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Desert Point Again… firing

jason lunn — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:02:48 +0000

Surfed Lombok’s infamous Desert Point again with friend I have made travelling from Autralia called Michael Spiteri, suprisingly we had no crowds and amazing waves. Michael kindly let me use his new camera so I have some great photos to follow. Now back in Bali again for Ramadam as its a noisy time in Lombok and all the people working on my land are fasting so not a lot gets done.. Work on my retaining walls has made some progress the last 6 weeks and life seems all,.. ok so far,..Had some ups and downs and some stress with some stressful people but that has come to the end,..

There has been a few new banners going up about all the sexual health risks here, and it appears nearly all the women I have met finally emerge to be compulsive liars about their past relationships and levels of fidelity, I Decided to go for a health check up, hiv and all the rest of the tests as I found a place to do so. Kuta seems to be a cesspit of morality and hedonism to the extreme, especially in June July August peak holiday season, so if a person is at risk of getting sick this would definitely be one of the places and times to be careful. It seems at the moment more than usual everyone is in full party mode 24 hours a day and the drunken debauchery you witness is enough to make one whince and cring,.Usually all performed in a Bintang Singlet

Well my results all good body still 100% healthy, which is always great to know, the two days waiting for results seemd a bit difficult to relax, So as of now apart from a few scars hitting the reef at Desert point I am in good physical condition,..

South Lombok

jason lunn — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:46:58 +0000

back in Kuta Lombok, not really enjoying the wind, it is super strong, not to many available locations to surf right now, I am organising work with local tradesman to finish building the retaining walls we started 6 months ago. I would rather be somewhere else right now but I think I should have important stuff finished within the month..Mosque is so loud and has new speakers, it starts its broadcast at 4am and thats when my day now starts..

On the way back to Lombok

jason lunn — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:14:40 +0000

Got to finish organising some retaining walls and some more land admin stuff with land department, all seems like a bit of a hassle and I am not in the mood for a 5 hour ferry ride in big swell, i would rather be surfing it…

Uluwatu, biggest swell of the year so far..

jason lunn — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:39:52 +0000

3 days ago and we had the biggest swell of year so far in Bali, I really wanted to try and surf some big waves and Uluwatu Bombie at high tide was heaving big sets in all morning, there were only 5 people out so I thought, might as well have a go, first time Uluwatu is not crowded. The swell measured at 13.5ft with a 16 second swell period, this day was by far the biggest waves that I have ever been in, It took me about an hour to paddle out to the back sets that were breaking biggest and about an half an hour working out what to do and also what was I doing there. I then decided to paddle for a few and caught one safely wich by todays standards was a smallish one (The one in the photos below) Then I decided to try catch a second much bigger hollower set wave but I could not paddle into it quick enough as I was on a small 6′3 board and as a result was lip launched about 15ft top to bottom and took the biggest most violent beating of my life in the washing machine of heavy white water. When I finally surfaced my board had snapped and I was left with only half a board still attached to my leg rope and ankle,. it was a very long and treacherous swim back in, I also missed the entrance cave however….glad to be alive,..I really felt like I could easily die in such conditions,..

Jason Lunn Outside Bombie Uluwatu

Outside Bombie the biggest wave I have surfed so far,..

Sepia tones…

jason lunn — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:26:32 +0000

The Canon G10 has a sepia tones setting for photos, so when the colour was washed out down the beach the other day with a few grey skies this setting seemed to work a treat. These are a few shots for you to enjoy of Kuta Beach and the scenery with a few adjustments to the tone curve and contrast settings in Adobe Lightroom,…

Photos of Kuta Beach Bali

jason lunn — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:01:06 +0000

I still like to stroll around with my small Canon G10 when I remember to take it out and take photos of the wherever I am going today similar to most days this happen to be the beach. Kuta Beach most days feels like heaven and hell at the same time, it is as though it is experienced on one breath in and the other on the breath out. My emotions feel like they are on a roller coaster ride in this place. So much stimulation for the senses yet also lacking so much stimulation at the same time. It is not so easy to articulate and harder to explain with words, however if you have spent a while here you will understand. Well this what Kuta Beach looks like in July 2010, if you choose to ignore all the building work that is going on…

Video footage of me doing my thing..

jason lunn — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:57:44 +0000

Some footage of me doing my thing over the years, enjoy

Reef Bikini Contest by night,..

jason lunn — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:52:58 +0000

In the evening a prize giving for Raditya Rondi and Lee Wilson for placing 1st and 2nd in the Reef Bali Pro surf contest and in the evening, lots of cute hot bodies in bikinis, here are a few shots,..

This one was the winner number 9,.

cheque yourself..

Back in Bali, Reef Bali Surf Contest by Day,…

jason lunn — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:33:28 +0000

Here are a few photos of a demonstration of surfing by Reef International pro surfers, they were being towed into clean peeling waves on Kuta Beach with the aid of a jet ski. It added a whole new range of possibilities having instant speed and being able to hit the waves that normally would never enable you to generate this much momentum,..

lighting conditions bad and I only have a small Canon G10 at the moment so these are more to show what went down,.rather than premium surf shots enjoy,..

Going back to Bali tonight,..

jason lunn — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 07:01:09 +0000

3 days in Singapore, well that was enough, I would have liked to check out the concrete bowls but hey maybe another time,..Staying in a dorm room was ok for 3 nights but I am glad to be getting back to my own room, snoring and scratching sounds and no ear plugs not so great for sleeping, however great internet here at Fernloft Hostel so I managed to go through and insert pics in my blog and update it. I have a new visa and am a few Singapore dollars lighter, all good.. forgotten how good a hot shower is!