‘surfing hollow wooden boards’… Two of the ‘Hicks chicks’…
Mackenzie…taking it all the way to the beach [as ‘future world champions’ do ?!]
Ainsley…
[Third daughter’s photo to be added by Hicksy. She didn’t surf the day I took photos. Not amped at the time]
ben
And , here’s their friend Georgia…
[ THIS was the photo I was going to post under ‘the epitome of stoke’, before the ‘browse’ and ‘upload attachment’ facilities disappeared into cyberspace recently…]
Thanks for posting these piccies Ben. Now the set is complete. Kate has now decided to arc things up and last weekend she couldn’t be stopped!!!
Her first rides ended up being a 2 hour session in 100 plus degrees in ankle deep water…
Another goofy foot is born. Very proud of you Kate…
cheers
Hicksy
[" nature or nurture ? "]
"…Another goofy footer is born " [says Grant the Goofy]
“Which foot do you put at the front ?” asks Hicksy, as before poor Kate can answer, he quickly straps the dog leash to her left foot. hehe.
“…but D-a-a-a-a-d…”, protests Kate !
Check the piccies Chipper my mate,
Kate is leashless, decided for herself I suppose.
Ainslie is the same,
Mackenzie puts it on herself and
Georgia (no relation) can’t quite work it out just yet…
All my girls are into it now. I am so happy that they jump out of bed in the morning and badger me to go to the beach…
Hixy
I believe the expression in “Dogtown Z-Boys” was : "I’m just shitting you " ! […you know that … "RESPECT " ! [geez , I watch TOO MUCH T.V. !]
ben
[…but , your ‘photoshop’ skills ARE second to none, Grant… tehehe [ I KNOW what you do for a job !] …and I DID notice what ankle you whacked the leggy on for poor Georgia !!]
We’re all kids at heart, the first one of my close friends is due to have a kid in Feb, we’re all really stoked, and it gives us all an excuse to act like kids again.
My mate’s wife has agreed (with out any persation) to let him build a skate ramp in the back garden, so he does’nt have to watch us while he looks after the nipper.
We all want to get the nipper into surfing and skating asap, I think we realise if we had gotten into it earlier in life we would all be ripping by now, (bad backs and knees withstanding) but what age is good to start them off on??? obviously we will be putting a large surf poster above it’s coat but when can it get it’s toes wet?
When the nipper can stand on one leg, it’s ready for skating.
When it can lie on it’s belly and make paddling motions, it’s ready for surfing…
[God, aren’t you glad I don’t have a kid !]
"…never lose touch with your inner grommet … ‘chip’ " [at least, that’s what my T-shirt told me !]
[p.s. - just on the surfing thing, you might want to teach it how to swim…just as an after thought ! ]
Not my kid, but a very classic photo…
This one’s mine, practicing his pop-ups at 1 1/2.
Goofy by nature I suppose…hey, never thought to switch the images over…but the sun would be throwing the shadows the wrong way and make it look like it was taken on the east coast…
cheers
Hicksy
no one would have even known…
YEEEEEW!! get them into it while there young!! I wish i started even sooner then i did too…
oh, and for Chipfish and hicksy
Quote: Gerry Lopez Said’ Well the first 20 years are just finding out if you like it or not…’
Happy Surfing,
Josh.
most definitely a good idea to get them goin real early. Im 16 now and started when I was 12. Still somewhat early but kind of strange having a friends little brother ripping at 9 yrs old while I was just learning to stand. He started at 5 or 6 years old and had he stuck with it he would be a real ripper.
…whereas, I take it, YOU stuck at it, so now YOU can be the real ripper…that should get him going !!
ben
I’ve seen a lot of kids who really rip, and a lot of kids having loads of fun, as I was not born near the sea and never really had the opertunity, I didn’t start sufing until I was in my 20’s (bit of a late bloomer) can’t really rip yet but have no intention of going pro I just want to have fun. I would definaley concider my self a true core surfer, and when I get the chanse I will alway be out in watre in what ever mother nature can throw at me (rain, snow, pollution ect) and will still be grinning ear to ear. Mabye if I started when I was a nipper I would really rip now or mabye getting too good too young would mean that by the time I got to my age I took it for granted or grew out of it like your 9 yr old friend. I can’t imagine life with out surfing, it’s an alien concept, it’s just so much a part of me now and has brought so many benifits to ny live, I can’t wait for the kid to get old enough to get started.
One I just found, Kate’s first noseride
There’s 8’ of wood under there somewhere. After a slow start she’s starting to show heaps of interest now…
cheers
Hicksy
Derek Hynd and son " Lochlan" [yep , that’s how Derek named him]…also a [foamie] quiver proponent…
[ now, WHICH one is the grommet, again ??..
[These shots are from the jan2005 issue of [australian] ‘Surfing World’ magazine…photos: Andrew Kidman , used without permission. The article and photos are about his latest movie, ‘Glass Love’]
Imagine , in 10-20 years time, the next batch of surfing father’s kids…Carroll, Slater, Curren, Hynd, Parko, Occy… ? “Hicksy” ? hehehe
My daughter and I on her first wave on Cape Cod.
