A CELEBRATION
OF OCEAN.
DESTINATION ADVENTURE
Develop an unparalleled appreciation of the ocean from one of the world’s
most celebrated watermen, the legendary Trevor Hendy.Lord Howe Island:
seriously passionate ocean swimmers,
many routinely travel the world to swim
exciting and beautiful passages and
channels, be they in the Pacific, the
Adriatic, the Aegean or the
Medditerranean, and they all want to
return to Lord Howe next year.”
This is hardly surprising. Most people
who enjoy the sea would jump at the
opportunity to lope across the lagoon
behind Hendy. More than this, Outdoor
suggests that one lap across the lagoon
would most probably be enough to
cultivate a lifelong yearning to swimocean? And where better to offer these
teachings than the drop-dead gorgeous
Lord Howe Island lagoon? Sign me up,
please.
“We just finished four swim weeks,
basically we were in the sea for the
entirety of February, and Trevor stayed
with us the entire time. During the swim
weeks, we plotted a different line each
day — either in the lagoon, or at Neds or
Blinky Beach, depending on the weather,”
Luke Hanson, Director of Pinetrees
Lodge told Outdoor recently.
“Our swimming groups compriseT
revor Hendy is, hands down,
one of the greatest watermen
to ever ride the crest of a
monster wave. His knowledge
of the ebbs and f lows of barrelling surf
and oceanic currents is up there with the
best of them. In his heyday, he was
perhaps the greatest of them all. His
knowledge and instinctive feel for the
ocean often resulted in him beating
Olympic-class pool swimmers during
open water swimming battles. Who
better, then, to offer instruction on how to
best appreciate an extended dip in the98 / Outdoor