tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12815749036437774342024-03-12T17:11:28.867-07:00Counting SheepTaylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-17852837146323847442009-12-13T12:25:00.000-08:002009-12-13T13:10:12.996-08:00The end is nigh opon us<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyVVY9Sqo7I/AAAAAAAAAMM/clsNJyBVrEg/s1600-h/PC120260.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414828014240965554" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyVVY9Sqo7I/AAAAAAAAAMM/clsNJyBVrEg/s320/PC120260.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyVVYaSA6xI/AAAAAAAAAME/wedNsmcNPSc/s1600-h/PC120262.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414828004842990354" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyVVYaSA6xI/AAAAAAAAAME/wedNsmcNPSc/s320/PC120262.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyVVX0_PttI/AAAAAAAAAL8/-41Pbty8-Gk/s1600-h/PC120258.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414827994832156370" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyVVX0_PttI/AAAAAAAAAL8/-41Pbty8-Gk/s320/PC120258.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyVVXmkh41I/AAAAAAAAAL0/sKfH0u-awco/s1600-h/PC120257.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414827990962004818" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyVVXmkh41I/AAAAAAAAAL0/sKfH0u-awco/s320/PC120257.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Behold, in last days of the journey of my friends fathers sons and their friend's fathers son many wept. Because there had been but little surfing since the time of departure of milton...the van, we have done much good. When i speak of good i mean those things pertaining to the workings of ping pong, and much feasting across the land, and many joyous spear fishing trip's, and the hand of the perret family has been felt in it all. Joining with me are my brethren wiley, taylor, caleb, jaques throughout the greater part of these mine experiences. And now i speak to you about the many things that have troubled my heart in this time of great joy and affliction. (for neither can one be without the other...be) I shall now exort my self to tell you of the last week here. </div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We've been here in auckland for the past week and have had a great time with our new found friends and family, the Perrets. They have been very kind in allowing us to play ping pong all night and have fed us beyond what our stomachs could hold. We surfed one day at Piha earlier this week and scored some very good waves all day. The beach itself is very beautiful and we were stoaked to have some surf. The next few days after that were spent trying to sell our van in downtown auckland. My attitude of hey this is going to be easy lets make a bunch of money off the van idea quickly disappated when i realized that wasn't going to happen. After three days of sitting in a hot car with nothing but oatmeal the price dropped 1500 dollars and it became more of a matter of pleading with people to buy the van instead of them pleading with us to sell it. Between sleeping in parkinglots and watching movies in the hostel across from our well placed car sales lot, we didn't get much done but go crazy and dream of surfing. it didn't help much to hear that one of the biggest swells of the decade was on its way towards california just 5 days before we got home. needless to say, we sold the van for the same as we bought it, the swell was underrated and dane won his round 3 and 4 heats in the pipe masters so all is well. We're now packing up and playing some finishing rounds of ping pong before the long trip home. Soooo now behold I make an end to these words and bid you all a merry christmas! oh...and this is probably the last post so I hope you enjoyed it!!!</div></div></div></div>Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-55850653689714700402009-12-10T23:09:00.000-08:002009-12-10T23:43:59.432-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyH4DhquWMI/AAAAAAAAALs/sW5w3ogqcxo/s1600-h/PC010237.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 240px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413880966536911042" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyH4DhquWMI/AAAAAAAAALs/sW5w3ogqcxo/s320/PC010237.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyH4DGVNbVI/AAAAAAAAALk/JZVfGusDcwk/s1600-h/PC030242.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413880959198915922" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyH4DGVNbVI/AAAAAAAAALk/JZVfGusDcwk/s320/PC030242.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyH4CoAqDzI/AAAAAAAAALc/Q7Mvv3E7btY/s1600-h/PC030243.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413880951059648306" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyH4CoAqDzI/AAAAAAAAALc/Q7Mvv3E7btY/s320/PC030243.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyH4CGp4ypI/AAAAAAAAALU/UpXzAqArd2c/s1600-h/PC030245.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413880942105774738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyH4CGp4ypI/AAAAAAAAALU/UpXzAqArd2c/s320/PC030245.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyH4BgH2ycI/AAAAAAAAALM/i-1NQImkAMg/s1600-h/PC030246.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413880931762489794" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyH4BgH2ycI/AAAAAAAAALM/i-1NQImkAMg/s320/PC030246.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyHzEbGhecI/AAAAAAAAALE/fZt5kpxVqdk/s1600-h/PC030247.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413875484396190146" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyHzEbGhecI/AAAAAAAAALE/fZt5kpxVqdk/s320/PC030247.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyHzDzqLrKI/AAAAAAAAAK8/9OXKVQ0rb8s/s1600-h/PC030249.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413875473808338082" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyHzDzqLrKI/AAAAAAAAAK8/9OXKVQ0rb8s/s320/PC030249.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyHzDmcohZI/AAAAAAAAAK0/HOnzoeC8w04/s1600-h/PC070253.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413875470261847442" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyHzDmcohZI/AAAAAAAAAK0/HOnzoeC8w04/s320/PC070253.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyHzDXlR0kI/AAAAAAAAAKs/5oxx2qMKNGA/s1600-h/PC070254.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413875466271576642" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyHzDXlR0kI/AAAAAAAAAKs/5oxx2qMKNGA/s320/PC070254.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyHzC_tLflI/AAAAAAAAAKk/vMAHYH9vWvQ/s1600-h/PC070255.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413875459862265426" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SyHzC_tLflI/AAAAAAAAAKk/vMAHYH9vWvQ/s320/PC070255.