The Headbanging Mermaid.

So it's the weekend, we're a water family so we headed out to the beach where we like to swim in a nice protected area. Balangan Beach, located on what is called the 'Bukit' in Bali, that lump at the bottom of the island, is home to one of the most photogenic spots on the island. Getting out of the car we let 'Muppet' off the leash, whereupon she set to immediate discovery of her surroundings, including one very large but placid looking dog. Imagine our surprise when the dog turned out to belong to some friends of ours that we hadn't seen for quite a number of months. The afternoon was spent nattering about all things past and present that had happened in our respective adventures since last seeing them. Had a nice afternoon, the dogs were happy and didn't stop chasing each other around the beach.

So there I am, watching the Ocean, it's a stunning afternoon so I asked Terri to pose for me, not in the traditional way but I was after her scalp. I'd seen an image before that was used for a conditioner promotion, so why not, give it a bash. OK so it requires for the model to sit in the water and duck her long hair into the water, face down. On the count of three she is then to just throw her head backwards allowing the hair to throw water out as it acts under the centrifugal force. The above was the favorite result of the twenty or so times I asked Terri to dunk her head, I never had the heart to tell her she looked like a headbanging mermaid! Now there's a picture.

On getting back to the car, I know I shouldn't say it, as I had left my iPhone in it, I found that our team rider 'Dek' had sent me an SMS. We are now entered into the Rusty sponsored 'Rumble in da Jungle' 2011 Pro Surf competition. He was asking if I could collect him in the morning, at 5am!! Sheesh. Well I hope the waves were going to favor us after getting up at that time.

I reckon they should rename the event to 'The Squeak in the Bushes' the waves today were very small on the chosen break, Sanur. So we have until May 8th to wait for a good wave day, once that happens we're set to go. The chosen spot is a crazy reef break, super shallow at the best of times and breaks onto coral reef, not plateau...ouch to any wipe outs.

With the day called off Dek and I decided to head over to his house break in Padma, close to Legian to see of we could at least get some images of him in the water there. We weren't let down. The tide was coming in and the waves getting progressively bigger. You can see a selection of shots from this session over on our facebook page.

Cheers,
Mark.