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People will stare, make it worth their while... TEAM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Ben Nathan CONTENT CREATOR Michael Dillon GRAPHIC DESIGNER Ginny Hodgkinson ON THE COVER Madi Kellie CONTRIBUTORS Harry Dott Spencer Edwards Hayden O’neill Gemma Watkins Ruskin Brown Brook Mckeon Ben Murphy Damian Davila Judy Scanlon Jack Gore Zach Lethbridge Michael Conlon Josh Morrice Madi Kellie Josh Delamotte Lance Morgan Jono Smit Cam Greenwood Sean Dwyer Ben Nathan

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“THIS IS HOME, WELCOME TO OUR FAVOURITE WAVE. WE WON’T NAME IT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, LOCAL. BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW IT...”

Photography by HARRY DOTT

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“UNDER WATER PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDES A SENSE OF CONNECTION WITH THE OCEAN. ONE YOU DON’T GET FROM BEING ON LAND, DUH.”

Photography by SPENCER EDWARDS

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“FIND YOUR OWN SOLICE OR SLICE OF PARADISE. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE PERFECT, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE YOURS.”

Photography by HAYDEN O’NIELL

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People will stare, make it worth their while. Pg. 26 THANKS Brook Mckeon Pg. 42 YOURS Pg. 44 BEN MURPHY Mind of Rocket Pg. 62 JUDY SCANLON Hells Bells Pg. 86 JACK GORE Strictly Beauty Pg. 102 MICHAEL CONLON Your East Coast Paradise Pg. 120 MADI KELLIE The Love for Expired Film Pg. 134 ON THE ROAD Lance Morgan Jono Smith Hayden Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill Damian Davila Pg. 150 THE INFLUENCER MONSTA surf

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HARRY DOTT SPENCER EDWARDS HAYDEN Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;NEILL GEMMA WATKINS RUSKIN BROWN BROOK MCKEON BEN MURPHY DAMIAN DAVILA JUDY SCANLON JACK GORE ZACH LETHBRIDGE MICHAEL CONLON MADI KELLIE JOSH DELAMOTTE LANCE MORGAN JONO SMITH CAM GREENWOOD SEAN DWYER BEN NATHAN

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THANKS Photography by BROOK MCKEON Words by SURF VISUALS & BROOK MCKEON

THANKS is all about giving and showing our love for our greatest fans, lovers, haters, legends, shredders, kooks and everyone else that shares our beautiful planet. The story you read here will encapsulate what it means to be a true legend in the eyes of SV.

Lets all give, thanks.

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I was lucky enough to sit down with Brooko and have a good old chin wag about life, surf, beers and burbs. I already know this shit, but there is a reason I want you to read this. Take care. What do you do and how did you get into it? I sing in a band called The Burbs. We are lucky enough to be part of Piquant Records which we signed to on 28th of April and we have been flying ever since. Just recently we finished a Victoria and South Australia tour in Adelaide with The Burbs and three of our friends bands - Yes Yes Whatever, Children Of The Sun, Tom Walker & The Sick Individuals. Music’s been my lifelong passion but there was this moment five years ago. I was driving through the country at night and became totally lost but didn’t care because for a time I was free from a life I hated. I was singing along to Elliott Smith’s New Moon and realised for the first time I knew just about every word of the album. And was connecting with just about every word. Really deeply. I kinda broke down at that point. I had tha t much despair in my life and Elliott was the only person who spoke to me in language that meant he understood. From that moment I knew my life would be a cop out if I didn’t fully pursue songwriting. Since then, The Burbs has recorded a 7 track demo EP which will be released as this is printed. We have a very busy schedule of making music and touring so please keep in the loop via our socials. Other things I do are photography and working at Leap Street on web design. Things you love doing? Putting on toasty warm pants straight off the heater, drinking beer in the shower, getting entertained by my mad friends, writing, jumping into bushes, listening to punk really loud in the car and reading Nic k Flynn.

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What got you into photography? I have always been intrigued by capturing a moment in still, with such an energy and unknown message behind it. Don’t even mention film photography, argh my favourite. I have been shooting for a few Aussie labels lately (see eelfilm.com) and they have been loving the vibe I produce through my style of film photography. Want to know my secret? It is all about loving to experiment with very expired film (10-30yrs old) and using point and shoots so that I can react quickly and capture those natural mo m ents you can’t reenact. I think my favourite thing to shoot is a really energetic band. I love it when a band says feel free to get on stage - and getting a snap of a band going wild with the fans there behind them is one of the most satisfying things for me. I know bands really appreciate those shots. How do you define yourself? Far out that’s hard to answer. What I care about most is loving people, being spiritual and writing songs. That’s how I see myself even though I don’t spend most my time doing these things. But I’d like to. Fave food place? San Telmo - google it. Music choices lately? Single Twin - Marcus Teague The Dandy Warhols Come Down Supergrass - I Should Coco

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Even though it’s not my main thing, I feel some people know me m o st because of my film photography. In some ways it’s a strong passion, I’m always happy doing it and the feeling when you get rolls back from the lab is one of the best things, but in other ways I feel like I’m not doing anything really original or special, and so I’ve never put as much value into it as music. It seems different. But I wouldn’t want to lose either. I like that I can create a visual journal of our progress with music and everything else using film, I want to create our own little world, with the band and friends, and make it not like any other band’s world, just our own. With work we’re making a zine called Streetwise. You can follow it at instagram.com/streetwisezine. It’s been an amazing experience doing heaps of collabs with talented people and sick brands like Lomography, Her Pony and Liberated Heart. I’m doing it with Em Trewhella, aka @shru.b, and I highly recommend checking out her collages, art and photography. But for now, that’s all from me. I want to send huge props to my man, Ben, who has followed my passion of surf and photography with SV since day dot and I am stoked to see it come this far. Keep spreading the love. Dudes. Peace.

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Photography by BROOK MCKEON

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Photography by DAMIAN DAVILA

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“BILLY’S BAR, PADMA BEACH, LEGIAN - BALI. THIS IS OUR PARADISE.”

Photography by BEN NATHAN

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MIND OF ROCKET Photography BEN MURPHY Words by BEN MURPHY

Photographer, surfer and travel enthusiast Ben Murphy explores how film photography has defined his life.

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I am a 28 years old - from the suburbs of Victoria, but our family moved to the Gold Coast when I was 12 when my dad got a promotion and was transferred to their Brisbane office. We were a middle class family who ended up buying a house in Highland Park, which was close enough for my dad to get on the highway and head to Brisbane every day. We lived only 15-20 minutes from the beach. Highland Park was a small glammed up area of a larger suburb called Nerang, which had a pretty well-known rep for being pretty dezmond with I’d say the highest crime rate at the time. I went to primary school there and was gutted when my parents put me in a private high sc h ool in a nearby suburb that none of my friends were going to. I lasted about 2 years before my mum pulled me out for “not applying myself and wasting their money”, which was 100% the truth. I hung out with a crowd there who were all legends, but most of their families had more money than ours and could afford for them to mess around and it not worry them too much. Mine on the oth e r hand were onto it like hawks and after my exam results started dropping I wa s pulled out pretty quick. The thing was it was a win/win for me; I had close friends at both schools so it didn’t matter where my parents sent me.

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“My parents were slowly getting fed up with me pretty much only looking for a job or study.” I took up body boarding as a sport at the new school as one of my oldest mates had recently started catching the bus to the beach with some other friends from school and gave me one of his old boards and a set of fins. I always loved being near the ocean, I had done nippers in Burleigh growing up. But bodyboarding with friends was definitely where I became s uper psyched on it, as we got our licenses the more we went. We were always getting sent to recess detention because we missed the sign in for class and had to have sit downs with the principal who told us that surfing wasn’t going to take us anywhere and to focus on our schoolwork. After I graduated Year 12, all I did was pretty much body board over at South Straddie with a tight knit group of mates every single day. Even if the conditions sucked we would just paddle over there and make fires and do dumb shit. One of our mates bought a camera and we would take in turns on the beach taking photos of each other.

My parents were slowly getting fed up with me pretty much only surfing and hanging with my mates, and was told I needed to start looking for a job or study. University wasn’t on the cards for me, I don’t know, I just struggle with setting time aside to complete assessments and getting shit done. My friend got me a laboring job for a marble and granite company that mainly manufactures stone bench tops, it paid sweet and I could still surf in the afternoons. Fast forward 9 years and I am still working for the same company in the office as a production/purchasing manager. The company has always been really good to me, and always allowed me to travel overseas to take photos and surf a few times a year and not bat an eyelid. Hence probably why I have stayed with them for so long.

