Ian’s blog

New posts now at www.morningglass.com

2009-03-22T19:34:17Z

Sorry for the hiatus, I've been working a lot and masterminding my 2009 indo trip. But since I've learned some useful stuff working on this year's trip, I'm blogging again at Morning Glass. Come on over for the new stuff! News on Indies Tra...

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This blog has moved to www.MorningGlass.com

2008-02-19T03:32:05Z

I'm currently in the process of moving my surf travel blog over to www.MorningGlass.com, which is much easier for everyone to remember. My friend Bill has been kind enough to let me use his domain for my rants. After this post, all new blog pos...

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Has " Indies Explorer " left the Mentawai charter scene for good?

2008-02-01T08:04:14Z

Indies Explorer boat first caught my eye when featured in a surf video a while back. It's one of the largest and most recognizable charter boats in Indonesia, a Pinissi schooner over 100 feet long, bright white with two tall sailing masts. I sa...

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Mentawai Boat trip bookings bouncing back after slow 2007

2008-01-30T04:32:22Z

It's the beginning of what the cruise industry calls "Wave Season", the first 5 months of the year when the majority of cruises, the majority of leisure travel, and the great majority of indo boat trips get booked. From what I've been hearing Me...

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DVD Review: New Emissions of Light and Sound

2008-01-30T03:39:04Z

This is the best use of leftover footage I've ever seen. Take leftover footage of the Hobgoods, Taj Burrow, and Yadin Nicol (w/crazy haircut) from Secret Machine (same photogs, same trips), mix with a well paced and synchronized Sasha soundtrack...

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Waimea shorebreak now a beachbreak

2007-12-18T19:58:48Z

I went to the North Shore weekend before last in hopes of catching the pipe masters and getting a few waves. Instead the North Shore was plagued by kona winds and I aggravated a knee injury so I caught an earlier flight home. Anyway, regarding...

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Going back to Northern Sumatra - 5 month countdown

2007-12-04T21:08:15Z

I've started to plan my return surf trip to Northen Sumatra in May. I've already been there once. Why am I going back? I've seen how consistent the swell is on Surfline (even though it was sort of small last time) I know there are a lot of wor...

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"Secret Machine" - my new favorite DVD

2007-11-30T22:38:42Z

I don't know what took me so long to see it. The music is fantastic, 90% of the surfing is in great waves, typical ripping from Taj and the Hobgoods. The artsiness of it makes a statement. This aspect of the editing/music really took me by sur...

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What's Going on Here?

2007-10-31T18:29:20Z

Welcome! What's going on here? This blog has a few of my rants about surf travel but mostly around the topic of surf travel to Indonesia, one of my favorite topics of all. I started this blog because I needed to figure out what blogging was ...

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Surf video reviews: Young Guns 3, Absolute Mexico, Aquatic Dreams

2007-10-08T22:30:03Z

Since the great majority of surf videos are not sold or reviewed by mainstream media companies I thought after I bought a handful of them I'd post my thoughts. Here's what I care about in a surf movie, in the following order: great waves great ...

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