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Alex Frings

A Sign of Things to Come…

It’s been a long Spring for Surfers. Our worst time of year for wave riding. Conditions aren’t the best. We still get a wave everyday though. Lucky buggers one would say. The Northerly’s are unrelenting. You can quickly sense the bad moods of surfers and… Read More »A Sign of Things to Come…

B-Rolling

5:20am. The alarm clock goes off with a faint murmur. Don’t wake the baby. My first decent nights sleep in quite a while. 6 hours straight of undisturbed bliss. These little beings go off like a ship’s fog horn in the night. Like a burglar… Read More »B-Rolling

Weather Check

“You want to kayak to Julians?”. The text read excitement on my phone. A message from my good friend Alex Frings. I was already working on flat day ocean plans. This idea fit the bill perfectly. I’d never kayaked to Julian Rocks. Let alone at… Read More »Weather Check

Exploration South

Sometimes it’s good to getaway… Just a few weeks ago, shortly before an arriving swell, I got a call from local surfer Nick Colbey (who has moved to Sydney for some strange reason), inviting me to join him on a 3 day adventure south of… Read More »Exploration South

Alex Frings June Recap

The month of June… where to start? Maybe with the most ridiculous double rainbow spanning across the Bay? Mega swells? An intimate photo shoot with shaping legend Jeff McCoy? More ridiculous rainbows? More swells? Without further ado, this is the amazing June recap of local photographer Alex… Read More »Alex Frings June Recap

Alex Frings May Recap

Surf wise the month of May started with a Bang! Two memorable super sessions come to mind that went down in history as all time days. I could tell you stories or show you pictures but it wouldn’t do those days any justice. It was… Read More »Alex Frings May Recap

Alex Frings April Recap

After recovering from a severe sinusitis I was dying to get back in the water. I “only” spent 4 days at the Tweed Hospital and two weeks in bed, but to me it felt like half a year. As I was still a bit shaky… Read More »Alex Frings April Recap

Chasing The Moon

The moon is an elusive character. Ever changing. Bright. Thinks it’s better than us… etc. It proved Alex Frings and I had a few more tricks to learn this evening as we tried to line up ‘oh majesty’ with the lighthouse, thinking we had it… Read More »Chasing The Moon

Easter Moon

Easter in Byron Bay is popular. It’s best friend Chistmas are those two times of year that draw in the people tour little bubble. It’s holiday time. For locals, it’s a time to find those little corners of the bay to get away from it… Read More »Easter Moon