"There was frost in the car park at 5am as I began the hour long walk into Shipsterns Bluff. With my head torch lighting the track, I could hear a huge southerly swell colliding with the rugged cliffs of Cape Raoul 45 minutes away from my destination. On arrival Shipsterns was maxing with 12 - 15 foot lumps of ocean buckling their way down the reef."
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.
And now here's something for the Greenough generation. An underground charger pulling in under hand power as Pink Floyd's 'Echoes' provides the background score.
The World Tour scored excellent waves at the resurrected J-Bay Pro so high hopes surround the next event on tour, the Billabong Pro Tahiti. So, will there be swell?!
Last weekend the West Oz coast was hit by the biggest swell of the year so far. After a day of incredible waves in Perth Mike Maxted packed up the Cessna and flew south over the coastline.
Last weekend the West Oz coast was hit by the biggest swell of the year so far. After a day of incredible waves in Perth Mike Maxted packed up the Cessna and flew south over the coastline.
So li'l Jack is in Tahiti at the behest of his sponsor when a new swell hits the charts. What's a precocious grom to do?
...and the Skeleton Bay Express just keeps going and going. This time 'round it's the Smith Bros, Koa and Alex, getting seriously piped in the Namibian Desert.
An immaculate Lazor Zap, an untouched Energy Thruster, and a surfboard collector on a mission from God. Welcome to the July instalment of the Board Bazaar.