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just hanging out with my friends. I always had an interest in film photography, I spent my late child hood going through old photos of my grandparent’s travels through Nepal and China. It just blew me away, pulling their old cameras apart, fascinated with how the whole thing worked. I ended up getting hold of a Canon AE-1 that went everywhere with me - I don’t think I actually got anything processed for like 2 years. I was just taking photos with it and banking all the rolls…finally found a local place that processed the rolls and haven’t looked back. Photography has just been taken to a whole new level with the whole social media thing, people seeing other people’s shit, finding out about spots, waves and trying to do one better, its wild. I just try and pull myself back from that a bit, that’s what I like about film photography. You’re not there to get a perfect shot, it’s kind of a gamble in a way, testing different film and playing around with its mediums – it’s sick. I’m super lucky to have such good mates, we are all kind of on the same wavelength and get each other psyched to shoot and surf. A friend of mine in Melbourne a few years ago showed me this camera he was using to take photos in the rain. It was a NIKONOS V, which is a 35mm underwater film camera that was brought out I think in the early 1980’s, and I remember thinking how good it would be to take photos in the ocean with it. I have pretty much been obsessed with the camera ever since and try to get in the water with it as much as possible now. I’m so stoked to live where I do, the Gold Coast cops so much shit about being this pretentious, fake roided up, tourist hot spot, which it kinda is but it can also be the most amazing place ever. I hear people going to Bali and coming back and going on about how much it sucked and how they would never go back, only later to find out they didn’t leave Kuta… you know what I mean? You just need to avoid the major tourist spots and its paradise.

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“FILM PHOTOGRAPHY BRINGS A SENSE OF BEAUTY. WITHOUT THE AID OF BEING ABLE TO WIPE CLEAN AN IMAGE AND TRY CAPTURE IT AGAIN, MAKES A GREAT PHOTOGRAPH EVEN GREATER.”

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Photography by BROOK MCKEON

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“SECRET VICCO..”

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Where do we start? Want to see a series of images that portray the famous Surf Coast of Victoria any better? Keep on reading... Welcome, Judy Scanlon. Judy resides in the seaside town of Anglesea, not far from the iconic, amphitheatre of Bells Beach and Winkipop. She has been taking surf photos since the late 90’. She has been a contributor to local newspapers, a couple of surf magazines, and a tra v ellers guide to surfing in Australia. Also Swellnet and Coastalwatch surf websites have showcased her images for many years. Judy sells her images privately, also at Anglesea Surf Center and Eagles Nest Gallery, and at markets. She took up boogie boarding and then surfing. “I wasn’t the most competent surfer, but I loved having a go, and loved being in the water regularly.” “I mainly surfed around Lorne, Eastern View, and Anglesea. During my travels I have caught waves in various places around Australia, also Ireland and Hawaii. Of more recent times I rode a few w aves at Be l l s and Winki. I’d been watching and photographing these waves f o r s o long. I wanted to understand the wave more, I needed to experience it, I wanted to feel the rush and I wanted to face my fears.

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I braved the Bowl and Rincon on my own, my heart pounding in my chest as I walked down the stairs and the length of Bells beach. I paddled out with heart still pounding. It was intimidating, the views out there are extraordinary, I really didn’t know what I was doing. Anyway, I composed myself, paddled towards the crew and pretended I was ok. I picked off some smaller waves, the take off was daunting. I finally went and discovered there is like a step in the wave that assists with the drop. I got that sussed and actually rode quite a few waves. It was awesome! And Winkipop I was accompanied by the legend Donny Alcroft, we paddled out off the button. Donny, and two other legends I’d become friendly with, Wayno and Paul Reynolds blocked the take of area until I got my first wave. It was a beauty. The take off was steep. I will never forget it, So fast, I just hung on and did my turns as directed by the wave. I returned to the lineup after paddling back from below lowers. A big smile on my face. The guys all looked at me and laughed and said “we didn’t know what would happen!” they really didn’t know if I could surf or not. What a laugh! God bless those three, I went over the falls the next few goes, but I didn’t care… And then photography, well I always had a compact camera, but it was in 1998 while preparing for a trip around Australia that I got given an Olympus Slr, it wasn’t working that well, a sticky shutter I recall. Anyways after 8 months in the landy and many miles travelled and surf spots seen, I returned to Anglesea, I did a short course in Slr photography, and things progressed from there. I bought my first digital camera in 2004.

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A love for Bells and Winkipop grew and grew. Really, it’s a long story and a lot has changed since those early days of dabbling, but my passion remains. I look forward to e a c h winter, when the swells are big. I am always checking the surf forecasts and weathe r reports. I love the excitement the night before a big swell is arriving. I make sure my camera gear is in order, and prepare for the early start. I don’t sleep so well those nights. I love hanging with all the surfers and doing my thing at Bells Beach Reserve. The best surfers are out on the big days and usually the lineup is more organized. Less waves are wasted and more fun had. I could watch all day if time allows. I w a tch the lines roll in and I try to anticipate what a good shot might be. I look forward to the co mpany of fellow, master photographer, Steve Ryan. Steve always greets me with.“Rack off Judy, this is my beach.” I love the banter. It’s very funny. It’s a simple thing I do, I just love it, so I do it. And then I share it on social media, I am not so precious about my images, Id rather surfers and people enjoy them. And then it becomes a memory, while we wait patiently for the next run of epic waves. Enjoy! Judy Scanlon

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“WITH TIME COMES STYLE, WITH STYLE COMES EMOTION, WITH EMOTION COMES LOVE, WITH LOVE COMES SURFING.

THIS IS OUR PARADISE.”

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Jack Gore is a self-taught photographer born in Bristol, UK who relocated early in his teenage years to Australiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s East Coast, with the diversity of the locations oozing through Jacks work whether it be sport, events, lifestyle or commercial. Gore not only finds a way to encapsulate moments in time, places and people but also manages to over-lay his own style and personality within the constructs of the imagery. Goreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work is an encompassment of the undeniable contrast between two cultures, drawing influence from Bristols avid and notorious creativity culture meshed with the laidback vibrancy of Australian lif estyle. With the combination of various compositions, lighting effects and his passion for both local and international culture, Jack manages to create a body of work that is uniquely distinct amongst others.

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We asked Jack a couple of questions about what drives him to take photos and his favourite things to shoot: Why do you take photos? From a young age, I always found myself drawing, but I could never really put pencil to paper as well as I wanted. I never really got above this bar that I’d set myself, so I turned to graphic design in my later high school years thinking it would be a good way to link up the creative side of drawing with the technical skills I’d learned on a computer throughout schooling. I ended up taking this all the way to University, but within a semester I became frustrated and was never really happy with what I was making. That same bar I’d set myself. I ended up getting out of University shortly afterwards, and took some time for myself. I ended up buying a Canon SX30is off Gumtree and just started shooting the fleeting waves at local beaches. I ended up producing some stuff I was happy with, which was new to me. A few months passed, and I had blown 100% of a great tax return on a new body and a few lenses. I’m still yet to regret it. I think I shoot because it’s the amalgamation of a lot of elements from parts of design I’ve tried first hand. I feel that I can convey what is whirling in my head with a camera better than I’ll ever convey it with a pencil. I love it. What/where are your favourite places to shoot and why? The south coast of NSW without a doubt. I still remember before my first trip as I was getting everything ready, an older surfer friend of mine laughed and said to me “You wait, you’ll end up down there every winter after this”. He wasn’t wrong. As I write this, I’m a few weeks out from my 4th stint, I always aim to spend at least 2-3 weeks down there per year. Shooting around the Sunshine Coast, it never gets that cold that you question your decisions. Down there however, it happens most mornings. The long, cold walks, amazing scenery, pumping waves and ridiculously good food all make it that much more worth getting out of bed. If you’ve been, you know.

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My name is Michael Conlon and funnily enough I’m a bit of a country boy. I’ve spent my whole childhood growing up in a rural town called Camden, about an hour South West of Sydney. My transition from racing go karts around muddy paddocks as a young kid to taking pho tos in some of the heaviest waves Australia’s East Coast has to offer, has been a best of both worlds childhood. I’m currently still in school, in year 12 completing my HSC. My escape has been the ocean throughout the year and allows me to relieve the stresses that come with the HSC. I find myself at the beach multiple times a week - either with mates or alone, getting up at 4am in the mornings to drive to the beach before school. It can be challenging and tiring, but the end result is always worth it. I look forward to moving right near the coast when I finish high school. I started taking photos around 4 years ago, using a GoPro for in ocean shots, and an 1100d for out of water shots - which was how the passion developed. Taking photos definitely is and always has been a way to express myself and my emotions to other people. I aspire to make people amazed at my imagery, it’s a continual goal of mine. To make some b o d y feel something from an image is powerful and priceless, something that I’ll always hold with me in life.

