Back to reality after 11 days completely offline in the Mentawai, Indonesia.
What an experience surfing the waves I’ve grown up watching as far back as crusty VHS. We managed to nab 24 surfs, scoring the majority of the spots uncrowded and pretty damn good. Hugely grateful to be in the position to do this and got the offline reset I was after.
A huge takeaway was how we’ve lost our way with our mobile phones. I’m massively guilty of this but we also don’t have to be productive all the time either. It’s time to put that phone down and be more present.
Shout-out to the legendary crew of frothers who where all shredding.
Hit me up on Twitter or email if you have experienced any good moments recently. Here is my ongoing archive:
Buying Happiness
Surfing brings me so much joy and it's a brilliant escape from working online.
The Martial, the Badger and the Secretary General
Heading back solo to Cape Town, I hit a dirt road detour to try to see a Secretary Bird.
A disposable camera selfie with Fat Mike
Still cant believe he got this right among all the chaos.
Not seeing an Osprey
Resetting my local SA bird list was one of the best things I've done in recent years.
This is where it gets done friends
My workspace is really coming together. Every item on my shelves has a story.
Being a tourist in your own country
Klaud and I were meant to be cycling around Tuscany right now but we are alive and well...
100 Tweet Thread
Today marks the end of a monster 100 Tweet thread over the past 100 days.
Don’t be the victim
While growing up my mate Steve and I always used to quote this mantra.
A tale from Witzenhausen
I decided to adapt my WordCamp Berlin talk into a tale about Yannick from the quaint town of Witzenhausen.
Getting back into birding
Been incredible getting back into Birding in my 30s.
Yo! Halloween
I blinked and we are 30 Yo! episodes later.
Fractured my elbow…
... chopping wood.
Yo! Namibia
Had to drop everything to chase a massive West swell hitting Namibia