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Circle the West | bugsonmyboard

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Long Way for a Wave. Four friends riding the Northern California and Oregon Backcountry Discovery Routes, across Idaho and Montana, and down the Continental Divide Route. Most of the crew completed the western portion of the Trans-America trail across Colorado, Utah, and Nevada. We climbed mountain passes, forded rivers, got stuck in the mud, and outran thunderstorms. It was epic. Read the tale here. Looking at Vancouver on the map when we were in China, it seemed so close …. Rad Places on Interwebs.

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Baja Fresh | bugsonmyboard

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Long Way for a Wave. Halfway down Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, along 200 miles of tracks that criss-cross some the most remote and surf rich sections of coast in all North America. I bounced over rocky trails, blasted along the beach, wiped out in the mud, and raced along watery walls. See posts to read more about gearing up. For this fresh take on a Baja surf trip and the dirty details. From garnaro on Vimeo. Looking at Vancouver on the map when we were in China, it seemed so close …. Rad Places on Interwebs.

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Moto | bugsonmyboard

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Long Way for a Wave. The beast that bore me and the things she carried are all described below. See this update. On the moto, mods, and gear for a review of what worked, what sucked, and what broke. Meet Dyna Rae, my Suzuki DR650 – she can do it all. Near the beginning of her overland makeover:. Modifications complete and loaded for a trans-Africa expedition:. For more details on preparations for circumnavigating Africa. Long range tank – Acerbis 5.3 gal. Handlebars – Renthal Jimmy Button bend. Stainless...

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California Dream | bugsonmyboard

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Long Way for a Wave. Inception of a Silly Idea. To strap my surfboard to my motorbike and ride around looking for waves. Combing the California coast along the Monterey Bay, the Lost Coast, Mendocino County, and Big Sur in our watery playground. Read more in Finding the Lost Coast. And Big Sur from the Top, and. In a larger map. Looking at Vancouver on the map when we were in China, it seemed so close …. We rode as fast as our 48cc’s could muster through the south of Thailand, with …. Lois on the Loose.

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Media | bugsonmyboard

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Long Way for a Wave. Magazine called up for a chat about surfing the. The interview appeared in the September 2014 Issue of. Tales of surfing the. Of Africa featured in Issue 10 of Australia’s. Magazine from November, 2014. Featured a story about our motosurf adventures called. In Issue 10 ,. Our local paper in Santa Cruz, the. Called into Egypt for a Skype chat about completing the circumnavigation of Africa. The story is featured in the February 25th, 2015 issue of the Good Times. A story of finding.

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Get ’em to the Greeks | bugsonmyboard

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Long Way for a Wave. Get ’em to the Greeks. Posted on March 9, 2015. We rolled off the ship in Athens with rain stinging our faces, which set us immediately wondering why in the world we’d landed ourselves in Europe in February. We ran around Athens looking for anything ancient looking that we were supposed to be gawking at and stood around gawking at it. At the Acropolis we pondered the ideas of the ancient philosophers and at the temple of Zeus we paid homage to the god of sky and thunder. We were in b...

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Barreling through the Balkans | bugsonmyboard

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Long Way for a Wave. Barreling through the Balkans. Posted on April 27, 2015. Turkey had been a fantastic place, but after weeks of riding through snowy mountain passes we were ready to move on. You might say that we were ready to quit cold Turkey. We left the towering pillars of Istanbul’s Blue Mosque in the distance, riding for the Bulgarian border. We didn’t quite make it before dark so we motored into the forest and found a spot to make our camp for the night and cook up some dinner. Scattered all ov...

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Castles, Caves, and River Waves | bugsonmyboard

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Long Way for a Wave. Castles, Caves, and River Waves. Posted on May 15, 2015. With only a few countries in Europe still ahead, completion of the trip felt so close, but with the Alps still ahead and a road weary bike beneath us, the finish line began to recede from grasp. Climbing goat trails, rattling down corrugated roads, and sucking diesel dust. She’d done all this with a minimum of fuss and I didn’t even get her some new shoes until the soles peeled right off the ones she was wearing back on the...

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Turkish Delight | bugsonmyboard

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Long Way for a Wave. Posted on March 25, 2015. As we sped across the narrow channel separating the Greek Island of Chios from Turkey, I thought surf hunting was finished for a while, but I was getting used to being wrong. The Mediterranean coast of Turkey reminds me of the Big Sur Coast of Northern California with limestone cliffs shooting up dramatically from the blue waters below. Hardly worth the trouble, eh? The next stop on the Turkish moto express was even more rad than Ephesos. It might look l...