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The ocean is so diverse and beautiful, and many people from all over the world aren’t lucky enough to experience the sights that I do. So if I can, just for a moment, expose them to something beautiful and raw that they have never seen before, then it makes taking photos so much more fulfilling for me. There are many other ocean photographers like me. I think the friends that you make while in, and out of the ocean (while sharing your common love for taking photos and the ocean itself) is something that is beyond value. Since getting out and taking photos, I’ve met so many great people and shared some crazy experiences that I’ll never forget. v I spend a lot of time on the coast, whether it be taking photos, surfing, bodysurfing or just enjoying myself with mates. It’s a place where I’m always happy and always feel at home. The best thing about the coast is that there is always something to do, whether the waves are 1ft or 10ft, from snorkeling and swimming to throwing yourself out into the fury of monstrous waves, there’s always a chance to find something to do. 106

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My favourite place to take photos is a secret spot on the South Coast. I find myself there on big swells to share the stoke of its unique waves that morph to all different shapes. It’s definitely a place that inspires me to shoot. I have grown up visiting the town and would always spend hours sitting and watching the waves do their thing. That’s when I finally decided I would take the next step and take photos from in the water, as I had been inspired by so many others. The thrill of jumping off rocks alongside 6ft waves sucking up next to you, into sharky waters, and to paddle out next to friends, is an experience that I could do over and over again. The risk is worth the reward and it definitely gets the heart pumping. The sessions are almost always followed by getting a coffee and a nice breakfast. A major inspiration and support for me has been my mum. Always giving her opinion and offering to drive me down to the beach when I didn’t have my license, so grateful for her support. Photographer wise, I like many others have looked up to guys like Ray Collins, Lloyd Meudell, Warren Keelan and Dave Sandford to name a few. Especially Woody Gooch, his individuality has inspired me to create unique work of my own. I spend a lot of time in the ocean with a mate or two from school, we usually go down before school on sports day and all go for a surf together. The ability to share such amazing experiences with mates is surreal. Something I’m so, so grateful for. People think we’re crazy for getting up so early to go before school, but if they were to do the same, just once, I know they would understand.

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“My love and passion for the ocean can be seen by everybody around me. This only hit me after a mate said “it still amazes me how excited you get to be in the water, it’s like you’re doing it again for the first time”. It made me smile, and it’s true there’s no better feeling.” - MICHAEL CONLON

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THE LOVE FOR EXPIRED FILM Photography MADI KELLIE Words by MADI KELLIE

“FILM ENTHUSIAST AND SUPREME LINGUIST, MADI KELLIE GIVES US AN INSIGHT INTO HER LIFE AS “ LADY MUSTARD. Remain intrigued, slide across.

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through imagery and creativity than words. Sometimes I can’t string a sentence together. Let’s hope this makes some sort of sense. Originally hailing from Toowoomba; more creek side than beach side, I moved to the Gold Coast in ‘08 with my family. It seems like my constant need to be surrounded by the water has compelled me to be fluid in all aspects of my life; creatively and personally. I’m a low maintenance go gettin’ young lady (mustard) who just does what makes her feel good. I live in Mermaid Beach and ride my pushbike to make some sweet coin a few days a week by helping people stay awake (barista). Once I’m finished making peoples day ten shades brighter, I will be straight in the ocean most days than not. I’m lucky enough to have one of my favourite surf spots a short drive down the highway - Rainbow Bay. It is one of the prettiest bays of them all, hands down; the allure it has is incredible. The ocean is my go to remedy. Being completely submerged in it is one feeling, but riding one of the oceans waves is a whole other feeling. Surfing has become such an important part of my life. Each time I paddle out I feel completely stripped of anything crappy and am 10/10 syked with life and all that is now. This feeling alone influences the way I take a photo. Raw and harmonious. Capturing the now.

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My luv for film photo taking all started when my pal whipped out h i s O l y m p i a SLR. A few years down the track, I couldn’t have picked a more enjoyable hobby. I seize moments of the mundane in the most honest and true blue way I can. Being self-taught, I’m always learning my new things with different cameras and dabbling in various types of film to better my forte. Sometimes it dries up my funds but I have absolutely no desire to pick up a digital camera. It seems all to transparent; hold your finger on the shutter, take a million shots then delete them all. I rather enjoy the feeling of having a maximum amount of frames to fill. The excitement of how they all turn out until you drop them off to get developed. The anxious wait and then finally getting to flick through them. Ah satisfaction. The entire process behind photo taking is a real experience; that’s why I love it so much. Places are always changing and will continue to change so I like to get out, travel as much as I can n throw myself into foreign places. I want to capture the rawness and clarity of different locations with an anecdotal lens, to tell more of a story rather than just taking a photo. After traveling to quite a few places in the past years, I have visited some of the most endearing spots and have grown to appreciate cities a whole lot. I find they hold so much diversity and beauty, just like a coast line. However that beauty may be demonstrated, I feel as though cities involve a whole lot of variables that have to be considered when taking a photograph, whereas the coast feels almost effortless to capture. A foreign coastline. One I haven’t laid eyes on always seem to possess such rugged character and charm.

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Without a doubt, the people I surround myself with also play a large part in how I capture something, somehow and somewhere. Though they may not realise, way over half of my images have my honeys nestled in each shot. They will forever be a part of my vision. Meeting and chatting with like-minded people gets me hella amped. As little as sharing photos, thoughts and interests. This really helps open my mind and makes me push the boundaries a bit with how I go about doing life and capturing time. I have great appreciation for people who make shit hap p e n . Pe ople who don’t care for the mainstream jibber jabber and keep super OG are my favourite because at the end of the day it’s all about how you do life. If someone doesn’t dig your vibe, then that shouldn’t determine whether or not you carry on doing what you think is ace. If you immerse yourself with the type of people who are supportive and make you want to do more, everything else will flow just fine. I hit the jackpot with my clique. We surf together, eat together, nap together, do everything together. They are so damn encouraging with what I do; they really get the creative juices flowing.

My fascination for the ocean will only grow larger as time goes on. It will always be my number one muse.

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on the road LANCE MORGAN HAYDEN Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;NEILL JONO SMIT DAMIAN DAVILA As surfers we are constantly on the road to coastlines and countries at all ends of the earth. Presented with a different agenda than the standard family holiday, surfers are often the only travelers to pot their path purely because of a particular wave. That definitely does not make us tourists, right? Whether youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on a weekend road trip or sitting on a one-way ticket to the tropical paradise island of your dreams, you are bound to find another traveler just like you, on the road.

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Australia Photography by LANCE MORGAN Words by LANCE MORGAN There isn’t much I can say about this waves location, except it’s in Western Australia. I was lucky enough to be taken here by fellow photographer and mate Kim Feast, who got the call up from Ryan Hardy the night before. I never would have found it on my own, the Western Australia coast is like a labyrinth of red dirt 4x4 tracks, every cross road has the potential to lead you to perfection or frustration. We arrived as the sun w as rising and I fell in love. The twisted shapes it creates as the light bounces around inside it is mesmerising, almost like it is fighting with itself. It truly is one of the most powerful yet naturally beautiful wave that my eyes have ever seen.

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If your planning on surfing it, be prepared. It jacks up quickly from extremely deep water and explodes with full force onto a barely submerged sandstone Boulder. A sight to see. If you do make the beyond vertical drop, it’s best to hope the wave doesn’t implode. I saw first hand what can happen, with the wave pulling you down into the deep sharky water just past the ledge. I’ts a very raw area, chances are you won’t see another person while your surfing, but keep your eyes peeled for large marine predators. It’s a short but very sweet ride, best suited to experienced wave riders. Get Exploring.

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Indonesia Photography by HAYDEN O’NEILL Words by HAYDEN O’NEILL ‘I’d say for me, being on the road is the ultimate, escaping a grind, documenting the good vibes while having a hell time doing it. Indonesia has always had a special place in my heart, the culture, the waves, the people. It all kind of blends into one and that’s what makes it so special. Mentawais is the real escape, no reception, no internet, no traffic or everyday bullshit you have to deal with. Nothing better than being stuck on a boat for 2 weeks with a bunch of mates, trading wave for wave and sinking beers right into the night I always feel so fortunate to be heading to places such as Indonesia, being able to do what I love is all I want to do, until the day I’m 6 feet under. When you return to Bali though there’s endless things to do, it’s practically a surfing mecca in itself, exploring new places around the islands is always the biggest pleasure but heading back to Bali after a boat trip well that’s just a whole new ball game, the waves, parties and food is always a damn good time! It’s the little things in life that are most paramount.’

