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morning asking if I wanted to go down south<br />
over the weekend. I was hesitant at first<br />
because I had other commitments on Sunday,<br />
but Alex was pretty keen and convinced me<br />
to go any way. Come Friday morning we were<br />
packing to leave and left around lunchtime.<br />
We were staying at good friend Jayden Muir’s<br />
van at the caravan park in Dunsborough. We<br />
got there, unpacked and still had a few hours<br />
left to surf and ended up having an afternoon<br />
bash at Bears.<br />
“The following morning we were planning on<br />
getting up super early to beat the weekend<br />
crowds. Alex’s alarm didn’t go off, so we<br />
woke up pretty late and were thinking what a<br />
bad start to the day. Alex was set on surfing<br />
a spot that’s a bit of a mission to get to -<br />
Jayden and myself weren’t too keen but we<br />
did anyway.<br />
"We got there and it was pretty packed<br />
with the occasional wave. It seemed like<br />
everyone was hassling each other just for a<br />
swell that didn’t even break. After a shitty<br />
start to the morning we were back at the<br />
Van and recharged with a couple of bacon<br />
and egg sandwiches.<br />
“Alex being the super froth surfer that he is,<br />
was still super keen to surf again. The whole<br />
time I was thinking I could not be bothered<br />
with the crowd or lack of swell. So on our<br />
way to the next spot I didn’t even bother<br />
taking a board and instead took my camera.<br />
We decided on a spot that picks up a bit more<br />
swell compared to most places. Unless you<br />
don’t care about your car, you kind of need a<br />
four wheel drive to get there so it should be<br />
less packed than somewhere like main break.<br />
“Once we got off the tarmac and on to the<br />
gravel road we had to leave Alex’s car behind<br />
and climb into Jayden’s decked-out Prado.<br />
Lucky me got to lay down in the back as<br />
Jay took out all of back seats. Its not the<br />
funnest thing bouncing around in the back<br />
of a four wheel drive. Everything just made<br />
me not want to go. We stepped out the car<br />
and I armed my camera, planning to shoot<br />
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SMORGASBOARDER | AUTUMN/WINTER <strong>2014</strong>
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