MICHAEL CUNDITH SURF DESIGNS TAILOR-MADE CUSTOM WETSUITS FROM JAPAN Japan based Basil Wetsuits offer the premium tailor-made custom wetsuit for all seasons. Using the highest quality rubber and materials on the market, along with the ability to customise your rubber creation exact to your body and liking, you are guaranteed what you’ve always wanted - to feel closest to naked in the water. Basil Westuits is solely owned and operated, taking tailor made suits into the water. You take total creative control. Customize: Styles, Materials, Colours, Fitting style i.e. tight/loose *Photo is a sample only Each suit is absolutely unique to you and your order. Ladies Wetsuits All types available Now By this stage in the trip we had managed to score one shower at Lea’s place and that was it. When we arrived at the motorhome rental depot to pack all our gear and get ready for the flight home, we could have kissed the attendant when he told us there was a shower in the office area we were welcome to use. Fresh and clean, we were hoping to see our favourite airhostess on the flight home. Alas it was not to be, which was probably a good thing as everyone was pretty tired and all we wanted was to relax a while and watch a film. So the trip came to an end, “health started tomorrow…” New Zealand was not a place I would have picked in my top ten places to go on a surf trip, but it has certainly muscled its way into the top ten list of places I want to visit again. If you are interested in mind blowing landscapes and good waves then I say go, get a group of mates together and book a motorhome, it’s an amazing way to see the country. I promise you will not be disappointed – and I only saw the North Island… The day after I arrived back in Manly I ran into my Kiwi neighbours, they all asked how the trip was and the smile on my face was a dead giveaway, “it’s pretty good there, ay...” was all they needed to say to get my agreement. And if the surf goes flat you can always throw yourself off the side of a cliff in some creative way! As far as my recommendations for travel go, the Perfect Wave Surf Experience Specialists can get you there, organise the best rates on the motorhome and even organise you a surf guide. We spent a week, but could easily have spent a month… Don’t just think about it - GO. The Custom Made Wetsuit online shopping page will be updated shortly. Order surfing, diving, fishing and rubber accessories, computer bags, camera bags, stubbie coolers and any other requests (really anything). Tel: 02 6685 8778 Fax: 02 6680 8932 Factory Showroom: 3 Banksia Drive Byron Bay Industrial Estate BYRON BAY NSW 2481 e: info@mcsurf.com.au www.mcsurf.com.au Back “If you are interested in mindblowing landscapes and good waves, then I say go...” 70 may/jun <strong>2012</strong>
IT’S HIGH TIDE AT WALLY’S UNIQUE AND INDIVIDUAL HANDCRAFTED SURFBOARDS BY JORDIE BROWN NOW IN STOCK Photo: Scotty Wintle. Photo: Ben Vos It’s all about the beach 6 Lorraine Ave • Marcoola Beach 07 5448 8560 STOCKING QUALITY SURFBOARDS FROM HIGH TIDE, BUSHRAT, BLACK APACHE, TOM WEGENER, SAS surf art • shells • driftwood things • chenille shorts • beach stuff • retro sunnies • thongs • stripy towels • umbrellas • hammocks • GoPro cameras may/jun <strong>2012</strong> 71
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