Alexa in Bali

Alexa Poppe from Cornwall has a lovely piece about Bali (and how it's not just for experts!) on the Drift website. And make sure you click on the link to the free eBook at the end. Take a squizz

Amy Brock-Morgan travel-blog

SurfGirl has scored a guest blogger or two recently - here's the first of them, Amy Brock-Morgan from Penryn, Cornwall.

Amy says: "I am off to Europe in a van with my little one and covering the antics and surfing we get up to in my blog. I am sponsored by Gul and the Eden Project and ride their ecoboards and also Leven boards shaped by Jason Mather."

Here's Amy with Mark 'Egor' Harris testing out one of the amazing new Eden Eco Boards:


Check out her blog and see direct updates here as Amy travels.

Candice and co in Byron Bay

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Dominican Republic over!

It's all over! We flew back yesterday from palm trees and sunshine to coldness and…well, there is sunshine at least. And good clean waves!

A beautiful place, good waves, warm water and such friendly people. We'd all agree that it's not a classic surfing destination because the waves aren't consistent enough to surf, surf, surf all day every day, but if you want to sunbathe, explore, kitesurf and enjoy a cheap sunny destination, it's ideal. That's the roundup, if you want more you'll have to check out SurfGirl.

Thanks to Hooked Cabarete, a perfect place to stay next to the beach at Encuentro - check them out.

Dominican Republic Day 13

Phew it's a hot one today!!

Pictured is El Barco, my favourite wave here. It's down the coast from Encuentro (about and hour and a half over more potholes than you can count) which is a pain, but it's surfing heaven. Barco means boat - there's a shipwreck just outside of the peak. There are two peaks with lefts and right breaking over pretty shallow reef in the clearest blue water. The water's as warm as the air, I'm not sure what temp it is but it's perfect. We surfed here a few days ago. It rained and the local boys spooked the girls with shark tales (well, seven surfer girls crowding your slice of paradise, can't blame them) and they got out. Then we had to climb back up the muddy ravine and jungle path, and some spongers nicked the girls' flipflops! So it wasn't all good, but it was worth it. 2-3ft waves but so much fun.

Lots of other waves and fun, I'm off to get ready to go out to a traditional Dominican restaurant tonight. Only one full day left!

Dominican Republic Day 11

Today and yesterday have been really fun. The weather has been really nice and there is still plenty of waves. We went down the coast yesterday to a beach break, myself, Tassy, Robyn and Kath went in for some waves. After the surf at the beachy we went back to Eceuntro for a little session. The waves were so much fun when we first got in, the waves were about head high and cleanish. Today the waves have dropped a bit but Eceuntro is still breaking so we had a surf in the morning for about an hour. It wasnt as good as yesterday due to the crowds and lack of power in the waves but we are all still having loads of fun!!!

love gwen

Dominican Republic Day 8

Email problems mean a shortage of updates, sorry, but here's a couple to show you how hard we're working!

Surfed a nice hollow beachie today, got some water shots. Heading down the coast tomorrow to Playa Grande for more beach action.

Dominican Republic Day 7

Clean and solid this morning! We promise more updates today! Should be a good day for shooting down at Encuentro.

Dominican Republic Day 3

Woke up yesterday morning, was really excited about going to check out some other breaks around the island. The weather is really nice and not too humid. We ended up going about 50 minutes down the coast to a break called playa grande. The coast was really beautiful with all of the palm trees and the lush mountains in the background. We came back to where we are staying which looked fun so we headed in there where a few of the local pros were surfing. It is just down from where we are staying. Everyone is really nice and kind here in the caribean! We met a few of the locals down at the breaks and got friendly with one of the guys called Zion. He took us around to some secret private spots which were fun. Basically its all been pretty fun and i love the climate, i wanna live here!!!

(By Gwen Spurlock) Photos by Alex Williams.

Dominican Republic Day 1

The view from my patio doors!

Day One has seen two surfs - 2-3ft and onshore, but super fun. As soon as we all paddle out (7 girls and one photog) the local boys come out of the woodwork! They're all great surfers and fairly friendly.

The girls on this trip are Gwen Spurlock, Tassy Swallow, Robyn Davies, Tahlia Britton, Zoe Sheath and Kathleen Spears, plus me (Kat) filming and writing and Alex Williams, token male and photographer. We're here for two weeks filming and shooting for the mag and the website.

We've got a local surfer guy (Alex knows through a mate in Barbados) coming to tell us all about the best spots, and there's swell and sunshine forecast for tomorrow (and no wind!) From the pictures tacked up on the local surf shack/shop/school (under the swaying palm trees by the soft sandy beach!) we can see it barrels its nuts off under the right conditions, and the girls are all well up for it.

So the plan is another 7am boardies surf, watching the sunrise, then brekkie on our amazing terraces (see pic!) then exploring in our posh minivan.

Paradise.