Curtis Senior Vs. The Web

2010-08-16T02:27:00.000-07:00

GABE FINGERS HIS BUM, WHILE EATING A SPINACH AND RICOTTA PIE.

jordy vs centaur-the rules-challenge from pinchmysalt.tv on Vimeo.

California from pinchmysalt.tv on Vimeo.

PAINT PAINT! from thomas pringle on Vimeo.

"The Parting" from Jeremy Asher Lynch on Vimeo.

Insurfnews.com - Support The Fish from Andrew Oliver on Vimeo.

Blog.

2010-08-16T02:23:00.000-07:00

Blog.

Log, cog, smog, bog, grog, pog, sog, nog, wog, rog, tog.

Fuck blogs. Fuck creative minds. Fuck the world. and fuck you.

new idea.

post videos. Cause i am kook.

you be the judge

2010-04-15T15:09:00.000-07:00

Landscape Altered - Episode 1 from Kai Neville on Vimeo.

2rad1dope

2010-04-04T04:40:00.000-07:00

Fart Spangled Shocker from youngwisetails on Vimeo.

2 radical, 1 dopiness.

2010-03-28T13:33:00.001-07:00

MODERN COLLECTIVE - good morning wedge from Kai Neville on Vimeo.

WATERRRR

2010-03-22T02:32:00.000-07:00

2 rad, 1 dope.

2010-03-20T19:50:00.001-07:00

The Berrics in 60fps from Kevin McDonald on Vimeo.

2 rad, 1 dope.

2010-03-14T01:22:00.001-08:00

RAD

DOPE

Apollo X Official in The Hundreds footwear from In The Cutts on Vimeo.

New project.

2010-03-12T13:53:00.001-08:00

I have been sitting in my humble crib, trying to figure something out to do with my blog. I have done testing on many things, test dummies, girls, boards. nothing has come to mind. Until I was looking through my album in Iphoto. And I have so much rad stuff. I am starting up a new project called " 2 rad, 1 dope" this is a new thing I am doing each week on a sunday. Very sunday i am going to upload 2 rad pictures and 1 dope video. These could range from surfing to fashion, to skate, to anything that my mind can find. So stay tuned and get ready for the first one on the 14th of March 2010.

YEW

Weekend sprite.

2010-02-14T01:58:00.000-08:00

This weekend was very eventful. Had 2 surfs pretty fun. Saw a skitzy shark. 15 ft hammer head(dead), today I spent the day with my valentine, was every splendid. had 2 sick skates. Here is some photos taken by Gabe Roxburgh.

PAHDY

2010-02-12T02:01:00.000-08:00

Well its the weekend, surf is gay, winds are gay, atmosphere is gay. So stay in doors and have your self a PAHDY, theres some beats to help you kick it off!

A saturday sing-a-long.

2010-02-06T03:17:00.000-08:00

weekend swell.

2010-02-05T22:22:00.001-08:00

Well we finally got some swell, we didn't get what we expected, alittle bit of a disappointment yet much better then what we have been getting. Here is some shots of Me, and local shredder Peter Duncan.

Click all photos to enlarge.

All photos courtesy: Geoff Senior

Curtis.

Peter.

banksy's film.

2010-02-02T02:09:00.001-08:00

The worlds most famous street artist is making a movie. click his art to view trailer.

weekend turn-around.

2010-01-31T01:22:00.000-08:00

well, yesterday the surf was at such a low level of even being able to surf. I decided to head out after watching a surf flick and getting way to keen. got a couple, got 1 photo. Then today was a complete turn around. crappy onshore messy swell. I got over sitting at home and doing crappy HSC work so I got my board, wetty, towel, zinc, my dad and his camera and we got on our way to the beach. Got some fun 2-3 ft left and rights next to the break wall. Here is a couple of shots from yesterday and today, enjoy.

Click imagines to enlarge.

yesterday, only half decent shot taken.

weapon of choice,[Curtis Senior signature model- The Narken]

top turn. Shot taken from break wall.

tight slash.

all shots courtesy of Geoff Senior.

blog wars.

