04 Oct 12
Summer, I can see you
Summer is coming. Dead whale. One surfing photo. Some fun shoreys. Have a look. More...
26 Jul 12
Alen Zvokelj
What an amazing week it\'s been. Incredible crisp winter light, a random uncharacteristic North-East swell with offshore winds and sunshine. Can\'t get much better than that. To celebrate I am putting up some more images. Enjoy! More...
23 Jul 12
Brrrrr
How cold has it been! Yeah I know we are lucky and compared to a lot of other places out there it is pretty much tropical here on the Northern Beaches. But, I\'m cold and so are you. More...
23 May 12
THIRTY
The time has come. I have hit the big 3-0. What a year it\'s going to be too. I\'m getting married to the very beautiful Lani in 5 months! Crazy I know, but I can\'t wait. More...
19 Apr 12
On my way
A fun North swell is on its way to the Northern Beaches. Woo! Well the waves are here but the winds and weather have been shocking. More...
02 Apr 12
Hawaiian vacation
I have been busy. Real busy. You may have noticed that you haven\'t had a Bluesnapper email in your inbox for a while... More...
17 Feb 12
Manly turns it on
Manly has turned it on big time this week. Perfect weather, massive crowds, ridiculous skating and although the waves have been small, the surfing has been all time. More...
14 Feb 12
Australian Open of Surfing
The Australian Open of Surfing kicked off on Saturday and the set-up down at Manly is out of control. If you haven\'t got down there yet to check it all out, I suggest you do so. This coming weekend is going to be crazy! More...
22 Dec 11
Escape
The weather and waves lately really make you want to pack the bags and escape. More...
12 Dec 11
Riders of the storm
Yesterday afternoon one of the most incredible storm fronts I have seen blew in from the south. It looked like a huge rolling wave as it raced up the coast. More...
08 Dec 11
North Shore dreaming
Yep it\'s official we are experiencing the worst start to summer since the 1960\'s. Yuck. It\'s been cold and raining every day. Ew (I even had to put on a second layer a few times and it\'s almost Christmas!) More...
25 Nov 11
Better Days
This rain is relentless. I have seen a lot of better days around here, so I thought I would put up a few images from the past so the whole update wasn\'t in Black and White. More...
24 Oct 11
bounce. hop. spring
It\'s always amazing at this time of year. The water warms up, the air warms up, the odd sneaky little North swell pushes in, everyone is frothing. Yew More...
28 Sep 11
MORE BLAST OFF
A bit of rain won\'t put these grommets off. Still total stoke from every single kid up at Palmy over the past 2 days, they are there to take part in \'BL\'s Blast Off\' presented by Hurley More...
26 Sep 11
BLAST OFF
BL\'s Blast Off presented by Hurley is on again! Barton made the call early this morning and the south corner of Palmy (Kiddies Corner - appropriately named) was announced as the venue for Day 1 of this epic 4 day event. More...
21 Sep 11
the colours
The Northern Beaches is such an incredibly colourful place. Golden sunrises, crystal clear aqua blue water, dark yellow and brown sandstone and vivid pink and purple sunsets. More...
01 Sep 11
Winter is dead
What a dream, winter is over, gone, finished...dead. Bring on the warmer weather. That water will stay cold for a bit, but that air is just gonna keep going up and up. Woo! More...
16 Aug 11
Good times
Lately i\'ve seen a lot of people getting out amongst the surf and just having a real good time. We could even call it a \'hell time.\' More...
26 Jul 11
No need for words
Seriously though, there really is no need for any words at all so I\'m not sure why I\'m writing this. Yes, July has been a joke here on the Northern Beaches. See for yourself. More...
03 Jul 11
Inspiration
So, I\'ve been slack... I\'m still away exploring the globe, and haven\'t found too much time to update the website. I\'m not the only one, Huey has been a little slack too. More...
10 Jun 11
Home
It really has been pumping at home on the Northern Beaches. The swells just keep coming. One swell ends, another arrives. The offshores are blowing and everyone seems pretty damn stoked. More...
20 May 11
carats camels croquettes castles
So as you may have noticed I\'m not on the Northern Beaches at the moment. I did a bit of drop knee on the sand at Mona Vale and asked my beautiful girlfriend Lani to marry me. She said yes! Yew! More...
