Stellar Monday

February 6, 2017

OMG! This morning was a cracker.

Did you sleep well last night with this heat? Probably not... The beach was packed at 5:30am, so many early birds going in the water to cool off.

No training for me this morning, way too hot and my running partner bailed. I just took some photos whilst Bruno was droning then I went for a swim with my daughter and my wife - perfect morning!

Have a great week guys and chat to you tomorrow as always,

BOOM!

Usual suspects

February 3, 2017

Morning guys,

Today was really quiet, only the usual suspects were down there: Keiron, the Little & Connell family, the Bodell sisters, Uge with his two boys, the Guillaumes (x2) and David.

They are the ones that like me can't start their day without their dose of sand and salt water.

Have a great weekend guys,

BOOM!

Besides the fact that they are beautiful, what do they have in common? Well, their name is Charlotte

As mentioned yesterday on Instagram, the best day to go to the Icebergs is Friday!

Icebergs Love

February 1, 2017

Morning my friends,

That's right the photos are not from this morning, it was far from being an inspiring morning down there and to be honest after half a decade of taking photos everyday of the beach, sometimes you can allow yourself a cheat day.

That's right, 5 years that I have started Morning Bondi!! Incredible! How do I know? LinkedIn just reminded it to me by celebrating my "work anniversary". Not really work, more a "hobby anniversary" that fits quite nicely with my lifestyle. Thanks so much guys for the ongoing support, I still can't believe all the love that I have received for all these years. You rock my friends!

For all the ones that have been following Morning Bondi for quite a while, you would know about my obsession for the Bondi Icebergs. I take photos of it almost everyday. I love it when it's full of people, magical, in summer or in winter, when it's almost still or when it's getting hammered by the waves crashing. One of my favourite shots of all time is actually one of the Icebergs: 'First in, first ripples'.

The photos below are photos that I took last Saturday. We went for a morning swim with my wife and daughter. I usually don't take photos on weekends but this time I had to make an exception.

Wow that was a lot to write, I'm exhausted... ;)

PS: For the ones that really want to see what this morning was looking like, check my Instagram Story @MorningBondi - I put two photos of it, you just need to click on my profile pic.

When you don't have any other options than putting your mask on...

Sticky Tuesday

January 31, 2017

Morning my friends!

Brace yourself folks it's going to be another hot one in Sydney. It was already 26 degrees at 5:30am and it's going to go up to 35 degrees apparently. Either you are lucky and you can spend your time in the water or like me you are actually glad to go the office and stay in the AC all day. ;)

We went for a gym sesh with the gang, to do reps of push/pull/abs exercises - just to be able to drink more beers on weekends really, then swim in NoBo (North Bondi for the hipsters) and up to SoBo (South Bondi) for coffee.

Life is a beach my friends I can tell you...

Stay cool and enjoy the photos!

When the light break through behind NoBo and you are still at the gym... Love it!

Look at the sky! (with my favourite building in the foreground)

Best product placement - well played Lekker. I like the new electric bike — Best product placement - well played **Lekker.** I like the new electric bike

"I'm a little pancake on my back, I'm a little pancake – nice and flat. I'm a little pancake on my back, Flip me over and bounce me back." That's the song that I sing to my daughter when we go to swim-class

The Giant Hammam

January 30, 2017

Hot, sticky & hazy - that was what this morning was all about.

When I arrived down the beach at 6am, I couldn't see North Bondi, the haze was all over the place. Pretty special morning if you ask me.

We went for a run up to Dudley Page Reserve in Dover Heights with Patrick then back to Chapter One for coffee and swim with Julius.

Hope you all had a great weekend, mine was pretty awesome, spending some time with my family & friends.

Have a great week guys!

Ciao!

This is what the horizon line was looking like...

Quiet Friday

January 27, 2017

Today was unusually quiet down there - especially for a Friday.

Was it because we are post-Australia Day and most people took the day off or because of the moody weather?!

Anyway I went down there with my daughter for our usual coffee & photos, caught up with a few mates and back home.

I'm actually working today so I need to go...

Here are the photos from this morning.

Happy camper! Grant Trebilco from OneWave

Summerless

January 25, 2017

Summer, where are you today?! Gone for the day but should be back tomorrow for Straya Day! That's all it matters really.

The morning was well pretty grey BUT I was with my daughter, my mates and the colours of the water was incredible. Always trying to see the positive side of things.

