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Late afternoon session at Duranbah , Kirra Teams Challenge 2009

Late afternoon session at Duranbah , Kirra Teams Challenge 2009

Posted in Gold Coast, News

Surfing Photography is really a lot like surfing. It takes a lot for the conditions to come together , but when they do it can be very rewarding. For the last few days Ive been covering the  Rip Curl Kirra Teams Challenge. Yesterday the conditions were less than desirable all day, but as everyone was packing up . I noticed the sun had come out and was lighting up the surf with a nice warm light. I spotted young local Jack Freestone smashing a few lips so I grabbed my gear...

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Dale Richards and the Quiksilver Pro

Posted in Gold Coast, News

Young indigenous Coolangatta local, Dale Richards rocked the surfing world when he won the Quiksilver Pro Trials in 2007.  In doing so , he became the first ever aboriginal surfer to compete in a WCT event.. Below is an interview / story I wrote for Gold Coast Surf magazine not long after his victory. I recieved quite a lot of positive remarks and comments about this story . So I thought I would revive it and post it here…. *** It’s a late autumn afternoon in the year...

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Photos from Snapper Rocks, Greenmount, Kirra February 3rd 2009

Photos from Snapper Rocks, Greenmount, Kirra February 3rd 2009

Posted in Gold Coast, News

I finally managed to get in the water at Snapper on Tuesday…of course I missed it!.. The day before on Monday it was absolutely pumping through the beach at Coolangatta, kegging right down past big groyne at Kirra. There wasn’t much current so I swam / drifted all the way from Snapper Rocks down past Kirra… I got a few pics of the surfers on the way through Rainbow, but got down to Coolangatta beach pretty quickly. It was pretty spooky and sharky down there as I...

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Hanging around the office at Snapper Rocks

Hanging around the office at Snapper Rocks

Posted in Gold Coast, News

Surf Photography really is a mugs game… It is, without a doubt, the cutting edge of Sports Photography and unfortunately the least paid. Its definitely a hard slog to make a living from it….and there are only a handful who do…. But as Marty Tullemans says ‘Your Office is the beach’ This is pretty cool for a number of reasons. One of them is the people you meet hanging around the office. Here are a few pics of girls that I shot hanging around...

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The Coolie Kids ….All grown up!!!

Posted in Gold Coast, News

There’s something quite surreal about living in Coolangatta and surfing Snapper Rocks aka the Super Bank all the time. Apart from being the most crowded wave in the world and believe me it can get so crowded it does seem unreal…….. Imagine if you were a golfer and went to your local Golf course to tee off and every time you turn around you bumped into one of the world’s top golfers!! This is what it’s like surfing Snapper, As you paddle around trying...

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Bustin Down the Door or How to lose all your teeth in Hawaii

Posted in News, Reviews

‘I was held under water, pounded round the back of the head, then pulled up and pounded in the face. They knocked all my teeth out and flattened my nose. I had cuts all over my eyes and lips. I finally blacked out and that’s when one of them gave me a giant backhander and brought me round and ordered, ‘Swim to the Beach,’ and I just said, ‘Ah that sounds like a good idea.’ excerpt from ‘Bustin down the door’ Biography of Wayne...

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