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INSIDE: WOMEN ON WATER | NOOSA FESTIVAL OF SURFING | FELICITY BURDETT | ‘MAKE A BARRY’ ART COMPETITION!<br />
№ <strong>34</strong><br />
- EASTER -<br />
<strong>2016</strong><br />
F R E E S U R F M A G A Z I N E
ALSO<br />
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The Little<br />
Longboard<br />
All Riley boards are hand built in<br />
Australia and everyone is unique, they<br />
can be built to any size and shape to suit<br />
your wall or the water.<br />
There is always wow factor when Mark<br />
adds some stringer detail.<br />
This board has a combination red cedar<br />
and balsa wood rail band to give it the<br />
aesthetic and strength appeal.<br />
It can be built from 6 foot to 10 foot<br />
without any butt joins.<br />
It is polished up polyester resin with any<br />
sort of fin configuration that you desire.<br />
With over 1000 sticks of balsa to choose<br />
from there is all the potential to build<br />
your own light and beautiful board.<br />
For more info check out the web site and<br />
send Mark a message.<br />
• Fin boxes with all wood covers<br />
• Wood coloured fin boxes<br />
• Fin box install kits<br />
• Easy, DIY clear and clean<br />
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• Clear board grip tape - Let<br />
the beauty of the balsa<br />
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Environmentally friendly and<br />
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• Timber fins<br />
• Surfboards<br />
• Blanks<br />
• Cork tail pads & SUP deck grip<br />
• Aussie-made leashes<br />
• Raw balsa/ cedar DIY board kits<br />
• Instructional DVDs<br />
• Board racks<br />
• Tide clocks<br />
• LICK liquid<br />
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QUALITY & PROVEN<br />
PUKA PATCH<br />
The highest selling Instant Ding Repair & Rail Tape<br />
in Australia. Instant waterproof repairing across<br />
various watercraft provides a cost effective solution<br />
to keep you in the water at all times ! Will stick to<br />
anything PU / Epoxy / Kite Bladders / Sails / Tents<br />
/ high wear ares on Boat Rails etc. Won’t fade or<br />
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on & bubble free application due to the stretch<br />
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‘JIMMY’ WETSUIT POUCH<br />
Putting on a wetsuit has never been so easy – less<br />
time in the change room, less time in the parking lot<br />
& more time in the water! Slip into a wet or dry suit<br />
about 90% faster…especially in the cold!<br />
Hang for easy access or fold back up & slip into<br />
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material that works 100x better than a plastic bag, a<br />
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SURFINZ<br />
Ask for Surfinz on your next board - why ? Because<br />
it will take your dual tab fins, you can adjust them<br />
forward or back & the under the glass install is<br />
the strongest option. Rail boxes come pre-set<br />
at 6 or 10 degree cant giving you every option<br />
to accommodate flat bottoms, deep channels or<br />
concaves. Surfinz carbon composite fins available in<br />
L/Board centres, S/Board Thrusters / Quads / Quin or<br />
Grom Quin’s with FREE Nibbler Mini Pivot fin !<br />
Extremely strong, durable & reliable. Surfinz is<br />
the fastest growing & simplest fin system on the<br />
market today!<br />
http://www.surfinz.com/<br />
ECOXGEAR<br />
Highest rated waterproof, shockproof, weatherproof,<br />
bluetooth speakers on the market.<br />
Also float & submersible! Incredible sound & tough<br />
enough to handle any environment from the beaches<br />
of the Bahamas, to the deserts of Arizona to the<br />
mountains of the Swiss Alps.<br />
ECOXGEAR products are made to take a beating.<br />
Just Play…in the snow, sand and water.<br />
http://www.ecoxgear.com<br />
Keep your goods dry wherever you are<br />
SURF LOCK<br />
Surf Lock is the ideal solution to an age-old<br />
problem, it’s not safe to leave your car keys hidden<br />
somewhere on your car or wrapped up in a beach<br />
towel. Surf Lock can be easily attached to different<br />
locations on your car, providing a safe & secure<br />
place to store your car keys or immobiliser while<br />
enjoying the outdoors. When not in use, the lock is<br />
small enough to be kept in the glove box of your car.<br />
Ideal for surfers, swimmers, adventuring outdoors,<br />
boating or fishing. It can be secured to the tie down<br />
on your vehicle, your roof rack, wheel or trailer & is<br />
great anytime you need to leave your car but can’t<br />
or don’t want to carry your keys with you. Don’t<br />
become a statistic, take security seriously with Surf<br />
Lock & don’t be left watching from your surfboard as<br />
someone drives off in your car!<br />
ISLAND TRIBE<br />
Island Tribe sunscreens are designed to give the<br />
user maximum protection against both UVA & UVB<br />
rays, each sunscreen having been designed with<br />
a unique consumer in mind. In addition to this, our<br />
products are recognised by the TGA as protection<br />
against the harmful effects of the sun. Launched<br />
in 1992 with the aim of providing a waterproof sun<br />
protection for all watersport enthusiasts, the range<br />
consisted of only the Clear Gel, which to this day<br />
has been unrivaled by competition. Now distributed<br />
in 25 countries, the Island Tribe sunscreen range<br />
is different from conventional sun ranges due to its<br />
CLEAR gel products & the water resistance they<br />
offer. We pride ourselves in having the most trusted<br />
water resistant sunscreen on the market.<br />
MY GO<br />
The MyGo Mouth Mount for GoPro® & action sports<br />
cameras has a comfortable Rubber Mouthpiece, bite<br />
supports for stable footage, a massive air channel for<br />
unrestricted breathing & a low profile lanyard to keep<br />
your camera close. We thought of everything!<br />
Designed with flexibility & ease-of-use in mind &<br />
motivated by one surfer’s desire to share what it feels<br />
like to get spit out of a macking barrel, we knew that<br />
the traditional options for GoPro® mounts just wouldn’t<br />
suffice. The result is a compact, lightweight & sturdy<br />
mouth mount that can get you the sickest shots of your<br />
biggest tricks & waves as you see them. Beware, it’s<br />
extremely addicting!<br />
PAQUA WATERCASES<br />
Waterproof submersible soft shell cases for every<br />
water use you can possibly imagine.<br />
Paqua cases are the only waterproof case<br />
endorsed by the Australian Professional Ocean<br />
Lifeguarding Association.<br />
http://www.paqua.com.au<br />
ONITPRO<br />
A highly functional cleaning solution & drag<br />
reduction application for all types of watercraft.<br />
The only proven product of it’s kind that is<br />
supported by many of the worlds best paddlers for<br />
over 10yrs.<br />
Reduce paddle fatigue & keep your craft clean…<br />
ideal for SUP, Kayaks/Canoes, Outriggers, Surf,<br />
Kite, PWC or Boats.<br />
http://www.onitpro.com<br />
STARFIN<br />
With designer Ben Lexcen, Cheyne Horan developed<br />
a winged keel fin based on an America’s Cup<br />
sailboat design. The Star Fin has been a great<br />
success for Cheyne & continues to sell well today….<br />
now seeing increased growth through retro single<br />
fins, longboards & SUP.<br />
SCARFINI<br />
A simple, high quality fin range growing from<br />
strength to strength.<br />
Covers everything from Thruster to Groms to<br />
Quads to Keels.<br />
Available in both single & dual tab.<br />
FINGER GRIP<br />
Safely & secure your watercraft of choice using<br />
the finger hold displays, either horizontally or<br />
vertically.<br />
Cost effective & easily removable, great for retail<br />
or homes.<br />
Replace one of the box images with this additional<br />
attached image titled ‘vertical storage’.<br />
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WATERCRAFT ACCESSORIES<br />
• Eco–Friendly<br />
• Zero Plastic Policy<br />
• Only Recycled<br />
Packaging Materials<br />
• Soy based Waxes<br />
• Reduced Waste<br />
• No Performance Compromised<br />
OTHER WATERSHACK BRANDS:<br />
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TIME<br />
FOR A<br />
COOL<br />
CHANGE<br />
Girls just wanna have fun... See more on Page 40.<br />
Photo: Heidi Atkins Creative<br />
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Ahh the change of seasons, some welcome it, others loathe it.<br />
We guess it all depends on your outlook and perhaps where<br />
you reside. Opinions are even split in our office. Some like<br />
the relentless heat, the raging bushfires that often follow and<br />
the hoards of surfers who congregate at beaches during the<br />
summer months. Near expiring from excessive perspiration,<br />
sweating in their jocks or jockettes (made that word up) seems<br />
to appeal to some. Weirdos...<br />
More sane people (like myself, of course) rejoice with the first<br />
frosty southerly that blows across their shores and a cooling<br />
of the waters. In some parts it means big swells are on their<br />
way, but in the main it means less crowds. Yes it is fantastic to<br />
see more and more people experiencing the joy of surfing but<br />
equally most of us like our “alone time”. There is something<br />
truly special about rising early, pulling on your wettie in the<br />
dark and paddling out just before dawn all by yourself or with<br />
only a few around. The very moment the brisk water splashes<br />
against your face you feel absolutely alive, refreshed and<br />
energised. Normal people love this feeling, indeed the colder<br />
the better.<br />
On a serious note, it is these moments of quiet solitude<br />
that allow us to reflect on how wonderful life is and truly<br />
appreciate what we have. But life is not always filled with<br />
laughs and frivolity and it is also at times like this we can<br />
silently mourn what we have lost. The ocean has a way of<br />
healing us of all our ills.<br />
In this edition we talk with Felicity Burdett whose heart<br />
wrenching story is sure to hit hard but her unbelievable<br />
strength and positivity with which she now lives her life<br />
is incredibly inspiring . Also featured in this edition are a<br />
number of other ladies, both young and younger (hey we were<br />
not going to say old) who are living their lives to the fullest,<br />
getting amongst the waves, cheering and hollering. So there is<br />
plenty of reason to celebrate this fresh new edition. And if that<br />
wasn’t enough, we have an incredibly cool reader competition<br />
brought to you by the big fella himself, Aloha Barry and the<br />
terrific folks at Island Surfboards.<br />
WELCOME<br />
Cheers!<br />
the <strong>Smorgasboarder</strong>s<br />
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NOOSA FESTIVAL WRAP<br />
<strong>34</strong> Action from the week<br />
$25 AUS & NZ - 1 YEAR - SIX EDITIONS.<br />
THE COVER SHOT<br />
FROM THE SOUL<br />
44 Felicity Burdett<br />
THE USUAL<br />
LATEST<br />
12 Reader photos<br />
20 News<br />
GEAR<br />
68 Surfboards<br />
73 Ding Repairs<br />
CLOSEOUT<br />
75 Directories<br />
77 Socials<br />
82 Aloha Barry<br />
Inspired surfboard<br />
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READER<br />
PHOTOS<br />
Surfer Zak Whiteman<br />
Photographer: Fiona Pyke<br />
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READER<br />
PHOTOS<br />
Gold Coast grom action.<br />
Photo: Craig Bessant<br />
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Surfer: Jordan Rodin<br />
Photographer: Josh Delomotte<br />
READER<br />
PHOTOS<br />
Will at Lennox Heads ripping on a longboard.<br />
Photo: Craig Leete<br />
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Somewhere Mid North Coast of NSW.<br />
Photo: Chris Hewgill<br />
NZ Spray...<br />
Photo: Baeley ‘Beanbag’ (16)<br />
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<strong>Smorgasboarder</strong> reader John Shaw snapped this cracker of a shot he calls “Sliding<br />
in the South Island“and scores himself a kilo of coffee beans thanks to Raglan Roast.<br />
If you’re in NZ, send in your surf shots and you could be the next reader to score a bag<br />
of quality beans! Email submissions to letters@smorgasboarder.com.au<br />
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CRAZY<br />
KIWIS<br />
Great coffee, roasted daily. Volcom Lane, Raglan NZ WWW.RAGLANROAST.CO.NZ<br />
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Get back<br />
to the roots...<br />
with paulownia<br />
AKA: THE NEWS... COMMUNITY WHAT’S HAPPENINGS & OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS<br />
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BARRY BENNETT IN<br />
HALL OF FAME<br />
Surfing pioneer Barry Bennett was recently inducted into the Australian<br />
