G'day All,
19 hours and 54 minutes of round 1 to go - not that I am counting! All things being equal, I should be on my way home by 10:am on Tuesday 1st June.
The following link always blows me away, I hope it inspires you like it does me. Mike Parsons rode this monster in the first ever tow in competition in Hawaii. What the clip doesn't show is that he nearly died in the previous wave. The other finalist had just rode his last wave (of 3) which was the biggest wave of the day (before this monster) and had posted a 9 1/2 (I think) score. MP had one more wave and he needed to score a perfect 10 to win....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18_38LHTeDG
If for some reason the link does not work, type Billabong Odyssey (great film by the way) into google and the youtube link will come up.
I managed to do my first video Skype call with my sister Pip and hubby Dan in NY yesterday even though the built in mic on my laptop meant I had to have my face pressed against the screen. Very impressive nonetheless. I will sort out a proper microphone when I get home. Please let me know if you are on Skype and we can hook up.
Tea lady is thankfully on her way - very well trained staff!
The next blog will be from home. That sounds good to me.
Stephen
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Hi Steve
ReplyDeleteWas going to pop in and see you today as I am due to be in London but it seems like you are going home which is good.
Have been following your progress and everything sounds real positive so I hope you are as well as you sound.
Stay positive buddy and I will try to pop in next time round.
Cheers
Rob
p.s - Jilli and Barnery send their love.