happyfeet

Speechless..

2011-02-04T01:45:00.000+13:00

Kilian Martin: A Skate Regeneration from Brett Novak on Vimeo.

Beards..again..

2010-10-02T21:36:00.002+13:00

Alive..

2010-09-27T23:45:00.000+13:00

A kind of second childhood falls on so many men. They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of life span, in effect, the head of the house becomes the youngest child. And I have searched myself for this possibility with a kind of horror. For I have always lived violently, drunk hugely, eaten too much or not at all, slept around the clock or missed two nights of sleeping, worked too hard and too long in glory, or slobbed for a time in utter laziness. I've lifted, pulled, chopped, climbed, made love with joy and taken my hangovers as a consequence, not as a punishment. I did not want to surrender fierceness for a small gain in yardage.

-John Steinbeck

Ten feet..

2010-09-25T00:49:00.010+12:00

arrived back from the mountains and this was waiting for me..

Steve had worked some magic..
took it out for a run at Pines and it just blew minds.. noserides like a demon, turns on a dime, sitting out with the SUP freaks and catching waves before those fuckers knew what was going on..
everyone was dually impressed and a barbecue was held in its honor..
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snow..

2010-09-25T00:33:00.004+12:00

Spent the last few months chasing snow between Australia and New Zealand, I must of done something right somewhere because no matter where I turned up a huge dump of snow wasn't too far behind..
anyone who's spent anytime at the club field's in NZ will recognize this shot.. best seat in the house.. just before some epic powder runs

vision..

2010-08-23T21:47:00.001+12:00

birthday..

2010-07-31T22:06:00.003+12:00

Its Dakotas birthday.. It snowed in Jindabyne eleven years to the day.. the midwife was late and I delivered my second child in the living room of the stone cottage built with the hands of the first white woman to cross the Snowy Mountains..

Just right..

2010-07-29T23:07:00.001+12:00

Twas the perfect size for a grand wee longboard session

Beards..

2010-07-28T21:56:00.000+12:00

Been known to rock a bit of facial hair in my time.. this rings true

Rad..

2010-07-24T01:28:00.003+12:00

How badly do you want to surf this board? I just can't stop staring at those rails..

Saturday nights..

2010-07-18T11:19:00.009+12:00

you know you've got a good one..

more..

2010-07-17T20:36:00.001+12:00

Waiting..

2010-04-05T12:38:00.001+12:00

This is a sweet little feelgood short via Malcolm Johnson from ages ago..

A good day..

2010-04-04T22:03:00.005+12:00

In the morning a fine coffee making machine was acquired for $10 at a flea market

Erin picked up a new set of wheels from a garage sale 'round lunchtime

and by the afternoon the reef was two to three foot and offshore.. speed dialer heaven..
then sourdough bread baking by moonlight..

Feelings..

2010-03-08T21:04:00.000+13:00

Cry..

2009-12-31T19:58:00.002+13:00

this was taken from the surf and destory blog.. I'm a dog owner.. my cheeks are still wet..

Last Minutes with ODEN from phos pictures on Vimeo.

Nice..

2009-12-31T12:03:00.001+13:00

How good is that feeling you get after you've had an grand little surf..

Homemade Things..

2009-11-14T19:59:00.007+13:00

Haven't blogged for a while cause I've been having far to much fun in the real world..

Handplanes.. uber fun.. shape and go..

Vege garden.. grow what you eat.. slow food..

Alaia's.. learn to trim and the smile will appear..

Homebrew.. brew what you drink.. cider and ale in the barrel.. ginger beer and stout bottled off.. summer sorted..

I surfed today..

2009-10-20T19:40:00.001+13:00

and it was sooo good...

Finless days..

2009-10-10T20:32:00.005+13:00

I've been fortunate enough to be able to give a Derek Hynd shaped finless board a good workout over the last few weeks (thanks Mick).. so much fun, very, very addictive..
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Pommie the mad bastard kneeboarder giving it a good thrashing at Tiber today

swell

2009-09-28T01:06:00.002+13:00

been some crazy swell the last few days, some places getting it better than others.. been lucky to get a couple of days of primo right handers with only having to share it with a few good friends.. it helped to wash away the shit that flooded my world in the last few weeks..

..

2009-09-25T23:40:00.000+12:00

The only thing you can truly control in life is how you react to a situation..

Death takes us all..

2009-09-23T11:36:00.001+12:00

RIP Brother

Been sick..

2009-09-22T10:39:00.000+12:00

Running..

2009-09-01T13:19:00.004+12:00

There is over 20 kms of tracks crisscrossing the national park outside my front door with over 11 surf checks strategically placed along the way.. what the wind/swell is doing will dictate which direction I'll head on my morning run.. lifes good..