Surfing Hall of Fame at the Australian Surfing Awards held in Manly<br />
on March 3rd. Barry became the 38 th inductee into the Hall of Fame,<br />
duly recognised for the massive influence he has had on the local surf<br />
industry, not just as a surfboard manufacturer and shaper but for enabling<br />
the country’s leading shapers and surfers to hone their skills under his<br />
tutelage - blokes like Geoff McCoy, Midget Farrelly, Bob McTavish and<br />
Nat Young.<br />
Barry began building plywood and balsa surfboards and skis in the 1950s<br />
at Waverly in the eastern suburbs of Sydney and later formed Bennett<br />
Surfboards in 1960.<br />
SMORGASBOARDER IN<br />
THE ANTARCTIC?<br />
Dale Matheson of Scamander Beach Shack is our unofficial enthusiastic<br />
<strong>Smorgasboarder</strong> distributor in Tasmania (we love the support Dale). He<br />
recently wrote to inform us he had passed on our latest edition to Eldine<br />
Oshea, a marine scientist on board the CSIRO ship Investigator presently<br />
on its way to Antarctica. Can’t wait to hopefully see some pics of tubes<br />
amongst the icebergs.<br />
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australia<br />
BUILD YOUR OWN<br />
WOODEN SURFBOARD<br />
FREEWHEELING CAT<br />
Yep, he’s at it again. Tired of messing with people’s heads on the<br />
surfboard side of things, Glenn Cat Collins has turned his attention to<br />
skateboards. Expect nothing but craziness and some out-there sprays.<br />
We like the look of Big Foot. Mainstream is just so boring.<br />
For Glenn Cat’s evening at Underground Surf in Noosa, see page 77.<br />
Due to popular demand we now offer<br />
1 Day Surfboard, Alaia & Paipo Shaping Workshops<br />
There’s nothing like the ride, feel and experience of an authentic<br />
wooden surfboard . . . and when you’ve built that board yourself,<br />
with skills that will stay with you for life, nothing beats the feeling.<br />
Tree to Sea Australia offers 3 day workshops enabling you to<br />
build your own wooden board and give you the skills to build<br />
many more. Our wooden boards are environmentally friendly,<br />
and the feeling of riding one . . . incredible! See website for<br />
workshop dates and further details. Gift Vouchers are available.<br />
Robert 0409 211 751 Gary 0423 804 975<br />
email: info@treetosea.com.au<br />
Wooden Surfboard<br />
Workshops<br />
Alaias & Paipos<br />
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directly from Tree to Sea<br />
Australia or attend a one<br />
day workshop & handcraft<br />
your own.<br />
HANDMADE SURFCRAFT<br />
TREE TO SEA<br />
THE GOODNESS OF WOOD<br />
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The goodness of wood. Plantation grown timber. No fibreglass. No foam. No resins.<br />
Just wood (and glue). Keeping our environmental splash to a ripple.<br />
SURF COAST SUPPORT<br />
FOR ANIMALS<br />
Floc, a new coastal concept store in Torquay has collaborated with<br />
Weekdays Design on a hand painted mural wall piece to help raise<br />
funds for the Surf Coast Wildlife Shelter. Weekdays Design artist, Todd<br />
Vanneste developed the idea for his Welcome to Paradise piece from<br />
those vintage “Greetings From” postcards. The Surf Coast Wildlife<br />
Shelter receives injured animals daily and relies on donations to fund<br />
care and rehabilitation services. Silent bids will be received up until 30 th<br />
April <strong>2016</strong> with all bids to be emailed to Floc at hello@flocstore.com.<br />
au. The piece will be on display at Floc until then – 15 Pearl Street,<br />
Torquay. www.flocstore.com.au<br />
WIN WITH YOUR ART...<br />
Handy with a pen, pencil or paintbrush? Your personal interperatation of<br />
our very own Aloha Barry by Phillip Island artist, Curl, could not only see<br />
your art in the company of legend Ben Brown, but also score you some<br />
great, fun gear... See page 30 for more information!<br />
Become part of an<br />
exclusive members only surf brand.<br />
(Surfers of all ages and skills welcome)<br />
Membership has its privileges: Visit www.1lovesurfing.com for details.<br />
Ambassadors wanted: Apply for a 1 Love Surfing Ambassadorship.<br />
RESPECT THE RIDE!<br />
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!<br />
VINTAGE SURFBOARD COLLECTOR AND PROPRIETOR OF<br />
NOOSA’S UNDERGROUND SURF, ANDRE ‘ONDI’ MARSAUS,<br />
IS THE SURF SAGE AND HERE IN OUR REGULAR FEATURE HE<br />
PROVIDES THE ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.<br />
Got a question<br />
you want to ask<br />
the Surf Sage<br />
about an old<br />
board you have<br />
found under<br />
the house or<br />
from a curbside<br />
collection?<br />
Email editorial@smorgasboarder.com.au<br />
and we will get Ondi onto it.<br />
Q<br />
A<br />
Could you tell me about this Carey<br />
surfboard? It’s signed by Edward<br />
Sawden, Shaper. I think he’s from the<br />
Gold Coast? It’s had a repair on the nose<br />
and the tail but I think it’s probably a sick<br />
wall hanger.<br />
Thanks Brian<br />
Hey Brian, this board was made at Mick<br />
Carey’s factory in 1969 and was shaped by<br />
Edward Sawden. That’s his signature for<br />
sure! It’s a classic shape that was likely built<br />
in the Carey Currumbin factory. The boys who<br />
rode these boards at the time were absolute<br />
hotshots: Peter Drouyn, arguably one of<br />
Australia’s best all time surfers; Tony Drouyn,<br />
his brother, an absolutely epic surfer; Paul and<br />
Rick Nielsen, who dominated surfing at the time<br />
and developed Brothers Nielsen Surfboards;<br />
and Eddie and Bernie Sawden, also incredible<br />
surfers of the time.<br />
Carey surfboards were red hot and to have three<br />
groups of famous brothers riding them says a<br />
lot about the shapes of the time. These<br />
mid-lengths are very rare and it’s a great<br />
collectors piece in original condition. I’d<br />
value it at up to $1500.<br />
Edward Sawden is now a famous surf<br />
photographer, shaper and surf historian<br />
of the Tugun/Kirra area, and one of his<br />
photographs of Wayne Lynch when he<br />
won the Junior Australian Title currently<br />
hangs in the National Gallery. In 1984<br />
Eddie won both the Masters in the<br />
Noserider division in Newcastle and beat<br />
Jeff Hackman to win the Noserider in the<br />
Malfunction comp. In 1985, he won the<br />
Malfunction overall.<br />
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SURFBOARDS OF SIGNIFICANCE<br />
by Ondi Marsaus, Underground Surf Emporium & Cafe<br />
Scott Dillon<br />
’66 model<br />
shaped by Glynn Ritchie<br />
Most know Scott Dillon as one of Australia’s founding<br />
Brookvale surfboard manufacturers from 1961 who<br />
attracted local and international hot shot surfer shapers<br />
of the era.<br />
This board was shaped by Glynn Ritchie who was ‘by<br />
accident’ the most stand out surfer of the first Bell’s rally<br />
event in 1962 as a teenager.<br />
Glynn was a Manly lad who had travelled to Torquay for<br />
a holiday with his Aunt Ethel, when Peter Troy saw him<br />
surfing and encouraged him to the event by telling him the<br />
waves were better down the road at a place known as<br />
Bells. Glynn became a big fan of the Bells contest after<br />
that as it was a ‘groovy scene’ and the Sydney surfers<br />
followed the year after.<br />
Glynn’s surfing was outstanding particularly at his home<br />
break Fairybower where he could be seen ripping,<br />
especially when the swell turned on… We could fill the<br />
magazine with Glynn’s surfing accomplishments as well as<br />
Scott Dillon’s.<br />
Looking at his shapes you can see he has transferred his<br />
surfing skills into producing boards that really work.<br />
This board is a great example of Glynn’s hand-shapes. It’s<br />
had a gel coat later in the piece. With 50/50 pinched rails<br />
you can see it has been beautifully foiled from nose to tail<br />
with a flat rocker principle and a subtle lift through the<br />
nose. It has a soft rolled bottom shape that runs from nose<br />
to tail and surfs incredibly well with a 10” flex fin.<br />
It’s quite a rare board out of the Scott Dillon stable, and<br />
I’d go so far as to call it one of the ‘hot rods’ of it’s era.<br />
We’d be keen to make a modern version of this board one<br />
day as it rides beautifully and takes off as soon as you’re<br />
on your feet.<br />
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John Barton, Nokandui.<br />
Photo: Lewis Samuels,<br />
supplied courtesy of Indo<br />
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camps, a trip planner and even a crash course<br />
on speaking Indonesian with pronunciation<br />
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publication on just about everything you would<br />
want to know about surfing Indo.<br />
The author, Peter Neely, is a veteran of<br />
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eight years spent full-time in Bali from 1979<br />
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Peter has spent the equivalent of 15 years in<br />
Indonesia so he knows it well. The book was<br />
first published in 1992 and has been updated<br />
annually ever since with this year being a<br />
special 25 th Anniversary Edition.<br />
Says Peter, “I was lucky enough to surf<br />
some beautiful uncrowded waves with all<br />
the original Bali surfing pioneers back in<br />
the 1970’s… Some of the most precious<br />
memories of my life are those idyllic 1970s<br />
sunset sessions at Halfway Kuta, watching<br />
the locals laugh as they surfed across the<br />
golden walls of water.<br />
“I guess I’ve had a lifelong love affair with<br />
the waves and people of Indonesia, and my<br />
book is the result. I hope it inspires you to<br />
learn some of the language, and experience<br />
all the wonders of Indonesia for yourself.”<br />
Indo Surf & Lingo is certainly a great source<br />
of info with beautiful photos featured<br />
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next surf adventure.<br />
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LATEST & GREATEST<br />
Dede. Photo: David Deckers supplied courtesy of Indo Surf & Lingo<br />
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Mail order copies of Indo Surf & Lingo are available<br />
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I’m 100% completely shaved-down-to-the-skin bald. So personally, I don’t have<br />
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popular look. But when it comes to the groms, a bit of styling mud is no doubt a<br />
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Mark Gariglio, the head honcho of MAD Hair Products puts<br />
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product prices. We have created a professional range of<br />
products that young surfers and skaters can not only relate to<br />
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But how does it work? A picture’s worth a thousand<br />
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And what do the kids think? They’re sold. And Flynn<br />
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At 4 years old, he’s totally into it and it’s now a musthave<br />
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Surf graphics legend Ben Brown gives<br />
his take on Aloha Barry... What do you<br />
reckon you can do? No presure...<br />
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Do you have a creative vision for Barry?<br />
Can you draw a stick man with a beard?<br />
Either way, we want to see your portraits of the<br />
Aloha man himself... We’ll make it worth your<br />
while too... See overleaf for more details!<br />
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Absolutly pumped and inspired by Ben Brown’s amazing version of Curl’s<br />
Aloha Barry (which has Curl grinning ear-to-ear, may we add) we decided to<br />
give you - our multi-talented readership - a crack as seeing what you can come<br />
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Do up a picture of Barry, in any style, in any medium and submit it to<br />
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NOW WE DON’T MUCK ABOUT WHEN WE SAY ‘EXCLUSIVE’. THIS<br />
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The Two runners up will each receive:<br />
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• A ‘Smorgasbarry’ Surf is Free t-shirt PLUS<br />
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The overall winner ALSO gets that, PLUS:<br />
• A complete Island Surfboards skateboard, with art by Curl<br />
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ABOVE: Ben Brown’s sketchbook, working on the poster...<br />
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Barry on page 82
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BERMAGUI...<br />
GREAT<br />
FAMILY<br />
SURF ESCAPES<br />
...A MUST<br />