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-51166029625364932622009-12-03T13:09:00.000-08:002009-12-03T13:26:16.390-08:00Some pics from the film camera<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SxgsF4QDL9I/AAAAAAAAAKc/ffgZXurYcIk/s1600-h/__7_0140.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SxgsF4QDL9I/AAAAAAAAAKc/ffgZXurYcIk/s320/__7_0140.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411123431796322258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SxgsFtYAKCI/AAAAAAAAAKU/OnpwpUf133w/s1600-h/__6_0141.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SxgsFtYAKCI/AAAAAAAAAKU/OnpwpUf133w/s320/__6_0141.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411123428876888098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SxgsFIjTL3I/AAAAAAAAAKM/UpOWFqaUP-k/s1600-h/__5_0142.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SxgsFIjTL3I/AAAAAAAAAKM/UpOWFqaUP-k/s320/__5_0142.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411123418992160626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SxgsEyezFsI/AAAAAAAAAKE/DUjmBcdpcpI/s1600-h/_24_0123.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SxgqDlnbHwI/AAAAAAAAAI8/JkZNUUYnA0s/s320/_18_0079.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411121193411092226" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SxgqDcFY-WI/AAAAAAAAAI0/BgbEvkQJNxQ/s1600-h/_14_0083.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SxgqDcFY-WI/AAAAAAAAAI0/BgbEvkQJNxQ/s320/_14_0083.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411121190852426082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SxgqDLW-qpI/AAAAAAAAAIs/368KWOkmDY4/s1600-h/23A_0027.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SxgqDLW-qpI/AAAAAAAAAIs/368KWOkmDY4/s320/23A_0027.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411121186362796690" border="0" /></a>Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-14737137985211440272009-11-24T14:26:00.000-08:002009-11-24T14:32:50.995-08:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Swxe8gaDiTI/AAAAAAAAAIk/G1vjLMspbd8/s1600/PB160283.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407801646149503282" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Swxe8gaDiTI/AAAAAAAAAIk/G1vjLMspbd8/s320/PB160283.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Swxe7xg4p_I/AAAAAAAAAIc/t4JyELhNqSw/s1600/PB160284.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407801633561683954" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Swxe7xg4p_I/AAAAAAAAAIc/t4JyELhNqSw/s320/PB160284.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Swxe7XXP39I/AAAAAAAAAIU/kM7eueTE82k/s1600/PB180291.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407801626541940690" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Swxe7XXP39I/AAAAAAAAAIU/kM7eueTE82k/s320/PB180291.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Swxe7DX163I/AAAAAAAAAIM/r1bQj_kcj6k/s1600/PB200293.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407801621175724914" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Swxe7DX163I/AAAAAAAAAIM/r1bQj_kcj6k/s320/PB200293.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Swxe6gmrOgI/AAAAAAAAAIE/2TJjkyUSAw4/s1600/PB220300.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407801611842697730" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Swxe6gmrOgI/AAAAAAAAAIE/2TJjkyUSAw4/s320/PB220300.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-30246119461278852442009-11-20T18:59:00.000-08:002009-11-22T19:22:51.837-08:00featherston<div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SwdlrVOrTyI/AAAAAAAAAH8/2uw11Wh1JDw/s1600/IMG_3964%5B1%5D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406401672789053218" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SwdlrVOrTyI/AAAAAAAAAH8/2uw11Wh1JDw/s320/IMG_3964%5B1%5D" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SwdlqwxU1bI/AAAAAAAAAH0/6dBg-AZJoII/s1600/IMG_3939%5B1%5D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406401663002269106" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SwdlqwxU1bI/AAAAAAAAAH0/6dBg-AZJoII/s320/IMG_3939%5B1%5D" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SwdlqG-bePI/AAAAAAAAAHs/BnhLepd9E9c/s1600/IMG_3969%5B1%5D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406401651782940914" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SwdlqG-bePI/AAAAAAAAAHs/BnhLepd9E9c/s320/IMG_3969%5B1%5D" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SwdlppiPUtI/AAAAAAAAAHk/xF_M41vp7eE/s1600/IMG_3936%5B1%5D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406401643880075986" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SwdlppiPUtI/AAAAAAAAAHk/xF_M41vp7eE/s320/IMG_3936%5B1%5D" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SwdlpKlVk6I/AAAAAAAAAHc/RPaJnAmsMY0/s1600/IMG_3960%5B1%5D"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406401635571569570" style="width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SwdlpKlVk6I/AAAAAAAAAHc/RPaJnAmsMY0/s320/IMG_3960%5B1%5D" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Hey everyone we've been in a little town called featherston for the past week. After visiting Edward and Auriga for the weekend, we headed off to church in the neighboring town, featherston. After deciding to fast for work, we showed up and realized it was the week they all bring a dish and have a huge pot luck after church. Classic, of course we choose this day. After taking a few plates(10) to go, we asked around for work and were invited for dinner at the branch presidents house. We quickly accepted and headed over to the Coldicutts, a couple in the ward, for some much needed patch work on wileys pants. Sister coldicutt must have patched 5 pairs of trousers and a shirt by the time we needed to be at dinner. She's a powerhouse on the sewing machine. At dinner, we were healthly fed and played games with the Bennets 4 kids who are really really awesome. We were invited for the night to stay and quickly took up the offer. In the morning after breakfast we decided it was time to pack up and head out to the spit again for a surf trip. We showed up mid afternoon and were packing to hike into the spot when i realized the minor ding i had in my back up board had turned into a cavernous hole...After considering my options, 1 get really mad and throw the whole board into a nearby rock, 2 hike in and bodysurf the grinding right pointbreak, or 3 break out the big wave board and work on my soul arch bottom turn, i decided to go with number three and grabed my heafty 6'6 board for the trip. Once at the spit, the waves were good but the wind was bad so we had a rock war and found other ways of entertaining ourselves until it got good. i would compare this time in our lives to that of the