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№ 34 

- EASTER - 

2016 

F R E E S U R F M A G A Z I N E

ALSO 

AVAILABLE 

The Little 

Longboard 

All Riley boards are hand built in 

Australia and everyone is unique, they 

can be built to any size and shape to suit 

your wall or the water. 

There is always wow factor when Mark 

adds some stringer detail. 

This board has a combination red cedar 

and balsa wood rail band to give it the 

aesthetic and strength appeal. 

It can be built from 6 foot to 10 foot 

without any butt joins. 

It is polished up polyester resin with any 

sort of fin configuration that you desire. 

With over 1000 sticks of balsa to choose 

from there is all the potential to build 

your own light and beautiful board. 

For more info check out the web site and 

send Mark a message. 

• Fin boxes with all wood covers 

• Wood coloured fin boxes 

• Fin box install kits 

• Easy, DIY clear and clean 

paint-on grip 

• Clear board grip tape - Let 

the beauty of the balsa 

show through with clear 

Versa Traction Grip Tape. 

Environmentally friendly and 

suits all size boards. 

• Timber fins 

• Surfboards 

• Blanks 

• Cork tail pads & SUP deck grip 

• Aussie-made leashes 

• Raw balsa/ cedar DIY board kits 

• Instructional DVDs 

• Board racks 

• Tide clocks 

• LICK liquid 

surf wax. 

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enquires 

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QUALITY & PROVEN 

PUKA PATCH 

The highest selling Instant Ding Repair & Rail Tape 

in Australia. Instant waterproof repairing across 

various watercraft provides a cost effective solution 

to keep you in the water at all times ! Will stick to 

anything PU / Epoxy / Kite Bladders / Sails / Tents 

/ high wear ares on Boat Rails etc. Won’t fade or 

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on & bubble free application due to the stretch 

factor. Available in 2 size patches, prepackaged Rail 

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‘JIMMY’ WETSUIT POUCH 

Putting on a wetsuit has never been so easy – less 

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& more time in the water! Slip into a wet or dry suit 

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SURFINZ 

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forward or back & the under the glass install is 

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at 6 or 10 degree cant giving you every option 

to accommodate flat bottoms, deep channels or 

concaves. Surfinz carbon composite fins available in 

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ECOXGEAR 

Highest rated waterproof, shockproof, weatherproof, 

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Also float & submersible! Incredible sound & tough 

enough to handle any environment from the beaches 

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mountains of the Swiss Alps. 

ECOXGEAR products are made to take a beating. 

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Keep your goods dry wherever you are 

SURF LOCK 

Surf Lock is the ideal solution to an age-old 

problem, it’s not safe to leave your car keys hidden 

somewhere on your car or wrapped up in a beach 

towel. Surf Lock can be easily attached to different 

locations on your car, providing a safe & secure 

place to store your car keys or immobiliser while 

enjoying the outdoors. When not in use, the lock is 

small enough to be kept in the glove box of your car. 

Ideal for surfers, swimmers, adventuring outdoors, 

boating or fishing. It can be secured to the tie down 

on your vehicle, your roof rack, wheel or trailer & is 

great anytime you need to leave your car but can’t 

or don’t want to carry your keys with you. Don’t 

become a statistic, take security seriously with Surf 

Lock & don’t be left watching from your surfboard as 

someone drives off in your car! 

ISLAND TRIBE 

Island Tribe sunscreens are designed to give the 

user maximum protection against both UVA & UVB 

rays, each sunscreen having been designed with 

a unique consumer in mind. In addition to this, our 

products are recognised by the TGA as protection 

against the harmful effects of the sun. Launched 

in 1992 with the aim of providing a waterproof sun 

protection for all watersport enthusiasts, the range 

consisted of only the Clear Gel, which to this day 

has been unrivaled by competition. Now distributed 

in 25 countries, the Island Tribe sunscreen range 

is different from conventional sun ranges due to its 

CLEAR gel products & the water resistance they 

offer. We pride ourselves in having the most trusted 

water resistant sunscreen on the market. 

MY GO 

The MyGo Mouth Mount for GoPro® & action sports 

cameras has a comfortable Rubber Mouthpiece, bite 

supports for stable footage, a massive air channel for 

unrestricted breathing & a low profile lanyard to keep 

your camera close. We thought of everything! 

Designed with flexibility & ease-of-use in mind & 

motivated by one surfer’s desire to share what it feels 

like to get spit out of a macking barrel, we knew that 

the traditional options for GoPro® mounts just wouldn’t 

suffice. The result is a compact, lightweight & sturdy 

mouth mount that can get you the sickest shots of your 

biggest tricks & waves as you see them. Beware, it’s 

extremely addicting! 

PAQUA WATERCASES 

Waterproof submersible soft shell cases for every 

water use you can possibly imagine. 

Paqua cases are the only waterproof case 

endorsed by the Australian Professional Ocean 

Lifeguarding Association. 

http://www.paqua.com.au 

ONITPRO 

A highly functional cleaning solution & drag 

reduction application for all types of watercraft. 

The only proven product of it’s kind that is 

supported by many of the worlds best paddlers for 

over 10yrs. 

Reduce paddle fatigue & keep your craft clean… 

ideal for SUP, Kayaks/Canoes, Outriggers, Surf, 

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STARFIN 

With designer Ben Lexcen, Cheyne Horan developed 

a winged keel fin based on an America’s Cup 

sailboat design. The Star Fin has been a great 

success for Cheyne & continues to sell well today…. 

now seeing increased growth through retro single 

fins, longboards & SUP. 

SCARFINI 

A simple, high quality fin range growing from 

strength to strength. 

Covers everything from Thruster to Groms to 

Quads to Keels. 

Available in both single & dual tab. 

FINGER GRIP 

Safely & secure your watercraft of choice using 

the finger hold displays, either horizontally or 

vertically. 

Cost effective & easily removable, great for retail 

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Replace one of the box images with this additional 

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TIME 

FOR A 

COOL 

CHANGE 

Girls just wanna have fun... See more on Page 40. 

Photo: Heidi Atkins Creative 

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Ahh the change of seasons, some welcome it, others loathe it. 

We guess it all depends on your outlook and perhaps where 

you reside. Opinions are even split in our office. Some like 

the relentless heat, the raging bushfires that often follow and 

the hoards of surfers who congregate at beaches during the 

summer months. Near expiring from excessive perspiration, 

sweating in their jocks or jockettes (made that word up) seems 

to appeal to some. Weirdos... 

More sane people (like myself, of course) rejoice with the first 

frosty southerly that blows across their shores and a cooling 

of the waters. In some parts it means big swells are on their 

way, but in the main it means less crowds. Yes it is fantastic to 

see more and more people experiencing the joy of surfing but 

equally most of us like our “alone time”. There is something 

truly special about rising early, pulling on your wettie in the 

dark and paddling out just before dawn all by yourself or with 

only a few around. The very moment the brisk water splashes 

against your face you feel absolutely alive, refreshed and 

energised. Normal people love this feeling, indeed the colder 

the better. 

On a serious note, it is these moments of quiet solitude 

that allow us to reflect on how wonderful life is and truly 

appreciate what we have. But life is not always filled with 

laughs and frivolity and it is also at times like this we can 

silently mourn what we have lost. The ocean has a way of 

healing us of all our ills. 

In this edition we talk with Felicity Burdett whose heart 

wrenching story is sure to hit hard but her unbelievable 

strength and positivity with which she now lives her life 

is incredibly inspiring . Also featured in this edition are a 

number of other ladies, both young and younger (hey we were 

not going to say old) who are living their lives to the fullest, 

getting amongst the waves, cheering and hollering. So there is 

plenty of reason to celebrate this fresh new edition. And if that 

wasn’t enough, we have an incredibly cool reader competition 

brought to you by the big fella himself, Aloha Barry and the 

terrific folks at Island Surfboards. 

WELCOME 

Cheers! 

the Smorgasboarders 


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READER 

PHOTOS 

Surfer Zak Whiteman 

Photographer: Fiona Pyke 

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READER 

PHOTOS 

Gold Coast grom action. 

Photo: Craig Bessant 

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Surfer: Jordan Rodin 

Photographer: Josh Delomotte 

READER 

PHOTOS 

Will at Lennox Heads ripping on a longboard. 

Photo: Craig Leete 

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Somewhere Mid North Coast of NSW. 

Photo: Chris Hewgill 

NZ Spray... 

Photo: Baeley ‘Beanbag’ (16) 


Smorgasboarder reader John Shaw snapped this cracker of a shot he calls “Sliding 

in the South Island“and scores himself a kilo of coffee beans thanks to Raglan Roast. 

If you’re in NZ, send in your surf shots and you could be the next reader to score a bag 

of quality beans! Email submissions to letters@smorgasboarder.com.au 

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CRAZY 

KIWIS 

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Native Hawaiian 

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board, circa 1911 

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BARRY BENNETT IN 

HALL OF FAME 

Surfing pioneer Barry Bennett was recently inducted into the Australian 

Surfing Hall of Fame at the Australian Surfing Awards held in Manly 

on March 3rd. Barry became the 38 th inductee into the Hall of Fame, 

duly recognised for the massive influence he has had on the local surf 

industry, not just as a surfboard manufacturer and shaper but for enabling 

the country’s leading shapers and surfers to hone their skills under his 

tutelage - blokes like Geoff McCoy, Midget Farrelly, Bob McTavish and 

Nat Young. 

Barry began building plywood and balsa surfboards and skis in the 1950s 

at Waverly in the eastern suburbs of Sydney and later formed Bennett 

Surfboards in 1960. 

SMORGASBOARDER IN 

THE ANTARCTIC? 

Dale Matheson of Scamander Beach Shack is our unofficial enthusiastic 

Smorgasboarder distributor in Tasmania (we love the support Dale). He 

recently wrote to inform us he had passed on our latest edition to Eldine 

Oshea, a marine scientist on board the CSIRO ship Investigator presently 

on its way to Antarctica. Can’t wait to hopefully see some pics of tubes 

amongst the icebergs. 

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australia 

BUILD YOUR OWN 

WOODEN SURFBOARD 

FREEWHEELING CAT 

Yep, he’s at it again. Tired of messing with people’s heads on the 

surfboard side of things, Glenn Cat Collins has turned his attention to 

skateboards. Expect nothing but craziness and some out-there sprays. 

We like the look of Big Foot. Mainstream is just so boring. 

For Glenn Cat’s evening at Underground Surf in Noosa, see page 77. 

Due to popular demand we now offer 

1 Day Surfboard, Alaia & Paipo Shaping Workshops 

There’s nothing like the ride, feel and experience of an authentic 

wooden surfboard . . . and when you’ve built that board yourself, 

with skills that will stay with you for life, nothing beats the feeling. 

Tree to Sea Australia offers 3 day workshops enabling you to 

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many more. Our wooden boards are environmentally friendly, 

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workshop dates and further details. Gift Vouchers are available. 

Robert 0409 211 751 Gary 0423 804 975 

email: info@treetosea.com.au 

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The goodness of wood. Plantation grown timber. No fibreglass. No foam. No resins. 

Just wood (and glue). Keeping our environmental splash to a ripple. 

