Triple Challenge 2008

Anything is Possible

Something I realize more and more is just how important it is to do something you love. It had been a bit of a crappy time with the break in and having to sort out a new laptop, being ripped by computer geeks, finding more and more things that had been lost and just feeling unsafe in the crazy world we live in. But just when I was feeling irritated I got a call to do an assignment for a well know travel mag and I was off to the bush again. It may not have been a holiday but getting out of the city was the best thing and reminded me how lucky I am to do what I do. So some advice to anyone who cares, follow your dreams, don’t sit in an office 5 days a week unless its what makes you happy and don’t get jealous when you hear about people sailing yachts around the world for a living. If that’s what you want to do, do it! It may not happen over night and it will take a lot of hard work but remember anything is possible...

Back-up! Back-up! Back-up!

If there is one thing we all learn at some stage in this digital and crime ridden age is that you need to back up your work. I had been shooting various things, pretty much everyday and I had a long list of new files in my picture folder. I don't back up everyday, approx once a week, and as I was shutting down my computer last Wednesday evening, something told me to drag my new images to my lacie backup drive. To cut a long story short, some little monkey got into my flat while while I was sleeping and took off with my laptop, ipod and some other things (thanks for leaving my cameras!) So lesson learnt - backup your work!

High Stakes

The stakes were high yesterday in Southbroom at the final of the Rip Curl grom search with trips to Australia to be awarded to the winners of the U16 divisions. It's big business these days and the little groms had their game faces on in the testing conditions. One dad decided that his son needed an upper/helping hand with the tricky rock jump and proceeded to throw him in at just the right time to avoid the set, classic! In the end Beyrick and Sarah took out out the premier divisions, well done guys, now clean up in OZ!