Champions

So the surf may not have been epic and the water was a darn site colder that Taiwan, but it was still great to spend time with mates down the coast at the British Club Champs at Gwithian.  The Navy organised the event and showed great hospitality, running a fun event with a BBQ and music after.

It made the day even better to head home with Hotdoggers 'A' on the trophy.

Taiwan.....what a place!

(Photo by Moonwalker, Zak and I paddling out at one of the beach breaks)

After an awesome time out in Taiwan, I'm back home now, albeit slightly jet lagged. Before the trip began, I heard rumours of uncrowded line-ups and pumping surf. All I can say is..... the rumours were true.

I think I counted 5 other surfers in the water in my whole time in Taiwan, we scored heavy beachies, mellow points, barrels, noserides, such a wide variety of surf nearly every surf was in boardies with just us in the water. One thing is for certain, there are a lot more 7/11 shops than surfers!

The culture out there is so diverse with an abundance of crazy stuff around every corner. The food is off the scale, with the sushi is immense and now at the grand age of 26, I know how to use chop sticks!

The boys on the trip were top lads, Isaac Fields, Matt Mulder and my good friend from home Zak Lawton. The boys were killing while Moonwalker took shots, the trip is due to feature in the December issue of Pacific Longboarder Magazine, keep your eyes peeled for a video of the trip too.

If you're thinking of Taiwan as a surf destination in the future, get hold of these guys http://www.surftaiwan.com

Here's a couple shots I took along the way on my iPhone.

 

DROOG79

In his own words, Droog79 is the alter-ego of a salty-faced, suburbia-fleeing, inky-fingered, board-propelled artist, illustrator, designer and lawn bowls aficionado.

He's also a nice bloke and a bloody good artist. I've admired his artwork for a few years now and heard recently about his newest venture of 'arting' up surf fins. Droog took a couple of my fins and turned the originally bland and boring hardwear into quality pieces of unique artwork. 

I'm stoked with the outcome, so why not check out some of his work (blog + facebook) and possibly get some art done for yourself.