Flashback to 2001 and Kieren Perrow at Shipsterns
It was the year 2001 and I had led a band of surfers into a very remote and difficult to access surf location, deep in the Tasmanian wilderness. The place was still largely unknown about, but things changed after Kieren Perrow, Drew Courtney and Mark Mathews paddled out there. 2 Crazy sessions ensued over the [...]
The Mechanics of Sunset
Folks, I just worked on a new pictorial with Surfline, about Sunset Beach on the north shore of Oahu. About 20 of the images are my photos. Well worth a quick look…..
A birds eye view of the famed reef at Pipeline
Ever wondered what the reef looks like that it causes the water to propel itself upwards and outward, forming the world famous surf break that we all know as Pipeline? Wonder no more. Here in this ariel perspective, the business end of the surf reef is clearly visible in the middle of the first frame. [...]
Kelly Slater add’s another 1 to his 10, to make it 11 world titles.
I used to wish I could have stood on the beach and seen the legendary surf sessions that happened at Off The Wall, back in the late 70′s with legends like Gerry Lopez, Mark Richards, Shaun Thompson, Buttons and more. Of course, had I actually been there, I’d be another 10 years older most likely, [...]
A touch of Tahiti and big wave surfing
I’ve traveled to Tahiti numerous times over the years and it’s always an astonishingly beautiful place to visit. Many first time visitors will agree that it’s much like what one imagines Hawaii being like 100 years ago. Life is a simple contented existence on the land for many Tahitians, particularly out in the country areas. [...]
Surf City Canvas wrap line-ups.
Folks, I’ve dabbled a little bit here and there with photoshop over the years, but what I like to do is create amazing scenes that you wouldn’t otherwise ever see. Scenes that are quite obviously not real, to most folks, but always ultimately compelling to look at for most everyone. It started a few years [...]
A new instalment of Davey’s Wavey gravy at the collective
Folks, The Australian website known as the collective showcases mainly Tasmanian content, usually just about always of a pretty intense nature. Intense meaning, they often feature pictorials of people surfing huge waves that would kill 90% of most people. I’ve been helping the guys out over there at the collective by supplying them with regular [...]
More classic Tasmanian surf with Davey’s Wavey Gravy on the collective
it’s been running hot lately with non stop pictorials
Seans classic old 80′s pic’s from Tasmania, on the collective website
Tasmanian website: the collective has been running hot with incredible content lately including some amazing ariel images of the Sth east regions and some truly huge surfat Shipsterns bluff just a few days ago. I was talking to the site’s owner Stuart Gibson today and we agreed that it’d be cool to throw some older [...]
Classic big wave moment: Randy lane at Outside Avalanche
This was back in 1999 and I was up in a helicopter, randomly photographing tow surfing. Nothing organised as such. I was checking out these guys at Outside Avalanche when this one guy on an old school stand-up jetski caught a Huge wave and just got real close to the
Classic “One in a million” photograph
…and I’ve just shot a total one in a million image that I know I’ll never be able to repeat again, no matter how hard I try.
One in a million moment
It was October the 13th in 2004 and I had just rocked up to the beach to see if I could get some decent surf shots against the setting sun at at Rocky point. There I was on the beach looking at this full on solar eclipse and then I noticed Flynn Novak out there [...]
HUGE surf on the way.
There certainly seems to be a lot of talk at the moment about a BIG swell hitting the north shore next week. Phrases like 20-40 feet, house damages expected and talk of all surfboards 10 feet and longer . It has been a pretty quiet season thus far for really big surf, so maybe there’s [...]
The Widow Maker
Folks, deep in the southern Tasmanian wilderness, quite some considerable distance away from the end of the road lies this gem of a place, known by the locals asThe Widow Maker. The reason they call it the Widow Maker is that this point is lined with dead trees that were burnt out by a massive [...]
I love classic old style surfboards, just about as much as I love classic old cars. They all have a magic feel about them. There’s history in there. This is a Classic Wing Pin single fin shaped by the man dubbed: The Sultan of Speed Mr Terry Fitzgerald Terry shapes the most amazing single fin [...]
New UNDER WATER pictorial of the NORTH SHORE
The surf forecasting website; Surfline, just featured another new pictorial of my images as part of their ongoing “6 weeks on the north shore” features. In this pictorial, I’ve focused entirely on what’s going on under water around the north shore. Here, you’ll find out what Pipeline’s reef looks like from up close and personal, [...]
Heavy Water moment at The Bay
Folks, I shot this image from up on the hill at Pupukea, back on Jan’ 11th, this year. I could scarcely believe my eyes when this went down. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the entire pack get cleaned up at The Bay before. There was one particular individual who caught my attention as this [...]
Classic surf shot – Stuart “Daff” Cadden
I just posted this classic surf shot of Stuart “Daff” Cadden, in response to an on line coverstion with my mate Bill Morris, who claims that “Daff” had the best pigdog style of any surfer at the time and I’m inclined to agree. Check him out right here… yew!
That’s Golden!
Another epic surf picture from past Hawaiian surf seasons, this one is of Bruce Irons boosting a massive aerial maneuver at Backdoor. Although as a surf photographer, I contribute to it, I’ve always been somewhat repelled by the rampant commercialism of surfing and so have always given preference to the light over the surfer as [...]
Si Milosky snags a true Pipe wave off the crowd
Folks, this is classic image from a couple of years back. An awesome Nth West swell hitting the reef at Pipe, had me dialing up my buddy Josh with the helicopter. It was a totally trippy view from the heli’ hovering directly overhead while these mean set waves pushed in over the reef and sending [...]
More Tasmanian point-break goodness
Been a lot of banter going back and forth these past few days about our beloved Tasmanian point breaks. We actually have quite a few of ‘em around the place, up and down the coasts and particularly on bigger swells, a lot of ‘em just kind of pop up, waiting for someone to come along [...]
Dream session in Tasmania
Folks, I posted an image on my Facebook page yesterday that frankly generated a little bit of excitement as well as a healthy dose of skepticism due to the fact that the waves looked so perfect and nobody was surfing in the picture. Here, I present you a picture from the following day and everybody [...]
Ever wondered what it would be like to surf like Pancho Sullivan at Sunset beach?
Pro surfer Pancho Sullivan is a long time friend of mine. We’ve been talking a fair bit lately about getting a camera on Pancho while he’s out in the water, so we did a practice run a couple of days ago at 5 foot Sunset point, using one of those cool new Go Pro HD [...]