lost boys....We were throwing logs at each other and banging on pots and pans to make music. Basically anything destructive, negative, and dangerous was accomplished along with reading our scriptures...weird right? THe waves never got good that night so we went to bed with better hopes for the next day. We awoke to pumping seconds, the point wave, and were on it. After a few hour of wiley and taylor ripping and me finally getting my bottom turn down we were worn out and headed in for a food and sleep break. We decided to paddle out for another session mid day and then wiley and i had the bright idea to surf the spit (a wave that breaks a half mile out to sea) as the sun was setting. We were met half way walking there by the farmer/land owner frank who in a not very nice way told us to get off his property...aka heres my gun and my really angry rabid dog and well i'm kinda angry too look. Wiley, who had met him before tried to convince him we weren't any trouble and somehow convinced him and we were allowed to paddle out....all the way out to the spit...yay!!!! The next morning we were greeted with rain and good waves. After an all day surf we packed up for the hike back to the nice dinner that awaited us in featherston at the Coldicutts. We, along with the missionaries enjoyed a nice indian style home cooked dinner and were invited to stay the night. The next morning we attended district meeting with the missionaries and enjoyed some fresh and well needed American cooking from the missionary couple in the area. Featherston had truely been a blessing to our poor famished bodies as they were from our loop around the south island. That night The coldicutts asked if I would sing with them in their singing group which would be performing in a local bar and singing I will survive... How could I say no? It was the funniest thing I've ever done and I think wiley and taylor really enjoyed my singing with the group. We were able to get work out of the whole thing and were set the next two days with some work around the area. We spent plenty more time out with the missionaries and the families around the area who we are very greatful for. THey helped us save up our money by feeding us and giving us a place to stay. It was like a little bit of home was in featherston. We made the long drive up to gisborne the other night which ended up with wiley puking all over the road, (taylor and i had already had the same experience earlier that week) there must've been something else in featherston....but we all survived and now we're back in good old gisborne! Tonight we're cooking dinner for the bishops family and we'll be off to the northland. Hope all is well at home!<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-45421438577142334032009-11-13T12:51:00.000-08:002009-11-13T14:46:18.230-08:00there's something fishy going on around here<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Sv3HrrR3rAI/AAAAAAAAAHU/ivm_kM18wDo/s1600-h/PB040263.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Sv3HrrR3rAI/AAAAAAAAAHU/ivm_kM18wDo/s320/PB040263.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403694681080441858" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Sv3HrV8Nc4I/AAAAAAAAAHM/yxM4y9dK20k/s1600-h/PB030256.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Sv3HrV8Nc4I/AAAAAAAAAHM/yxM4y9dK20k/s320/PB030256.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403694675352449922" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Sv3HqzdDB1I/AAAAAAAAAHE/vR_MNXdFy0E/s1600-h/PB080277.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Sv3HqzdDB1I/AAAAAAAAAHE/vR_MNXdFy0E/s320/PB080277.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403694666094937938" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Sv3HqmGKZlI/AAAAAAAAAG8/ajgY97DqGBg/s1600-h/PB090278.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Sv3HqmGKZlI/AAAAAAAAAG8/ajgY97DqGBg/s320/PB090278.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403694662509291090" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Sv3HqBf8hgI/AAAAAAAAAG0/PT7cS2jheiQ/s1600-h/PB090279.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Sv3HqBf8hgI/AAAAAAAAAG0/PT7cS2jheiQ/s320/PB090279.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403694652685321730" border="0" /></a><br />After nearly a month on the south island, we've fled for the warmer weather and sunshine back on the north island. We left the perfect barrels of curio bay a day or two after the last post not because of lack of surf obviously but because we were all concerned about losing our feet to frostbite. After a week there we figured north to Duniden would be a great option. Once there, we surfed super crowded st. clair and were over it. Plus there were no barrels and it almost seemed colder! Our plans of being there for a week quickly dissipated and we began our journey to the legendary right pointbreaks of Kaikoura. (of course we celebrated the local holiday first though with tons of fireworks)... The ride to Kaikoura was long and arguous and was the first and only drive so far that we've taken two days on. On the drives we have a lot of time to talk seeing that we don't have a radio and no one likes my singing or the kazoo (thank you bobby). We cover a wide range of topics from dude your leg is touching me, I sat middle last time, the waves are gonna be SICK!!!! and my personal favorite, I cant wait to eat a burrito! Once we get on the subject of mexican food its like we all go into a trance and immediatly get along. We have each vowed to not eat at all once back in the states until we all have a huge double wrapped burrito from Corrales in our hands.. The only problem with talking about it is that it always ends up in a horribly dishearteining stop at a local market or gas station only to remember that we're in New Zealand and the nearest mexi food place is over 1000 miles away.....anyways, we made it to Kaikoura and much to our delight found sun and glassy water. The next two days weren't good for surf but we got some diving and reading in. Tuesday we scored hard though and found out why they say Kaikoura pumps. The right point picture is of an epic little wave we got and we took it right before session number 4 that day. Midway through the day we were at mangnamanu for a inbetweener session when i noticed taylor on the beach looking quite over it. He waved me in and when I got to shore i noticed a nice big gash on his forhead. On closer inspection, after deciding to go to the hospital for possible stitches, we found the cut to resemble exactly in every way, the scar on Harry Potter's head. Oh yes we now have a fully functional wizard with us on our trip. Four stitches, a day out of the water, and 2 liters of ice cream were the end result and wiley and i