The Banana by Slater Designs - a review of sorts
Monday 16/05 35
An average punter takes a first drive on the modern Banana. It's the closest thing in the quiver to a Ferrari.
The Depth Test
The Return of Gonad Man by Mark Sutherland
Thursday 04/02 5
After a twenty year hiatus Gonad Man returns to save surfing from a soulless, commodified, wavepool-ridden future.
Lookout Smelly Skater!
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan
Wednesday 02/09 12
"A substantial work that easily eclipses anything comparable and instantly achieves classic status. Anyone seeking to understand surfing across the last 50 years will turn here first."
Blindboy reviews the highly anticipated surfing memoir of William Finnegan.
'Tripping Yarns' by Monty Webber
Thursday 16/07 8
A book about chasing drugs, girls, and waves, all topics that lend themselves to a high degree of license. Monty Webber is, in polite terms, a storyteller, but we'll satisfy ourselves by calling him a Bondi bullshitter.
Chris Garrett asymmetrical
Wednesday 24/06 58
“Free your mind and your ass will follow.”
Chris Garrett shapes a board that matches the peculiarities of the human body to those of the breaking wave.
Review: Becoming Westerly by Jamie Brisick
Wednesday 28/01 11
A film inside a book about a woman inside a man.
'Found At Sea' by Ray Collins
Tuesday 09/12 8
For the most part surfers are absent in Found At Sea. Where a surfer is in frame they're either a reference point for scale or they're subsumed within the scene. In Ray's world the surfer must share equal billing with the wave, the sky, the light...
Bali: Heaven and Hell
Tuesday 07/10 15
"In terms of the initial period of surfing in Bali this book will probably be the definitive version against which other sources will need to be judged." Blindboy reviews Phil Jarratt's latest book on the transformation of Bali from peasant colony to tourist mecca.
The Baked Potato by Firewire
Tuesday 02/09 30
Sweeter than the Sweet Potato yet with an ever-so-slight sour aftertaste.
Arcadia: Before the brands
Wednesday 20/08 58
The surfing story that's captured public attention is the great success of the clothing industry. Arcadia is an exhibition of photos and videos from a time that precedes the commercial shift.
Skegss and The Pinheads at Finbox
Wednesday 13/08 0
As a young band you can't be too precious about where you get a gig: backyard parties, country RSLs, supermarket concourses, all are satisfactory stages for a burgeoning ensemble. And tonight, for The Pinheads and Skegss it was a surf shop floor.
Quota by Jock Serong
Thursday 17/07 4
The illegal abalone trade, drugs, and a murder in a small Victorian town provides the backdrop to Jock Serong's first novel, Quota.