Beiber
Justin Beiber was in Bondi yesterday. Shirtless. Inked. Parading. The word is that he’s here to shop at Louis Vuitton’s pop-up store on Roscoe, others say he’s here for a Hillsong mega conference. I thought he was looking for some Aquabumps prints from the gallery…but we all know why he’s here…our new Ferris wheel. It’s […]
Slide
It’s currently 31 degrees and about to scorch at 35 degrees. Not a bad first day of summer hey? It’s Tuesday, a little early in the week to play hooky, but it’s quite simply an immaculate beach day (sans surf). Waves broke tiny circa uno pede. Bring your mal, your mullet, your foamie, your boogs, […]
Manic
With hot weather comes silly season. Bondi is the epicentre of all things silly. As soon as the mercury passes 30 people flock to the joint, baby oil and all. At 6am today the beach was full. Bootie camps flourished, photoshoots snapped, reboot meditation ooommmed, mal riders ran each other over, SUP-ers dominated, swimmers got […]
Emerge
I’m not sure how much longer the water can remain warm and clear…but I’m loving it. Can’t get ‘nuf of it. After a long night of kids screaming nothing beats hanging down under the waves, where it’s all quiet. If only I could hold my breath for hours! The waves look OK too…waist to shoulder […]
M O R N I N G
Some mornings it can be a punish peeling out of bed before the sun rises. You’d think after 15 years of daily dawn photography I’d have it down. I’m human. I need a java hit to switch the brain into gear and steer me in the general direction of the beach. As I rolled down […]
D R I B B L E L A N D
Yesterday’s swell has run out of gas and we’re back in Dribbleland. It’s micro and best suited to long boarding and newbies to the sport like my new son Spike (Ok maybe we had better wait a year or two as he’s only 2 weeks old). The water is 10 out of 10 though. Just […]
C L E A R
Seems to be a bit of a swell drought on at the moment. The lack of low pressuries makes for fine weather, just not fine surfing. South facing swell magnets (AKA Bondeye) would draw a little mal wave, but don’t get too excited. Waist to occasionally shoulder high perhaps? Looks small all week. Tomorrow is […]
Water People
I had a really good time shooting these ten photos down at Bondi Beach this morning. I hope it shows. The water was immaculate, warm and clear. The sun was out baking without a cloud of hindrance in the sky. Wind – there was none. Waves – none of those either. Well I guess I […]
South Bang
The talked about south storm hit last night with a bang. After a glorious Sunday of sunshine and northerlies – pow – it tore through Sydney and left as fast as it hit. This morning I was a little surprised to find a beautiful morning, sunshine and shoulder high waves. The ocean is junkie from […]
Silky
In terms of water conditions, this morning was perfect. Silky smooth surfaces with absolutely no wind. The only ingredient missing is swell. It’s microscopic. Today is the smallest day of the week and it will gradually build to a big day on Friday (sorry, but it will be windy also). Plenty of surf days in […]
: : p u f f
This time of year you’ve probably ran out of puff looking forward gorging yourself on mamas xmas cookin’ and taking a break. I think the swell is in the same boat – lacking…weak, waist high waves broke this morning without any grunt. The high tide was so full I thought most lumps weren’t even gonna […]
Overflow
Hi. There’s waves around this morning but it’s full as a boot with a 7am high tide. You can catch a wave, but don’t expect much more than a few cutbacks and flaps trying to stay on it. The lower tide will reveal the goods. SE swell, 3 ft, S/SE winds 5-10 knots then swinging […]
Good times
Good times down the beach this morning. Good times. I had so much fun. The weather is freaky at the moment – either pouring and thunderstorms or summer heaven. Today the latter. The waves are micro and around your kneecaps. The water is decent, 19. The banks are ok, 2 peaks with a fun shore […]