Having driven the East Coast of Australia many<br />
times over I still distinctly remember the very<br />
first time I saw Bermagui. I couldn’t believe<br />
the beauty of this small coastal village at the<br />
northern end of New South Wales’ Sapphire<br />
Coast. It’s one of the first places that spring to<br />
mind when people ask me about my favourite<br />
seaside towns. Now each time I am heading<br />
Bermagui way I can’t help but get excited,<br />
particularly when I think of all those goodies<br />
at Cream Patisserie. Hey, okay I have a sweet<br />
tooth. You get bloody hungry delivering mags,<br />
writing stories and surfing all the way down<br />
the Australian coastline. Did I mention the<br />
wharf? Woah!<br />
THE WAVES<br />
As the picture depicts there isn’t any surf<br />
whatsoever in these parts so don’t bother. C’mon,<br />
it is the Far South Coast of New South Wales.<br />
There are waves everywhere, just many of the<br />
crackers are hidden away just how the locals<br />
like it. That’s the beauty of the area. Take time to<br />
explore it.<br />
MUST SEE AND DO<br />
CAMEL ROCK<br />
Just to the north of Bermagui, it’s a striking rock<br />
formation you can’t miss that resembles of all<br />
things… a camel. Fancy that. It’s a great place<br />
for a fun surf and a heap of fun too to explore<br />
with the kids.<br />
BLUE POOL<br />
A large natural rock pool at the base of a rocky<br />
cliff that’s good for a few laps when the surf is<br />
taking a break and for the kids to splash around<br />
and snorkel. There’s also a viewing platform with<br />
superb coastal views.<br />
BERMAGUI SURF SHOP<br />
Rick and Sharon Hoogenboom run this great little<br />
shop in town where you can restock your surfing<br />
supplies for your surf road trip of a lifetime.<br />
WHERE TO STAY<br />
Right on the point overlooking Horseshoe Bay with<br />
views to Gulaga Mountain. South Coast Holiday<br />
Park Bermagui is quiet, safe and the perfect place<br />
to recharge and relax.<br />
See more at: www.southcoastparks.com.au<br />
On Bermagui itself I don’t need to say too much<br />
more. Just look at the pictures.<br />
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THE NOOSA FESTIVAL<br />
OF SURFING is so much more than a<br />
mere surf contest. The event brings people<br />
together from across the globe for a week of<br />
fun, camaraderie and waves and as a result<br />
there are stories and laughs aplenty. Best of<br />
all, surfers from all walks get to experience<br />
the majestic beauty of Noosa first hand. The<br />
event, now the world’s biggest surf festival<br />
and in its 25 th year, plays host to more than<br />
600 competitors and their families to Noosa<br />
from around Australia, New Zealand, USA,<br />
Japan, France, Brazil, Portugal, China and<br />
numerous other countries.<br />
NOOSA’S<br />
FAVOURITE FESTIVAL<br />
PHOTOS SUPPLIED, COURTESY OF NOOSA FESTIVAL OF SURFING<br />
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LATEST: LOCAL<br />
The Festival kicked off with the<br />
traditional ho’okupu blessing of<br />
waters opening ceremony’ which<br />
this year also served as the Magoo<br />
Memorial Paddle Out, recognising<br />
with respect the much loved late<br />
“father of the festival” Barry<br />
‘Magoo’ McGuigan. This beautifully<br />
represented the spirit of our surfing<br />
culture and the essence of the<br />
festival.<br />
This year’s event also played host<br />
to a special delegation of Peru’s<br />
finest surfers. Led by 1965 world<br />
champion Felipe Pomar, who is still<br />
riding huge waves in Hawaii at age<br />
72, the Peruvian entourage included<br />
Carlos “Huevito” Ucanan, known<br />
as the “king of the caballitos”, an<br />
ancient Peruvian watercraft made<br />
of woven reeds. Huevito brought<br />
with him two surfboard bags full of<br />
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THE CABALLITO<br />
DATES BACK<br />
SOME 3000<br />
YEARS TO<br />
WHEN THEY<br />
WERE FIRST<br />
USED BY THE<br />
PERUVIAN<br />
FISHING<br />
COMMUNITY TO<br />
LAY FISHING<br />
NETS AND SURF<br />
THE WAVES.<br />
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NOOSA’S<br />
FAVOURITE<br />
FESTIVAL<br />
the special Peruvian reeds, not to<br />
smoke (they weren’t bodyboard<br />
bags) but so he could construct his<br />
caballitos right here in Australia<br />
and put on a surfing spectacle<br />
never seen before on our shores.<br />
The caballito dates back some 3000<br />
years to when they were first used<br />
by the Peruvian fishing community to<br />
lay fishing nets and surf the waves.<br />
As always on the contest side of<br />
things there was plenty going on<br />
with amateur and professional<br />
events for juniors through to over-<br />
70s - noseriding to finless contests,<br />
paddleboard to body surfing battles<br />
and everything in between including<br />
the inaugural McTavish Trim where<br />
invitees were challenged with riding<br />
boards over ten feet for as long as<br />
possible. Despite waves during this<br />
contest being less than a foot in<br />
height, Thomas Bexon managed a<br />
132-metre ride to win it.<br />
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THE EVER POPULAR SURF<br />
DOGS SPECTACULAR WAS<br />
AGAIN A HUGE SUCCESS,<br />
AS WAS THE TANDEM<br />
SURFING EXHIBITION.<br />
Through the week the waves<br />
remained quite small but<br />
were clean and consistent.<br />
As a result the wave riding<br />
continued to be world class<br />
as can be seen in this expose<br />
of photos from the week.<br />
The ever popular surf dogs<br />
spectacular was again a<br />
huge success, as was the<br />
tandem surfing exhibition.<br />
On the social scene, the Men<br />
of Wood & Foam surf exhibition<br />
was keenly attended as were the<br />
regular after parties at the Beach<br />
Bar and Café le Monde featuring<br />
entertainment from the likes of<br />
the Mason Rack Band, Bearfoot,<br />
Tropical Zombies, The Sea Gypsies<br />
and Band of Frequencies to name a<br />
few. To see socials from some of the<br />
various after parties at the Noosa<br />
Festival of Surfing see our Closeout<br />
section on page 77.<br />
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WOMEN<br />
ON WATER<br />
VICTORIAN<br />
GIRLS<br />
........................................................<br />
CELEBRATE<br />
WOMEN’S DAY<br />
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& PETER MITCHELL DAVIS @ NOT NEGATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
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OVER 100 PEOPLE took to Point Impossible on<br />
Saturday, the car park quickly filling with 58 competitors and<br />
around the same in spectators. While conditions weren’t<br />
perfect at 2ft with a south-easterly breeze, it didn’t stop the<br />
lady entrants from shredding and stepping their way down<br />
the line in a celebration for International Women’s Day.<br />
It was amazing to see two<br />
eight-year old competitors, Rori<br />
Reyntjes and Holly Droomer<br />
paddle out and surf. “Holly’s<br />
confidence has increased<br />
enormously since that one surf in<br />
an uncrowded friendly environment,<br />
she went surfing again the next<br />
day,” said mum Janelle.<br />
“It was such a fun day, and really<br />
good to see some quality female<br />
surfing. It was so different to<br />
other competitions, a really nonintimidating<br />
environment for both<br />
young and old.” Perhaps one reason<br />
for such a great turn out was the<br />
non-competitive options in the<br />
expression session and the mongrel.<br />
The expression session was<br />
probably one of the highlights of the<br />
day and some girls had spent a bit<br />
of time preparing outfits and props<br />
for this division. Sam Suendermann<br />
wore flippers and managed to still<br />
hang five off the nose, like a duck<br />
walking on water. Jesse Muir wore<br />
a lovely red and black chequered<br />
dress, which she managed to derobe<br />
while riding a wave. Another<br />
competitor managed to remove<br />
a pair of exterior bather bottoms<br />
whilst surfing her way in. A dog even<br />
got in the water to join its owner<br />
and climb on board!<br />
The atmosphere was kicking with<br />
musical tracks like Gloria from Patti<br />
Smith and Shoop from Salt-N-Peppa,<br />
and Australian champ Emma Webb<br />
provided some very entertaining<br />
commentary. Competitor Kim Byrne<br />
said “it was great fun and enjoyable<br />
for all levels, abilities and ages, a<br />
real credit to those who organised<br />
it. Today we witnessed women<br />
empowering women in a beautiful<br />
environment in and out of the water,<br />
this event is only growing.”<br />
“It was so lovely to share the stoke<br />
with so many other likeminded<br />
chicks,” said Penny Andrews.<br />
Hayley Jeffries of The Fitness<br />
Movement provided free massage in<br />
a mammoth effort from 7am till 3pm<br />
while Rachel Hely took a beautiful<br />
yoga/ meditation session in the<br />
sand with people from five years<br />
old up. Bonappuccino filled the air<br />
with coffee aromas while Flatironed<br />
fuelled the hungry competitors<br />
bellies with New York style toasties,<br />
and thanks to Fiona at Base Legal<br />
each competitor enjoyed these<br />
complimentary.<br />
THE EXPRESSION SESSION WAS PROBABLY ONE OF<br />
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY AND SOME GIRLS HAD SPENT<br />
A BIT OF TIME PREPARING OUTFITS AND PROPS FOR THIS DIVISION.<br />
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On the results side of the day, the<br />
most pleasing was that Over $2500<br />
was raised for local charity Bethany<br />
through sponsor’s donations at the<br />
raffle and auction wall.<br />
Lara Murphy took out the open<br />
category with Ange King second and<br />
Sasha Leitmanis third.<br />
Riding any board and throwing away<br />
all niceties Tiffany Riggs stole the<br />
Mongrel first place, with Joe Cole in<br />
second and Heidi Atkins third.<br />
The juniors winner was Nadia<br />
McCristal, with Lueca Gartell in<br />
second and Laila McCristal third<br />
while the Expression Session was<br />
won by Sylvia Fogarty-Phipps,<br />
with Jenene Nelson in second and<br />
Laura Spencer third. Results in the<br />
040s were Wendy Reyntjes in first,<br />
Janelle Droomer second and Anne<br />
Stephenson third.<br />
Finally, the annual Soul Sister award<br />
– which recognises the female with<br />
the best attitude and swagger both<br />
on land and in the water - was taken<br />
out by Lueca Gartell, who travelled<br />
from Tasmania. Bring on next year!<br />
For full results, video and photo<br />
footage and news on the next<br />
one, head to Facebook #Surfcoast<br />
Longboarders Club or visit<br />
surfcoastlongboardclub.com<br />
Jack Garnett of airtimefilming.<br />
com.au captured some amazing<br />
drone footage of the event and can<br />
be found at vimeo.com/1578<strong>34</strong>496.<br />
LARA MURPHY<br />
TOOK OUT<br />
THE OPEN<br />
CATEGORY<br />
WITH ANGE<br />
KING SECOND<br />
AND SASHA<br />
LEITMANIS<br />
THIRD.<br />
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TRUE<br />
FELICITY<br />
ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY, Felicity (fɪˈlɪsɪti) is defined as ‘intense<br />
happiness’ and ‘the ability to find appropriate expression for one’s thoughts.’<br />
This could not be a more fitting name for Felicity Burdett - a singer/songwriter and surfer based in<br />
Coolum Beach on the Sunshine Coast. Ever looking forward, music is her vehicle to make sense of<br />
life. The saltwater that sprays up onto the deck of the house has absolutely infused itself into her<br />
music, and her positive energy is absolutely evident in her laid-back, surfy songs – some of which<br />
have even appeared in surf movies, short films and even a television commercial for Tetleys Tea.<br />
Felicity’s beautiful, warm voice floats above her folky, fingerpicked acoustic lines while the<br />
personal, yet very universal messages in her lyrics reflect her determination to spread a message<br />
of hope, love and an appreciation for the goodness in our lives – whatever that may mean for us as<br />
individuals. I was fortunate enough to catch up with Felicity for a heartfelt and very open chat about<br />
her music, her fundraising plans for <strong>2016</strong>, and most importantly her truly moving story.<br />
WORDS: MARK CHAPMAN<br />
Felicity and I are sitting<br />
on her deck, taking in<br />
the scenery and seeing<br />
surfers take to the<br />
water just across the<br />
road. With such idyllic surrounds,<br />
it’s hard to believe that her plans<br />
for the year include a songwriting<br />
sojourn to the Kimberleys, way out<br />
West and far from the surf… Good<br />
for the soul, Felicity believes.<br />
