Indo's over, back to Cali

Back from Indo a few days early. Absolutely amazing trip but I've been trying to get better at listening to my gut... and my gut was saying it was just time to head home. (Isn't it silly to schedule a departure before you even arrive somewhere? Why not just leave when you're ready to go?) The lack of productivity and creative outlet over the last 15 months had finally done my head in. Felt like I needed to take a work break from my vacation... didn't think that feeling even existed. Weird. And my iPod became my DiePod and being on Nias for 2 weeks without music drove me to the brink of insanity. So, back home, back in the studio, back to work...

But it figures that the second I had to grab my gear and hop on the plane, I wished I wasn't leaving... mostly because there were about a dozen young, cute, tanned, friendly, Nordic girls lounging and drinking by the pool outside my room waving goodbye (...with tears in their eyes, but it could have just been pool water). No different than normal for an afternoon at the Gora, but it was extra tough just to walk away from heaven knowing I was going to spend the next 20+ hours in aviation hell. Oh well... I'll be back soon and there's no place like home!

Lots of Indo pics and video coming soon...

Words of Wisdom:

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." - Steve Jobs

Indo update 2

Balinese artwork, sooo incredible!

Random dude in perfect evening barrel... what a day this was!

Padang Padang... Yusss!

G-Land visuals

G-Land... better visuals!

I'll just let the photos speak for themselves... What's not to love about Indo?

Indo update

I tucked in to quite a few of these at Bingin over the last week,

This was one of my favorites... so good. Pic: Chocky

Sorry for the lack of posts about Indo. I just havent found a computer to pull off any pictures from my camera... well, I havent looked too hard either, once the Bintang starts flowing, all motivation beyond lounging poolside is easily lost. I do have some amazing pics to share though, Indonesia is an absolute paradise for the senses... and it's got me ridiculously inspired.

Here's the trip so far: Started in Bali, did a week at G-Land on Java, back to Bali, then to Lombok for a week, Matlock and Anna split and now I'm back in Bali again dealing with frusterating Visa bullshit, and then it's off to discover a long perfect Right in Sumatra I've been dreaming of surfing for 18 years now... Nias! Just gonna sit my ass there until a good swell comes and indulge. It's a long way from here and quite an expensive mission to get there but I came to the conclusion that good waves are priceless. It doesn't matter how much it costs to get the best barrel of my life... it's worth every penny!

Over and out...

Artwork for International Surfing Day 2010

Surfing Magazine and The Surfrider Foundation's
6th Annual International Surfing Day

I was recently contacted by Surfing Mag to create the artwork for this years poster, ads and banners. Go grab the new issue of Surfing Mag and check out the spread. Also take a look at the little interview Surfing Mag did about this >>HERE<<

High quality prints of the original artwork are now available >>HERE<<

Indo List

Words of Wisdom:

"The border means more than a customs house, a passport officer, a man with a gun. Over there everything is going to be different; life is never going to be quite the same again after your passport has been stamped." - Graham Greene

Mas Olas...

Some waves from last week
Dropping behind the peak
Green and glassy in the sun
Waaaay too much fucking fun!