2010-01-30T15:59:00.000-08:00

Well, this new fad that most professional and amateur are getting into these days has finally reach boiling point. Everyone is talking about Dion's blog, Danes blog. You could almost call it the battle of the blogs. Everyone is doing now, fanning, parko, julian, the goods, bennett tv, paul fisher etc etc. Dion was the main cause that blogging is what it is today. Companys thrive on this, and how popular it all is. The internet is becoming the new magazine rack. Jed from stab caught up with dion and got some information off him about the battle. click picture below for full story.

swell

2010-01-29T20:54:00.000-08:00

Went for a bit of a bash today in the ocean. 1/2 a foot, clean corn-flake weed. but got a couple. There are predicaments that swell is coming next week. Lets pray to the tiki god of surfing, that we get it. heres the graph to show.

click link to see full weather pattens. HERE

Julian Wilson.

2010-01-29T16:37:00.000-08:00

Waves are shit, essay to be written, nothing good on blogs today. Except I was going through julian wilsons blog, looking at all his bullshit clips, This guy is insane. He has a movie coming out in September called scratching the surface. Heres the webisode ll.

Scratching the Surface | webisode II from mesurf on Vimeo.

julian is currently suffering from a injury on his ancle.

Click here for complete story.

http://www.julianwilson.com/news/post/injury-update

julian giving us a nice SHAKA.

Skate sesh.

2010-01-29T02:02:00.000-08:00

Went for a bit of a skate this afternoon. Skated like shit. Did a hand plant. did some lay backs. but gabe decided not to film me. So here is a photo.

flithcut.

2010-01-27T20:38:00.000-08:00

My friend baxter decided to get real loose on aussie day and let his brother cut his hair, heres the out come.

Anchor stencil

2010-01-27T16:53:00.001-08:00

Well its the last day of holidays before we head back off to school. I decided to whip up a quick shit stencil. here is the making of my stencil.

the utensils for the stencil.

weapon of choice.

practice test.

the final piece.

whats rad?

2010-01-26T23:47:00.000-08:00

this game of S.K.A.T.E is on a new level.

The Berrics from sbc spor on Vimeo.

welcome to the family.

2010-01-26T23:25:00.001-08:00

Mitch Weston has joined the latest craze of having a blog.

welcome to the family.

Check his blog out here : http://mitchweston.blogspot.com/

heres Mitch getting slotted in a close heat we had early last year.

Whats rad?

2010-01-26T22:26:00.001-08:00

http://www.gaberoxburgh.blogspot.com/

Check this blog.

Its full of art/ skating/ and filming done by GABE himself.

Photo.

2010-01-26T22:22:00.001-08:00

Before I went away, we got some little waves out the main beach. heres a shot.

wednesday tunes

2010-01-26T22:17:00.000-08:00

Melbourne

2010-01-26T22:09:00.000-08:00

I recently took a trip to melbourne to visit a friend. We hit some bars, parties, clothing stores. We went south to get a wave. We surfed a little reef about 5 mins up from bells. I got hassled by a local, cause I as ripping on a 7'5 bic. Melbourne is such a unique city. the fashion that comes along with it is sweet. The eatery is such a given. I decided to give my self a flithy cut.

keep updated checks, more to come.

Heres a picture of the cut and friend tyler.

Change of theme.

2010-01-26T22:05:00.000-08:00

I have changed the theme of my blog. I am keeping the surfing aspect of it but adding more variety into it. I am now doing surfing/ art/ skate boarding/ fashion. I am taking a new path to glory with this. So stay tuned and eyes open, this shit is about to get SICKKKK.

Curtis

Mix it!

2009-12-17T02:21:00.001-08:00

Lately I have been really getting into the electronica mixes. I have a good friend name Ryan Virtue who is ripping it. Here is a new mix he made, Check it and leave a comment!

Yew

Singlet!

2009-12-16T16:32:00.000-08:00

Well summer is here( unfortunately). With onshore 1/2 foot waves, I thought it be neat to make a new start to my summer with starting my new career in making singlets from T shirts. Here is one that I made today. I am open to anyone who wants me to hack at here t shirts. Yew

2009-10-20T03:04:00.001-07:00

street follk from RUNAMUKVISUALS.COM on Vimeo.

art, I think you can call it that

2009-10-20T00:28:00.001-07:00

this is going on my new board.

board's

2009-10-17T23:11:00.000-07:00

new idea for a spray on the board!

ink ran on one of the lad's head.

BS!

