Tough Times:

Below the red.. the double warning light.. 14 km until empty, no worse feeling.

The Flat Brim Scene:

Obviously a sickening scene to be apart of.. however i have been told by numerous girls now that they love the flat brim look, this may have inspired my own decision to purchase a Miami heat one. That and Miami heat are fucking brill! Anyway as disgusting as i find flat brims.. its the baseball/basketball team original ones i adore. 151 represent. Bruzza girl Soph Finz reppin LA.

Pick up tips with King Zamoot:

Every Sunday I eagerly await my weekly phone call from one of my best mates Kimberly Zammit. Usually it kicks off with a bit of surf banter before i usually razz him into telling me about babes and his own sexual conquests of the past. As dawn turned to dusk i found my phone disturb me from my chicken and gravy. Zamm and i have a little chat about pipe and our weekend surfs, then he tells me how he is on the way back from a UFC match.. This kind of blew my mind as i thought it was illegal in Australia for some reason. Anyway he starts going on like "ohhh man you should have seen the chicks there" again my mind is blown.. who would have thought hot babelings love watching gigantuan blokes belting the living flowing fluids out of each others bodies. Apparently so Zammit says there were groups and groups of chicks there just frothing on this crazy sport. "aww yer i had the binoculars out just looking at chicks most of the time fuck the fights". Dont worry Zamm obvs id be doing the exact same thing. So there you go listen to the lobbies king himself. Next time your looking to meet or pick up a female human.. don't worry about night clubs, forget coffee shops, disregard grocery shopping.. possibly try a UFC match.. Cheers Zamoot!

Slow days in Vinnie:

Summer drifts away... 24hours are left of the only season that seems to bring me and my tiny municipality any such enjoyment. As the clock ticks over tomorrow night so to will those tourist babes, holiday job prospects, sun tanning sessions, bbqs, beach cricket games.. well metaphorically speaking.

The husky indy rock scene will crawl into neg sprial hybernation.. and no doubt be further encouraged by the endless heckles of Wollongong boysh. The facebook chants and reminders of "slow days in vinnie" seem to be more constant as i feel my neg session spiralling deeper and deeper with every Death Cab song i listen too.

All i have now are the photos that remind me of the sunny, fun, enjoyable season.. a seemingly empty promise that lures us all back, to hang in "Vinnie" for that one extra summer.

Let's hit the beach bitch!

Growing up in Jervis Bay has limited the amount of beach sessions ive endured over the years and for the Blackrock crew and i it definitely has impacted on our surfing. All the fellas i surf pipe with on a regular basis have that one manoeuvre in mind per rideable wave. Constantly looking for that one section to hit rather than linking things together as say an explosive sunny coast rippo shralper would.

So when it comes to beachie sessions all of us tend to be sooooo much more excited.. with heavy emphasis on the "oooooo" in so! Last week a few of us headed down for a little session at a fun beachy and had some rad times. Bubs getting all shacky in the teal green liquid and myself out in search of ramp-age.

The Groms are back:

Seems as though the age of bodyboarding grommets these days continues to decrease.. and by decrease i mean younger, by no means has the talent been on the decline. Im finding more and more as i em-part my knowledge onto the primary children of today, i am starting to recognise more and more out in the ocean. Due to this im constantly telling the delinquents "FUCK its not adam at school.. its Mr Quinn"! With possibly the removal of the F*** bomb, depending on school (obviously sanga public you can swear slash say what the frik you want to kids). Anyway the next gen, Brandan Green out pipe pre-invert.. husky primary represent!

Brendan Clark - The Exclusive Interview:

Shack City brings you the hot topics, the exclusive interviews.. and this is no different we are kicking off with the first ever Brendan Clark Interview. The man has also been kind enough to send us a photo of himself for all of those wondering what he looks like, also for all the babes out there too as brendan will tell you.. they love the blonde hair blue eye combo. The facebook man of mystery, some say the Matty West of Black Rock, lets delve into the mind of this interesting human.

AQ - ok rippo, here we go. BC = Brendan Clark.

1) First of all the question on everyones lips.. Who is Brendan Clark? describe yourself.
BC - Im 16, Live in sanctuary point, have blonde hair with blue eyes , and always out pipe on the pump.

2) Cyclone Zack, Matty West, there are some crazy characters in the bodyboarding world - real and made up. How do you feel when people always ask "who the fuck is that Brendan Clark guy" ?
BC - Yeah it makes me feel good that my photography is getting around everywhere.

3) But yer is it your photography or you constant facebook status updates?
BC - i dont know man

4) You and Johnny Murray.. would you say theres a rivalry?
BC - yeah at times......

5) How many windows do you open up on facey chat every night?
BC - Around 20 or more haha.

6) Your a photographer.. whats your favourite conditions to shoot and what riders?
BC - My Favourite conditions would be on sunny, glassy days.. and my riders would be Adam Quinn,Morgan Brown,Ronald Mcleod, and Glen Thurston.

7) Describe perfect pipe for you..
BC - Glassy 4-5Ft.

8) Photography is bloody expensive, how do you afford that shit.. do you work?
BC - Yeah i work on weekends and my mum normally gives me money for my camera's.

