Thursday, April 29, 2010

Busy Times...

So I've almost been home a week now, attended my best mates wedding last weekend, the whole day rocked, awesome wedding, setting, people, all in all an amazing time!Did an air show yesterday in Umhlanga, had an ok first heat, shocker second heat, some aussie kid ended up taking it out in the end. Flew up to Jhb this morning to see the French Embassy for a Reunion visa for a trip I'm doing there next month for Hearn's movie and flying back now in a few hrs and then jetting off again tomorrow to the States... But whats been heavy is that I've been trying to change my routing cause I'm flying to LA via Frankfurt and after the whole ordeal I had last week in Europe, wanted to try do a new routing there, but everything was so bloody expensive that I'm having to go my original way via Europe. I really do hope that the second larger volcano doesn't erupt while I'm on route to LA cause that just wouldn't been fun!!!
OK, so next event up is the Nike 6.0 6* Prime at Lower Trestles, California... Now this wave is super rippable, actually reminds me of new pier alot with it's sections and is usually really high performance. The field is packed, got a lot of really good surfers in the event, QS and CT guys which will make this event even sweeter to win. I just hope that they have a little swell come through because you are guaranteed to see some red hot surfing all week.
Hope the trip over doesn't take too long, have a good amount of hrs in the air but hopefully it goes quickly... Some flights go by super quick and others feel like they take ages...
Will touch base again from the other side of the Atlantic...
Cheers
Davey

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Home time... Yewww!

Wow, what a difference a few hours can make..crazy. Last night, we didn't know when we were ever going to get back home, this morning a wake up to a confirmed seat on SAA's first flight out of London due to my Platinum status with their loyalty program... Finally, all those hundreds of thousands of Rands spent on SAA , now I'm seeing some benefits!!!! Feels good!!
Been pretty chaotic here, people stuck, some will still be stuck for the next 7 days at least until they get through their back log, but fortunately, I'm looking good for a home bound flight, get to see my girls, attend my best mates wedding on the weekend (I'm one of the groomsmen, lucky I'm getting back in time) and I get to refresh and regroup before I head out to the States for the 6* Prime at Trestles... I've got a ticket booked already for USA going through Europe, might need to cancel that and rebook through the Southern Hemisphere in case this volcano erupts again or worse the bigger one does...

And I just want to send out a massive congrats to my travel partner and lord ( hahaha ) , Royden Bryson on his win at Thurso, Scotland on Monday! He surfed like a champ, owned the last day properly from start to finish, got himself some good points, some land, some money and a sword!! ( jealous about that sword, that trophy is Sick!!! ) Good job buddy, good to see, i'm inspired to get my self a win now...

Hoping the ash stays away and I get to take off tonight, adios!!

D

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Volcanoes erupting, snow on beaches...

Wow, we are seriously in some interesting times right now. Stuck in UK right now, not sure how I will get back to SA or when, this is a first for me, never been in a situation like this... Pretty heavy actually, but I guess you got to to try the most out of what you've been dealt with, looking at a few pretty crazy scenarios in how to get home... should be some interesting next few days ahead!
And to top it off, experienced a first today, snowfall! First time I've been in snow and it happened at a surf event at the beach in Scotland, so crazy!!! Was nuts, was pretty light snow but still awesome! I've added some pics from here, snow, castles, wind , it all happens in Scotland!
WIll update as to how my travel plans change and if and when I make it out of the UK....
And looking forward to Royden taking out this event, last Saffa still in!!!
Cheers
D


One of the castle's on the beach at one of the event sites...



A bit of rain and wind at the comp...


My first snow experience.. You can kinda make out the little flakes....

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Davey Weare - March 2010

Here's a mini vid shot late last month at New Pier, Durban...

Sarah Baum

Here's a little vid of 15 yr old Bilt team rider Sarah Baum ripping at home in Durban...

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Scottish Highlands

So I'm currently pretty north at the moment in the Scottish Highlands for the Oneill Cold Water Classic QS event. One thing I can confirm is that the water is that cold here, especially that i come from Durban (year round warm water) , not used tho this, you actually forget how cold the water is until you have your first surf again... But saying that, 5mm wetsuits do help as well as the gloves, boots and hoods. There is definitely something really rad about this place, it seems a bit raw, water is thick, there's some pretty good ledges, some good foke live here and its different to our usual events which makes it a little more interesting. I actually like this concept Oneill have going with their cold water series cause it really does take you to places you wouldn't normally travel to, Tasmania, Scotland, Canada are countries I probably would never have gone to if an event wasn't there. SO thanks to them for changing up the tour a bit.
Event started today, and looks like there's a good amount of swell on the way so we should have waves for this one, might have a bit of wind but lack of swell shouldn't be a problem.
Sharing a room with Royden here, but he's yet to arrive, should be getting in this evening, had some visa problems which delayed his departure from SA, crazy we need visa's for the UK now, and then we have some new SA boys on tour sharing a room at the bottom, Mat Bromley, Beyrick De Vries and Brendon Gibbens. The boys had a good start with Beyrick and Brendon both making it out of their heats this morning before the called the event off for the day. One bit of advice to these boys, when you at a mobile event, best you organise yourself a rent a car, note to yourselves.... hahaha rookie mistake on their part!
My boards only arrived two days after me but they here now and I'm stoked, had a super fun surf ( short though) this morning right next to the event site, my 5'10 Bilt felt good, ELton Fursman really is making amazing boards at the moment, and I'm really loving the shorter but wider/thicker dimensions, just feels like it fits better!
I'll leave at that, will hopefully get a pic or two from here to show you what I'm talking about, castles next to the sea etc...
Peace out
Davey

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Happy Easter

Sorry for bit of delay in posting on my blog, i've been pretty busy but that's no excuse. And happy Easter to everyone who celebrates this special day! SInce my last Post, Flew out to Tasmania for the first stop on the Oneill Cold Water Series, but that event didn't turn out to be too good for me. A simple mistake cost me the heat, better not make the same mistake twice. I ended up heading over to Melbourne on my way home and Stayed with Seth Hulley for two days. He took me to the Formula 1 Grand Prix again, what an awesome experience, seriously those cars go that fast!!!! And the sound is out of this world! Good times and good memories.
I'm back in SA now, flying out on Friday to Scotland for the 2nd stop of the Cold water series. Apparently there were ice blocks flowing down the river the other day into one of the surf spots of the event in Thurso, with a huge snow storm that just passed through Scotland recently, it's safe to say we'll probably freeze our asses off. Glad I have some 5mm wetties on hand to help ease the pain. One thing i do love about Scotland is that it's pretty raw there, a lot of slabs, a unique experience in all!
Just added a pic from the side lines of the F1 in Oz...
Catch you later.
Davey