Have a good one my friends and tomorrow don't expect photos, I will have a little sleep in and enjoy Australia Day like everyone else.

I might put one or two shots on Instagram if it's worthwhile - if you are not doing it already follow me on Morning Bondi HERE and on my personal one HERE

Ciao!

When it's time to go to work and you take the last one up to the shore like a boss

Colourful

January 24, 2017

OMG! What a stunning morning down there!

The colours in the sky and the crystal clear water were just unreal. I actually had to stop from exercising to grab my camera and take a snap (the first one) - too good to miss out!

As every Tuesday we went jungle gymming in North Bondi then decided to go for a run-swim-run just for fun (it was actually not fun at all!) and then the usual coffee & photos all the way South Bondi.

Hope you had a great morning!

Boom!

Protect your skin! by Pretty Shady. Artwork by Steen Jones

One hour.

January 23, 2017

This morning I only stayed an hour down the beach which is quite rare - I usually spend between an hour and half and two hours every morning.

In this one hour, we succeeded to squeeze in so much: run up to Bronte and back, coffee at Chapter One, photos & drone and swim. So nice! Hope you had a great morning too.

Tonight from 6:30 to 8:30pm, the Bondi Surf Club is organising their first Community Talk Series -it's going be about Sun and Beach Safety with Dr John de Launey and Bruce Hopkins ‘Hoppo’. It's free and it promises to be good fun. You can read more about it here.

Have a great week my friends!

Ciao!

Stuck in a rip before? Go to this Bondi Surf Club talk tonight

Jealous, I wish I had my surfboard with me this morning

11 months.

January 20, 2017

I know it has nothing to do with this morning but this is how old my daughter is today. Time flies! To celebrate her monthbirthday, I went down the beach with her. She loves it!

Caught-up with Hamish, Julius and Simon at the coffee shop then photos and quick walk on the sand - unfortunately no swim today. No worries, I will go afterwork. We have what we call our Summer Fridays, finishing at 3pm every Fridays during Summer. How good is that?!

Hope you had a great morning and have a fab weekend my friends,

Amaury

Blanc de blanc

January 19, 2017

Morning my friends,

Well well well... This morning was definitely different than yesterday, it was colourless and obviously not 31 degrees. Meaning the beach was way less busy and the photos not as impressive.

As every Thursday we went to the jungle gym North Bondi for a quick and intense session of bar exercise and abs. By the way, if there are some people from the Waverley Council reading this, it would be great to fix the three bars that went missing - just sayin'.

Then the usual swim & coffee at Chapter One.

Have a lovely day my friends!

Ciao!

31 degrees

January 18, 2017

Scorcher!

OMG! 31 degrees at 6am. Did you sleep well? I personally didn't and was awake since 4:30am with the little one that wouldn't sleep.

When I arrived down the beach at 6am, it was packed. See below not 4, 5, 6 photos but 10.

Enjoy!

When you rock up the first one at the Bergs...

Guillaume Hauvespre enjoying his last 4 weeks in Bondi before going back home. Bondi is going to miss you mate! — Guillaume Hauvespre enjoying his last 4 weeks in Bondi before going back home. Bondi is going to miss you mate!

Summer Daze

January 17, 2017

OMG! What a morning my friends!

Today was just the perfect summer morning with heaps of happy people training, walking, running, swimming and surfing. Really hard to beat a morning like this...

No words would give justice to how amazing it was down there so here is the selection of photos.

BOOM!

When you decide to go for a swim with a couple of mates...

Le Lundi au Soleil

January 16, 2017

Bonjour my friends,

As some of you might already know, I'm French and in France we have a famous song by Claude François called Le Lundi au Soleil which means Sunny Monday. Is that a pretty terrible song?! God yeah but ehh at least you've learnt something today. Here it is if you want to give it a go: https://youtu.be/u2gYndiOTkg

Today was pretty amazing, we went for a run up to Dover Heights with Patrick, then swim by myself and quick coffee with Hamish, Franck & Simon.

Hope you had a great weekend, it was a pretty amazing one. Check this photo that I took on Saturday arvo - stunning!

Have a great week guys,

Amaury

Friday the 13th.

January 13, 2017

Are you superstitious? I'm not but always good to know that today is Friday the 13th.

For a Friday, it was really calm and peaceful down there - probably not in the surf though. 1000's of surfers for one wave, this is what surfing in Bondi is all about.

We went for a sand run with the gang (god, it hurts when you haven't done it for a while), then the usual swim, coffee & photos.

