Adventures Down South

                                               The Search

John is back in town! After a fun trip north he is haunting our South Coast breaks , drinking fine coffee and wondering at the beauty of our local Flora & Fauna ! All you need is a camper van and surfing equipment and you are sorted.

drop bears from adam williams on Vimeo.

                                 Sunday Morning Special

Last Sunday was a cracker! Just the 3 of us paddling out first light in what I initially thought would be a very small and slow surf, but to our surprise there was a nice little spike in the swell and tide and with a really mellow local crew to share it was a fantastic 2 hours of mat sliding and crossovers. Watch the video below .......Giddy Up Flyers in 2 K 

Giddy Up Flyers from adam williams on Vimeo.

                                           Coffee Time 

                                                                   post surf re fuel

                   Mid Week Fun while SCUMM is at Work 

                                                      To Quote John  

' I had Gilligans Island for about 3 hours. Had it to myself for the first hour ' 

                                               and then went to Golfie's 

' Other than May & June, I have been scoring since October. Great Winter in California / Baja and Chile lit up for the 7 weeks I was there ' 

Paipo

To Ride Head First

It was my RDO last Friday and as always I try to make the most of this chance to surf end week instead of usual Sat/Sunday shit fight with the rest of those weekend warriors/holiday makers! The swell was only small but had some east in it ,  so for a change I threw 3 of my favorite timber paipos in the back of my van and took off to one of my local breaks which I knew would pick this swell up to the max.

As I walked up to the lookout a nice little clean set blew thru , so a quick run back to the van to suit up ,  grab all 3 sticks and bolt down to the beach. 

First board off the rank was the little Tom Wegener model, constructed with a foam core, paulownia skin and cork rails &vacuum bagged , it has miles of concave and reverse curve running from the tail to its nose, proberly my favorite ride out of the batch of paipos

Next is the ' spoon' plywood model from Owen Surfcraft , super flat and heavy, has the least buoyancy of the 3 but trims beautifully with zero rocker  

Last but not least, the Surfing Green model , way smaller than the other two , with a total paulownia construction, this little baby has all the curves and concaves going on , very much a side cut and surprisingly big enough for me to stretch out on.

So after a couple of hours it was time to re fuel ( they even made me a lifes a beach coffee)  and go for another surf...

Hot Stuff from adam williams on Vimeo.

Round Two

                               Score! nobody out or around, only small but its my roster day!!

                                           Surf Empire

                                                          Belly Boards

Michael Suggas 

shaper

work in progress, stay tuned

                                       Blood Oranges

                                                                  Home Grown

Sons of Fun

                           Your never to old to have FUN

' SCUMM sharing waves with a younger generation, teaching them to share waves with your mates , 2 or 3 to a wave , and a older generation who have way to much Fun' 

                                Fun Land 

SCUMM AIRLINES from adam williams on Vimeo.



7 o'clock in the Morning from adam williams on Vimeo.



Nathan from adam williams on Vimeo.


John Adkins,  the visiting mat rider has been scoring while travelling the NSW north coast , scoring his boyhood dream of surfing Angourie , with just a handful out ( pictured below)

and Saltwater with a mellow crew

                                   'So Damm Cold' Sunday

It was cold but the swell had finally came ! Maybe with not the greatest direction but enough to push onto the local reefs that I haunt , and as I walked up to the lookout a nice set wave blew thru with just 2 others out, it was enough to encourage me to suit up with some extra warm rubber and jump out to enjoy the fun. There was this seal in the lineup , hanging around and not enough to be annoying but just letting us know he was there when one of the guys mentioned he saw a surfer out at the point, so hearing this I starting paddling out to sea and out to Coco Pops to join my friend Paul on his 8 foot shooter and the waves were twice the size to what I was surfing back on the reef. I then noticed that the  seal had followed me out, and again just hung around us with some dolphins thrown in as well. I would catch a wave and paddle back out, that seal would pop its head up to say hello and it stay with me for the whole session .SCORE ! just the 2 of us for a couple of hours before his brother Nathan came out on a mat as well. We were finally joined by another 2 surfers but by then the tide had backed off, the swell had slowed down , so it was time for me to go in for some breakfast and warm up! As I walked up the steps I thought about that seal that followed me earlier and when I checked my phone there was a message from Eric's daughter that today was his anniversary, so it all made sense now , well I like to think that old mate was surfing with me like we use , only this time he was a Seal!

SKID VICIOUS from adam williams on Vimeo.

I ordered some extra chips as well, Eric was a fucking seagull when it came to eating hot chips!!

Vale Mat Man

1/08/19~ Today my dad has been gone 2 years, we all miss him so much, dad would always have hilarious stories to tell and told them with such amazing detail, most family occasions you couldn't get a word in, but what i wouldn't give to sit around the table and listen to his surf adventures & crazy stories now, he left us with such an important message, always get your skin checked, melanoma took my dad way too soon, The surf, friends and family were my dads whole world, not a day goes by we don't think of him and his positive happy vibe, we all cherish the moments we had with him & the wonderful memories of him.❤️ love you forever dad!




Vale Eric Bridges from adam williams on Vimeo.

coco from adam williams on Vimeo.

till the next lifetime my friend!