15 May 11
Offshore
By the looks of things, the waves on the Northern Beaches lately have been pretty offshore. More...
21 Apr 11
Eggs and Kegs
What an epic couple of weeks we\'ve just had. Usually the way at this time of year. Offshore winds, warm water and fun swells. I\'ve said it before and I\'m about to say it again... More...
31 Mar 11
Going off
Yep, the waves have been pumping up and down the East Coast. The Northern Beaches lit up last week, it was one of those special swells, when everyone gets a barrel or three. More...
18 Mar 11
Goldy. Home. Bondi
The last two weeks have been a bit of a roller-coaster. Up to the Gold Coast for a few days, home, over to Bondi for a few days then home again. More...
04 Mar 11
Autumn is back
Forget summer! Autumn is back and is easily the best season for waves here on the Northern Beaches. More...
23 Feb 11
Closing time
Not a lot of amazing banks out there on the Northern Beaches at the moment. Yet again another south swell pushes through and leaves us all wondering where exactly we should be surfing. More...
10 Feb 11
Bubble and Squeak
Full, small, round and tall. Windswept, clean, crowded and mean. Huey threw everything in the mix for us this week. More...
01 Feb 11
Scorcher
At last the perfect summer weather we have been waiting for. There are even a couple of waves out there today. Yew More...
24 Jan 11
Akira
It has been a hive of activity up and down the Northern Beaches this month. For the first half of January the world\'s best junior surfers were in town, dominating breaks up and down this stretch of the coast with ridiculous aerials and powerful turns. More...
31 Dec 10
the year that was
Another year goes whirling past and what a year it was. As always on the Northern Beaches there were a lot of memorable sessions that went down. Heaps of swells and stacks of good times. More...
24 Dec 10
Hawaii. Home. Holidays
It\'s been a long wait between sets here on the Northern Beaches and on Bluesnapper. It seems that while I was away in Hawaii, Huey forgot to send any love to you all back here on the beaches. More...
26 Nov 10
Summer is here
The days are getting hotter, the North winds are cranking, there are girls in bikini\'s (everywhere) and the swell doesn\'t want to get above 2 foot. It has to be summer, and I like it. A lot. More...
12 Nov 10
of blue
I have self published a coffee table book titled \'of blue.\' The book is 225 x 225mm, has a hardcover and 160 pages in full colour. More...
04 Nov 10
Change
This time of year is always so weird. Offshore winds with perfect barrels and jumping whales one day, then comes the change and it\'s horrible rainy and cold with onshore slop. More...
20 Oct 10
Everywhere
Saturday was one of those days. At sunrise it was 2 foot and not all that enticing. By 10 o\'clock the offshore was howling and the swell was pulsing in. By lunch, everywhere was on. More...
06 Oct 10
Blast Off
The 5th annual Blast Off competition kicked off last week with four action packed days of surfing and stoke for 260 grommets. More...
28 Sep 10
Spring. Fins. Swell.
Wow the surf really pumped for a while there didn\'t it. Meaty south swells keeping surfers stoked for the past two weeks. It\'s backed off now, so time at last to dive into some work. More...
13 Sep 10
Wind. Light. Waiting
Not a bad week at all along the Northern Beaches. Very strong offshore winds on Fathers\' Day coupled with some quality waves would have had many Dad\'s out there smiling. More...
27 Aug 10
The Blue Marble
Flat here in Sydney for most of the week. Makes you want to jump on a flight to somewhere exotic, somewhere pumping, somewhere different. More...
20 Aug 10
Subside
At last all these incredible waves have left the Northern Beaches. It kind of leaves us all wondering what to do with ourselves? Guess it's back to work... More...
17 Aug 10
A week to remember
It was just one of those weeks wasn't it. Last Wednesday was all time, completely out of control. It was expected, but I'm just not sure if it was supposed to get that good?!? More...
06 Aug 10
Is this love?
What is it? This feeling the surf gives us. On these ice cold winter mornings when the ocean is almost flat, I watch surfers wince as they force their leg through a damp, cold wetsuit for the fourth time this week. More...
02 Aug 10
From the sea
Conditions have been a bit out of the ordinary of late. Warm day yesterday, sun out, no waves (like none.) More...
16 Jul 10
Gauranga
Wake up late. Walk into lounge. Alex in front of computer........facebooking. He looks up, "I checked it early very windy and overcast 2 foot slop." More...