SURF COAST SUPPORT 

FOR ANIMALS 

Floc, a new coastal concept store in Torquay has collaborated with 

Weekdays Design on a hand painted mural wall piece to help raise 

funds for the Surf Coast Wildlife Shelter. Weekdays Design artist, Todd 

Vanneste developed the idea for his Welcome to Paradise piece from 

those vintage “Greetings From” postcards. The Surf Coast Wildlife 

Shelter receives injured animals daily and relies on donations to fund 

care and rehabilitation services. Silent bids will be received up until 30 th 

April 2016 with all bids to be emailed to Floc at hello@flocstore.com. 

au. The piece will be on display at Floc until then – 15 Pearl Street, 

Torquay. www.flocstore.com.au 

WIN WITH YOUR ART... 

Handy with a pen, pencil or paintbrush? Your personal interperatation of 

our very own Aloha Barry by Phillip Island artist, Curl, could not only see 

your art in the company of legend Ben Brown, but also score you some 

great, fun gear... See page 30 for more information! 

Become part of an 

exclusive members only surf brand. 

(Surfers of all ages and skills welcome) 

Membership has its privileges: Visit www.1lovesurfing.com for details. 

Ambassadors wanted: Apply for a 1 Love Surfing Ambassadorship. 

RESPECT THE RIDE! 


! 

VINTAGE SURFBOARD COLLECTOR AND PROPRIETOR OF 

NOOSA’S UNDERGROUND SURF, ANDRE ‘ONDI’ MARSAUS, 

IS THE SURF SAGE AND HERE IN OUR REGULAR FEATURE HE 

PROVIDES THE ANSWERS TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. 

Got a question 

you want to ask 

the Surf Sage 

about an old 

board you have 

found under 

the house or 

from a curbside 

collection? 

Email editorial@smorgasboarder.com.au 

and we will get Ondi onto it. 

Q 

A 

Could you tell me about this Carey 

surfboard? It’s signed by Edward 

Sawden, Shaper. I think he’s from the 

Gold Coast? It’s had a repair on the nose 

and the tail but I think it’s probably a sick 

wall hanger. 

Thanks Brian 

Hey Brian, this board was made at Mick 

Carey’s factory in 1969 and was shaped by 

Edward Sawden. That’s his signature for 

sure! It’s a classic shape that was likely built 

in the Carey Currumbin factory. The boys who 

rode these boards at the time were absolute 

hotshots: Peter Drouyn, arguably one of 

Australia’s best all time surfers; Tony Drouyn, 

his brother, an absolutely epic surfer; Paul and 

Rick Nielsen, who dominated surfing at the time 

and developed Brothers Nielsen Surfboards; 

and Eddie and Bernie Sawden, also incredible 

surfers of the time. 

Carey surfboards were red hot and to have three 

groups of famous brothers riding them says a 

lot about the shapes of the time. These 

mid-lengths are very rare and it’s a great 

collectors piece in original condition. I’d 

value it at up to $1500. 

Edward Sawden is now a famous surf 

photographer, shaper and surf historian 

of the Tugun/Kirra area, and one of his 

photographs of Wayne Lynch when he 

won the Junior Australian Title currently 

hangs in the National Gallery. In 1984 

Eddie won both the Masters in the 

Noserider division in Newcastle and beat 

Jeff Hackman to win the Noserider in the 

Malfunction comp. In 1985, he won the 

Malfunction overall. 

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SURFBOARDS OF SIGNIFICANCE 

by Ondi Marsaus, Underground Surf Emporium & Cafe 

Scott Dillon 

’66 model 

shaped by Glynn Ritchie 

Most know Scott Dillon as one of Australia’s founding 

Brookvale surfboard manufacturers from 1961 who 

attracted local and international hot shot surfer shapers 

of the era. 

This board was shaped by Glynn Ritchie who was ‘by 

accident’ the most stand out surfer of the first Bell’s rally 

event in 1962 as a teenager. 

Glynn was a Manly lad who had travelled to Torquay for 

a holiday with his Aunt Ethel, when Peter Troy saw him 

surfing and encouraged him to the event by telling him the 

waves were better down the road at a place known as 

Bells. Glynn became a big fan of the Bells contest after 

that as it was a ‘groovy scene’ and the Sydney surfers 

followed the year after. 

Glynn’s surfing was outstanding particularly at his home 

break Fairybower where he could be seen ripping, 

especially when the swell turned on… We could fill the 

magazine with Glynn’s surfing accomplishments as well as 

Scott Dillon’s. 

Looking at his shapes you can see he has transferred his 

surfing skills into producing boards that really work. 

This board is a great example of Glynn’s hand-shapes. It’s 

had a gel coat later in the piece. With 50/50 pinched rails 

you can see it has been beautifully foiled from nose to tail 

with a flat rocker principle and a subtle lift through the 

nose. It has a soft rolled bottom shape that runs from nose 

to tail and surfs incredibly well with a 10” flex fin. 

It’s quite a rare board out of the Scott Dillon stable, and 

I’d go so far as to call it one of the ‘hot rods’ of it’s era. 

We’d be keen to make a modern version of this board one 

day as it rides beautifully and takes off as soon as you’re 

on your feet. 

Noosa 

Surf emporium 

& Espresso Bar 

UNDERGROUND 

- SURF - 

custom surfboard shop 

See this board in the flesh... 

OKAy, the FOAM... 

at UNDERGROUND SURF 

Upstairs 9 Hastings St, Noosa T: 07 5455 4444 

www.undergroundsurf.com.au 


John Barton, Nokandui. 

Photo: Lewis Samuels, 

supplied courtesy of Indo 

Surf & Lingo 

INDO SURF & LINGO 

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WE REVIEW WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS, 

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“Your essential guidebook for the best Indo 

surf adventure” is what it says. Well let me 

tell you, this book is an out and out cracker! 

192 pages jam-packed with info and photos 

on the multitude of breaks in the region, what 

level of surfer the wave suits, what boards to 

ride, wave size prediction chart for the time of 

year you are visiting, where to stay and where 

to eat. There is a rundown on the various surf 

camps, a trip planner and even a crash course 

on speaking Indonesian with pronunciation 

and helpful words and phrases. This truly is an 

incredibly well put-together and informative 

publication on just about everything you would 

want to know about surfing Indo. 

The author, Peter Neely, is a veteran of 

surfing Indonesia for over 40 years. Since 

April 1975 he has surfed the region with 

eight years spent full-time in Bali from 1979 

to 1986 and annual trips ever since. All up 

Peter has spent the equivalent of 15 years in 

Indonesia so he knows it well. The book was 

first published in 1992 and has been updated 

annually ever since with this year being a 

special 25 th Anniversary Edition. 

Says Peter, “I was lucky enough to surf 

some beautiful uncrowded waves with all 

the original Bali surfing pioneers back in 

the 1970’s… Some of the most precious 

memories of my life are those idyllic 1970s 

sunset sessions at Halfway Kuta, watching 

the locals laugh as they surfed across the 

golden walls of water. 

“I guess I’ve had a lifelong love affair with 

the waves and people of Indonesia, and my 

book is the result. I hope it inspires you to 

learn some of the language, and experience 

all the wonders of Indonesia for yourself.” 

Indo Surf & Lingo is certainly a great source 

of info with beautiful photos featured 

throughout that will assist you to plan your 

next surf adventure. 

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LATEST & GREATEST 

Dede. Photo: David Deckers supplied courtesy of Indo Surf & Lingo 

GET A COPY! 

Mail order copies of Indo Surf & Lingo are available 

at www.indosurf.com.au or you can simply email 

Peter – peter@indosurf.com.au 


LATEST & GREATEST 

Perfect for 

bringing on some 

“Blue Steel”... 

 

DOES IT 

WORK? 

TRIED AND TESTED 

Flynn (4) above with Shaping Goo 

spikes and Elliott (11) with his 

Maximum Hold fauhawk 

THAT’S MAD 

I’m 100% completely shaved-down-to-the-skin bald. So personally, I don’t have 

the slightest clue about male grooming products. In fact, chrome domes like 

myself have no need for hair styling unless the Krusty the Clown cut becomes a 

popular look. But when it comes to the groms, a bit of styling mud is no doubt a 

good thing. And if old, bald dudes don’t get it, it must be ‘sick’, right? So what 

am I on about? MAD, that’s what. 

MAD offer a range to suit 

your needs and hair - from 

full mohawks with the 

heaviest of hair, to good old 

messy bed-head 

According to the guys at MAD the professional hair care 

market has largely ignored young dudes aged 7 to 19, with the 

focus for many brands leaning towards a more mature, “highend 

luxury user”. So MAD decided to be Australia’s first hair 

care range specifically for young skaters and surfers. 

Mark Gariglio, the head honcho of MAD Hair Products puts 

it like this, “the youth market can’t afford salon professional 

product prices. We have created a professional range of 

products that young surfers and skaters can not only relate to 

but will exceed their expectations in terms of performance, at 

a price they can afford.” 

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But how does it work? A picture’s worth a thousand 

words… Just check out Flynn (4, using MAD Shaping 

Goo) and Elliott (11, using MAD Maximum Hold Mud) for 

the results! 

Does it last? All day long – seriously… Where often, 

regular gels and muds can flop over and flatten out after 

a short while, the MAD Maximum Hold Mud in particular 

was in for the long haul! Best of it all, the stuff washes 

out like it was never there, so from a parent’s point of 

view, it’s already a winner. 

And what do the kids think? They’re sold. And Flynn 

proves that you don’t even have to wait until you’re 7… 

At 4 years old, he’s totally into it and it’s now a musthave 

on the way out of the door to school every day. One 

day spikes, next day fauxhawk, and so it goes… 

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Surf graphics legend Ben Brown gives 

his take on Aloha Barry... What do you 

reckon you can do? No presure... 

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Do you have a creative vision for Barry? 

Can you draw a stick man with a beard? 

Either way, we want to see your portraits of the 

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Absolutly pumped and inspired by Ben Brown’s amazing version of Curl’s 

Aloha Barry (which has Curl grinning ear-to-ear, may we add) we decided to 

give you - our multi-talented readership - a crack as seeing what you can come 

up with. Show us your... Skills! 

Do up a picture of Barry, in any style, in any medium and submit it to 

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NOW WE DON’T MUCK ABOUT WHEN WE SAY ‘EXCLUSIVE’. THIS 

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SMORGASBOARDER

BERMAGUI... 

GREAT 

FAMILY 

SURF ESCAPES 

...A MUST 

Having driven the East Coast of Australia many 

times over I still distinctly remember the very 

first time I saw Bermagui. I couldn’t believe 

the beauty of this small coastal village at the 

northern end of New South Wales’ Sapphire 

Coast. It’s one of the first places that spring to 

mind when people ask me about my favourite 

seaside towns. Now each time I am heading 

Bermagui way I can’t help but get excited, 

particularly when I think of all those goodies 

at Cream Patisserie. Hey, okay I have a sweet 

tooth. You get bloody hungry delivering mags, 

writing stories and surfing all the way down 

the Australian coastline. Did I mention the 

wharf? Woah! 

