TheSpex

From the archives.

spex — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:05:14 +0000

Just saw this image of myself that old mate Alex Turoy posted onto facebook.

How’s the kook style scoop!

Thanks bru

Still rockin’ Downunder

spex — Sun, 23 May 2010 11:57:50 +0000

I’ve been cruising the East Coast around Sydney with hombres, Wattsy, Dan and Kruger. With a couple successful missions down south with old mate Kane Cox and some of my saffa boys, but for now, here is a little something from around Avalon today. Fun.

Ah nooo, I’m beached is.

spex — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 05:06:54 +0000

New Zealand.

What an amazing place. They call their roads highways, but you have to slow down to 25 km/h for the corners and if one of the livestock decide to stick their head over the fence, they might end-up on your dashboard. The people are borderline too friendly and the landscapes look like something out of a fairy tale. It will go from crisp sunshine and pristine waves to victory at sea and torrential downpour within 6 hours. This is truly a land of extremes with a snowcapped volcanic peak towering over black sand beaches, fringed by prehistoric fern forests. Amazing.

Back to where the sun rises in your face.

spex — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 07:52:52 +0000

OK, its been a while since I have made an entry into my digital diary, so I will have to make up with this one. The last time I touched base, my stay in WA had come to an end and I was on my ay to the Metropolis of Sydney. I spent a couple of nights along the Norther Beaches shooting Rosy and her Dad (Steve) at North Narrabeen, which produced some of the best waves in those few days, that I have ever seen come thru in that corner. A couple of days ago, we (Rosy, her Family and I) decided to make the trek down to Victoria, Bells Beach in the Holden Commodore ‘Executive’. The roughly 1200 km journey was spread over 2 days with a night spent in wooden cabins buried in a National Parks’ forest teeming with local wildlife. Having arrived in Torquay, locally called the ‘Surf Coast’ of Victoria, we were greeted with below average waves for a week straight. We made the journey to Bells Beach to support Rosy during her campaign at the ‘Rip Curl, Bells Beach Pro’, the Longest running Pro Surfing event in the World, with its first appearance in 1961. Having competed in poor conditions Rosy held her composure and performed well to finish in 9th place, narrowly loosing to Chelsea Hedges, former World Champ. With the contest over, we may soon be heading back into direction Sydney, in preparation for the next leg of our journey, which takes us into the heart of New Zealand’s North Island. I look forward to set foot into a new country and throwing some eye at the Lord of the Rings amazing scenery and landscapes.

I am sure there will be plenty more images share and tales to tell as the weeks go by.

East to West

spex — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:52:44 +0000

In 2 days we drove 800 km from the Gold Coast to Sydney, flew another 4000 km from Sydney to Perth and then another 390 km to Margaret River where I have been for the past 6 days. The waves have been nothing special, but none the less fun. I got to swim at the Box one morning and on another occasion, met up with friends and fellow Boogers/Photog Adam Luehman and Alex Turoy and crew for a below average session at the Box. Gas BAy has provided some fun bowls and barrels, but has been crowded due to the Surfing event that is underway in Margs. Rosy smoked her first heat in the ‘Drug Aware Pro’ a 6* WQS event at the Margaret River main break and will be continuing her campaign in the event later today. You can watch and support her through the website :DRUG AWARE PRO.

So it look like we are going to be on our way back to the East Coast on monday, with a few days rest in Sydney and then a day or two’s drive to Bell’s Beach in Victoria. I am pretty sure I will have some more stories and images to share before then…

As I mentioned before, the waves have not offered much, yet there have been a hand full of glorious moments. Enjoy.

Riptide Interview

spex — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:15:50 +0000

During my recent visit to the Goldie, I managed to hook up with local photog, Alex Ormerod, who got the Job done to say the least. Thanks for sopport Alex and all the crew at Riptide. It was cool to meet you guys.

As promised, here are some shots and of course the interview on the Riptide website. Bang!
RIPTIDE INTERVIEW

DK green room. Image courtesy of Alex Ormerod/Riptidemag.com.au

Straddie ‘09 for now.

spex — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:21:34 +0000

OK, so the Goldie had waves today. I had planned to hook up with Alex Ormerod to get some content for Riptide, so his brother, Nick Ormerod, picked me up at ‘Sparrows Fart’ (5am) and took me on a little surfcheck. On route, we met up with Alex and made the call to join the crowd at South Straddie. Unfortunately I can’t show you any fruits of Alex’s labour today, but I am willing to share an image I captured during my last visit to Straddie in March 2009. Once I get my grubby paws on some material from todays session, I will post it!

A new post for a new beginning.

spex — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:47:53 +0000

Ok, So here we go. I haven’t blogged much about anything since my site went live, but have made a decision to scribble about my life as much as it is worth mentioning. I have been on the road since the beginning of November 2009, so I have plenty to catch up on. Three and a bit months in Hawaii and plenty more time to come here in OZ. The images below are from a little swim I had today at the superbank and on my way home. I’ll be posting some more tomorrow.

A day in the Kei.

spex — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 21:52:33 +0000

Managed to get couple shot of myself pasted on the web as a slideshow. They are from a session Rosy, my girlfriend, Jono, a local slummies rippa and myself had at a kreepy point break in the Transkei. Scary, but good fun!

Check out www.zigzag.co.za for the full slideshow!

Blazing!

spex — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:51:21 +0000

While suiting up for an evening swim, I saw smoke climbing into the evening sky, behind the Lookout car park. From the water I noticed the smoke growing relentlessly thicker. After swimming around in the river mouth for about a half hour, I decided that instead of dangling my legs around like shark bait, it would be a better idea to check out the ever increasing blaze. After all you don’t get too many chances to watch a house burn to the ground.

Check out the full story here