were back to the surf for sessions 4 and 5 of the day. Also, a quick side note, while taylor was in the hospital, Wiley and I went for a quick surf check aka super sick solo session at a right point. Not to say I believe in karma or anything but the evidences of taylors newfound magic was at hand. Wiley told taylor as we dropped him off that we weren't gonna surf(a lie of course). Midway through surfing, a bee (bewitched no doubt) flew 150 ft into the ocean, landed on Wiley's neck, and stung him with out being agrovated at all. He was pissed and asked me to get the stinger out at which request i flicked him in the neck 3 or 4 times and with each flick said "sorry dude!" and had no luck at getting it out. haha The next few day's wiley looked like a boofed fat kid. it was like our fat childhoods all over again. We stayed for a few more days hanging out with some friends we'd met but decided to head north with high hopes of being warm and getting work since we are all low on cash. One last thing of course, we booked our ferry ride on friday the 13th...Why does that sound like a bad decision? The day was sunny, warm, and perfect leading up to driving our van onto the ferry when all of a sudden...BAM a massive southernly storm front hit us and the crossing was delayed. I thought we were all gonna die and the crossing was horrible. I will never travel on that day again, but we did get to watch movies on the ride which was sweet and the movie was... 17 again! YAY! We're safe now and happy back in martinborough.Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-44717022689321513192009-11-03T17:50:00.000-08:002009-11-03T18:24:24.688-08:00The Catlins<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SvDlIrjH-tI/AAAAAAAAAGs/_w7vp3zA3xQ/s1600-h/PA310231.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400067890508987090" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SvDlIrjH-tI/AAAAAAAAAGs/_w7vp3zA3xQ/s320/PA310231.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SvDlIUXLS-I/AAAAAAAAAGk/GHAfZaXyKso/s1600-h/PA310235.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400067884284857314" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SvDlIUXLS-I/AAAAAAAAAGk/GHAfZaXyKso/s320/PA310235.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SvDlHz4R3uI/AAAAAAAAAGc/VbRx5DfRkZY/s1600-h/PB020245.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400067875565330146" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SvDlHz4R3uI/AAAAAAAAAGc/VbRx5DfRkZY/s320/PB020245.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SvDlHjLVaSI/AAAAAAAAAGU/VP3x47NoR4o/s1600-h/PB020246.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400067871081851170" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SvDlHjLVaSI/AAAAAAAAAGU/VP3x47NoR4o/s320/PB020246.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SvDlG2imzaI/AAAAAAAAAGM/T3ilUVgqFNs/s1600-h/PB030251.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400067859099864482" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SvDlG2imzaI/AAAAAAAAAGM/T3ilUVgqFNs/s320/PB030251.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Its cold...</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>We made the long drive from the west coast to the southland last week to be greated by pumping surf, something we all dearly needed. Since we're all runing a little short on cash and don't really want to work we have come up with a little list of ways to save money and not save money.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>3 ways to save:</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>1. Travel by wind</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>2. Surf all day so you don't think about eating</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>3. Stay on a beach where the waves are perfect...everyday</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>3 ways not to save:</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>1. Breaking surfboards</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>2. Driving an hour to check onshore waves when its pumping back at the place you started out at</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>3. Discovering the local shop has double scoop ice cream cones for... only 3 dollars!!!</div></div></div></div></div>Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-26086459579235225842009-10-27T15:38:00.000-07:002009-10-27T16:25:22.320-07:00Graymouth<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SueBSDxgFqI/AAAAAAAAAGE/98tGJDPHybg/s1600-h/PA240226.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SueBSDxgFqI/AAAAAAAAAGE/98tGJDPHybg/s320/PA240226.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397424825677387426" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SueBHYCqaxI/AAAAAAAAAF8/s2XyBIvLN6Y/s1600-h/PA230222.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SueBHYCqaxI/AAAAAAAAAF8/s2XyBIvLN6Y/s320/PA230222.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397424642139515666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SueBHOnsC4I/AAAAAAAAAF0/epWHeWM-gQM/s1600-h/PA230217.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SueBHOnsC4I/AAAAAAAAAF0/epWHeWM-gQM/s320/PA230217.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397424639610456962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SueBGofbdyI/AAAAAAAAAFs/EasJ1meKjGk/s1600-h/PA220215.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SueBGofbdyI/AAAAAAAAAFs/EasJ1meKjGk/s320/PA220215.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397424629375268642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SueBGA6_gGI/AAAAAAAAAFk/1BcNghgzZXo/s1600-h/PA220212.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SueBGA6_gGI/AAAAAAAAAFk/1BcNghgzZXo/s320/PA220212.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397424618753458274" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SueBF9lv2-I/AAAAAAAAAFc/uJiyjDpc0-E/s1600-h/PA200204.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SueBF9lv2-I/AAAAAAAAAFc/uJiyjDpc0-E/s320/PA200204.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397424617859046370" border="0" /></a><br />Hey everyone we hope all is well at home! We awoke to more rain this morning... If there's ever a new blog post there's a good chance its raining because we always seem to retreat to the nearest library at the slightest hint of precipitation. We've been on the south island now for about a week and this is how its turned out. Day one we woke up an hour late in martinborough so we had to rush to try to make our ferry time from the Nisland to the Sisland...which we didn't. Luckily we were able to transfer our time to 1 oclock for no additonal price. Once on the ferry, we met a few girls from the east coast and talked with them on the ride. We came to realize how sweet our van deal was, and how great our trip had been just by talking to them. We've been very blessed and lucky with places we've been, people we've met and of course the waves we've scored. Once in picton, where the ferry drops us off, we flipped a coin to see if we should head to the east coast to dive or to the west to surf. It landed on surf but we decided to dive... Why did we go through the effort? After going by a dive shop and dropping 250 on a spear for wiley, a mask for me and a snorkel for taylor, we were on our way to robinhood bay, which would end up being the worst mistake ever!