Breiz diamonds and pearls..

The local diamonds we found ....

We had countless days of superb pearls. Pearls for everybody without any crowds.




These pics were made with a small camera without a zoom. It's worth to zoom in with the help of your computer. So click on the picture above and check out that tuberide!!





After the sessions some local food. Here the typical crepes. For energy the chocolate/banana, with ice ;-)

Here's the source of the diamonds in the first pic. You always have to end your epic day with some nice drinks. Well...... the mojito's tasted well!
The next day we became fresh in the head due some "nice" wipeouts in some nice pearls...

Respect for Bart

Although the one day we went Stand Up Paddling in Maui didn't convince me to run straight to the shops to buy myself one of those boards, I did not want you guys to miss out on this awesome story. Bart (who is not only the owner of Kanaha Kai, but also a really cool guy) made an amazing trip around the island of Maui (more than 200km) on a Stand Up Paddle board. Check it out on his blog.

Another example of the previous post....

Custom SOS shaped for Kevin prittchard.

Kai Lenny on a Sean Ordonez Shape

Sean told me allready that he would shape some boards for a true waterman(boy ;-)...
Here's Kai on a SOstick, offcourse in the typical Naish colorway.
During all the years, Sean became a master in copying the factory paintworks... so that that no one would see that a top pro rider was sailing a custom from his hands.

Background info for Paul......

Hey Paul, isn't this Paige ripping on your new board? This board has some nice history, rip it with pride......

For the people who don't know Paige check out the video!!

One nice morning

Although we are back in the lowlands. We still have some pictures left to post for you guys. This was about a week ago. Still frsh in my mind.

A nice side onshore day.

Some sets were easily overhead.

David with the only other guy on the water.

The wind got a little gusty, but sometimes we had some good gusts ;-)

Just a pretty reflection....

And during the lulls we could enjoy the scenery.....

A big surprise from Steve!

Today I received a very nice present from my friend Steve. A box with 3 pairs of Emerica shoes!
The Nailer, the Theory Livestock collab and the final black shoe is a Square One The Hundreds collab.
Steve is the European marketing manager for Soletech (Etnies, Es, Emerica shoes), but hey... besides that he's one of the nicest guys I know.
These kicks will be for sure on my feet comming season. Steve, Thanx!, These kicks will be proudly worn on my .... ehh... work, "training"trips, etc etc..


Steve and Travis Barker. Nice shirt Steve! ;-)...

Some random surfing photo's

Epic conditions for already two weeks. Empty line ups. Lots of sun and great temperatures. Christal clear water. Side off / off winds. Totally stokeness!!!!

Empty beaches.

Homemade watershot.

Part of the job.

Now let's get to the beach quickly, cause it's still pumping.......

Our backyard

Some nice shots of our backyard :-P.

Wijk aan zee

Between the Britanny story of David and Winfried, we had some hardcore weather in Holland. Everyone started with 4.7 and that was good. But later on the wind picked up more and more, ending in a full power 4.0 session with bad waves. Luckely Jepe was there to take some nice pictures (www.jepe.nl).

'Mad Max' day

It's hard to keep the blog updated daily because we are far away from modern connections. Even mobile phones usually don't work. At least it's quiet that way, we kinda like it.

After a nice morning walk in a perfect sunny day, we had to work. Covered in wooddust we went for a nice surfing session just around the corner of the workshop. Waves were pumping and uncrowded (pics will follow).

In the evening we were invited for our traditional Reunion spicy curry. Pierre-Yves lived in Reunion for many years but came back to Breiz (must be something good here). The food was perfect, all in all an excellent night. Ending with 'Mad Max'.

Nice dessert.

On the way back Ronja was hanging outside the car on the lookout for 'Mad Max' ;-)

Japanese spies???

Our friends from Brittany showed us this link today:

Spotted on a Japanese blog

Day 4 of sailing

As you may have noticed the last post was in English. This is on special request of our friends in Brittany (as we don't speak Breton we'll have to stick to English).

South wind / sideshore in Kersiguenou. SOS 100 lts and 5.5 firepower....

I was spotted, they think I'm Glenn :-)

Check it out here....

After a while the wind dropped, so we went for lunch in Camaret sur Mer. Nice full wood construction....

Later that day I went for a perfect surfing session. Looks like Africa!!
Wind picked up so I plugged a sail on my surfboard. It works like a dream.

In the evening I went for the green room......

Off course I meant the bottle.... I love my 'Kro'

Tomorrow I will be reunited with one of my maui-buddies. He'll bring me some work......