02 Jul 10
Jack Frost
Wednesday (coldest day in Sydney for a million years.) morning: Jack Frost was definitely at the door last night and in full effect this morning. More...
18 Jun 10
Addiction
A week, geez that was a long trip. Winter, gotta love it. Swell after swell pounding the east coast in a southerly formation, banks are formed - banks are worn. More...
04 Jun 10
Relentless
Will this rain ever stop? Sometimes it's a good thing. The surf glasses off and people can't check it without getting out of their cars, which keeps the crowd numbers super low. More...
27 May 10
Bali Bintang
With relentless rains and temperatures dropping dramatically, there will never be a better time to book your trip to Bali. Do it. More...
18 May 10
Light Show
Well that was fun. Offshore winds and solid swell for a couple of days. You ripper! Last week was sweet. More...
29 Apr 10
Yesterday
"Should have been here yesterday." That old chestnut. People pull it out all the time, usually making you feel angry with them for saying it and your boss for making you go to work. More...
16 Apr 10
Yeeeeew
How fun have the waves been! Autumn shows up, the winds swing round to the west, the waves grow and summer slop is gone and forgotton. More...
30 Mar 10
Rise. Snap. Float.
Not the pumping start to Autumn that we got last year, but still nothing to complain about. More...
17 Mar 10
Boosta Rhymes
What a crazy couple of weeks it's been,
some of the best images my camera has seen. More...
10 Mar 10
Quikky Pro
Made a last minute decision to jump on a plane and head up to the Gold Coast for the Quikky Pro last Wednesday. More...
26 Feb 10
Blue Schralper
A week of waves for us Northern Beachians. Got to love it when that happens. Bit of onshore, that has to be expected More...
19 Feb 10
Swell, Storms and Surftag
A fun week just passed with a lot happening on the Northern Beaches. There were waves all over the place, solid crowds and heaps and heaps of rain. More...
11 Feb 10
Sharks. Blueys. Waves
This morning local Northern Beaches surfer Paul Welsh was bitten by a shark while teaching his grom to surf at Mona Vale. Paul was driven to the hospital for treatment and is all good. More...
03 Feb 10
Porridge
Well at last there are some waves around and with them a few words come to mind: slop, mush, onshore, lumpy and messy. More...
20 Jan 10
Surf drought over
At last the great summer wave drought is over for Sydney. About time. Hope you got out there over the past few days and got your fix people. More...
12 Jan 10
Summer Surf Sucks
How much more can we take? The surf situation on the Northern Beaches is dire. Everyone is over the slop Huey, please send us some love. More...
29 Dec 09
Bluesnapper's Sack
It's that hectic time of the year again. Christmas, family, presents, parties, flat surf, shopping and late bluesnapper email updates. More...
08 Dec 09
Vast contrast
It's amazing sometimes how much the surf and weather changes over the course of one day. We can spend a day on long 9 footers, catching clean 1 footers in the sun. More...
27 Nov 09
Another Jack
Another fun week of waves. Small ones as per usual, but with warm weather and girls on the beach, who's complaining. More...
20 Nov 09
Boats. Storms. Pies.
A group of us overloaded into a tiny boat and headed north last Monday when the big swell hit. More...
13 Nov 09
Retro loggin rides
Busy week with the Manly Festival of Surfing going down last weekend. Heaps of people, uncooperative weather and waves, rain, sun, then rain again. More...
05 Nov 09
Rise. Drift. Cup. Set
Busy week in and around the Northern Beaches. Heat waves, small waves and one day of good waves. More...
27 Oct 09
Sloppy Joes
When a surf photographer actually surfs every day it is not the best sign. The waves have not been epic. More...
16 Oct 09
Surf 'n' Sketch
We just had a week of stormy seas and sneaky swells resulting in super fun waves. More...
09 Oct 09
Grom invasion
Highlight of the week: the mini-groms charging 6 foot bombs in the finals of BL's Blast Off. Low point: the weather. More...
01 Oct 09
Summer is near
The past week on the Northern Beaches included hoax swells, more dust, heaps of dolphins, fun waves, sloppy waves, hot days and cold days. More...
24 Sep 09
What Dust?