“I’ll miss Coolum though. I really like<br />
Coolum Beach, and when the points<br />
are on Alexandra Headland and<br />
Noosa – I go out early, early.”<br />
It’ll most certainly be a spiritual<br />
journey for her – a bit of solitude<br />
leading up to furthering her<br />
fundraising cause for the Australian<br />
Marine Conservation Society<br />
through touring and an album<br />
release later in the year. At this point<br />
in her life, it’s all about spreading<br />
positivity through music.<br />
Felicity started music young – piano<br />
at 8, guitar at 13 and songwriting<br />
at 14 and did a performance music<br />
course at 18, just after leaving<br />
school. Shortly after that, she toured<br />
around the North and South Islands<br />
of NZ as part of a duo. “Two little<br />
hippies running around towns on<br />
skateboards with guitars” as she<br />
explains it…. “Holding up our<br />
dresses so they didn’t get caught in<br />
the wheels”. Her subsequent move<br />
to Australia found her settling on the<br />
Gold Coast and rediscovering her<br />
worth as a solo musician, with her<br />
music being her living all the way<br />
through to eventually settling down<br />
with a family. Married with two<br />
beautiful daughters, it seemed as if<br />
life was absolutely set to be perfect.<br />
But a tragic event was to shatter the<br />
happiness.<br />
“In March 2012 Sky and Kayla<br />
Burdett were involved in a crash.<br />
Brian (Felicity’s husband) was<br />
driving. It was on the highway just<br />
heading out to Canberra. They all<br />
died instantly.”<br />
It’s a hard story to take in, but not a<br />
fraction as hard as it was, and has<br />
been, for New Zealand-born singer/<br />
songwriter Felicity Burdett to live<br />
through. Her whole life changed a<br />
few short years ago when she lost<br />
her family.<br />
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WOMEN<br />
ON WATER<br />
“Your world just stops. You have to<br />
put back the pieces and rediscover<br />
who you are.<br />
Part of my identity was as a mother.<br />
That was just taken in an instant.<br />
“The night before, I’d been watching<br />
a documentary on the tsunami<br />
(Japan, 2011) about a guy who<br />
had lost his two children, and his<br />
wife… watching what he was going<br />
through. That was really intense.<br />
Really strange how that was what<br />
I was watching the night before…”<br />
It’s not easy. Felicity takes her<br />
time to gently tell her story. We sit<br />
quietly, overlooking the beautiful<br />
Coolum waves and greenery under<br />
the cloudless sky of the sunny, late<br />
summer afternoon with a cooling<br />
onshore breeze gently blowing in.<br />
PART OF MY<br />
IDENTITY WAS<br />
AS A MOTHER.<br />
THAT WAS<br />
JUST TAKEN IN<br />
AN INSTANT.<br />
ABOVE: Sky (8) and Kayla (10)<br />
“It’s a reflection of life isn’t it? We’re<br />
born, we live, we die... Some people<br />
go earlier than others, some people<br />
get to live a full life. I’ve had to learn<br />
to accept that it happened.<br />
No, it’s not an easy topic for Felicity.<br />
However, her loss is now the single,<br />
massively significant life event that<br />
now drives her, and guides all she<br />
does on a daily basis. Her music<br />
stands as a tribute to the lives of Sky<br />
and Kayla and songs are a reflection<br />
of her personal journey and creating<br />
something intensely positive from<br />
even the darkest of times.<br />
“Everyone came together like I’ve<br />
never seen before. It was coming<br />
from all angles – gifts, phonecalls,<br />
people turning up. Within all the<br />
madness I saw all this beauty – just<br />
how strong a message this was.<br />
This was changing people’s lives all<br />
around me - people that I’d never<br />
ever met… It was like a ripple<br />
effect. I could feel all the energy<br />
from everyone, everyone pouring out<br />
this love. It just kept projecting out<br />
and out and out, and still continues<br />
to do that.<br />
“It gives me strength in knowing<br />
that everyone is going through<br />
something, but ultimately, it’s what<br />
you take from and how you can<br />
redirect that energy into something<br />
else and learn from it.<br />
For Felicity at this point in time,<br />
positive energy and goodness<br />
is found in honouring the loving<br />
memory of Sky and Kayla with her<br />
fundraising project, Heart To Art.<br />
Her aim is to support the Australian<br />
Marine Conservation Society, to<br />
help protect and preserve the Great<br />
Barrier Reef for future generations.<br />
She’s doing exactly that though her<br />
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WOMEN<br />
ON WATER<br />
“THERE’S ALWAYS THESE LITTLE SIGNS...<br />
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR ENERGY?“<br />
music - at shows and by recording<br />
a new album of which 100% of<br />
profits will be donated to the cause<br />
- further backing this through online<br />
fundraising campaigns<br />
During a conversation with her sister<br />
about bringing her sons to snorkel<br />
up at the Great Barrier Reef, Felicity<br />
explains how she found herself<br />
saying “before it’s too late…”<br />
“This feeling came over me. I felt<br />
really sad. What they’re going<br />
to see in ten years time is going<br />
to be vastly different. With port<br />
expansion and dredging, and that all<br />
happening, I realised it’s an ongoing<br />
fight. I need to get on board and<br />
create awareness. With what I’ve<br />
gone through with the accident,<br />
I’ve created this beautiful network<br />
of people that care. I guess you<br />
get to a place where you feel like<br />
you need to do something more<br />
meaningful, something that’s not so<br />
self-orientated and is going to have<br />
some impact. As a musician I can<br />
use my position as a tool to get the<br />
message out there.”<br />
Felicity has worked hard at getting<br />
herself into that position though.<br />
Scoring Album of the Year at the<br />
NCEIA Dolphin Awards was an early<br />
kickstart to her career that gave her<br />
an open door to event like Splendour<br />
in the Grass, East Coast Bluesfest,<br />
Woodford and the like. Ironically,<br />
the ‘Dolphin’ award wasn’t to do<br />
with marine conservation, yet this<br />
is what Felicity’s focus has become.<br />
“There’s always these little signs...<br />
Where do you want to put your<br />
energy? There’s a little bit of a<br />
symbol there I think”<br />
For more about Felicity’s music,<br />
please visit her website:<br />
www.felicityburdett.com.<br />
Her music is available on iTunes<br />
The Australian Marine Conservation<br />
Society is a non-government,<br />
volunteer group for the wise use<br />
and care of Australia’s waterways<br />
and marine environments.<br />
More information at the website:<br />
www.marineconservation.org.au<br />
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WOMEN<br />
ON WATER<br />
NEW BRIGHTON<br />
BOARD BABES<br />
WORDS: Kirsty Cullen Photos: Mark Bishop<br />
Surfing ladies of the South<br />
Island recently got together<br />
for what seems to have been<br />
a cracker day of fun surfing<br />
for all. Kristy Cullen of<br />
Tubular Belles gives us<br />
a wrap of the goings one.<br />
After much deliberating to find the<br />
best contestable wave, the 13th<br />
Annual Canterbury Women’s Surf<br />
Champs (sponsored by Torpedo7)<br />
were held at New Brighton Beach<br />
on Saturday 5th March, <strong>2016</strong>.<br />
A hot sunny day with a packed<br />
beach, the comp ran its course over<br />
approximately 6 hours in 2ft clean<br />
surf and light winds.<br />
Divisions included the Teenie<br />
Wahines up first, then Juniors,<br />
Seniors, Longboard followed by<br />
Open divisions.<br />
There were plenty of standout<br />
performances. The crowd watched<br />
as 10 year old Ava Henderson<br />
surfed her way to winning the<br />
Teenie Wahines, and finalist in<br />
Junior divisions. Tegen Bishop<br />
also surfed back to back semis and<br />
finals to win the Junior division, as<br />
well as finalist in Open divisions.<br />
And as Sumner beauties Nina<br />
Young, Brittany Andrews and Lucy<br />
Johnson gracefully cross stepped<br />
through their heats and semis<br />
to the longboard final taking out<br />
1st, 2nd and 3rd places, Lucy Te<br />
Moananui (nee Hodgson) from<br />
Kaikoura Boardriders carved<br />
her way through to win Seniors<br />
division. Congratulations to Estella<br />
Hungerford for being the first Open<br />
Women’s winner of the Canterbury<br />
Women’s Surf Champs in some<br />
years, as the trophy has been tossed<br />
back and forth between our previous<br />
winners Alethea Lock and Kristi<br />
Zarifeh.<br />
A great day was had by all,<br />
huge thanks to all who made it<br />
possible.<br />
Thanks to Julie Sparrow for helping<br />
pull the article together<br />
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FIVE<br />
quESTIONS FOR...<br />
Last issue we chatted to artists<br />
inspired by the ocean... This time<br />
it’s the turn of those who turn their<br />
surf-inspiration to fashion...<br />
WORDS: MARK CHAPMAN<br />
Tiphaine<br />
De Fleurette Brown<br />
1.<br />
DESCRIBE YOUR ULTIMATE CREATIVE SETUP:<br />
I don’t really have a perfect scenario... I work where I can with what I feel like using,<br />
depending on the job ahead. For Jordie’s boards, I guess an endless<br />
supply of Posca pens would be pretty fab (I’m always running out at<br />
the crucial moment) and I usually like to be somewhere Jordie or<br />
the dogs are pottering about. I don’t like it too quiet. But the<br />
dream scenario would probably be like a magical shed with<br />
every type of media and equipment available in it with a<br />
constant temperature of about 25˚c and an infinite supply<br />
of watermelon.<br />
2.<br />
WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST MOTIVATION FOR<br />
CREATING ART?<br />
My motivation for creating art used to be quite<br />
depressing so I stopped for a bit when I came to<br />
Australia, then I met Jordie and he asked me to do<br />
something on one of his boards and I just loved it,<br />
it was fun and I really got into to it. I loved all<br />
the colours of the boards and my art style<br />
started to get really graphic again like before<br />
I went to University to study art. It was just<br />
enjoyable and I remembered how to have fun<br />
with what I do.<br />
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who is Tiphaine<br />
Tiphaine De Fleurette Brown’s art has<br />
been featured on many occasions in<br />
<strong>Smorgasboarder</strong> magazine. Married to our<br />
good friend and incredible board builder<br />
Jordie Brown of High Tide Surfboards in<br />
Skenes Creek, Vic, Tiph has added her<br />
artistic flair with amazingly detailed and<br />
beautiful artwork on Jordie’s boards. These<br />
days, while she still finds time to beautify<br />
the occasional High Tide log, single fin or<br />
fish, she’s thrown her time and attention into<br />
her own clothing label, Sub Umbra Floreo.<br />
The concept of Sub Umbra Floreo is<br />
handmade, original and retro design and<br />
reworked vintage clothing. Unique and<br />
boutique, Tiph primarily uses recycled and<br />
remnant materials. Fun and colourful designs<br />
bordering on the kitsch with influences from<br />
the last century of fashion with a splash of<br />
Central American Romance, incorporating<br />
luxe materials her pieces include hand<br />
embroidery, screenprinting and hand dyeing.<br />
“Sub Umbra Floreo is in love with the<br />
beautiful, the quirky and the colourful.”<br />
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Instagram: subumbrafloreodotcom | Facebook/subumbrafloreovintage | etsy/subumbrafloreo | subumbrafloreo.com<br />
3.<br />
YOUR MOST MEMORABLE ART CAREER MOMENT?<br />
My art career has had many twists and turns but my<br />
most memorable moment was co-curating a 5-day<br />
Exhibition Festival called VIDEOKILLS: International<br />
Video Art Festival in 2009 with my 2 best friends in<br />
Berlin. It was decadent and futuristic and I’m very<br />
proud of what the girls and I achieved. VIDEOKILLS<br />
is a not for profit organisation that I co-founded and<br />
still continue to be involved with offering a platform<br />
for up-and-coming video, installation, performance<br />
and music artists to share, collaborate and exhibit.<br />
V:InVAF was a pretty spectacular event and<br />
continues to be a briliant international platform. I<br />
hope one day to be able to put on more VIDEOKILLS<br />
events in Australia.<br />
4.<br />
WHAT’S YOUR MOST MEMORABLE SURFING<br />
MOMENT?<br />
My most memorable surfing moment has to be<br />
hearing the words “Woah, what an awesome line<br />
up” come out of my mouth while eating lunch one<br />