2009-10-17T02:09:00.000-07:00

I posted the other day that I was heading up to see the volcom movie called BS! staring mitch colborn, andrew doheny, dusty payne, ozzie wright and others. We also got to see the goon's of doom play a gig at the event. The night was a blast. I and a friend were lucky enough to be asked to come work at the event, we unfortunately we missed the movie but got to see the complete act of the goon's of doom until the event was shut down by the police. I got asked by friend tim fisher who is the editor of Australian Surfing Life if I would of been able to come up and helpout. The catch was that we would get hooked up with free gear from volcom. We probly went throught about 20 carton's of beer also alot of jim beam with ginger beer. Red bull also sponsored the event so everyone had the burst of energy before the band hit the stage. Goon's of doom put on the act of the year, They were so alive and really got in with the crowd, they were walking into the crowd playing their guitar's, crowd surfing and ozzie thought it would be rad to stand on top of a floor speaker until he went tumbling over, still didn't stop him. I took my brother and good friend kerby along for the ride. The team at asl did a sick job to get this event on and want to thank them all espically ryan! there are some photo's of the night, and the day after. This event weekend of catching bus' with dude's smashed off their face's and hot girl's, mini shaka's, big shaka's, phone shaka's, espically gabe's tootles! It was a very amazing and exhilarating 2 day's! With board rider's to top it off.

the set up.

anyone want a beer?

ozzie getting up close and personal with the crowd.

fingered!

The world's gayest bird. on the hunt outside kirra surf.

Ask gabe what he think's of pearl jam! yew volcom

gabe want's my deck grip.

friday night.

2009-10-15T17:49:00.000-07:00

tonight i am off to surfing life HQ to work and see goon's off doom play and also watch the new volcom movie. There will be photo's from the night yew.

el rollo

2009-10-15T05:56:00.001-07:00

MATTIA

2009-10-12T18:33:00.000-07:00

This is one of my goodfriends from bali Mattia. He recently went to the mentawai's and got some sick wave's. here's a bit of footage.

Untitled from mattia di Bitonto on Vimeo.

BOARDS

2009-10-11T04:55:00.001-07:00

New board design idea's. I am probly the world's worst drawer so i am hooking up with local " i am talented at everything to do it for me!".

there is a photo of my attempt of drawing, I am very gifted.

SWELL

2009-10-11T03:57:00.000-07:00

getting really good wave's over the past week, there is banks on the bar and on the inside. Today we got a little bit more swell and got some good photo's here they are! I had an epic surf yesterday arvo with my dad out main just me and him rippping it up! There was bit of a crowd on the bar but there was plently of wave's to be shared.

smither's airing.

ME GETTING SHACKED!

COOP'S OFF THE TOP.

PETE GETTING IN THE GREEN ROOM.

KEVY BEING KEVY.

SMITHER'S SNEAKING IN ONE.

Aqua vault.

2009-10-07T19:41:00.000-07:00

Went out to the shop today, Order me self some fin's from shaper's and got some shoes and a little bit of wax. Had a talk to gabe about filming and possible sponsor's so filming is in production. yew

so epic

2009-10-07T03:15:00.001-07:00

SOOO FUNNY.

2009-10-06T03:28:00.000-07:00

SANUK

2009-10-06T00:20:00.000-07:00

RVCA

2009-10-05T05:18:00.001-07:00

RVCA en Mexico from RVCA on Vimeo.

rad video!

The hundreds.

2009-10-03T20:26:00.000-07:00

The hundreds is a brand of LA that is sooo sick and is hooking up with a tattoo artist to get some new threads going. check there site. The hundreds also have a rad skate team and are really into there art!

http://www.thehundreds.com/

modern collective.

2009-10-03T20:22:00.000-07:00

modern collective comes out on november the 10!

soooooo syked!

Modern Collective - The First Visions from Poor Specimen on Vimeo.

this guys work is sickkkkkk

2009-10-03T20:17:00.000-07:00

MY FRIEND from Kevin McDonald on Vimeo.

http://www.kevinmcdonald.tv/

DANE

2009-10-03T20:12:00.000-07:00

DANES got a new site out, so sick. He's got some sick video's up and more to come!

check it

http://www.marinelayerproductions.com/

modern collective.

2009-09-14T19:29:00.000-07:00

can't wait...

Modern Collective - The First Visions from Poor Specimen on Vimeo.

friendly fires-kiss of life

2009-09-14T00:38:00.001-07:00

this dude dances so sick!

video for the day!