9) I once called a chick i was seeing "baby girl" and my friends never forgave me.. should they forgive me for this?
BC - Yeah they should forgive you because its being cute with your girl hahaha....

10) How does Brendan Clark pick up girls.. where, when, how.. i want strategies.. pick up techniques..
BC - Gotta be my blonde hair and blue eye's,On facebook or surfing.,In the holidays or w/ends and My sweet talking...,
and i reckon you should keep calling your girl "baby girl" cause they love it!

11 )What were you thinking that day going to nuggen on a 2ft north east swell with howling north east winds?
BC - Just thinking of some wave's for once and getting out of the house.

12) What is Brendan Clarks Favourite word?
BC - I dont really have a Favourite word..

13) What is style in the water?
BC - Style is having good technique and doing the biggest airs.

14) Best grom at pipe?
BC - Best grom at pipe would be joel mcleod.

15) Who should have their own section in Shack City?
BC - I think ronald mcleod should have his own section.

16) What do you think Shack City will be like?
BC - It should alot better then I wouldnt normally produce a film. Also should be the sickest movie on the south coast.

AQ - Thanks Brendan Clark.. love your work.

You Got No Head!

"you got no head" the classic one liner used by controversial psychotic drug fucked bodyboarder Troy Kneeves. Speaking of heads , love nothing more than a zoomed in close up head shot. Enjoy the above mug shots.

Like Full Sero Ball Bodyboarding:

Some people take bodyboarding pretty seriously and i definitely cant be left out of that social group.. trying to stay fit, stretching up when its 1ft onshore, bananas and water, drop ins, calling people off waves, photos, footage, stickers.

Looking back it seems pretty messed up but travelling, filming, shooting and "taking bodyboarding too seriously" in general has been some of the fondest memories of my life. This framey above is from Shack City and a trip to Bali we abruptly decided to partake in. As most people tend to do i got stuck in the Kuta Vortex (going out every night) where by i would stay out until 5am every night, anyway this particular day i arrived back at our hotel at 5am after a successful mission. Half an hour later i was being awoken for our morning surf trip to Canju, still dark our taxi driver Rusty takes us through the backstreets of Poppies 2 pointing out some hellraising Aussie surfer getting a bloizer off a lady man and we all burst into fits of laughter. 30 mins on and Russ is in an empty Canju lineup taking forward airs out of frame and beyond. Huge punt.. crossed legs and some very serious bodyboarding.

The Sneak Peak:

Ok so i have this little habit i've picked up somewhere along my night owl escapades of glancing at babes over the top of my glass of beer (as pictured above). Up until recently i never even knew i was doing it until some of the rad maino indy scene picked it up. Like ill be first to admit its pretty creepy, but im not about to ditch doing it at all. Seems like a pretty wicked little trick and although as wicked as it may be, im pribs sure it doesn't hide the act in which im doing - having a perve at some delish touro babe cruzing the pub . Could so easily get caught out.. not that getting caught out is a bad thing sometimes.. i mean as long as you don't have to ship out a few bligs to a buy a girl a drink. Nothing worse!

Shoestring FC: Player of the match.

Shoestring FC is our quaint little summer soccer team. Every year we get so close to winning the title but fall a tad short at the final hurdle. Every tuesday we are starting to have our little Player of the match award to be politically correct (mixed team). Today we voted and it went to Tosti. A classic 9-5 victory for the shoeys with 5 players on the pitch against some nice opposition the Pumapants. Ian, Russ and Jordo all got hat tricks.. well done SHOEYSSSSSSSS and tonights mud bucket went to Ian Osterloh (pictured).

A visual delight of the past few months:

Could not really be fussed typing up a pretentious essay length post regarding the developments of the past year of my life.. so instead ill present it in Jpeg form. Also i plan to uphold an online assault of posts, hopefully one per day. Stay in touch.. the count down to Shack City has begun.

Sexual Predator.

Festival Lyfe.

Fridge 2 Fridge.

Galatasaray - Turkey.

Gypsy and the Frolickers - Crazy Cruzer and Amping Andy.

London foot massage.

Budapest club hangs

The Razz up Begins:

Woah, almost a year since my last post.. please forgive. Ambitions have changed, life goals assessed, moustaches shaved, beverages consumed. Travel, drama, education, job prospects.. 2010 was an epic year, the best.. perhaps!

2011 - a new year, a new film... possibly the only thing that hasn't changed is my mobile phone. Still rocking the Motorolla, 5 years of textual success and devastation a telecommunications legend in its own right.

Shack city is upon us, filming has wrapped up and the editing process is underway. Due to Russell and my own lack of motivation to learn how to use any new sophisticated editing program Mitch Pohl (Bang Bang) has taken control of the proverbial reigns so to speak. We are hoping for an Easter Holiday premiere date in Huskisson. So begin the process of setting your amp, stoke, exaltation.. pick out an outfit from your wardrobe already.. lay it out on your bed, start thinking of that date to ask.. pilfer her phone number perhaps and begin to RAZZ!

(Picture: Angie getting STOKED on "I Wouldn't Normally")