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Skunk Aversion Adventures: North Coast
For all their skill, knowledge, and expertise, surf guides are victims of circumstance. A great guide can take a spell of bad surf and...

Murray Armstrong
Oct 13, 20237 min read
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Skunk Aversion Adventures: Mozambique
Apart from one small hiccup (Nate, one of my Californian clients, had mistakenly booked our accommodation for the month of June instead...

Murray Armstrong
Oct 3, 20236 min read
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Skunk Aversion Adventures: An Introduction
I squatted deep, lowering my body and strengthening my stance in preparation for the sharp bottom turn. To my dismay, instead of...

Murray Armstrong
Sep 15, 20233 min read
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African Kirra: A Northward Journey
In the middle of summer, starved of any good surf, we decided to set our sights north, looking past borders in search of lesser known,...

Murray Armstrong
Jun 28, 20231 min read
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Durban Barrels
With offshore winds and plenty of swell on the forecast, we opted to head south in search of long, reeling right-handers. The area 120...

Skunk Aversion
May 24, 20231 min read
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Trading Man-Buns for Mullets
The skunks are back with a new board and a fresh take on surfing Lance’s Right. After stepping off of the CI Twin Pin, our appetite for...

Murray Armstrong
Dec 20, 20221 min read
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A Sri Lankan Soiree: Surfing Madiha Left
We were approximately two months into our Indonesian extravaganza when we heard rumblings of the potential for a Sri Lankan soiree. Jules...

Murray Armstrong
Nov 18, 20223 min read
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Surfing the CI Twin Pin
Have you seen enough of Hollow Trees for one season? Probably. Have you seen enough of Hollow Trees on the Channel Islands Twin Pin?...

Murray Armstrong
Oct 29, 20221 min read
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Indo Season: A Beginners Guide to Surfing the Playgrounds
Off the coast of Padang, West Sumatra lies a chain of islands known as the Mentawais. North east of South Africa, the area welcomes a...

Murray Armstrong
Sep 11, 202216 min read
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Pumping Hollow Trees
This is a video of us and our friends surfing 8-10 ft (15ft faces) Hollow Trees (otherwise known as Lance’s right) in the Mentawai’s. The...

Skunk Aversion
Aug 31, 20221 min read
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Skunk Aversion
Jul 15, 20220 min read
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Weskus: Mo Money Mo Problems!
Mo money mo problems — a phrase uttered to me after discussing my first week’s pay with my brother Dave. The money was streaming in and...

Murray Armstrong
Jun 13, 202210 min read
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