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New Zealand Photography by JONO SMIT Words by JONO SMIT Nestled as Far East as one can drive on the Banks Peninsula is everybody’s favorite beach break. Thankfully, the windy two hour drive and 20 minute walk from civilization puts off a heap of punters. Which gives you and your crew the pick of the peaks, does it get much better? On a normal day once you’ve dodged the cow fecies and maneuvered your way through the rock scattered creek you find yourself quite alone. A handful of surfers out at most - don’t forget the farmer, but only if he’s completed his grueling morning rounds. This particular day the swell was hit or miss, it could’ve easily been too small but we risked it. We were rewarded with the bay to ourselves along with super clean perfect a-frames. I shot photos for 3 hours till the sun went down and then traded the potatoe for a board and scored a few cheeky cover ups before it was pitch black. Still one of my favorite sessions here to date. This wave is so special, you feel so part of the ocean being amongst the barren cliff faces either side of the bay. Everytime I am out there with my small crew, there is a feeling of pure isolation - there is still so much going on. Put this on your must surf list. If you plan on heading here for waves, I would suggest wearing old shoes, don’t stay the night (the farmer will hunt you down), bring a cut lunch and write off the whole day, you’ll need it.

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Mexico Photography by DAMIAN DAVILA Words by DAMIAN DAVILA Hello im Damian Davila and I’m from the small town called Rosario Beach in Baja California, Mexico. They filmed all the Titanic movie right there in my town if you didn’t know! Anyways, since day one when I was born I was living in the same house at the beach with my grandparents until two years ago when I got married and moved to Europe. I take pictures because I love it! I like to tell stories through the moments I capture with my camera. My favorite spot is of course in front of my house! It can get really heavy when it’s on! When it’s on fire some of the tour surfers living in SoCal come down to score some of the epic, empty line-ups! I think my inspiration is just people doing what they love and not caring what others think. I try to imitate what they are doing and it seems to work. I just love being around people with good positive vibes and try to stay away from the haters. Break the rules inspire! I love sharing the same lifestyle with my friends, they are one of the main reasons I started shooting. I remember when I was surfing with them and then saw one of them catch a wave and get barreled! I was so excited and hyped and just yelling “Dude I wish I had a camera to have taken a shot of you so pitted!” I pretend I had an invisible camera and just went “click, click, click” haha, so when I got older I was able to afford a real camera and that’s now I started taking real pictures. Dude, peace.

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PASSIONATELY Photography by

CAM GREENWOOD SEAN DWYER ED SLOANE JASON LAU Story on MONSTA SURF

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“MONSTA EXISTS TO ENCOURAGE PASSIONATE LIVING. WE DESIRE TO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE FUTURE BY INSPIRING PEOPLE THROUGH WHAT WE SAY AND THE WAY WE LIVE”.

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Welcome to our tribe – imagine the possibilities.

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When I finished school, I asked my parents if I could make a surfboard in my backyard, and not knowing what they were getting themselves into, they said yes. I renovated our shed, painted it all, put in some surfboard racks and taught myself how to make surfboards. Later that year I was on a trip to Kenya, and I was really inspired there to turn my surfboard hobby into a business that could give back… I got home from that trip and started taking it really seriously, and planning out the business and brand – one that I wanted to be ontrend with youth, not just through the boards, but through clothing as well. I had no real idea about the clothing industry, how anything was made or how to go about it, so I just started talking to as many people in the industry that I could. In October 2013, Monsta Surf went live to the world. I was so amazed that I had a tribe who were really behind me and my vision, and I realised it had become so much bigger than me, which was really cool. I’ve got some pretty big dreams for the brand. We’re working towards creating a global lifestyle brand that will be a platform to empower people to support life-changing projects. I’ve got a big, crazy goal that, by 2030, we’ll be the most positively impacting brand on the planet.

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INTERN TO BRAND MANAGER I’m 22 years young and I live in Melbourne, so the only thing I get to surf everyday is the internet. I’m one of the lucky few to land a job at Monsta. I started here in August last year and it feels like I haven’t worked a day since. I literally go to work every day (or the beach, or wherever we’re ‘working’), hang out with my mates, do some creative stuff and then go home. It’s kind of ridiculous. Technically I do the marketing, social media, photography and some design (and more recently became the Brand Manager), but let’s not get technical. We’re a very small team so we all do a bit of everything until the job is done, there’s never a boring day at Monsta HQ. When I’m not at Monsta I keep myself busy playing in three bands and running a record label with some mates. I don’t get much spare time, but who needs spare time when you get to do fun stuff every single day? Not me. I think I’ve always been naturally creative. My school books were always filled with little drawings and scribbles, even in prep when I was 5 years old. I didn’t pay attention in Yr 12 Maths because I was drawing, but now I’ve got a calculator on my iPhone so it doesn’t even matter. At the end of high school I didn’t really know what I wanted to do, except draw stupid cartoons and take photos. I ended up doing a degree in Graphic Design and Photography, which I finished in 2015. I did a lot of work outside of Uni because I just wanted to get out and into the industry. I wanted to learn by doing real work with real people, not fake Uni assignments. I worked at a cafe to fund my own trips overseas to get photos for my folio and then I emailed heaps of people for work experience or internships. I easily would have emailed over 100 people in my last 2 years of uni. One of those people was Cam Greenwood. I was in Indonesia in Feb 2015 but decided to head back in November to get some better shots for my folio. It just so happened that Cam and the whole

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Monsta Tribe were going to be there too, shooting the summer campaign. That was my first Monsta experience, hanging out in Indo and taking some extra shots for the campaign. I kept in touch after that (I was probably a pest for a while there) trying to keep myself at the top of the list for any job opportunities. Nine months later and I was standing in the kitchen at Monsta HQ making coffees for me and Cam. 2016 began (my first year out of Uni) and I was lucky enough to land a graphic design job working in fashion, but it wasn’t really scratching all of my creative itches. After 4 months I couldn’t handle it any longer so I walked in and quit. I took all of the money I’d earned and headed for USA with a backpack full of cameras. California and New York seemed like they had pretty good music, surf and skate scenes so I thought I’d give it a crack. I was so stoked to be doing something I was passionate about again. I put together an application for the position at Monsta on the night I was leaving Australia, because I wanted to stay awake all night and then sleep on the flight to Cali. After a few weeks on my own in USA I’d totally forgot I’d even applied for the job, until I woke up in San Francisco with an email telling me I got the gig. I was so stoked, I didn’t even think it was real. I think I enjoyed a celebratory Budweiser or two that afternoon. I started at Monsta HQ two days after I got home from New York and it’s been the wildest ride ever since. A n incredible team to work with.

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Four weeks after I started I was on a plane with the whole tribe heading for the Philippines. There’s only 7,000 islands to choose from, but we managed to find some pretty good lookin’ ones to shoot our Summer 17 campaign. It was so good to learn about a country from the local people, instead of reading a wikipedia page 2 hours before my flight (I probably should have done that too though). We stayed on an island that was destroyed by Super Typhoon Yolanda three years ago. It’s one of the worst storms ever recorded and they’re still struggling to recover. It’s so sick to work for a brand that lives and breathes the ‘purpose over profit’ model. We got some water filtration units sent over to us and after many conversations with local people we found some communities that were in need of clean drinking water. I think everyone on the trip agreed that the days we spent with those communities were the best days by far (even Josh Hallam said it was better than the day everyone surfed perfect barrels and had sunset beers). It didn’t change the world, but it changed their world. Helping people is nice. You should do it. Simple. Alright, my time in this magazine is almost up. I guess what I’ve been trying to say is, if you want to do something, do it. It’s so easy to work really hard on something if you think it’s fun and you’re passionate about it. I wasn’t going to stop emailing people until I had a dream job. I was going to keep quitting my jobs until I had one I was actually passionate about. Doesn’t look like I’m quitting Monsta anytime soon but if Cam Greenwood asks me to make him one more coffee, I’m out. Make your own soy latte mate. Thanks for reading and being part of our tribe, it’s as much about you as it is about us. We’ve got some massive (some would say ridiculous) plans for 2017 and 2018 so stay tuned

The Live Passionately film documents the journey of Monsta Surf’s ‘Live Passionately’ movement. The film follows the tribe as they are taken on the adventure of a lifetime to the Philippines. In this 50 minute film, the team head to the Philippines in order to find paradise and search for perfect surf... but what unfolded was not what anyone expected at all. The film also builds awareness and raises funds for more water filtration and re-development projects for the locals affected by Typhoon Yolanda, who are featured in this film.

