AFTER ABI MISSION: at the Central Coast

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

at the Central Coast

After our stay in Woolgoolga we headed (how not) south to the Central Coast, just 1h north from Sydney... We stayed at the house from Brodie, a friend of us, who was travelling on the Canary Islands at that time (so basically we changed homes haha), so we met his family, who received us with supergreat Australian hospitality ! The day after we arrived we met at their house to have a huge barbecue ! It had everything what you wish on a bbq ! We ate potato bake, steak, garlic bread, snacked feta with crackers, drank icecold beer, tasty olives, sausages; we could not get enough !
We had not laughed so much in ages ! It was incredible, how much fun we had...
We kept telling our crazy travel stories until late in the night...
I learned that theres a steak in every beer, too ( viva Brodies dad and Tooheys Draught ! )

the drive down to the beach at Forresters

Robin pulling out some fish near Terrigal

tydied up the car at Wamberal (never lasts long, nevermind)

We ended up staying at Brodies house for 2 nights... We had not been in a real house for lots of weeks, and it was pure luxury to be able to use a hot shower and a kitchen.
It was great to share those days with the family...
When we left, Brodies brother Max, gave us 2 boards of him. That was more than generous.