by Franck Gazzola | Aug 21, 2012 | Daily Updates
It's great to be back! Even better after witnessing the sunrise from the Bondi Icebergs while the usual gang of swimmers were slugging it out in the pool. Although 3 weeks in Turkey was fun and a nice change to life in the bubble of the eastern beaches – there is absolutely no place like home. I love taking pictures as you all know and there is nothing like shooting Bondi after a few weeks away.
Today you will find 2 ft waves rolling through from the south. Winds were NW early and is expected to turn to the NE, which means conditions at Bondi will be ok most of the day. It is a little fat and full with the 10.39am high tide right now. Mid afternoon would be a better time to get out there before the grommets hit it after school.
No real waves to speak of for the next week. Only some NE windswell on the radar for Thursday and Friday.
Enjoy the day! – Brad
by Franck Gazzola | Aug 17, 2012 | Daily Updates
Late nights and early starts is the norm for the true surfer on holiday in Fiji.
This week on Namotu, our tiny Fijian island ‘Parataisi’ (Fijian for paradise) it has just about been as good as it can get. Solid swell, perfect winds, amazing fishing and outlandish partying has certainly not been hard to take even if I’m feeling a little frazzled for it all.
I won’t bore you with the finer details of how good I have it right now and will just let my images do the talking for me. I have so many great ones that it was really hard to just pick 7. I had some stunning underwater but I decided to run with mostly our best day at Cloudbreak, because after all, that is what I would want to see.
Have a good weekend back home everyone. See you again next week from the beautiful Namotu Island Resort, my final week in Parataisi.
Time to run. The boat to Cloudbreak won’t wait for an old Frother like me.
Yeeew!
Billy
by Franck Gazzola | Aug 16, 2012 | Daily Updates
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by Franck Gazzola | Aug 14, 2012 | Daily Updates
I've made it. A few more sea miles have been knocked up in the log book. I am now in Istanbul for a bit of a look see before heading home.
Ok I know! So cruising southern Turkey wasn't exactly like being out in the blue water. I've done that and it is hard work. I think at last count I had 6 Atlantic crossings under my belt and while cruising in the Med no way compares – your still out at sea and on boats, shit can hit the fan real quick if your not onto it! So I am happy all went well. Here are a few shots I took along the way.
If your looking for a surf report out of me today then I am afraid you are out of luck. How about you guys let me know how it is? Did you surf this morning? Was it good? Can't wait for a wave later in the week. You see right outside my hotel window is the Black Sea and she is flat. Just a whole bunch of container ships heading off to countries like Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Romania and Bulgaria.
I never thought I'd find myself in this part of the world. But I am super excited to hit up Istanbul for a few photos for my next report! Look out later in the week.
Talk soon – Brad
by Franck Gazzola | Aug 13, 2012 | Daily Updates
Life is a mix of priorities and dreams. Personally, for me anyway, it’s a battle between attaining the means to support a comfortable existence for my family, while at the same time trying to enjoy what you could term, ‘my own selfish dream’. Which of course, is surfing.
Doing a 3 week stint at the beautiful Namotu Island Resort in Fiji, shooting the guests and surfing breaks like Cloudbreak Reef, is about as close as you can get to achieving THE dream, while at the same time also maintaining the other priority.
But honestly, it was never about the money. As soon as the email came through for this wonderful opportunity to work over here in paradise for a while, there was only one word, only one selfish thought that ever entered my mind… Cloudbreak!
After a week of ordinary weather by Fiji standards, things have finally turned around. The last few days have been what dreams are made of; sunny, off shore and 4 – 8 feet of solid ground swell and there is more on the way, thanks to the terrible weather all you folks in Sydney have unfortunately been putting up with the last few days. All that huge south swell is now marching straight up the pacific and into our lap. What some have to endure for others to prosper, or so you could say.
I hope it pumps at home on the down turn for everyone to enjoy as well.
Cheers.
Billy
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