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“HOW GOOD IS IT GETTING GREENED? SO GOOD”

“THE ULTIMATE TACO SPREAD”

Photography by DAMIAN DAVILA

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“WHO WOULDN’T RUN TOWARDS EMPTY BARRELS?”

“HELEN AT HOME.”

Photography by BEN NATHAN

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SAVAGE TENDENCIES Photography and art by CAL FOSTER

ANRIELLE HUNT (LEFT) ROISIN CAROLAN (RIGHT) Photography by 19 DAVE THEW

Desfura. Words by CAITLIN O’GRADY HAYDEN O’NEILL (DESFURA)

Firstly, what exactly is Desfura and how did it come about?

‘Desfura is our creative agency formed 6 months ago with the goal to combine our love of a variety of mediums and a familiarity with current cultures, trends and art. A refined aesthetic that is portrayed through an expansive body of work, both commercial and personal with a focus on art direction, content creation, film production and photography. We actually both met working at our local surf store 8 years ago. We collaborated on a project and remained good friends. Although we led separate lives both living overseas, it wasn’t until early 2017 when we were on the same continent that Hayden started assisting Cait on weddings. Maybe this is what ignited our relationship that year. One month into it, our baby Desfura was created over a hot date and some wine. Pinot Noir gets you every time right?

Can you tell us about your creative backgrounds? Caitlin:

The classic story of ‘my mum gave me my first disposable when I was 12’ is where it all began for me; taking ripper photos of my girl crew giggling over the hot boys on year 7 camp. When I turned 18, this disposable was swapped with a digital. Again, cheers Mum. Un f ortunately, it was short lived when it was slung around my neck in a snowboarding accident in North America that resulted in a hefty hospital bill, a body that felt like I had been hit by a bus and the death of my camera. I came home to begin studying Photography in 2012. I couldn’t afford a new digi back then so I found myself purchasing a Mamiya645; a medium format film camera. Often inspired by dance, my work began by designing, producing and photographing costumes that stem from the worlds around me. Fascinated by the unknown, the costumes depicted the imagination of humans as extensions of natural uninhabitated environments and this was the perfect camera to depict the Earth’s rawness. Not only this, but not wanting to waste money on film; it really taught me to look closely at every moment and composition to decide whether it was worth the click. I continued this fascination studying Fine Art Visual Art, majoring in Photography at The Victorian College Of The Arts. I was pretty fortunate to be asked to collaborate with an amazing cinematographer who wanted to shoot any concept I threw at him. This found myself co-directing my first short clip ‘Flightless’ and completely opened my eyes to the world of film. Following my first year at VCA, I moved to North America for 14 months where the vast uninhabited environments manifested immense inspiration to my practice. Here, I worked on film sets whilst contin uing to work on my own concepts. I came home to finish my degree in 2016. My personal body of work continues to explore the external and internal make up of humanity. Interested in the body and human interaction, I use differing mediums such as film, photography and sculpture. I question the relationship between what is real or hyper-reality, the external and the internal and whether one can exist without the other. If I am not working on my own practice, I am still directing music videos and commercials, making costumes, photographing and doing a lot of art direction.

Can you tell us about your creative backgrounds? Hayden:

I guess for me it all started when I was 16 after going for a few swims with a disposable camera like most surf photographers, I fell instantly in love with it. I would photograph friends around home and worked my ass off to save up for water gear and some new cameras. It wasn’t until I was 18 that I started to get some traction in mags and online, I met some legends from home and we banded together to create some really rad shit. Having never studied photography itself, I taught myself everything and got tips from my friends alongside my mum and brother. In 2014 I got offered a job in Micronesia shooting P-Pass and it’s surrounds which I didn’t even bat an eyelid to, easily the best 3 months I’ve had, we scored amazing waves in that time and I met so many incredible people, from that trip I was able to curate a solo show with a collection of works, then continuing on to be involved in over 8 different shows, both group and individual. Enter 2015 where I moved to Bali for a year and really pushed myself shooting in bigger waves and then branching out into some other avenues working on campaigns for brands outside of the surf world, a super refreshing feel. In the past 2 years I was able to create my first publication ‘Cinema Paradiso’ which has now gone on to sell out. Since then I’ve found myself in a close relationship with brands like Hurley, Havianas, Inmindseye and now the Epworth healthcare system which I still feel so humbled to be working alongside. Hayden:

The way I see the world now is so different to what I believe most ordinary people see. I’m always studying light, motion, colour and distance. Photography has allowed me to open up to new avenues in life and ponder things I might not have even noticed without it. Sitting in the ocean, between waves, I find myself watching the water below, the spray above and the birds in the sky. It makes you notice things, even the smallest things, I see so much more of. I know until the day I’m 6 feet under I’ll always be inspired and influenced by photography and what it has taught me.

Photography is capturing light. And without light, there is only darkness. So I truly believe that it has opened my eyes up to the world. To see colour where there is light, and to see shape when there is shadow. It has allowed me to see colour, in the most chromatic spaces and to see imperfect perfection in the mundane. To seek calm before the storm and to find beauty in it all. Not only this, but it makes you collaborate and bounce ideas off strangers. To give or receive a little, then to push concepts further. I find it so amazing that people can have faith in the vision in our brains, that we are going to produce something unique.

What is one other thing that it has taught you?

A photograph lies. It is always never good enough or it depicts something that is better than what was in reality. Learn how to read the moment when it’s not going to be good enough because it’s those moments you don’t want to miss hiding behind a lens trying to get it. You’re never going to. So be at peace and watch the world with your eyes. It’s these fleeting moments you really don’t want to miss. On another note, just seriously learn when to put your camera (or phone) down and be in the present.

yourself ahead of the game?

That's the thing hey? Anyone can instantly take a photo. We have had people say to us ‘oh that's so expensive. Don’t you just point and shoot?’ Well yes. But we have also spent a ridiculous amount of money on equipment and time refining our skills. Learning about light, composition and colour. Noticing the details in the backgrounds, let alone the foregrounds. Growing up, we have worked our butts off for free to try and push into the industry, not to mention the HECS debt that also accompanies the Art and Photography Degrees. If the client is thinking of employing us, it means they need help to produce the end product. Don’t cheap out because we will push your concept one step further than what image of inspiration you first fell in love with. And we don’t just do photography. Our experience in differing mediums allows us to bring a wider range of knowledge all together. We love to work on projects that creatively challenge us. We are two minds that bounce off one another for ultimate results and we completely and utterly love what we do. We are so invested in it. On another note, we are going to be really narcissistic and say that we are bloody fun to be around too.

Got any advice for any aspiring photographers?

Have faith in your ideas and know that they are never going to turn out exactly the way that you had planned. But trust us, everything happens for a reason. That mistake or incident will make the shoot. Whether its the model that couldn’t make it or the weather that decided to turn… it was all meant to happen. Also, always do the shit jobs. Because it’s on the shit jobs that you meet the right people. Even if you have to work in retail or hospitality to save, to buy your dream camera or take you to the dream location. Do the shit jobs. They always lead to something greater. So what’s the plan for the year ahead?

From the end of April, we find ourselves on a road trip through America. Beginning in LA we move north along the California coast, into Canada. We will drive back down the middle of the states through Oregon, Texas, Utah and Georgia to name a few. There we continue on east towards Florida and elsewhere in-between, back up the north finishing in New York. Most likely 4 months on the road before we settle into New York where Cait will be working for the remainder of the year. She doesn’t know anyone there so if anyone has any contacts in any party of the creative industry then please shout her a lead! Unfortunately Hayden was unable to attain the same visa as he hasn’t studied, so he’ll be flying in and out between work, back home or maybe living the dream unemployed working on personal projects. While travelling Desfura wants to collaborate with as many brands, artists, models, designers and whoever else they cross paths with.

What's DESFURA’s dream? Hayden:

‘It’s so rewarding working alongside Cait, she’s a great business partner / girlfriend and sharing ideas with her is always a pleasure.’ Moving forward, a great big DESFURA family would be amazing, taking the agency abroad and having access to rad locations to let our ideas run free would be a dream come true.

Hayden and I are fortunate to work together in something that we are so passionate about but to have a company full of rad minds across various countries is the dream I think. ‘I would love to have the ability to employ all my creative friends to make one big DESFURA family.’

