Waimea and sunsets

 I had a Guinness yesterday and they poured it into a glass from the freezer that was about 3/4's of a pint, oh they also poured it in one pour...yup tasted like crap. Watched Tom Carroll surf in front of the gaff and he's still styling, he's almost as wide as he is tall!
 Went for a bit of a walkabout today down to Waimea, there's a big arse rock at the south end of the bay that people jump off...into pretty shallow water! It was funny sitting up on the hill watching them as when the traffic went past eveyone would be looking at me as if I was from another planet being the pasty white red head. Quite the contrast to Ireland. Came back on The Bus and watched the sun set and just chilled, little waves today, the cleanest I've seen so far. Here's a few pics
Aloha

Waimea

Paradise found

 The first thing I noticed when I hoped off the plane in Honolulu was how thick the air was, my lungs were for a moment going into spasms. I had been travelling for almost 30hrs since leaving me mates place in London, with arriving at midnight it was too late to head to my accomodation. So I tried to get some sleep perched up against the warm concrete wall, another 8hrs of no sleep. I finally got to the house at 9am and really wanted to hit the hay but I knew Sunset was only going to be good for the day then the swell's going to dissapear.
   The walk to Sunset is 5mins and I can see it from the end of our path at the beach, what a beautiful view with the golden sands, crystal clear water and green palms everywhere. I was pretty tired at this stage and had no interest in shooting much as I was finding the heat a bit errr ummm much, everyone was saying it was cold!
  There were some nice waves at the contest, unfortunately Kiwi girl Paige got knocked out in round 2 but I was stoked I got to see her surf. Later that evening I just sat down on the rustic seats at the end our path and watched the sun set thinking I'm so frign tired right now but the view was too nice to walk away from.
  It's really mad here, everyone is pretty much in bed by 9pm and the whole place is quiet and peaceful, so after about 50hrs of a couple of 10min naps I finally got to sleep and man did I sleep, a dreamless deep sleep.
  The next day was Thanks Giving and I went for a wander down to Rocky's and took a few snaps, so many good surfers here, the most of them out were locals. The women here really rip, they go hard out there giving it to the guys. On my way back I got invited to a house just down from where I was staying for some thanks giving dinner and beers, sitting on that balcony surrounded by people I didn't know looking over the ocean it dawned on me, this is paradise, it's winter but the water and air is warm, lots of surf and friendly people. They don't take it for granted either, everyday they make the most of it.
   This is only the first 2 days of my months stay, burnt to crisp and luving it.

The view from out walkway from the house

Carissa Moore

Carissa Moore

The view

Great to be back on the west

  Blimey, ever since I came back to the good old west coast it's been non stop. Within days of first arriving back I was sitting in a boat watching Aileens do her thing. A week later I was shooting the Easkey open for 2 days with the sun beaming down, and the surf was pumping! 2 days after that Mullaghmore reared it's head, allowing me to get a few snaps from the water angle with even more sunshine. Then yesterday was a cloudless day, I was thinking this can't get any better. Then along came today - I went for a bit of a drive to Glencar waterfall, as I was driving along I looked at the lake to see a perfect mirror image of the mountains. It was absolutely stunning, think I sat there for about 2 hours, enjoying the view, the sun and the chirping birds. Life is bloody great, it's going to be hard to say goodbye to all this.
  So here's a few shots from yeasterday and today