A local guy, Fernando, reached out to me yesterday and asked me if I would share his newest clip, I said I would so here you go. All shot in Bondi with locals and tourists. I really like the song and the spirit so here you go guys. Watch it here: http://bit.ly/HiagroundMB If you like it, give them a follow on their YouTube channel and go at El Topo tonight at 9pm to see them performing it live. Go boys!

Have a great weekend folks,

Amaury

Red carpet is way overrated, go for orange cones...

Hey good looking! That's my mate Simon Debnam

Dangerous currents

January 12, 2017

Waves are back and the current pretty strong. Try the "backpacker rip" in South Bondi and you are sent to New Zealand in no time. ;)

The sunrise was alright with some great pink-orange colours in the sky, the water rough but pretty amazing, always good to do some body bashing before work.

Hope you had a great one,

Ciao!

Amaury

Sweaty Wednesday

January 11, 2017

Oh my gawd! At 6am, it was already hot and sticky!

Be ready my friends, we are expecting 38 degrees today. I'm actually glad to go to the office and sit under the AC.

This morning I went down the beach with my little girl who woke up earlier than usual. I love spending my mornings with her but god when it's that warm, the Babybjörn is a torture. No swim for me today but it was so tempting...

Stay cool my friends and thanks for the constant support on Facebook, blog & Instagram. You rock my friends!

Lake Bondi

January 10, 2017

Morning guys,

Today was flat as a French crepe... Not one wave, just an amazing flat lake.

We went jungle gymming with the crew in North Bondi, then swim, coffee, photos and even some droning action. We saw the famous seal swimming in the bay and my good mate Bruno from Le Cut Studio captured it with his drone. He's going to release the video in a couple of hours, check it out here.

Chat to you tomorrow as always,

Amaury

Sun-sational!

January 9, 2017

OMG! What an amazing start of the week!

This morning was just incredible... Sun-sational sunrise, Bondi to Bronte run, catch-up with all my mates and the water was just delicious! Really hard to beat a morning like this!

Hope you had a great weekend. Mine was pretty full on with heaps of catch-ups and surf sessions. The virtual reality experience didn't help neither, I went to Rio, Egypt, Dubai, Hamilton Island and even to space in just two days. Read the full story here: http://bit.ly/DaydreamMB Merci Google!

Have a great week guys and as always stay cool (especially under this heat!!)

BOOM!

Morning Bondi crew (From left to right: Julius, Pierre, Hamish, Emilie & Max)

Fab Friday!

January 6, 2017

I know what you are going to tell me, how can you say that it's fabulous when it's pouring down outside. Well, this morning at 6am it wasn't and the sky was just incredible.

I'm usually not getting excited about grey sky but this morning was just amazeball. The contrast between the dark clouds and the blue indiglo water, the cloud rise, yes I'm not talking about sunrise but the clouds. Wow!

After all this, it started to bucket down and that was slightly less fun...

Have a great weekend peeps and chat to you on Monday!

BOOM!

Setting up the beach... It's going to be a quiet one!

You've gotta love what you do... Selfie post-Morning Bondi - totally drenched!

Les archives. Another day, another rainy day… As I could see it was not raining, I ventured down much later than usual, around 6:45 am. I just arrived and a light drizzle started. What are the chances?! I joined my mates for a quick dip in the ocean and coffee at Chapter One (my unofficial gallery, they have five of my prints on the wall). Still worth going out, if you ask me… Have a great day my friends and stay warm as it’s a bit nippy at the moment. Ciao, Amo PS: I’m going camping this weekend with a bunch of mates but pretty sure I don’t have the right equipment to cope with the cold. I only have a summer sleeping bag… It’s going to be fun, they say. 🤦🏽‍♂️🥶

Rainy days. Do you know what rainy days mean? It means archive days. Here are photos from the past couple of months, most of them were my second favourite ones so you wouldn’t have seen them before. As you know, I love doing my Morning Bondi routine but it actually takes so much time. I’m talking about the photo bit especially. At the moment, I take photos from 6:30ish when the sun is up for roughly 30-40 minutes, then selection of the good photos for 20 mins, light edit the best ones for 10 mins, then write the morning blurb for 3-5 mins (I tend not to overthink this, as you can tell), then upload of each individual photos on the blog for 10 minutes, then newsletter for 5 minutes, then Instagram for 3 minutes, Facebook 3 minutes and Instagram Story 3 minutes. Basically, around 1.5 hours on average. So yes sometimes, I’m glad when it’s raining as I’m saving so much time. Have a beautiful day, despite the weather, and chat with you tomorrow, Xoxo Amo

