2 flights and 24 hours later, we’re back in the apartment in täby, stockholm, sweden. didnt get much sleep on the plane so it will be really tough to stay awake until tonight. but its always nice to be home, no place like it. i’ve unpacked all my bags already too, and cleaned our storage room to fit all the skis that were laying around everywhere before. i’m very proud of myself.
now we’re going to go eat sushi at my mom’s place before i’m giving her a ride to the airport. she’s going to Mallorca, spain. I can’t say im very jealous, feels way to good to be home right now.
and guess what, it looks like i might get some cold water surf tomorrow morning, strong windswell building south of stockholm tonight. whoho!
over and out
jacob
post surf guitar and tea session at our home in kuta, Berlian Inn.
just when we had our bags packed and got ready to leave Lombok, this deadly (i dont know if it is, but lets hope) scorpion tried to get a lift on one of our boardbags. crikey!
back in Bali, I immediately went down to the famous surf spot uluwatu. the swell was still big and the paddle-out was very exciting. here’s me in the green shirt getting ready to duckdive one of the set waves.
and here’s me blowing it on the take-off.
catching a decent one before sunset.
big one on the outside bombie.
monster clean-up set wave coming out of nowhere. I’m the one ditching my board right in front of it. good times.
scenic drive over a mountain pass in west lombok
Sofia snorkling at gili trawangan, lombok. i got inspired by 
view over kuta, lombok. a qiuet fishing village and the complete opposite of kuta, bali, this place was out home for 7 days while searching for uncrowded waves.
‘inside grupuk’ on a small day. 45 people in the water and the biggest shitshow you’ll ever see. there’s 4 people dropping on this wave, all of them sitting too deep to make it, with me dropping in on all of them. fun times.
the following day, after the swell bumped up a couple feet, and for some reason its nearly empty. finally some good surf!
this is the day after that day, when the swell was even bigger, at a spot called Mawi, 30 minutes west of kuta. I thought i’d just paddle out to watch, but you know how it goes…
after shitting my pants i paddled back in and didnt surf anymore that day.
A nice lefthander in Canggu, a surf spot a few miles north of Kuta. This place usually gets too crowded around 7.30, so it’s all about dawn patrol here. Fun longboard and beginner wave, if you want to get used to reef breaks this is a good place to start, as it breaks over sand and rocks.
This spot is called Uluwatu and always has waves, but it also gets incredibly crowded when it’s at this managable shoulder high size. Gets very shallow and the reef is sharp, so it’s actually less scary when the waves are bigger and the water gets deeper.
I’m going to end this update with this really random shot of a crab.
6.30 am, Kuala Lumpur airport. really sore and tired from the 11 hour flight from Stockholm. 3 more hours to go.
5 minutes after landing in Bali. Malaysian Airlines have really colorful seats.
This was the morning after we arrived in Bali, 
Sofia and her new 6′10 funboard.
This is our hotel in Medewi, a quiet village 3 hours north of Kuta. We had the whole white house on the right for ourselves for 25 dollar a night. The surf break in the background is a 500 meter left, mellow pointbreak.
two shots from the surf friday morning. good, fun size practice waves.
This is a secret beach break we stumbled upon one day on the scooters. It was head high, glassy, an not a single surfer out. We had it for 3 hours before the wind picked up, just trading waves and laughing.
The dudecrew: Calle, Markus, Jacob.
not only is this my first real business trip, it’s also my first one with only hand luggage. awesome.