I'm a wizard now

became a wizard last night... any challanges, I'm ready

ride the sky

I must of been the last person in the world to see it... didn't want to youtube it.. finaly got my hands on it... watched it and went straight out to find some thing to slam hard on.. fucking rad.. Brian Hansen is burly..

chilling

been hanging at the tipi just cruising and doing a doing a bit of pig hunting... a million miles away from a computer...

sweet bro!

Eef at monsterboards.org just came up with this drawing...semi inspired by the hairy one..check his site, super rad boards and even more killer art work...the walrus and the polar bear, argh

Quote Unquote

"I tried a wooden Surf Tech one time and it was the worst feeling I have ever had on a surfboard - just super dead." Dan Malloy

H street

I must of watched this video at least a billon times... the ollie over the fire hydrant and the 180 nose grinds down the hand rail just blew our poor little kiwi minds... the soundtrack still stands the test of time..

how the fuck did we manage to kick flip those things

nice

I stole this image from someones blog... I can't remember who's cause I may have been drunk at the time... sorry

goodtimes

when I was 13 and watching dubbed vhs surf vids on mums 14 inch TV, trying to figure out what was going on behind the lines and crackle, hitting the pause button rapidly to suss out moves, I dreamed of this day....The boys, some beers, a couple of surf flicks and a DVD projector flogged from work....paradise

By the way Mick Water's Believe is fuckn grand

alaia

Tom's Alaia... Kris Kjeidsen insprired, incredibly beautifiul.. like a hovercraft on the wave, you can own one for $400 NZD or koha, contact through this blog or from moana nui

speed dialer 3

Grim day,the progress on speed dialer deuce has yet again come to a grinding halt, I'll post a rant when I'm thinking straight

Rad

This is beyond fucking rad

style

had a pretty good sesh up at the bay today overhead plus rolling into insane deathpit close out barrels in a foot of water on the inside, super fun, couldn't get the grin off my face no matter how many times I got body slammed on the inside, the pin tail just smoking... the complete absence of longboarders was duly noted... which got me thinking, if you will only surf when its shoulder height and lower, please don't just stand there with a style like a constipated gorilla, those waves have travelled thousands of miles to reach you please don't let them die for nothing, try and embrace the wonderful dance that is surfing a nine ft plus board in waist high waves... here's a little inspiration

speed dialer 2

just had a half inch kauri stringer glued in...

log

For you Rog, all I want is a log... its better than bad its good

seaworthy

Seaworthy: Official Trailer from Nathan Oldfield on Vimeo.
The trailer for Nathan Oldfields new movie... counting down the days till its in my hands!

Fishin'

A quiver of cameras

Sorted...

fuck mega surf

"It is with great sadness that I watch out little industry totter at the brink of the black hole of globalization. Once sucked over the event horizon, some of the best things about our unique culture and lifestyle will be gone forever... All the many breakthroughs and refinements in surfboard design, from Tom Blake's hollows to Simon Anderson's thruster, were created on the cheap in humble environs by surfers who only wanted to get back into the water the next day and surf better. I see these innovations as as being the intellectual property of anyone who cares more about the bottom turn than the bottom line. Yet our heritage of cut-and-try tinkering is pillaged for profit by those who have contributed nothing to the surfboard but a logo and an advertising campaign... The major labels, of course, will continue on their merry way, shaping without dust, designing without surfing, refining the thruster into sterility, and shilling their logos in four-color ads." Dave Parmenter

speed dialer 1

The beginings of my new speed dialer..

public service announcement

For Micro, who's drinking beer without me..

loggin'

another fun day of knee high peelers on the ten footer

finless

Find more videos like this on www.truveo.com.

Musica Surfica Clip 3 from Mick Sowry on Vimeo.
A bit of motivation for Rog

A jpeg film by Ryan Haywood

I fucking love film, I love my EOS 5, never really thought about getting a pro level digi camera till I saw this, fuck, there is just no way you could do this with film...well you could, it would just cost the earth.... money that could be well spent on surfboards and film for the holga.... bring on the 40d

this is fun

fuck yeah

righthand pointbreak dreaming

Had a pretty fantastic sesh out at the bay today with the groms and Quint and Rob... Quint just blazing on the speed dialer, the right at kiddies was working again (yea fucking hah) but had me dreaming of this place... A mish may be on the cards.

I love my occupation

Just had a look at my profile (to see how many idiots bothered to look at my profile) and found out I'm the only one in blog land who's offically a good for nothing layabout, stoked!

the glide

pinniped got it first then 70 percent put it up, thought I'd post it cause fuck all kiwis understand the glide

the world is round

Hella chessy but fuck it made me want to grab my pack and deck and head for the door...

all hail the king

Send me an angel

Thanks Svrf

backside smith city

The ramp has been started....

very, very sick

been absolutely bowled over by some weird kind of virus for the last four days... just as a hella nor'east swell hit the east coast AND shippies is ready to fire on sunday....I've been hanging to ride this board at decent mukies for ages...guess I'm going to miss this swell as well

sea cucumber

been giving this board a good work out lately...I've been riding it set up with twin keel fins (no centre fin) it hits 5th gear on every wave... I thought my speed dialer was fast but this thing just blows it out of the water... fun riding it with no fins too

driftwood shack ethusiast

ah westport

on work time

well its finally happned, after three years of lurking and wave riding I've ended up with a job again (much to the joy of all my working friends...all 3 of them) so no more living on ocean time... for now