Surfing Mums

Two mums, trading waves over a few days up the coast. Katherine had given birth to our second child a few weeks before, and Emily was a few months into cooking up her second.

It doesn't get much better than catching up with a good friend between waves, with all other cares and concerns relegated to dry land while nature is shining all around. 

Ceylon Sliding

Back in 2012 (yep that's how up-to-date and current this blog is!) we had a short winter break on the sand bottomed points of Sri Lanka. "We" being Katherine, our 1 year old son and my brother Jack. Very enjoyable all round.

Eager Beaver

Sharing

Kai Style

Kai Ellice-Flint a few summer ago now I think. It was a Sunday morning club meet at his local beach. He's since kicked a few impressive goals further afield. It's always rewarding watching Kai surf.

Ghost Freight

Early morning surfing rocks.

Whitewater Style

Trimming through the foam in style. There's plenty of valid criteria on what "good" surfing is - effortlessness, flow, critical positioning, power etc, but I reckon in my mix there's got to be something about making the most of a wave - completing the ride, every last bit of trim. This idea probably extends into riding all kinds of boards and surfing all kinds of conditions, appreciating the chance to get out in the ocean and passionately do something that some might describe as pointless. But they don't get it. Some surfers don't even get it. Jim does.

Moving

I haven't posted for a good while now, but I'm feeling keen. The plan is to do it weekly. I've enjoyed some nice uncrowded waves lately. This was a crowded Bay day, ages ago.

Phil Roxburgh

I stop in to their home town every now and then for a surf, and it's a pretty rare morning not to see at least one member of the Roxburgh family turning heads in the lineup.

Green on Green

Jive Surfing

Am I imaging it, or did surfers once talk about jive surfing?! Whatever you want to call it, I dig the style going on here.

Four by Ten

Morning Rory

Johnny Ten

Blue Walker

Satisfaction

Highly satisfying to nail a good turn on a single fin longboard.

Ten

Morning Old Mates

Sealegged Sean

Sneaky Insiders

Johnny doesn't let too many of those shapely small insiders slip through unnoticed, or unridden more to the point. It's one of the many joys of longboarding I reckon.