soggy toes zine (low res)

soggy toes zine

an introduction a collection of photographs and yarns created in and around wellingtons waters. featuring locations such as castle point, tora, even a few more close to home regularly ridden waves like houghton bay and lyall bay to name a few. this zine features super special guest appearances from a few local shredders

<<< where we are

who we are

josh kettle (kettsy)

mitch broadhurst (0.5 of the twins)

tim broadhurst (half the twins)

josh taylor (blood jungle)

guy thompson (me)

CASTLE POINT

enough said right?

pack it light pack it tight

in for a cold one

not a good one

we had a two tent set up, the lads tent and the honey moon tent. while we were setting them up josh yelled â&#x20AC;&#x153;holey fu*k! look at thatâ&#x20AC;? pointing to the sky we all followed his finger up to see a green meteorite hurtling toward earth and crashing into the sea on the horizon lighting up the whole sky blood red over night it got soo windy the fly of our peg-less tent flew off leaving the 3 lads curled up like little foetuses while the wind blew straight through us. mean while tim and his mrs where shedding layers things were getting soo heated in the couples retreat tent

“locals only”

“sure fucked that one up” -j.kets

when its on, its on, we have never to this day surfed castle point on a bad day... touch wood

tim vs josh wave for wave

mitch, what do you reckon about.. castle point – shes a perfect wave with a backdrop from narnia haha, na but no crowds and when the wave tubes up on the inside i’m right in there, and it’s a right, that’s sick nz flag – huuuge debbacle ha na not too fazed ae i’l be freelancing in melbz by the time they sort that shit out attributes in a woman –oh mate i’m not a fussy dude, but i’m still on the hunt for ‘the one,’ any nice girls out there? hit me up heros – ritchie mccaw, i wish he was my dad mum or dad – im a mumma’s boy your financial situation – healthie like a sandwich getting the cover – lets just say it’s the first of many gotta start some where ae, haha, na, cheers tho ay the crew – couldn’t ask for a better crew ay, j kettle and j taylor battling for the top spot but both killing it, tim staying out of my way trying to get some fat lefts, becca slamming grams on the beach and guy behind the lens or dropping in on me, doesn’t get better then that right? your degree – oh designs not for everyone man, its not easy surfing and skating full time for the first 4 weeks of a 6 week course, that leaves only 2 weeks to complete assignments, the tutors need to appreciate my work more considering i did it in a third of the time as the other students you know? after uni – surf hard, settle down with a bird, take my design skills to the nek level

WELLINGTONS SOUTH COAST

not too cold but not to warm

mitch waiting for a mate

12 oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock boy mitch b houghton bay

as far as cyclone pam goes, wellington didnt recive the best of it, j.ketts still had to give it a whirl though

i wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even with kettle this day, i was driving by after a surf at lyall bay and saw him out of the passenger window of the twins car charging these houghton bay nuggets

kettle making the most of what lyall bay has to offer after class

some things about josh kettle

celeb crush – taylor swift forever and always, we connect hobbies- been getting into the gym ae summers coming up and i’m gonna be down there on fitzroy giving the hunnies something to look at worst thing about surfing being a student- never getting out there, uni just takes priority, it’s soo full on, allways inside on the computer. whipping up designs for the next local amazon store and what not haha plans after uni- i just want to chill, surf a bit, might have to get a job haha, would be a dream to just suf everyday, defs move back to the naki before anything else heros- tom curren and andy warhol both ahead of their times, twins- there good ae, they keep the froth alive in welly, super good pissed yarns, i get sick of talking about uni with all the dudes i hang out with lyall- i hate it ae soo over rated super shit wave and soo many kooks, cold, crowded soo many people ae. it cant handle a good swell either wheres nice- mounts good ae its like the gc (gold coast) of nz, but dunners is sick, real good culture down there heaps of frothers way better surf vibes then anywhere i reckon whatd you do last weekend – went to a byo, things got pretty ruckus tho i ended up breaking a chair, they wernt too happy plans for the weekend? bro im stuck ae i have soo much uni work on but this chick in the year above invited me over for a few drinks, i’ve had a crush on her for soo long so i like have to go

houghton howlers

TORA WAIRARAPA

if thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be one person out,

itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s josh taylor for sure

taken from a conversation with josh taylor

i’m not going to surf till after hand in, gotta finish this off first i moved to welly just for uni, basically i didn’t want to go to auckland, so it was like the only option, haha i frothed fine arts it at highschool, thought i was real good there, and i thought it would be the same here, but it was so different. first year i was still frothing on it even though it was so different, i got into lots of stuff that I wanted to do i struggle to be self motivated enough to do fine arts, it’s just so open, when i get into a project i really enjoy it but i just struggle to get my head around what i want to do i got all these photos, these old real estate photos. i found them at my house, my dad had collected them, he used to draw on them to practice for land scaping. but i just thought the photos were real sick, cause i don’t know, there just kinda weird now, some of them are so badly taken. so i made models of them, and pieced them together into this culdesac, just an aesthetic thing, enclosed. then im going to somehow film it, driving a little camera up and down the road next year i might do industrial or spatial design i was kind of just thinking about what im going to do when i finish uni, just want to think about getting a job and stuff you know, don’t want to be working in mt surf shop all my life living in wellington and mount is like the perfect combo because wellington’s got so much that mount doesn’t have. its stimulating here with uni and stuff like, academically, but its such a healthy lifestyle back in mount. i guess the mount just gets smaller and smaller, i really do like the mount ae

vibes...

vibes...

nah not me ae

yeah iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be keen

not keen

bang smack in the middle of winter, blasting off-shore winds, cold ham sandwiches, a few bags of chips and a bit of chocolate milk to wash it all down. we athletes baby

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