Surfing!!

Last days I bought myself a delayed christmas present from trade me!

Bought a 120 dollar surfboard!! its really cool, a bit old maybe, but awesome!!

Phil bought one aswell, but a bit more unlucky with the auction and ended up with a 200 dollar one...
I bouht a bag aswell, since I checked Quantas wheter I could take it home or not, so I'll do my best to take it home!!!

some issues with it the first day though -.- managed to break one of the fins of!! and since they are not future fins (where there is a little slot to put a new fin in) looks like I got some cutting to do in the board, before I seal it up with a new fin, and HEAPS og superglue... still trying to find the easiest/cheapest option!!!

The board is a 6 foot 6 inch, Nirvana. Australian made... sometime after the 1970s.

Going back to Ohope on saturday, hopefully some more sweet surfing!! :D
Where in Tauranga yesterday, just after the board pick up..

so thats a surf update, which I hope I will be able to do all into April!! at least :P

Since last time we have bought 4 new chickens.. Phil and I nicknamed two of them... and the dog has ruthlessly killed the two unamed ones... bloody dog!!!

Soo.. see you in 6 months!!

short new years update

So...

I spent New years in Raglan, a surfing town on the westcoast. Nice beach, kinda blackish sand.
waves were awsome, at least some of the time. Went there on Friday the 31 i think... the 31 anyway... that day we saw the raglan new years parade, good stuff... kinda random though... ambulance, tiger, recycling themes...
then we saw a program about the last year in Nz, and some the rest of the world, and the official countdown.

Next day we got up a bit late... went surfing the next day... some trouble finding a place to rent boards, but in the end we found a good deal. Stayed on the beach from 2ish till 8... waves were awsome when the tide started coming back in from 7... but thee rips were strong as!

next day we got up at about 10, went surfing again, waves like the evening before, but they turned rather difficult to do anything witharound 4... 5 was time to hand the boards back, and take the evening.

last day in raglan we went out in a little boat and saw lots of the harbor, and an iron beach. really cool sand on that beach!!

back home and to the pool, now we have spent some days fixing a black hose to the roof, and a little pump to suck the water through, that way the water heats up through the day!!

so thats a short update!!! I'm about 2 weeks short of beeing in the country for 6 months...
already halfway!!!!!

cya