It’s said in Byron surfing folklore that Autumn is the surfers month (they say that about Winter too). Here are a few images from Angie and Kuni Takanami who have been out there capturing everyone’s fair share of wave-riding. To see more images and read the full article – .surferseyes.com/2012/04/slippery-smiles-vol-1
Byron Bay local Narani Henson, who also runs the website Surf Sister, recently got to chat to Mercedes Maidana on her big wave antics… I remember back in the day when I was starting out my surfer journey. The main talking point with girlfriends on the beach was scrutinizing the size of the waves, discussing whether or not one could muster up the courage to paddle out. I have even had dreams of paddling into massive… Continue Reading…
Le-Ba Boardriders recently won their maiden national title at the Jim Beam Surftag event in Lennox Head, the most prestigious club challenge title in the country.With an all star cast of surfers such as Marcus Aboody, Owen Wright, Adam Melling and James Wood, every other team had their work cut out for them. Being close to the team for most of the day I could really feel the team spirit between them and the rest… Continue Reading…
Chris Goodnow – photo by Tony Fitzpatrick The Mentawai Islands ….. In late October 2010 the world watched in horror as images emerged of the aftermath of two massive earthquakes. The first hit the city of Padang inWest Sumatra, the second, hit the Mentawai Islands, where a tsunami swept 100’s of metres inland, destroying a local sea port and submerging hundreds of houses, and tourist resorts. Prior to this the Mentawai Islands was a private mecca… Continue Reading…
Alex Frings shares these amazing photographs with us (and you) from last Thursday – especially good if you feel like a sunny bit of reminiscing right now. “These are from one of the last sessions I had with Nick Colbey along the open beaches. We had been trying for days and I was starting to get frustrated but then everything aligned and we scored it big time.” Alex is participating Next month in Bleach* Festival,… Continue Reading…
There has been an Easterly jet-stream bringing us all this rainy and windy weather of late. The swell hit it’s peak yesterday with a few words of talented praise going to Mr Ozzie Wright (featured surfer) for his dynamic display, and how he lit up a very ordinary rainy day in the bay yesterday. Its one of the highlights of my surfing life to be constantly in the presence of some of the worlds most… Continue Reading…
In 2010 brothers Andrew and Richard James travelled 30,000 kilometres down the west coast of Africa on a year-long surf trip looking for undiscovered surf breaks. The film Thirty Thousand documents the countries they visited and the waves they found. It features surfing in Morocco, Western Sahara, Senegal, Liberia, Angola, Namibia and South Africa. The film has won several awards at international festivals and is now touring around Australia over summer, premiering in Byron Bay… Continue Reading…
When I was a kid in the early 70′s I was embarrassed that my mum was a surfer, when a lot of other mum’s stayed home and baked cookies and did what I thought was cool mum stuff, my mum and her best friend were out surfing straight after they finished the housework while we were at school. There were very few female surfers back then. It was not until I was much older did… Continue Reading…
