2009-09-17T19:06:00.000-07:00

Hi all,

here we are in Bali getting some sun and plenty of surf, it’s good to have warm water and consistent surf again after another patchy summer !!!

Staying in Tuban and mostly surfing the reefs out the front although the whole place has been firing. Crowds of locals, Japanese, Aussies, Euros and every other type of surfer you can think off!!!

Been trying out a couple of new Bilbo boards, 6’4” and a 7’0”. Haven’t really got to grips with the bigger one yet but the 6’4” is great. It’s 6’4” x 18 3/4” and 2 3/8” more foiled than my Lanzarote boards and about as small as I can get away with.... however with no wetsuit to worry about and clean conditions it’s proving to be a peach. Works really well with the Future Fins Vector Foils, good stiff fins that seem to push through the turns especially when there’s a bit of power.

We snuck of to a spot west of Canngu a couple of days ago and got some fun little walls. Thanks to local Brazilian Marcos for showing us the spot away from the Bukit crowds! No problem anyway as his two visiting mates, Rodrigo and Luciano are Gracie JuJitSu instructors.... Seriously though a couple of very mellow guys that it was a pleasure to surf with.

Anyhow check out the sequence, it’s a bit distant but you can see that a good bit of fibreglass can make an old (ish) man quite happy. I think this model is going to be a good all round travel board for the slightly more mature and slightly heavier guys who still like to give it a bash !

Speaking of older guys, Scotty Duddings ex Rip Curl UK is over from NZ and ripping... like the Sultan of Speed in reverse !

Had a beer with Jack Nicholson too !

Cheers all,

Rob.

Casa Penelope