{"id":7053,"date":"2009-03-08T15:44:17","date_gmt":"2009-03-08T23:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/?p=3501"},"modified":"2009-03-08T15:44:17","modified_gmt":"2009-03-08T23:44:17","slug":"nv-travel-log-0308-big-waves-and-a-happy-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nv-travel-log-0308-big-waves-and-a-happy-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"NZ Travel Log 0308 &#8211; Big Waves and a Happy Birthday!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3502\" href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nv-travel-log-0308-big-waves-and-a-happy-birthday\/nz-raglan-part-2-051-drew-before-fins-brok1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3502\" title=\"nz-raglan-part-2-051-drew-before-fins-brok1\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/nz-raglan-part-2-051-drew-before-fins-brok1-250x187.jpg\" alt=\"nz-raglan-part-2-051-drew-before-fins-brok1\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a>The Waves Came \u2013 and they were BIG.\u00a0 Just in time for Drew\u2019s 38th birthday.\u00a0 His first surf at Indicators was super \u2013 the waves were triple overhead and FAST.\u00a0 He was having the best surf of the trip, until\u2026..<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3503\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3503\" href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nv-travel-log-0308-big-waves-and-a-happy-birthday\/nz-raglan-part-2-014-whale-bay1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3503\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3503\" title=\"nz-raglan-part-2-014-whale-bay1\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/nz-raglan-part-2-014-whale-bay1-250x187.jpg\" alt=\"Whale Bay\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3503\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whale Bay<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3504\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3504\" href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nv-travel-log-0308-big-waves-and-a-happy-birthday\/nz-raglan-part-2-043-indicators-point\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3504\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3504\" title=\"nz-raglan-part-2-043-indicators-point\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/nz-raglan-part-2-043-indicators-point-250x187.jpg\" alt=\"Indicators Point\" width=\"250\" height=\"187\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Indicators Point<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">His fins broke out of his board.\u00a0 To get his other board out of the van would be another hour, due to the required hike around the point.\u00a0 So he waited until later, and paddled back out for the evening session \u2013 on his brand new, never been waxed Ron House 6\u20198\u201d gun.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">Drew surfed for hours and caught some of the longest waves he may have ever ridden \u2013 one was about a quarter mile.\u00a0 Eager to catch one last bomb before calling it a day, he hiked the point once again, jumped into the pumping waves, and hit a rock \u2013 and broke out yet another fin box.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">Now out of surfboards, and with the swell picking up even more, we were in trouble.\u00a0 It was about 8:30 at night, and surf shops in Raglan don\u2019t open until after 9:00 the next day, which means he\u2019d miss the morning session, the best of the day.<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3505\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3505\" href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nv-travel-log-0308-big-waves-and-a-happy-birthday\/nz-raglan-part-2-101-wiggs-painting-drews-new-board1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3505\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3505\" title=\"nz-raglan-part-2-101-wiggs-painting-drews-new-board1\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/nz-raglan-part-2-101-wiggs-painting-drews-new-board1-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"Wiggs painting Drew's new Board\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wiggs painting Drew&#39;s new Board<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">Then we got lucky.\u00a0 We drove through the lot to check the waves at Manu Bay and ran into Craig Hughes, owner of Raglan Surf Co.\u00a0 He was loading up his wife &amp; kids after a surf when we saw him.\u00a0 Being the generous Kiwi he is, he offered to take Drew to his shop then &amp; there to pick out a new board.\u00a0 It\u2019s so nice to know cool people!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">For Drew\u2019s Birthday, he bought himself a new Craig Hughes T&amp;C board and caught more great surf the next morning, which happened to be his birthday.\u00a0 What added to the magic of this surf spot is that Drew met a few different people in the surf who had bought his video and paint pens.\u00a0 One was a young Frenchman name Moc, who shamelessly admitted that he\u2019s been copying Drew\u2019s art since he was 12 years old.\u00a0 The other was an older surfer visiting from Oz who just bought the paint pen kit online about 6 weeks ago.\u00a0 Our world just gets smaller and smaller\u2026..<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3506\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3506\" href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nv-travel-log-0308-big-waves-and-a-happy-birthday\/nz-raglan-part-2-129-bridal-veil-falls-raglan1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3506\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3506\" title=\"nz-raglan-part-2-129-bridal-veil-falls-raglan1\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/nz-raglan-part-2-129-bridal-veil-falls-raglan1.jpg\" alt=\"Bridal Veil Falls\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bridal Veil Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">Another fun thing in Raglan was hiking to Bridal Veil Falls.\u00a0 We love the rainforest treks, where you can be hot as hell one minute, walk into the forest shade and be cold, then rain will come, then sun again.\u00a0 One Kiwi explained their weather like this:\u00a0 \u201cWe get all four seasons in a day here, Mate!\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">We leave for Auckland today.\u00a0 Raglan\u2019s been good to us \u2013 we know half the town now and we\u2019ve made great friends.\u00a0 For the next two days, instead of surf we\u2019ll be enjoying city life.\u00a0 It will be a nice change!<\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3507\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3507\" href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nv-travel-log-0308-big-waves-and-a-happy-birthday\/nz-raglan-part-2-134-drew-and-wiggs-at-falls1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3507\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3507 \" title=\"nz-raglan-part-2-134-drew-and-wiggs-at-falls1\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/nz-raglan-part-2-134-drew-and-wiggs-at-falls1.jpg\" alt=\"Drew and Wiggs at Falls\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drew and Wiggs at Falls<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3508\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3508\" href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nv-travel-log-0308-big-waves-and-a-happy-birthday\/nz-raglan-part-2-114-board-in-raglan-surf-co1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3508\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3508\" title=\"nz-raglan-part-2-114-board-in-raglan-surf-co1\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/nz-raglan-part-2-114-board-in-raglan-surf-co1-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"Wiggs looking at Drew's painting in Raglan Surf Co\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wiggs looking at Drew&#39;s painting in Raglan Surf Co<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3509\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3509\" href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nv-travel-log-0308-big-waves-and-a-happy-birthday\/nz-raglan-part-2-046-getting-to-indicators1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3509\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3509\" title=\"nz-raglan-part-2-046-getting-to-indicators1\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/nz-raglan-part-2-046-getting-to-indicators1-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"Entry to big waves\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Entry to big waves<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3510\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3510\" href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nv-travel-log-0308-big-waves-and-a-happy-birthday\/nz-raglan-part-2-022-the-road-to-getting-a-board-fixed\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3510\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3510\" title=\"nz-raglan-part-2-022-the-road-to-getting-a-board-fixed\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/nz-raglan-part-2-022-the-road-to-getting-a-board-fixed-550x412.jpg\" alt=\"The &quot;road&quot; to getting boards repaired\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The &quot;road&quot; to getting boards repaired<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3511\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3511\" href=\"http:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/nv-travel-log-0308-big-waves-and-a-happy-birthday\/nz-raglan-part-2-168-birthday-dinner1\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3511\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3511\" title=\"nz-raglan-part-2-168-birthday-dinner1\" src=\"https:\/\/drewbrophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/nz-raglan-part-2-168-birthday-dinner1-550x319.jpg\" alt=\"Drew's Birthday Dinner in Raglan\" width=\"550\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drew&#39;s Birthday Dinner in Raglan<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">Life is Good \u2013 Drew and His Crew xxoo<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Waves Came \u2013 and they were BIG.\u00a0 Just in time for Drew\u2019s 38th birthday.\u00a0 His first surf at Indicators was super \u2013 the waves were triple overhead and FAST.\u00a0 He was having the best surf of the trip, 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