Warturd Cup..

2009-08-29T12:04:00.003+12:00

The beer has been brought, babysitter trucked in, hope the rain eases up cause we're ready to party

Fresh fruit for rotten vegetables

2009-08-26T21:28:00.003+12:00

apart from the HP longboarding (which I can never get my bearded head around.. ride a shortboard if you want do a superman airwalk you dickhead.. ) this is a fine film, of course it was always going to get my vote as it contains a grand mini-simmons section.. two thumbs up..

Today, today..

2009-08-23T19:46:00.003+12:00

Alaia 2..

2009-08-22T19:46:00.006+12:00

Woodworking.. pulled the tail in on this one to see.. to see..

Alaia 1..

2009-08-14T14:26:00.000+12:00

Yesterday...

2009-08-10T19:05:00.002+12:00

Tiber st..

The reefs today..

2009-08-06T00:52:00.004+12:00

The left..

The right..

surfed the right, 6 to 8 ft, not another soul out.. 120 meters from where I sleep at night.. paradise

Shark..

2009-08-04T22:11:00.001+12:00

I have finally managed to watch "sharkwater" (it always takes a while for me to grow the balls to watch anything that concerns sharks.. ignorance is bliss..) Now I plead with you all, please view it.. cause its a fine, fine movie..
Oh and also the above pic was stolen from the bang bang club blog, the pic just brought a grin to my face that is only surpassed by this pic from the mighty eff at monsterboards.org

lullaby..

2009-07-29T22:41:00.005+12:00

Ever since I hit the ground running from home in my early teens I've always seem to have had a abode were I could fall asleep at night to the sound of a babbling creek or the roar of the ocean intersped with the occasional foray into the sweet sounds of the inner city.. for the last two months I've been holed up in suburbia with the sounds of bored youth doing burnouts and the hum and crackle of overhead powerlines being my bedtime music, tomorrow that all changes, a new home awaits, next to the beach, the sound of lapping waves to escort me to dreamtime..

House..

Track to beach..

Beach.. sorted.

Mr McBride

2009-07-25T19:57:00.002+12:00

This fine gentleman turns up at longboard contest's and repeatedly smokes every ones arses on heavily glassed single fins, In my reasoning he and Moonbob (and maybe Trent Ellis)are the preeminent longboarders from the land of the white cloud...grand artists too..

surf bliss..

2009-07-22T21:23:00.002+12:00

this little clip has been around for a while but I just love playing it when I'm uptight or down cause it just straight away puts me in that happy place I get into after a fine avro glass off sesh on a heavily glassed single fin long board in waist high waves

Blatting..

2009-07-10T22:42:00.002+12:00

Nothing beats hauling arse on a chopper with a couple of mates.. maybe bombing hills on your deck, rolling in a pack 10 deep.. memories of Queen St 3 30 in the morning in '89

smooth

2009-07-07T23:11:00.001+12:00

Rob and left handers is there no finer eye candy..

If in the Desert from chase burns on Vimeo.

Soon..

2009-07-05T20:27:00.001+12:00

Korduroy.tv

180 degrees south

2009-07-03T10:46:00.003+12:00

I have mad respect for Yvon Chouiard, his "let my people go surfing" speech at Stanford (and not to mention the fine book of the same name) is awe inspiring.. plus he started Black Diamond which in my humble opinion make the grandest ice axes I've ever swung..and the Patagonia wetsuits aren't to shabby either..I've been looking forward to this one.. surfing, climbing and sailing all in one flick..nice

Multigrain Extraordinaire..

2009-07-01T17:10:00.007+12:00

Nothing tastes better than a piece of bread slathed in butter straight out of the oven but the grand thing about this loaf is that it comes into its own on day 2 and onwards as toast.. its just fucking magic.. post surf, piece of toast, butter, avo, and fresh ground pepper.. I've been known to cut a sesh short just because I can't get the thought of that piece of toast out of my brain...

The trick to this loaf (or any bread) is to use unbleached bakers flour

Soaker:
3 Tablespoons polenta
3 Tablespoons rolled oats
2 Tablespoons wheat bran
1/4 cup water at room temp

Dough:
3 cups white flour
3 Tablespoons brown sugar
11/2 Teaspoons salt
1 Tablespoons instant yeast
3 Tablespoons cooked brown rice
11/2 Tablespoons honey
1/2 cup of milk at room temp
3/4 cup of water at room temp

1: Make the soaker the day before in a small bowl, cover with plastic wrap
2: To make dough, mix flour, brown sugar, salt and yeast together,
Add the soaker, brown rice, honey, milk and water in a large bowl,
3: Chuck the mixture on to a floured bench and kneed that fucker till smooth..try for 10 mins, Ha
4: Put into a oiled bowl, cover with a tea towel and place in a warm area for about a hour an a half.. it should of risen a fair bit,
5: Transfer to an oiled bread tin, cover with the tea towel and let rise till above the edge of the tin,
6: Cook for about 20 mins at 200c, fuck knows what that is in USA..
7: Try and let that the baby cool for at least one hour.. hopefully..

