Surfboard!

 For the first time in about 4 years, I ordered a custom shaped board.  Yesterday, when I went to pick it up, I felt like a little kid in a candy store...giddy with excitement.  The board is an exact replica (or so close I hope I don't notice the difference) of a Neil Purchase Jr. board I picked up at a garage sale about 3 years ago.  I surfed the life out of that old board and it is hands down the best board I have EVER ridden.  All those times I claimed that a board was a magic board, well, I lied.  So I am hoping that this board is just as special.  

 How could you not love a new board...with blue fins (my favourite colour)

 I am sure you can see how excited I am by all the pictures I have posted.  I couldn't decide which angle showed off the pure beauty of the board.  I think all the photos are essential, and clearly you need to see a photo or two of me with my wave craft ;-)  Hopefully the next post will be of me surfing my new board.  x

Some wonderful tunes

Triple J (for my American friends, this is a national radio station here in Australia) has a weekly time slot called "Like a Version", where artists go into the studio and play a version of another artists' song.  Recently I discovered (well, figured out the band that belonged to a song I've been singing for a while) a great Australian band, Busby Marou.  Their version of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Wanna have fun" is awesome, so I thought I would share.  

Also, here is Xavier Rudd's version of Aloe Blacc's "I Need A Dollar".  I think both artists have similar voices..both very talented.  Enjoy!