black and white rainbows

these things flipin' last for floppin' ever!

a little bit of leunig to start the day

schwarz weiß

Made a quick trip down to Melbourne in July and got all snap happy with my FTB.

Flying out of Coolangatta I got this great view of Snapper and then flying back in we came straight over Byron and you could see how good the sand was at Little Wategoes. Spotted heaps of whales from the air too, twas rad.

dads digital art. I dig it

Gus & Gil, Bluesfest 2010

inbyronbaytoday... the other day

Check out the freindly folks, Ben and Yoko from http://www.inbyronbaytoday.com/. They do a great job at fueling the stoke by posting up a daily summary of the waveriding and other antics that go on in byron every day. This is Lina and I the other week, making the most of a soft south swell trickling into Cosy Corner. Chuffed with the photos, thanks guys!

beautiful beast

Was out at Tallows the other morning, the sun was out, waves were pumping, crowds were frothing, photographers were snapping away, and beneath the surface beasts were lurking. Kudos to Patrick for the impeccable timing of this shot

sideslippin pine logs....

Sideslippin', Hot Dogs and Pine Logs from Jarred Osborn on Vimeo.

Wish I was home for this winters day in the bay.. next year??

motorcycles give you.....

stylefreedom

happiness


& adventure
what more do you need?

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stoked and broke

Stoked & Broke Teaser from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.

not too far away is the release of this little number from the guys at korduroy.tv

cold caverns

enjoy this...

little paper people with a little planet problem

UAE ecological footprint animation (English)- EWS WWF from WWF on Vimeo.

The Malloys have seen enough to know that they have seen too much plastic

Korduroy film fest..

mnstrbrds 072510 from http://vimeo.com/apeel on Vimeo.

SURFING ON SNOW*** from http://vimeo.com/apeel on Vimeo.

Korduroy is hosting its second online film fest over the next couple of days. some radness there worth checking out.

get deep

without thought trailer from Ollie Banks on Vimeo.

MM

Morgan Maasen is one talent in the world of surf photography that deserves all the kudos that comes his way. here's a taste of why.
check out his blog at bogustard.blogspot.com/

Morgan Maassen FTLF from J P on Vimeo.

Way Of The Ocean

some teasers from the upcoming film way of the ocean. uber talented film making. hanging out for its release!Till then check out their blog http://vimeo.com/user2517370 for more

SCORE from WAY OF THE OCEAN on Vimeo.

SLAB from CIRCULATE on Vimeo.

deepwater

This is William Trubridge performing the first ever no suit, finless freedive through the arch in Egypt. He swims 50m down and 30 meters across before resurfacing. -It's epic-

Joe Larkin

The other week I was super stoked to meet Joe Larkin at the Surfworld Museum. Joe is one of Australia's first surfboard builders and established the first ever surf shop on the Gold Coast. Talk about seeing it all, he spoke of meeting the Duke and watching him surf, mentoring guys like M.P and Rabbit in the shaping bay and the age old rivalry between clubbies and surfers. We got the grand tour with board collector Carl Tanner and Jo reminiscing there way around the museum. -It was awesome!-

badaboom

BIG BANG BIG BOOM - the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

the most impressive time lapse ever?? definitely the best I've seen thus far! This is street art re-defined

big fun, little toy

this little chopper came buzzing past in the surf the other day. check out the footage! amazing

check out www.rc-video.org/

put a lid on it!!!!!!!!!

upup n away

flying car gets the green light for being road legal.
put some roof racks on there, dawny at snapper, bells after lunch, lennox then home?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo0MEQSGW8w

8.8.10 in the diary

Last year I went along to the first wooden surfboard day at Currumbin Alley organised by Grant Newby (same guy that does the fish fry). It was awesome. Inspired me to get my act together and make my alaia as well as a couple of handplanes which Ive been having a heap of fun with recently. Look forward to going again this year. If you're in the area go check it out!

Nearly every plastic bottle ever made still exists today!

Plastiki is a portmanteau of the words plastic and Kon-Tiki.
Kon-Tiki is the raft used by the Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyedahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands.
Plastiki is the raft currently crossing the Pacific, only this raft has been built from 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles, is 60ft long and features many renewably energy systems.
It has currently travelled 3/4 of its journey from San Fransisco to Sydney after spending 91 days at sea at an average speed of 4 knots.
Their mission is to bring peoples attention to the sad reality of the pacific gyre where a floating island of plastic about twice the size of Texas continues to grow!

Pure inspiration..

Please say NO to plastic bags and bottles!

Roz Savage... ecohero

Brian Skerry, telling it how it is.

edward sharpe and the magnetic zero's = good live vibes

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero's - A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

cheesy goodness

great ad!

Jean-Jacques Annaud 1988

now over 20 years old this film still seems uber modern!

ooks of hazard

love it!

out of the dust

Finally got around to making my alaia! Was such a satisfying process from ordering the blank through to (eventually) finding trim on a knee high left. Grant from surfinggreen.com.au supplied me with the blank and a 'how to' manual which was super helpful. I went for a 6'8 parabolic outline and put a deep single concave through the tail. After a solid 7 hours of sanding, a sore back and a house filled with the sweet aroma of gum turps and linseed oil I emerged triumphantly with this great new edition to the quiver.
First attempt out at little Wategoes on a head high afternoon saw me slipping and sliding all over the shop just trying to paddle the thing as the oil hadn't completely absorbed. Second attempt on a smaller high tide shorey and I found my feet and straight lined to the beach spinning out onto the sand. Finally just yesterday I had another go and managed to get a few beautiful little left sliders and perform a few friction free spins across my best one. the waves were small but the board was flying and I came home stoked!
Such a fun project that I'd highly recommend to anyone wanting to give it a go.

ashes and snow

Gregory Colberts ashes and snow exhibiton has already had over 10 million visitors making it the most attended exhibition by any artist in history!I just heard about him the other day. Amazing stuff, lets hope it comes over to Australia one day. In the meantime checkout www.ashesandsnow.org

Running with the theme.. plastic not so fantastic

Sit back and enjoy, then contemplate...

on that note

say no to bottled h20!

okgo

another tops film clip from these guys!

redefining radical...

Daniel Thomson on one of his future sticks. Amazing

Some olde world goodness from around the living boat trust in Franklin, Tassie.

Cyrus filming for "Stoked and Broke" from www.KORDUROY.tv on Vimeo.

looking forward to this one. such a rad concept

slo mo pro mo

I hate to post promotional material but........... this is dane reynolds at 1000 frames per second which made it pretty hard to resist

street shacks

straight to bunnings

1 of the 54 Mexican kids is my mate Mo. Such a legend, a great surfer with a truly amazing story. Can't wait to see the film. Watch it if you get the chance! Congratulations on the audience choice at the world premiere!!

uno

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