Keep on walking.....

and just do whatever else makes you happy

back they go

surfing from Sugar Mountain Surfboards on Vimeo.

My fish that Gordan shaped and I glassed and what not.
but of course he surfs it more than I do.

Life is odd and times are strange 

I am never sure of whats lying over the next hill

But still, I always try to guess with my beautiful mind

I don't mind my mind, although at times its hard to tell what its trying to say

This when i must listen to my heart and soul

with out my soul I am nothing. I am my soul

It keeps me in the here and now and allows me to go to the future of my mind without getting lost

In my heart I have always trusted. trust me

my  heart and soul are interconnected  

I have a hearty soul, or maybe its a soulful heart. I'd like both please

At times my mind leads the two astray….. they always overcome

Some days I want to disappear into the sun with you

To be swallowed into the oceans with you

Search the dark corners of the earth with you

Its a razor love, and it cuts every inch of my body for you

My body, the vessel of my existence. I thank you for my being 

Without you I would be nothing but a whisper in the breeze

A blinding beam from the warming sun

A wave fiercely crashing upon the rocks

The cleansing of cold water holes

I would be everything. I would be nothing

A story filled year that have forever changed me. memories etched into my skin and soul

Sometimes we believe what we know. Yet what we know isn't really real at all.

Or maybe it is. I will never be sure

I held my grandparents camera today

It smelt like old people

It smelt like them

Smell is such a fascinating thing

It has the incredible power to grasp your heart, transform your mind and take your soul on a little journey to another time, So distinct and so true

It has an untouchable power, for in that moment you are immersed your memories

I believed I loved and appreciated. Then they were gone

This is why I question everything I assume to know

Memories remain in simple, yet priceless possessions 

It helps me to never forget

Friends they come and go

Nails are bitten

And back they will grow

Will we reap just what you sow? 

Hand on heart

Led blindly though the dark

Don't question 

Just go

Just trust

I have size 9ish feet. They take me to where I want to go

My hands are mid size. They are invaluable

But my heart is big. It just doesn't stop growing

Oh, and my eyes, they are wide open

They will forever evade they prying eyes that seek 

The depths of my heart and soul

Very few have made it there, very few ever will

Balloon heart

Naked body

Fiery soul

Beautiful mind

I want to go to the depths of darkness, where the sun shines so bright

A man said

"People say you cant go back. So, well what happens if you get tho the cliff and you take one step forward? Or you do a 180 degree turn and talk one step forward? Which way are you going?…"

Me? I would do as Johnathan did

I would go in any direction the wind would carry me, and then some

I have hurt, I have loved

I have felt, I have cried

Big empty tears

Dear porcupine mind

Feel the fear

Lets get lost in a sea of stars

With our kaleidoscope eyes….

lazy luscious lefts

caught up with Robbie Warden the masterful man behind side slipping events.

had a splash at a special left and tried extremely unsuccessfully to get a mini barrel.

it was a beautiful winter day with 3 friends and a bobbing robbie on our own left/right peak.

so no worries.

just fun

Typewriter #1

Putting my thoughts onto the paper i made.

Back to my recycled emotions?

I always enjoy an evening spent with my mind.

where is my mind

a little video edit filmed by my papa ronalds

had a spectacular 5 week holiday from Crescent to Noosa and everywhere in between.

met some amazing and special people that  have changed my world and made it a better place.

this is the end of the best week, for many reasons, at crescent.

thats what the good stuff is made of.

the twilight zone

one of the many beautiful evenings spent at Crescent.

 a week that was one of a kind.

darkness cant swallow all the good things

mid morning fun

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Beautiful things

hobbies of the past few weeks

 

 Ray Ray

night at p dogs

 

dengus' dinner

quintessential chimera

simple but sweet....
...just like the people trying to dance in the foregound....

fishy fishy

Mr.Mullet ....better than catching just a cold.

Two fish caught, two fish returned....one got a kiss from a Keith.

with eyes we ride beside.....Shaun Freeman

'with eyes we ride beside' from shaun freeman on Vimeo.

