Cattlestop Crag

Day out climbing with the club at Cattlestop Crag in the Port Hills! 

Sun was pumping and everyone was having a great time. First outdoors session leading, setting anchors and rappelling for most of the crew! Spent the day soaking up some rays and having tons of fun on the crag!

The whole crew out with two ropes going and about half a dozen instruments!

Christine on a hard climb with plenty of gorse and not many bolts!

Jam Sessions were half the fun!

Joe Leading a climb

Kolle coming down from a good climb!

Joe on the way down 

Sunsets and Uke jams :)

Magnet Bay

Easing back into second semester with a midweek mission to the local with the Surfandskate crew!

Sunshine, swell and Natural Dopamine 

Chur

Transmitter Crag

Cheeky climb Friday afternoon at Transmitter Crag, Port Hills, Christchurch.

Ukelele jams, Hammock life and Outdoor Rock Climbing!

Living the Dream

Hammock life

Karina right up the top somewhere

Castle Hill Bouldering

Thank God for Coffee! It was a slow start from the night before up at Craigieburn lodge but we managed to rustle a crew keen to head to Castle Hill. We got there and I was amazed! What an awesome spot...it truly is a big playground with so much to explore!

The walk in 

First Outdoor Boulder completed! 

Kolle and Joe....and Jack

Smiley Face Rock

Pitstops and Beastmode

Such a Rad day! Couldn't wipe the smiles off our diles!

Till Next Time!

Dive Mission

After plenty of fun trying on wetsuits and dive gear up at the Man Cave and a forecast that would put off most people Christine, Serena and myself headed to the Coro with Cindy in tow on a Dive Mission! We were very lucky and got to hide out at 'The Bach' in Whanga (Cheers LeLe!) What a cool place...look forward to going back in Summertime with the boys and sinking some beers on the new deck! The first day was too rough to go diving but instead I thought i would take the girls surfing...turned out it was not the best day for the girls to learn how to surf but it was fun getting in the water and catching a few waves. Next morning brought sunshine so it was off to Slipper Island to start our underwater adventures!

Whangamata, Coromandel

Dive Time

No Scallops on the first dive so went scenic and found this guy

Christine spotted this really cool Nudibranch :)

Slipper Island for Lunch

Butterfish for Dinner

The haul for the day 

Fish n Chips!!! 

North Island Field Tour

The day before flying up to Auckland for a field trip down in Waikato with my farm management class Jo, Tom and me checked the coming weeks forecast which showed an awesome window of sunshine and a perfect swell which was going to hit Northlands West Coast! So we pulled the plug on the field trip and decided to chase this swell up the coast of the North Island to a place called Te Werahi Bay an exposed, isolated and uncrowded location west of Cape Reinga! With our Cell phones turned off and a full tanks gas we left Auckland for a mission to the Far North to a place we had never been before with limited money and food. It was a total mission just to get there...But the best ones usually are!

The first stop before leaving Auckland was Ultimate surf shop for some advice and then a quick shred a Albany Bowl!

Goat Island Marine Reserve, Leigh

Good visibility and plenty to see!

The Snappers would follow you around like dogs this place is awesome!

Crayfish 

Cheeky blue cod 

Jo chilling with the Gat after the Dive

Trek into Ti Point for a rock climb

Gearing up for our Climb :)

What an awesome place to climb right on the coastline! 

First ever Outdoor Climb! Buzzing!

Jackson abseiling down after setting the anchor at the top

High Tide didn't stop us from getting around the corner to climb an amazing Arch!

Eyeing up the Arch...this place is crazy!

Jackson lead climbing the Arch to set the Anchor....Just Wow!

Photo of the Day! What an amazing climb! Go Jacko!!

Stoked!!!

The view from the top! Success

Taking a breath of fresh air after a challenging climb at Ti Point

Matai Bay, Karikari Peninsula 

Divetime! Stingray camoflaged in the sand

Pufferfish stoked as

Finally got dinner :)

Sunset at Shipwrecks Bay, Ahipara

Our home for the night camping on 90 mile Beach

Found The Bluff after following our nose down so many forestry tracks

Te Paki Sand Dunes

Leap of Faith

Cape Reinga

Te Werahi Trek

What an amazing place!

The boys stoking on the surf!!

Finally made it to Te Werahi after the 30min trek in...Soo worth it!

Offshore, Warm Water, Clear Visibility and soo many waves! Saw a shark too...Crazy Surf!

Yewww

Shakka paddling into a goody!

We Scored! Froth levels through the roof!

Trek but up the hill was even better than coming down! Everyone buzzing after an awesome surf and the views even more breath taking with the sun fading below the horizon!

Pancake Rocks Langs Beach

Hide tide Rock Climbing, Ding Bay

Kaipara West Coast Mission

Bethells Beach, Wild West

Oneills Pumping!

Free Range Kids

What a trip! Definitely worth the mission to the top of the North Island to surf the unknown at Te Werahi and the adventures we had along the way made the trip! Every adventure is worthwhile and I cant wait for the next one to come!