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Every action in life has an opposite and equal reaction. You can call it many things – fate, karma, ying and yang. It’s how the world works. So it was pretty inevitable that with my epic dream job there would be some downsides too. Sunburn from spending the entire day in the sun. Dehydration from [...]

Another Perfect Start to The Day, Newquay I’m sure you’re all aware that waking up to some pumping swell is the way I most like to start the day. This image was shot on Thursday just before my beach lifeguard assessment at Lusty Glaze, Newquay. Beautiful blue lines rolling in on a sunny August morning [...]

A few weeks ago my little bro Facebooked me a link – a little gem amongst all the other crap people share on these social networking sites. No ‘make money quick’ link, not even a viral YouTube video – this was a surf travel link, a preview for a soon to be released product. Intrigued [...]

If you’re following me on Twitter or have been reading this blog for a while you’ll have in cling about the content of this post. I’ll run you through the basics of it though… An Unfortunate Incident I’ve surfed all over the world and it’s my greatest passion, but just over a year ago to date [...]

Having just returned soaking up the sun and surf in Morocco and having visited this part of the world a couple of times now I thought I’d bash out a rough surf guide to southern Morocco and a breakdown of the places and spots you might want to hit up… Tamraght/Tagazoughte These little surf towns [...]

I’ve been back in the UK for nearly 3 months now – and to be honest I’m getting slightly itchy feet for warmer climates again. Sure the snow was fun but I do love relaxing in the sun a fair bit more! There’s also been a distinct lack of surf on my part too. A [...]

The surf world is stunned today by the news that 3 x surf world champion Andy Irons has been found dead in his hotel room in Dallas aged 32. Tweet

It’s suddenly dawned on me that I have just over 2 months until I have to leave Australia. That sucks. And I have no real plan for what to do afterwards. So the last couple of weeks have seen me randomly concoct a series of possible plans. Some absurd, some do able, some really not. [...]

Saturday and Sunday were my brothers last few days in Byron, and indeed Australia – so needless to say we packed them full of treats to give him a good send off. Tweet

Out Back, The Wreck The above shot was taken this week at The Wreck – during my penultimate Aussie surf with my little brother. Here he and Jonesey sit out back in between sets while I frantically swim around trying to avoid hold downs and be in the right spot for their waves…fun times!But I [...]

Pat, The Wreck This photo is one of the images I shot late last week at The Wreck in Byron (as blogged here). It’s actually one of the first shots of the session! Pat dropped in on an early set, grabbed the rail and spent pretty much the whole wave deep In the barrel and [...]