day by the beach and realising I understood what<br />
it meant. I’m not a surfer, I have tried, I have no<br />
skill. I prefer to be under the water. Jordie has<br />
tried to educate me and obviously something has<br />
rubbed off. Ironically I probably know more about<br />
surfboard design than I would wish to know. You<br />
can’t help but pick up the knowledge if you are<br />
around it all the time.<br />
5.<br />
IF YOU COULD HAVE LUNCH WITH ONE ARTIST<br />
IN THE WORLD, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?<br />
Woah. Just one? I cant. Too many genres. Its<br />
going to have to be a top 5 in no particular<br />
order: Jan Svankmeyer (Czech animation artist)<br />
political, subversive and dark, Margaret Preston<br />
(Australian print artist) for technical advice,<br />
Vivienne Westwood (British Fashion designer) self<br />
taught and how she made herself a success, Frida<br />
Kahlo (Mexican Painter) because duh, and finally<br />
to the lovely aboriginal lady I started having a<br />
conversation with in Darwin 5 years ago while she<br />
painted at the market, she told me the stories of her<br />
paintings and I fell in love with them all. I’m sorry. I<br />
can’t remember your name. I suck. Lets do lunch.<br />
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WHO IS NICOLE?<br />
“I am the owner and designer of Marmilade<br />
Clothing on the Sunshine Coast. Marmilade<br />
is my creative outlet as well as my passion,<br />
second to my beautiful family and gorgeous<br />
friends, who are my support, and a big part<br />
of my inspiration, on my creative journey.<br />
“My love of colour, fashion, surfing, and fun<br />
combined with my relaxed lifestyle reflects<br />
in my clothing.<br />
“I love what I do, and I take great pleasure<br />
making others feel gorgeous, happy, and<br />
pretty in my creations…. Enjoy!”<br />
www.marmiladeclothing.com.au<br />
facebook.com/marmilade<br />
Call 0416 197456<br />
See Nicole at the Peregian Markets every<br />
first Sunday of the month<br />
Nicole<br />
Lynch<br />
Nicole takes to the water in Noosa. Photo by Mick Curley<br />
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1.<br />
DESCRIBE YOUR ULTIMATE FASHION/ART/<br />
DESIGN CREATION SETUP<br />
My dream workspace would be something overlooking the ocean,<br />
super colourful retro wallpaper adorning the walls , orange<br />
everywhere, a little “high tea “setup in the corner for my sugar<br />
cravings, I would also need someone from one of those hoarder (how<br />
to de-clutter) shows to clean up my workspace.<br />
2.<br />
WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST MOTIVATION FOR CREATING?<br />
I simply love what I do ..I have had my label Marmilade for 16 years<br />
now, and I still get so much joy out of creating one of a kind pieces<br />
and seeing people wear my designs still gives me a buzz. There is<br />
never a day where I don’t want to go to work, and that’s a pretty cool<br />
feeling to love what you do, it’s part of me.<br />
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3.<br />
YOUR MOST MEMORABLE CAREER MOMENT?<br />
I think right now I’m reflecting on how much I have achieved<br />
by looking back on my journey and thinking wow after 16<br />
years I have a business that is still going strong , started from<br />
scratch, still Australian-made, and have carved out a very<br />
comfortable lifestyle filled with lots of fun, play ,surfing and<br />
holidays... So I guess I really feel like I’m living my dream.<br />
4.<br />
WHAT’S YOUR MOST MEMORABLE SURFING MOMENT?<br />
With my local break being the points at Noosa, I would<br />
have to say I have had many memorable surfs with my<br />
bestie at nationals, whether it’s having a stunning rainbow<br />
one day, dolphins or turtle another, or 4am Tea Tree on new<br />
years day while everyone else is hung over, I’m a lucky<br />
girl there is too many to choose from... But the best surfs<br />
always involve my friend Linda, lots of laughter and paying<br />
each other out while woohoo-ing at the same time<br />
5.<br />
IF YOU COULD HAVE LUNCH WITH ONE ARTIST OR<br />
DESIGNER IN THE WORLD, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?<br />
FRIEDA KAHLO is a big source of inspiration for me, she’s<br />
a bit of a quirky cat!! Very intriguing - I love her use of<br />
colours/flowers/embroidery... Colourful character.<br />
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WHO IS TOM<br />
Brazilian designer and artist Tom Veiga is<br />
massively inspired by the curves of the waves<br />
and his colourful images were an instant hit<br />
with us when we first came across them.<br />
Waves are used to reflect his passion for<br />
surfing in every project. “The flat sea is already<br />
beautiful,” Tom explains, “but when I see a<br />
wave breaking on the horizon it’s as if the<br />
sea is smiling, it excites me, calls me, teases<br />
me, inspires me and now I can see waves in<br />
everything and everywhere.<br />
“My creative process is extensive, I have rules<br />
to start a project, I always start walking down<br />
the beach, admiring the day, playing with my<br />
children, moments that help create art with<br />
joy, having happy times. I enjoy a coffee and<br />
start to draw, sometimes I finish with paint,<br />
sometimes with mosaic tiles, sometimes with<br />
wood and often on the computer, which is my<br />
base work, using design to reflect my passion<br />
for waves.<br />
“My work has gone to more than 40<br />
countries,with exhibitions in Brazil, Argentina,<br />
France, Spain, USA and Japan, and I’ve<br />
enjoyed projects with brands like Billabong,<br />
Reeg, Globe, Mormaii and Havaianas. There’s<br />
also my involvement in environmental<br />
protection movements - I’m part of Save the<br />
Waves and now actively part of Surfrider,<br />
using my art as environmental awareness<br />
tool also because I believe that the role of the<br />
artist is far beyond commercial projects or to<br />
express themselves - we must always have<br />
a higher mission. I have also taken my art to<br />
schools and projects with children, because<br />
I also see that our role as to inspire the next<br />
generation - either with art, with music, with<br />
sports, in my case it is with the waves.”<br />
www.seriewaves.com<br />
instagram.com/tomveiga<br />
tom@seriewaves.com<br />
TOM<br />
VEIGA<br />
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LATEST: ARTISTS & GENERALLY CREATIVE FOLKS<br />
1.<br />
DESCRIBE YOUR ULTIMATE FASHION/<br />
ART/DESIGN CREATION SETUP<br />
I always carry pencil and paper in hand,<br />
because I understand that creativity<br />
comes in waves too - like a swell<br />
that we can’t miss.When it comes to<br />
creativity I immediately stop where I am<br />
to draw and not lose that inspiration -<br />
that to me is normal, since I’m used to a<br />
quick lunch project at a restaurant or a<br />
flight, or drinking a coffee in a cafe... It’s<br />
a daily part of my creative process.<br />
2.<br />
WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST<br />
MOTIVATION FOR CREATING?<br />
One of the things that delights me is<br />
the sea, so I dropped my life working<br />
with adesign agency and living in the<br />
big city to work with art and live on the<br />
beach with my family. God made the sea<br />
so perfectly. Flat it’s already beautiful,<br />
but when I see a wave coming on the<br />
horizon it’s as if the sea is smiling.<br />
Waves inspire me, because each wave<br />
around the world has a unique feature<br />
- big, small, thick, thin, right, left, blue<br />
wave, greener wave, warm wave,<br />
cold wave, high wave, low wave...<br />
And these differences between waves<br />
inspire me to think them through art, I<br />
want to show the differences between<br />
them using my speech, my way to see<br />
them through colors, curves and shapes<br />
try to express this in all the beautiful<br />
differences between the waves around<br />
the world.<br />
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4.<br />
WHAT’S YOUR MOST MEMORABLE SURFING MOMENT?<br />
I do not surf - I have a problem in my right knee from playing<br />
football and I can not do too quick movements. I am having<br />
and operation on the knee to start surfing, but the fact of<br />
not surfing makes me want to be closer to the surf, so I<br />
moved to one of the places with great waves in Brazil. To<br />
be close to the waves that inspire me so much, to go to<br />
events... I am quite attached to surf culture through my art,<br />
so my way of surfing is trying to feel the sensations and<br />
transmit them to people through art.<br />
5.<br />
IF YOU COULD HAVE LUNCH WITH ONE ARTIST OR<br />
DESIGNER IN THE WORLD, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY?<br />
I’d take this opportunity to have lunch with David Carson - he is<br />
an icon, a reference and a very important person in the middle<br />
of surfing, design and art. I hope one day to realize that dream.<br />
3.<br />
YOUR MOST MEMORABLE<br />
CAREER MOMENT?<br />
I had very important moments for me,<br />
memorable moments, dreams realised<br />
through art, but especially the day I was<br />
asked by Surfrider to do the Surfing<br />
Day poster - an environmental social<br />
event that takes place around the world<br />
in order to mobilise people cleaning<br />
beaches. Each year Surfrider invites an<br />
artist to make this poster. In 2011 I was<br />
invited and my art was there for the<br />
whole world to see for the first time- it<br />
was amazing. The other was a project<br />
TOM<br />
signed with Billabong Europe because it<br />
VEIGA<br />
was my first big project where I had the<br />
joy of making a European tour in 2012 to<br />
promote the collection twice. But for me<br />
personally each project, trip or exhibition<br />
is a remarkable moment - I value the<br />
little things also because they are super<br />
important for my work.<br />
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“MY WAY OF SURFING<br />
IS TRYING TO FEEL<br />
THE SENSATIONS AND<br />
TRANSMIT THEM TO<br />
PEOPLE THROUGH ART.”<br />
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LATEST: ARTISTS & GENERALLY CREATIVE FOLKS<br />
WHO IS<br />
JESSICA?<br />
I am a print designer from<br />
London, and have just moved to<br />
Sydney from Byron Bay. From<br />
spending the last ten years<br />
travelling my creative motives<br />
address rhythm, vibrancy and<br />
cultural influences. Looking<br />
at the contradictory and<br />
paradoxical forces of nature via<br />
my journey through ‘Urban to<br />
Exotic’. I work using both digital<br />
media and traditional drawing<br />
materials and am always seeing<br />
to experiment with different<br />
mediums and subject material.<br />
Alongside my freelance work<br />
I’ve built a boutique clothing<br />
company, Savu, which is<br />
manufactured in Bali/ Australia<br />
using my personal designs.<br />
JESSICA ROSHEEN<br />
1.<br />
DESCRIBE YOUR ULTIMATE<br />
ART CREATION SETUP –<br />
MATERIALS, MEDIA, LOCATION,<br />
WHATEVER YOU THINK WILL<br />
MAKE IT PERFECT...<br />
I would love to have two<br />
studios...One built on the beach<br />
with lots of space and a view of<br />
the ocean, with simple natural<br />
dyes and papers. But also one<br />
in the city somewhere industrial<br />
with lots of history, old printing<br />
machines and technology.<br />
Sydney is pretty perfect it’s a<br />
great combination of the two.<br />
2.<br />
WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST<br />
MOTIVATION FOR CREATING<br />
ART?<br />
My imagination. Creating art<br />
is the best place to explore<br />
fantasies, and bring daydreams<br />
to life.<br />
3.<br />
YOUR MOST MEMORABLE<br />
ART CAREER MOMENT?<br />
Seeing my first collaborative<br />
print come to life with Muther<br />
of All Things, a Byron based<br />
Surf brand.<br />
5.<br />
IF YOU COULD HAVE LUNCH<br />
WITH ONE ARTIST IN THE<br />
WORLD, WHO WOULD IT BE<br />
AND WHY?<br />
It would have to be Salvidor<br />
Dali, I think he would have a<br />
lot of stories to tell! He is an<br />
amazing artist inspiring fashion<br />
and alternative culture, and an<br />
inventor or dreams.<br />
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TALKING BOARD DESIGN WITH JESSE WATSON OF BLACK APACHE SURFBOARDS<br />
THE PENDULUM EFFECT<br />
AND THE DEMISE OF THE ONE-BOARD QUIVER<br />
MOOD LIGHTING? CHECK. BARRY WHITE BACKGROUND MUSIC? CHECK. SCENTED CANDLES? CHECK…<br />
ALL RIGHT THEN, LET’S DO THIS.<br />
SO THE PENDULUM<br />
EFFECT… This is where I left<br />
you with baited breath at the end of our last<br />
instalment. OK so maybe more like quiet<br />
skepticism rather than baited breath but<br />
hear me out – you’ve already started reading<br />
this page and it’ll probably take longer to<br />
