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About Us Laurie- surfer, yogi, retreat founder and camp councelor Laurie
grew up surfing as a grommet in the mecca of Australian surfing locations,
the Gold Coast. Burleigh Heads, Kirra and the Super
Bank were all local breaks. At age 16 his wanderlust took him
on the classic Australian pilgrimage to Indonesia. In fact he was
one of the youngest surfers to surf G Land (Grajagan) back in ’85. Grajagan was the worlds first ' real' surf camp in its truest sence. Living in a tree house in the remote jungle of southern Sumatra, tiger prints in the sand, 8-10 ft perfect barrelling lefts, peeling mindlessly down the reef. Life couldn,t be better. He was hooked ! His wanderlust has remained strong ever since and he continues whenever possible to travel and surf the globe. Laurie is also a professional sailor and yacht Captain and has logged over 50,000 nautical miles, visiting over 60 of the worlds countries, successfully combining surfing and sailing as both a profession and a passion. He has practiced Yoga since
he was a teenager keen to incorporate the benefits into
his surfing practice. Recently he completed his Yoga teacher’s
training course in the Sivananda Ashram located In the Carribean on Paradise Island
in the Bahamas and it has now become his mission to work with Yoga
aspirants of all levels. When not pondering the rise and fall of the Dow Jones index, Laurie can be found swinging in his hammock in Tipi Valley, Portugal conjuring up schemes of exploration and adventure. - Om shanti - |
When he finaly returned to Australia the hunger for exotic waves and world travel had not wained and he went on to live 2 years in California,
1 year on Hawaiis North Shore, 2 years in Japan and over 3 in
South Africa and Zanzibar before venturing to Europe and settling
in Portugal.