Yesterday was a little different wasn't it. I woke up feeling a little dusty, wondering where the smell of smoke was? It was obvious the whole of the Northern Beaches was on fire. More...
18 Sep 09
Dripping Wet
East swell, offshore winds, clean barrels, frothy barrels, dry heat, punts, punters, pro's and pro juniors. A week in the life of the Northern Beaches. Another ripper, what an epic place to live. More...
09 Sep 09
Springwater
The first week of Spring was a cracker. Warm weather and good waves. I saw plenty of Dad's on the Northern Beaches getting amongst the clean 2-3 foot waves on Fathers' Day. More...
02 Sep 09
Northern Lakes
Mark today down, it is the first day there have been waves over 2 foot in the past three weeks. I couldn't resist and had to hit the water for a surf. More...
24 Aug 09
Bintang Barrels
What a Dream! Indonesia for two weeks with my girl, surfboard, cameras and quality cheap beer everywhere you look. My experiences on the islands of Bali and Lembongan were incredible. More...
19 Aug 09
Huey delivers
After a long wait between decent waves on the Northern Beaches, Huey delivered in style. More...
12 Aug 09
Bloody Bagus
Epic waves, scorching sun, warm water, friendly locals, crazy roads, corrupt police, ice cold bintang and thieving monkeys. This is Bali. More...
29 Jul 09
Bring it back
The joke is over Huey! Please send the waves back to the Northern Beaches. More...
22 Jul 09
Flat Stanley
That was a pretty flat week wasn't it! Not the greatest conditions for the past week for us surfers. Some great warm, spring-like sunny days though. More...
14 Jul 09
East Days
Guess what? The surf has been pumping again. Fairly slow start to the past week, but it was pulsing by late Sunday afternoon. We had great waves all day on Monday, although it was quite inconsistent More...
08 Jul 09
Squid town
A solid week of waves on the Northern Beaches with all the bodyboarders and some surfers out in force pulling into heavy pits wherever they could. More...
01 Jul 09
Dolphins. Brazil. Shapes
An epic swell ended and left us scratching our heads, wondering what to do with ourselves, back to work I guess. More...
23 Jun 09
North East Stoke
The past week had a pretty average beginning. Bad weather and messy surf was the only thing we were getting on the Northern Beaches. More...
16 Jun 09
Winter Light
The days are short. The air freezes your insides. The wind blows so hard, the drumming inside your ears in unbearable. Ice cold rain hits you in the face. More...
09 Jun 09
It must be snowing
How cold is that wind! I think I am going to step it up to three coffees a day now, to help deal with it. Heating is bad for the environment, coffee is where it's at. More...
02 Jun 09
Winter chills
How cold is it! Time to pull out the old beanies, trackies and ugg boots. Coffee and Hot Chocolate consumption goes up. More...
26 May 09
Novelty prize
In the colder months, when the surf gets crazy and out of control on Sydney's Northern Beaches, what do you do? More...
19 May 09
Wave intensity
This is one of the best Autumn's Sydney has seen in quite a while, the surf has been amazing. More...
12 May 09
Autumn is Offshore
Another fun week for surfers on Sydney's Northern Beaches. Most days are at this time of year, you have got to love Autumn. More...
05 May 09
Barrels a plenty
The hype from that Anzac Day swell took a while to calm down, with amazing waves still pushing through on Monday and Tuesday last week. More...
28 Apr 09
ANZAC DAY 09 was ALL TIME
Nothing brings stoke like the stories you hear in a beach carpark the day after a massive swell hits our Sydney shores. More...
14 Apr 09
Weed monsters
Well at last it's starting to clear, the seaweed was out of control all week, every beach from Palmy to Manly was taken over. More...
07 Apr 09
Swell from all directions
The past week had it all, wind and swell from every direction! More...
31 Mar 09
Surf and sun for everyone
What a week, great way to wrap up the first month of Autumn.
There was something rideable pretty much every day, good stuff. More...
15 Mar 09
Summer 08/09
It was a strange summer, relatively normal for Sydney's standards but a ridiculous lack of swell for the most of it. More...
20 Feb 09
Roadtripping
Who doesn't love getting away? Grab some mates and head off for a few days or even better a few weeks! More...
01 Oct 08
Mona Retrospective
Mona Vale beach is smack bang in the middle of the northern beaches. It is where I live and one of the greatest places I have been in this world so far! More...
