Arise Simple Ben: Baddy Treloar is back in the shaping bay
Dave 'Baddy' Treloar, the star of Morning of the Earth and the King of Angourie is returning to the shaping bay.
Dave 'Baddy' Treloar, the star of Morning of the Earth and the King of Angourie is returning to the shaping bay.
The son of Tassie surfing pioneer and board collector extraordinaire, Phil Critchlow, Zebulon is comfortable in any of the island state's many knee deep rock ledges.
The son of Tassie surfing pioneer and board collector extraordinaire, Phil Critchlow, Zebulon is comfortable in any of the island state's many knee deep rock ledges.
This years Wooden Surfboard Day will be held on Sunday 3rd of August in the park at Currumbin Alley. The gathering is a great way to connect with other board builders and like minded people.
Certain breaks along Australia's southern coast pumped on the backside of last week's wild weather. One such wave was Steve Townsend's local and he captured it doing its thing.
Certain breaks along Australia's southern coast pumped on the backside of last week's wild weather. One such wave was Steve Townsend's local and he captured it doing its thing.
In absolutely pumping six foot plus Padang Padang 24 local Balinese surfers battled it out for the two wildcard spots up for grabs in the prestigious Rip Curl Cup Padang Padang.
"We called it P'Land. The actual name of the point is Pasangan, and there's G'Land, so we called it P'Land. I reckon it's better than Macaronis though. Macaronis is so American." Tony Fitzpatrick, who along with Chris Goodnow and Scott Wakefield, discovered Macaronis in 1980. See the photos from that trip.
"We called it P'Land. The actual name of the point is Pasangan, and there's G'Land, so we called it P'Land. I reckon it's better than Macaronis though. Macaronis is so American." Tony Fitzpatrick, who along with Chris Goodnow and Scott Wakefield, discovered Macaronis in 1980. See the photos from that trip.
In 1980 three young Sydney surfers headed to the farthest frontier of Indonesia, an unheard of region called the Mentawai Islands. There they found one of the world's great lefthanders and camped in a fisherman's hut on the swampy headland surfing the wave alone. It'd be fifteen years before the surfing world twigged to what they found.