Kage's posts with tag: beach
|  | This album was supposed to be called "Surf Trumps Lola" for reasons only Vic can truly explain. ;)
Roxy and Tin are introduced to Baler. The swell shifted while we were driving through the Sierra Madres towards Baler. And instead of the green that was waiting for us, we were met by a rather bluer shade of swell. Oh well.
Small but fun sessions at a break that went left on Saturday then right on Sunday. Low tide, current and mini-barrels. Getting used to the 6'0 Xanadu. Eating at GERRY SHAN's!!!
Sorry not a lot of surf shots. I was making the most of whatever waves we could get.
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| | Some of these photos have been published by Elev8 Magazine. Here's the first day from the snaps that Moro, Benito and I submitted.
Oh and by the way pick up a copy of Elev8! |
| | Some photos that I nicked from Mons' gallery. I'll add pa from her Day 2 gallery when she uploads them.
She wrote something in her intro that made me smile. "Life is indeed like surfing. No matter how long or short your ride may be, it's how you're able to catch and survive those waves and enjoy your rides." Nicely said Mons. |
| | This is a long ass intro. But I'm going to write it out anyway. ;)
You know how you learn a new skill? And then later on you realize you've lost the touch and you arent as on the money with that skill as you used to be? It could be a grande jete, or a 3 point shot, or an au sem mao... and it frustrates you cos you know you can do it... you've done it before... how come it's so hard to do it now? Well, that's basically how I've been feeling lately with my pop-ups and my walls.
So the mission for the weekend was to relearn those skills, fix the mistakes I am making before they become bad habits. The first morning was frustrating and then after lunch we saw that the beach break was working... and even though Dom and I hadn't slept for over 24 hours, we went out to play. Aya stayed near me to make sure I stayed focused. And I fixed the problems!... the popping up, the turning so you slot yourself into the wall... committing to those drops. All of that. To make it even better, everyone was getting good waves too. Aya's frontside is looking better and better. Dom is dialing into that retro fish so well. Nicola, Tin, Kim, Mons, Aerika and Raf joined us later and made the line-up even more fun. Too bad there are no photos cos the boys were all asleep.
By far, one of the most memorable trips to Baler with the Band of Brothers.
These are just the snapshots taken with the Pentax OptioW30. The action shots taken by Coy and JP will be in another album.
Super highlights?
1. That Saturday afternoon session. I stayed out until it was too dark to see. "Too tired to paddle, too stoked to stop." Nica and Aya win for coming up when the stars were coming out. :)
2. Trying to hang on to six boards on the back on the pick-up with Philip.
3. Raf getting smacked by a center fin... and snapping the center fin clean off the board with his cheek.
4. Dom to Aerika "Paddle!" (Aerika paddles) Dom again "You're not paddling!"
5. Watching Saddam demolish waves AND a bottle of Nutella
6. Vic playing along with "Astro" by Sago on the car horn as we sped through the Sierra Madres
7. The group photo with Gerry Shan the Man!
8. Pop up Close out sessions at "Lubot"
9. Using Pandora again. First time since November.
10. Twenty people for one Baler trip, a record breaking cast. |
| | I somehow thought I'd already posted these. One of those rare Sundays where we all get to go do something out of town together. We went with my mom to check out this new Ayala property in Bataan. Moro and I got excited thinking baka may alon. Haha. No such luck. But... it's a pretty place. Pang-cheel.
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| | What: Two days in Baler. Epic swell. Epic food. Epic room. Epic-ness all around.
With: The Band of Brothers (Sarmiento and Gamboa), Moro, Raf, Marky and Olracs plus Team Dakine, Papajovs, Annie C, Vince "ST" Liwanag, Lets Get Piskal and Earlmoticon Noche.
What an insanely great weekend. We used the epic shortcut and took two hours off our travel time. We booked the epic room at Bay's Inn. The boys got epic rides at Cemento and then the rest of us got jealous so we left them there so we could surf the beach break and, later on, the rivermouth. (Na linakad namin at binato pa kami ng buhangin nung mga bata!) Di bale na na 36 hours yata akong gising at walang tulog... sobrang worth it yung puyat.
We ended that first day with an epic dinner at Gerry Shan's. Stoke all around I tell you.
Oh and Olracs got barrelled at Cemento but we have no photos cos that's when I was back at the beach break. There are, however, many eyewitnesses. So big ups to baby boy Olracs. ;)
Next up: Sunday photos and the nominations for the Epic Swell Awards. ;) |
| | I know I havent posted the action shots yet. Bite me. Hehe. But here are the snapshots (at least) of our wild two week Siargao trip. This first half is from the Nationals when we were all still on the island.
The complete cast: me, Moro, Chris, Paolo, Carlo, Corey, Rey, Aya, Lui, Carla, Philip, Django, Jeff, Smith, Bad Boy, Kaw Kaw, Poks, Kali, Tim, Zeny and Olin. (Whew, ang dami!)
Highlights: Lui's budget accomodations, the Ocean 101 birthday party, the Pao vs Lui dance off at the bikini open, shiny silver banana hammocks, and watching the boys at the monster secret spot. |
| | Four days in beautiful Baler.
After a year away, I make it back through the mystic Sierra Madres to the place where I first really learned to stand on a board, where I got my first seriously scary wipe-out and first took Pandora, my 7'6 hybrid.
Highlights from the weekend: Philip's super yeah yeah ride (Noey and I saw him take this one... first he was going left, then he stalled, and then turned and went right), my first time to chase the inside section on a small right-hander at the beach break, Moro getting tubed at Cementos on a Sunday afternoon, chicken ala pobre, taking Manang Mia and Phil to see Cemento, and the Villareal leche flan.
A shortlist of photos from the competition to follow soon. |
| | It's 2:37am and I think it is time to haul my ass offline. So these are the photos I was able to edit before I got all sleepy and tired. Photos from the competition coming soon(ish)! |
| | Choice snaps from my various pbase galleries of photos taken in the Philippines. For the complete gallery take the leap to this gallery |
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