THE WAVES 

As the picture depicts there isn’t any surf 

whatsoever in these parts so don’t bother. C’mon, 

it is the Far South Coast of New South Wales. 

There are waves everywhere, just many of the 

crackers are hidden away just how the locals 

like it. That’s the beauty of the area. Take time to 

explore it. 

MUST SEE AND DO 

CAMEL ROCK 

Just to the north of Bermagui, it’s a striking rock 

formation you can’t miss that resembles of all 

things… a camel. Fancy that. It’s a great place 

for a fun surf and a heap of fun too to explore 

with the kids. 

BLUE POOL 

A large natural rock pool at the base of a rocky 

cliff that’s good for a few laps when the surf is 

taking a break and for the kids to splash around 

and snorkel. There’s also a viewing platform with 

superb coastal views. 

BERMAGUI SURF SHOP 

Rick and Sharon Hoogenboom run this great little 

shop in town where you can restock your surfing 

supplies for your surf road trip of a lifetime. 

WHERE TO STAY 

Right on the point overlooking Horseshoe Bay with 

views to Gulaga Mountain. South Coast Holiday 

Park Bermagui is quiet, safe and the perfect place 

to recharge and relax. 

See more at: www.southcoastparks.com.au 

On Bermagui itself I don’t need to say too much 

more. Just look at the pictures. 


THE NOOSA FESTIVAL 

OF SURFING is so much more than a 

mere surf contest. The event brings people 

together from across the globe for a week of 

fun, camaraderie and waves and as a result 

there are stories and laughs aplenty. Best of 

all, surfers from all walks get to experience 

the majestic beauty of Noosa first hand. The 

event, now the world’s biggest surf festival 

and in its 25 th year, plays host to more than 

600 competitors and their families to Noosa 

from around Australia, New Zealand, USA, 

Japan, France, Brazil, Portugal, China and 

numerous other countries. 

NOOSA’S 

FAVOURITE FESTIVAL 

PHOTOS SUPPLIED, COURTESY OF NOOSA FESTIVAL OF SURFING 



LATEST: LOCAL 

The Festival kicked off with the 

traditional ho’okupu blessing of 

waters opening ceremony’ which 

this year also served as the Magoo 

Memorial Paddle Out, recognising 

with respect the much loved late 

“father of the festival” Barry 

‘Magoo’ McGuigan. This beautifully 

represented the spirit of our surfing 

culture and the essence of the 

festival. 

This year’s event also played host 

to a special delegation of Peru’s 

finest surfers. Led by 1965 world 

champion Felipe Pomar, who is still 

riding huge waves in Hawaii at age 

72, the Peruvian entourage included 

Carlos “Huevito” Ucanan, known 

as the “king of the caballitos”, an 

ancient Peruvian watercraft made 

of woven reeds. Huevito brought 

with him two surfboard bags full of 


THE CABALLITO 

DATES BACK 

SOME 3000 

YEARS TO 

WHEN THEY 

WERE FIRST 

USED BY THE 

PERUVIAN 

FISHING 

COMMUNITY TO 

LAY FISHING 

NETS AND SURF 

THE WAVES. 

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NOOSA’S 

FAVOURITE 

FESTIVAL 

the special Peruvian reeds, not to 

smoke (they weren’t bodyboard 

bags) but so he could construct his 

caballitos right here in Australia 

and put on a surfing spectacle 

never seen before on our shores. 

The caballito dates back some 3000 

years to when they were first used 

by the Peruvian fishing community to 

lay fishing nets and surf the waves. 

As always on the contest side of 

things there was plenty going on 

with amateur and professional 

events for juniors through to over- 

70s - noseriding to finless contests, 

paddleboard to body surfing battles 

and everything in between including 

the inaugural McTavish Trim where 

invitees were challenged with riding 

boards over ten feet for as long as 

possible. Despite waves during this 

contest being less than a foot in 

height, Thomas Bexon managed a 

132-metre ride to win it. 


THE EVER POPULAR SURF 

DOGS SPECTACULAR WAS 

AGAIN A HUGE SUCCESS, 

AS WAS THE TANDEM 

SURFING EXHIBITION. 

Through the week the waves 

remained quite small but 

were clean and consistent. 

As a result the wave riding 

continued to be world class 

as can be seen in this expose 

of photos from the week. 

The ever popular surf dogs 

spectacular was again a 

huge success, as was the 

tandem surfing exhibition. 

On the social scene, the Men 

of Wood & Foam surf exhibition 

was keenly attended as were the 

regular after parties at the Beach 

Bar and Café le Monde featuring 

entertainment from the likes of 

the Mason Rack Band, Bearfoot, 

Tropical Zombies, The Sea Gypsies 

and Band of Frequencies to name a 

few. To see socials from some of the 

various after parties at the Noosa 

Festival of Surfing see our Closeout 

section on page 77. 

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WOMEN 

ON WATER 

VICTORIAN 

GIRLS 

........................................................ 

CELEBRATE 

WOMEN’S DAY 

........................................................ 

........................................................ 

WORDS: HEIDI ATKINS PHOTOS: HEIDI ATKINS CREATIVE 

& PETER MITCHELL DAVIS @ NOT NEGATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY 

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OVER 100 PEOPLE took to Point Impossible on 

Saturday, the car park quickly filling with 58 competitors and 

around the same in spectators. While conditions weren’t 

perfect at 2ft with a south-easterly breeze, it didn’t stop the 

lady entrants from shredding and stepping their way down 

the line in a celebration for International Women’s Day. 

It was amazing to see two 

eight-year old competitors, Rori 

Reyntjes and Holly Droomer 

paddle out and surf. “Holly’s 

confidence has increased 

enormously since that one surf in 

an uncrowded friendly environment, 

she went surfing again the next 

day,” said mum Janelle. 

“It was such a fun day, and really 

good to see some quality female 

surfing. It was so different to 

other competitions, a really nonintimidating 

environment for both 

young and old.” Perhaps one reason 

for such a great turn out was the 

non-competitive options in the 

expression session and the mongrel. 

The expression session was 

probably one of the highlights of the 

day and some girls had spent a bit 

of time preparing outfits and props 

for this division. Sam Suendermann 

wore flippers and managed to still 

hang five off the nose, like a duck 

walking on water. Jesse Muir wore 

a lovely red and black chequered 

dress, which she managed to derobe 

while riding a wave. Another 

competitor managed to remove 

a pair of exterior bather bottoms 

whilst surfing her way in. A dog even 

got in the water to join its owner 

and climb on board! 

The atmosphere was kicking with 

musical tracks like Gloria from Patti 

Smith and Shoop from Salt-N-Peppa, 

and Australian champ Emma Webb 

provided some very entertaining 

commentary. Competitor Kim Byrne 

said “it was great fun and enjoyable 

for all levels, abilities and ages, a 

real credit to those who organised 

it. Today we witnessed women 

empowering women in a beautiful 

environment in and out of the water, 

this event is only growing.” 

“It was so lovely to share the stoke 

with so many other likeminded 

chicks,” said Penny Andrews. 

Hayley Jeffries of The Fitness 

Movement provided free massage in 

a mammoth effort from 7am till 3pm 

while Rachel Hely took a beautiful 

yoga/ meditation session in the 

sand with people from five years 

old up. Bonappuccino filled the air 

with coffee aromas while Flatironed 

fuelled the hungry competitors 

bellies with New York style toasties, 

and thanks to Fiona at Base Legal 

each competitor enjoyed these 

complimentary. 

THE EXPRESSION SESSION WAS PROBABLY ONE OF 

THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY AND SOME GIRLS HAD SPENT 

A BIT OF TIME PREPARING OUTFITS AND PROPS FOR THIS DIVISION. 

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On the results side of the day, the 

most pleasing was that Over $2500 

was raised for local charity Bethany 

through sponsor’s donations at the 

raffle and auction wall. 

Lara Murphy took out the open 

category with Ange King second and 

Sasha Leitmanis third. 

Riding any board and throwing away 

all niceties Tiffany Riggs stole the 

Mongrel first place, with Joe Cole in 

second and Heidi Atkins third. 

The juniors winner was Nadia 

McCristal, with Lueca Gartell in 

second and Laila McCristal third 

while the Expression Session was 

won by Sylvia Fogarty-Phipps, 

with Jenene Nelson in second and 

Laura Spencer third. Results in the 

040s were Wendy Reyntjes in first, 

Janelle Droomer second and Anne 

Stephenson third. 

Finally, the annual Soul Sister award 

– which recognises the female with 

the best attitude and swagger both 

on land and in the water - was taken 

out by Lueca Gartell, who travelled 

from Tasmania. Bring on next year! 

For full results, video and photo 

footage and news on the next 

one, head to Facebook #Surfcoast 

Longboarders Club or visit 

surfcoastlongboardclub.com 

Jack Garnett of airtimefilming. 

com.au captured some amazing 

drone footage of the event and can 

be found at vimeo.com/157834496. 

LARA MURPHY 

TOOK OUT 

THE OPEN 

CATEGORY 

WITH ANGE 

KING SECOND 

AND SASHA 

LEITMANIS 

THIRD. 


WOMEN 

ON WATER 

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TRUE 

FELICITY 

ACCORDING TO THE DICTIONARY, Felicity (fɪˈlɪsɪti) is defined as ‘intense 

happiness’ and ‘the ability to find appropriate expression for one’s thoughts.’ 

This could not be a more fitting name for Felicity Burdett - a singer/songwriter and surfer based in 

Coolum Beach on the Sunshine Coast. Ever looking forward, music is her vehicle to make sense of 

life. The saltwater that sprays up onto the deck of the house has absolutely infused itself into her 

music, and her positive energy is absolutely evident in her laid-back, surfy songs – some of which 

have even appeared in surf movies, short films and even a television commercial for Tetleys Tea. 

Felicity’s beautiful, warm voice floats above her folky, fingerpicked acoustic lines while the 

personal, yet very universal messages in her lyrics reflect her determination to spread a message 

of hope, love and an appreciation for the goodness in our lives – whatever that may mean for us as 

individuals. I was fortunate enough to catch up with Felicity for a heartfelt and very open chat about 

her music, her fundraising plans for 2016, and most importantly her truly moving story. 

WORDS: MARK CHAPMAN 

Felicity and I are sitting 

on her deck, taking in 

the scenery and seeing 

surfers take to the 

water just across the 

road. With such idyllic surrounds, 

it’s hard to believe that her plans 

for the year include a songwriting 

sojourn to the Kimberleys, way out 

West and far from the surf… Good 

for the soul, Felicity believes. 

“I’ll miss Coolum though. I really like 

Coolum Beach, and when the points 

are on Alexandra Headland and 

Noosa – I go out early, early.” 

It’ll most certainly be a spiritual 

journey for her – a bit of solitude 

leading up to furthering her 

fundraising cause for the Australian 

Marine Conservation Society 

through touring and an album 

release later in the year. At this point 

in her life, it’s all about spreading 

positivity through music. 

