Hossegor, France

Hey All,

So I'm here in Hossegor, France, there summer time has just finished it's not too busy and way more quiet than a month ago. Weather is still really warm, water is good, thought it'd be a lot colder than it is and they've already finished 2 rounds of the Quiky Pro France. Kieren Perrow got the better of me in our round 2 match up yesterday, so it's a few days off now for me until my next event starts in Mundaka, Spain. Arrived here on Monday from the States, been super jet lagged the last few days, was up at 2 am yesterday morning wishing I'd taken some sleeping tabs the night before. The route from USA to Europe is pretty heavy on the body with a 9 hr time difference from California. But I'm seem to be doing a lot better today, just need to try avoid those arvo naps ( so easy to have them here) so I sleep all the way through...

I finally got to see my family again, after way too long, so good to see them!!! And to have them join me here in Hossegor is really rad too cause it's such a classic town with a lot of really cool things to do and see in and around Hossegor and Biarritz. Plus, a lot of the other surfers have their families and kids here too and at the same hotel so it's pretty good seeing all the kids run around and swimming in the pool, like I said, an awesome spot for the families!

Another bit of news, is that we're expecting an addition to the family around the 24th March next year which my wife and I are super excited about. She's only around 14 weeks now so it's too early to tell the sex yet, but really keen to find out what it'll be... I'm sure two will be a lot harder than one but we're up for it!

Surf and swell don't look too promising here for the next few days, but hopefully this means we get some really good waves for Mundaka cause when that place is on, it's ON!!!!

Thought I'd post the shoe I got to design at the last event I was at, the Hurley Pro, one of the perks we got was to design our own personal shoe, how ever we wanted it, be it a basketball shoe, running, just plain sneaker etc , pretty hard to choose actually when you have som many options available, but this is my end product!!!!

WIll post up again sooner than later...

Cheers

Davey

Lower Trestles

So it's hit the 3 week mark now that I've been in the States... The waves have finally improved, that 10 day flat spell was pretty brutal but it's been pretty fun now for the last few days. Been kinda busy here too with connecting with friends living over here now, there's a pretty big South African crew in the Laguna area especially, been great to see them again! Did the craziest photo shoot the other day for Oakley, can't pass out too much info about it cause it's for next year's campaign but let's just say I broke a lot of stuff!!! Really fun..

The event started today, stoked on my first round heat win, cause it's the old format, I move straight into round 3 so I by pass the dirty turd round. We had waves for the event today but it wasn't what to expect to get at trestles, not the ideal swell direction for Lowers, but like I said earlier, at least there's waves and there were a few good one's to be had.

Just had my birthday here too, had a pretty cool day, spent the morning at the MOzambique restaurant, eating boerewors for brekkie , watching the Springboks win the Tri Nations, surfed Lowers in the arvo, pretty fun all in all , just obviously missed not being with my family with me here, see them in just over a week's time in France which is going to be amazing after being away from them for so long...

Anyways, off to a ASP meeting now, keep it real where ever you are, be happy, have fun, watch what you do and be yourself!

Late

Davey

Just received this pic shot just before I left on this trip of the P3... Friends for life!!!

Got these pics off Yasmin Weiring shot during the Billabong Pro, J-Bay...

Surfs tiny here in Cali still, still bloody hot too. I reckon summer is getting later all over the world, seasons are changing , storms are bigger, global warming, not a good thing at all.... But there's a hurricane off Mexico right now that might push a little pulse into the California vicinity , hope so cause you can only be so amped for 1 ft surf for a little bit....

Kinda funny story, not really though but anyway, early on in the year, I did a shoot for Oakley, eyewear/apparel shoot down in Melbourne for Oakley South Pacific for their Sunglass Hut campaign, shoot went fine, well I think they were happy with it. So I'm in Oz just a little while back,about a month ago, I land in Sydney and transfer to the domestic, get through security and hit the escalator down to the shop and gate area when I check this Sunglass Hut with my ad in the front window and next to it on another wall, a full ground to ceiling shot again. Firstly, was not expecting that at all and then I started to feel a little embarrassed cause you're looking at yourself on the wall. Not that any one noticed me to the campaign when I walked past but it was a pretty cool surprise. I've added a photo from one of the Sunglass Huts with it in it, (NO, i did not take it myself, Oakley Oz sent it through to me).

Well enough stories. Hoping the swell goes up, temperatures goes down and I keep having fun... Keep rockin where ever you are, make every moment count and appreciate what you got!

Peace out

Davey

Californication...

So it's Saturday arvo, I'm here in California now and it's hot. Summer is still in full effect here! Had some really fun waves at Lowers yesterday with my saffa friends, Barry Wolins and Damien 'Dooma' Fahrenfort. I swear that wave is possibly the most rippable wave in the world. It was such a treat to surf good waves on my first day in Cali, just fun 3 - 4 ft smackable lips, water was really warm, crowd was fairly thin and the sun was out. All in all, a good day at the beach....

Spent 3 days before in the state of North Carolina with the Wolins family, they just recently relocated there from South Africa and it was really rad to see them nice and settled into their new home and enviroment. Tell you what, where I went to was a whole lot different to what I expected in a good way. Really beautiful spot, good people and great break from where I usually go to.

So I'm here now in Cali, be here until the 20th Sep. Out for the Hurley Pro at Lower Trestles. Have about 2 weeks now until it starts so a good amount of time to try boards out and get used to the waves here. I must admit, I always enjoy coming out to the States, have a bunch of really good friends here, always have a good time and do sometimes get good waves.

If anything interesting happens in the next few days, will post it. Otherwise, all good in the hood here, looking forward to getting a few more lips and ramps out at lowers before most of the crew get here for the event, keep it real....

Davey

French connection

So I've found myself now in the surf town of Lacanau, about an hr from Bourdeaux, France for the 6* QS event. Arrived yesterday, 4 flights later, boards actually made it with me for a change but no bag though. Pretty amazed the boards got here, hopefully the bag shows up soon enough. So my marathon trip has commenced, this being the first of 2 stints to France, just a week here then over the atlantic to a 3 day holiday at my friend's house in North Carolina and then onto California...

The surf here is FLAT! They just put the comp on hold now... welcome to France in summer... hahaha pretty funny actually, it's either 1 ft and flat or 8 ft and closing out here, hardly ever a happy medium. But all's good, they making it happen around the tides here. Staying with Rudy Palmboom Jnr for the week, Royden was supposed to have been with us too but had to pull out the event with a eye injury.

Will post up if anything interesting happens here, should be a fun week, hopefully we get a little bump in swell and things go good. Rock on where ever you are! Boom!

Davey