Do you think that you will ski again soon?

well i have a few months until the end of the aussie season so i will see how i am at the end of august or september and if i am good to go i will have a little careful run down some easy pistes.
hmm maybe mount selwyn ha ha ha .

but i am hoping to come back to japan this feb or march.. depending on my leg of course..

I am available for baby sitting duties if needed

This is sad news. It shows how easy things can go wrong.
This is dylan Longbottoms Brother.

Darren longbottom was in a bad accident on a boat trip in the mentawi's islands.

He was surfing a left hand break at about 4 feet , when he bailed off the back of a wave that was closing out ,as he bailed off the back he got high in the air and when coming down was awkward and came head first into his board breaking it into a clean 2 pieces, Darren broke his neck the c5 and c6.

He was without any movement, bobbing in the water with no way of keeping his head above water , he was pulled up from the water by Ian stewart that was on the ski.Other surfers from the line -up came to help lift daz onto the sledand then stabilized him on the deck of the boat , two french doctors were aboard another boat which came to there help to stabilize darren ,after 18 hours he wastransported by helicopter to the main-land, then a plane to singapore hospital where he under went surgery to his neck.

Dazz has slight movement in his hands, but from the chest down there is still no improvement , doctors say the surgery was positive but with the amount of bruising daz has had it is still early results will be more positve once the bruising go's down .

Sheez.. bad shiat.
and in tiny surf.

Yeah i heard about that. Lucky there was a doctor in the area with a chopper.

The surf was about a couple of feet and offshore today..



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Great waves here yesterday.3-4ft, warm, pods of Dolphins, and peaks to ourselves.
Not sure I really want to move to the east coast!

Mate, the west coast has the most consistent waves ever.

Heaps better than the east coast..

He's in SA. That ain't the West

Just got my New rip curl E bomb. Keen to stay for winter to make good use of the outlay..

What's the water temp down there in winter Indo? I remember freezing my arse off at Cactus.

oh doh! i take it all back then

There's supposed to be a NE swell coming tomorrow.

When your leg ready for a surf Koko?

havent looked out the door yet, but it is raining and blowing.
there wasnt anything much yesterday, but there has been waves at noosa and byron at the weekend..

my leg is still no good. its still gonna be months yet. I am almost ready for a body surf i reckon..

I am in training and ready to go at a moments notice when the break heals properly..

Ugly as sin up here. 90 km gusts. Sideways rain. Swells building fast

ECL here we come.(again)

I bet there is a dump for the opening of the ski season in oz.
I havent looked lately as there is no point for me.. :(

its slop here now (the surf). and building.. so when it dies down, i reckon the surf will be fully sik dood..

The swell picked up today and tomorrow it is supposed to peak.
too much wind for around here but..

Might be a chance of a wave at 1.6km. Too much south in the swell at the moment though. Some big bombs marching past BH today.

Surfed some solid one out there today. I haven't surfed waves that big for a while. My eldest bro got hammered big time. Silly old prick.

nothing goin on in town at all..

then move