The highlights…

We spent a week with the Sail Rock divers on Koh Phangan, diving in the Gulf of Thailand, great crew and great setup. The video below was shot and edited by Alex there.

Diving on Koh Phangan with Sail Rock Divers from swinhoe on Vimeo.

We stopped in at the Gold Coast and Surfers Paradise with Randall and the folks from Noosa to see the first weekend of the Quiksilver Pro at D’bah.

The QuikPro setup at D'bah

The waves were reasonable, but the highlight was watching the semi’s and final with Parko and Mick going head-to-head, pulling ten point rides out in the heaving Cyclone surf.

Whilst in Noosa for the Festival of Surfing, we dropped in at the Classic Malibu factory to see Randall and Jake in office clothes.

Classic Malibu factory

Cyclone Hamish, hit Noosa during the visit and we snagged some footage of the biggest day, video below.

Noosa Points – Cyclone Hamish – 10.03.09 from swinhoe on Vimeo.

We toured in New Zealand for a while, including a visit to Raglan to catch a decent overhead swell.

Raglan point wave.

Raglan point - long view

The Noosa Festival threw-up a few gems too, seeing Bob McTavish and Rusty Miller surf first point, Dave Rastovich riding an alaia, and the premiere of the new Michael Peterson film “Searching for Michael Peterson” (website)

Searching for Michael Peterson

As well as the MP film, Picaresque was also premiered, to a great reception. One of the best surf films Ive seen in a while.

Check the tralier here.