Easter

Easter 1 - Jarret 0

Easter got the better of me this past weekend. Had a real KAK surf full of oil on thursday arvo and the rest of the weekend was spent indulging in delicious easter eggs in bed with my beautiful better half. What an amazing weekend!

We currently have a strong onshore wind with 7 metre swells, not really worth braving the freezing conditions with a suit that has no zip to close my back up. 

Here is a shot from a couple weeks ago, I kinda enjoy it. Pic by Simon Heale.

Adjectives

Fun, amazing, enjoyable, beautiful, exciting...actually, any adjective with similar or the same meaning to those that I mentioned could be used to describe this past weekend I had.

Friday night - Dias Tavern with my beautiful lady for amazing Portuguese food

Saturday - surf mission with the boys! Freezing but so sick. Check a full run down on Si's blog. I got a coupla shots

Sunday - a walk up lions head with a few mates, the girlfriend and an old mate (JP) to watch the sunset and the moorise. Surreal! 

Perfect weekend

Photographs:

fun bowls

amazing colours

sunset

purple mountain moonrise

cruising

eerie

change

Change is inevitable. I need to change. I over psyche myself up before contests, I psyche myself out, I over-think it all and end up almost trying too hard just to fall flat on my back. I've lost the fun I got out of it, the stoke seems to be kinda missing. The last time I had good proper fun in the water was probably back in Hawaii, whilst swimming at Keiki, not even surfing. It really isn't what I want, to be honest. I set myself up for disappointment almost every time I enter an event. I tell myself that this event is the event, I tell myself to relax and take it chilled, and nothing has worked. Im going "back to the roots", im gonna surf for the fun of it, im only going to do what I enjoy doing, I am completely over that feeling. For now Im just going to take it as it comes, and I'll surf to only enjoy it, nothing else, and if that happens to be in a contest, cool, and if I happen to do well then it will just be bonus.

Here's pics from the weekend I still was able to enjoy after falling down once again.

A Fiery Sky - Natasha Silva Photo

Sea-weed playground - N S Photo

room mate Roofey cooking delicious brekky

Don getting me pretty good!

Stunning Reflection

Little mouse

Ruf Reflected

So

I havent done a post in long. I dont care, I think about doing posts alot, but just never get round to it, its tht thought that counts anyway! But here is one cause I thought about it more than usual. In a couple hours, my girlfriend and I are heading up the coast 2 surf the Wes Kus Classic, pretty amped to say the least, but the lack of swell is a tad dampening but hey, I've surfed contests in small waves. I havent been up to much recently, just working pretty hard, studying too, surfing when the conditions permit, cruising with Tash, braaing meat, shaving, spending money. Enough rambling for now, will most likely do an update after the contest. Here is a few pics.

i took a shave

my local pumped with me at work

my local was onshore ALOT

Been back home

for 2 weeks now and I apologize for the lack of posts. I have been pretty busy getting back into the swing of things and to be honest, been far to side tracked and not amped. I have been doing lots of things over the past 2 weeks and I am loving being home. Im back home...with my girlfriend, friends, family, cold water, shark stories, oily surfs, onshore winds etc etc etc. I got back home after a looooong series of flights and was greeted by my girlfriend, mother and her boyfriend and it was so good to see them all. I got back to my house and my girlfriend and mother teamed up and had revamped my room - double bed nogal! My girlfriend sneakily took one of my water shots of Keiki and blew it up an hung it on my wall. Soooo stoked! Makes me even more amped on photography! Anyway, im over this for now, I have 4 photos I would like to share with you all from my flight back in which I witnessed the sunset and sunrise all on one flight. The internet in South Africa is slow, well at my house it is! I am only loading 4 photos and it took me 15mins just to get the download started. And now I am finished writing and they still aren't loaded.

transit

outer space

cloud formations

sunset

2 down 2 2 go

Almost confusing yet so simple. Im half way through my flights, I've done my first 2 legs and now I am sitting at the biggest Airport (or something like that) in the states. Its funny though, cause so far its the only Airport that I've had to pay for Wi-fi (barring SA). Anyway, next up I have a 15 hour flight to get me to Joburg, followed by another 2 hour flight. Then I shall be greeted by my mother and girlfriend. I can't wait. I want to get there now! But patience is a virtue. Here is a photo that makes me miss home so much. This is a photo of my favourite person and my favourite place in the whole world! Its also one of my favourite photo's I have taken.

Time has come

I have been very unamped to do any blog posts over the past couple of days, I have just been relaxing and taking everything in before I leave. I can tell you this though, My last night on the North Shore was spent enjoying bottomless tacos and salsa with a massive borrito with Ade, Blazza, Dallas and myself, was pretty epic. I then moved from the North Shore to a new friend, Leanne, and her family. They have been extremely welcoming and I cannot thank Leanne enough. We went to Wet 'n Wild, a waterpark, for her son's birthday and it was suck fun. Felt like a lil boy again haha. Today(my last day of my first Hawaiian season) was a pretty breathtaking day, in more ways than one. We did a hike called Hawaii Loa Ridge and the last part is insanely steep which took it out of me, but once I was up there it was amazing! I could see 2 of the other islands, Maui and Molokai, and I could pretty much get a panoramic view of the whole of Oahu. It was amazing. What a day to end my trip!

I am now sitting on my bed, bags packed and officially ready to get home! Bring on the steel jets and the next 48 hours of travel!

No images for now, not amped haha. Will do a photo diary of my trip once I am home and settled. BUT for now, have a look at these cool things...
1. Interview on my main man Si's blog. (click)
2. A pretty sick clip from caleb davenport that I happen to feature in (click)
3. My clothing sponsor, Saint Clothing Co. has their site up and running wooooo (click)

LOVE <3