find something better to read than to give<br />
me the benefit of the doubt and continue<br />
heading south here – so let’s see if I can’t<br />
wow you, or at least not put you to sleep.<br />
Yawn…<br />
At the end of the last article you likely<br />
noticed two things. I ask a LOT of questions<br />
and that this is what you all should be<br />
doing as well. The reason for asking all<br />
those questions as we discussed is to really<br />
narrow down a bunch of variables, to cold<br />
press the virgin oil, to churn the cream from<br />
the frothy white milk, to get at the distilled<br />
essence of the proverbial magic that you<br />
require me, or whoever to infuse into your<br />
new board…<br />
Well here’s another little secret for you. It’s<br />
not always possible.<br />
WAIT HOLDUP! DID<br />
THAT GUY JUST<br />
ADMIT THAT HE<br />
CAN’T SHAPE THE<br />
BOARD I WANT?<br />
Yes I did Bubba. Well actually no that’s<br />
not really accurate. I can’t shape you a<br />
magic board if you don’t have realistic<br />
expectations. See the problem for a lot of<br />
surfers is they want a Prussian unicorn. “A<br />
shark with a fricken laser beam attached<br />
to its fricken head”, A stripper with a heart<br />
of gold, It doesn’t exist. Like that hot girl in<br />
the bar that’s waiting for “Mr Right”… you<br />
just know he aint showing up. It’s always<br />
some oxymoron of design features that<br />
should never be mentioned in sequence… I<br />
have recurring nightmares about this stuff.<br />
It starts out with some hipster sipping a<br />
latte and twisting the pointy edge of his<br />
moustache into a refined point that I only<br />
wish was rigid enough to snap off and stab<br />
him in the jugular with – prison shank style.<br />
He then starts out with something along the<br />
lines of:<br />
“Yeah dude, so I want you to shape me a five<br />
fin shortboard that will grovel in everything<br />
but still be able to surf snapper when its<br />
dredging plus it needs heaps of foam so I<br />
can paddle up the point when the sweep<br />
is fully sick cause I always get my share<br />
behind the rock - but also I don’t like thick<br />
rails and stuff – oh yeah plus it fully needs<br />
to be able to handle Indo swells cause I’m<br />
gonna surf Ulu’s this year when it gets to 20<br />
feet and I wanna be able to do fully drawn<br />
out bottom turns like Lopez or Ando and that<br />
but yeah you know like I want a fully sick<br />
retro board but not retro that rides pretty<br />
much everything from Mavericks to Bondi..<br />
Oh yeah and I need three GoPro mounts so<br />
I can catch the action from all three angles<br />
at once cause man I wanna get my full pooman<br />
head dip immortalised for all time in full<br />
super slow motion HD… Cause, well YOLO<br />
you know bro….”<br />
OK so it’s probably worse in my head than in<br />
real life but to a shaper it’s a skin crawling<br />
experience akin to the recently divorced<br />
uncle asking the groom to borrow his wife<br />
for the night at the wedding. It’s sacrilege<br />
and it’s only due to my vow of abstinence<br />
from violence that these people aren’t<br />
suffering physical abuse at my hands. I’m<br />
forced to bust out a “Back off, Warchild.<br />
Seriously.” Then after an uncomfortable<br />
silence we move on. When I first started<br />
shaping I had a “no boards for kooks” rule<br />
that lasted about 9 minutes until I had to pay<br />
the rent and buy food and then that went<br />
out the window and I would shape a jet<br />
powered SUP with LED lights, sound system<br />
for playing Creed, a full deck grip and five<br />
GoPro mounts if the money was right… So<br />
here instead now I try to help educate those<br />
with a little less than desirable knowledge<br />
on their shooters, which is why we’re here<br />
really. So thanks to my recurring poverty, it<br />
all worked out in the end.<br />
Anyways back on track again and here’s<br />
the crux of it all. Surfboard design is a<br />
pendulum. Think of a grandfather clock. The<br />
further that pendulum swings to the left<br />
side, the further it is from the right side and<br />
vice versa. Opposite ends of the continuum<br />
– like night and day, black and white, up and<br />
down, inside and outside, right and wrong,<br />
drunk and sober even... Now here’s the thing<br />
- I can’t tell you what’s left side and what’s<br />
right side – or rather what you want in a<br />
board more than what you don’t want hence<br />
all the questions and the Spanish inquisition<br />
tactics. What I can do though in my never<br />
ending quest to enlighten the masses - like<br />
some sort of weird surfing Ghandi - is give<br />
you the basic attributes of what certain<br />
design elements do. Which way the<br />
pendulum swings to get those attributes and<br />
also what you lose from the other end of<br />
the pendulum at the same time. It’s a fuzzy<br />
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CLOSEOUT: COLUMNS<br />
SHORTER, FLATTER<br />
& WIDER...<br />
warm idea that a magic board can do it all,<br />
but beware because it’s a plastic veneer that<br />
fades quickly. There is really no such thing.<br />
There are boards that can paddle into and<br />
trim across all waves (within reason) but no<br />
such thing as a board that can “perform” in<br />
all conditions.<br />
You see when we talk about surfboards<br />
there are a lot of different aspects to<br />
functional design. You’ve got length, width,<br />
nose widths, tail widths, fins, fin systems,<br />
thickness, rocker, foil, rails, transitions,<br />
tucked edges, bottom contours, flex, rigidity,<br />
construction methods, material types,<br />
volume, application, surfer’s dimensions and<br />
ability etc. etc. etc... These are all relevant<br />
topics and though we can’t cover them<br />
here - we will in due course. However for<br />
the sake of here and now lets cover a few in<br />
basic terms to get you thinking and help get<br />
your head around this prickly pineapple.<br />
To do this let’s look at one of the more<br />
recent developments in performance<br />
shortboards. In the last few years there has<br />
been the trend of going shorter, wider and<br />
flatter in our boards -sounds like a girl you<br />
really wanna meet huh? So why is that?<br />
Well if you read too many surfing magazines<br />
you’ll find yourself under the illusion that<br />
everyone rips and you will too if you just<br />
get the right gear. See the reality for a large<br />
part of the surfing population is one of<br />
only surfing weekends (ouch) or less. Even<br />
those that do get a few surfs a week likely<br />
don’t rip. The level of surfing is improving<br />
at the top but surfing as a whole is growing<br />
faster than its participants are collectively<br />
progressing. Hence the emergence of these<br />
shorter wider flatter trends. It’s a kneejerk<br />
reaction to the 90s/2000s Slater/Machado/<br />
momentum generation/AI push into low<br />
17” widths and crazy rockers resembling<br />
Persian slippers. I heard a quote a few years<br />
ago now where Slater was saying he felt<br />
partly responsible for a whole generation of<br />
surfers riding the wrong boards. His efforts<br />
at backdoor on a 5’9” and so forth really<br />
show how far the pendulum swung away<br />
at first before sensibility made a comeback.<br />
Marketing did prevail for a long time though<br />
and it took the re-emergence of the fish and<br />
then the whole retro movement plus Mr<br />
Slater himself to make it safe enough for the<br />
mainstream of tidy whitey board designers<br />
to move away from that bleak wilderness<br />
and come back to having fun and shaping<br />
fun boards.<br />
THINK ABOUT<br />
THAT TERM FOR<br />
A SECOND “FUN<br />
BOARDS”… WHY<br />
DO WE CALL THEM<br />
FUN BOARDS?<br />
WHAT MAKES<br />
THEM FUN?<br />
It’s all in the hips baby. It’s all in the hips.<br />
Well it’s in the design anyways. The design<br />
elements of these boards are all aimed<br />
at maximum result for minimal effort.<br />
Something the average Joe surfer dude is<br />
all too happy to have. So let’s look a little<br />
closer then and let’s start with basic rockers.<br />
Think about that old 2000’s white shorty<br />
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TALKING BOARD DESIGN WITH JESSE WATSON OF BLACK APACHE SURFBOARDS<br />
THE PENDULUM EFFECT<br />
with it’s crazy rocker… why was it there?<br />
Tighter curved rockers are great for steeper<br />
waves, and waves where you might have<br />
a late drop. In fact any situation where the<br />
wave is generating all the power and the<br />
surfer is only looking to add control to that<br />
power not generate it so much – is a good<br />
situation for tight rockers. The pros make it<br />
look easy because their fluidity masks the<br />
level of skill required to move those boards<br />
in average conditions. See those rockers are<br />
designed with tighter arcs in mind. They see<br />
a drastic increase in speed by linking top to<br />
bottom turns seamlessly. The down side is<br />
if your in less than perfect wave conditions,<br />
you yourself are in less than perfect<br />
condition, you miss a turn, mistime a turn,<br />
catch an edge, have to dodge a kook or any<br />
other fluffiness that puts the board flat on<br />
its bottom contour will see you have to start<br />
doing the crazy hop-hop trying to get water<br />
under the board and keep it up and planing<br />
on the surface. A good illustration for this:<br />
next time you watch the pros surf you will<br />
notice that often after they get to their feet<br />
they perform a very small check turn off the<br />
top as soon as they stand up. Take a look<br />
and you’ll see it. This serves to get water<br />
under the board and get it moving faster off<br />
the mark to compensate for the boards lack<br />
of straight line planing ability.<br />
So the pendulum here would be more rocker<br />
gives tighter turns but the flip side is you<br />
lose straight line planing speed. Or in really<br />
simple terms PLANING SPEED vs. TURNING<br />
CIRCLE.<br />
Let’s continue with the early 2000s thruster<br />
– so besides the rocker think about those<br />
narrow sub 18” boards. The narrower width<br />
gives a straighter outline which gives more<br />
forward projection, not only to compensate<br />
for the rocker, but also makes it easier to<br />
get the board up on rail to use that tighter<br />
rocker. The downside is that less surface<br />
area = less buoyancy or buoyant speed, and<br />
less flotation generally speaking. So there’s<br />
your trade off for the difference between<br />
going wide and going narrow.<br />
What about length? Well that mid 2000s<br />
board was a lot longer than today’s boards<br />
and that did a few things but noticeably<br />
it created a longer straighter rail line that<br />
gave a longer line to work off the bottom for<br />
drive. It also gave us a bit more wave entry<br />
for bigger waves as well. With a longer<br />
board the wave has more time to act with<br />
force on the longer bottom curve and thus<br />
more chance for the surfer to match speeds<br />
and push himself into the wave. Shorter<br />
boards plane faster and often paddle easier<br />
too but usually have less wave entry ability<br />
than the longer boards. You’ll notice you<br />
often have to paddle hard and try to get in<br />
early on the newer style boards. So there’s<br />
the trade off there. Remember that we are<br />
just scratching the surface here and the<br />
complexity between the elements and how<br />
they can be put together is mind boggling<br />
– the idea here is simply to get you to start<br />
to recognise the links and start seeing the<br />
patterns so you can start to figure this out<br />
for yourself. The long-term goal here is to<br />
see no confused surfer left behind.<br />
ANYWAY, SO BY<br />
NOW YOU CAN<br />
START TO SEE HOW<br />
THE SUM TOTAL<br />
OF THAT EARLY<br />
2000 THRUSTER<br />
IS DESIGNED FOR<br />
STRAIGHT OUT<br />
PERFORMANCE.<br />
It’s a cheetah for chasing gazelles, a<br />
formula one race car, one of those of those<br />
funny bicycles they ride in the velodrome...<br />
Problem is most of the public is the cycling<br />
equivalent of that fat 50 year old man<br />
wearing lycra, shaving his legs and buying<br />
the most expensive and high tech bike to<br />
shave down a few grams when he has the<br />
body drag of an elephant on roller skates<br />
and he’s only riding to the café for a double<br />
English brekkie anyways. You know the<br />
guy – you’ve likely seen him holding up<br />
traffic on Saturday morning dawdling down<br />
the busiest street in your neighbourhood.<br />
It’s a lose-lose situation for the cyclist<br />
and he looks ridiculous. If only he knew.<br />
Unfortunately we the mainstream surfing<br />
