"I have not been back to Western Australia for 10 years. My last trip was pretty epic so I knew it would take a lot to top it. It has been a pretty rubbish start to the windsurf season in the UK and Ireland so I started to look further afield for wind and waves. I saw that Western Australia was looking pretty good for swell but wind at this time of the year is always a big gamble. Not putting too much faith in my antipodean meteorological skills, I consulted the guys at Severne who gave me the thumbs up to book my flight. Thirty seven hours later, I find myself in the middle of the Western Australian desert armed with my ice box, a crate of beer, "snaggers" (sausages), my Starboard Quads and my Severne Blades. For the next 8 days, I sailed and surfed every single day in pretty much perfection... I probably banked 6 hours in the water every day; more than enough to get rid of the jet lag! I met loads of new and old friends, that is the great thing about traveling alone, you meet people you wouldn't normally meet if you travel with a group. One thing I really did forget was how much the Aussies love beer, they drink it like water!"

- Timo Mullen (IR-69)