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Having finally left the beauty, surf and party scene that was my home in Montanita, Ecuador for the past 3 months it was going to be tough to find somewhere that matched it’s lure for me. I had no real idea where I was heading on my way down through Peru but my fellow surf [...]

I’ve spent the last week of my travels at my first stop in Peru – the small surfing town of Mancora. It’s been great to simply chill out, not worry about work and enjoy the waves. And the wave here is EPIC! The hollow left hand point break has been producing some lush lines and [...]

The last 3 months have been dominated by surfing for me. It’s been my work, my play and the core of my backpacking experience here in Montanita, Ecuador. But there’s also been a regular activity lurking in the background – and indeed day to life – that has been less apparent in both my blogging [...]

Last week I received an epic parcel from the USA – a big bundle of awesomeness courtesy of the guys at GoPro. I’ll be uploading a post very soon about their products and how they are an epic addition to any backpackers kit. In the meantime here’s me giving mine a test run – an [...]

Every action in life has an opposite and equal reaction. You can call it many things – fate, karma, ying and yang. It’s how the world works. So it was pretty inevitable that with my epic dream job there would be some downsides too. Sunburn from spending the entire day in the sun. Dehydration from [...]

I’d like to start off by saying that this image is unphotoshopped – except for the vignette border! Sunsets here in Montanita are off the chart and the best I’ve seen worldwide. And what better way to see out the day than with a sunset swim or surf as the light melts into the ocean. [...]

Unless you’ve been paying no attention to anything I’ve been blogging or tweeting about or you’re new to the site you’re probably aware of the fact that I’m currently kicking back in Montanita, Ecuador working as a surf instructor for Montanita Spanish School. I’m not going to lie – it’s a pretty sweet deal!   [...]

There are certain moments in life that you feel are just perfect – that sunset, that kiss, that photo – but rarely do you feel an entire day has been perfect. Maybe one part could be perfect but it’s pretty bloody hard to have a perfect day without something screwing it up slightly. Yesterday though [...]

Surfing is pretty much taking up all of my time in Ecuador – it is my job after all – but I thought I’d share some warm water lines with you all. This is local long boarder Carlos cruising hang five down a glassy Montanita face…happy days indeed! Tweet

This weekend I worked overtime. An entire days overtime. For free. To the average person in their average job in the average office this would be hell, it would be borderline slave labour, it would probably even involve trade unions and court cases. But I’m not the average person, my job isn’t average and my [...]

I’ve been in Montaita just over a week now and have settled straight into the beach lifestyle again. But for me the most important thing is the fact I’ve swopped my office at STA in Exeter booking peoples RTW trips for days spent on the sunny beaches of the Ecuadorian coast teaching surfing. So this [...]