Moody Monday (relief!)

The waves and the weather seemed to be constantly changing tonight

Aaron on a clean grey wall

Grinning his way through another section

The Awog and Almighty Bic really did seem as one today

It wasn't all black and white

Lost time can be found again...

Aaron getting away on a wee one

From out back

Yours truly on the wrong side of the lens

Mood lighting

Not quite empty epic barrels

The view from above

Aquapac

Aaron and I spent some time playing about in tiny surf at the local tonight with an 'aquapac' for the point and shoot I bought a couple years ago. Before heading elsewhere to find some waves with abit more grunt.

Was my first time really getting any experience shooting waves from the water and to be honest I was kinda stoked with the results. I know the gear I was using was far from ideal but it was real fun finding new angles to shoot from and taking pictures of waves and surfscapes that have never been accessible to me before. Kinda got me thinking about getting a wee olympus for messing about with this summer or even going the whole hog and buying water housing for the SLR.

Whatever the story t'was damn fun being in the water again till long beyond the sun went down.

Rehab...

Summertime longboard peelers a couple of years back

After having the stuffing beaten out of me at footy last Wednesday, the knees felt good enough to go for quick rehab session at the local before lunch yesterday. The waves were small, offshores howling and the closeouts a plenty but it felt damn good to be out there again.

Saw Waveriders on Friday too when I was home working, t'was hard to resist really after reading Paudie's review. It isn't so much an out and out surf film but more a documentary telling the stories of Irelands (surprisingly) rich surf history to the current big wave exploits. Highlights, were seeing so many familar faces and having the north coast featured in a surf movie! The best was definetly saved for last though as the film ended with the Al Mennies, Richie Fitz et al's session at Mullaghmore at the end of 2007, the enormity of the waves really being conveyed by the big screen.

So if you've got a couple of free hours do yourself a favour and go see it here.