More Spruikin'

Philip Frost and Barry McGee show at Prism Gallery, West Hollywood. Love Barry McGee's work. Link via our pals at Monster Children.

MindTheGap from RVCA on Vimeo.

And some old Barry.

Surf Market & Swap Meet

Deus Ex Machina, our good friends from way back in another life, have a swap meet coming up at their HQ in Camperdown. I'm sure Damo will be lurking around at the crack of dawn lookin for some hidden treasures..so set your alarms early. Flyer and link from Lincoln at Deadshit Digest.

TCSS Playlist

This one will be on high rotation in the TCSS studio throughout Summer.

done & dusted

that's it... the last box has been sent out for Hi Summer delivery in Australia + our first o.s. delivery to NZ to the ever awesome House of Aroha.

that means I'm back in the water tomorrow morning - thanks heaps to my mates who sent shots of the waves they were getting while I was high & dry:

Dean at B Bay this week - a little egg before breakfast


and Kam Brown stylin' in Indo

AJ even sent a clip to show he was getting his fair share in Vicco.

The water's definitely warming up, so you'll be needing a freshly pressed pair of boardies this weekend gents!

Latest deliveries to:
Essential Surf - Sutherland 02 9545 5599
UMC - Katoomba 0404 909 647
Urban Depot - Leederville 08 9443 4355
Reef2Beach - Agnes Water 07 4974 9072
Brownies - Claremont 08 9383 1340
Blue Water - Noosa Heads 0423 183 151
Hudsons - Balaclava 03 9525 8066
House of Aroha - Napier, NZ 64 6 835 5995

boxing...

was up till dawn packing boxes to ship out to stores before the weekend....

Salty, worn out from counting. so this is why tees come in plastic...

Benny & I silk screened a heap of top hats for instore stuff...

Ben's alter ego - the Wolf Rider is ready to hit the road...

orders for 10 more stores rockin out the door.

This weekend should (TNT dependent) see gear in store at:

Glass Ave, Newport Beach - 02 9997 8833
Division Surf, Mona Vale - 02 9979 5334
Ramjet, Cooks Hill - 02 4926 2839
Akwa, Milton - 02 4454 5222
Natural Necessity, Gerringong - 02 4234 1636
Stoked, Byron Bay - 02 6685 7986
The Plank Shop, Yamba - 02 6645 8362
Solace, Noosaville - 07 5470 2606
4Shore Surf n Skate, Glenelg - 08 8353 2523
Yelo, Trigg - 08 9447 9441
Main Street, Margaret River - 08 9757 9003
Fluid Surf, Fremantle -08 9335 1289
Trigger Bros, Frankston - 03 9770 2223
Hemleys, Fitzroy - 03 9419 3121

Everyone else - sorry for the delay, beer & counting units just don't mix. Another batch going out asap

SWEET ART

my great pal Geoffrey Notman is having an exhibition opening this Friday at Suite Gallery.... wish I could be there, his work is beyond amazing, capturing the heart & soul of small towns & caravan parks. Places that are disappearing at the rate of knots with coastal development & lack of appreciation for the humble fibro dwelling. Geoffrey is on a mission to document them before they're gone for good... he shows us the beauty in the ordinary object.

the things we will miss.

1st drop

sorry for the lack of updates over the past 2 weeks... it's been all hammers down trying to pull everything together to make sure we could deliver the first range from TCSS on time (ish) in Australia.

Jim made the ultimate sacrifice & volunteered to go to Bali to pick up some boardies needed for the 1st drop...

Jimbo & Bob Moore taking the long road to the factory - via Tugu


Dave, Bryan & the fuel that made it all possible



Fat Cat trunks get delivered to the losman, thanks Sean & Linda!

& then to Genevieve and Dean....

...the wolf rider is now in store at Alpine Beach, Erina ph 02 4367 4944... packing more today to send out. Thanks everyone for their help (& patience)

looks like we're in business folks!

Some Early Morning Inspiration

There's something pretty sweet about stumbling across a new blog, you visit it a couple of times over the course of that week, only to find that it's regularly updated, before you know it, you're visiting it on a daily basis. Colt-Rane has just been adopted. Nice design and art.

have wilde will travel

My friend Andrew Wellman took a break from his charmed life in Bali for a couple of weeks of equal awesomeness in Sri Lanka. His pics & words below:

.... dangerous wipeout!

just back to Bali after 2 fun weeks in sri lanka....
....over on the east coast, arugam bay

met up with a Bali mate Bryan who was there and we seeked out the smallest waves we could find

contest not held unless under 1 ft

they were perfect

took a beautiful 6'9" egg that sean wilde made me earlier in the year
could not have asked for a more appropriate board...it caught anything and everything that moved
(thanks sean, she's a caramel beauty)

even the locals were lining up to ride her in their organic swim-wear attire

lots of fun righthanders, lovely people from here and there and long winding roads
hope this finds you smiling

stocking filler

... as Andrew says in his voice-over: a megalith of stoke!

B-Rollness

Seaworthy: B Roll from Nathan Oldfield on Vimeo.

Local Gig

Some mates have a gig at our local theatre. Please spread the word if you don't mind:



Low Pressure Productions and the Avoca Beach Picture Theatre present: The ‘Transparentsea’ ocean awareness evening. Proceeds go to Surfers for Cetaceans. The Transparentsea Journey is Dave Rastovich and friends sailing kayaks from Byron Bay to Sydney to bring awareness to the humback whales in danger in the southern oceans, and also to shine light on our own oceans and coastlines. www.transparentseavoyage.com

Featuring 2 films and live music:

Films:
The Cove.
An incredible award winning film and documentary by the Oceanic Preservation Society about the plight of dolphins in the small coastal town of Taiji in Japan.


Life Like Liquid. www.lifelikeliquid.com
The surf and sound film created by Dave Rastovich and Low Pressure Productions. With a live jammed soundtrack featuring Ash Grunwald, Kingtide, Terepai Richmond and many more.

Music:
Live music by Shannon Sol Carroll and OJ Newcomb.
(Band of Frequencies, Afro Dizzi Act, Low Pressure Sound System)
Visuals featuring footage from Dolphin Glide and the Innermost Limits of Pure Fun contributed by George Greenough.
Special guest: Luke Aloyisus Gallen.

Monday 26th of October.
7pm
Avoca Beach Picture Theatre.
$18.50

page 3 girl

the latest issue of Pacific Longboarder has just hit the shelves with a great article on Palm Beach surfer & Critical Slider Cloudy Rhodes.




Cloudy is only 15 but not your average grom.... apart from preferring surfing to school of course.

friends, last year

Tron, Maz and I:

.. these were all I had.

8 ft Brett

Congratulations to Critical Slider Brett Caller for his top effort at the Evans Head Over 8's comp this October long weekend.

Some words & photos from Brett about the weekend:

The weekend was a blast, every heat was stacked to the rafters. I spent all my coin to enter the 3 divisions that i went in so i had to sleep in my car which turned out to be a lot more comfortable than i first thought.

The waves were super fun a sucky right hander breaking off the bar that reformed on the shorey that made for some really long rides. In the final i had been combo'd early with all the other surfers having at least 3 waves before i had even had just one wave. i ended up with just two waves a 9.5 and an 8.5 which was enough to lock in the 1st place among the strong field.

...not sure where Brett managed to sleep in here!

nice stash for the trophy room lads..

i surfed in the open 9 ft mens event which i came 1st, the old mal i got 2nd and the bic open 9ft i got 4th.

awesomeness