2009-09-10T01:15:00.000-07:00

rusty team was just in bali here's the clip!

Rusty Team in Bali from Ryan Bautista on Vimeo.

some music clips worth a peep.

2009-09-09T00:00:00.000-07:00

BENI - Maximus
by MaisonKitsune

Treat Me Like Your Mother-The Dead Weather from godbo6 on Vimeo.

weekend film

2009-09-08T16:41:00.000-07:00

there was a little bit of filming done on the weekend, i got a very short part, but here it is.

a film my present conspiracy.

2009-09-07T21:13:00.000-07:00

i picked this up off the stab website, very interesting read. www.stabmag.com

The faggots who ate surfing
For better or worse, the days of hearing Pennywise and their punk brethren on surf soundtracks are numbered. The influence of electro and club-culture over surfing is significant. What began as a maligned slither of the boardriding population, popularly known as “faggottttts,” is now the dominant trend. Soundtracks are filled with d-floor thumpers, groms regularly turn out in p-leather jackets and unisex pants, while surfing recently churned out is first A-class music masher.
Twenty-two-year-old Gold Coast pro Adam Bennetts has supported DJ Falcon (Daft Punk DJs), Metronomy (UK) and Ajax (Sydney) in his brief career. He just finished a four-month stint in the twisted Indonesian clubbing scene. Here, he regales us with some of the bizarrest shit he saw, gives us the 411 on Bali’s prevailing party drug and tells us what to make of the bug-eyed mincers traversing contest sites around the world.
Tell us about your gig in Bali.
One of my mates Peter Hopkins (brother of Wollongong pro surfer Michael) was DJing at Sky Garden. One night he was behind the decks and I talked to him for a bit about DJing and he was like, “I’m leaving on Monday, why don’t you finish off my set on Sunday night?” I came in on the Sunday, then he just disappeared and I had to finish off for him. I played my stuff and everyone had a hell time. The manager told the owners and it snowballed from there. I mainly played Sky Garden where I had a Friday night residency. I also did Home café in Seminyak and Club Icon next to Embargo on the strip.
Surf all day, gig all night, huh?
I didn’t want to DJ too much because you finish at four in the morning and miss out on the early sesh. I’d do one or two nights a week. Tell us your story.I’ve always loved music. A good mate’s brother was a DJ back home and I went to watch him gig at the big festivals like Summer Field Day. Afterwards I picked his brain. I bought my own CD decks when I was about 18 and for the past year and a half I’ve been playing in clubs. I played with (Sydney DJ) Ajax on the Goldy. I played with Metronomy (UK band) in Brisbane and Strip Steve (Boyz Noize records). Now I’m doing a collaboration for (my sponsor) Otis. It’s an hour-long mix with like 26 tracks on it. They’re gonna do 500 copies and send it out to all the stores.
When did Bali begin to develop the more tasteful aspects of the western nightlife?
The club culture has definitely improved. It’s very European influenced there, especially Sky Garden. All their resident DJs were from Germany or Austria or Sweden and would play techno and trance music. That’s why the owners loved me. I got thrown in there and was playing Aussie-influenced indie electro stuff like Cut Copy, stuff from the Bang Gang DJs and Van She. People would say, “this is the best night I’ve had in Bali.” If you go to Embargo or the Bounty you will hear a three-year-old top-forty mix CD. An hour in there and you’ll probably hear the same song two or three times. It’s outrageous.
Bali’s nightlife can be a strange scene. What was some of the weirdest shit you saw?
You can almost get away with murder. My brother Chris got up on the bar where I was playing, nude and started fruit-bowling (where the male sticks his appendage back between his thighs creating the affect of a male vagina) the whole crowd. He still didn’t get kicked out. One time this guy was spinning around wildly like you do with a broomstick, while skolling a beer. He came out of the spin and ran straight into a big glass wall. He head butted it and smashed the whole thing. His head and hands were cut, there was blood all through the toilet and he just put his shirt around his hand and rocked on. Another mate, Steve Grimmin and I would go out before I did my gig every night for two weeks. I saw him every night hang upside down, naked in one of those cages at The Bounty.
(Here's a ten minute teaser from the Otis mix to be released in stores soon.)
What’s the dominant drug in the club scene?
Probably coke. You can get most stuff here; pingers or whatever. I don’t know where it comes from. It’s not a big drug scene, people only get on it for a special event. You can get away with it but it’s not worth the risk. You’re better off just going mad on the binnies and cocktails.
Who’s the loosest pro you’ve seen over there?
Mitch Coleborn was fucked the other night. It was the last night I played and it was a huge party at Sky Garden. He was falling over and pretty sloppy. He kept coming up to me and going “blah, blah blah,” speaking shit. The next day everyone was like “what about Coleborn last night.” He was sloppy but all-time hilarious.
You get many pissed pros hassling you for requests?
I’d get that cheesy Riverside song, you know “Riverside mothafucka,” requested a lot. It’s pretty annoying but if there are a few crew that want to hear it I will play it to keep them happy.
Is it tiresome doing gigs for surfers?
Nah, there are different groups. The boys from Sydney really appreciate my music, guys like Luke Cheadle and Michael Spencer. I love having music chats with Drew McPherson from Newcastle. Then there are the Goldy guys like Dion (Agius). I taught him how to DJ. Sedley and Fisher are doing gigs, I helped them a bit. I enjoy doing stuff for that sort of scene.
What do you make of surfing’s move towards electro and club culture?
It’s gone from the surfie dude who rocks up with his board and hoodie, to trendy dudes who kick around in skinny jeans and listen to good music. It’s more versatile and diverse, which is a good thing. You have to look at the Modern Collective era and the influence of Kai Neville over the music side of surfing. Stranger than Fiction had Cut Copy, Van She, Justice and some sick indie bands. The kids looked at the credits to find the songs, and it’s since become cool. There is an obvious shift in surfing and you gotta give thanks to the Modern Collective crew.
It seems like everyone is a DJ today. Is there a downside to that?
I don’t think so. It’s a revolution, you know. I don’t know if surfers are pushing that side of their image or if they do it for fun, but it throws in another avenue for surfers. I hit up brands that I think I could complement with my music. The sponsor gets a package. You might be an amazing surfer but companies want the package, and it’s an advantage that I have this other side. – Jed Smith
Want more from Mr Bennetts? Visit adambennetts.tv/