The water is freezing..

2009-05-13T15:22:00.004+12:00

folded my knee at Zen Do Kai so been a land lubber for the last few days.. not too upset (yet) as the water has turned phenomenly cold.. and I've got a couple of new surf DVDs to wear out

Still.. a hull sesh never goes astray

Herd mentality..

2009-04-30T18:24:00.003+12:00

Went over to Point Leo for the first time last week, drove down to the surf club and walked down the track to see about 40 people, ranging from a surf school to the always fine middleaged, overweight longboarders, surfing a very medicore, mushy, sectoning crap wave.. people were jostling for position to catch one of these mushburgers, boards being pushed, insults hurled, the whole nine yards, fuck that was running though my brain till I turned my head exactly 45 degrees and saw a right hander peel of a reef about 800 meters down the beach..nice.. so I suited up grabbed the speed dialer and strolled off.. I hit the water the same time as a longboarder who must of been thinking the same thing as me, thank fuck for herd mentality.. we shared waves all on our ownsome for about 3 hours till the tide did its thing...

Lest we forget...

2009-04-23T23:56:00.003+12:00

Saturday is ANZAC day.. time to raise a beer for the old diggers.. and for the ones that didn't make it back..

1RAR (Res)
Pte G Sher

4RAR
LCpl J Marks
LT M Fussel
Pte L Worsley

This beers for you boys..

Word..

2009-04-18T20:25:00.001+12:00

“Liquidate the entire rapacious monstrosity that is the global surfing industry. Eradicate the gloating, insolent, overfed, carrion-feeding surf media altogether. Destroy the overweening, insidious and growing attraction that surf fashion is for landlubbers. Dismantle, annihilate and devastate the whole swelling putrescent edifice of surfing once and for all. There are too many people in the water and all I want to do is go surfing with my mates goddammit.”

Letter, Tracks Magazine

stolen from Kurungabaa

Dingo's, dolphins, pelicans and point breaks

2009-04-17T20:54:00.006+12:00

Spent some time recently up at a North Coast national park.. pure fucking magic

Always a fine day..

2009-04-15T11:35:00.003+12:00

Nothing better than a new stick

siiick maaate...

2009-04-11T18:19:00.006+12:00

Suburbia

2009-04-10T14:14:00.003+12:00

Somehow I've found myself deep in suburbia...

The Walrus

2009-04-10T00:33:00.002+12:00

Eef at monsterboards.org has created a fucking phenomenal book showcasing his artwork, right at the end is this fine portrait..

Books..

2009-04-08T15:00:00.004+12:00

When I was a kid I fucking loved those "choose your own ending" books, I just lapped them up.. seemed to of missed this one..

Jazz the Glass

2009-04-08T02:09:00.003+12:00

Pirates and surfing...is there nothing finer..

Bikes..

2009-04-06T15:26:00.007+12:00

Been missing not having a bike for a while... watched this clip and went fuck it, it has to be done, time to be a jockey again.

And this is the sled I'm chasing

Bomb coffee..

2009-04-05T12:05:00.008+12:00

Crazy Kees, a Tairua old boy has set him and his whanau up with a full blown organic coffee plantation in the hinterland of the Gold Coast.. using skills developed growing other wonderstuff in the Pauanui hills he now produces some fucking insanely fine coffee.. a perfect life.. hitting the points in the morning then grinding some bags in the arvo.. its along way from living in the van next to the toilet block at the Tairua carpark.. the photo is of a bag of beans from his personal stash.. one cup and your fucked, you better be hitting the water when the 'ffine hits...

Outta here..

2009-03-12T20:40:00.005+13:00

Erins contracts up, they spilt oil up here and the swell is moving down the coast... Time to go.. Vicco here we come...
Only drama is we've got fit this and four people

Into this...

By the way the curve overstayer boardbag is passing all expectations..
and heres some fine music to start journey with

sorry..

2009-03-11T22:16:00.002+13:00

To Rog, Mike and Matt, sorry I missed you guys at the fry...looks like it was heaps of fun..would of loved to have sat in on Rog and Rich Pavel chatting.. but I've been up the coast surfing this...

Bring it...

2009-03-07T20:34:00.003+13:00

TC Hamish smoking down the coast.. my palms are sweaty, heartrates up... this..is..going..to..be..good

Longing...