<br />We made it to our destination with an hour of sun left and rushed out for a dive. The bay itself was beautiful and secluded and looked very promising for a few days stay. After pulling out a few pawa and some muscles we set up to cook and leave. Thats when we noticed our driverside tire was extremely low. In most situations this wouldn't be much of a problem but of course we didn't have a spare tire. There was one house in the bay so we drove up to it and asked the man there if he had a pump we could use, to which he replied yes and our hopes sored. We tried to inflate it for 10 minutes and gave up. The man then offered for us to stay in the old farm house next door and we said we'd love to and thanks.<br />After cooking our diner and setting up camp inside, we began to notice how creepy the house was. There were blood drops on the ground in one of the rooms, curtains covering all the windows, doors with handles only on the outside and broken window panes, creepy detective magazines everywhere, and sounds of doors opening and closing! Not to mention it was howling wind outside and we were in the middle of NOWHERE!!!!!! All this combined with our little horror story jokes completely scared the crap out of us and we completely thought we were going to be the headlines of the next mornings news. It was a full on scooby doo storyline where we magically get a flat tire and a farmer offers for us to stay in his abandoned house, hmmmmm.... We basically ran out of the house with our stuff and grabbed our tent and headed for the beach. After setting up camp far far away from the house we felt safe and were out till morning. We headed back in the morning and cleaned up all our other stuff and put it all back in the van. The owner came out and we started talking. Thats when he told us...Apparentally a woman had died in the house a while back and her ghost still haunted the place! REALLY??? WOW thanks for telling us now!!! That answered all our fears and we laughed at ourselves. The man and his family ended up being very nice and took us to town to get a spare and everything.<br />We were off and on our way to the west coast with our new tire and were about an hour and a half out of blemington when we noticed the tire going low again... We were all so bummed and headed back to fix the problem. Turns out it was just the little nosel thing that puts air in the tire so we fixed it and left. Once in westport, we began cooking dinner on the beach and were getting all ready for bed when we heard an echoing siren from in town. Of course this scared thacrap out of us and on top of our already suspicious day, we thought someone was out to get us so our creative minds got the better of us. the first thing we thought was TIDAL WAVE!!!!!! we threw everything in the car and rushed to higher ground where we found out it was a brush fire siren. Talk about a great day huh?<br />The last few days we've been in Graymouth and have gotten some great waves. We made friends with the branch president on sunday at church and were invited for dinner and stay at their house. Their family radiated love and brightened our spirits. We also got to go out with the missionaries here and learned a ton about the missionary work on the south island. truely an experience. We're now on our way south for some fishing and hiking into secret spots that we don't even know about. Cheers!Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-8413666842211749482009-10-18T23:04:00.000-07:002009-10-18T23:49:18.044-07:00A weeks worth of work<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwDmCNpCzI/AAAAAAAAAFU/hMFC2gbpNVE/s1600-h/PA070155.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwDmCNpCzI/AAAAAAAAAFU/hMFC2gbpNVE/s320/PA070155.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394190405647010610" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwDllRYmeI/AAAAAAAAAFM/vA-a7jQD-Vg/s1600-h/PA130162.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwDllRYmeI/AAAAAAAAAFM/vA-a7jQD-Vg/s320/PA130162.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394190397878082018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwDlCWB7hI/AAAAAAAAAFE/VP7_M3-K_SQ/s1600-h/PA100160.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwDlCWB7hI/AAAAAAAAAFE/VP7_M3-K_SQ/s320/PA100160.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394190388502326802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwDkYbI6AI/AAAAAAAAAE8/8pkMHCoS_no/s1600-h/PA130175.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwDkYbI6AI/AAAAAAAAAE8/8pkMHCoS_no/s320/PA130175.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394190377249466370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwDkILESpI/AAAAAAAAAE0/oDCTdRNzg4c/s1600-h/PA130177.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwDkILESpI/AAAAAAAAAE0/oDCTdRNzg4c/s320/PA130177.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394190372887087762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwCbBcrA-I/AAAAAAAAAEs/CYBNnsMvM-c/s1600-h/PA130183.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwCbBcrA-I/AAAAAAAAAEs/CYBNnsMvM-c/s320/PA130183.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394189116951430114" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwCam4xBFI/AAAAAAAAAEk/d0Hwqu4Fpeg/s1600-h/PA130182.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwCam4xBFI/AAAAAAAAAEk/d0Hwqu4Fpeg/s320/PA130182.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394189109821506642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwCaJ-F7qI/AAAAAAAAAEc/5cfMm2v25Wc/s1600-h/PA130184.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwCaJ-F7qI/AAAAAAAAAEc/5cfMm2v25Wc/s320/PA130184.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394189102059220642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwCZWZiCMI/AAAAAAAAAEU/TX6hQfR87VM/s1600-h/PA140185.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwCZWZiCMI/AAAAAAAAAEU/TX6hQfR87VM/s320/PA140185.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394189088215664834" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwCY8eVntI/AAAAAAAAAEM/zmj0DWMxO6I/s1600-h/PA180187.