in october the rat went to jersey in the channel islands and was the team manager for the swedish surf team...a full story with pics is coming soon!
both sweden and norway have delivered good surf again this year and it looks like boxing day is going to produce the goods in sweden..it's gunna be -6 and snowing though and 3-4 degs in the water...brrrrr,,,,
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)
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!
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
(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!
(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
7.5 degs in the water, i guess about 10 degs out and nooooooo wind..the swell rolles in..and...
frexi taking off on a really nice one
bailin' out in front of another juicy one. See his head?
the crew Woodsy, Kojak and the Gnarly 'Cutterman' before the surf minus frexi (unfortunately not in this pic, nor i for that matter)
An aftersurf midnightsun (cloud haha) photo.
The 'Runners' score again, but frexi scored it best and all to himself for 3 hours before we got there....wish we'd gotten there earlier!!!
I'm stingin for a surf..get ready for a few serious waves boys..it don't get better than this prognosis..lookin gooooooooood..Yeeeehooooooo I can't wait!!!..Peace from da rat
Our team member Mr Frexi Jansson got it REALLY good last thurs morning..
(RAT) Hello fellow bloggers!
Here we are back in Östersund after a week in the cold waters of Norway during winter (but warmer waters than in Sweden!!!)
It's a risky business booking a week of surfing 2 months in advance because it can just turn out that the week you have booked can turn out dead flat, totally howling onshore or out of control, unsurfable, massive slop! However, it can also turn out really good if you have the luck! 
Unfortunately, 2 days before we were due to leave, Johan had to pull out because of work and family commitments, but it was lucky that Heath was there, otherwise it wouldn't have been as fun driving with just 2 of us in the car..It's always more fun with a gang..
and we arrived just on dark to a 6ft offshore swell and no-one out, as usual.. Olav takin' off..
We decided to get settled in and set to work immediately by making a reasonably large dent in a case of coldies as a warm up for the surf the next day ..hahahaha. 
We woke up the next morning and settled into a week of tasty waves ranging from 3-7ft..yum yum--here are some of the pics. hope you enjoy!!
Ducking under a nice one 
Heath paddling out 
Olav The Viking chargin' a killer right, never afraid!
Jarrand from Norway doing a cutty
Sweet left.
Heath goin for broke on this close out
After a quick bite to eat the boys construct a game plan
Jarrand goin for it,he didn't make it but it's a really nice photo! 
Jarrand with a nice backside barrel 
Ratman 
Ratman with the cool bottom turn
Olav taking a rest after a long day of surfing
Ratman at the guillotine
Ratman slotted 
Still slotted 
Jarrand goin for it
does he make it??
Nope. but nice try
Rat on a sweet left 
Rat showin the lip who's boss. 
Floater 
Ratman setting up
to indie grab,
to floater,
to 3½ foot free fall and pulls it. 
Jarrand takin off
Rat on another clean left 
To the sweeping hack
Just there.
being beautiful
Ratman slotted again
Still in the pit and into the close out, and got slammed.haha..and loved it!!
2 of the lads after a nice session.
