Photos: Andrew Chisholm Every time i look at photo’s and footage of Shippies i always imagine my self pulling in of the take-off, Making the step while deep in the barrel then getting spat into the channel. This one didn’t go quite the way i imagined it.

Photo Tim Bonython Kelly got off to a slow start this day. I had been so psyched to see how mad he would go out shippies but it just wasn’t happening. I couldn’t figure out what was up with him. That was until i paddled over to him and saw how pale he was. He …

TB gave me a free lesson on how to punt the other day. I probably only landed 2 airs all day and Tb probably only fell on 2 hahaha. He gave me a few tips and i started to get the hang of it by the end of the day.

Photo: Ahu Taylor 25 barrels, 10 wipe outs, 3 broken boards and shit loads of fun!

Photo : www.russellord.com Your skating on thin ice every time you surf the aptly named “Box” See the swirls of water where the lip is breaking. We call these boils. There created when the water is less than a foot deep and moving across a sharp rock bottom. Last time i surfed the box i …

I just spent the last two weeks on the Gold Coast. WCT surfer Luke Munro has got the goldie wired from the best night clubs to the best restaurants and exactly were to get the best waves. This was Wed morning 4-5 foot barrels out south Straddbroke.

I’ve been shooting photo’s with Billy Morris for the last 10 years. He’s always ripping into me about never doing airs. Im terrible at doing airs but i don’t let billy know that. I always just use the excuse that i don’t want too snap my boards hahah. Any way billy was ripping into me …

You can do more turns on one wave out snapper than you can in a week of surfing in sydney!

This is the wave that won me the Biggest Slab award last night. Click here for the full sequence http://chasingchalk.com/2009/06/26/biggest-barrel-of-my-life/

Photo : Chris Bryan Be tough to find 2 better blokes to be onstage with! Im nursing a massive hangover but celebration hangovers are always way easier too deal with. Laurie Towner – Biggest Wave $20,000 Doug Young – Biggest Paddle In $5000 Me – Biggest Slab $5000 yeeeeeeeeeeeeew!