" SMORGASBOARDER" , a free surf mag printed on the east coast of Oz , ( and hard to get here in Woz [west oz] )
recently did an article , with photos , on Eli Curry , my nephew in Victoria .
Some photos of him taken by my brother Simon [ and previously seen here at Sways ] , were also used.
A BIG "Thanks !" to Jeff , in New Zealand , for telling me about it , and for sending these scans !
cheers !
ben
....congratulations , Simon and Eli !
cheers
ben
That's pretty cool.
yep
both deserving of the publicity
while Simon was here , he got a text from Eli , asking
"do they get Smorgasboarder there ?"
I guess it's the first shots of Simon's printed in a mag since his Tracks photog days , plus the occassional shot of his in Surfing World .... which is decades ago , now !
cheers
ben
I really like that bottom turn on the orange board - " Comin’ up ! " - wapow !
You can read that mag online.
haha yeahh
you could say he 'nuked' the lip after that turn , eh ?! :)
which brings up a worthy point [maybe I'll start a NEW thread with it , eh ?!]
"WHAT noises / words do you make / say , when you hit it ?
"whack"
whammo
belt
gouge
craaaack
dooooooshka !
[all work good !]
I wonder what tommy thought / said to himself , as he did the famed pipeline masters gouge in the bowl , eh ?
" pinny pinny " [GREAT name , mate !] ...cheers for that , it may be where Jeff got it from , perhaps ?
ben
And , seeing as you enjoyed those ....here's a few more for ya , " Nukes " !
these are from yesterday [photos: simon chipper]
This is the 'other' simon , simon mac ...the overview...
Simon mac ...the innerview ...
[ my brother said that Simon macca is the Go Pro wrist and forearm , bicep , and head mount experiment trailblazer , in their neck of the woods. Well, looks like he sure gets deeeepppp enough to bring back some fresh perspectives , eh ?! ]
... I bet that the footage he got of himself on this wave was SPECTACULAR !
Nice ben, i'll look out for it!
Big Thumbs up on the article and photos. Orange board looks great against the blue greens of the surf. Nothing like complementary colors to catch the eye
artz yes I've had a few orange boards too , over the years ...might be a chipper / curry thing , I think ?
now ,
if I can just tube ride like Eli and Simon , I'll be SET !
Watched everyone ELSE get tubed this morning , saw some great , empty lefts [one spat TWICE !] , paddled over , and an empty PERFECT right reeled off , EXACTLY where I had been sitting , two minutes earlier.....
Some great waves Ben…a clean winters day at Caves (?)…no one else out !!!..nice
nice stuff ben j man !
good to here the call !
herb
thanks herb !
Hi kayu , I don't know !
I'm 3000 miles away . And Simon won't be telling me [understandable , really . As a fellow shutterbugger , I keep things quiet , too ]
And , as elsewhere in the crowded world we live in ,
I don't think [? 'Smorgasborder' ? or ] Simon or the locals there would have a policy of going public with locations of their breaks.
but wherever it was ....
... it looks clean and big to me , eh ?
[ and .... cold , no doubt , compared to Indo , where my brother was last taking watershots before these ones ... ]
cheers !
ben
…ah yes …good policy…said place though , is well guarded by many “men in grey suites” …and I may be mistaken…
Ben.
Only one place in Simon and Eli's "neck of the woods" breaks like that - if their 'neck of the woods" is where the images are shot.
And it aint really a secret spot - nor does it need to be, as a certain level of profiency is required to surf the place without hurting yourself.
Cheers
Rohan
ha yeah ,
good point Ro
have you been hurt or tubed there
[or both ?]
one of the guys here said he nearly died out there , once .
this from a guy who charges north point and g-land and gnarls too
Hey Ben.
I surfed there a little in my younger years, but haven’t been there for a decade or so at least (if it is where I think it is). I’ve never been really tubed or really hurt there - but I have been a “stunt clown” on a few occasions.
Imagine the wave in that photo breaking 5 metres in front of you as you stand in less than waist deep water looking at it after having blown the takeoff on the previous wave.
From my distant memory the takeoffs there get a little easier the bigger it gets - but the consequences for blowing a takeoff gets worse.
Cheers
Rohan