Adam Bennetts Indo 2009 from Adam Bennetts on Vimeo.

meet the hazza's.

2009-09-07T02:39:00.000-07:00

i was bumming around all day today, and i was on paul fisher's blog and came across this video,

check it out

Meet the Hazza's from Paul Fisher on Vimeo.

a weekend in the life of curtis.

2009-09-06T01:09:00.000-07:00

my weekend was very tiring, exciting, and full on. We had about 5 surfs just doing some filming and eating then more surfing and filming. had a really fun surf on saturday morning everyone was ripping reuben got absolutely pitted! one of the best barrels i have ever seen on a mal, coops was angry as always. Gabe took his position on the rocks and started to film me kooking it and reuben shredding it! i got some waves but we had a lot better session today with some alright clips and so on. Nearly everyone in the water was commenting on my new wetsuit form my sponsor dunes international, i got called banana in pyjamas, cooksey suggesting we play chess on my back, others saying i still have my pj's on, personally i recon its epic. Brendo snapped his board doing a bottom turn, smithers was doing crazy reverses on his fish, pete was pulling off some hacks, i was getting the odd wave and throwing up some spray, Today is fathers day nearly every family decided to come to evans and throw around there weight, the was one dude who came out in the surf ran over his friend slip her head open, snaked my borther and dinged his board, not a good dude to have in the water. Gabes going to be putting alittle something to gether over this week so should be up once done! yew!!!!!

theres a photo of my wetty!

OZZIE WRONG

2009-08-31T03:46:00.000-07:00

ozzie wright!

my hero!

this guy is making surfing what it should be, the fashion the music, the surfing, he's just doing what ever the hell he wants and he does it amazing! he is so talented, art, music, surfing, skating, filming,photography, he could possibly do anything and be amazing at it

little weeds

2009-08-31T03:41:00.000-07:00

The flavorsome five

Some called it the Australian Idol of surfing. Others, a cruel exploitation of young talent. Regardless of our motivations, the goal was to yield a new crop of Australian creatives. And we did that, or erm, they did that for us (Muhaha).