Felicity started music young – piano 

at 8, guitar at 13 and songwriting 

at 14 and did a performance music 

course at 18, just after leaving 

school. Shortly after that, she toured 

around the North and South Islands 

of NZ as part of a duo. “Two little 

hippies running around towns on 

skateboards with guitars” as she 

explains it…. “Holding up our 

dresses so they didn’t get caught in 

the wheels”. Her subsequent move 

to Australia found her settling on the 

Gold Coast and rediscovering her 

worth as a solo musician, with her 

music being her living all the way 

through to eventually settling down 

with a family. Married with two 

beautiful daughters, it seemed as if 

life was absolutely set to be perfect. 

But a tragic event was to shatter the 

happiness. 

“In March 2012 Sky and Kayla 

Burdett were involved in a crash. 

Brian (Felicity’s husband) was 

driving. It was on the highway just 

heading out to Canberra. They all 

died instantly.” 

It’s a hard story to take in, but not a 

fraction as hard as it was, and has 

been, for New Zealand-born singer/ 

songwriter Felicity Burdett to live 

through. Her whole life changed a 

few short years ago when she lost 

her family. 


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“Your world just stops. You have to 

put back the pieces and rediscover 

who you are. 

Part of my identity was as a mother. 

That was just taken in an instant. 

“The night before, I’d been watching 

a documentary on the tsunami 

(Japan, 2011) about a guy who 

had lost his two children, and his 

wife… watching what he was going 

through. That was really intense. 

Really strange how that was what 

I was watching the night before…” 

It’s not easy. Felicity takes her 

time to gently tell her story. We sit 

quietly, overlooking the beautiful 

Coolum waves and greenery under 

the cloudless sky of the sunny, late 

summer afternoon with a cooling 

onshore breeze gently blowing in. 

PART OF MY 

IDENTITY WAS 

AS A MOTHER. 

THAT WAS 

JUST TAKEN IN 

AN INSTANT. 

ABOVE: Sky (8) and Kayla (10) 

“It’s a reflection of life isn’t it? We’re 

born, we live, we die... Some people 

go earlier than others, some people 

get to live a full life. I’ve had to learn 

to accept that it happened. 

No, it’s not an easy topic for Felicity. 

However, her loss is now the single, 

massively significant life event that 

now drives her, and guides all she 

does on a daily basis. Her music 

stands as a tribute to the lives of Sky 

and Kayla and songs are a reflection 

of her personal journey and creating 

something intensely positive from 

even the darkest of times. 

“Everyone came together like I’ve 

never seen before. It was coming 

from all angles – gifts, phonecalls, 

people turning up. Within all the 

madness I saw all this beauty – just 

how strong a message this was. 

This was changing people’s lives all 

around me - people that I’d never 

ever met… It was like a ripple 

effect. I could feel all the energy 

from everyone, everyone pouring out 

this love. It just kept projecting out 

and out and out, and still continues 

to do that. 

“It gives me strength in knowing 

that everyone is going through 

something, but ultimately, it’s what 

you take from and how you can 

redirect that energy into something 

else and learn from it. 

For Felicity at this point in time, 

positive energy and goodness 

is found in honouring the loving 

memory of Sky and Kayla with her 

fundraising project, Heart To Art. 

Her aim is to support the Australian 

Marine Conservation Society, to 

help protect and preserve the Great 

Barrier Reef for future generations. 

She’s doing exactly that though her 


WOMEN 

ON WATER 

“THERE’S ALWAYS THESE LITTLE SIGNS... 

WHERE DO YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR ENERGY?“ 

music - at shows and by recording 

a new album of which 100% of 

profits will be donated to the cause 

- further backing this through online 

fundraising campaigns 

During a conversation with her sister 

about bringing her sons to snorkel 

up at the Great Barrier Reef, Felicity 

explains how she found herself 

saying “before it’s too late…” 

“This feeling came over me. I felt 

really sad. What they’re going 

to see in ten years time is going 

to be vastly different. With port 

expansion and dredging, and that all 

happening, I realised it’s an ongoing 

fight. I need to get on board and 

create awareness. With what I’ve 

gone through with the accident, 

I’ve created this beautiful network 

of people that care. I guess you 

get to a place where you feel like 

you need to do something more 

meaningful, something that’s not so 

self-orientated and is going to have 

some impact. As a musician I can 

use my position as a tool to get the 

message out there.” 

Felicity has worked hard at getting 

herself into that position though. 

Scoring Album of the Year at the 

NCEIA Dolphin Awards was an early 

kickstart to her career that gave her 

an open door to event like Splendour 

in the Grass, East Coast Bluesfest, 

Woodford and the like. Ironically, 

the ‘Dolphin’ award wasn’t to do 

with marine conservation, yet this 

is what Felicity’s focus has become. 

“There’s always these little signs... 

Where do you want to put your 

energy? There’s a little bit of a 

symbol there I think” 

For more about Felicity’s music, 

please visit her website: 

www.felicityburdett.com. 

Her music is available on iTunes 

The Australian Marine Conservation 

Society is a non-government, 

volunteer group for the wise use 

and care of Australia’s waterways 

and marine environments. 

More information at the website: 

www.marineconservation.org.au 

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WOMEN 

ON WATER 

NEW BRIGHTON 

BOARD BABES 

WORDS: Kirsty Cullen Photos: Mark Bishop 

Surfing ladies of the South 

Island recently got together 

for what seems to have been 

a cracker day of fun surfing 

for all. Kristy Cullen of 

Tubular Belles gives us 

a wrap of the goings one. 

After much deliberating to find the 

best contestable wave, the 13th 

Annual Canterbury Women’s Surf 

Champs (sponsored by Torpedo7) 

were held at New Brighton Beach 

on Saturday 5th March, 2016. 

A hot sunny day with a packed 

beach, the comp ran its course over 

approximately 6 hours in 2ft clean 

surf and light winds. 

Divisions included the Teenie 

Wahines up first, then Juniors, 

Seniors, Longboard followed by 

Open divisions. 

There were plenty of standout 

performances. The crowd watched 

as 10 year old Ava Henderson 

surfed her way to winning the 

Teenie Wahines, and finalist in 

Junior divisions. Tegen Bishop 

also surfed back to back semis and 

finals to win the Junior division, as 

well as finalist in Open divisions. 

And as Sumner beauties Nina 

Young, Brittany Andrews and Lucy 

Johnson gracefully cross stepped 

through their heats and semis 

to the longboard final taking out 

1st, 2nd and 3rd places, Lucy Te 

Moananui (nee Hodgson) from 

Kaikoura Boardriders carved 

her way through to win Seniors 

division. Congratulations to Estella 

Hungerford for being the first Open 

Women’s winner of the Canterbury 

Women’s Surf Champs in some 

years, as the trophy has been tossed 

back and forth between our previous 

winners Alethea Lock and Kristi 

Zarifeh. 

A great day was had by all, 

huge thanks to all who made it 

possible. 

Thanks to Julie Sparrow for helping 

pull the article together 

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FIVE 

quESTIONS FOR... 

Last issue we chatted to artists 

inspired by the ocean... This time 

it’s the turn of those who turn their 

surf-inspiration to fashion... 

WORDS: MARK CHAPMAN 

Tiphaine 

De Fleurette Brown 

1. 

DESCRIBE YOUR ULTIMATE CREATIVE SETUP: 

I don’t really have a perfect scenario... I work where I can with what I feel like using, 

depending on the job ahead. For Jordie’s boards, I guess an endless 

supply of Posca pens would be pretty fab (I’m always running out at 

the crucial moment) and I usually like to be somewhere Jordie or 

the dogs are pottering about. I don’t like it too quiet. But the 

dream scenario would probably be like a magical shed with 

every type of media and equipment available in it with a 

constant temperature of about 25˚c and an infinite supply 

of watermelon. 

2. 

WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST MOTIVATION FOR 

CREATING ART? 

My motivation for creating art used to be quite 

depressing so I stopped for a bit when I came to 

Australia, then I met Jordie and he asked me to do 

something on one of his boards and I just loved it, 

it was fun and I really got into to it. I loved all 

the colours of the boards and my art style 

started to get really graphic again like before 

I went to University to study art. It was just 

enjoyable and I remembered how to have fun 

with what I do. 

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who is Tiphaine 

Tiphaine De Fleurette Brown’s art has 

been featured on many occasions in 

Smorgasboarder magazine. Married to our 

good friend and incredible board builder 

Jordie Brown of High Tide Surfboards in 

Skenes Creek, Vic, Tiph has added her 

artistic flair with amazingly detailed and 

beautiful artwork on Jordie’s boards. These 

days, while she still finds time to beautify 

the occasional High Tide log, single fin or 

fish, she’s thrown her time and attention into 

her own clothing label, Sub Umbra Floreo. 

The concept of Sub Umbra Floreo is 

handmade, original and retro design and 

reworked vintage clothing. Unique and 

boutique, Tiph primarily uses recycled and 

remnant materials. Fun and colourful designs 

bordering on the kitsch with influences from 

the last century of fashion with a splash of 

Central American Romance, incorporating 

luxe materials her pieces include hand 

embroidery, screenprinting and hand dyeing. 

“Sub Umbra Floreo is in love with the 

beautiful, the quirky and the colourful.” 

LATEST: ARTISTS & GENERALLY CREATIVE FOLKS 

Instagram: subumbrafloreodotcom | Facebook/subumbrafloreovintage | etsy/subumbrafloreo | subumbrafloreo.com 

3. 

YOUR MOST MEMORABLE ART CAREER MOMENT? 

My art career has had many twists and turns but my 

most memorable moment was co-curating a 5-day 

Exhibition Festival called VIDEOKILLS: International 

Video Art Festival in 2009 with my 2 best friends in 

Berlin. It was decadent and futuristic and I’m very 

proud of what the girls and I achieved. VIDEOKILLS 

is a not for profit organisation that I co-founded and 

still continue to be involved with offering a platform 

for up-and-coming video, installation, performance 

and music artists to share, collaborate and exhibit. 

V:InVAF was a pretty spectacular event and 

continues to be a briliant international platform. I 

hope one day to be able to put on more VIDEOKILLS 

events in Australia. 

4. 

WHAT’S YOUR MOST MEMORABLE SURFING 

MOMENT? 

My most memorable surfing moment has to be 

hearing the words “Woah, what an awesome line 

up” come out of my mouth while eating lunch one 

day by the beach and realising I understood what 

it meant. I’m not a surfer, I have tried, I have no 

skill. I prefer to be under the water. Jordie has 

tried to educate me and obviously something has 

rubbed off. Ironically I probably know more about 

surfboard design than I would wish to know. You 

can’t help but pick up the knowledge if you are 

around it all the time. 

5. 

IF YOU COULD HAVE LUNCH WITH ONE ARTIST 

IN THE WORLD, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY? 

Woah. Just one? I cant. Too many genres. Its 

going to have to be a top 5 in no particular 

order: Jan Svankmeyer (Czech animation artist) 

political, subversive and dark, Margaret Preston 

(Australian print artist) for technical advice, 

Vivienne Westwood (British Fashion designer) self 

taught and how she made herself a success, Frida 

Kahlo (Mexican Painter) because duh, and finally 

to the lovely aboriginal lady I started having a 

conversation with in Darwin 5 years ago while she 

painted at the market, she told me the stories of her 

paintings and I fell in love with them all. I’m sorry. I 

can’t remember your name. I suck. Lets do lunch. 


