Surfing World Magazine March 2017

The Burleigh Single Fin Classic is everything a throwback surf comp should be, i.e. it’s held in Queensland, the comp rashies are actually singlets, the surfboards are all one finners that pre-date 1985, the food is sausage sandwiches, and the entire crowd who pack the headland smell like coconut oil and snap their first beers at around 10:30am. It’s a great big lung busting breath of fresh air to be at a contest where competitors spend the days mingling with the crowd, where live music echoes out over the break during heats, where everyone who turns up can’t help but smile and laugh and get caught up in the genuine stoke the day delivers. And because it’s run by the Burleigh Boardriders, nobody cares that the lineup is out of…

What if I told you there was an unknown sand-bottom right that is five kays long, breaks 20 metres off the beach, holds six foot of swell and has only been surfed by four people on the entire planet? Would you believe me? What if good-ol’-having-a-year-off-Mick Fanning was one of those surfers, and he told you that this wave had him haulin’ arse like an F1 driver down a strip of sand that never seemed to end. Would you believe him? “My friend showed me this one little clip of the wave and I could see how insane it was,” said Mick of the initial connection. “He was like ‘Pssst Mick, check this out... I’ve got this wave and I really want you to surf it with us, but I’m…

We rode to Deserts from Bali. I’d only met Burch a couple of days before at an Irish bar in Bali while some big football match was going on. I don’t really like football but we had a Guiness or two and that’s how it all started. Next thing I knew we were on the bikes. I didn’t really know much about Ryan at that point. I’d never even seen him stand up and had no idea he was of that calibre. He’s his own calibre in my opinion, on a surfing and shaping scale. The realisation of how gnarly he actually is was quite overwhelming for me. We rocked up and the swell was only just starting to trickle in, around head high but long and running. I was…

GET READY FOR The Surfing World Camp Pumped is an understatement. For the third year running, the Surfing World Camp is getting ready to hammer in the pegs, and gather the tribe for another classic Australian surf trip in the unspoilt surrounds of Treachery camp on the NSW mid-north coast. If you went to either of the first two, you know the deal, and the hell times that come from a long weekend of family friendly stoke – riding demo surfboards from the world’s best shapers, boogying to live music (this year being The Ruminaters, Mylee & the Milkshakes and WASH), being a part of the intimate surf legends Q&A, classic surf film screenings, as well as yoga, meditation and nutrition workshops. Load up the car, get a ticket, and…

PIP PROUD (Adrenaline & Richard) Supermoon in Taurus!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the colour is RAINBOW-WWWWW!!!!!!! Pope Electrical & the silver-dawn-Service hang. Where do you spend your holidays? I feel this moving silence curl. Drive safe!! Please as well this week as homework listen to ‘Mujer Divina’ by the Joe Cuba Sextet #sextet FOXYGEN (Hang) “Retie my feet” she said “they’re too loose.” He still had his clothes on. “What do you think?” She didn’t say anything... The menu was lying open in front of him on the Chesterfield.. Dorrigo Corn Whip Multi-Effect Avocado Porridge of the Year Barcelona Pancakes on Holiday in Florida One ‘Heap’ of Dumplings All items come with a side serve of Monkey Salad. “TIGHTER!” she said. -yelling KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD (Flying Microtonal Banana) ***** Album…

Everyone loves a good pash with the woman they love and back in the day Mylee Milkshake and me used to pash all over the place. On the take-off peak at North Narrabeen during the NN boardriders open final. In the Kombi while suffocating on petrol fumes coming up through the hole in the floor. We even pashed on the roof of our house surrounded by howling brushtail possums. They were our glory years for making out. Since then we’ve had two kids, so full-blown tonguey sessions have been put on the back burner, at least until after dinner time and the groms are in bed. After all we don’t want to scar Rocky for life, he’s a cool skate rat now, the last thing he wants to see is…