Gotta love the underwater photography that Eugene Tan from Aquabumps produces. Although he’s currently on a boat surfing the Indonesian archipelagos, he still ensures his subscribers receive his free emails each day. And with photos like these, I’m glad he does.
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Alex said | 20 July, 2006
Uge is amazing! haha i can’t seem to go a day without his early morning surf report of the old bondi 
Jake said | 23 July, 2006
Aquabumps is the best thing invented since chunky steak meat pies (plus free sauce) and a jam donut from the local bakery for a post-surf pigout.
Uge has been running this site for a while now, and has established a real community feel within this site. He even throws the odd offline bumpn part-ay here and there (I managed to get to one of them last year, had a sick time out on the lawn behind Bondi pavilion with plenty of beeries, a dj and whole heap of good times).
If anything, subscribe to the aquabumps daily newsletter out of pure boredom. I work an office job, and this brightens my day up every day. (Except when the surf is good, and I a stuck in my stupid cubicle…)
Zac said | 23 July, 2006
Yeah, I started receiving Uge\’s emails when we were working together at a digital agency. I think back then there were a few dozen \’subscribers\’ … and not long afterwards he brought down the entire firm\’s email gateway while sending out his emails
::Uge said | 23 July, 2006
Thanks for the kind words. It still freaks me out when I write the daily report that 20,000 are gonna read it and look at the pics. Had no intention of it becoming something bigger – let alone being my full time job!
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Andy said | 19 July, 2006
I love Uge’s pics and look forward to the Aquabumps email every day. Loving the photos beaming over from Indo at the moment, to anyone who isn’t a subscriber: you’re missing out!
Even if you’re not a surfer I’m sure you can still appreciate the beautiful photography. I think Uge has close to 20,000 subscribers, and after reading his emails for over a year I’m not surprised by that number one bit.