public were kind of collectively stuck in the<br />
same rut. Buying boards we couldn’t ride<br />
to surf like the pros we’d never be. Fast<br />
forward to after the retro movement went<br />
mainstream and major labels everywhere<br />
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SMOKE SIGNALS<br />
clambered to find a free surfing poster child<br />
and we see the emergence of a newer edge<br />
with brands like Lost. If you look at a lot<br />
of the boards on the Lost roster, (Firewire<br />
is another one and there are a bunch more<br />
brands as well, Black Apache included)<br />
– you’ll notice that they/we have a huge<br />
stable of shorter flatter wider boards and I<br />
for one welcome the change. Even Channel<br />
Islands, the original guys pushing the<br />
pendulum the other way, have come back to<br />
the other side somewhat. See your average<br />
guy wants to go fast just like the big dogs.<br />
Your average guy want’s to get longer rides;<br />
link his turns and keep speed in his surfing.<br />
He wants to feel fast and flowing.<br />
We have the assumption in mainstream<br />
surfing circles that if we are moving fast on<br />
a board we are surfing well. Shorter wider<br />
boards cater to all those needs and more.<br />
They give us the feeling that we ARE surfing<br />
better than we ever have before. We had to<br />
work so hard in the past to generate power<br />
from our boards and a lot of the time this<br />
was because we were grovelling on boards<br />
designed to always be on rail to create drive,<br />
lift and subsequently speed. Your average<br />
surfer is not fluid, he invariably muffs a turn<br />
here or there, misreads a section, maybe<br />
has to dodge people in the line up too. All<br />
of these nuisances mean a loss of drive =<br />
unhappy Average Joe surfer dude. With<br />
a shorter board you get a shorter turning<br />
radius and shorter pivot than a longer board,<br />
which it needs because the flatter rocker -<br />
whilst generating speed - doesn’t want to<br />
turn as tight as that old 2000s thruster. The<br />
extra width helps to also keep up planing<br />
speed and keep the board moving. It also<br />
means the shorter wider board has more<br />
curve in the outline which also encourages<br />
turning ability lost from the rocker.<br />
Furthermore it gives the much-needed ability<br />
to hold speed through flat spots. It’s more<br />
forgiving if you miss a turn or have to change<br />
your line to dodge a goat boater too. All<br />
of these things are perfectly suited to the<br />
average Joe surfer dude. Average Joe surfer<br />
dude wants to feel he is surfing fluidly and<br />
the combo of flatter/wider/shorter lets him<br />
do that with a bit more ease.<br />
So what you have a pendulum battle to the<br />
death between long time foes. It’s the Hulk<br />
Hogan vs. Macho Man Randy Savage cage<br />
match of your youth all over again. In the<br />
red corner we have SPEED/DRIVE in the<br />
blue corner we have TURNING ABILITY…<br />
A lot of surfers dumb it down even more to<br />
PERFORMANCE vs. RETRO.<br />
“...EACH BOARD HAS ITS<br />
PLACE AND HENCE THE<br />
REASON WHY WE HAVE A<br />
“QUIVER” OF SURFBOARDS<br />
FOR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS<br />
But with a little knowledge, honesty and<br />
insight it is possible to have both.<br />
The allure of the newest incarnation of<br />
the modern shortboard is that it gives the<br />
ability to have both speed and to some<br />
extent turning ability in one package thanks<br />
to its design elements being as mentioned<br />
above. For most of the surfing population<br />
the limited turning ability is not an issue as<br />
they are rarely outperforming the abilities of<br />
the board anyways. Sounds like a win-win I<br />
know and that’s why these boards are flying<br />
off the shelves at a surf shop near you.<br />
Before you go giddy and see the light<br />
though, you have to realise that there is no<br />
silver bullet for all waves every day of the<br />
year. The little boards downside is that it<br />
only works in smaller waves or waves where<br />
you’re trying to create your own power<br />
because the wave isn’t bringing any. Stick<br />
that same board on a draining ledge and<br />
you’ll quickly become aware of its limits as<br />
you perform an airdrop to fakey to death pit<br />
wipeout – followed closely by a big lunch<br />
of sand and saltwater (I managed a perfect<br />
10 variant of this recently at a dredging<br />
Gold Coast point much to the amusement<br />
of my brother – I had forgotten how much<br />
saltwater I was capable of swallowing<br />
before my gag reflex took over). Another<br />
favourite is the always entertaining skid out<br />
of control off the bottom into the long lost<br />
body boarding equivalent of an “el rollo”<br />
in the pit. Either way you will see the little<br />
boards limits quite quickly.<br />
So you see each board has it’s place and<br />
hence the reason why we have a “quiver” of<br />
surfboards for different occasions. Owning<br />
one surfboard for all occasions is the social<br />
equivalent of trying to do ballet when you’ve<br />
knocked off from the jobsite still wearing<br />
your steel caps… yes it’s possible but it<br />
aint gonna be pretty… So this dear readers<br />
is where we backtrack to my nightmare<br />
from the previous paragraph… see it’s not<br />
possible to create a one-size-fits-all for<br />
surfboards. Major labels try to do it every<br />
day. I am very careful about using that old<br />
line “if you can only have one board this is<br />
it.” It’s a slippery slope. Which brings us<br />
back snakes-and-ladders style to square<br />
one, the start, point numero uno if you will:<br />
It’s not always possible to bring the magic<br />
unless you the customer have reasonable<br />
expectations.<br />
If you are a one-board guy, by choice or<br />
by circumstance that’s fine but you must<br />
understand that you will likely have a board<br />
that works maybe 100 days of the year if<br />
you’re very lucky. By all means think about<br />
going shorter and wider, for the majority<br />
of surfers and conditions this will likely<br />
yield the best result with the most number<br />
of satisfying sessions in the water. As we<br />
delve further into the design articles it’s my<br />
hope that you can refine the attributes that<br />
are more suited to you average Joe surfer<br />
dude and really get you close to a magic<br />
board. Who knows, hopefully by the end<br />
of all of this you will have seen the light,<br />
forgone that new pair of Air Jordan’s, $200<br />
designer jeans, food and rent for a few<br />
weeks or whatever else it is that you waste<br />
your hard-earned cash on and start yourself<br />
a sensible quiver (with your newly acquired<br />
understanding of surfboard hydrodynamics<br />
of course) that is aimed at getting more<br />
time in the water that is enjoyable and<br />
meaningful to you - Mr Average Joe Surfer<br />
Dude.<br />
Yew.<br />
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5’5” x 19 ¼” x 2 ½”<br />
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by Chris Garrett<br />
A nice improvement to 2<br />
a classic shape.<br />
I generally found that the wider<br />
keel boards felt fantastic for the<br />
paddle power, superior wave<br />
catching ability and awesome<br />
speed however, due to the<br />
width in the centre, they always<br />
felt a bit clunky under the front<br />
foot, especially when wanting<br />
to transition from rail to rail<br />
quickly. So by narrowing and<br />
straightening the centre width<br />
you gain sensitivity under your<br />
front foot and increase drive and<br />
projection off the bottom. The<br />
twin bump-flyers burn off the tail<br />
width to a narrower swallow and<br />
with the set keel fins, feel pretty<br />
amazing through the turns.<br />
Super fast, highly manoeuvrable<br />
and a paddle machine, it’s hard<br />
to get off this one for the sheer<br />
fun and excitement it gives in<br />
all kinds of waves.<br />
CHRIS GARRETT SHAPES / PHANTOM SURFBOARDS<br />
Ph: 0424 450 690 E: phantomsurfboards@gmail.com<br />
www.chrisgarrettshapes.com.au<br />
Custom surfboards available at:<br />
SUNHOUSE Coolangatta, or order from Chris direct.<br />
5’4’’ x 22’’ x 17½’’ x 17’’ x 2 ¾’’<br />
NO NOSE QUAD<br />
FIN FISH<br />
by Jordie Brown<br />
4<br />
This is an extremely<br />
versatile design, it goes amazing<br />
in under shoulder-high waves,<br />
and is surprising when it gets a<br />
bit bigger!<br />
This design can be customised to<br />
suit most surfers’ abilities. Surfs<br />
like a 5’8’’, yet compact as a 5’4’’.<br />
Constructed using a stringerless<br />
blank with light 6oz/4oz trimmed<br />
lap glass-job, finished with an FCS<br />
quad fin setup.<br />
This stick is the most surfed board<br />
in my quiver!<br />
HIGH TIDE SURFBOARDS<br />
Skenes Creek, VIC 3233<br />
Ph: 0401 437 392<br />
E: hightidesurfboards@hotmail.com<br />
www.hightidesurfboards.com<br />
5’10” x 20” x 2 3 / 8”<br />
QB FISH<br />
by Graham Carse<br />
Great small wave 5<br />
board 2-5ft, single<br />
concave gives heaps of speed.<br />
This stick can be used as either<br />
a quad or thruster.<br />
QUARRY BEACH<br />
SURFBOARDS<br />
75 David St,<br />
Caversham, Dunedin NZ<br />
Ph: +64 3 455 7414<br />
M: +64 27 518 8678<br />
www.qbsurfboards.com<br />
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SHAPER’S PROMOTION<br />
GEAR: BOARDS<br />
6’6” x 19 ¼” x 2 ½” = 30l<br />
STEP UP<br />
by Leighton Clark<br />
We make custom 3<br />
boards designed to<br />
suit the riders experience.<br />
We only use premium<br />
materials and have over<br />
40 years of experience in<br />
producing quality boards for<br />
local surfers.<br />
Units 7 & 8, 9 Chapman Road, Hackham SA 5163<br />
E: leightonclark01@yahoo.com.au M: 0422 443 789<br />
facebook.com/thedingkingAUS<br />
5’10” x 20 5 / 8” x 2 ½” = <strong>34</strong>l<br />
FISH<br />
by Leighton Clark<br />
We make custom 3<br />
boards designed to<br />
suit the riders experience.<br />
We only use premium<br />
materials and have over<br />
40 years of experience in<br />
producing quality boards for<br />
local surfers.<br />
5’11” x 21” x 2 ½”<br />
ENDLESS<br />
BUMMER<br />
by Jesse Watson<br />
the bonzer 5 -<br />
5<br />
“endless bummer”<br />
is another cure to the late<br />
summer doldrums. Add<br />
some speed and fun to your<br />
surfing. Super fun - super fast<br />
template. See what the bonzer<br />
fuss is all about.<br />
6/4oz deck, 6oz bottom,<br />
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BLACK APACHE SURFBOARDS<br />
@blackapache Look us up...<br />
P: 0410 419 791<br />
E: blackapache@me.com<br />
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6’6” x 20 ½” x 2 ¾”<br />
MOONRAKER<br />
Custom handshape<br />
by Mitchell Rae<br />
4<br />
V2 Flex construction.<br />
The tail third of the<br />
board is a flexible blade.<br />
Turbo charged concave bottom.<br />
Fins are 4 x SwitchBladeFins<br />
This design is off the planet,<br />
everyone’s favourite..<br />
Acceleration like liquid<br />
lightning... Works very well<br />
from 5’4” and up right through<br />
the size range.<br />
What are you waiting for?<br />
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Ph: 02 6655 7007<br />
info@outerislandsurfboards.com<br />
outerislandsurfboards.com<br />
outerisland.blogspot.com<br />
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Fun from<br />
the top...<br />
SHAPER’S PROMOTION<br />
GEAR: BOARDS<br />
Short x Wide<br />
THE MINI PS<br />
by Peter Sheely<br />
...down to<br />
the bottom<br />
2<br />
6’0” 19” x 2 ¾”<br />
PERFORMANCE<br />
FISH<br />
by Jason<br />
Oliver<br />
3<br />
All round board for<br />
most conditions. Single to<br />
double concave vee out the<br />
tail. Three set fins on this one<br />
for best performance.<br />
This one is an eps core with<br />
recycled pine pallets top and<br />
bottom and tint on the rails all<br />
in epoxy.<br />
JASON OLIVER<br />
HOLLOW WOODEN SURFBOARDS<br />
Ph: 0416 475 362<br />
Email: jasoliver@live.com<br />
jasonoliverwoodensurfboards.<br />
blogspot.com<br />
Boards available at:<br />
UNDERGROUND SURF, Noosa Heads<br />
7’ x 20 ½” x 2 ¾”<br />
7FT FATBOY<br />
by Mark Rabbidge<br />
“My most popular 1<br />
board designed in<br />
‘84 and still going strong for<br />
your everyday surfer.<br />
“Three fins or single, catch<br />
more waves. Surfs most like<br />
a shortboard, but with great<br />
paddle power. Can surf all<br />
size waves with all around<br />
performance.<br />
“All my boards are made<br />
right here in Ulladulla.<br />
“Let me custom tailor it to<br />
the way you want to surf and<br />
the feel you are after.”<br />
9’1” x 22 ¾” x 2 ¾”<br />
RABBIDGE SURF DESIGN<br />
Ph: 02 4456 4038 M: 0427 767 176<br />
E: sales@markrabbidge.com<br />