Looking back, we gravely underestimated the bore of creative juice dwelling beneath Australian surfing's landscape. We knew the current surf media was a poor representation of the ambitious and broadly influenced youth of today, but the quality and quantity of weapons grade specimens uncovered definitely took us, and the rest of the surfing world, by surprise

Given proper resources, this year's Little Weeds could easily create a publication to rival any within surfing’s confines. In fact, during season one, a number of Little Weeds contestants were picked up and put to toil by rival publications in Australia. If nothing else, the abundance of talented surfers, writers, models, filmers and photographers uncovered, alludes to the healthy state of this country’s creative and athletic landscapes. A trend, we hope and believe is shared globally. Here are your five winners for 2009:

Model: Ella Rose Corby

Surfer: Chippa Wilson

Writer: Mike Jennings

Filmer: Riley Blakeway

Photographer: Matthew O'Brien

Little Weeds Presentation from jack shanahan on Vimeo.

pete versus toby.

2009-08-31T03:34:00.000-07:00

my friend alexi hooked me up with some gear today. Amazing clothing! I thought i would do him proud and get him a wetty from my sponsor!

check there webby!-http://www.peteversustoby.com/

here's a photo i took wearing the gear!

weekend surf.

2009-08-30T02:25:00.001-07:00

This weekend was jammed full of waking up to a dude banging on my door saying surfs good lets go, 7.a.m up out of bed got gear out the door and on the road. we got there at 7.20a.m after a quick trip to the bakery and looked out over the clod winter's morning mist to see perfect 2 ft right handers give only 1 guy on it. We got our wetsuits, zinc, wax and headed for the track. We hit the icy water about 7.30a.m and started getting wave after wave. We were both surfing to the best of our ability. The water was crystal clear and dolphins every where. we decided to go in at 9.40 a.m and i got my last wave and turned around to watch pete shred on his and he got to the close out and went for an air reverse he got a 2 ft air and started to rotate he went to land and the board flipped and he landed straight on the fin with his arse. He ended up pushing he fin through the board and putting a massive hole through his wetty exposing his extra white arse. We laughed all the way up the track until we got to his mercedes van and a group of beautiful girls and i thought i would be the larken and point it out to them. they got there giggle on and walking off piercing over there shoulders. We got our clothes on and head straight to the sandwich shak to get a feed. When sat down waited for ever to get food, we rang brendo and asked him what he was up to, he had just finshed work and was on his to the shak. when he arrived we told him the story and we decided to get our boards and head back out. we got to the beach and to find a sloppy onshore wave. we got our keen on and headed back down the track. we surf some of the shitest waves possible but still ended up having fun. After our surf we decided to rest up so i went home sat on facebook then received a call from smithers saying come for a hit of tennis, we battled it out for an hour and of course i came out the victor and when i was collecting the balls brendo thought it would be funny to serve a ball as fast as he could and being number 1 in evans head he can hit a ball, it smacked me straight in the side of the head. i had my sook and headed off to work. I woke up on sunday to my phone playing crime wave by crystal castle and the name brendo saying i'm pulling up at yours get ya shit. my got my board and 2 poppers and headed off to the surf. the surf was super fun and we were all getting barrelled off our heads i ended up with 8 barrels and 5 chop hop's, i near landing of air reverse, 7 nose dives, 8 kooked waves, 13 tail slides, and some very nice hacks!. brendo was doing barrelled to hack, hack, cutty and an air reverse to finsh it off.

the weekend of curtis senior!

lego surfing

2009-08-29T05:49:00.001-07:00

this stuff is the shit.

daily surf on the net!

2009-08-27T00:52:00.000-07:00

When i got home from school today i did my daily browse on the internet going from facebook to myspace, from runamuk to tv dion then to stab then off to modern collective. and i came across this picture by a dude who is nameless so we shall call him dilbert!

