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Episode 7 - Shelter From the Rain

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Episode 7 - Shelter From the Rain

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fran-derham

Pouring with Rain.

A nasty weather front has set in here on the North Shore. It was bad enough being stuck inside yesterday, but when we woke up this morning and it was still raining, and Pipe was cancelled...the mood was darker than the clouds in the sky.

We came here to shoot, write and surf. The lack of swell and stormy weather (never great to shoot in) has been putting a spanner in the works, but this morning...we said screw it. We donned our wet weather gear and got Clare's 600 mm lens it's new little rain jacket. Jumped in the car and went hunting.

Episode 5 - Wrighting on the Wall

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Episode 5 - Wrighting on the Wall

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fran-derham

What a trail blazer. Rookie of the year, Tyler Wright took home the Womens O'Neill World Cup at Sunset Beach yesterday and she deserved every point she was awarded. 

The 16 yr old combo'd World Champ Steph Gilmore, Hawaiian Princess Coco Ho and Aussie hopeful Sally Fitzgibbons in the first 10 minutes of the Woman's final starting with the events highest single-wave score of 9.57 out of 10 and ending with the highest heat total of 17.24 out of 20.

'Immortal' Art Show by Ben Brown

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'Immortal' Art Show by Ben Brown

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Stu Nettle

Ben Brown is a modern day Renaissance Fella. Over the years he's been the lead singer of the Hellmenn, an in-demand illustrator for gig posters, he's the current cartoonist for Stab magazine, and all the while a high-end doodler of macabre imagery.

Brown is putting together a show for Friday December 10th and it's that last feather in the bow - the mordant images of skulls and skeletons - that will be hanging from the walls.