Bendalong, NSW<br />
www.markrabbidge.com<br />
LONGBOARD<br />
by Mark Rabbidge<br />
“All my longboards 1<br />
are a subtle blend<br />
of curves and concaves with<br />
no hard edges so the board<br />
effortlessly glides and flows<br />
with the wave.”<br />
This one comes as a single fin,<br />
or box with two sides.<br />
SHEELY SURFBOARDS<br />
Ph: 02 4957 3161<br />
M: 0417 264 739<br />
E: peter@sheelysurfboards.com<br />
www.sheelysurfboards.com<br />
@sheelysurfboards<br />
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7’8” x 22 ¼” x 2 7 / 8”<br />
MIDLENGTH<br />
SINGLEFIN<br />
by Rory Oke<br />
An old template 1<br />
with modern bottom<br />
contours and refined rails.<br />
Handshaped OceanFoam blank,<br />
6oz cloth, polished finish with<br />
wetrub bands and single box<br />
fin. This model is available<br />
between 7’ - 8’.<br />
9’6” x 23 ¼” x 3 ¼”<br />
9’6” LOG<br />
by Rory Oke<br />
Soft, rolled bottom 1<br />
with a nose concave<br />
and 50/50 rails. Handshaped<br />
OceanFoam blank, 6oz cloth,<br />
polished finish and single box<br />
fin. A traditional log with the<br />
works - triple cedar stringers,<br />
cedar tailblock and cut lap tint.<br />
OKE SURFBOARDS<br />
1/1-7 Canterbury Rd,<br />
Braeside, VIC, 3195<br />
Ph: 03 9587 3553<br />
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Bust your board?<br />
Call us 24/7<br />
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Queensland<br />
AGNES WATER/1770<br />
REEF 2 BEACH<br />
Mon-Sat, 9-5pm,<br />
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Round the clock<br />
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MOFFAT BEACH<br />
THE FACTORY<br />
SURFBOARDS<br />
Monday-Friday 9am-5pm,<br />
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Mon-Fri 9am - 5.30pm<br />
Sat 9-12pm<br />
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Mon-Fri 9am -5pm,<br />
Sat 9am -12pm<br />
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Mon - Fri 8.30am - 5pm,<br />
Sat 9am - 1pm<br />
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1730 Gold Coast Highway<br />
(07) 5535 0288<br />
Sun-Fri, 9am - 5pm<br />
Sat 8:30am - 5pm<br />
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(07) 5598 2188<br />
Sun-Fri, 9am - 5pm<br />
Sat 10am - 4pm<br />
MAXIMUM<br />
SURFBOARDS<br />
46 Currumbin Creek Rd<br />
Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm<br />
Sat 10am - 3pm<br />
Sun by appointment<br />
0400 338 098<br />
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YAMBA<br />
PLANK SHOP<br />
02 6645 8362<br />
TOMBSTONE<br />
SURFBOARDS<br />
Tues - Fri 9am - 4pm, Sat<br />
9am - 12pm<br />
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REPAIRS<br />
JIM NEWTON<br />
4/6 Druitt Court<br />
Open most days, just call.<br />
0402 864 062<br />
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YEAST<br />
THE MICROSCOPIC ALCHEMIST<br />
So in the previous three columns I’ve<br />
discussed water, malt and hops, the raw<br />
materials that go into making up the world’s<br />
most popular beverage. However there<br />
is a saying that brewers don’t make beer,<br />
yeast does. It’s true, this microscopic little<br />
alchemist is the true wizard behind many of<br />
those flavours you’ve come to love. However,<br />
it took a while for this single-celled fungus<br />
to get the recognition it deserves. Back in<br />
the day the wooden stick that was used to<br />
stir the different beer vessels was passed<br />
down through generations of brewers and<br />
was held in very high esteem - little did they<br />
know that its was the yeast covering the<br />
stick that was working behind the scenes to<br />
start off their fermentations.<br />
In the mid-1800s Louis Pasteur worked out<br />
that the phenomenon that made sugary<br />
liquid bubble and become alcoholic was not<br />
magic or some chemical reaction, but tiny,<br />
living organisms which he demonstrated<br />
would not ferment after being killed by<br />
heat. After a single strain of the lager yeast,<br />
Saccharomcyes uvarum, was isolated in<br />
1883, the resulting fermentations became<br />
increasingly consistent and therefore lagers<br />
were quickly adopted by large breweries.<br />
So where does yeast fit into the brewing<br />
process? Once the brewer has cooked up<br />
the sweet barley juice and bittered it with<br />
hops, he cools the resulting bittered wort<br />
down to between 10-20ºC and adds the<br />
yeast. The population of yeast then takes<br />
about 10 days to consume most of the sugars<br />
present whilst giving off C0 2<br />
and alcohol<br />
as well as all sorts of delicious flavours.<br />
Lagers are fermented at lower temperatures<br />
(10-14ºC) and result in cleaner/neutral<br />
flavoured beers, whereas ales which use<br />
the species Saccharomcyes cerevisae, are<br />
fermented warmer (18-22ºC). Certain strains<br />
of ale yeast can create some interesting<br />
fruity/ spicy flavours that you may recognise.<br />
Ever had a German Weisse beer and tasted<br />
banana, bubblegum and clove-like flavours?<br />
Or an English ale and tasted cherry, plum<br />
and apricot-like flavours? These flavours<br />
aren’t from fruits and spices added to the<br />
boil, they are natural by-products formed by<br />
the yeast. Thus as a brewer it’s important to<br />
firstly, choose the strain of yeast according to<br />
the flavour profile you want in your beer and<br />
secondly, to treat the little guys with lots of<br />
care and attention to ensure they’re happy<br />
and healthy, chomping away sugars and<br />
pumping out that tasty beer...<br />
Alastair Gillespie holds a Bachelors<br />
of Science in Microbiology, is a madkeen<br />
surfer and the Head Brewer at<br />
Byron Bay Brewery.<br />
byronbaybrewery.com.au<br />
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CLOSEOUT: CLOSEOUT: TEST EVERYTHING COLUMNS<br />
VERSA TRACTION<br />
CLEAR DECK<br />
GRIP TAPE<br />
If you are looking for an alternative<br />
to wax, this is the best grip we have<br />
come across so far. It is a space-aged<br />
composite surface engineered to<br />
provide outstanding anti-slip properties in<br />
both wet and dry conditions.James Ellis,<br />
our South Australian distributor recently<br />
put it on his longboard and after a few<br />
surfs is sold.<br />
James had this to say, “The grip is quite<br />
interesting. I remember full deck Gorilla<br />
Grip pads from the 90s, which were very<br />
thick. These grips seem to be 1mm in<br />
thickness and are very light. Under feet<br />
whilst surfing the grip felt good, just like<br />
a normal surfboard. I’m gonna buy some<br />
more and put them on my other boards.”<br />
What we like:<br />
• Lighter than a coat of wax<br />
• Don’t have to worry about your wax<br />
melting.<br />
• No more sand in your wax<br />
• Don’t need to worry about water<br />
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• No more crap rubbing off in your board bag<br />
• You don’t rash from this stuff<br />
• More environmentally friendly<br />
• It’s clear so it doesn’t detract from any<br />
artwork on your board<br />
• Can use it on shortboards, longboards,<br />
SUPs, wakeboards, skateboards, as<br />
SUP rail guards, as paddle grip…<br />
• The traction can be trimmed to how<br />
you want it – size, shape, you name it<br />
• 2 year warranty and 1 year adhesive<br />
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<br />
DOES IT<br />
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TRIED AND TESTED<br />
Applying the grip<br />
1. Make sure your board is clean and<br />
dry before adhering. Once you have<br />
scraped off all your wax with a wax<br />
comb use Mineral Turpentine to get rid<br />
of any remaining wax residue.<br />
2. Lay the tape on the board and position<br />
it to suit. You can use some masking<br />
tape to hold in position if necessary.<br />
3. Unpeel the protective backing paper,<br />
exposing adhesive.<br />
4. When applying, we found it best<br />
to start from the stringer and work<br />
outwards towards the rail. Press down<br />
hard and roll along with your finger. Tip<br />
- don’t hold onto the adhesive for too<br />
long as it will come off on your finger<br />
and affect adhesion on that part of the<br />
grip.<br />
5. Make sure you try to eliminate as many<br />
air bubbles as possible by smoothing<br />
down the grip onto the surface while<br />
applying.<br />
6. If you have any air bubbles, use a pin<br />
to pop them and push the bubble out.<br />
7. Maximize traction by cleaning entire<br />
surface with a cleaning agent like Jif<br />
(non-abrasive cleanser) and water<br />
using a soft scrub brush.<br />
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Glenn Cat<br />
Collins<br />
Exhibition<br />
Glencat brought down all his weird and wonderful creations to<br />
Underground Surf Emporium so attendees of the Noosa Festival of<br />
Surfing could marvel up close and personal at his rideable works of<br />
art. It was a jovial night with all thoroughly entertained by the mad<br />
scientist of surf.<br />
NOOSA<br />
FESTIVAL<br />
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CLOSEOUT: LIVE IT UP<br />
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CAMP ON THE BEACH IN FRONT<br />
OF THE ICONIC LION ROCK, AT<br />
ONE OF NZ’S TOP SURF BREAKS<br />
PIHA<br />
DOMAIN<br />
SURF CAMP<br />
PHONE: +64 9 8128 815<br />
EMAIL: pihacamp@xtra.co.nz<br />
RATES FROM $10 A NIGHT FOR TENT SITES<br />
BOARDS, LESSONS, ADVICE,<br />
CLOTHING & MORE!<br />
39 BEACH ST, FITZROY, NEW PLYMOUTH, NZ<br />
P: +64 (06) 7580400<br />
E: chip@hotmail.co.nz<br />
Like Beach Street Surf Shop<br />
on Facebook!<br />
LOCAL SURF<br />
BRANDS<br />
HIRE<br />
SURFBOARDS<br />
WETSUITS &<br />
SUPs<br />
ITS ALL ABOUT SURFING!<br />
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CLOSEOUT: LIVE IT UP<br />
NOOSA<br />
FESTIVAL<br />
ACTION<br />
Underground<br />
Surf Vintage<br />
Board Swap Meet<br />
Held down at First Point Noosa, well over 100 boards were on display including a very<br />
rare 1974 MP Gun in immaculate condition. There was a good representation of creations<br />
from shapers right around Australia and some real bargains to be had. Said Ondi of<br />
Underground Surf, “It was a great old school swap meet. The talk, the stories, beers and<br />
vintage boards resulted in a fantastic arvo had by all. Underground will be hosting many<br />
more swap meets in the future so definitely stay tuned.”<br />
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WELLINGTON’S SURF CENTRAL!<br />
QUALITY SURFBOARDS<br />
LONG OR SHORT<br />
SHORT OR LONG TERM RENTALS<br />
WWW.RAGLANLONGBOARDS.CO.NZ<br />
SURFBOARDS,<br />
WETSUITS & REPAIRS<br />
PLUS: Bodyboards, Surf<br />
Accessories, Dive Gear,<br />
SUPs, Skateboards, DVDs,<br />
Books & Magazines... IN<br />
STORE AND ONLINE!<br />
SNZ-APPROVED SURF<br />
SCHOOL & BOARD HIRE<br />
www.realsurf.co.nz<br />
Cnr Kingsford Smith St & Lyall Parade, Lyall Bay, NZ<br />
SURF TIME?<br />
Watch this space...<br />
CRNemetvarga Watches<br />
02 9264 2324<br />
www.crnemetvarga.com<br />
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Bob<br />
McTavish<br />
presents<br />
‘Noosa<br />
early days’<br />
NOOSA<br />
FESTIVAL<br />
ACTION<br />
Over 140 followers of McTavish Surfboards<br />
filled Underground Surf Emporium to the brim<br />
to see film and slides and hear readings from<br />
the legend himself. Stone & Wood put on<br />
the liquid refreshments and so the beer and<br />
stories flowed. A huge honour was bestowed<br />
upon Underground Surf Emporium on the night<br />
seeing them appointed Australia’s first Premium<br />
Authorised McTavish Dealer.<br />
IMPROVED QUALITY BETTER MEMORY<br />
EXTREME STRETCH KEEPS SHAPE LONGER<br />
NEVER STOP<br />
SURFING<br />
Available DIRECT from ZEE,<br />
or from select surf stores<br />
With years of local<br />
experience and the highest<br />
quality materials, every<br />
ZEE WETSUIT is built<br />
to last. Made locally<br />
and 100%<br />
Australian<br />
owned.<br />
NOOSA:<br />
07 5474 1010<br />
Unit 2, 15 Venture Drive,<br />
Noosaville, QLD<br />
sales@zeewetsuits.com<br />
www.zeewetsuits.com<br />
OPEN HOURS: Mon-Fri: 9 - 5, Sat: 9 - 12<br />
OPEN 6 DAYS!<br />
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CLOSEOUT: ALOHA BARRY<br />
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C’mon, you can capture Barry’s essence too... And score some swag as a reward! See page 28
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www.worldsurfaris.com<br />
PHONE: 1800 611 163<br />
EMAIL: INFO@WORLDSURFARIS.COM<br />
Mooloolaba: 2/174 Brisbane Rd, Mooloolaba Q 4557<br />
Kirra Surf: CNR Gold Coast Hwy & Creek St, Kirra Q 4225<br />
Photo: Salani Rivermouth - Samoa<br />
we<br />
get<br />
you<br />
here<br />
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