…or just another weekend of Bondi madness. I’ve stayed true to some of my surfing resolutions (except the drop in one) and managed to get up early to get my morning surfs in again which I have neglected of late as I swapped them for lunch time surfs. I did miss my chilled morning surfs and the familiar faces and chats with the early morning crew though. So Friday I got up fairly early to join the ‘morning shift’. Oh dear I could not believe what I saw. It seemed like 
half of Bondi has made the same resolution. It was an absolute madhouse down there. The waves were heaps of fun at about 2ft+ which is a dangerous size too…not big enough to keep the backpackers out of the water and not small enough to keep the local chargers out of the water. So pretty much everyone was out there. In addition to that, the One Wave crew had their Fluro Fridays. Lots of peeps dressed up in bright fluro wetties. There were also three girls in white wetsuits. I first thought they were part of the One Wave crew but as it turns out it was Steph Gilmore, Laura Enever and another woman pro-surfer who I did not recognise. They did a shoot for Vogue…well, that’s what I thought anyway, judging by their ‘Vogue’ surfboards. I should have really hit Steph or Laura up for a VGG interview – I reckon they would have made amazing ‘Great Gidgets’ on our site but admittedly I was a bit star struck and too much of a chicken to ask. However, I was buzzing all day and excited because I even shared a wave with Steph Gilmore. I guess not everyone gets dropped in on by Steph…I did not even call her out of my wave ;-) I guess the question is…did Steph drop in or did I photo bomb Steph? If you buy the next Vogue and see someone in the background on a green board with a shit eating grin i.e. looking very excited in the backdrop that would be me. Saturday was madness again in the water…Some fun 2ft waves. Blue skies. The water was nice and warm. And it was super crowded as you would expect. I should have taken Bruce (my longboard) but instead Kermit (my fish) tried to make the best out of the subsiding swell. Even though it was very crowded (and I had the wrong board), I was happy. There was a nice vibe in the line up and everyone seemed to be in good spirits. Maybe my ‘don’t be grumpy even when it’s busy’ resolution is working too. What do the hippies say? “Love the world and the world will love you back”… or amended for surfers “Don’t mind the crowded line-up and it won’t seem crowded”…Oh dear I must have gotten too much sun today…. Sunday, was a day to forget for surfers. Slight onshore 1 foot. However, another beautiful day and even though there was not enough swell for a surf, there was still enough of a ripple for a good old body bash. I’ve had some fun waves bodysurfing in Tamarama. Mind you the swimming crowds were even bigger than the surfing crowds and just like with surfing in the Eastern suburbs you have to be a master in dodging people in the water once you’ve caught a wave. Lucky I’ve got enough practice in that department ;-) The week ahead is not looking too exciting for surfing. We have some sort of a wave all week with the smallest day tomorrow. On Wednesday it looks a bit bigger with a Southerly coming our way once more. Have a great week gidgets and friends of gidgets. x Clauds
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