Golden Sea. Slow start this morning, it was pretty average unless you could wait up to 8am (I couldn’t) to see the sun popping out behind the curtain of clouds. It was all about the golden reflection of the hidden sun on the water. Gold 24-carat for a few minutes. I don’t have much to tell you today except that if you live locally and love ‘Shark Tank’ TV show, you will love the local version of it. It’s called the Bondi Innovation Shark Tank organised by the @bondichamber and it’s next Wednesday at @hotelravesis You can find all the deets in the media release and book your tickets on the blog. I’m going with my awesome business partner Mary Proulx and supporting Sam Cust, one of the sharks (I think that’s what we call them). If you come down, let’s have a beer and break bread (what I love the most about our business name is that the puns are endless). I loaf you! (see) Amo

Nothing to worry about, it's just a tornado off North Bondi, ... 🌪️😲 I took this photo this morning around 9:30 am. I was shooting with @versefinejewellery in South Bondi when we saw this waterspout tornado coming out of nowhere. Scary much? Look closely and you can see the person around Ben Buckler's cliffs running for his life... That's all folks!

Pure Heaven. What another beautiful start to the day! While yesterday was all about big waves, today was all about the mad reflo on the sand - absolutely stunning. I was sitting just next to Morning Bondi HQ and was snapping like a maniac. Have a cracking weekend and subscribe to the newsletter if you want to see the photos earlier in the day - new Morning Bondi formula. ;) Xoxo Amo

Bombastic. OMG, what an incredible morning! It's a very late update as I had a pretty busy day and didn't have a chance to post before now. The newsletter was out around 10am though, so subscribe to it if you want to see the photos before everyone else. It was honestly one of the best mornings we've had for a little while. The light, the waves and the surfers braving the waves. Xoxo Amo

Low-tide goodness. What a stunning morning! Today was all about the low-tide gold reflection. It was just the perfect conditions for photos. The problem, only a few people out including two metal hunters. I was with fellow Frenchy @dianeperreau all morning. I reckon she’s the most popular French person in Sydney. So many people are stopping her every morning to have a chat and take a selfie with her. Have a lovely day my friends, Ciao, Amo

Into the wild. What a cracker of a morning! For a change of scenery, I ventured down to Bronte this morning. I reckon I made the right choice, it was just an incredible show. I was with my mate @paolocattaneophoto for the entire morning and we were just looking at the waves rolling in. Bronte Pool was the best place in da house. If you follow me on Instagram, you would have seen the very rare video of me talking to the camera. With @bread_agency, my agency, I recently started working with the team from @in2thewild.aus, the best tiny houses business around. In order to have a better understanding of the experience, the client kindly invited me to go for a couple of days with my wife and daughter. Real legends, best onboarding! The whole experience was amazing - especially for someone like me that is pretty hyperactive. I just ‘re-wilded’ for two days. Even though the network was working where we were, I put my phone in airplane mode the whole weekend and made the most of the experience. The tiny house was kitted with all the things that you need, all the products in there are premium and sourced from ethical brands. Let’s be honest the firepit and outdoor bath were the highlights for me. I would highly recommend it to anyone, especially if you are like me and struggle to switch off. They are running a Winter Campaign which is all about swapping your usual beach days for days in the wild. You can book one of the 46 cabins all around Australia using the link in my Stories to get up to 20% off this winter OR alternatively try your luck entering the simple giveaway that they are organising on their Insta. You can thank me later! Xoxo Amo

Monday Madness. This is a very late update compared to usual but busy day today. This morning was just nuts down the beach. I only took a few photos before having to rush to an early meeting in the city. The swell should still be here tomorrow, so go and have a look if you can. Xoxo Amo

FriYay. How’s everyone today? After two days in Melbs (Melbourne for the hipsters), I’m back in the hood. What a morning! Incredible light, the surf was ON and the Icebergs was packed - perfect for photo ops. This morning I caught up with my mate Ben, a fellow Frenchy that I haven’t seen for years. We hung out around the Bergs and finished with a swim in South Bondi - how original. Enjoy your weekends my friends. Mine is going to be pretty epic. I’m going into the wild, literally. That’s right, I’m going to one of @in2thewild.aus’s tiny houses. More on this subject later. Stay tuned people! Have a cracking weekend, Lots of love, Amo

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