2009-03-06T02:50:00.002+13:00

Erins gone to Kingaroy on a 4 week contract.. no amount of wave riding can take away the pain of separation.. a part of me is gone if I can't touch her..

For micro..

2009-02-27T22:20:00.002+13:00

Been hanging at the alley..seems to be working on most tides with manageable crowds..

The land of hope...

2009-02-21T14:19:00.002+13:00

Stole this from 4q conditioning

Simon Woodstock

2009-02-19T12:41:00.002+13:00

this dude was the OG skate clown.. he cost me three days of my life trying to learn the "kickflip kick off your shoes"...he's a god botherer now... there's a message in there somewhere..

Gold coast crusing..

2009-02-19T12:22:00.002+13:00

Guess I'm a sucker for crowded point breaks and mad sweeps..

My arms are noodles..

2009-02-16T22:17:00.003+13:00

Where do I start.. cyclone season..jeez.. the pintail just smoking.. such a great barrel board.. yet again Rogers come though with the goods..

2009-02-08T19:59:00.000+13:00

Yee ha..

2009-02-05T16:59:00.004+13:00

Fuck this is a great picture.. brought a smile straight to my face which I can't seem to get rid of..

"___" trailer

2009-02-05T13:55:00.002+13:00

A sweet little trailer from Mr Abegg

Ahh..memories..

2009-02-04T23:00:00.001+13:00

the points are alive..

2009-02-04T13:54:00.001+13:00

point breaks... the epitome of a fine surfing wave... speed dialer heaven.. got to love northern NSW

step up

2009-01-27T02:00:00.001+13:00

skill

2009-01-27T00:09:00.002+13:00

"one thing about the ancient boards is that they are difficult to ride...and at first I was like "Oh god they are so hard to ride" but maybe there is something ok with being difficult... and then I looked at all the modern boards and all the modern boards are about making surfing easier and um I thought whats wrong with having a board that's really difficult to ride.. that just riding it across the wave shows alot of skill... um that is kind of falling off in surfing I think is the skill level"
Tom Wegener, Seaworthy

The cove

2009-01-26T22:31:00.001+13:00

just flogged this from Malcolm Johnson...

Into the shire

2009-01-26T20:41:00.006+13:00

Headed to the old stomping grounds to score a wave at the pass... scored some nice little peelers but wishing I'd humped the log over... dialer performing as it should... just would of preferred some little nose rides..

No trip into Northern NSW is complete without a vist to mighty Humble Pie shop..

I've always got to rock the thai chicken...

point breaks

2009-01-26T11:06:00.002+13:00

After three years of mainly surfing horrible little close out beach breaks my soul has been set free in the land of right hand point breaks....its nice to finaly get to unwrap some more of the speed dialers secrets on some long walls...

Roaming

2009-01-22T20:25:00.003+13:00

Up in SE Qld at the mo... moving around abit so only rolling with two boards... It was a hard choice but I thought the speed dialer and the 6'3" pintail should cover the bases.... time will tell... miss my log already....

A fine man

2009-01-22T20:12:00.002+13:00

out of NZ, just desperate for some quality waves, but sad to leave behind some good friends... quint and hamish you are last of the good guys, surf on brothers

I'm a wizard now

2008-11-01T08:01:00.003+13:00

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

ride the sky

2008-11-01T07:54:00.002+13:00

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

2008-11-01T07:18:00.002+13:00

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!

2008-10-07T22:37:00.003+13:00

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

2008-10-04T21:36:00.002+13:00

"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

2008-09-29T21:24:00.002+13:00

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

2008-09-29T18:15:00.002+13:00

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

goodtimes

2008-09-25T19:33:00.002+12:00

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

2008-09-23T20:18:00.003+12:00

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

2008-09-13T13:00:00.003+12:00

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

2008-09-09T21:06:00.002+12:00

This is beyond fucking rad

style

2008-08-25T19:14:00.002+12:00

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

2008-08-24T16:40:00.001+12:00

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

log

2008-08-24T15:51:00.002+12:00

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

seaworthy

2008-08-24T08:51:00.001+12:00

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'

2008-08-19T22:20:00.001+12:00

A quiver of cameras

2008-08-19T19:01:00.003+12:00

Sorted...

fuck mega surf

2008-08-18T20:42:00.000+12:00

"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

2008-08-16T19:10:00.002+12:00

The beginings of my new speed dialer..

public service announcement

2008-08-11T19:42:00.001+12:00

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

loggin'

2008-08-10T18:43:00.002+12:00

another fun day of knee high peelers on the ten footer

finless

2008-08-09T20:12:00.002+12:00

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

2008-08-09T19:50:00.003+12:00

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

2008-08-07T20:45:00.001+12:00

fuck yeah

righthand pointbreak dreaming

2008-08-03T20:48:00.003+12:00

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.