AFTER ABI MISSION: In the bush

The idea

The idea of the After Abi Mission was born 3 years ago.

My friend Philip and me, Florian, two ambitionated 15 year old, wanted to travel the world looking for perfect waves.

In 2008 I came back from a trip to Northern Peru, where I surfed the 2nd longest wave in the world: Chicama...I told my friend Philip storys abouth two minute rides on the same wave... "We will surf it after we graduate from school"

In the German school system the graduational title is called "Abitur": So the "After Abi Mission" was born.

In November 2011 the months to get our Abitur were counted. We sat down together with my friend Denis at my place in Tenerife to realize the idea... With great iniciative it did not last 2 weeks and we got our first tickets to Malaysia and Australia, as we found them for a third of the usual price, still with our great objective to go to Peru afterwards.

Looking for 1 months every afternoon for tickets to get there, we finally got cheap ones across the Pacific, from Indonesia, over Bangkok, Los Angeles and Miami to Guayaquil in Ecuador, just 3 hours to the perfect Surfspots in Northern Peru...Thats how the surftrip to Peru turned into a voyage around the World over 5 continents in 8 months continuing from Peru south to Chile and Argentina, and finally to South Africa, returning home via Quatar and Barcelona in April...

Living dreams !

La idea de la After Abi Mission (Misión Después del Abi) nació hace 3 años.

Mi amigo Felipe y yo, Florian, dos quinzeañeros ambicionados, queríamos viajar por el mundo en busca de olas perfectas.

En el 2008 volví de un viaje al norte de Perú, en el que cogi la ola segunda más larga del mundo: Chicama ... le conte a mi amigo Philip historias sobre dos minutos en la misma ola ... "Vamos a cogerla después de graduarnos"

En el sistema escolar alemán el título de graduacion se llama "Abitur": Así nacio el After Abi Mission.

En noviembre del 2011, los meses para acabar nuestro bachillerato estaban contados. Nos encontramos, juntos con mi amigo Denis en casa, en Tenerife, para realizar la idea ... Con gran iniciativa no duró mas de 2 semanas y sacamos nuestros primeros billetes, primero a Malaysia y luego a Australia, ya que los encontramos por un tercio del precio habitual, aún con nuestro gran objetivo de ir a Perú después.

En busca de billetes baratos durante un mes todas las tardes , finalmente los encontramos a través del Pacífico, de Indonesia, via Bangkok (escala de 24h jeje) a Los Ángeles para luego ir a Miami y finalmente llegar a Guayaquil en Ecuador, a sólo 3 horas de las olas perfectas al norte del Perú ...
Asi es cómo el surftrip a Perú se convirtió en un viaje alrededor de todo el mundo a traves de los 5 continentes en ocho meses continúando desde Perú direccion sur hasta Chile y Argentina, y luego a Sudáfrica, para volver a casa via Quatar y Barcelona la primera semana de Abril..

Viviendo sueños !

Freitag, 28. Oktober 2011

In the bush

ran out of Petrol in Angourie

on the road

...and had a little arts session

made by Francesco with surfwax

grab a snake

or die trying

Mid of October we were in Angourie (Australian East Coast) and ran out of petrol (for the 5th time at least).
Discussing to find a solution at the side of the road a men showed up with his van and asked us if we had problems... It did not last a few minutes and I hopped into his car to drive into town to get some fuel.
He turned out to be a hunter. And not any kind of: He had a huge dead reptil and a living snake in the back of his car. He also hunts Kangoroos and sharks. The same night we stayed at his house and went out fishing at some lake. At midnight we pulled out the fish and fried it cross ! It was awesome ! The next days he tought us how to pick Oysters. We got heaps and cooked them over the fire. He was truly a survivor kind of guy...
When Robin said to him that he is like Bear Grillz, he told us that people use to call him Bear Kills... Quite an appropiate name !
In the next days he showed us, where to find work on a blueberry farm...
We did not think twice and drove south towards Woolgoolga and picked fruit for about 10 days.
It was hard but money does not come from elsewhere...
After we finished our labour in the fields we headed further south to the Central Coast and afterwards to Sydney, but that is another story...
Enjoy the photos !