Sunday, April 26, 2009
Camp Out!!
Get ready Kids, its confirmed. The camp will run the 2nd weekend of May, and we'll be heading up the coast to seal rocks. For those guys who havent been there before it's a magical place filled with enchanted forests, giant man eating lizards and some of the most perfect beachies known to man. So dust off the tent and start spreading the word. Matt will be sending out leaflets via email and so on very soon, looks a thou the cost will be around $70, which includes petrol, camp site hire and food costs (depending on numbers coming).
Adopted son speaks again...
I miss boxy....... Even with all the variety and quality waves I’ve been scoring up here, I still check the reports and get a bit jumpy when I can see it’ll be on. Let’s call a spade a spade here....without Boxy, the bay would be a shit place to surf. The Reef and Boaty are fickle fuckers, Oney is a freaking terrible beachy (despite Loomsey’s delusionary attempts to convince the world otherwise!)....Morna is not much better.....Zenith is a poor mans Boxy..... Boxy is THE wave in the bay.
With it’s ease of access (I reckon you need to give ten hard strokes out your out the back on a good day)square side wedge, air bowls and the fact that it works in so many conditions ( from Ne to S swells and ditto winds thanks to those big arse hills on either side of her) it’s the perfect vehicle for the bays Bodyboarders to cut their teeth on.
The fact that Boxy is such a central hub also provides a unique cultural aspect to the Bay’s Bodyboarding community. Because everyone usually surfs in the same place, everyone tends to know everyone, and everyone see’s each other surfing, Boxy serves as a kind of hothouse to push everyone’s riding and level of aspirations higher. There’s a sense of community and continuity that is very rare, and I believe is what is responsible for producing so many good riders in the bay. So next time your out Boxy, take a moment to look around, soak it up, and quietly say thanks for what it gives the bay.....
Monday, April 20, 2009
Road trip 09
Friday, April 17, 2009
Ramblings of The Bay's adopted son
Danny Dobin
So now I’m out of the bay, the saying “absence makes the heart grow founder” springs to mind. So I hope you will indulgeme rose coloured look back over my impressions of the people and places I stumbled upon in the bay. People who saw me bring two of my three kids into the world, an helped me raise them. (Some of Georgie’s first words were “Boxy wedges” as coached by Nath and Matt from the backseat).
I’ll start with nath, who along with Bill is pretty much become my best mate. When I moved to the bay, nath had long blonde hair, a car full of absolute shit on the ground, and tried earnestly to convince me that New Found Glory were a good band. (Thank you Danny for opening my eyes to “good” music!). He was loud, always sure he was right, and a crackpot....... pretty much as he is now, really. He also is responsible for the best display of surfing ive seen, when he would pop up right on the wedge of six foot boxy and make amazing barrels on the knee.
Dal was the frothing grommie that lived right around the corner, used to come and bum bodyboard vids from me and gave me the name “Danny”, when he misheared me say “Dobbo” when he asked me my name out Boxy one day. Up until that point the only person that called me” danny” was Paully Moore, my under 13’s footy coach. Pretty amazing to think that he’s now one of the best riders in the world, absolute wave magnet , king of box , and I guy I draw alot of inspiration from with his riding. He’s still a humble, frothing grom at heart.
Despite Russ listening to terrible pop punk music, and being a Dragonball Z fan (WTF?) I’ll make this bold statement. Russ is the most naturally talent guy I’ve seen in the water, was better than Dal as a young guy, and is the guy I enjoy seeing surf the most. Fck the guy was landing 720’S five years ago, does massive airs, and can dropknee like a demon to. Creative genius.
Palmzoid. Matt is a passionate guy. And it’s passion that allows him to succeed. He wasn’t a natural guy in the water, but through dedication, passion and focus he’s built himself into an absolute bullshit rider. Pocket rider like Kingy or Lester, how I want to surf. But Matt’s triumps in the water are vastly overshadowed by his triumphs in life. Through adversity comes strength, the way in which Matt has molded himself into a stand up man and a role model is a triumph.
Monday, April 13, 2009
the good news or the bad news?
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Sunday
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Get your blog on.
Comeback Kid?
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Riptide backin' PSBC
Monday, April 6, 2009
Nath is Back!
Pot of Gold
Dripping Ribs
First Post, New Blog.
Welcome members and guests alike to PSBC's new blog. It here you'll find all the news and latest rankings for the club and anything else that might be of interest to boogers in the Bay. Im making it my business to keep this thing updated regularly so punch this address into your favorites and check out this bad boy daily!