by Franck Gazzola | Oct 18, 2013 | Daily Updates
In between a few rogue sets, there were a couple of diamonds in the rough out at Bondi this morning. There are two swells in the water, the NE and windswell from yesterday and a newby from the South. The result is a few nice looking peaks hitting our beaches, say at about the 4 ft range.
As you can see from todays main shot. Local board shaper Andrew Harris scored the wave of the day. I can just imagine his big grin when he opens the Froth report. I love the fact that AH can surf well. I think it's a huge factor when spending coin on a new stick. Good show AH – You were killing it on your pink lipstick board this morning!
Expect a weekend of NE wind and swell to match. Temps will be hot which won't help the bush fire situation what so ever. It's going to be a hard weekend for everyone involved out there.
Wish me luck people – I'm heading up to Port Macquarie to do the half ironman triathlon on Sunday! That 21km run at the end is going to be hectic!
Happy weekend! – Brad
by Franck Gazzola | Oct 17, 2013 | Daily Updates
We have had some cold starts in the mornings lately but the heat is definitely back today and the beach front was a bee hive of activity early, running, riding, pumping and jumping. Are there any unfit people left in town? I’m sure there would be a couple, but we are certainly a fitter bunch these days.
The swell has completely changed direction over night and is now coming in from the north east. No more clean west winds either, the heat will keep this NE sea breeze strong all day and hopefully some surf with it.
Be cool, stay cool.
Billy
by Franck Gazzola | Oct 16, 2013 | Daily Updates
Loud cars, warm ocean, blue sky, and highly contrasting people: you're in Miami !
Welcome to Miami / Bienvenido a Miami !
I did not know what to expect of Miami, but I am not unhappy to have come here: it's fun to watch ! It's the kingdom of the Bling, the realm of the Party, where cars are pimped to the teeth, loud as a plane taking-off, and where finding a cocktail of less than 500ml is a challenge.
Going to the beach, it was great for a swim. But forget it if you want to have a nap: between the planes dragging the messages about which famous DJ is playing in which Club, the helicopters from the police going at Mach 2 just 10meters high alongside the shoreline, the lifeguard quads,…and everyone's little sound system: you'd better have 100% soundproof earplugs. So I took photos. But I must be honest, I struggled to shoot at the beach and come up with shots that were not PG18 ! This place is C-R-A-Z-Y !
But in this place where the bling seems to be determining a man's value, there is a high contrast with all the ''others'' that have been left on the side of the road. Those who eat the crumbles live side-by-side with the filthy rich, or with the ones buying champagne on their credit cards, a 100 meters down the road, thinking they are living the dream.
It's a city of contrasting colours (in the people or in the buildings), of languages (Spanish and English), of social fulfillment, and of well-being (the ultra-leans vs. XXL formats), that make all kind of extremes live together (''next to each other'' would maybe be a better way of putting it).
Here are some high contrast shots of this high contrast City.
Enjoy the day !
Franck
by Franck Gazzola | Oct 15, 2013 | Daily Updates
This is the arvo report. That’s what it is. Getting one up at all is sometimes a mission depending on what we’re doing.
I wish I had a better excuse than to tell you I left the computer to bolt to Maroubra because I got a call saying it was good. But that’s what you do when you shoot surf, you pretty much drop everything on the spot and do the bolt because conditions never last and as it turned out, I pretty much missed it anyway but did manage to snag a couple of extra shots to throw into this report. Happy days!
It’s nice out there folks! Sunny, off shore (right now) and clean 4 foot lines. The wind will probably turn NE later so Bondi should be the pick for the late surf as the tide comes in.
Have fun boys and girls!
Billy
by Franck Gazzola | Oct 10, 2013 | Daily Updates
Recipe for slow-cooked Sydney-siders…
Ingredients:
– a few millions humans
– a warm blow from the North
– a divine temperatured ocean
– some tiny 1 foot swell
Preparation:
Start bringing the temperature of the Sydney oven of at 25 degrees at first light, and quickly bring the humans to boiling, by cranking the oven up to 39 degrees. Let those humans grill, burn, roast all day in their cars, offices, construction sites, or shops. For the meat not to get too dry though, do not forget to keep it moist. A dip in the Ocean, or a quick paddle will do the trick.
Roast further, till night falls.
Finally, tomorrow, put all those humans back in the cool room, at 21 degrees, to bring them back to reality: it's only Spring !
Franck
PS: Next up-date for me will be in GMT-6 timezone.
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