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/StwCY8eVntI/AAAAAAAAAEM/zmj0DWMxO6I/s320/PA180187.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394189081256500946" border="0" /></a><br />its been a while since we've written last. Currently, we're staying in martinborough at wileys and now our friends house, the martins. We left gisborne tuesday evening after waiting in the van for 6 hours outside wiley's bosses house in pursuit of a check. this was especially important seeing that wiley is short alredy on cash money. over the six hour period we had multiple water and slap fights. after being crowned victorious in all battles, i, scott clark, decided to let everyone rest and read in the back. the few days before leaving we had some really cool experiences. topping the list for all of us i'm guessing was seeing conference. we had a marathon prettymuch and watched all of the sessions on both saturday and sunday, with a mega water fight in between the days. the saturday night before leaving, we stayed in the church parking lot instead of our usual kaiti ghetto parking spot outside the fijians house. It was a good thing too because apperantly a few people aka super gnarly chicks, from the mongral mob showed up, pulled some dude into the street to the exact spot we had been parking, and beat him down with a bat and crobars. Oh how i love church. We were also very blessed sunday night to be invited to dinner by the bishop and his family (who are great) and we were able to squeeze in a wash too. Before leaving Gisborne for good/ever/over it/ dont wanna go back/ people are great but we wanna be somewhere else i scored a macking day out at the island, the premire spot is gissy. wiley paddled out a little later after me and scored some good ones too.<br />After driving 5 hours and sleeping somewhere in the outskirts of martinborough, we met up with edward, wileys mate, on accident on our way to check the surf and we all met eachother. Edward told us to follow him to a spot where the wind was hurricane force and required the van to go for a brutal 4x4 expedition. of course we didn't go out. He went off to work and we headed east towards their little batch on the southern tip of the north island, about 45 se from martinborough and on the beach!(the cove pic is from their batch) From the batch, you can see a giant mountain/rock thingy that was superimposed into the lord of the rings multiple times as well as tons of places to dive and hang out. much to our suprise, when we showed up, there was a full on colony of seals in the cove and around the house. There were so many!! there were seals in all the knooks and crannys and they were even coming out of the bushes.. literally. Because of all the bad expeiriences we've had with seals, this was pretty much our worst nightmare and we all screamed like little girls. i might've wet my pants a little. I felt like i was in the movie The ghosts and the darkness sealion edition. We then hunted seals with a squirt gun for the next hour and a half.<br />After deciding there were no waves around the batch, we spontaniously decided to hike into a break called the spit and seconds. Multiple right and left hand points that are super epic. We scored some good ones as the swell was dying and set up camp in the wood furnace warmed hut on the beach (pictured above). Nice and cozy. since then we've just been hanging out with Edward and Auriga to let the rain pass.<br />ONe other little adventure that we had was that wiley and i picked up some work with edward docking. This is where you take new lambs that are so precious and cute and innocent in every way.... and cut their tails off, clip their ears and rubberband off things that shouldn't be so they can't have kids anymore! It was the most burtal thing i've ever done in my life and i felt like i was participating in the holocaust. it was terrible. It was a very cool thing to learn though especially if we need to pick up work in the south island. taylor got video of it too. YAY! not. anyways, they all lived and are happy it's over with and so am i. We leave for the South island on wednesday so until next time, you stay classy ventura...and ojai...and camarillo...and the valley...cheers!Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-53011975856761454302009-10-07T16:02:00.000-07:002009-10-07T16:03:25.961-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Ss0eL2GGOCI/AAAAAAAAAEE/rvnw4rTFm_U/s1600-h/PA060145.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Ss0eL2GGOCI/AAAAAAAAAEE/rvnw4rTFm_U/s320/PA060145.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389997517880834082" border="0" /></a>Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-84655807161111799552009-10-07T15:44:00.000-07:002009-10-07T16:01:49.479-07:00A Change in Weather<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Ss0dUc22B3I/AAAAAAAAAD8/QBO3QeAWwKU/s1600-h/PA060150.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Ss0dUc22B3I/AAAAAAAAAD8/QBO3QeAWwKU/s320/PA060150.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389996566213166962" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Ss0dToYKziI/AAAAAAAAAD0/dlfYDx2A2u4/s1600-h/PA060148.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Ss0dToYKziI/AAAAAAAAAD0/dlfYDx2A2u4/s320/PA060148.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389996552125861410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Ss0dTb7JMII/AAAAAAAAADs/2wkbKQp0ZuI/s1600-h/PA060147.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Ss0dTb7JMII/AAAAAAAAADs/2wkbKQp0ZuI/s320/PA060147.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389996548782895234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Ss0dSZErEAI/AAAAAAAAADc/ohZtrFb6XAI/s1600-h/PA060152.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/Ss0dSZErEAI/AAAAAAAAADc/ohZtrFb6XAI/s320/PA060152.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389996530837688322" border="0" /></a><br />Sunny and Northwestern winds brings smiles to everyone. Taylor and i were smiling when we awoke to surf. Wiley was smiling when he found out he might not get hypothermia at work today...i think i even saw a local maori kid smiling today which is semi uplifting since most the time the have the look of i want tourist blood. everything is in order for a good day. The other night we stayed in front of the Fijians house that wiley works with so it'd be easier to getup in the morning. we were promptly invited in and ate with them. FISH HEAD YAY!!! they had this huge bucket full of snapper heads and some sort of tea that smelled bad so we didn't drink it. It was really cool though because we all sat on the floor in a circle and ate and laughed all night. Fijians are really funny and stoked and extremely hard to understand. there were alot of head nods being passed around because no one really understood eachother. Taylor and i headed down to the mahia peninsula again yesterday in search of waves and got some fun surf at a place called last chance. It was as menacing as the spots name sounds. We chased some sheep while we were there and the pic of us on the table is overlooking gisborne...cheersTaylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-6913132536088900942009-10-04T14:22:00.000-07:002009-10-04T14:54:08.362-07:00rain rain go away come again some other day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SskZRY5UxAI/AAAAAAAAADU/yKMH8BSO8ZE/s1600-h/PA040143.