John Callahan's pictures of surf in China

News:
The 2nd Russian Surfing Championship has started in Bali these days.
The Russian pavilion at the World EXPO 2010 in Shanghai has welcomed the 2 millionth visitor. Overall amount of EXPO visitors already exceeded 20 million. That's around 400 thousand people everyday. That's like a half of my hometown's population! This summer I swim in human ocean here in Shanghai.
And my hometown Vladivostok celebrates its 150 anniversary today! Vladivostok is one of a few places in Russia where you can surf. Love you!

Thanks to Michele from Sardinia island (Italy) for the link to this article about pro-surfers' trip to the islands of Greater China. Hope Michele caught the swell he was waiting for in China. The article in in Italian so I can't read it. But there are some really nice photos by John Callahan which I haven't seen before:

Here's what Michele has shared about his personal experience of wave search in China:
«Before Zhujiajian I went to Shengsi island which is closer to Shanghai pushed by this article.
Wetsand foresaw 10 feet swell with period 9s, it was late october. I found 30 cm, windy, mellow waves and pure chocolate water. Unsurfable.
Zhujiajian is much better at least for water quality which is acceptable. It was almost flat anyway. I went there departing from Nanpu bridge by bus, 5h to get to Ningbo to catch a ferry to Zhoushan island and then reach zhujiajian by taxi through the bridge that connect it to zhoushan. Total trip time: more than 6 hours. Exhausting.»

Note: Direct flight to Bali from Shanghai takes about 5 hours.
Aloha!

Обзор новостей:
На Бали начался 2й чемпионат России по серфингу.
Российский павильон на Всемирной выставке ЭКСПО 2010 в Шанхае принял на днях 2-миллионного посетителя. А вся эта ЭКСПО — уже 20 миллионов. Этим летом я живу в человеческом океане.
Владивостоку сегодня исполняется 150 лет.

Среднюю (и в общем-то главную) часть поста я написала на русском и случайно удалила. Набирать заново не набирается. Пост на английском, надеюсь, получился понятный всем.

Хозяйке на заметку: прямой рейс Шанхай-Бали занимает часов 5.
Алоха!