Hey, If you’re looking to work with Caitlin and Hayden of Desfura, get in touch via:desfura@gmail.com or alternatively f o l l o w them via:

MIAN V Photography by 31 HAYDEN O'NEILL

“QUARRAS” Photography by HAYDEN O'NEILL

Out of water I am nothing.

PASCAL VAN DER HAAR. Photography by 35 KARSTEN JURKSCHAT

Yours. Featuring: REMY BERNHARDT TOM PEARSALL DAVE THEW AIDAN STEVENS

“AQUA MOMENTS” Photography by AIDAN STEVENS

Restless. Words by REMY BERNHARDT

All my life I’ve been drawn to new landscapes. As a result from growing up in the dreamy, bottom left-hand-pocket of WA, Margaret River. A town that unconditionally promises impossibly azure blue waters, hidden heavens, long roads and empty beaches. I’ve since been inspired by open spaces and beautiful sceneries. And even more so inspired to go out and see what the rest of the world has to offer. It began in the Philippines, my grandma was Filipino so I had always wanted to go. The Philippines was my first trip away from home and gee bloody whiz did that place take my breath away. At first, I wasn’t the most savvy of travellers, I had my sister organise almost everything for me and as soon as I got to the sweet chilli Philis I burnt my ankle on the muffler of a scooter, sounds like a pretty superfluous detail to share but this meant that I was out of action and the water for most of the trip. I kept myself occupied with my camera. The Philippines is grandeur, a shangri la with the bluest of waters, a place so beautiful that it’s almost impossible to take a bad photo of. Like most gen Y babies, I like to document anything and everything that happens in my life so I started up a shitty wordpress to share and show this place, a place that was nothing like I had seen before.

“ Ever since then I’ve been hooked. Addicted to the feeling of having to be somewhere else and addicted to art of photography. A restless art I like to call it.” -REMY BERNHARDT

I’ve now travelled to over 15 countries in the last 3 years, a broke and uncommitted uni student, trying to see as many things as my time and Centrelink payments will allow me. I’ve seen some darn special things and met some fine specimens along the way. I’ll be forever grateful for The Northern Hotel in Byron Bay, where I met Jon Lauro (director and producer of Summersite). After a few slurred words, 10 too many beers and a quick look at my less than worthy wordpress Lauro hand-balled me my first job. I was considerably unprepared for what was to come. A couple weeks later I found myself shooting behind the scenes of a Billabong surf trip. A job incredibly out of my depth, where I used a disposable camera to create a series of images accompanied by an article of half-assed words. I did a terrible job, but to this day it has been my favourite. My biggest learning curve and an introduction to the bizarre mind-field and vortex that we call the ‘creative industry’. I’ve fallen countless times since taking up photography, still learning and finding my feet in the exciting and confusing creative world. I’ve started up a photography business called Dust and Bone with my two sidekicks (which failed miserably), I’ve have had numerous articles rejected and some pretty heavy feedback from some of my most respected role models and directors. My restlessness and compulsion to explore has seen me dabble in surf, travel and fashion photography. And I still have absolutely no idea where I’ll end up with it all, or what the fuck being “a creative” even means. Maybe I’ll be successful, most likely broke. But forever thankful because without that itch, that unavoidable and inescapable feeling of needing to be somewhere else, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to snap some photos that I am proud of and to share with you my unbeknown journey into a restless world.

And I still have absolutely no idea where I’ll end up with it all, or what the fuck being “a creative” even means.

Babe.

Relax, there’s more to come.

“JUST A FKN BABE” Photography by CAL FOSTER

NORWAY Photography by 52 TOM PEARSALL

What was it I read about the secret to happiness? Living in the present? Bugger that, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer slop right now at home; better to take a disorientating dive down memory lane, splayed out on the couch, ignoring the tempting whispers of the hypnotic ceiling fan tempting me to take a siestaâ&#x20AC;Ś

HOME- JACK CHALLIS Photography by TOM PEARSALL

JAY DAVIES Photography by TOM PEARSALL

JOHN JOHN FLORENCE Photography by 59 TOM PEARSALL

The land of men in grey suits. Location SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Think youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be paranoid swimming at offshore slabs in the shark infested waters of Margaret River? Try getting dropped off a ski into a blue-black drop off next to a South Australian slab, the water filled with dark imagination and malice. Your mind is like a cat getting thrown into a bathtub, instinctive fears scratching and scraping the walls of your brain to get back to safety. But then you get your first look at the wave. All of a sudden the water is changing from black to turquoise as the wave transforms your disturbance into wonderâ&#x20AC;Ś

LUKE SARANAH Photography by TOM PEARSALL

Where everything is endless. Location NAMIBIA

Namibia gets its name from one of the worlds oldest deserts, The Namib, meaning “vast place”. This makes a whole lot of sense as you approach the provincial runway. From 20,000 feet, in every direction, there is… nothing. Endless sand. A death sentence if you were to lose your way. Thankfully the oceans of Namibia are as productive as the land is barren. Surf is only a relatively recent discovery for many Namibians, with a growing community of hardcore surfers blossoming with the discovery of one of the worlds most awe inspiring waves. Workers of the ocean-based industries (oil, fishing, transport) were the first to come across the Anaconda of the Atlantic, ‘Skeleton Bay’. Can you imagine being the first to spot this monster flawlessly chomping its way down over two kilometres of desolate beach?

Above The Arctic Circle.

achingly cold water. Where the men all look like Ragnar, beer costs about the same as its weight in gold, and the sky dances shivering so much your teeth are snapping together, chewing savagely on dried cod or Norway is sure to leave you gob-smacked for a long time after you leave.

LUKE SARANAH Photography by TOM PEARSALL

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best SURFER Is the ONE

the MOST

- PHIL EDWARDS

EBONY GRACIE Photography by DAVE THEW

LAURE MAYER (LEFT), AMBRE VICTOIRE (RIGHT) Photography by 74 DAVE THEW

“Grab me a Chicko Roll and a chocolate milkshake… don’t forget the sauce, and don’t take any bites out of it on the way back alright!” -PUBERTY BLUES

Ladies of the bay. Words by DAVE THEW

Surely plenty of you have seen ‘Puberty Blues’, the 1981 Australian Film about a couple of suburban Sydney teen girls trying battling the usual teenage dilemmas whilst stepping into the world of surfing. It wasn’t easy, and amongst the movies many funny one-liners, there are plenty which accurately describe the view most male surfers had toward female surfers. Thankfully, gone are the days when the girls are waiting on the beach when the boys have all the fun.

When looking around the the line-up anywhere in The Bay, you will notice that there are often more girls than guys in the water, and there’s a good chance that they’re getting some of the better waves too. There are plenty of gurfer gangs and a whole local female surf scene which is thriving thanks to local brands like ‘Lore of the Sea’ and ‘Atmosea’, who keep the good vibes flowing and aim to encourage those girls who don’t surf how fun it can be in the water. More importantly, they show how it’s not all about short boards, power-hacks, or getting barrelled, but it’s really just about having a good time. Looking at the bigger picture, we all know there is huge inequality between the genders. Only in the last century have women been given the right to vote in many parts of the world, and it took until the 2000’s for Australia’s first female Prime minister. While these steps forward are welcomed with open arms, The US are yet to even see a female President, and just looking at how many females sit on the boards of big companies or in parliament show how much inequality remains.

When looking around the the line-up anywhere in The Bay, you will notice that there are often more girls than guys in the water, and there’s a good chance that they’re getting some of the better waves too. There are plenty of gurfer gangs and a whole local female surf scene which is thriving thanks to Local brands like ‘Lore of the Sea’ and ‘Atmosea’, who keep the good vibes flowing and aim to encourage those girls who don’t surf how fun it can’t be in the water. More importantly, they show how it’s not all about short boards, power-hacks, or getting barrelled, but it’s really just about having a good time. Looking at the bigger picture, we all know there is huge inequality between the genders. Only in the last 100 years in many parts of the world have women been given the right to vote, and it took until the 2000’s for Australia’s first female Prime minister. While these steps forward are welcomed with open arms, The US are yet to even see a female President, and just looking at how many females sit on the boards of big companies or in parliament show how much inequality there still is. Though slowly, and thank fully, they’re gaining ground. I saw slowly, because I still hear grubs wolf-whistling at girls every day, I still hear hear people (including mates) at the pub telling degrading stories, and most surfing mags only post stuff about how good they look in the water/use sex to sell.