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SskZRY5UxAI/AAAAAAAAADU/yKMH8BSO8ZE/s320/PA040143.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388866215656866818" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SskZQ5rLrII/AAAAAAAAADM/Z2Ql7QZuhdA/s1600-h/PA030142.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SskZQ5rLrII/AAAAAAAAADM/Z2Ql7QZuhdA/s320/PA030142.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388866207276051586" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SskZQQKsPYI/AAAAAAAAADE/eeSRXmqRAmI/s1600-h/PA020138.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SskZQQKsPYI/AAAAAAAAADE/eeSRXmqRAmI/s320/PA020138.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388866196133920130" border="0" /></a><br />Yesterday and today have been full of rain and wind and we feel like a little boat in the middle of the tasmian sea in our wee van. The forcast isn't looking to promising either with rain and wind for the rest of the week. Probably not the best week for wiley to decide to finish up forestry work... Saturday the waves were superpumping in gisborne and there was a magical little left bar breaking. lucky for me, about 2 hours into the session i jumped off my board in the tube on a wave and somehow ruptured my brand new wetsuit, on my butt. Wiley laughed for about an hour straight when he saw it and now i've gotta fix my suit with wetsuit glue that cost 30 bucks. stupid new zealand and everything being expensive. Wiley is finishing working as a woofer today and last night the woofing hosts went to pick up the new sweedish woman woofer. we all had our hopes high for a babe but classic, she was 50 and looked exactly like we hadn't pictured. I think wiley had to share a room with her...haha stoked. well we only have a week or so left in gisborne so mom you'll need to start checking the weather further south soon. the ducks are our next dinner...light or dark meat? Oh and the missionaries are spotting us a kai or dinner tonight. Fish and chips! Sweetas!!! cheersTaylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-78001380740951457362009-10-02T14:23:00.000-07:002009-10-02T14:41:56.644-07:00We've been here in gisborne for a little over a week now...I'm surfed out, taylor is semi sick, and Wiley has done nothing but complain about woofing(babysitting mike). Wiley is finally over being sick though after his 15+day illness. We've got about another week here while wiley finishes working forestry so he can have enough money to head out with us. Taylor and I have been killing the time by surfing and going on splits with the missionaries. Starting Sunday, we went out with them once or twice a day inbetween surfs till wednesday. We headed down to the mahia peninsula and scored perfect waves on thursday. Probably the best lefts I've ever seen or surfed. It was truely an amazing day and after 6 hours of surfing, we were beat. Now we wait for wiley to finish work and try to get some surf and stay healthy. the next few days are looking promising for diving too. I got a new board because mine was a bummer, and wiley sliced his armpit the first surf on his new board, (see the picture below). 5 stitches later and a few days and he was back out. All in all we're all doing well... CheersTaylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-62015014510870096322009-09-29T14:52:00.000-07:002009-09-29T15:18:08.187-07:00gizzy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SsKHigtDp1I/AAAAAAAAAC8/vbNDwmOwZFo/s1600-h/P9280130.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SsKHigtDp1I/AAAAAAAAAC8/vbNDwmOwZFo/s320/P9280130.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387017131252754258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SsKHh9gfhTI/AAAAAAAAAC0/hFdOfkPPSBk/s1600-h/P9290132.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SsKHh9gfhTI/AAAAAAAAAC0/hFdOfkPPSBk/s320/P9290132.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387017121804813618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SsKHhR9L6SI/AAAAAAAAACs/Cbfrz9d0mIs/s1600-h/P9290133.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SsA2GGDSmwI/AAAAAAAAAA8/w-Jh2jSxfEM/s320/P9270114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386364632666643202" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SsA2Fo4rsxI/AAAAAAAAAA0/6BZ27xwU9DI/s1600-h/P9270115.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SsA2Fo4rsxI/AAAAAAAAAA0/6BZ27xwU9DI/s320/P9270115.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386364624837522194" border="0" /></a>Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-27867240011033693062009-09-25T15:00:00.000-07:002009-09-25T15:32:28.128-07:00Sun at last! and waves...we arrived in Gisborne yesterday around noonish. After 3 long days of no sunshine we were stoked beyond belief. we were checking the very iffy forcast in New plymoth a few days back and decided to try our luck more to the north. The rain, 25ft seas and 30kt winds didn't look to promising. We drove from taranaki to Wangamata on the coramandal penninsula after going for a surf and hoped for better conditions and weather there...of course we awoke to the only thing worse than stormy and rainy, flat and rainy. After I pouted for a little bit and taylor told me to deal with it we headed to Mt manganui. Score! 