Slave to the ocean is a magazine designed to share and showcase
the talents and experiences of all the shredders in both the local and distant surfing and bodyboarding worlds. We put the historical rivalries behind us in hope to bridge the gap between the two forms of wave riding and show the respect both of them deserve. Because after all, we are all slaves to the ocean‌
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Cameron McLaurin and myself had made the weekly effort to try and head south, Just out of
Ulladulla to score a secluded gem on the pump. He had told me numerous times while he was surfing less than impressive waves at home that this break would be pumping. So after constant hounding, I agreed to accompany him on the mission. On the first trip we got a bad run of dirt tracks filled with potholes and were greeted with an unfortunate swing in the wind and a lack of swell. Nevertheless he surfed a fun little cross shore left on the inside of the bay which made the trip down bearable. The next weekend he had somehow conned me into going down again, tearing me away from the fun waves we had at home. We arrived at the spot/break again to disappointment, 1 foot and barely rideable. I had had it with this wave. After a quick toss of the fishing lines we jumped back in the van and stopped at the bakery in hope of brightening our day‌ It did a little. On a depressing drive home the turn off sign for Bendalong flashed passed us, after a mutual shoulder shrug we thought it was worth a look. With no expectations whatsoever we walked down the track to the beach and what do you know‌. Waves! Not a soul in sight and pumping banks all along the beach, redemption had presented itself. After a stoke filled surf with plenty of light left we thought we would dash home for a surf. After pulling out of Bendy and onto the highway and seeing the never ending snake of traffic ahead, we had realized that it was the last day of the holidays. Slowly but surely we made it back home for the late afternoon grovel, this was the cherry on the cake. What had looked like another wasted surf trip quickly got better and better restoring my faith in risky wave hunting.
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Home
A gallery featuring shots from local photographers of the waves that make you feel at home.
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Germain Romigou 13
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Matt Carrick
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Todd Mcrorie
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Chris Phillips
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Alex Bunting
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Mitch Coslovich
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Shane Ackerman
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MADNESS A photo gallery from the last decent swell to hit our shores.
Words and photos by Jay Schmitzer
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Todd Mcrorie
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Coen Gaddes
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Ellis Nicol
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Ellis Nicol
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Todd Mcrorie
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C.A Craig Anderson cruised into town on the search for some waves whilst filming for his new movie. Riding barrels with his distinctive laid back style, throwing crazy punts and being an all round happy human. Here are the impressions he left.
Words and photos by Jay Schmitzer
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Winter Vi b e s Words and photos by Mark Issac
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Liam Otool
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Top - Jacob Hein, Bottom - Davis Blackwell
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I had been speaking to my mate Daniel Thompson about trying to get some waves together in our school holidays. The following weekend he had Davis Blackwell and Lewy Finnegan from WA staying with him, who were keen on getting some waves down south. Deet’s (Daniel Thompson) asked me whether I was keen on making the journey south and immediately accepted his offer. Sure enough the following morning I woke to the sound of my alarm and prepared a hot cup of tea for the road ahead plus making sure all my camera gear was prepared and packed into my little rainbow car to head to Deet’s place. It was my first time shooting the guys from WA, so I was quite keen to see Davis and Lewy’s skills in action. They had also bought along Elliot Butler, who was from the Central Coast and had been surfing over in WA with the crew a few weeks prior to this.
I arrived at Deet’s Place to find the whole crew just getting out of bed, we hit the highway as soon as possible. We came to our destination a few hours South of Sydney and the waves were looking fun from a distant checkpoint. We lugged our gear down the track and were confronted with the sight of a river being opened into a river mouth. We decided not to muck about, as the waves were looking even better and uncrowded, we proceeded to cross the river mouth. Within a few minutes we had made it across the river mouth to the trail, this after a few laughs from close calls from falling in the river. The fellas hit the salt instantly, with Davis busting a big invert to start the morning off and get everyone frothing. An hour or two went past with a few Groms turning up and adding to the small crowd. I was moving position on land, when I noticed Jacob Hein suiting up, this guy has been popping up within the Bodyboarding media a fair bit lately and ripping hard as well. As the cold brisk morning warmed into a hot summer day the wind ended up swinging just before lunchtime resulting in the crew heading home but not before hitting up Hayden’s Pies (Best Pie Shop on the South Coast) After refueling the car, and ourselves we hit the road and tried to squeeze another surf in before the sun went down. Our destination was Oz Pipe and sight of the car park being packed was a familiar scene as everyone tries to score afternoon ramps. The waves ended up being pretty fun, despite it being Davis’ first time surfing the break. The crew wanted to call it quits early and wrap up a successful day of surfing, which worked for me as there was only 15 minutes of light left, till pitch black, so I wasn’t able to capture too much action. The rest of the crowd flocked to shore as darkness approached, our crew were the last ones to exit the lineup resulting in the half moon lighting up the water with the crew having a blast. The walk back to the car was quite funny as you couldn’t even see what was in front of you, let alone make out whether you were on the right trail or just making your own. As we came closer to the car park, we noticed we were the last ones leaving making us smile from ear to ear. We reached the road where we had parked the car and noticed the boot light shining at us as one of the crew had forgotten to shut the boot properly. The fun waves that we just had were the last thing on our mind as the situation of being stuck in the dark with a dead battery became more real. So we packed our gear in the car hoping for the perfect start, chug bug’s car ended up clicking over first go and we outta there in not time, hitting the road home.
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The
Circus The start of winter this year was truly one to remember, pumping waves nearly every day and no end of swell to be seen for weeks. The local favourite was a mess of pro surfers, local chargers and photographers covering nearly every angle possible. Here is my view of the circus that was the start of the winter Words and photos by Jay Schmitzer
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Lee Carey
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Clockwise from left - Joel Stibbard, Aaron Schneider, Matt Gale
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Clockwise from left - James Mcrorie, Jordy Fowler
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Clockwise from left - Rhys Bombaci, Laurie Towner, Shaun Foord, Rhys Bombaci
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