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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 [...]

My last two days in Byron Bay have been as good as I could have hoped for. For starters the swell has served up some of the tastiest waves I’ve had for months. The last week has been pumping. Tweet

Todays been rather eventful, exciting, tiring and sad in equal measure – and for a mixture of reasons. I’ll get the surf update out of the way – mainly because my blog is chock a block full of my surf related ramblings and also because I’m sure my brother only reads the intros to my [...]

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 [...]

So after the incident involving my !face and my surfboard! I decided that the shipwreck at Byron needed to be remembered. I’ve also been toying with ideas for an Australia related tattoo for a while…so incorporating the two seemed like a good plan. Tweet

Sunset Session at The Wreck After over 2 weeks of being out of the water I’m finally back surfing. I warmed up in the small swell at the start of this week on my birthday, but nothing too major. Then today a lush swell hit, so I went in all guns blazing and loaded with [...]

Surfboard + Face = OUCH Ok so this installment of Photo of the Week is less places, more face…or at least what’s left of mine! This was shot 24 hours after I collided with my surfboard at The Wreck in Byron this week (which I blogged about HERE). As you can see I’m rather worse [...]

Ok so I’ve had my iPad for over 24 hours now, and the plan was to bust out an initial review of it for you all – a quick overview of it and what not. However as usual the surf has delayed my writing… But this time not due to it being pumping (although it [...]

Empty Perfection, The Wreck – Byron Bay After a morning coffee this week I noticed the swell lines were firing into Byron Bay, so I waxed up my board and got stuck in. As the tide turned it started hollowing out and people were tucking in left right and centre. As soon as I’d had [...]

So I’ve been in Byron for a while now – and I’m getting to know it pretty intimately, so I thought I’d share my knowledge and bosh out this beach guide for you. Its mainly from a surfer perspective but it also breaks down the various beaches and sub beaches Byron has to offer. Tweet