Morning! How's everyone doing out there? We're surely living in crazy times. I mean, we're not at war, but the situation seems to be changing every time I flick the news on or open my emails. Borders closing, sports…
Read MoreThings change quickly these days. Feels like we were just emerging out of the smoke of a firy summer and now the fog of a foreign virus are clouding over. Everyone's talking about it, precautionary plans are in effect…
Read MoreMorning! It's a really nice day unpeeling out there! With all the uncertainty and ominous news that's bombarding us, it's so nice to wake up to sunshine and a glassy ocean.
Read MoreEarly start to the Sydney Surf Pro today. I was just about to swim out for a look at the contest bank when the beach announcers made the call a start to Heat 1, Round Four; the sun hadn't even risen yet! I guess they're…
Read MoreThis time of the year is pretty special. Feels like the autumn patterns of light offshores and clean little swell lines are setting. Makes the ocean look even more alluring, even if it's high-tide and straight.
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The water was thick with talent once again at first light. The warm up sessions are a frantic display of speed turns, gouges and boosts. If the contest heats are too slow for you, get down and take a look at the warm up session.
It's game on at North Steyne this morning! Day one of the Sydney Surf Pro, the beach is brimming with talent and the waves were kind of pumping at first light for the warm up session. I don't know how…
Read MoreIt's a cracker of a day out there now! Blue sky, light wind and warm sunshine. There was nothing to see for the first hour of light this morning; the fog had vis down to just beyond the water's edge. Even the judges at the…
Read MoreThis past summer was a strange one to say the least. As bushfire's blazed up and down the Eastern seaboard, the view through my lens became constantly tinted bushfire brown as sunrises and sunsets displayed a dark
Read MoreThere's a cool change in the air this morning. It's a nice relief from yesterday's heat - Sydney hit 37˚ before the change mid arvo…
Read MoreHappy Monday, happy March and happy autumn to you! It's a beautiful morning and it feels every bit like summer out there today; warm and humid even before the sun was up. Considering our first 6 weeks…
Read MoreAfter 10 days of camping it's a simple luxury to sleep in you're own bed, even if I was wide awake before the sun was even glowing on the horizon. With only 2 hours between NZ and Sydney time, it's not a full flip but the subtle…
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We’ve been offline wondering the mountains and remote coastlines of our brothers and sisters across the Tasman. The South Island of New Zealand is a phenomenally beautiful slice of earth;
We're having a great run of waves with a steady train of swell coming at us from the east and south-east. It's 2-4ft and clean this morning; way more user-friendly than the 10 footers that were surging into The Corso early…
Read MoreUesi is delivering the flowers for Sydney surfers this morning. The much anticipated swell courtesy of TC Uesi has arrived and it's filling in fast. I reckon I saw it jump from 4ft to 8ft between 6:30 and 7:30 this morning.
Read MoreI had a sleep in this morning; took one look out the window around the time the sun should have been rising and rolled right back to bed. It was dark and cloudy with rain threatening and a light onshore breeze in the trees...
Read MoreThe vis was way down this morning with a thick, humid fog hanging heavy from cliff to cliff. I couldn't really figure out what was going on with the swell, sand and wind so I just suited up and trailed Jarrad Howse…
Read MoreIt always takes a day or two for the inertia in the ocean to settle after a storm like we experienced over the weekend. Yesterday's calm winds left the ocean glassy but still raw with an ominous edge. This morning…
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