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Gallery Season's Best

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John Barton is a photographer who originally hails from Western Australia but now spends much of the year in the Mentawai Islands. Based out of the Pitstop Hill Resort John shoots the best sessions of the Indo season.

Here's just some of his photos from 2011.

If you'd like to see more of John's work visit Glass Photographica

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Gallery Santosha of the South Pacific

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In 1974 the film The Forgotten Island of Santosha played to surfers in the USA and Australia. 'Santosha' was a supposedly mythical island where perfect, empty waves reeled off under warm sunny skies. Viewers were encouraged to seek their own version of it. The island was, however, Mauritius, located in the western Indian Ocean. The filmmakers created the moniker to protect the location.

Nigel Eberhardt didn't go so far as to create a new name but he wouldn't tell me the location of these photographs. 'Somewhere in the South Pacific' is all he'd say. That and the fact every session included just he and his two travelling partners, Benn and Casper. No-one else was around. There was nothing much else for Nigel to say, the photos tell the tale, he found his version of Santosha and it was perfect. //STU NETTLE

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A few funky angles but enough clues to show one of Low Impacts favourite islands. Short heavy hollow waves over very very shallow coral. Tend to go a bit stir crazy after 10 days or so here.

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Keeping track of the little things can make all the difference when surfing abroad. Photo: Gilley

For an American surfer, leaving home is a lot harder than it use to be. The dollar is weaker, a passport is required for Mexico and Canada, and security procedures are a huge hassle.

International air travel in particular can be a downright bitch.

The more you travel, though, the more you have a chance to be prepared for your next journey. You can discover the subtleties of counter agent sweet talk, learn how to sniff out the best rent-a-car deals, and explore ways to maximize your surf experience.

Over time, one of the things you realize about surf travel is that small things can make a huge difference. Items that would be just an afterthought at home are precious on the road.

Below you will find six such things that, from my experience, can transform potential surf trip roadblocks into buttery transitions:

1. Working Pen
Approx. Cost=$1.00

They say a pen is mightier than the sword and at no time is that more true than when you’ve just cleared a long security line and you’ve got 90 seconds to fill out a customs form. It’s simple: you’ve got a pen that works and you make your connection, or you don’t and you sit on your ass in Heathrow for another 17 hours. Your call.

2. Roll of Toilet Paper
Approx. Cost = $1.00

There is perhaps no better advice I can pass along. Putting a roll of toilet paper in your bag is one of the best insurance policies known to man. Whether its constant post nasal drip caused by poor airplane air circulation, or a sketchy bathroom in the middle of the African desert, a roll of toilet paper can be your new best friend. Do yourself a favor: before your next surf trip, squeeze the Charmin and throw it in your carry-on.

3. Headlamp
Approx. Cost = $20.00

Headlamps have become more popular over the last few years, and for good reason. The hands-free nature of these devices make such things such as collecting firewood in a scorpion-infested desert or peeing off a cliff much safer. Using one of these devices to read a book or to find a bathroom instead of turning on a light can save you from a middle-of-the-night beating by a roommate. They are nerdy, but worth the ridicule.

4. Hooded Sweatshirt
Approx. Cost = $25.00

I don’t care if you’re going to the warmest place on earth, always bring a sweater or jacket with you. Whether it’s a freezing airplane, an air-conditioned ferry, or an ice-cold tropical rainstorm, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wished for something warmer to wear. I prefer a dark hooded sweatshirt because stains are less visible, and the hood can act as a pillow layer and a sound dampener on a flight. Essential, functional white trash fashion.

5. An Extra, Different Brand Credit Card
Approx. Cost = Free

ATMs are everywhere these days, but one thing you might not know is that entire brands of credit cards are barred in certain countries. Also, American banks are notorious for rejecting authorization of purchases in countries outside of normal use. So if you have a Visa Card, bring a Master Card too. Or an American Express. Or both. This can save your ass in an emergency.

6. The Holy Trinity: Throat lozenges, Antacid, and Ibuprofen
Approx. Cost = $10.00

First aid kits are great, but chances are that you’ll probably never use one. On the other hand, the odds of you getting a sore throat, stomach ache or a headache on a foreign trip are better than Kelly Slater winning another world title.

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I don't like sleeping on the ground.

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When you need to make sure some stuff is going to be O.K. You should get the best.

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ETs on Tongatapu

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Lighthouse on Tongatapu. North swell spot

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Thursday, May 26, 2011
MAGIC DAY

Bula everyone
we had the swell from last week. we had 4 days of beautiful amazing surf. 6 to 8 foot of pumping barrels and a great turn out of surfers . There was only 6 in the line up and man where the waves amazing. we going to be to get another swell coming this Sunday so ill keep you all posted and keep looking at for casts Cos we will be on the water for more and more waves.

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Maqai's Little Pipeline

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The 2010 trips didn’t happen , but thanks to Surf2Surf.com  for the plug.

The waves in Vavau, Tonga, are all coral reef breaks. A lot of the waves are very hollow and have no backs once they get a little overhead. Of the breaks in the group, 25kms in diameter, one is an exception wave, several are very good, and a couple are backup fun waves. Most don’t have established names but have been sporadically surfed over the years.

Swell size for the whole group rarely gets below waist or shoulder high during June and July, and consistent (weekly) overhead ground swells are common. Like most of the South Pacific (Fiji, Samoa, Rarotonga, New Caledonia) it is often the wind that is the problem. In the Vavau Group the breaks face a number of directions, and have various exposures to wind and swell. Group wide, there is a consistency of good waves (i.e. most days, for at least one of the breaks in the group, conditions are good).

The goal was to figure out the best way of being able to take advantage of the variety of breaks. Having a fast, safe boat allows the hunting down of the optimum waves each day.
Check out out blog here for descriptions, video and images of the waves of Vavau - vavautongasurf.blogspot.com

One week Dawn to Dusk surf missions $NZD 1250, not including flights or food. Limited to six surfers each week.Starting on: 21 June, 28 June, 5 July, 12 July 2010

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Bowl

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So I tend to call this wave The Ovaka Peak , but have heard it called Middles , it is a twin focus, near slab, that picks up a lot of swell and is offshore in the trades (but the lighter the better) . It is 1.5 km to paddle from the beach where I’ve camped before on Ovaka (friends land). Mostly I would go right and have has many tropical , aquarium water, barrels but because of the twin focus you can get caught inside very easily so it is best to stick to high tide and pick your path back to the line-up (going around can be best) . I have only ever surfed with one other person here (who came with me) and it can be a bit tricky by yourself. Below is it from an old website so SOMBODY has given it ago before! A south pacific barrel that is offshore in the trades…

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