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brent asato cutting back

This is Brent Asato, he has kindly submitted a snap of himself for criticism and review.

Brent is cutting back.

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Confessions of a Surf Blog Commenter – by mike mantalos

It has been less than three years since I first discovered the medium of the surf blog. As another chapter ends, I find myself questioning how I have become so caught up in the anonymous momentum. Answers become bigger questions, and bigger questions find simpler answers.

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flynn novak cutting back

The first question we must ask of Mr Novak is why is he sitting down on the job? That's a fair bit of effort he has expended in getting up there and this is no time to bundy off.

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marrying a surfer – category 3

Dementia is an affliction that can strike at any age, however, and as demonstration of the potency of its early onset all one needs do is ask oneself to accurately describe the details of any four waves of a ten-wave session immediately after the session has concluded.

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my city

The two drunks finally embraced and the Nissan silently backed over the skull of Mr Steven McCaskey, killing him instantly. Leaving three grandchildren and an abused daughter without a word or sign of his now eternal wait on a harsh judgement.

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jay alders – ‘ right past the light ‘

Mr Jay Alders does not muck around with surfers' feet.

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the adventures of rick oahu ~ chapter 3 ~ a killing in macau

Their wounds suggest that they had both had their sternums ripped open by bare claw

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sunny garcia cutting back

This is the Hawaiian way. Mr Garcia obviously had something else on his mind when he grabbed the big board this day, however that has not stopped him from a wholesome attack on this baby wave.

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yeehaw .. ! by pamela neswald

Pamela has painted a reasonably heavy woman wearing a skivvy and string bikini bottom riding a yellow board on a blue wave. The woman is sans brassiere, unattractively so. She is also wearing lipstick, eye-liner and earrings. She is surfing. Somebody needs help here.

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stephanie gilmore cutting back

Ms Gilmore's face shows the strain of getting it back around and being a comp she probably hopes that the beerpigs in the judging tent aren't as sharp as they are paid to be.

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jim banks cutting back

Jim banks is a bit of a throwback, yet this manoeuvre is half way between Kanga, Rasta, and a plane crash.

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ian (kanga) cairns cutting back

Ian Kanga Cairns cuts back like nobody else

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the cronulla riots – only a surfer knows the feeling

An lucid examination of the social aspects of the Cronulla race riots of December 2005 ..

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eddie rothman cutting back

Rumour has it that ed and his pals were responsible for policing the line-up over there on that American island from time to time, a little discouragement here and little suggestion there, nobody quite welcome - pity they missed the Japanese surprise visit in 1941.

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what surfers drive – the 1964 mini-minor

The ad also displaces the myth that surfers in the sixties all had long bleached hair, as the dudes in the pic are no doubt typical of the era and all have the look of Junior Executives ready for some hang-ten time.

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martin potter cutting back

Thank you indeed gus. The Pottz, as pictured, comes in the same catgory as The Archbold - in that he's possibly doing all this for the pic opportunity - it's not as if Hornbaker rolls up to your home break with his camera without being invited.

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tom curren cutting back

Tom Curren, faultless.

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china, the first night

Shintao beer is what’s left of Carlsberg’s disappointing venture into the Chinese boozer market, and since then China has given the krauts the arse, grabbed the formulae, increased the flavour, increased the alcohol content, increased the bottle size, and decreased the price.

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surf art, and why it should be avoided

some of us surf, some of us paint - some should stick to photography

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