by Franck Gazzola | Oct 3, 2012 | Daily Updates
Have you looked out the window? What more can I say except I hope you take full advantage of this glorious day. The swell from yesterday has backed right off leaving fun waist high waves for a good old bunch of surfers on the south bank at Bondi. Yep it was packed. Collisions, dings, words all the usual stuff going on.
I swam with the camera rig flipperless this morning thanks to some chump that lifted them out of the back of my ute last night. Karma will get you my friend! Hopefully when your body surfing. May you get dumped and lose both of them in a rip. Remember to raise your arm for assistance!
If you haven't got your tickets yet to Tim Bonythons surf movie "Immersion" at the North Bondi RSL tomorrow night then get your butt moving. Tickets are going fast. You can book online HERE for $20 or else it is $25 at the door. $15 for groms! Frothers will be giving away one of Bill Morris's acrylic mounted 24inch x 16inch image of Ryan Hipwood in the lucky door prize. It will look amazeballs on your wall! So there is even more incentive to make an appearance.
Soak up that sun folks – Brad
by Franck Gazzola | Oct 2, 2012 | Daily Updates
To give you more strength, you can scream ''Banzaïïïïïïïïï !''…That's what the Japanese kamikazes used to shout when they purposely crashed their planes on the US war ships !
The ride today, is pretty much a take-off, a straight line,…and a wipe-out, just like the Japanese soldiers !
That being said, if you're lucky, Bondi offered some nice (fat) shoulders…but you have to be on them. It's not easy: difficult to really find a defined peak. The best bet is probably just in front of the Bondi Pavillon. Forget about the South end.
Let's hope the swell will clean up as the day goes, just like the sky finally cleared up. It's now a nice day outside (at 5am, when I left my place, I thought the weather man had been lying to me, big time !).
Local Artist Martin Greer is running an exhibition of his oil paintings showcasing 9 decades of longboard surfing at Bondi. The opening night is this Thursday at 6.30pm and will run through to 21st October at the Bondi Pavillion Galllery. His work is amazing and worth a look. Go check it out !
Enjoy the day !
Franck
by Franck Gazzola | Sep 28, 2012 | Daily Updates
I had to have a double take as I looked up todays forecast air temp. Yep she was right. 29 degrees. Boom! Might rock some boardies and flip flops today!
We have 2- 3 ft of NE wind dribble getting into Maroubra. There wasn't much quality and I had difficulty getting anything half decent from land so I decided to hit the chilly water with a 50mm. My favourite lens to shoot water with.
As I mentioned above. The water is cool. Don't be fooled by the air temp today. Throw your rubber in the car with you if your surfing today. You can be a hell man and get the rig out but you won't last too long!
Storms expected later.
Have a great weekend – Brad
by Franck Gazzola | Sep 27, 2012 | Daily Updates
I drove over to The Bra early and it was easily the biggest and the best of all the Southside beaches. Totally uncrowded as well, which is such a change from ‘Beehive Bondi’ where you literally take your life in your own hands, just by paddling out when it's small like this. The chances of getting run over by a beginner increase dramatically at this size.
After capturing some action and having a chat to some friends I haven’t seen in a while I ventured back to Bondi, picking up my water housing on the way in the hope of maybe getting an empty wave shot in the shore break. Unfortunately, I didn’t get one that was worthy of putting up but it was nice to get wet in the chilly 17 degree water. Always makes for a good start to the day.
Hope you guys have ordered your tickets for Tim Bonython’s re-edited ‘Immersion’ movie next Thursday at North Bondi RSL. It’s going to be off the hook with all the new big wave footage he has added. Click on the banner below to book.
Cheers
Billy
by Franck Gazzola | Sep 26, 2012 | Daily Updates
Bondi is like another world.
Tamarama was a silent, virtual ghost town before sun up. The purr of the diesel sand rake shaving it’s sweeping track across the beach, was the only significant noise to be heard beyond that of the ocean.
Tama wasn’t much chop anyway, with no real banks and a high tide I knew where the activity centre would be, where it always is – Bondi.
As soon as I pulled at The Hill, the ‘beehive’ was in it’s usual full swing – runner’s, boot camper’s, yoga and meditate-er’s, they were all making the most of a blazing Spring sunrise.
There were a dozen or so surfers sharing the new right bank in the south corner, the one that was a left until Huey got sick of it and decided to go switch for a while. I guess the goofy’s will be out of luck for anything forehand in the near future, unless we get another big swell to clean out the rip again.
All in all, it’s another magic day in the city. That little rain storm that chased me off the beach with my camera is long gone, so if you’re enjoying school holidays or have the day off work, get out and get amongst it!
Enjoy!
Billy
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