LAURE MAYER (ABOVE), AMBRE VICTOIRE (BELOW) Photography by 79 DAVE THEW

Though slowly, and thank fully, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gaining ground. I say slowly, because I still hear grubs wolf-whistling, I still hear hear people at the pub telling degrading stories, and the water and use sex to sell. - DAVE THEW

ELISE TRIGGER Photography by 80 DAVE THEW

But over time, even with all this, for every step back, there are a still couple of steps forward. Once there is more public debate over the big issues, more voices heard, more rational thinking, change will soon follow. It’s all got to start somewhere. And that place, my friends, is in the water. By getting out there, doing what the guys do, often doing it better, girls don’t have to sit back on the beach and let the guys have for them, no real boundary. All the boundaries which have held back women social constructs. It’s going to be a lot of work to overcome these boundaries, but it will happen, it’s only a matter of time.

LAURE MAYER Photography by 82 THEW DAVE

So, how can you help promote the growth of female Watch your language in the water (talk as if your mum was in the line-up listening to every word you said), watch a women’s surf comp or two, and next time you

ready to burn them because you assume they can’t surf or aren’t going to get into the wave, instead give a hoot and watch on, as you will probably learn a thing or two.

JOSIE PRENDERGAST Photography by 84 DAVE THEW

Share the stoke, because as most of the ladies in the water already know, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

ROISIN CAROLAN, LAURE MAYER, STEPH SCHECHTER Photography by DAVE THEW

(L-R): LAURA HASTINGS, ROISIN CAROLAN, LAURE MAYER, STEPH SCHECHTER Photography by DAVE THEW

LAURE MAYER Photography by 86 DAVE THEW

Hey honey,

“GIRL AND KAWASAKI” Photography by CAL FOSTER

over here.

IVY THOMAS Photography by 90 AIDAN STEVENS

IVY THOMAS Photography by 92 AIDAN STEVENS

How to surf 101. SURFERCHICK11@HOTMAIL.COM Words by SOPHIE FERGUSON

If you’ve paddled out to a bunch of people and every single one of them stares at you with a look in their eye like you’ve just stolen the love of their life or killed their dog, then chances are you’ve bumped into a group of the infamous “locals only.” My best advice here is to steal one of their waves that comes in the next set, catch it to shore, run to the car park and drive outta that joint faster than you’d leave a store that undercharged you without realising. Most of your surfer mates will probably assume that you can duck dive, coz you know, every surfer can duck dive, right? When you’re stuck in the channel (that awful mid section where a wave is about to break on your head). You have the option to either turn around and paddle to catch the wave as if a great white is tailing you, or duck dive into the wave and emerge free, unscathed into the pure, calm abyss. If neither of these are an option for you, then please don’t underestimate the good ol’ faithful turtle roll. Personally, I like to pretend I’m a sleeping otter floating upstream, gripping to a log. In reality it will most likely bring back a bit of nostalgia and feel like when your brother used to chuck you in the tumble dryer for shits n gigs. (Or did that only happen to me?) But I promise you it’s the safest method, it may just take you ten years to paddle out the line-up.

IVY THOMAS Photography by 94 AIDAN STEVENS

On the road. Featuring: VERA MONTEIRO JON WAY ZACH SANDERS ALAN VAN GYSEN

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Nazaré. Words by VERA MONTEIRO

Nazaré, in Portugal, has some of the heaviest waves in the world. On the south of Nazaré’s Fort lies a deep undersea canyon that generates big waves towards the north, to the famous “Praia do Norte”. It was here that, in January, the Portuguese Hugo Vau might have broken an existing record for surfing the biggest wave ever. An estimated 35 meters wave, nicknamed “Big Mama”, awaited for seven years. Hugo told me about surfing in Nazaré, what his “psychological” training consists in and about how thankfull he is for the support of his teammates. He works with David Truong Tan, founder of Life Forces, with whom he trains different techniques like meditation, relaxation and the visualization of positive things happening. This helps him staying focused and enjoying that moment without any worries or fears. Regarding to Nazaré, he calls it “a 10 year old relationship”. Being considered his second home, the place where his dreams came true, where he surfed the biggest waves and where he hangs with his friends.

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“Praia do Norte” will make you feel tiny and humble. The waves will make sure you know who’s in charge there. The wind will try to push you away and to knock you down. Then, if you’re lucky, you might see some incredible brave surfers having fun. The energy there is overwhelming. After a bit, you’ll be so amazed by Nazaré that you’ll never want to leave. I know I didn’t.

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Pipe. Words by JON WAY

Shooting pipe for the first time was amazing, but still more unnerving than I’d care to admit. It’s rather intimidating to go from a casual observer to an active participant at a place built up in your head from 20 years of ogling it in the surf mags. Being on the wrong end of a set, or blowing someones wave/shot, and I already (rightly or wrongly) had an idea how bad it would suck. You’d also think you kinda had it sorted out, but the next day you’d quickly find you hadn’t– it’s rather humbling for someone who has lived the majority of his life in the ocean to be that situationally clueless. The guys getting crazy shots from the perfect angles– that's from putting in time.. and prolly being more talented and having bigger balls, but I’ll just conveniently say thats besides the point. Pipe’s not the place you’re going to have dialed in a week, month or even a season. After my month there, I'd say I have a tenuous understanding at best. All that being said, everyone in and around pipe was super positive and welcoming- people like invisible photographers. I did get chirped at by a guy with a long lens for holding up my camera deep on the shoulder on my first day (I was asking for it), but everyone else was great as along as you sorta knew your plac e. The north shore is a weird intersection of established order and the proverbial aloha spirit– just don’t make waves, and you’re good.

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“The north shore is a weird intersection of established order and the proverbial aloha spiritand you’re good. ” -JON WAY

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Norfolk Island. Words by ZACH SANDERS

As surfers and Photographers there is always that one wave that lights the fire in our belly and gets us as excited as a kid in a candy shop. For me that wave is on my home of Norfolk Island Called “Wunnas”. Wunnas gets its name after sea urchins ( wunna is what we call sea urchins in our local Norfolk language) in which the reef is covered in. Wunnas is a really heavy left that comes out of the deep and unloads on a super shallow reef. It's such an intimidating wave because it doesn’t have a back to it so you really have to get into the wave on the take off otherwise your going to get pitched. I love surfing and get even more excited when I'm swimming out there shooting photos.

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The Pirate Isles of Madagascar Madagascar - Searching for, and finding world-class setups and waves in Africa’s most isolated country. It’s out there. You just have to want to look. Like the hunters of today who visit year after year in search of lost pirate treasure, surfers know that proverbial gold exists, waiting to be found and discovered in remote Madagascar. And like the pirates of old who sailed these waters, Frank Soloman, Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker and Slade Prestwich were there to map, navigate and find their own piece of paradise. A place they could call their own and revel in. The kind of place we all dream about. A safe haven not of the modern world. Traveling to and around Madagascar in search of undiscovered waves isn’t easy. Tales of saltwater crocodiles, sharks, malaria and suspicious locals are at the top of the list of concerns. As is injury - being in such a remote location. Specialised tree tents had been packed despite their weight, electronic shark shield devices were fully charged, all known antimalarials were digested and a Malagasy-speaking local was onboard. As was a medic - just in case. With the allure and whispers of the spoils far outweighing the hazards, the surfers set sail with excited hearts and hopefully minds; the adventure of a lifetime already unfolding like the map Slade then so keenly studied. Having come so far already in every aspect of the adventure, finding the waves proved to be relatively easy. But setting up base-camp and befriending the locals was less so. Suspending tents meters above the ground was discovered to be an art, one which took a couple nights and a few uprooted palm trees to get right. If the tension isn’t perfectly balanced, an uncomfortable nights sleep was guaranteed. On arrival off s h o re locals thought the crew were child smugglers; not returning their friendly waves and running off into the village. Before receiving his blessi n g to set up camp and seeing the surfers “play on the water” the chief of the village said that human trafficking is a big problem in remote areas like this in Madagascar, and children are often taken from villages like his. In the days to follow the crew searched, sweated and found what they had be looking for. A stretch of rich coastline with numerous setups that on various swells would light up for those lucky enough to know it. On the final day while sailing home an unexpected pulse set the ocean rolling, and the surfers faces smiling as the last wave came into sight. An unknown right reef-pass barreling with 4-5ft pristine waves in a windless sea. Perfection. Treasure found.

