a usual day in London, UK

 

image received from a great friend of mine who has recently moved to London... for those german language fanatiques, check out Christoph's blog: http://www.adaddiction.com/uk/WEBLOG/

 

 

 

 

Weddings and Engagements are all over the place. Can't remember a year where I received as many invitations for engagement parties and weddings as in 2006. Did I become the only "wanna be" teenager in a world of grown ups? Don't get me wrong, it's fantastique so much love around me and this weekend it was Barbara's and Emile's turn. Basically the dress rehearsal for the main event in Germany in July this year. Before heading to the Council we met up at B&E place and developed the sensational sport of flower sucking...

 

 

 extreme flower sucking barbara

 

 

 emile

 

 

uncle alex

 

 

 miss cornelia

 

 

uncle chris

 

 

at the council...not too bad

 

 

 

 

Cornelia your poem was impressive!

 

 

the original glasgow ave gang from 2005

 

 

Sir Khadra and Bailey

 

 

the uninvited guest...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

check out some unreal footage from the RIP CURL PRO WCT

 

Last Friday Andy Irons won the Rip Curl Search WCT event somewhere in Mexico. The former 3 time world champ is now in the hot seat to challenge Slater for the world crown. How good did that mystery hollow right look? Snappers twin? What I would give...watch video footage online

 

http://64.78.18.131/live/mexico06/videos.asp

Troy Brooks (Aus) opts for some air

 

At home in Bondi Beach, Sydney this morning...1-2 foot waves with chilly SW offshore winds. It's really pretty ordinary and the beach is deserted...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nickelback's latest video reminds me that every second on Earth is a precious one.

Really touching...watch the video via this link: http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/artists/Nickelback/video.aspx

the lyrics:

Prison gates won’t open up for me
On these hands and knees I’m crawlin’
Oh, I reach for you
Well I’m terrified of these four walls
These iron bars can’t hold my soul in
All I need is you
Come please I’m callin’
And oh I scream for you
Hurry I’m fallin’

Show me what it’s like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I’ll show you what I can be
Say it for me
Say it to me
And I’ll leave this life behind me
Say it if it’s worth saving me

Heaven’s gates won’t open up for me
With these broken wings I’m fallin’
And all I see is you
These city walls ain’t got no love for me
I’m on the ledge of the eighteenth story
And oh I scream for you
Come please I’m callin’
And all I need from you
Hurry I’m fallin’

Show me what it’s like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I’ll show you what I can be
Say it for me
Say it to me
And I’ll leave this life behind me
Say it if it’s worth saving me

Hurry I’m fallin’

Guys I can tell you living in Sydney is not easy. Friday afternoon, slowley the weekend sets in and in case you are an outdoor sports maniac it's difficult in making a decision what to do first...

This last weekend we went for a surf session in the morning, but swell was cranking and waves were messy. No prospects even if heading further north...so what should we do...

beeing pretty lazy, we just walked down the street at Eastern Ave and discovered the cliffs right in front of our house.

Old Style Traditional Climbing Team from the country were mountain legends are raised: Martin (AUT), Georg (AUT), Chris (AUT), in german language...die klassische 3er Seilschaft!

 

Georg, hands on saefty!

 

 

...what a view

 

 

the all time popular, Mr. Kratky

 

 

in action

 

 

Georg discovering a new route

 

 

no comment

 

 

Chris climbing

 

 

hey guys

 

 

sweet climbing action, Georg!

 

 

some hard work

 

 

what a view

 

 

see ya soon

 

 

at Sydney, Bondi, 24 Glasgow Avenue. Unfortunately the last Christmas in this great location! The house was just sold a couple of days ago and Alex, Stanzi and Cornelia have to move...

 

 

 

Special K, the cutie

 

That was Christmas 2005. I remember that we surfed on Christmas day till 6pm. I even had a short and illegal kitesurfing session at Bondi Beach. Wind was on shore, waves were average but not too bad for Christmas Day!

Sydney is full of fantastique people. Such a cultural mix and vibrant place. Especially the Eastern Suburbs appear sometimes as little Europe. Some of my close friends...

Bec and Chris (two of the three brains behind Smartpilots Australia) with one of their HBA branded Smarts. This shot is taken in front Swiss Grand Hotel in Bondi. The Car Rental used to be organised from the ground parking at Swiss Grand Hotel. It has recently changed to KingsCross...!!!!

The beauty of liviing in Australia is to be just a stone's throw away from the most beautiful islands in the world. EG. A flight to Fiji just takes 3hours with VirginPacific and it's a supercheap airfaire. Time in Fiji seems to stand still and life appears to be focused on the ocean, surfing, nature and life itself. Martin and I took Friday off and went for an extended weekend Trip to stunning Fiji.

 

The most cost effective is to stay on the main island in a surfers resort and book a surfers shuttle in the morning to the most famous breaks. That's what we did - headed out every morning at 6.30am for a solid 3 to 5 hours surfing session and returned fully exhausted in the afternoon.

I mostly slept through the entire afternoon till dinner was served. Waves were amazing and I enjoyed my first barrels. Breaks are not crowded and the unique Fiji surfers spirit rules the place. It was so enjoyable, we were cheering at each other on the water. Unfortunately no images from surfing as the boat transfers are really basic and we did not want loose the camera, :-(

(will be provided next time...)

Long Reef Beach, Sydney
One of my most favourite surf and kitesurf sites. LongReef is one of the northern beach sites. A stunning site with heaps space to do some kitesurf training. I promised Taryn's a kitesurf lesson and here is the proof that we did some training.

For those who are wondering how three single guys live like. Well nestled in the eastern suburbs, 4 min drive from Bondi a turn off from Military Rd there is Eastern Ave. Nice little villa with its residents: Martin (AUT), Richard (UK) and Chris (AUT).

"Loose Change 2nd Edition" is the follow-up to the most provocative 9-11 documentary on the market today.

This film shows direct connection between the attacks of September 11, 2001 and the United States government.

Evidence is derived from news footage, scientific fact, and most important, Americans who suffered through that tragic day.

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