I just recently moved from the high rise Ive been living in to a classic little place opposite the beach. One of the great things about that is when the conditions are right, I can just grab my housing and walk out the front door in my wetsuit and shoot a few … pretty cool These are some of the little beach breaks out the front yesterday 20th June...
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Cruised down to Fingal Head last week with Feral Dave and a few of his riders. We tried Letitia spit near the sand pumping jetty but the peaks were shifting around so much it was no good for shooting from the water. So we decided to look for something else. We found a nice little bank in front of the Surf Club at Fingal, it was pretty small but the water temperature was great and crystal clear. I got a few nice shots of some tiny tubes as well as a few of the boys…...
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The swell keeps hanging around… It seems like the waves havent got under 3 feet for over 2 months now. There were great waves over the weekend . I didnt pick up the camera on the weekend but had a great surf at Duranbah and surprised myself by picking up a few nice peaks in the school holiday crowd. Shaun Harington was out there ripping on an old brown board. I saw him on one wave, backdoor the peak taking off pigdogging goofy (switchfoot) and then switch foot back,...
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Theres been a lot of talk about Kirra being back….. Well Im here to tell you that’s all a load of crap. There’s still billions of tons of sand filling in the break that was once the infamous Kirra. Sure theres been some great waves out in front of the Big groyne lately, courtesy of cyclone Jasper. But the reality is if you went any further down the line, from Big groyne, it was almost impossible to take off without Jetski assistance. Sure you can call it...
Read MoreThe release and premiere of the movie ‘Searching for Michael Peterson’ truly struck a bottom turn in my heart. It was not your usual pump up the hydraulic plumbing macho fluid stuff. Sure the rip tear and lacerate of ‘MP’ the father of modern high performance surfing was……. oh yeah baby!!!…. Show me the money!!! But it also had a humanity and respect for Michael’s condition that set it a cut above. Jolyon Hoff the producer needs to be applauded and...
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Ive only been down to the Quiksilver Pro a few times while its been on and was lucky enough to go out on a boat and photograph the Trials. Where I got some excellent shots of Ashley Smith and Corey Ziems the winners of the Trials Theres still a few heats to go in the main event and of course the highlight of the week was Steph winning the Roxy Pro, and a close second to that was, Julian Wilson beating world champ kelly Slater on Sunday. Hope you like the...
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