michael kew – how he sees it
This is Mick Kew's stuff - It sounds like he does it all cold and hard but the bastard seems to score rather well. He also quotes J Kerouac - which is a fine thing for a writer to do.
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Jun 15
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voyeurism and the outlaw south bondi boardriders
Everybody fell off in those conditions, and their loose boards smashed and collided their way to the beach - a rolling logjam of splintering balsa and spearing boards
how wimbledon ushered in the 80’s – by mike mantalos
When I got to the bottom of Pop’s tennis bag, I found a zipper. Inside the pocket were letters I had written from my surf trips abroad. Australian stamps mostly, but one from Tahiti that I signed, Love Mike…
tabourie and the quiet surfer
- just a grunt as he paddled past, not unfriendly, just reserved.
the beating
Somebody pulled him off the still body and everybody drifted away. The big man's wallet lay by his side, come adrift in the turmoil.
lismore and the road to the sea
The provincial town, girls on horseback and another dead man.
there is no peace
He comes and goes through the unkempt gardens and weeds, slipping through the back door like a thief - sometimes his mother calls for him.
the bawley mixture: grilled sourdough with garlic, chilli, anchovy and tomato
Why being a surfer and a cook helps with the ladies
the jewish kid, harry
Imagine counting every grain of sand on the beach, and in the park, and all those carried away in cars over the last 30 years. Tourists travelling from here to all corners of the earth. Imagine.
mick dooley cutting back
I don't see anybody doing this manoeuve, even up here at Byron where the waves are so easy you can surf them with your eyes closed
the sydney fishmarkets and tantric sex
What may be construed as sex in public places may be something else entirely.
May 26
watching a hamburger eater … as an existentialist
Watching a fellow eat a hamburger can be enlightening, in a philosophical sense.
– a letter from Mark C, and a follow up from tim mooney
Surfoplanes and their place in history - a meaty exploration of values.
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