chasing chalk

Double Or Nothing Billy?

mark — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:55:05 +0000

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 again yesterday so i bet him $20 id land one. I paddled out at D’bah and i snapped my board clean in half very first wave.

Goldie fun!

mark — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:05:39 +0000

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

Biggest Slab Oakley Awards

mark — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:07:09 +0000

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/

The Bonus!

mark — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:48:45 +0000

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!

celebrations

mark — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:56:35 +0000

This is Richie Vass (Middle) and KidMac (Right). It was so good to have two of my best mates around while the comp was on. We had a couple Sunset beers after the final then Jamie threw a crazy party at his house later that night.

Close but no cigar……

mark — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:22:55 +0000

Photo: Carey

It might be true that no one remembers second let alone third. But i wont for get how much fun i had in this event. 5 heats at pumping pipe with only 3 other guys in the water was like a dream!

Into the semis

mark — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:51:18 +0000

Photo: Tim Jones I got more floggings than i did barrels today. Luckily i did enough to keep getting through. Semis tmrw, hopefully backdoors on!

Back on da Rock

mark — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:05:59 +0000

Photo: Tim Jones Just got back to hawaii yesterday and this is what i was greeted with! unfortunately the first rounds of the Pipe comp were on so i didn’t get too surf. Paddled out this morning at dark and got a couple fun backdoor ones though.

Icy Cold, Super Sharky, But F%$kn Pumping!

mark — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:08:02 +0000

South of Santa Cruz

California’s own Hossegor

mark — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:03:26 +0000

A little local knowledge goes a long way in the world of surf travel. Dan ross and i were about to paddle out at a three foot onshore point break in Santa Cruz till a local told us to head down the coast. We found this an hour away!