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Adventure isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t something lost in pirate lore along with hidden treasure, or virtually

armchair with Google Earth. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s out there and available to all who seek have to want to look -ALAN VAN GYSEN

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“WATCH OUT FOR SNAKES” Photography by 126 ALAN VAN GYSEN

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CRAIG ANDERSON Photography by AIDAN STEVENS

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AW YER HOW GOODS A DURRIE AND A TINNIE?! Photography by AIDAN STEVENS

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Summer dayze. Words by CAL FOSTER

17th of March 2018, it was 7am on a humid/wet Friday in Bali....and I was fucking hungover. Drunken nights out taking photos seemed to be our evening agenda, while surfing, skating and fashion photography seemed to be the go for the day time, can’t complain. But regardless of how much my head was throbbing I was pumped to shoot the “Summer Daze” campaign you see before you. But I didn’t just wake up one day in Indonesia as a camera loving, tinder addicted, creative kook. This year has definitely seen itself as one of the biggest turning points in my career. And it’s only the beginning. For a long time nothing really happened, I tried stuff that didn’t work for me, learnt my lesson and moved on to the next thing.. that’s the only way you learn how to do things a little less wrong. I think every creative goes through a stunt, whether that is with their personal life (having the black mamba as a girlfriend in my case), having issues at home, having a creative block or just something fucked in general, we’ve all at some stage gone through some sort of roadblock. But have patience and the passion and things will happen, maybe not straight away, but they will. The past year presented some challenges and many creative slumps for me that made me realise and revaluate my priorities. So a best mate and I booked a bunch of trips and prompted us to shoot the skate, surf and fashion culture from across some of the most influential places in the world from Indo, California, Japan and more. What came of that? Well there’s still a lot more to come considering its only May. However I have a coffee table book around the corner, “SoCal,” documenting my interpretation of the youth, skate/ surf and fashion scene within California from a month ago. The series looks at paying respect to the founding fathers of skateboarding

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JOSIE PRENDERGAST Photography by MING NOMCHONG

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ANAIS PIERQUET Photography by AMY MARKHAM

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Amy. Words by

SOPHIE FERGUSON

It’s an exciting time to be a woman embracing the ocean! I fell in love with the sea at a very young age, the connection ran deep and I craved the waves daily. However, at this time there was something missing in the surfing community for me. There was very little expression or celebration of femininity in the waves. I would quite often be the only female in the lineup and though I thoroughly enjoyed the friendships I had made with the guys, and appreciated their impact on my approach to the waves, I desperately craved a larger female presence in surfing. It wasn’t until I went to Old Man’s break in Canggu that I had a group of four girls surfing with me and about twenty others out there (including one that stuck out to me, Flora Christin Butarbutar), that I really felt a true connection and sisterhood with the girls. Flora is a local longboard surfer and the first Indonesian competitive female surfer, she lives in Canggu and surfs two to three times every single day. I watched her go out every single day for a month, she would come in only for snacks and water. I’d watch her eat her banana and have a coffee, her frame is so tiny and she is very fit. It shocked me that this girl had so much determination, she told me how she wanted to be the best in her division. I love how she had a dream and isn’t stopping until she achieves it, she’s even started getting sponsors too.

MIA-ROSE HYLAND PASSING TO CAROLINE ORLI Photography by 142 AMY MARKHAM

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MADDY HOFFMANN. Photography by AMY MARKHAM

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope to use light, creativity, colour and movement to portray the graceful yet powerful nature - AMY MARKHAM

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It’s hard being the only girl when out in the surf, the boys tend to treat you differently, well from the places I’ve surfed in WA anyway. I’m always trailing behind, getting absolutely smashed by the white wash. I know the boys think I’ll give up and turn back, but I think it’s my acknowledgment of there doubt that pushes me to get out there and prove them wrong. Women’s surfing has come a long way since I was a young girl. Now we have endless inspiration of women dedicated to their craft of the sea. There are short boarders shredding with power and progression, paired with a grace and elegance that only women can bring to the sport. We have female long boarders dancing upon ocean top, with unrivalled grace and precision. There are water women whose hearts are equally dedicated to the pursuit of capturing creative imagery and surfing the waves of the sea. We have a World Tour full of fearless and talented professional athletes and we have women who simply love to have fun and get salty every day before work.

CLOSEST TO FURTHEST; MIA, CAROLINE, BRODIE HALFORD Photography by AMY MARKHAM

As a surfer and ocean/lifestyle photographer, one of my greatest goals is to capture the ever developing, raw beauty of women in the waves. I hope to use light, creativity, colour and movement to portray the graceful yet powerful nature of women’s surfing and I hope to tell the story of an unrivaled, freedom-filled lifestyle that comes along with it. If the boys can do it, then so can the girls. Something within me comes alive when I see other girls out their ripping, I just feel so proud and happy to be a woman that is going out there and getting amongst it, not worrying about anyone around her. My hope is that girls aren’t deterred from the line-up by boys that are intimidating, I want us to all come together and surf equally, to share the magical sea and the salty fun that isn’t just a sport or a hobby, but a lifestyle that will stick around for many years to come, for all of us to enjoy.

CLOSEST TO FURTHEST; BRODIE, MIA, CAROLINE Photography by AMY MARKHAM

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In my pursuit to capture the essence of women in the ocean,

in soft, fading lightâ&#x20AC;Ś To a recent session I had with the stylish and artistic, travelling long boarder Anais Pierquet (@ Byron Bay. I am stoked every time I get the opportunity to capture another femaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expression of this craft. T he

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Ming.

Words by MING NOMCHONG Ming Nomchong, Australia based fashion and lifestyle photographer. Ming Nomchong loves the energy of a beautiful place, and she knows how to capture it. Raised on the east coast of Australia with a camera in one hand and a surfboard in the other, Ming has built an international reputation with her authentic sun ’n’ salt fashion and lifestyle images. With her rare combination of edge, adventure, and style, Ming is bringing something fresh to lifestyle photography. And clients as diverse as Billabong, Cotton On, and Spell count on Ming’s easygoing energy and knack for capturing those “in-between” moments to bring their brands to life. Ming graduated with a degree in Fine Arts with a major in Photo-media from COFA UNSW in 2004 and continued the following 3 years as a Photo assistant in Sydney before moving to Byron Bay to start shooting for her own clients.

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“It’s amazing how the ocean can heal and revive you. How it can bring you together and connect you with people around you. Out there in the ocean, we all share a common love, a love that brings us closer to each other and creates a community that is strong and protective. Once indicted, you’re a life long member. It’s a playground for all ages and from all walks of life. There’s no pre-requisite except for a love of the sea.” -MING NOMCHONG

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Photo comp. Featuring: MARCUS PALADINO (LIFESTYLE) RICK AVENA (TRAVEL) VALERIE TOBIN (PEOPLE) NICK GREEN (SURF)

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Lifestyle. MARCUS PALADINO Words by GARRETT HOLT

Too often photos in cold water destinations depend on the mountains, the snow and the wildlife to make the shot work, however, Marcus is never content to rely on them. There are good waves on the west coast of Canada, but Marcus knows there are also some damn good surfers. Probably spending more time in the water than most surfers in Canada would be comfortable with, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intent on showcasing the high-perform a n ce surfing that continues to be pushed north of the 49th parallel. The hard work that is required to focus on performance surfing has made Marcus one of the desired photographers pros look to work with in Canada. As the tides, wind and swell are difficult to line up, surfers love having a dependable photographer around whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always keen for a mission with no guarantees.

ANDY JONES Photography by MARCUS PALADINO

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Travel. RICK AVENA Words by RICK AVENA

For me, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing better than sleeping in a tent on a point break and waiting for it to turn on. Every morning, poking your head out at first light to see if the swell is as big as it sounded in your sleep. This day, everything came together and it was magical until dark. Well worth every hour of driving and roughing it in the dirt for a week. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot more rewarding for me to go on a trip that takes effort to make happen. The waves surfed and photos taken are worth so much more.

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People. VALERIE TOBIN Words by VALERIE TOBIN

This photo was taken two years ago when a big storm hit Portugal and gave us some insane liquid monsters about 20- 25 meters high. I did a road trip with some dudes from the end of the world (Sagres) up to Nazare to face these giant walls. It was an unbelievable experience, standing on top of the cliffs, watching some of the best big wave surfers shredding the waves and being part of the history in surfing. I almost shot about 2000 pictures on this day. However just one of these photos truly encapsulates the atmosphere that took place at the famous lighthouse in Nazare. It was the Carnival time of the year... so, I guess I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have time to tell you more, do I?

FAM Photography by VALERIE TOBIN

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Surf. NICK GREEN Words by NICK GREEN

Last year one of my good mates hit me up to head over to the South oz desert to try and score some waves. We basically spent 4 weeks surfing everyday, when the waves turned to shit or we got tired, we would get out a fishing rod and try and catch dinner. It was a really good time. Here is a fellow Tasmanian enjoying the fruits of the desert - Andy Schwartz.

GREY CAVES Photography by NICK GREEN

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