Moon face

Full moon,
My minds eye won't sleep
Full moon,
Together we dream so deep
In a world so far away
I wake to find a different day.

Self portrait

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Some days, days are different to others.
Most days they are not.

Some days you get the best gifts
from the most unexpected places
from people
from strangers.

The heart and kindness in people
that seems so lacking
appeared in my life today.

The Kindness of strangers.
The known ones are the dangers.

Nil expectations.

Eighty and six = twenty five
Two and five = seven
I always notice the number eleven

Again.... I am the disenchanted

Tis' the word if the year.

I leave you with a warm smile.

Spine tingling

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disenchantment

second hand poetry

stolen poetry from a wall of many greats....

don't know who wrote it, but i like it a lot.

the hitcher

so this is a mild head fuck of a board

but she goes.

first surf today....on a left.....pretty much alone.

some days things just go your way.....some days not.

create your enchanting wings
fly off into the future
boring is not an answer
its just your convenient mindset

be free in your mind
or become like all mankind
an ideal example from written design
the prototype for every life
there is no stand out stripe......just more lines

greed consumes the passion
passion turns to possession
expressions of difference?
there aint no middle of the fence
what is your defence?
.....its all just nonsense.

the hitchhiker hull

Yet another board sits half glassed and waiting to be surfed.

A tail with a bump, a tail like a blade.

6'10 x something x something.

I'm having much fun glassing this one, more experiments as always.

no decals, just some pencil drawings by the boss.

this is fun.

ITS ALL ABOUT THE BEARDS.....

memories

surfing with some friends some time ago.

some of the best people to share waves with.

Point Impossible..... from Note Surfboards on Vimeo.

Circular motions

Life's big windows
let the light in
So much beauty
my body grins

Why let those loved so
Be the ones first to go?
The ones with so much love to give
Be now the ones that have no life to live?

Life is so beautiful
Life is so cruel
Being is magic
In the presence of you

For Those who are no longer
For those who are not
I think of, to be stronger
So they are not Forgot

Tragedy is love
Love is life
Life is loss
Loss is tragedy
Beautiful circular motions.....

slide sippin

http://www.sideslippin.com/

check whats that in the bottom left corner?

haha

beware the pirate...bloody pirates

something fun

Wishing for Wednesday's from Chris McConville on Vimeo.

pesty being a pest.

the 48 hours of a day dream

so, i have been waiting for this board to find its way into existence for about 6 months. every time i'd pop into the boys factory, the half cut out blank haunted me. subtle hints lead to excessive harassment.... 

there was no point. the board did not yet exist, therefore the board couldn't exist.

it wasn't until returning from recent trip north, that this torture was going to end.

in a round-a-bout way i can thank 3 people for this board.

1. Mr. Lovelace for the inspiration

2. Jordan for taking the inspiration and shaping something special.

3. Myself for doing the rest.

on most of my boards i try to tinker on a little bit,

but this one i did everything except for shape the thing.....

thats next on the list.

anyway, its an asymmetrical hull.

good for going left. only problem being, there aren't many lefts in vicco.

when i can afford it i think ill take it on a date to NZ.

yesterday half glassed.

this morning sanding. 

 

 finish.

love.

jordan has one too, but mine is way better because its for lefts. 

i like this board alot. 

5'11 1/2" x 22 3/8" x 2 5/8"- DAY DREAMER.

keith richards is always a willing tag along - pic shaun freeman

at the start of today there were 2 unwaxed fresh new asymmetrical hulls that didnt exist a week ago.

there was never a chance that this board was getting a chance to cure.

so 2 green boards in tow, a keith richards, a shaun freeman, a jordan and myself all jumped in the car and went surfing. shaun and keith were our groupies. jordan was loving life because the rights were good.  the lefts weren't as lovley. i stood up.

considering i was missing 2/3rds of a board i felt that was a good achievement.

yep im a short boarder now. longboards are for schmucks. 

on an end note - in many ways this board feels like a reflection of my life at the moment....

....i must be shrinking. 

or maybe i have a warped perception like the Twits(Roald Dahl)....