PART 1: Bells Beach
Traveling internationally by yourself with board bags is hard, but with eleven people it’s a whole other adventure. Once we got the whole Huntington Beach High School Surf Team checked in (including myself, Dane McCrystal, Jack Boyes, Tony Bartovich, Chris Love, Luke Barret, Christian Saenz, Marco Passandquinci, Johny Elles, Bill Sharp (Coach), Andy Verdone (Coach) we were bound for our 15 hour flight to Melbourne. Once we arrived we gathered all our board bags and rented a 21 seater van, and we were on our way to Bells. We arrived at the Bells Beach Cottages where we were welcomed by an awesome family that let us stay in their beautiful Cottages. We then got our board bags unpacked and got in our first surf at a beach break called Fairhaven. We got the honor of surfing in the Bells event against the Victoria High School, and the Ripcurl Grom Search team in a tag team format. It was so great to be able to surf in the Bells event because it gave us a little taste of what it would be like to be a pro surfer. We met many surfing legends. Also we got to see our local friend Brett Simpson surf in the event. It was so awesome to have the privilege to surf in the event and I want to give special thanks to Max Wells and Ross Slavich for this. We had many memorable sessions at Bells thanks to Andy Verdone and Bill Sharp. We were then headed off to Sydney to do a Cystic Fibrosis awareness contest.
Sydney Airport
Luke holding down the board bags.
Bells Beach
Famous steps of Bells.
Cameron: Podium
Jack and Chris in the Jacuzzi
Our bus
Surfing Museum
The cottage that myself, Tony Bartovich, Luke Barret, Dane McCrystal, Jack Boyes, and Bill Sharp stayed in.
Johnny and Luke's Gypsy wagon they stayed in.
The whole crew
Part 2: Sydney
After the awesome week we had at Bells we were then off to Sydney to do a Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Contest. When we got to Sydney we were greeted by Mr. Verdone’s friend Evan Jeffrey who gave us a ride to Avalon to meet up with our families that we were going to be staying with for the week. Myself and Johnny Elles got to stay with the awesome Bosler family. We got to have many good times in Sydney, good waves, and got to spread awareness about Cystic Fibrosis. I want to give special thanks to Evan Jeffrey and the Bosler family for your hospitality. Thanks again Mr. Verdone and Bill Sharp for taking us.
Thanks again Bosler family for your hospitality
Opera House and Harbor Bridge.
Billy Bosler, Johnny, and Myself at the Opera House.
Lookout from the Sydney Tower
Myself, Johnny, and Luke petting a Koala.