bali

2009-08-27T00:25:00.000-07:00

Bali isn't what it use to be. I recently took my 6th trip there and the hole tropical great wave island is now a super busy,crowded,hard to get a wave, dog fight, and full of yobbo's going over to party. I must admit the party scene over there is one of the most epic thing anyone can experience. if your into the drinking scene then your bounded to get wasted there. The surf is still the same but the crowd isn't. All americans are coming over and thinking they own the island, The locals use to be people who were so frothed on having you in the water and now there starting to get aggressive and unhappy because of all these touro's trying to dominate the beach. As a touro you have to respect each others home. The quality of the people on the streets selling there goods were disgraceful. Its really disappointing to see the island turn this way. Bali is a place of peace but all these footy head, perth kooks are going over just to get drunk and try and get into fights. I don't understand how a island so amazing can turn sour? I am returning back to the island next year and its bound to be my last for a long while. If i want to go away and get in 1hr traffic jams just to get to a place which is 30 min walk i'll go to LA. All the big named brands are going over there and fucking up the hole eco system there. All the rich kooks are going over putting up house's were ever they want and putting the Balinese out of business because it stuff's up there water flow for the rice paddys. It must sound like the island is crap but it isn't it is still a wonderful place and i can't wait to go back and score really good waves and spend some nights at the bounty. My recent trip to bali was for my dad's big 50 b day. We got some good but crowded surfs and were very impress with hotel and so on.

when we were there dusty was throwing up some insane shit at keramas, my old man showing us he still has it, AND me doing chop hop's on a legian beachy.

clip of the day!

2009-08-26T04:38:00.000-07:00

here's a clip for the day!

Giant Waterslide Jump

weather.

2009-08-25T01:08:00.000-07:00

there weather was bullshit once again.

it was around 35 degrees when it is suppose to be around a cool 20 degree!

global warming is really catching up to us.

i took my camera to school to day and got a cool photo of the sound desk!

check it.

facebook.

2009-08-24T03:51:00.000-07:00

i officially got facebook today. its already tripping me out!

add me!

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=575737501&ref=profile

theres a photo to make your mind sizzle.

the quality of bali roads!

talk of the tour and progressive surfing.

2009-08-24T00:45:00.000-07:00

The main talk about the tour is that everyone is over it and is going into free surfing. There's journalist talking to all of pro's asking them questions on it. For example dane reynolds got asked about how he attacks his competitive side of surfing and he simply replyed, 'i haven't changed my surfing at all, i go out in every heat and treat it as a free surf, i'm not going to be all bummed if i get knocked like alot of the other's on the tour'. There's even talk that the WQS is becoming better then the WCT, the amount of talent that is in the QS will blow away everyones mind. The WQS consist some of the best know juniors/ upcoming WCT winners. Look at matt wilkinson with his big air reverse and tight fit barrells! then your got julian wilson with his sushi roll and reverse that you think would be impossible. I was reading a article on Matt Wilkinson today about how his WQS contest strategy and he was talking about how you get 15 waves now on the QS and if you land a air reverse you get a 7. He thought to him self if i can produce 2 air reverse within 15 waves that would give me to score to beat anyone who does backhand/forehand rio's all heat. The other part of his strategy is when all the other contender's go to bed at 8:30, he will stay up and try and get a root, as it says in the article he keeps him relaxed and ready for a day on the contest scene.

it's great to see all these progressive sorta guys coming up with all these new type of airs that all the old crew can't do. The WCT in the next 5 to 10 years will be the most popular thing to watch in any sport. You have all these guys just going out to try and out do each other. The biggest contest at the moment is between dane reynolds and jordy smith. There watching each other get a sick clip like jordy's in indo when he did that rodeo clown on the red bull trip and they will try and get a better clip. This is exactly what they need in surfing. This makes surfing so interesting to watch and its inspiring all the little shredders to go out and try this shit.

Stab and style.

