A Morning with Eric 'Matman ' Bridges

pictured above , post surf breakfast & coffee!

Paul Newman, Phil Harper, Eric Bridges & Neal Cameron

SCUMM

Our great Friend , Mate & Mentor , has not been well since before Xmas and has been battling cancer, which has kept him inside and away from the Ocean, that he loves. We have had him out in some smaller waves the past few month's ,but with only one functioning eye left, we/he has to be selective in what and where he surf's,  so when I asked him if he wanted to join us for a trip down the coast , knowing it was going to be on the large size, he said  'yes please'  !! so I picked him up from his house and drove down the coast to join the rest of the SCUMM crew, much to the delight of the boys ,  and we were not disappointed when we arrived!!

SCORE!

Empty , 4ft solid ( with slightly bigger set's) and a mild  cross shore wind...we are out there!!

Eric decided it was too big and didn't have the strength to paddle and duck dive, but he was happy to sit on the rocks and take the view in &  take some pics of  Neal , Phil , Paul and my self , such the Legend that Mat Man is!

Dolphin's , Beautiful Wave's and just the 4 of us in the water for close to 3 hour's. I was riding my 5 Star General  , Neal with his Four Gear Flyer Tracker RT , Paul with his Krypto and my Softech, while Phil stayed on his knee's riding his Softech Hybrid ....a morning that we will ever forget!




SONS OF FUN II from adam williams on Vimeo.

Eric's Photo's below

 Not only did Eric shoot some land shot's , but he also took some video, not bad for a person with only one eye and just a cheap digital camera to record with!

WHITE DEVIL WEEKEND from adam williams on Vimeo.


After well got out, there was still nice waves running thru , in fact it was cleaning up more, but the bigger sets were not as consistent as before , I  stood on the rocks for a few moments after everyone and left , just me and the bird's and the Ocean!!

I finally past one other surfer on the track back to the car, he had a grin on his face and must have thought he won the lottery when he saw the empty waves peeling thru...'its all your's ' and kept on walking up the hill. We went and had some food & coffee and came back a hour later...the wind had dropped, the swell had gone slightly funky and there must had been a dozen guys out....such is Life eh?/

 vision via Paul Newman


SCUMM together from Bulkheads Stuff on Vimeo.


Eric and I did some window shopping on the way home ! stupidity at its best and something that Eric and I have always shared!

                                            SCUMM

          No Swell Saturday but a Road Trip to Kiama

A quick visit north, no waves, some nice food and coffee, then back home again!

Eric with Johnny Tofu

Bugger All Swell

Back Home with Faye and Eric

My Best mate Eric and his wife Faye

                                            A beautiful edit from Phil Harper ( Thank You )

Road Trip

Heading Down the Coast

Its been awhile since we all threw our mats in the back of the car and took off in search of waves. This summer the waves have not exactly been pumping, no cyclone swell's heading down from Queensland, just weak wind swells from the south, just big enough to pulse for the odd day then nothing the next. Anyways with another north swell pushing down the coast and south winds forcasted for Saturday, I made the call for a early morning road trip down past our normal haunts, with Paul picking me up at 5.30 am sharp, with Neal the next stop 15 minutes later and meeting up with Phil not long after. The previous Friday was my RDO and there was bugger all swell pushing into my local breaks so when I jumped into the car with Paul, I actually thought to myself we were going to get skunked again, so 45 minutes later I got the shock of my life to see waves peeling nicely around the point in the near darkness, with 6 odd surfers already in the lineup....SCORE....there was waves to be ridden and it was time to bust out our mats and flippers and join in the fun.

Vision from my Go Pro Black 4

Riding Rafts from adam williams on Vimeo.



 from Phil's Go Pro 3





and from Paul's camera below





and some frame grabs from Paul's camera

A Mick Mackie

Mini Simmons

I was telling the boys about the last time I surfed here and how I got talking to this guy who was just styling on his Mini Simmons surfboard, and so as I was getting changed this car pulls up next to us and low and behold , out pops the same dude with board under his arm. Turns out he had met and surfed with Neal a few years back up at Lennox , so this gave me a chance to check out his board again while they were conversing about days past.

Bawley Cafe

After such a fun surf it was back to the local cafe for caffeine and food , and the laughs just dont end there when we are all together eating. I had ordered a egg n bacon roll with hot chilli sauce and was warned how hot the sauce actually was, so after eating half of it and not really feeling the heat, the owner came out to ask how it was ? not overly hot I replied! so he walks over to the front of the shop where chilli plants are growing, picks one and saids , try this then...which immediately takes full effect in my mouth, burning all the way down to the stomach and much to the laughter of the boys!

Caffeine Talk

A post shared by Adam Williams (@kingwaka) on Feb 18, 2017 at 8:39pm PST

Father Sky

RDO Friday

FATHER SKY from adam williams on Vimeo.

followed by COFFEE


coffetime from adam williams on Vimeo.


The Fun Bag

Thumping Fun Bag from adam williams on Vimeo.

Entering the Inflatable Zone

I finally received  my blue Surfoplane today, so the time was right to bust out a few of  my surf mats.

Aloha

Happy New Year 2017

Happy New Year 

from a Happy Place
Gilligan's Island , with many thanks to
Neal Cameron

Time lapse 

with the new I Phone 7

happy new year 2017 from adam williams on Vimeo.

Merry Xmas @belly_slater

A video posted by Adam Williams (@kingwaka) on Dec 4, 2016 at 10:09pm PST

Who Is Belly Slater??

Thanks @belly_slater @south_coast_bodysurfers @hypto

A video posted by Adam Williams (@kingwaka) on Dec 4, 2016 at 10:00pm PST

Who's Belly Slater @belly_slater @south_coast_bodysurfers

A photo posted by Adam Williams (@kingwaka) on Dec 16, 2016 at 1:57pm PST

The slick sticker is still attached @belly_slater

A photo posted by Adam Williams (@kingwaka) on Dec 17, 2016 at 12:26pm PST

First Surf for the 2017
Softech & Belly Slater hand plane




HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017 from adam williams on Vimeo.

belly_slater from adam williams on Vimeo.




Venus from adam williams on Vimeo.

Day in the Life of SCUMM

DAY IN THE LIFE OF SCUMM from adam williams on Vimeo.


4th Gear Flyer
Omni & Duck Feet Flippers

The Catamacar

A Day with Neal Cameron

CATA from adam williams on Vimeo.

The Body Bag

G-MAT Custom Surfmats

I like to call it the FUN BAG

FUN BAG'S from adam williams on Vimeo.

Frontman wanted for experimental rock band - Influences: Swimmy Hendrix, Bob Gill'n, The Beach Boys 🥁 @surfmatbuilder_g 🎸@belly_slater (Repost: @kingwaka)

A video posted by BELLY (@belly_slater) on Jan 13, 2017 at 1:20pm PST

Life's a Beach