WHO IS NICOLE? 

“I am the owner and designer of Marmilade 

Clothing on the Sunshine Coast. Marmilade 

is my creative outlet as well as my passion, 

second to my beautiful family and gorgeous 

friends, who are my support, and a big part 

of my inspiration, on my creative journey. 

“My love of colour, fashion, surfing, and fun 

combined with my relaxed lifestyle reflects 

in my clothing. 

“I love what I do, and I take great pleasure 

making others feel gorgeous, happy, and 

pretty in my creations…. Enjoy!” 

www.marmiladeclothing.com.au 

facebook.com/marmilade 

Call 0416 197456 

See Nicole at the Peregian Markets every 

first Sunday of the month 

Nicole 

Lynch 

Nicole takes to the water in Noosa. Photo by Mick Curley 

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1. 

DESCRIBE YOUR ULTIMATE FASHION/ART/ 

DESIGN CREATION SETUP 

My dream workspace would be something overlooking the ocean, 

super colourful retro wallpaper adorning the walls , orange 

everywhere, a little “high tea “setup in the corner for my sugar 

cravings, I would also need someone from one of those hoarder (how 

to de-clutter) shows to clean up my workspace. 

2. 

WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST MOTIVATION FOR CREATING? 

I simply love what I do ..I have had my label Marmilade for 16 years 

now, and I still get so much joy out of creating one of a kind pieces 

and seeing people wear my designs still gives me a buzz. There is 

never a day where I don’t want to go to work, and that’s a pretty cool 

feeling to love what you do, it’s part of me. 


3. 

YOUR MOST MEMORABLE CAREER MOMENT? 

I think right now I’m reflecting on how much I have achieved 

by looking back on my journey and thinking wow after 16 

years I have a business that is still going strong , started from 

scratch, still Australian-made, and have carved out a very 

comfortable lifestyle filled with lots of fun, play ,surfing and 

holidays... So I guess I really feel like I’m living my dream. 

4. 

WHAT’S YOUR MOST MEMORABLE SURFING MOMENT? 

With my local break being the points at Noosa, I would 

have to say I have had many memorable surfs with my 

bestie at nationals, whether it’s having a stunning rainbow 

one day, dolphins or turtle another, or 4am Tea Tree on new 

years day while everyone else is hung over, I’m a lucky 

girl there is too many to choose from... But the best surfs 

always involve my friend Linda, lots of laughter and paying 

each other out while woohoo-ing at the same time 

5. 

IF YOU COULD HAVE LUNCH WITH ONE ARTIST OR 

DESIGNER IN THE WORLD, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY? 

FRIEDA KAHLO is a big source of inspiration for me, she’s 

a bit of a quirky cat!! Very intriguing - I love her use of 

colours/flowers/embroidery... Colourful character. 


WHO IS TOM 

Brazilian designer and artist Tom Veiga is 

massively inspired by the curves of the waves 

and his colourful images were an instant hit 

with us when we first came across them. 

Waves are used to reflect his passion for 

surfing in every project. “The flat sea is already 

beautiful,” Tom explains, “but when I see a 

wave breaking on the horizon it’s as if the 

sea is smiling, it excites me, calls me, teases 

me, inspires me and now I can see waves in 

everything and everywhere. 

“My creative process is extensive, I have rules 

to start a project, I always start walking down 

the beach, admiring the day, playing with my 

children, moments that help create art with 

joy, having happy times. I enjoy a coffee and 

start to draw, sometimes I finish with paint, 

sometimes with mosaic tiles, sometimes with 

wood and often on the computer, which is my 

base work, using design to reflect my passion 

for waves. 

“My work has gone to more than 40 

countries,with exhibitions in Brazil, Argentina, 

France, Spain, USA and Japan, and I’ve 

enjoyed projects with brands like Billabong, 

Reeg, Globe, Mormaii and Havaianas. There’s 

also my involvement in environmental 

protection movements - I’m part of Save the 

Waves and now actively part of Surfrider, 

using my art as environmental awareness 

tool also because I believe that the role of the 

artist is far beyond commercial projects or to 

express themselves - we must always have 

a higher mission. I have also taken my art to 

schools and projects with children, because 

I also see that our role as to inspire the next 

generation - either with art, with music, with 

sports, in my case it is with the waves.” 

www.seriewaves.com 

instagram.com/tomveiga 

tom@seriewaves.com 

TOM 

VEIGA 

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1. 

DESCRIBE YOUR ULTIMATE FASHION/ 

ART/DESIGN CREATION SETUP 

I always carry pencil and paper in hand, 

because I understand that creativity 

comes in waves too - like a swell 

that we can’t miss.When it comes to 

creativity I immediately stop where I am 

to draw and not lose that inspiration - 

that to me is normal, since I’m used to a 

quick lunch project at a restaurant or a 

flight, or drinking a coffee in a cafe... It’s 

a daily part of my creative process. 

2. 

WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST 

MOTIVATION FOR CREATING? 

One of the things that delights me is 

the sea, so I dropped my life working 

with adesign agency and living in the 

big city to work with art and live on the 

beach with my family. God made the sea 

so perfectly. Flat it’s already beautiful, 

but when I see a wave coming on the 

horizon it’s as if the sea is smiling. 

Waves inspire me, because each wave 

around the world has a unique feature 

- big, small, thick, thin, right, left, blue 

wave, greener wave, warm wave, 

cold wave, high wave, low wave... 

And these differences between waves 

inspire me to think them through art, I 

want to show the differences between 

them using my speech, my way to see 

them through colors, curves and shapes 

try to express this in all the beautiful 

differences between the waves around 

the world. 



4. 

WHAT’S YOUR MOST MEMORABLE SURFING MOMENT? 

I do not surf - I have a problem in my right knee from playing 

football and I can not do too quick movements. I am having 

and operation on the knee to start surfing, but the fact of 

not surfing makes me want to be closer to the surf, so I 

moved to one of the places with great waves in Brazil. To 

be close to the waves that inspire me so much, to go to 

events... I am quite attached to surf culture through my art, 

so my way of surfing is trying to feel the sensations and 

transmit them to people through art. 

5. 

IF YOU COULD HAVE LUNCH WITH ONE ARTIST OR 

DESIGNER IN THE WORLD, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY? 

I’d take this opportunity to have lunch with David Carson - he is 

an icon, a reference and a very important person in the middle 

of surfing, design and art. I hope one day to realize that dream. 

3. 

YOUR MOST MEMORABLE 

CAREER MOMENT? 

I had very important moments for me, 

memorable moments, dreams realised 

through art, but especially the day I was 

asked by Surfrider to do the Surfing 

Day poster - an environmental social 

event that takes place around the world 

in order to mobilise people cleaning 

beaches. Each year Surfrider invites an 

artist to make this poster. In 2011 I was 

invited and my art was there for the 

whole world to see for the first time- it 

was amazing. The other was a project 

TOM 

signed with Billabong Europe because it 

VEIGA 

was my first big project where I had the 

joy of making a European tour in 2012 to 

promote the collection twice. But for me 

personally each project, trip or exhibition 

is a remarkable moment - I value the 

little things also because they are super 

important for my work. 

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“MY WAY OF SURFING 

IS TRYING TO FEEL 

THE SENSATIONS AND 

TRANSMIT THEM TO 

PEOPLE THROUGH ART.” 



WHO IS 

JESSICA? 

I am a print designer from 

London, and have just moved to 

Sydney from Byron Bay. From 

spending the last ten years 

travelling my creative motives 

address rhythm, vibrancy and 

cultural influences. Looking 

at the contradictory and 

paradoxical forces of nature via 

my journey through ‘Urban to 

Exotic’. I work using both digital 

media and traditional drawing 

materials and am always seeing 

to experiment with different 

mediums and subject material. 

Alongside my freelance work 

I’ve built a boutique clothing 

company, Savu, which is 

manufactured in Bali/ Australia 

using my personal designs. 

JESSICA ROSHEEN 

1. 

DESCRIBE YOUR ULTIMATE 

ART CREATION SETUP – 

MATERIALS, MEDIA, LOCATION, 

WHATEVER YOU THINK WILL 

MAKE IT PERFECT... 

I would love to have two 

studios...One built on the beach 

with lots of space and a view of 

the ocean, with simple natural 

dyes and papers. But also one 

in the city somewhere industrial 

with lots of history, old printing 

machines and technology. 

Sydney is pretty perfect it’s a 

great combination of the two. 

2. 

WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST 

MOTIVATION FOR CREATING 

ART? 

My imagination. Creating art 

is the best place to explore 

fantasies, and bring daydreams 

to life. 

3. 

YOUR MOST MEMORABLE 

ART CAREER MOMENT? 

Seeing my first collaborative 

print come to life with Muther 

of All Things, a Byron based 

Surf brand. 

5. 

IF YOU COULD HAVE LUNCH 

WITH ONE ARTIST IN THE 

WORLD, WHO WOULD IT BE 

AND WHY? 

It would have to be Salvidor 

Dali, I think he would have a 

lot of stories to tell! He is an 

amazing artist inspiring fashion 

and alternative culture, and an 

inventor or dreams. 

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TALKING BOARD DESIGN WITH JESSE WATSON OF BLACK APACHE SURFBOARDS 

THE PENDULUM EFFECT 

AND THE DEMISE OF THE ONE-BOARD QUIVER 

MOOD LIGHTING? CHECK. BARRY WHITE BACKGROUND MUSIC? CHECK. SCENTED CANDLES? CHECK… 

ALL RIGHT THEN, LET’S DO THIS. 

SO THE PENDULUM 

EFFECT… This is where I left 

you with baited breath at the end of our last 

instalment. OK so maybe more like quiet 

skepticism rather than baited breath but 

hear me out – you’ve already started reading 

this page and it’ll probably take longer to 

find something better to read than to give 

me the benefit of the doubt and continue 

heading south here – so let’s see if I can’t 

wow you, or at least not put you to sleep. 

Yawn… 

At the end of the last article you likely 

noticed two things. I ask a LOT of questions 

and that this is what you all should be 

doing as well. The reason for asking all 

those questions as we discussed is to really 

narrow down a bunch of variables, to cold 

press the virgin oil, to churn the cream from 

the frothy white milk, to get at the distilled 

essence of the proverbial magic that you 

require me, or whoever to infuse into your 

new board… 

Well here’s another little secret for you. It’s 

not always possible. 

WAIT HOLDUP! DID 

THAT GUY JUST 

ADMIT THAT HE 

CAN’T SHAPE THE 

BOARD I WANT? 

Yes I did Bubba. Well actually no that’s 

not really accurate. I can’t shape you a 

magic board if you don’t have realistic 

expectations. See the problem for a lot of 

surfers is they want a Prussian unicorn. “A 

shark with a fricken laser beam attached 

to its fricken head”, A stripper with a heart 

of gold, It doesn’t exist. Like that hot girl in 

the bar that’s waiting for “Mr Right”… you 

just know he aint showing up. It’s always 

some oxymoron of design features that 

should never be mentioned in sequence… I 

have recurring nightmares about this stuff. 

