Update from Sydney

Post surf  relaxing.

Last light- Soldiers Point

Let the starts be your guide. 

Light house - Norah Head

Just another light house at dawn- Norah Head

The reef at Soldiers Point

The reef from above- Soldiers Point

About an hour north of Sydney and supposedly a very sharky reef.

Every break should have a reef you can walk out on and dive strait into the lineup - Soldiers Point

Synchronized diving- Soldiers Point 

Surf check at Soldiers Point

Would love to check this out on a swell larger than 1 meter- Soldiers Point

Look Ma! No board. Manly Beach

Not sure what he's looking at. If you show up at the beach when the surf report says "1ft and windy" your either going in or not- Manly Beach

Guardians of the beach - Manly Beach

Cloud break - Manly Beach

Another reef - NSW

Morning on Manly Beach

Morning on Manly.

Morning exercise - Manly Beach

One hell of a bottom turn to do in knee high surf - Manly Beach

Traffic in the lineup - Manly Beach

Pulling in - Manly Beach

Midweek Swell

Clear roads before the blizzard

Early morning off-shore

Fading swell

No matter what it looks like here I wouldn't swim in it

Midday pulses falling just short of a good time

Back to the blog - 2012 in pictures

After talking to a friend yesterday I was inspired to do something with this space again...

It's been a busy year for me. I've been fortunate to travel all over the world on someone else's dime. Sometimes I even have enough time to break out my camera.

Morning light -Tokyo, Japan 

Big Buddah - Kyoto, Japan

Backstreets - Tokyo, Japan

I hear they have Otter's there now - Santos, Brazil

Morning - Hobuck, WA.

Empty wave - Westport, WA.

Best seats in the house - Galliano Island, BC

LaPush, WA.

Rare conditions - WA.

Mt. Baker in the distance - WA.

Courtenay poolside - Troncones, MX.

So this is why they call the break "Tombstones" - Troncones, MX.

Inside - Westport, WA.

Great Wall- Beijing, China

Randoms - Beijing, China

Skunk Train - Ft. Bragg, CA.

Milky Way and the moon - Ft. Bragg, CA.

Called in sick for this one - WA.

Street meat - Beijing, China

Finding shade on a cloudy day - Westport, WA.

Mark's Park - Sydney, NSW Australia

Morning on the 101- Port Orford, OR.