Shippies has broken six times in ten weeks. Or is it ten times in six weeks? Whatever, it's had a lot of action in a relatively short time, meaning that if you ever wanted to get down and get amongst it the odds were good that you'd score.

Matt Hipsley rolled the dice earlier this month and lucked into a classic paddle-in day. Stands out were locals Rudi and Andy Schwartz with good cameos being put in by the Maroubra crew, Lucas Street, EP local Sandy Ryan and Peruvian (via Cronulla) charger Ignacio Salazar.

All photos by Matt.//STUART NETTLE