It starts out with some hipster sipping a 

latte and twisting the pointy edge of his 

moustache into a refined point that I only 

wish was rigid enough to snap off and stab 

him in the jugular with – prison shank style. 

He then starts out with something along the 

lines of: 

“Yeah dude, so I want you to shape me a five 

fin shortboard that will grovel in everything 

but still be able to surf snapper when its 

dredging plus it needs heaps of foam so I 

can paddle up the point when the sweep 

is fully sick cause I always get my share 

behind the rock - but also I don’t like thick 

rails and stuff – oh yeah plus it fully needs 

to be able to handle Indo swells cause I’m 

gonna surf Ulu’s this year when it gets to 20 

feet and I wanna be able to do fully drawn 

out bottom turns like Lopez or Ando and that 

but yeah you know like I want a fully sick 

retro board but not retro that rides pretty 

much everything from Mavericks to Bondi.. 

Oh yeah and I need three GoPro mounts so 

I can catch the action from all three angles 

at once cause man I wanna get my full pooman 

head dip immortalised for all time in full 

super slow motion HD… Cause, well YOLO 

you know bro….” 

OK so it’s probably worse in my head than in 

real life but to a shaper it’s a skin crawling 

experience akin to the recently divorced 

uncle asking the groom to borrow his wife 

for the night at the wedding. It’s sacrilege 

and it’s only due to my vow of abstinence 

from violence that these people aren’t 

suffering physical abuse at my hands. I’m 

forced to bust out a “Back off, Warchild. 

Seriously.” Then after an uncomfortable 

silence we move on. When I first started 

shaping I had a “no boards for kooks” rule 

that lasted about 9 minutes until I had to pay 

the rent and buy food and then that went 

out the window and I would shape a jet 

powered SUP with LED lights, sound system 

for playing Creed, a full deck grip and five 

GoPro mounts if the money was right… So 

here instead now I try to help educate those 

with a little less than desirable knowledge 

on their shooters, which is why we’re here 

really. So thanks to my recurring poverty, it 

all worked out in the end. 

Anyways back on track again and here’s 

the crux of it all. Surfboard design is a 

pendulum. Think of a grandfather clock. The 

further that pendulum swings to the left 

side, the further it is from the right side and 

vice versa. Opposite ends of the continuum 

– like night and day, black and white, up and 

down, inside and outside, right and wrong, 

drunk and sober even... Now here’s the thing 

- I can’t tell you what’s left side and what’s 

right side – or rather what you want in a 

board more than what you don’t want hence 

all the questions and the Spanish inquisition 

tactics. What I can do though in my never 

ending quest to enlighten the masses - like 

some sort of weird surfing Ghandi - is give 

you the basic attributes of what certain 

design elements do. Which way the 

pendulum swings to get those attributes and 

also what you lose from the other end of 

the pendulum at the same time. It’s a fuzzy 

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CLOSEOUT: COLUMNS 

SHORTER, FLATTER 

& WIDER... 

warm idea that a magic board can do it all, 

but beware because it’s a plastic veneer that 

fades quickly. There is really no such thing. 

There are boards that can paddle into and 

trim across all waves (within reason) but no 

such thing as a board that can “perform” in 

all conditions. 

You see when we talk about surfboards 

there are a lot of different aspects to 

functional design. You’ve got length, width, 

nose widths, tail widths, fins, fin systems, 

thickness, rocker, foil, rails, transitions, 

tucked edges, bottom contours, flex, rigidity, 

construction methods, material types, 

volume, application, surfer’s dimensions and 

ability etc. etc. etc... These are all relevant 

topics and though we can’t cover them 

here - we will in due course. However for 

the sake of here and now lets cover a few in 

basic terms to get you thinking and help get 

your head around this prickly pineapple. 

To do this let’s look at one of the more 

recent developments in performance 

shortboards. In the last few years there has 

been the trend of going shorter, wider and 

flatter in our boards -sounds like a girl you 

really wanna meet huh? So why is that? 

Well if you read too many surfing magazines 

you’ll find yourself under the illusion that 

everyone rips and you will too if you just 

get the right gear. See the reality for a large 

part of the surfing population is one of 

only surfing weekends (ouch) or less. Even 

those that do get a few surfs a week likely 

don’t rip. The level of surfing is improving 

at the top but surfing as a whole is growing 

faster than its participants are collectively 

progressing. Hence the emergence of these 

shorter wider flatter trends. It’s a kneejerk 

reaction to the 90s/2000s Slater/Machado/ 

momentum generation/AI push into low 

17” widths and crazy rockers resembling 

Persian slippers. I heard a quote a few years 

ago now where Slater was saying he felt 

partly responsible for a whole generation of 

surfers riding the wrong boards. His efforts 

at backdoor on a 5’9” and so forth really 

show how far the pendulum swung away 

at first before sensibility made a comeback. 

Marketing did prevail for a long time though 

and it took the re-emergence of the fish and 

then the whole retro movement plus Mr 

Slater himself to make it safe enough for the 

mainstream of tidy whitey board designers 

to move away from that bleak wilderness 

and come back to having fun and shaping 

fun boards. 

THINK ABOUT 

THAT TERM FOR 

A SECOND “FUN 

BOARDS”… WHY 

DO WE CALL THEM 

FUN BOARDS? 

WHAT MAKES 

THEM FUN? 

It’s all in the hips baby. It’s all in the hips. 

Well it’s in the design anyways. The design 

elements of these boards are all aimed 

at maximum result for minimal effort. 

Something the average Joe surfer dude is 

all too happy to have. So let’s look a little 

closer then and let’s start with basic rockers. 

Think about that old 2000’s white shorty 


TALKING BOARD DESIGN WITH JESSE WATSON OF BLACK APACHE SURFBOARDS 

THE PENDULUM EFFECT 

with it’s crazy rocker… why was it there? 

Tighter curved rockers are great for steeper 

waves, and waves where you might have 

a late drop. In fact any situation where the 

wave is generating all the power and the 

surfer is only looking to add control to that 

power not generate it so much – is a good 

situation for tight rockers. The pros make it 

look easy because their fluidity masks the 

level of skill required to move those boards 

in average conditions. See those rockers are 

designed with tighter arcs in mind. They see 

a drastic increase in speed by linking top to 

bottom turns seamlessly. The down side is 

if your in less than perfect wave conditions, 

you yourself are in less than perfect 

condition, you miss a turn, mistime a turn, 

catch an edge, have to dodge a kook or any 

other fluffiness that puts the board flat on 

its bottom contour will see you have to start 

doing the crazy hop-hop trying to get water 

under the board and keep it up and planing 

on the surface. A good illustration for this: 

next time you watch the pros surf you will 

notice that often after they get to their feet 

they perform a very small check turn off the 

top as soon as they stand up. Take a look 

and you’ll see it. This serves to get water 

under the board and get it moving faster off 

the mark to compensate for the boards lack 

of straight line planing ability. 

So the pendulum here would be more rocker 

gives tighter turns but the flip side is you 

lose straight line planing speed. Or in really 

simple terms PLANING SPEED vs. TURNING 

CIRCLE. 

Let’s continue with the early 2000s thruster 

– so besides the rocker think about those 

narrow sub 18” boards. The narrower width 

gives a straighter outline which gives more 

forward projection, not only to compensate 

for the rocker, but also makes it easier to 

get the board up on rail to use that tighter 

rocker. The downside is that less surface 

area = less buoyancy or buoyant speed, and 

less flotation generally speaking. So there’s 

your trade off for the difference between 

going wide and going narrow. 

What about length? Well that mid 2000s 

board was a lot longer than today’s boards 

and that did a few things but noticeably 

it created a longer straighter rail line that 

gave a longer line to work off the bottom for 

drive. It also gave us a bit more wave entry 

for bigger waves as well. With a longer 

board the wave has more time to act with 

force on the longer bottom curve and thus 

more chance for the surfer to match speeds 

and push himself into the wave. Shorter 

boards plane faster and often paddle easier 

too but usually have less wave entry ability 

than the longer boards. You’ll notice you 

often have to paddle hard and try to get in 

early on the newer style boards. So there’s 

the trade off there. Remember that we are 

just scratching the surface here and the 

complexity between the elements and how 

they can be put together is mind boggling 

– the idea here is simply to get you to start 

to recognise the links and start seeing the 

patterns so you can start to figure this out 

for yourself. The long-term goal here is to 

see no confused surfer left behind. 

ANYWAY, SO BY 

NOW YOU CAN 

START TO SEE HOW 

THE SUM TOTAL 

OF THAT EARLY 

2000 THRUSTER 

IS DESIGNED FOR 

STRAIGHT OUT 

PERFORMANCE. 

It’s a cheetah for chasing gazelles, a 

formula one race car, one of those of those 

funny bicycles they ride in the velodrome... 

Problem is most of the public is the cycling 

equivalent of that fat 50 year old man 

wearing lycra, shaving his legs and buying 

the most expensive and high tech bike to 

shave down a few grams when he has the 

body drag of an elephant on roller skates 

and he’s only riding to the café for a double 

English brekkie anyways. You know the 

guy – you’ve likely seen him holding up 

traffic on Saturday morning dawdling down 

the busiest street in your neighbourhood. 

It’s a lose-lose situation for the cyclist 

and he looks ridiculous. If only he knew. 

Unfortunately we the mainstream surfing 

public were kind of collectively stuck in the 

same rut. Buying boards we couldn’t ride 

to surf like the pros we’d never be. Fast 

forward to after the retro movement went 

mainstream and major labels everywhere 

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SMOKE SIGNALS 

clambered to find a free surfing poster child 

and we see the emergence of a newer edge 

with brands like Lost. If you look at a lot 

of the boards on the Lost roster, (Firewire 

is another one and there are a bunch more 

brands as well, Black Apache included) 

– you’ll notice that they/we have a huge 

stable of shorter flatter wider boards and I 

for one welcome the change. Even Channel 

Islands, the original guys pushing the 

pendulum the other way, have come back to 

the other side somewhat. See your average 

guy wants to go fast just like the big dogs. 

Your average guy want’s to get longer rides; 

link his turns and keep speed in his surfing. 

He wants to feel fast and flowing. 

We have the assumption in mainstream 

surfing circles that if we are moving fast on 

a board we are surfing well. Shorter wider 

boards cater to all those needs and more. 

They give us the feeling that we ARE surfing 

better than we ever have before. We had to 

work so hard in the past to generate power 

from our boards and a lot of the time this 

was because we were grovelling on boards 

designed to always be on rail to create drive, 

lift and subsequently speed. Your average 

surfer is not fluid, he invariably muffs a turn 

here or there, misreads a section, maybe 

has to dodge people in the line up too. All 

of these nuisances mean a loss of drive = 

unhappy Average Joe surfer dude. With 

a shorter board you get a shorter turning 

radius and shorter pivot than a longer board, 

which it needs because the flatter rocker - 

whilst generating speed - doesn’t want to 

turn as tight as that old 2000s thruster. The 

extra width helps to also keep up planing 

speed and keep the board moving. It also 

means the shorter wider board has more 

curve in the outline which also encourages 

turning ability lost from the rocker. 

