Crescent Shred

Crescent Head, Australia NSW. This little (and when i say little i literally mean 10 houses and a Beach) town is what some would say a secret surf spot, thanks for the heads up Rocket Power. When I and the rest of my Australearn crew were there, we got into a lot of shenanigans and a little bit of surfing. Wait. I think its the other way around. Oh well, but while we were there we got some serious surf instruction, that included all the instructors hitting on the girls while they were in the water and us boys cruising around by ourselves haha. The waves there were cool, not too big but perfect for beginners. Ya boy was shredding the gnar faster than a aussie shredding on some vegemite, so as you can figure out now, im pretty fuckin good. Just Kidding folks, I definitely need some more work but the bug has struck. Im going surfing later this week in Sydney, and hopefully get a chance to make it up to Byron Bay later this semester for some serious Gold Coast surf action. They say now is when most people get the most home sick, but I already found my home here... So im not that home sick, just sick... too sick. So this is a shout out to my homies back in the Bay, Europa, South America, and Asia. Yadida? We made it all over the world boys and girls.

Mount Hutt (Mordor)

Back to normal life these days down under. Adam is leaving to go to the airport in about 30 minutes, I have class at 12, and I'm assuming that most of my friends will be going to the ranch as it is Wednesday here. However, I just cant help the fact that my mind is on New Zealand. Sitting in my room I keep staring at the Maori flag I put up last night so I will never forget the most incredible time of my life. The thing about Mt. Hutt or New Zealand in general is that it is VERY mountainous. Everywhere you look you see mountains... literally everywhere. The alps run across the entire south island so its pretty hard to miss them. When we were driving up the mountain I was fairly certain that there was a 50/50 chance that I was going to fall off the edge of the road down a 500m gulley (Yes ive made the conversion to the metric system, like a boss i might add. I did it so well you didnt even notice huh?) Even when we got there, they made it very clear that if you go out of bounds you are likely to end up like the other 4 people who died there this season. But adam and I played it safe, we tended to stay on the groomed runs and only hit the terrain park a handful of times. I dont know. There is something about snowboarding in August that really brings out the inner Ghandi in everyone because no matter what we did we had an awesome, peaceful, incredible time. With that said, there are still those bastards who cut you off and dont apologize but then you just shout off "No worries, mate." And theres no harm done. New Zealand 2010- You will always have my heart and soul.

P.S. Home is where the heart is.

MosesTemple

As the weekend wound down I found myself and my P.I.C. for life Adam in Christchurch, New Zealand. If there were a couple of things you need to know about New Zealand they would be: 1. New Zealand (aka the most peaceful country in the world) is without a doubt the most beautiful country ive ever been to. Even during the flight over here my jaw dropped because there are so many beautiful sights to be seen here. Mountains, valleys, rivers, and sheep. Glorious, glorious sheep. 2. They love to be Xtreme. Their national pastime is bungy jumping (oh those krazy kiwis), there is some of the best snowboarding in the world (More on this later), and everywhere you look there is either a snowshop or some little grom walking around with a skate and a badass attitude. 3. Everyone is super nice. And how could you not be? You're living in fucking New Zealand. 4. Lord of the Rings, probably one of my favorite trilogies ever (Sorry I know what you did last summer) was filmed here. And being the film nut that I am, I'm going to come back here to go on a tour of every scene that I can because New Zealand reps LOTR so damn hard. Our adventure all culmiated with snowboarding at Mt. Hutt. I'm too tired and sore to write about it right now, so I'll leave you squabbers with a sick snowboard movie from NZ.

Legends Never Die

I'd like to start off by giving props to the city of Sydney for giving me the best weekend of my life. Friday was at the Ivy (aka sickest spot in Australia) which is in Circular Quay by the Opera House. This place is incredible. There are 6 floors at this place, we were on the 4th floor where the pool and lounge are. Even in the bathrooms there are showers... How dope is that?? I guess if you feel a little grimey you can clean off and get ready to party like a CEO. The even cooler part was when we were there my friends bought a bottle of Belvedere (two actually) since my boy had his brother and his friend here visiting. And when you buy a bottle you get a cabana next to the pool. fo free. (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dJu1Jj7VTw) So we were cruisin on tonic and belvi for a while until me, Keola, and the Sneakster had a rap battle for about an hour in the middle of the pool area. You know we got stupid bars, we call it Special Jail. Going too dumb in the ocean, we got full sails. The funny thing is my homie for life Adam is coming tomorrow. Sooo... We are gonna do the exact same thing this friday for the sneakster's birthday. HOLLA. I know this may seem pretty extravagant, but its all in the experience right? Thats why me and my boy Adam are bout to go to Mt. Hutt in New Zealand for that gooey gnar gnar. Apparently it snowed 3 feet this weekend so we'll be shredding the sickest pow in Oceania. From the mind of the great bambino, "Heroes get remembered. But Legends never Die." So i'm gonna have to take that advice and get back to you after i get home from New Zealand. p.s. Fuck Sauron, I wish i could snowboard down mt. doom

Marlin, Tuna, or Catfish?

So as August finally rolls around here down under, we finally started classes. Well most people started classes today, I on the other hand don't have class on Mon... Or friday for that matter. Which honestly leaves me with more time for shenanigans than actual school work (Just kidding mom!) But seriously now is a great time to meet new people, new friends, and new sheilas. Speaking of which, I prefer to meet them the old fashioned way, as opposed to this dude... Check out this gnarly new trailer.