Boring Site

Things have been busy for the Midnight Runners. Sorry we haven't been adding any new stories. We've surfed about three times since the end of summer but no pics. Rat also went to Jersey as the Captain of the Swedish surf team who did quite well considering the competition. We're waiting for some waves to come and as it seems, we're mostly going to have to be weekend warriors since weekdays seem to be filled up with other projects. Hope all you readers are well and hopefully we'll be back in action on this thing.

Jay

Nice!

Last week we finally got the first taste of autumn when we got a nice (but not super big) surf..
It was solid enough and there were a few really long rides to be had..We checked out one spot first before deciding to hit another place and we were rewarded with solid lefts prealing off..nice..Kojak,me Heath and Woodsy made the journey and it was worth it..no pics cause it was pissing down rain but memories are good i guess..hope to get some pics up for you's soon..peace..DA RAT

Finally it's starting again..sorry about the lack of posts this summer but the surf has been crap and I have been renovating at home..and since no-one else hardly ever writes anything on here it's been as dry as a desert for a while on the blog side!!
Luckily the surf has come alive again and we are lookin forward to a few nice ones...yes..norrland gets good and we hope we get some good stuff tomorrow..wish us luck and i'll try to get a few pics up after..peace and ...yaaaahhhhoooooooooooooo..(da rat)

Sheepo/Seppo/Superswede BBQ!

Ratty turns 48..the crew gets together, Snare-ole and the kapten turn up (all the way from oz) and we get into a few 'shutthafuckups'
Jay holding the evenings warning sign, warning for unstable adults at night on the street.

the boys cookin up a feast
gettin on it
i thought jay was han solo but after a few coldies he reveals his true identity as bobba fett!
Rat transforms a transformer as the kapten scrutinizes the action thru his superreflectospyglasses
2 of the younger generation of surfers hittin the nintendo pretty hard

(Johan) Aaaw man, we had a great time at Ratman´s house. Great food and great company is a kick-ass combination!

2 Awesome days

Thursday was truly epic..it's hard to describe what it feels like to be paddling out in sweden watching 4ft perfect barrells steamrolling thru unridden..Frexi got there first again (of course) and scored it bigger than what we got but at one stage we were just 3 aussies sitting out the back watching waves break and shaking our heads in disbelief..it could have been anywhere really good in the world and here we were 3 aussies in the north of sweden getting filthy surf all alone..the crew was there as well, Johan and the others but unfortunately Jay couldn't make it.
I forgot my bloody camera and no-one else had one but i heard via the grapevine that someone caught a few waves on video so we'll see if we can dig it up,,,

On friday the swell went south..i was watching it on the net and saw it comin'..i couldn't go so i rang frexi to tell him to get there..he answers the phone and says he's standing in the carpark at the spot trying to drag his wetty on as fast as he could cause it was puuuuuumping..frexi said it was bigger and even better than the day before at the other spot on a north swell..lucky him..he says he got a few shots when he got out at 11pm after surfing for 4 hrs..he said it had backed off a bit but was still pumping so i hope to get a few pics up from yesterday..
Isn't it horrible when you know the surfs pumping and you just cant' get there..it worse than turning up and finding it flat, at least you tried....pray for a few more summer midnight sessions before the light fades and the temps drop again lads..peace from DA RAT

Wohoooo!

(Johan) Tomorrow it´s going off again, suuuuuper stoked to be able to go! It´ll be me, Björn, Heath, Woodsy and Pontus. Ratman´s gonna hook up from his summer home. WoooooooohOOOOOO!

kick arse

It's been insanely good weather here for about a week now with 36 degs yesterday and 31 today..went out on the boat and took the kids for a spin behind with the special ringthing that 2 people can sit in and you drag behind the boat..nice..the only problem with that is that when the weather is good the surf is flat..hope it starts blowing and raining again soon..hahahahaha

Time for an update!

(Johan) So far, both the surf and the sun has been completely absent this summer. Until a couple of days ago, when the weather switched, so we got the next best thing to waves, SUN!
Jay is off on the west coast, enjoying the real salty ocean, having a great time.

I thought I´d post some random pics just for the hell of it.

Ratman posing after surf in his school tie, draped in the Aussie flag. (He does this after every surf...)
This is the kind of poo(l)s we market in Sweden.

My son Jacob (5 yrs old) is a kick-ass skateboarder

I really hope we get some waves soon, then the summer`d be pretty damn perfect. Peace