A few photos from our time in Fiji

Here are a few photos from our Namotu surf trip in July. Couldn't post to the blog any sooner because we didn't have a CD drive on the trip, and wouldn't have had fast enough internet for all these images anyways. Many of these were already posted on Facebook, but we are going for maximum sharing and not worrying as much about redundancy.

We had some really nice surf conditions for about a week (in the middle of the two week trip).

 The sunsets were really strutting their stuff

 No wind and big swells from a long ways away = happiness

 Cambria on a big one. The bottom of her wave is obstructed by the wave in front of her. I love this shot, because it shows how much speed Cam gets on these waves.

 Here's Jon making his way over to say "bonjour" to Aurel

 Cam is the master shell hunter

 We had a streak of about 5 days in a row of ridiculous sunsets

 When the sun goes down at 6pm, we get some technicolor light on the island

 A nice head high wave at Swimming Pools that we shared.

 Cam working the crowd

 Jon on a fun one

 The invisible surfboard!

 Cam making the section

 The spanish mackerel Jon speared at Lefts. Fed the island for lunch!

 Warm sunset light while surfing Swimming Pools was magical.

 We had a classic session at Lefts with only about 5 people out total, and LOTS of waves.

 Jon's involuntary facial expression says "STOKED!!"

 Cam with a smooth cutback at Lefts

 Cam loves to milk the wave all the way in to the shallow, fast inside section.

 Here's my dad on a nice one at Swimming Pools

 The sunsets in the South Pacific. Is there anything better?

 Yes. Sunsets in the South Pacific with friends and family, after a long day of surfing!

 This is most definitely not store-bought fish. Damo, the island's incredible fisherman and spearfishing master, was keeping us stocked with the freshest, tastiest Wahoo you can imagine.

 Once a week we have Fijian music, Fijian food, and drink lots of kava. Here's Aurel enjoying his 5th shell, with Jon providing encouragement. Cam's grimace is due to a very, very stinky dog just outside the frame.

 The first few days of the trip were kiting days... nice, steady 22 knot wind and head high swell to play in out at Lefts. Here's Jon at the start of a 3 hour kite session.

 Namotu is small. How small? Well, that's it right there. It can fit about 25 guests and about 20 staff. It takes 5 minutes to walk around the island. It is about an 800 meter swim if you want to circumnavigate at high tide.

 Jon and Cam love Namotu for the surf and the diving, but the best part is being with family!

 Cam is getting her new (much) shorter board dialed in. Perfect position for a long, clean ride at Lefts.