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Members Profiles
Full Name: Jeffrey Neil Arnold
Nickname: Bully
Date of birth: 17/01/49
Family: N/A
Hometown: Tweed Heads
Birth Place: Bilinga, Coolangatta
Height: 5’7
Stance: Shitfoot
How many boards: 12
Length range: 6’ to 9’6
Shaper: Wayne Deane
Sponsors: Okanui
Years Surfing: 25
How did you start surfing: Hired surfboards from John Charlton at Kirra. Also Billy Rack at Greenmount
Years surfing competitively: 20
Competition strategy: Have fun and surf good
Career highlight: 1st Australian old mal 1996/1997and 1st Qld old mal
Ambitions: Win an Australian Longboard Title
Main surf breaks: Snapper, Rainbow, Greenmount
Favourite surf break: Rainbow Bay
People you surf with the most: The local crew + Terry Taylor
Occupation: Bricklayer
Other Interests: My family
Surfing Hero’s: Wayne Deane, Kelly Slater
Favorite Food: Mexican
Sixty Seconds with Bully Arnold
Brief overview of Mentawais Surfing Safari
I am sitting here with Bully, having a couple of coldies (how unusual) thought everyone might be interested in the highlights of his recent trip.
Bully how would you describe your trip?
As you know I am not one to stray too far from home, however I must admit it was and experience that I will remember for a long time and would most certainly recommend it to anyone looking for this type of holiday.
How was the flight over?
Like everyone we weren’t looking forward to the flight, after meeting up with my fellow travellers at Brisbane Airport and sinking a few coldies it was onto the plane for a 7 hour trip to Singapore where we all had a cat nap before our next 2 hour flight to Panang. We managed to down a few beers on the flight and to our surprise we landed in good condition, we were all looking forward to boarding the boat and setting sail on our surfing and fishing safari.
How was the boat?
I must admit that it was first class all the way, the food and the service provided was really great and the crew made you feel right at home. The other guys on the trip were just as keen as me to enjoy themselves and make the most of the trip which we did.
Now the important question how was the surf?
At times it was great, however it was a little inconsistent but that is the luck of the draw, as we all know. Some days the guys surfed mal’s as the waves were to small for their shortboards. We visited a lot of reefs but due to the small conditions and low tides it was not always that good, however we did manage to get a surf everyday.
Did you visit any of the Islands?
There are some beautiful unspoilt islands around that part of the world and we managed to make a few of the locals laugh with our aussie humour. I can certainly understand why these islands are classed as third world, the people there seem to have a very short lifespan compared with ours, they live off the land and whatever they can scrouge, however they seem to be very happy and content with their lives.
Would you take the trip again?
Definitely given the opportunity, it would be great if a few of the crew could make it to. The flight back was very tiring after such a restful two weeks, however it was good to get back and see my family and friends.
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