40kt winds, sand blowing every which way, rain, freeeeeezing and no waves. We decided we'd driven enough for one day and set up camp there. We went for a little hike onto this little island out cropping thingy and taylor said the words "wouldnt it be funny if there were waves on the other side of this island" hmmm ya taylor it would be. as we rounded the tip, lo and behold there were waves, classic. The quick hustle to get the there was very quick to be short and we got some fun waves. The search for a place to sleep that night was endless. finally we found one after almost getting the van stuck in mud, which i had to push out, which ended up in me landing face first in it from pushing to hard and the van got loose. good thing it was raining...yesterday we woke up and decided to make the trip to gisborne from the bay of plenty. More problems, i drove the van for three hours in overdrive and we kept comenting on the weird noise it was makeing, and we almost ran out of gas half way but despite it all we made it and got some waves. We didn't wanna show up and distract wiley from his work so we tried to be super secret about being at wainui (the house he's at is on the beach there) plus he's sick and cant surf. An hour and a half into our session some kid rode down onto the beach on a bike and saw me get barreled and started yelling and waving his hands. I paddled back out to taylor and said hey doesn't that look like wiley? after some deliberation we decided it was and went in. We were all stoked and I think he was over joyed to be reunited with friends and family. he suddenly seemed healthy and well again. We got invited to dinner that night by his woofing family and feasted. A goooood night for sure. Wiley says hi to all and so do we. The Skateboarding pics are from N P when there weren't waves and the others are from the woof house and our feast! more on the way...Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-25039041056692690612009-09-21T20:38:00.000-07:002009-09-21T20:39:38.913-07:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SrhG4PLIO_I/AAAAAAAAAAs/iFkylLyoQYc/s1600-h/P9180064.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384131286481255410" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SrhG4PLIO_I/AAAAAAAAAAs/iFkylLyoQYc/s320/P9180064.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SrhG3vVOvbI/AAAAAAAAAAk/4RTeEqXyKgg/s1600-h/P9180061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384131277933690290" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SrhG3vVOvbI/AAAAAAAAAAk/4RTeEqXyKgg/s320/P9180061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-32752654914839412462009-09-21T20:32:00.000-07:002009-09-21T20:37:50.397-07:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SrhGZcUhpgI/AAAAAAAAAAc/_AyS4IaQhx8/s1600-h/P9180068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384130757434385922" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SrhGZcUhpgI/AAAAAAAAAAc/_AyS4IaQhx8/s320/P9180068.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SrhGDrZbzPI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Jm-rJweG3gI/s1600-h/P9180067.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384130383524383986" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DCwOcDPEZmg/SrhGDrZbzPI/AAAAAAAAAAU/Jm-rJweG3gI/s320/P9180067.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-32305396679073280032009-09-21T19:54:00.000-07:002009-09-21T20:26:22.218-07:00New PlymothWe're sitting here in the library right now because its to cold, windy and miserable to surf. We made our way down to new plymoth to try to catch the swell which has proved more minimal than expected...tomorrow's looking better. So far after getting the van, we drove down to raglan and gave it a check and it was tiny. We've had some good, bad, and funny things happen to us so far... first of all getting the van for so cheap and everything we wanted aka diesel and a bed was amazing. it definatly got our spirits high to start. Within ten minutes, I was on the wrong side of the road. We've gotta remember not to make american left hand turns here! Luckily there wasn't anyone coming our way that time. After laughing for 10 minutes, we were on our way. After surfing terrible raglan, we headed into hamilton to go to the temple. I went with a group of maori's to do baptism's which was epic. truely an experience. Another cool thing was that we got to go to the last stake conference of the temple view ward that would be held in the church college here since demolition is set for the beginning of next year. After church we snuck into the stake picture to be forever remembered as members of the temple view stake. Stoked. On the way out we decided to ghetto rig some board racks inside the car so we could put some above and have extra room under. As we were raiding a pile of wood in the maintenance yard, the janitor drove in, locked the gate, and went into his little house in the yard to sleep. After being locked in there for 3 and a half hours with no luck of waking the big maori fella, we found someone with a key. Off to new plymoth! We stayed that night in a little town just north of NP... Stars like you cant believe. New Zealand is truely a magical place. The next morning on our way to check the surf at fitzroy, we stopped by the petrol station to fill up as we were running low. After pulling up and paying for gas, taylor ran into the bathroom. Since our van is diesel and we were at a petrol pump I ran in to ask the lady to switch us to the next pump over. After waiting a while for the lady to come to the desk, taylor got out and we walked outside...to find that she had filled our tank for us. With Petrol! Now we had $30 of petrol in our tank and we couldn't start our engine. We used a pump to get all of it out and two hours later we arived at fitzroy, to late to surf. We're hoping for waves tomorrow but if not its off to coramandal to find surf there. There's a huge storm coming in on thursday and we don't wannna be around for it. Enjoy the pics!Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-12643459921063966312009-09-18T00:16:00.000-07:002009-09-18T00:22:41.135-07:00Van Search!taylor and I headed off early for auckland to look for a van which immediatly seemed like an impossible task. we literally searched every hostel in auckland for a van checking every bullitin board and asking everyone we could talk to where to look. we were feeling a little hopeless when taylor spotted a sick one in a car park. we read the sign and saw 4750, way out of our price range, but the pure beauty of this beast made us write down the number. we called and offered our 3000 cash and he said call back...an hour and a half later we were driving the freaking amazing van of our dreams.Taylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1281574903643777434.post-24367256617943536742009-09-17T00:40:00.000-07:002009-09-17T00:45:58.707-07:00day oneToday pretty much sucked...We flew 13 hours to find out the sydney airport was closed due to fog so we had to land in brisborne until the fog cleared. After this delay, we rushed to our flight to auckland which luckily had been delayed also. After an entire day and night with little to no sleep, we waited for our bags...that didn't come. Now we're at the hostel hoping it comes in. We just wanna surf. tomorrow we'll look for a van and hopefully pick up our stuff. Its coldish here but pretty beautiful. THE GRASS IS SO GREEN! We'll upload pics later. Hi mom and dad from both of usTaylor, Scott and Wileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973214755138547236noreply@blogger.com0