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Johnny Rad,

Ok I really want to dedicate a bit of my blog and some photos to John Morgan. He has many knick names amongst his peers, “Johnny Rad” being the predominantly most used due to the fact he spent many years making and repping his own brand of surfboard grip call Rad Grip, hence Johnny becoming being Johnny Rad. Other names less widely used are John Mop due to previous long hair, Moth wallet, Pest and Fireballs.

How I do I know Johnny?

I actually know Johnny’s brother Paul Morgan aka Mr Shark bite Bristol.Paul has owned the surf skate snow and clothing shop in Bristol called Sharkbite for a long time now. I have know Paul for approx 10 years due to countless visits to his shop, coffe mornings, and the occasional surf tip in the Uk and Portugal as he slowly manged to encourage me to the activity of surfing. Paul is a very successful friendly sociable and likeable surfer who I have a lot of admiration and respect for. Johnny however was his younger Brother that I occasionally used to say hello to here and there who thought I was someone who talked a lot on the rare occasions we met!

Well Johnny and Paul both share the same passion for surfing Paul is now mid forties and Johnny 41, both have surfed for most of their adult lives, both have traveled around the world in search of great waves and both have equally funny, informative and sometimes amazingly ridiculous and preposterous stories to tell from their travels. Well one thing remains consistent in their lives and that is the Islands across Indonesia producing consistently the best waves in the world for a surfer planning to to get a lot of surfing done on a surf trip. A cheap economy, war water and predominantly friendly locals Indonesia still attracts them back every year.

Well, I managed to spend 3 weeks surfing with Johnny in South Sumatra, however we only spoke briefly in the sea as on land he was juggling his time between an ex girlfriend that had come out to visit him and a present girlfriend on her way with a day free for the changeover. This stressed Johnny out a bit and kept him out of the Sumatra surf camp social circles for this period. Me and Johnny met up again in Bali and decided for a weeks surfing in Balian mid west Bali. This was a great time as we actually managed to get at least  hours surfing in nearly every day and spent a lot of time chatting and relaxing in the evenings.

Basically I now believe in that one week I have made a really great friend, Johhny is an absolute legend and inspiring on so many levels and has become an absolute legend (leg end) in my eyes and I was actually quite sad to see him go.

Johnny surfing in South Sumatra

We have both agreed Johny needs to work on his cutback, inside arm and front leg needs to be straight, right hand planted in the face of the wave and head looking right down his leading arm with both eyes fixed on the wave’s shoulder, however he has had to go back to England and work renovating one of his many flats he manages and owns, so just for the record this is what they used to look like whilst he visualises the future..

Johnny nonchalantly paddled into this wave deeper every day then any other surfer staying in the local surf camps, this one landed clean on his head and spat him out the other side..

Johnny Rad can surf…

Johnny has a good photographic range as you can see below,..

No female is safe in the hands of the radster, pesting here in full effect..

I’m freeeee!!!!!!