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This is the place we are trying to rent out for a few hours in Kuala Lumpur

The Donkey Wavepool

The forecasters were saying that the swell wasn’t supposed to start filling in until later in the morning. They were wrong.

I surfed at 7:00am this morning, negative .2 low tide, 3-5 mph offshores and solid 10 foot faces. Easily double-overhead on the sets. Thick lips. Spitting Barrels.

Rincon Working

I am working around the house and decided to sit down and check the surf forecast. I was hoping the swell would start hitting tonight so I could bold out of here and try my new AJW fish, but according to this surf report…I’ll have to wait a week or two for that small a board.

Shea is coming down on Sunday. Check out the forecast bitches!

I wanted to give everyone an update on my surf sessions this past weekend with “The Smyth“.
If you have not surfed with him lately, you are in for a shocker!!! Chris is ripping!

Massive gouges, multiple and relentless hits off the top, rooftop floaters with airdrop re-entry, “The Smyth” has it all in the bag of tricks now. As I type, he is surfing Oceanside with Stefan and probably adding another move I never thought he was capable of into his repertoire.

GEOFF – Smyth could steamroll you now..

Shit, I couldn’t beat him in a heat because he catches all the waves!

On top of all this ripping, Chris is training hard for Indo Hitting the gym 3-4 and sometimes five times a week.

Smyth has also be negotiating with Kandui Resort about adjusting the wave priority system.

The new priority system is as follows:

1. The Smyth always has priority
2. When in doubt refer to rule #1

Is anyone going to setup and take out the Smyth? Who’s going to be #1 at the end of the Indo trip? Who’s going to catch the most waves? Who’s going to seek the deepest pits? Who will be in the best shape? Only time will tell, but if I bet in vegas right now, I would bet on The Smyth.

Hi all,

Here are the hotels that we are staying at while in KUL and PDG: They look Safe and Luxurious

Kuala Lumpur : Renaissance Kuala Lumpur (Marriott)
We will be staying here on on the night of the 5th and possibly the 6th as well. We may move to a hotel closer to the airport for the night of the sixth since this hotel is 45min away from the terminal and we have a early flight on the morning of the 7th. The cost of this hotel is $100 per night with taxes per room and if we choose to we can sleep 4 of us per room so $25 each. Chris and I have booked two rooms at this rate, so if any of you want your own room or don’t want to share a bed then let us know and we can let you know where to make your reservation.

Padang : The Ambacang Hotel
We will be staying here on both sides of our trip to and from the island so on the nights of the 7th and the 19th we will be sleeping here. Kandui Resort has been kind enough to book this hotel for us at their discounted rate of $50 per night. In this case I requested 4 rooms, since each room is set up with two beds. This will give everyone their own bed and space on the nights that we will need it most. We will also want to take advantage of the air conditioning as well.

Updates on My talk with Kandui

Photos: We have a surf guide that is specifically assigned to our group. The surf guide will be meeting with us every night and discussing our game plan for the next day with us and will help determine where we surf based off of forecasted conditions. The group has the option of sticking together or splitting up based off of what type of waves we fell like surfing or what sleep schedule we may be on. The surf guide is there to take pictures of us out on location and will be happy to use our cameras or the resort’s. The resort has a nice digital slr for this very purpose. It was encouraged for us to “tip” the surf guide extra for his photo taking… That being said though, Kandui and the remaining Donkey’s would really love for Marc Kozai to stop being a pussy and come along with us…

Crowds: I had a very candid conversation with Anthony M. of Kandui regarding the crowds or lack there of at the breaks. After much of what I had been reading I expected for some of our sessions to be in somewhat crowded conditions. The long and short of the conversation is that in worst case conditions (small swell, bad North winds, limited surf break options) including our group of 8 we might see a crowd of ten others in the line up, so a total of 18ish. This as Anthony put it would be a rare scenario for the swell rich time of year we are going there.. In most cases we will find the breaks uncrowded or empty, and if it does get congested we can always hop in the boat and move over to another spot. He more or less guaranteed that “we should easily catch 500-600 waves per person during our stay”. Sounds good to me..

Attention Donkeys: Save the Pussy

Go to Ca2Pr.com and help me name the new cat BUCK ROGERS. I need your help…please come through for me here and go vote at the online poll. I don’t want to loose this one….

thank you in advance Jackasses

I called Malaysia Air back today to see when I needed to call to request exit row.

When they pulled up my seats she said I was currently seated (39H) in a “utility area” where they put children.. and per the agent.. “you don’t want to sit next to a crying baby for a 20 hour flight”.. “Why did the agent put you in these seats? The seats in the back are way better they are just like the business class seats”…

She moved me to 60C…

The seats that out group wants on our flight is:
Row 60: Seat A, C and D
Row 61: Seat A, C and D
Row 62: Seat A, C and D

In rows 60,61 and 62 seat A, C are side by side A is window and C is aisle, Seat D is Aisle across from C.

You can see the Malaysia Air 747-400 seating chart to understand this…

The SEAT GURU is a pretty cool site too…

Kandui Resort Pack