west of byron bay
Al is a Dylan man, lifelong, plus he has no nighttime eyesight – and his emphysema betrays a swamped puddle of rotted lungs – yet he smokes and smokes.
Posts from the ‘Works’ Category
Feb 14
bloodlines
A city of prayer for the young dead, fathers and sons. A home of mourning and sorrow, where victory wept hardest.
absolutely bloody warranted homophobia
- about halfway through this punishing dune routine to the Joey and back the other day our suffering solitary stalwart surfer almost trips over a chap lying in the bloody NUDE on the track.
we must ABOLISH professional surfing
The drabness and predictability (even at its most spectacular) of professional surfing today can be found in the attitude of today’s professional surfers, which can be summed up in one word – prosperity.
the chinese wedding party ~
A couple of sallow faced youths trailed their elders, holding long strings of fresh explosives. They were smoking, looking up at the windows, laughing.
skipping stones over flat water when there’s bugger all else to do
I would like to write about Mr. Russell Byars. Russell doesn't surf, he chucks rocks. In fact he's a champion at it.
pascal bompard
"While researching a possible career in illustration, and being a keen surfer, I noticed that the genre of "surf art" had potential, but was also cluttered with some of the worst kitsch I'd yet seen." Pascal Bompard.
leroy grannis
" What bothers me is that the top magazines are pushing professionalism. These young kids get the idea they want to be professionals and let everything else go - including their education. That's the wrong way to go… I've seen a lot of kids go down the drain trying to become professionals." Leroy Grannis
norman and his tides
Apprenticed to the land thereafter and never one for footwear. His sister’s favourite brother, his mother’s best work.
positions vacant, a job in the IT / surfing industry
Thank you for your applications, the job is taken, you are out of luck, get a life and go north, there is nothing for you here.
john galliano – could surfing go this way?
This is John Galliano. He doesn't surf. John's into fashion, no surprise eh?.
sea of joy, a film by paul witzig, music by tully
Wayne Lynch's cutback remains contemporary, and Nat's antenna -hand still looks ridiculous, and why didn't Ted Spencer ever stand up straight?
robert heeley
Mr Heeley (the artist) has got credentials, plenty of credentials, he also has a fine eye for the essence of a set of extremely georgeous peelers on a hot day - Just pretend it's Byron Bay in 1905 from the Pandanus cove, only you and me are there - and it's your turn to go out.
cracker’s christmas – trapped in a surf shop
‘ You wanta EXPLAIN,’ exasperates Thommo, ‘ how a man with forty years of surfing this city from Cronulla to the Box has to deal with a hundred racks of dresses and bikinis and every fucken thing under the sun but fucken BOARDSHORTS?‘
the rape palace
Do you just want to buy a few bottles of beer, or do you really want to come in here.
kooks. what they need to know.
‘ I’m new at surfing and would like to know how one would define a kook?’ - this question answered here at length.
gary birdsall, his art
Gary Birdsall's name should be whispered with great reverence, he has credentials - he's from Cronulla and he's a goofy foot. Gary also likes to do a bit of art .
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