A Whole Lotta Yewing Goin' On In Noosa

I was lucky enough to cruise up to Noosa this past wkd. The whole 4 days it was hot & sunny, then humid & heavy rain- Repeat.

Straight off the plane I was well into the events of the wkd, 1st night kicking off at Harrison's pool party.............

Kameron's B/D party

Jared + Dane

Who is Kameron Brown?

Benny (Dude!) and his Japanese mates

Sunshine Beach

Kameron

Brett

Doc

Rabbo hosin' off the salt

Cyrus

Yuta

Harrison just after he won the Noserider-stoked

Matt drove Kam and I up to Harrison's to get Kam's board so I could shoot his portrait below:

Doc looks on

Brett waxin' up in the woods

Kameron's board he shaped

Just waitin for their set mang

MGMT | TCSS | SHAPIN

Last Friday TCSS spent the day with Andrew VanWyngarden, one half of MGMT. We headed down to Chongy and Stu's Sugarmill and made use of their shaping bay. Our good pal and slider, Thomas Bexon (doc) took Andrew through the process and gave him an insight to the Thomas Surfboards secrets. Elle Green (who's now headed up to Noosa to snap away) took the photos below. Board will be complete in a week or so, we'll post the finished product once she's glassed. We also managed to get a few waves. Huge thanks to all involved.

MGMT | TCSS | SLIDIN

Hunting for surf along the Northern Beaches

Doc spots a wave

Chongy takes a dip

Andrew with TCSS Steven Harrington's Space Oddity boardshort

Small but fun

Endless bummer

Start of Noosa

We have a few guys up at Noosa rockin' and representing TCSS this week. Unfortunately neither Jim nor I are heading up, but there are a few photographers up there catching the gold. Shots below from Justin Bevan. More to come over the next few days..

Wish we were there..

Can I Kick It? - Brett Caller

The Wolflover - Thomas Bexon (doc)

Sage Joske

Sage again

Hangin' Tough - Jake Bevan

Southern Winter 2011

We've just received the shots from our Winter range shoot and we love'em. Winter will be in Southern Hemisphere stores within the next couple of weeks.

Model: Jack Tar

Photographer: Mr Simon Perini

We have an amazing new artist in the team, Andrew Holder.
He's responsible for the art on the tee above.

Typecast

Japan

... still can't quite believe the power of the quake that hit Japan last week, holy hell what a nightmare! Was just checking out the photos at the Boston Globe and they have the energy map above showing the force of the tsunami extending down from Japan. That's a powerful lot of water.

hope all your nearest & dearest are fine....

noosa!

... it's on again.. the noosa festival of surfing... such a good time, this little town comes alive with great personalities... your wave count might go down a tad but it's well worth it for the entertainment value

... to get you in the mood, here's a clip from noosa stalwart Tom Wegener with some tips for taking out what may be the first judged event for finless boards this weekend:

Perched

Kameron Brown getting ready for Noosa.

Litmus Test

Thomas Bexon, giving his own equipment a going over.

Doc

Thomas has his website up & running, you can now order boards online from the bearded one

the morning after...

.. check out this latest offering from Shaun Freeman:

morning after the morning of the earth from shaun freeman on Vimeo.

we asked Shaun to tell us who & where:

The slider in it is actually myself riding Central Coast's Changi Logs, and there are a few unknowns just doing their thing that i happened to capture. Shot while my wife Linda and i are traveling around Oz doing the hippy trail.

Most of the spots in the short were on the south coast of NSW and out at good old Terrigal Bend.

Fish Fry

... it's on again... this Sunday at Currumbin... always an interesting day... old boards and new shapes... each year brings more shapers & enthusiasts from across the globe showcasing their interpretation of this versatile board

... for more info contact: grantnewby@bigpond.com or go to www.thealleyfishfry.blogspot.com

TCSS & Far East

I'm hanging in Japan with our Distributor this week and talks are just starting around our involvement in The Greenroom Festival (21-22 May). It pulls a crowd of around 10,000 surf, music and art passionate people and we're planning on being there. Always a good time with a great collection of talent from around the globe. Generally Elle shoots Japan for us... sorry for rockin' on ya dime, here's a couple of snaps from my last couple of days. Not really surf related, more pop-cultural. Surf does have a noticeable influence here on fashion, art and graphics.

Still great to see the Harajuku girls.

Skyping Jim and Suzie just isn't the same without a cutesy latte..

Our main man, Masa with Ebisu's Iron Chef. It really is amazing food.

Beams Tokyo Cultuart - curated, put together by General Manager and hell of a good guy, Shuji Nagai (as seen below manning The Mattress Book Kiosk).

Gaga for Supreme - before and up-the-road-after (I suspect she swiped em)

Here for another couple of days, and there will be surf related posts from Japan in the near future.

A trip down Hollywood Road

TCSS are in Hong Kong at the moment doing some fabric research. Staying in Hollywood Rd..a long way from Cali. A few nice pieces of street art below and not much surf to speak of. Lots of bankers and trust fund kids. Off to Japan..