2009-08-23T03:24:00.000-07:00

Stab magazine is prob's the best magazine in the business. They do what the other magazines don't. there last issue consisted with some of the best articles any surfer can read. They steer away from the political stuff of surfing like you will read in asl,waves,tracks and so on, this issue they did a big article with taj burrow and style. Surfer's style isn't just about boardshorts and a bin tang singlet. Most people in the sport are wearing tight jeans and what ever top they can find. Look at dion agius, He's wearing tight jeans with a globe designer t and a jacket be picked up at vinnes or a leather jacket. Taj is strutting his stuff with button up shirts and skinny jeans topped off with leather shoes. You look at any brand with artist/ skaters on there team for example RVCA, stussy, afends, volcom. there all designing this skate/stylish sorta ny city clothing that all the surfers are getting decked out in. Alot of the time team riders aren't even wearing there sponsor's gear because theres just no style in it or what they choose as there own style. all the riders are pushing there brands to produce something that no one else is doing. There are team riders going in to the HQ of there brands and sitting down with there designer and producing something that is in at the moment for example the leather jacket seems to be the latest craze on the streets and a couple brands bring em out and now everyone is strutting there stuff in them. Alot of people get criticized because of what they wear. You see all those footy heads in there shit little jay jay shirts and football shorts calling you gay because you like to dress how ever you do. All surfers are taking another look at there life as a surfer. All are taking after the skating scene. Just getting as much footage as possible and making movies. There all into art, taking photos, drawing all this weird shit on there boards and making them look good for example wade goodall is the kind of board art. the shit he pulls off on his boards blows away any artist's mind. The music scene is changing aswell, none of this jack johnson shit its all different. some are into crystal castles, HC, rap, all this new and improved type of music and there all putting it in there films. look at any surfer like, ellis ericson, dion agius, craig anderson, ozzie wright, mitch colborn. there all wearing gear that a melbourne fashion kid would wear and its what most of us surfers are doing. Ozzie wright is prob's the biggest part in the hole of changing surfing's fashion and music scene. His band Goons Of Doom is some of the best music to your ear's aorund and his fashion is so out there is radical, from sailor hat's to ripped jeans he's pulling it off.

getting noticed and what blogging is today.

2009-08-23T01:03:00.000-07:00

latly i have been chatting with my filmer/second opinion man gabe roxburgh what we can do to get me some sponsors and what else we can to surfing wise. We decided to start a movie, start collecting some photos, results, and a blog site. Blogging has seemed to become one of the biggest thase in surfing today. Nearly every pro has a blog site. Look at dion agius, this man is the hero of making blogs, People name him the creator of this thase. He is my hero when it comes to art, photography, fashion and jsut in general his amazing surfing. Globe sat down with him and told him if he sets up a blog site he can become a free surfer and drop the hole competitive side of surfing. check out his story.- www.stabmag.com/jed/Dion-Agius-self-promotion-criticism-bloggers/

heres some photos i have collected of me surfing!!

these photos consist of my recent trip to indo and around home!

enjoy.

modern collective.

2009-08-23T00:47:00.000-07:00

Modern collective is a movie thats just about to be put on the shelves and has the best free surfers in the game. The movie is filmed by kai neville and the surfers consist of dane reynolds, mitch colborn, jordy smith, dusty pane, dion agius and yadin nicol. The film isn't about long offshore points its about onshore beachys with mega ramps and perfect lips.

heres some photos of the progress of the film.

check there website- www.moderncollective.tv/

PRESENT CONPIRACY!

2009-08-22T20:21:00.000-07:00

Over the past weeks me and my filmer Gabe Roxbourgh have been trying to think a simple but catchy name for this work. We sat on msn for about 4 hours trying to work out a quality name, we had some shit names for example tripod productions. links filming. We finally came up with PRESENT CONSPIRACY. Gabe is a young talented artist and is well known in the sport of longboarding filming. His brother is a professional longboarder and we will be doing a lot of filming in the near future.

PRESENT CONPIRACY is all about Film | Surfing | Skateboarding | Photos | Art | Fun. We have started to film and are getting a clip about every 5 surfs! We are planning on doing a week road trip to get some sick footage. Gabe has been working hard trying to get surfers on board and also photographers and so on(if you are interest please contact me or gabe). The trip will consist of 2 clearwater surfboard team riders myself and ruben roxburgh.

check out some of his skills!

www.youtube.com/gabeROXBURGH

Half tide Boardriders.

2009-08-22T19:58:00.000-07:00

Hey everbody,

had our local comp on the weekend. It was a small turn up but got under way around 8 at sharkys.had some quality right hand 2-3 ft barrelly waves. We kicked off with the juniors where It was Myself and mitch weston going barrel for barrel. Mitch came through with the victory and i was placed 2nd. We had my dad sitting on the wall taking shots of all the boys getting pitted. We then followed with the opens. I won my heat then go moved through to the semis where i came second and progressed to the final, Waves went a bit wack and with a heavy onshore wind made it hard for the boys to pick up a scoreable wave. The lad's in the final were nat smith, mitch weston, simon freedom and my self. Nat smith came out on top with big barrels and amazing rio's. I had a bit of an unlucky final came up as 4th. Mitch weston was blowing everyone out of the water with this near stand up barrels and his hacks. heres a photo of him doing his shit.