Furthermore it gives the much-needed ability 

to hold speed through flat spots. It’s more 

forgiving if you miss a turn or have to change 

your line to dodge a goat boater too. All 

of these things are perfectly suited to the 

average Joe surfer dude. Average Joe surfer 

dude wants to feel he is surfing fluidly and 

the combo of flatter/wider/shorter lets him 

do that with a bit more ease. 

So what you have a pendulum battle to the 

death between long time foes. It’s the Hulk 

Hogan vs. Macho Man Randy Savage cage 

match of your youth all over again. In the 

red corner we have SPEED/DRIVE in the 

blue corner we have TURNING ABILITY… 

A lot of surfers dumb it down even more to 

PERFORMANCE vs. RETRO. 

“...EACH BOARD HAS ITS 

PLACE AND HENCE THE 

REASON WHY WE HAVE A 

“QUIVER” OF SURFBOARDS 

FOR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS 

But with a little knowledge, honesty and 

insight it is possible to have both. 

The allure of the newest incarnation of 

the modern shortboard is that it gives the 

ability to have both speed and to some 

extent turning ability in one package thanks 

to its design elements being as mentioned 

above. For most of the surfing population 

the limited turning ability is not an issue as 

they are rarely outperforming the abilities of 

the board anyways. Sounds like a win-win I 

know and that’s why these boards are flying 

off the shelves at a surf shop near you. 

Before you go giddy and see the light 

though, you have to realise that there is no 

silver bullet for all waves every day of the 

year. The little boards downside is that it 

only works in smaller waves or waves where 

you’re trying to create your own power 

because the wave isn’t bringing any. Stick 

that same board on a draining ledge and 

you’ll quickly become aware of its limits as 

you perform an airdrop to fakey to death pit 

wipeout – followed closely by a big lunch 

of sand and saltwater (I managed a perfect 

10 variant of this recently at a dredging 

Gold Coast point much to the amusement 

of my brother – I had forgotten how much 

saltwater I was capable of swallowing 

before my gag reflex took over). Another 

favourite is the always entertaining skid out 

of control off the bottom into the long lost 

body boarding equivalent of an “el rollo” 

in the pit. Either way you will see the little 

boards limits quite quickly. 

So you see each board has it’s place and 

hence the reason why we have a “quiver” of 

surfboards for different occasions. Owning 

one surfboard for all occasions is the social 

equivalent of trying to do ballet when you’ve 

knocked off from the jobsite still wearing 

your steel caps… yes it’s possible but it 

aint gonna be pretty… So this dear readers 

is where we backtrack to my nightmare 

from the previous paragraph… see it’s not 

possible to create a one-size-fits-all for 

surfboards. Major labels try to do it every 

day. I am very careful about using that old 

line “if you can only have one board this is 

it.” It’s a slippery slope. Which brings us 

back snakes-and-ladders style to square 

one, the start, point numero uno if you will: 

It’s not always possible to bring the magic 

unless you the customer have reasonable 

expectations. 

If you are a one-board guy, by choice or 

by circumstance that’s fine but you must 

understand that you will likely have a board 

that works maybe 100 days of the year if 

you’re very lucky. By all means think about 

going shorter and wider, for the majority 

of surfers and conditions this will likely 

yield the best result with the most number 

of satisfying sessions in the water. As we 

delve further into the design articles it’s my 

hope that you can refine the attributes that 

are more suited to you average Joe surfer 

dude and really get you close to a magic 

board. Who knows, hopefully by the end 

of all of this you will have seen the light, 

forgone that new pair of Air Jordan’s, $200 

designer jeans, food and rent for a few 

weeks or whatever else it is that you waste 

your hard-earned cash on and start yourself 

a sensible quiver (with your newly acquired 

understanding of surfboard hydrodynamics 

of course) that is aimed at getting more 

time in the water that is enjoyable and 

meaningful to you - Mr Average Joe Surfer 

Dude. 

Yew. 

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SHAPER’S PROMOTION 

GEAR: BOARDS 

5’2” x 20” x 2 ½” 

GOGO-FISH 

by Chris Garrett 

Tweaking the iconic 2 

Liss fish to suit a 

modern mindset... 

this pocket of joy is just the 

ticket. 

Super fast, tight in the turns 

with carvey clean lines and 

speed to burn, it kinda ticks all 

the boxes when the alternative 

becomes the new norm. Best 

ridden quite short for optimised 

performance and be careful as 

you may become a surf-crazed, 

stoke-riddled, surf zombie 

before you know it! 

5’5” x 19 ¼” x 2 ½” 

XU-1 

by Chris Garrett 

A nice improvement to 2 

a classic shape. 

I generally found that the wider 

keel boards felt fantastic for the 

paddle power, superior wave 

catching ability and awesome 

speed however, due to the 

width in the centre, they always 

felt a bit clunky under the front 

foot, especially when wanting 

to transition from rail to rail 

quickly. So by narrowing and 

straightening the centre width 

you gain sensitivity under your 

front foot and increase drive and 

projection off the bottom. The 

twin bump-flyers burn off the tail 

width to a narrower swallow and 

with the set keel fins, feel pretty 

amazing through the turns. 

Super fast, highly manoeuvrable 

and a paddle machine, it’s hard 

to get off this one for the sheer 

fun and excitement it gives in 

all kinds of waves. 

CHRIS GARRETT SHAPES / PHANTOM SURFBOARDS 

Ph: 0424 450 690 E: phantomsurfboards@gmail.com 

www.chrisgarrettshapes.com.au 

Custom surfboards available at: 

SUNHOUSE Coolangatta, or order from Chris direct. 

5’4’’ x 22’’ x 17½’’ x 17’’ x 2 ¾’’ 

NO NOSE QUAD 

FIN FISH 

by Jordie Brown 

4 

This is an extremely 

versatile design, it goes amazing 

in under shoulder-high waves, 

and is surprising when it gets a 

bit bigger! 

This design can be customised to 

suit most surfers’ abilities. Surfs 

like a 5’8’’, yet compact as a 5’4’’. 

Constructed using a stringerless 

blank with light 6oz/4oz trimmed 

lap glass-job, finished with an FCS 

quad fin setup. 

This stick is the most surfed board 

in my quiver! 

HIGH TIDE SURFBOARDS 

Skenes Creek, VIC 3233 

Ph: 0401 437 392 

E: hightidesurfboards@hotmail.com 

www.hightidesurfboards.com 

5’10” x 20” x 2 3 / 8” 

QB FISH 

by Graham Carse 

Great small wave 5 

board 2-5ft, single 

concave gives heaps of speed. 

This stick can be used as either 

a quad or thruster. 

QUARRY BEACH 

SURFBOARDS 

75 David St, 

Caversham, Dunedin NZ 

Ph: +64 3 455 7414 

M: +64 27 518 8678 

www.qbsurfboards.com 

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GEAR: BOARDS 

6’6” x 19 ¼” x 2 ½” = 30l 

STEP UP 

by Leighton Clark 

We make custom 3 

boards designed to 

suit the riders experience. 

We only use premium 

materials and have over 

40 years of experience in 

producing quality boards for 

local surfers. 

Units 7 & 8, 9 Chapman Road, Hackham SA 5163 

E: leightonclark01@yahoo.com.au M: 0422 443 789 

facebook.com/thedingkingAUS 

5’10” x 20 5 / 8” x 2 ½” = 34l 

FISH 

by Leighton Clark 

We make custom 3 

boards designed to 

suit the riders experience. 

We only use premium 

materials and have over 

40 years of experience in 

producing quality boards for 

local surfers. 

5’11” x 21” x 2 ½” 

ENDLESS 

BUMMER 

by Jesse Watson 

the bonzer 5 - 

5 

“endless bummer” 

is another cure to the late 

summer doldrums. Add 

some speed and fun to your 

surfing. Super fun - super fast 

template. See what the bonzer 

fuss is all about. 

6/4oz deck, 6oz bottom, 

custom ‘80s spray. 

BLACK APACHE SURFBOARDS 

@blackapache Look us up... 

P: 0410 419 791 

E: blackapache@me.com 

blackapachesurfboards.com 

6’6” x 20 ½” x 2 ¾” 

MOONRAKER 

Custom handshape 

by Mitchell Rae 

4 

V2 Flex construction. 

The tail third of the 

board is a flexible blade. 

Turbo charged concave bottom. 

Fins are 4 x SwitchBladeFins 

This design is off the planet, 

everyone’s favourite.. 

Acceleration like liquid 

lightning... Works very well 

from 5’4” and up right through 

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Ph: 02 6655 7007 

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GEAR: BOARDS 

Short x Wide 

THE MINI PS 

by Peter Sheely 

...down to 

the bottom 

2 

6’0” 19” x 2 ¾” 

PERFORMANCE 

FISH 

by Jason 

Oliver 

3 

All round board for 

most conditions. Single to 

double concave vee out the 

tail. Three set fins on this one 

for best performance. 

This one is an eps core with 

recycled pine pallets top and 

bottom and tint on the rails all 

in epoxy. 

JASON OLIVER 

HOLLOW WOODEN SURFBOARDS 

Ph: 0416 475 362 

Email: jasoliver@live.com 

jasonoliverwoodensurfboards. 

blogspot.com 

Boards available at: 

UNDERGROUND SURF, Noosa Heads 

7’ x 20 ½” x 2 ¾” 

7FT FATBOY 

by Mark Rabbidge 

“My most popular 1 

board designed in 

‘84 and still going strong for 

your everyday surfer. 

“Three fins or single, catch 

more waves. Surfs most like 

a shortboard, but with great 

paddle power. Can surf all 

size waves with all around 

performance. 

“All my boards are made 

right here in Ulladulla. 

“Let me custom tailor it to 

the way you want to surf and 

the feel you are after.” 

9’1” x 22 ¾” x 2 ¾” 

RABBIDGE SURF DESIGN 

Ph: 02 4456 4038 M: 0427 767 176 

E: sales@markrabbidge.com 

Bendalong, NSW 

www.markrabbidge.com 

LONGBOARD 

by Mark Rabbidge 

“All my longboards 1 

are a subtle blend 

of curves and concaves with 

no hard edges so the board 

effortlessly glides and flows 

with the wave.” 

This one comes as a single fin, 

or box with two sides. 

SHEELY SURFBOARDS 

Ph: 02 4957 3161 

M: 0417 264 739 

E: peter@sheelysurfboards.com 

www.sheelysurfboards.com 

@sheelysurfboards 

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7’8” x 22 ¼” x 2 7 / 8” 

MIDLENGTH 

SINGLEFIN 

by Rory Oke 

An old template 1 

with modern bottom 

contours and refined rails. 

Handshaped OceanFoam blank, 

6oz cloth, polished finish with 

wetrub bands and single box 

fin. This model is available 

between 7’ - 8’. 

9’6” x 23 ¼” x 3 ¼” 

9’6” LOG 

by Rory Oke 

Soft, rolled bottom 1 

with a nose concave 

and 50/50 rails. Handshaped 

OceanFoam blank, 6oz cloth, 

polished finish and single box 

fin. A traditional log with the 

works - triple cedar stringers, 

cedar tailblock and cut lap tint. 

