So I have been busy in the lab with the crying & the screaming that the pro circus brings to town... you know it gets pretty crowded with all the visitors in town here. on of my team riders (Alex Swadling) Dad gave me an idea. so after a few gyro gearloose moments i can anounce the Nightrider....

hi dave we arrived home today after having great surf and surfing with great locals, the last few days it picked up and chunggu was barrelling, after all the waves and places we surfed my boards are still like new not any damage (not like some others broken )i was on nbn news tonight about my win in the rusty ill send you the copy.back to surfing in wetties and cold water ,ill talk to you soon alex swadling

hi dave the swell kicked today and we surfed changgu then uls in the afternoon with about 150 others + PROS FROM OZ the surf was great 4+ foot and bigger sets we also on the way back from medewei the photo is from a place north of tanna lot a small bay with pumping peaks the boards going great love the round tail getting up early and going to a new spot so ill tell you what its like talk to you alex

hi Dave,i competed in the ripcurl gromsearch at Medewei on sunday with 60 u 16s from all over the surf was 4foot and peeling lefts, i won my 4 heats with high scores 15 mim heat i had a 9.5 and 8.5 so it was very competive in the final with only a few mins to go i had a interferance and finished 4th with 3 place also riding a Diverse board! it was Mega's cousin,we had a great final and all enjoyed the day,i met heaps of balinese surfers and made lots of friends at Medewei. thats a quick wrap from Alex in Bali (2 comps= 1 win and one 4th ) talk later Alex

hi dave,the surf been small down here ,on the weekend we had sawtell boardriders at main in the u 16st i finished 1st and the opens semis it was small and hard to get good waves,my board went fast for such small waves we leave for bali on friday for 3 weeks mic at padang tells me the swell comming up in bali on thursday so we will get there at the right time for waves carnt wait to surf uls,chunggu,and other spots i carnt name i send photos well ill talk to you soon alex

hi dave we just came back from newcastle the surf was small and on shore i had a good heat got to the quaters and learnt heeps,iam getting ready to go to bali for a few weeks, next week so ill be sending a surf report on the surf there its been good for the last few days,my board been sick and i carnt wait for my new one iam taking to bali ,we have new photos and video when i come back so ill talk to you this week alex swadling

hi dave my st8 been going good,ive just got back in the water after an injury to my ribs so i had a lesson with lee today i surfed macaulies 2-4 foot right handers into the rocks iam getting ready for the newy contest after easter,see you alex

hi guys this is a photo from wednesday at shellys the boards going great and carnt wait for my new sprint 5 11,the northeries have been blowing all weekend and the surf been rubbish so ive been fishing and swimming the water temp droped and wetsuits back on.this week iam catching the train down to old bar to a training camp with martin dunn for some coaching to tune up my comp surfing for the rip curl gromsearch,ocean@ earth tean age rampage at curl curl then to bells for the cadet cup,i hope the swell come up before the weekend for the camp so ill let you know how it goes on the weekend talk to you soon alex

hi dave on the weekend we had the teams chalange between boardriders clubs from woopi tp cresent heads i surfed for sewtell and we were overall winners $250 first prize for the club with coffs 2nd cresent 3rd it was very close and was decided with the tage team and we won by just 10 points,today sunday we had our coffs boardriders 5-6 foot light on shore difficult conditions with very lumpy swell i finished 2nd in the u16s and 4th in the u18s.so talk to you latter alex

hi the surf has been pumping at ulus 8 foot on the main peak 6+ through racetracks we been surfing 7 hours a day 40 people in the water cross shore winds ,we meat up with the wright family and have been surfing with them for the last 4 days so that been unreal it makes you really push your limints we have our last day tomorrow so were getting up early down to racetracks only 3 min drive from padang not looking forward to comming home ,my boards 5-11 and 5-10 have been unreal handling all surf conditions from ulus,balangan,kermas,chunggu,and not a crease in anythink so back to the beach breaks of coffs harbour so last report from bali tomorrow see u alex swadling

hi the surfs been a bit small the last few days and ive been sick the photo was taken at ulus 3 days ago we going to kermas in the morning 6am as the winds have been light and the swell is starting to rise late today so we may have some new photos the photo was of my 5,11 sprint rounded pintail that works unreal on the shallow racetracts sections i had lots of barrells this day so now that iam back online talk to latter alex swadling

Hey, its Alex Reporting from Bali. The waves have been good for the last 4 days with 4 to 5 foot swell @ Cunggu, Uluwatu, Balangan have all been good. this photo is at Ulu's inside at Racetracks. My Diverse Sprint shape is going really good in all the conditions I have been in here. Its so good to be surfing without a wetsuit too!

these Photos were taken at mcaulies beach, coffs harbour on my 5 10 diverse
On the 22 sept i am going to jan jac for the gromsearch . Then on the 30 sept off to bali for two weeks to surf at bingin, kermas and changgu then over to g land for a week to try out my 5 11 and my
6 footer.