Surf Mobile Reserved!

Finally got the international calling figured out! Only $1.99 a minute for me to call the states from NZ!! Wow... Texting will be the way to go for sure, it's only $.05 for me to receive and $.50 to send. That or email, because since I've decided to bring the laptop, it'll be free.

Anyway, got the car switched to the economy wagon, after some attempts at negotiating the price down with the heavy accented rental car dude. I failed miserably, but kinda thought I would so not a big deal.
That's the Surf-moblie!! Looks like a weird Saab-ish version of the Golf. Obviously not as sweet though...

The Oregon Surf Shop got all of my gear in last week at once which is awesome, I'll post pics of my packing attempts soon. Otherwise it's pretty much just waiting, 10 days. Haven't heard from Stu in over a week, but Zac said that he is getting epic waves at shipwrecks still. I haven't surfed since the last post, the knee's still hurting a little, and I figure it'll be better in the long run to save it for NZ.

Drive Thru Kiwi style!

After talking to Stu and his ridiculous adventures trying to bike the roads with no shoulders in New Zealand, we have all talked and decided to pitch in and rent a car. It will end up costing us about what we were going to have to spend on a bike anyway, and give us a ridiculous amount of freedom for exploring and finding awesome nooks and perfect waves.

The car is booked right now, (a 3 door hatchback) but we are going to upgrade to a 5 door economy wagon as soon as we can get ahold of the rental company (who knew it was so hard to call internationally?!?).

Anyway, Zac had surgery on his tooth, and has been out of the water for a week and probably has a week more of dry time before he can surf. I just injured my knee, so I'm probably out of the water at least for the next few days, but more likely the rest of the week +. Meanwhile Stu's getting epic waves at shipwrecks. Damn it. 19 days...