. Didn’t see anyone get a good wave. A brief spark of colour at sunrise got things going, but rain and grey now dominate the landscape. A good day to be […]

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Change

We’re on the brink of change as strong winds and swell are predicted. It was 1 foot and cold down the beach this morning. Should be 6 footers tomorrow and howling winds. Log riders were out enjoying a solo peak in the middle. Water is decently warm, but, that dash home in the wind chill […]

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Amalfitana

It’s quite a dreary old day in Sydney. It’s been raining a lot this morning. The beach wasn’t pumping unfortunately – 1ft, no light, rain and no humans. I hope you had a sleep in – ’cause you are missing nuttin’ down the beach. Let’s go to Italy today? Ah yes, the Costiera Amalfitana. You […]

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Micro

It’s ridiculously small today. It’s gonna be like this Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Work hard now to gain brownie points…then…redeem later in the week when the swell returns. It should be solid from Thursday onward (with hooooooooowwling SW winds). I am selling two Canon 1dx (version 1) camera bodies on eBay. The auctions end in […]

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#CloudP*rn

Do you know sometimes it takes me over 2 hours to shoot the photos for this daily post? Then some days it’s just 15 minutes…like today. It was like shooting Gisele Bündchen…couldn’t take a bad photo. Everywhere I looked was beauty. I hooned around on the bike and 13 frames per second. This is what […]

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