OKE SURFBOARDS 

1/1-7 Canterbury Rd, 

Braeside, VIC, 3195 

Ph: 03 9587 3553 

okesurfboards.com 

TRIED & TRUSTED 

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Call US on (07) 5534 3777 


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SURFBOARD 

DINGS 

New Zealand 

RAGLAN, NZ 

RAGLAN 

LONGBOARDS 

7 days, 10am to 5pm except 

winter - catch us if you can 

+64 7 825 0544 

KAIKOURA, NZ 

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Bust your board? 

Call us 24/7 

027 428 7453 

Queensland 

AGNES WATER/1770 

REEF 2 BEACH 

Mon-Sat, 9-5pm, 

Sun,10-4pm 

07 4974 9072 

NOOSA REGION 

SUNRISE 

SURFCRAFT 

Round the clock 

0421 140 653 

Sunrise Beach 

COOLUM 

COOLUM 

BOARDROOM 

2 Park Street, Coolum Beach 

07 5408 4600 

MOFFAT BEACH 

THE FACTORY 

SURFBOARDS 

Monday-Friday 9am-5pm, 

Saturday 8am-12pm 

(07) 5492 5838 

LABRADOR 

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REPAIRS 

Mon-Fri 9am - 5.30pm 

Sat 9-12pm 

0401 016 088 

Repairs & Restorations 

SOUTHPORT 

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Mon-Fri 9am -5pm, 

Sat 9am -12pm 

0402 863 763 

MIAMI 

THE DING SHOP 

Mon - Fri 8.30am - 5pm, 

Sat 9am - 1pm 

0404 804 498 

BURLEIGH HEADS 

MT WOODGEE 

1730 Gold Coast Highway 

(07) 5535 0288 

Sun-Fri, 9am - 5pm 

Sat 8:30am - 5pm 

CURRUMBIN 

MT WOODGEE 

2 Stewart Rd 

(07) 5598 2188 

Sun-Fri, 9am - 5pm 

Sat 10am - 4pm 

MAXIMUM 

SURFBOARDS 

46 Currumbin Creek Rd 

Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm 


Sun by appointment 

0400 338 098 

New South Wales 

YAMBA 

PLANK SHOP 

02 6645 8362 

TOMBSTONE 

SURFBOARDS 

Tues - Fri 9am - 4pm, Sat 

9am - 12pm 

0432 330 826 

COFFS HARBOUR 

SURF CRAFT 

REPAIRS 

JIM NEWTON 

4/6 Druitt Court 

Open most days, just call. 

0402 864 062 

BUSTED YOUR BOARD? 

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SURFBOARD 

& SUP 

REPAIRS AND 

RESTORATIONS 

Mon-Fri 10am - 5.30pm 

Weekends by appointment 

0422 304 078 

CRONULLA 

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SURFBOARDS 

WOODEN BOARD REPAIRS 

Mon-Sat 9am-4pm 

0412 376 464 

WOLLONGONG 

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SURFBOARDS 

Mon - Fri 9-5pm 

Sat 9-4pm, Sun 9-3pm 

02 4228 8878 

SHELLHARBOUR 

BROWN DOGG 

7 days a week - Just call 

0416 455 985 

JERVIS BAY 

INNER FEELING 

SURFBOARDS 

Seven days, 9am - 5pm 

02 4441 6756 

Victoria 

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Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm, 

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Mon - Fri 10am - 6pm, 


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03 5261 6077 

THE SURFERS 

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PHILLIP ISLAND 

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7 days, 9-5pm 

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South Australia 

MID COAST 

THE DING KING 

Clark Surfboards 

Mon - Fri 9am - 5pm 

0422 443 789 

LONSDALE 

MID COAST SURF 

Call us for a quality repair 

08 8384 5522 

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MR DAMAGE 

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mark@mrdamagesurfboards. 

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YEAST 

THE MICROSCOPIC ALCHEMIST 

So in the previous three columns I’ve 

discussed water, malt and hops, the raw 

materials that go into making up the world’s 

most popular beverage. However there 

is a saying that brewers don’t make beer, 

yeast does. It’s true, this microscopic little 

alchemist is the true wizard behind many of 

those flavours you’ve come to love. However, 

it took a while for this single-celled fungus 

to get the recognition it deserves. Back in 

the day the wooden stick that was used to 

stir the different beer vessels was passed 

down through generations of brewers and 

was held in very high esteem - little did they 

know that its was the yeast covering the 

stick that was working behind the scenes to 

start off their fermentations. 

In the mid-1800s Louis Pasteur worked out 

that the phenomenon that made sugary 

liquid bubble and become alcoholic was not 

magic or some chemical reaction, but tiny, 

living organisms which he demonstrated 

would not ferment after being killed by 

heat. After a single strain of the lager yeast, 

Saccharomcyes uvarum, was isolated in 

1883, the resulting fermentations became 

increasingly consistent and therefore lagers 

were quickly adopted by large breweries. 

So where does yeast fit into the brewing 

process? Once the brewer has cooked up 

the sweet barley juice and bittered it with 

hops, he cools the resulting bittered wort 

down to between 10-20ºC and adds the 

yeast. The population of yeast then takes 

about 10 days to consume most of the sugars 

present whilst giving off C0 2 

and alcohol 

as well as all sorts of delicious flavours. 

Lagers are fermented at lower temperatures 

(10-14ºC) and result in cleaner/neutral 

flavoured beers, whereas ales which use 

the species Saccharomcyes cerevisae, are 

fermented warmer (18-22ºC). Certain strains 

of ale yeast can create some interesting 

fruity/ spicy flavours that you may recognise. 

Ever had a German Weisse beer and tasted 

banana, bubblegum and clove-like flavours? 

Or an English ale and tasted cherry, plum 

and apricot-like flavours? These flavours 

aren’t from fruits and spices added to the 

boil, they are natural by-products formed by 

the yeast. Thus as a brewer it’s important to 

firstly, choose the strain of yeast according to 

the flavour profile you want in your beer and 

secondly, to treat the little guys with lots of 

care and attention to ensure they’re happy 

and healthy, chomping away sugars and 

pumping out that tasty beer... 

Alastair Gillespie holds a Bachelors 

of Science in Microbiology, is a madkeen 

surfer and the Head Brewer at 

Byron Bay Brewery. 

byronbaybrewery.com.au 


CLOSEOUT: CLOSEOUT: TEST EVERYTHING COLUMNS 

VERSA TRACTION 

CLEAR DECK 

GRIP TAPE 

If you are looking for an alternative 

to wax, this is the best grip we have 

come across so far. It is a space-aged 

composite surface engineered to 

provide outstanding anti-slip properties in 

both wet and dry conditions.James Ellis, 

our South Australian distributor recently 

put it on his longboard and after a few 

surfs is sold. 

James had this to say, “The grip is quite 

interesting. I remember full deck Gorilla 

Grip pads from the 90s, which were very 

thick. These grips seem to be 1mm in 

thickness and are very light. Under feet 

whilst surfing the grip felt good, just like 

a normal surfboard. I’m gonna buy some 

more and put them on my other boards.” 

What we like: 

• Lighter than a coat of wax 

• Don’t have to worry about your wax 

melting. 

• No more sand in your wax 

• Don’t need to worry about water 

temps and what wax to use 

• No more crap rubbing off in your board bag 

• You don’t rash from this stuff 

• More environmentally friendly 

• It’s clear so it doesn’t detract from any 

artwork on your board 

• Can use it on shortboards, longboards, 

SUPs, wakeboards, skateboards, as 

SUP rail guards, as paddle grip… 

• The traction can be trimmed to how 

you want it – size, shape, you name it 

• 2 year warranty and 1 year adhesive 

warranty 

 

DOES IT 

WORK? 

TRIED AND TESTED 

Applying the grip 

1. Make sure your board is clean and 

dry before adhering. Once you have 

scraped off all your wax with a wax 

comb use Mineral Turpentine to get rid 

of any remaining wax residue. 

2. Lay the tape on the board and position 

it to suit. You can use some masking 

tape to hold in position if necessary. 

3. Unpeel the protective backing paper, 

exposing adhesive. 

4. When applying, we found it best 

to start from the stringer and work 

outwards towards the rail. Press down 

hard and roll along with your finger. Tip 

- don’t hold onto the adhesive for too 

long as it will come off on your finger 

and affect adhesion on that part of the 

grip. 

5. Make sure you try to eliminate as many 

air bubbles as possible by smoothing 

down the grip onto the surface while 

applying. 

6. If you have any air bubbles, use a pin 

to pop them and push the bubble out. 

7. Maximize traction by cleaning entire 

surface with a cleaning agent like Jif 

(non-abrasive cleanser) and water 

using a soft scrub brush. 

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SMORGASBOARDER

Glenn Cat 

Collins 

Exhibition 

Glencat brought down all his weird and wonderful creations to 

Underground Surf Emporium so attendees of the Noosa Festival of 

Surfing could marvel up close and personal at his rideable works of 

art. It was a jovial night with all thoroughly entertained by the mad 

scientist of surf. 

NOOSA 

FESTIVAL 

ACTION 

CLOSEOUT: LIVE IT UP 


CAMP ON THE BEACH IN FRONT 

OF THE ICONIC LION ROCK, AT 

ONE OF NZ’S TOP SURF BREAKS 

PIHA 

DOMAIN 

SURF CAMP 

PHONE: +64 9 8128 815 

EMAIL: pihacamp@xtra.co.nz 

RATES FROM $10 A NIGHT FOR TENT SITES 

BOARDS, LESSONS, ADVICE, 

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ITS ALL ABOUT SURFING! 

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SMORGASBOARDER

CLOSEOUT: LIVE IT UP 

NOOSA 

FESTIVAL 

ACTION 

Underground 

Surf Vintage 

Board Swap Meet 

Held down at First Point Noosa, well over 100 boards were on display including a very 

rare 1974 MP Gun in immaculate condition. There was a good representation of creations 

from shapers right around Australia and some real bargains to be had. Said Ondi of 

Underground Surf, “It was a great old school swap meet. The talk, the stories, beers and 

vintage boards resulted in a fantastic arvo had by all. Underground will be hosting many 

more swap meets in the future so definitely stay tuned.” 


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SURF TIME? 

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SMORGASBOARDER

Bob 

McTavish 

presents 

‘Noosa 

early days’ 

NOOSA 

FESTIVAL 

ACTION 

Over 140 followers of McTavish Surfboards 

filled Underground Surf Emporium to the brim 

to see film and slides and hear readings from 

the legend himself. Stone & Wood put on 

the liquid refreshments and so the beer and 

stories flowed. A huge honour was bestowed 

upon Underground Surf Emporium on the night 

seeing them appointed Australia’s first Premium 

Authorised McTavish Dealer. 

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With years of local 

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OPEN HOURS: Mon-Fri: 9 - 5, Sat: 9 - 12 

OPEN 6 DAYS! 


CLOSEOUT: ALOHA BARRY 

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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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PHONE: 1800 611 163 

EMAIL: INFO@WORLDSURFARIS.COM 

Mooloolaba: 2/174 Brisbane Rd, Mooloolaba Q 4557 

Kirra Surf: CNR Gold Coast Hwy & Creek St, Kirra Q 4225 

Photo: Salani Rivermouth - Samoa 

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