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After a brief stent in the “SOBX” Benny and I hopped a plane up to the Empire State to follow the swell. The entire East Coast lit up with surf over the week and through out the weekend. We arrived to drifty, huge, semi-offshore surf and lots and lots of rain. After a quick surf saturday afternoon, we headed to the Baty residence (my girlfriend Mallory’s parents) just in time to catch Birthday steak and cake. They were kind enough to open up the doors of their home (and hot tub) to three smelly, bloodshot-eyed, hungry surfers. A big thanks to the Baty family for letting us crash for three days.

5:30 came brutally early on Sunday morning despite the light offshores and solid morning buoy readings. Bagel and coffee in hand we arrived to find the surf had a weird high tide morning sickness. After the ritualistic spot check fiasco, we ended up back at Lido Beach, the first spot we checked. We weren’t alone by any means. The waves were solid all day and TONS of people showed up to enjoy the swell. We never really got great light for shooting but we scored a few solid clips in sizable east coast surf.

Monday morning brought perfect winds but the swell was on it’s way out. Smaller conditions persisted though out the day and we decided to throw in the towel. After a beer, dip in the hot tub, and a power nap, we grabbed the train into the city to cap off the trip with a few adult beverages.

Pretty happy to get the new cover of surfing mag!

Int. surfing day was all time! I went to the outer banks for a week of fun surf and had a blast! For three days straight I got to surf fun 2-4 foot waves with good friends. I Also got to see Pato Banton play at the outer Banks Brew Station and ASG at the Pit, both great shows and good times! IM sitting in the Wilmington airport waiting for my flight back to San Diego and cant stop thinking about all the good times this past week! IM off to Brazil on Tuesday for the WCT event and to keep the dream alive! BB

The trip was great! We had a really good crew and scored some fun surf. The highlight of the trip was Brian Toths B-day about three days into the trip! Im back home now in Carlsbad for the reef international sales meeting. BB

Its been a while since I have updated so its time to catch up and tell everyone what’s been going on. Since my Last update I flew from Costa Rica to California for the nike 6.0 six star prime event. I ended up getting second to Freddy P. I was happy about that one and put ten grand in my pocket! We threw a party at my house and after that I Packed up for a week in San Francisco to film for Timmy Curran’s new movie Union Express. San fran was cold and sharky but I had a blast and got some fun waves at some random nude beach! Now IM back home in Carlsbad chilling till I leave for Panama on The 20th for two weeks on a boat trip with some of the east coasts finest! The crew is Corey and Shea Lopez, Asher Nolan, Dylan Graves, Brian Toth, Sam Hammer, Mike Gleason, Alek Parker, Peter Mendia, Brandon Buckley, Zander Morton and Michael Dunphy. Two photographers and two video guys as well. Its going to be a crazy trip! BB

After getting really good surf in the Caribbean and Micronesia I thought I would just be chillin here in Costa but it seems as if the swell is following me. 6 foot and really fun today and its only going to get bigger. Check the line up photo from this morning. BB

After last week in the Caribbean I didnt think it could get much better but it did. The last two days here at P-pass have been amazing and its the best right I have ever surfed! My pics are not that great because I have been in the water all day long.Its just me, Paul Fisher, Sean Moody and Jamie O’brien. Two more days left here and the surf is supposed to stay in the 6-8 range! BB

p-pass

The waves have been amazing! Three days of perfect 6 foot plus right sand points. The internet is really bad here so stay tuned for more photos coming soon when I get home! BB

Just arrived in Saint somewhere! Its amazing and we found a fun looking left point but it was getting dark and we needed to check into the hotel. The flight from LAX was a mission but its alll good now. Getting up at 6 am to catch another flight out to a outer island in search of a right sand point and we have a big swell on the way. STay tuned. BB

The trip is coming to a close. The swell finally dropped off and the rain came in this afternoon. I surfed some fun small waves in the morning and the rest of the day we spent shooting some lifestyle video for the upcoming reef movie. All and all the trip has been great and the town of Byron Bay will never be the same. IM sure the Top pub will miss us and the locals will be happy that we aren’t rolling up to their spots 10 people deep and a full camera crew. Im looking forward to getting back home and chilling out of the sun for a few days before I hit the road again!

 
The waves just keep coming over here! Non stop surfing for the past three days and today we saw the cyclone swell fill in. I will post some photos as soon as I have time. After surfing all day we have been heading into the byron bay top pub every afternoon for a cold beer then heading to bed before 9. Tomorrow I think Im going to surf early then head up to the gold coast to watch the finals of the quiksilver pro. BB

Afternoon surf check

morning time in NSW

chillin

sunset in NSW

meat pies!

Arrived in oz two days ago and waves have been super fun. I surfed five hours straight the first day and got the worst rash and sunburn. The waves were 3-5 foot and really fun. Im staying in Byron Bay but we have been driving up and down the coast looking for surf. More swell on the way and possible cyclone swell coming. BB

Little layover in CA for a week gave me time to hang out with friends.

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After a nice and mellow stay at home in Carlsbad for a few days its time to pack up and head to LAX for a long flight over to Australia. We have most of the reef crew flying out on the same flight. We are rolling ten deep. Watch out Byron bay  cause here we come!  BB

Packing up for oz

Two weeks flew by in Puerto Rico! Three swells in a row so a ton of surfing went down. I have been on the road now since Christmas time. My bed is going to feel amazing tonight! I have 5 days to recharge before hitting the road again to Australia. BB

After a long look at the swell forecast in Puerto rico and a few hours spent on google earth we decided to island hop to a spot close by with some potential to surf good waves with no one around. It looked like PR was going to get big for a few days but only a few spots would be good and if you know Puerto Rico then you know the crowds get out of hand. There are about ten boogie boarders per surfer on the island so when your only options are two spots on the whole island its no fun. We are half way there now. A three hour car ride, one flight and now a ferry witch has broke down on us! Hopefully we make it to the island at a decent hour, but hey this is the stuff I live for. IM like a kid in a candy store right now! All I can think about is the waves that we might find and be the first people to surf them. I have Ross Stevens and Brenden Peticrew with me. No photographer or video guy, I could not talk anyone into leaving PR! Brenden and Ross were all about it so IM fired up. I just hope this ferry gets going or Im going to start swimming! BB

The surf has been fun for the last three days! Nothing special but four feet and really fun. IM staying with reef’s east coast manager Brenden Peticrew in a nice house on the beach. We have been having a blast down here! Surfing twice a day and playing bocce ball in the afternoon in front of the house. My shaper Bob Yinger is down here so we have been working on some new boards and Yinger is just all time. He has some of the best stories ever. We hit the town on Valentines night. Thanks to the local crew Brian Toth, David Santiago and Josie Graves we had a blast and Yinger told stories all night! Tons of swell on the way and check out the photos from the last few days! BB

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Puerto Rico!!! Two days of fun waves to start off the trip. I surfed middles all morning with just a few friends, head high with the odd bigger set. No complaints here! It looks like tomorrow will be small but Sunday and monday look amazing on all the swell charts! I should have some new photos up by tonight, so check back. BB