It has been a while aye? Doing weekly web logs is to ideally generate interest and therefore traffic and hopefully even sales. Ironically there's a tipping point, where the first thing that gets dropped if there's too much on is one of the things that's s'possed to create that busyness. It's been busy!
The surf around here pumped last week, it was a welcome reprieve from the huge storm swells and winds. The formula was applied pretty well, surf until broken [that doesn't take too many sessions], then shoot and shoot some more.
The exposed beachies sort of turned on, the photos may lie a bit, but there were definitely moments of goodness.
So fun! And nearly always twice as good as it looks
Napes was on hand
And so was Jay Piper-Healion
JPH stealing the show
Oossssh... the funpark is open
Tava Santorik was up from Raglan to party
Anyone know this guy? He was ripping in the middle of South Piha last Saturday
Yeah Brewster... just another cheeky 5 hour surf eh boss!
Oh yes we did, Keyhole Boardriders ran the first event post Cyclone Gabby, it was a good turn out and between the straight handers there were some drainers. Liam Joyce scored an 11 out of 10 [in my books anyway] faded a non competitor and then got completely coned across the beach to find a doggy door... and for all you non surfers that don't understand that... there is your homework :)
The 2023 National Open Champion Dune Kennings won the event by a slim margin on the last wave ridden in the final
A gallery of the Keyhole comp is up on the Keyhole Facebook page HERE
...and Surfline has run a feature of PhotoCPL images HERE
And speaking of PhotoCPL images...
Pretty cool aye!!! One of my images from a pool session with Blood Diamond, Israel Adesanya and Dave Woods. Dave and Woody's Movement Workshop featured in a large sports piece on TVNZ last Wednesday....so stoked for you Woody, such good coverage.
FROM THE BOOK SHOP
Yess back in its third print. The Big Little Beach Book is available again, it is slowly getting into books stores and surf shops over the next few weeks. You can buy The Big Little Beach Book through the PhotoCPL Website HEREnow, if you want it now.