The KIDS of KERAMAS

HEY KIDS IT'S TIME TO PLAY!

The long awaited Billabong Pro Junior - Keramas - Bali kicks off with style.

The most talked up event on the Junior Series starts in 2-3 foot slop then magically evolves into the best waves ever surfed for an ASP Junior Event!

After everyone settling into their accommodation, knocking back a few cold bintangs, scoping the streets for some young ladies and doing the daily inspection of the "Bounty", it's now time to select weapons and go head on into battle against one fierce foe, a 6 foot Keramas freight-training barrel.

Early standouts include South African Dale Staples, Brent Savage, Eli Jacobs (for eating shit), Cahill Bell-Warren and of course the boy from the bush Teale Vanner.

Contest site, and an interesting looking ash tray.

A few of the boys keeping out of the blistering hot Bali sun.

Where the kids place their weaponry.

Managed to snag myself one in my heat.

Now it was a little unfortunate for some,

JMAN + scooter + caunguu + cat = No surf for JMAN.

Jesse had a little accident riding home after a late night in the bounty and came a gutser on his scooter only 100m away from where he was staying......

But knowing JMAN he kept his spirits high and didn't let a little tumble ruin his trip in Bali!

JMAN looking happy, keeping it real for the boys!

In the downtime between heats we got to really experience the Bali life style!

Up close and personal in the pool.

Flying through the air.

Bartering with the shop clerks (crazy Bali men trying to make you buy stuff)

And of course exploring the place with your scooter.

more to come from bali so stay tuned. xo Mitchel Crews Jnr

The DIRTY DIRTY South. Fantastic Noodles Pro Junior Wrap Up.

South Oz ehhhhh??

What interests would I have with going to South OZ?

Exactly! None what so ever.

That's what I thought to myself as I boarded my flight departing from Brisbane Airport, destination Adelaide. 

It's stop number 6 on the Australasian Pro Junior Series, The Fantastic Noodles Pro Junior @ Victor Harbour. But may I dare say that the Fantastic Pro Junior was not so fantastic.

Day one was called off due to there being waves over 2 foot (which is usually the so called "ideal" conditions for a contest to run in these days so the contest directors and judges say).

There were a lot of confused Pro Junior surfers questioning the call with 3-4 foot waves rolling through Waitpinga Beach and the contest directors deciding not to hold the competition.

Sure enough the contest was run in knee high waves with a howling offshore. Might I add the freezing cold water to add to things.

So it was under way and to simply describe how the contest unfolded,

Noah Lane won.

Which is fucking great! About time the kid got up there, he rips, he has long blonde unwashed hair, he humbly works at Mt Woodgee surf shop to earn some coin to travel and he like to enjoy some beers from time to time.

There really is nothing interesting to do down at Victor Harbour.

Besides being locked in our cabins with the heater blaring playing shithead in between surfs and waiting for heats.

Although JMAN and I did stumble across something quite interesting............

What on earth is a jumping pillow???

Basically it's just a big pillow filled with air and you can jump on it. It sounds really boring but trust me, this was one of the funniest things I have done in a long time!

JMAN Pulling out the big guns on the Pillow nailing a perfectly executed backflip .

As for me.....well things were not as easy, landing on my head become common to me and so I thought maybe I would just sit out.

ANYWAY....

I'm late for a flight to Bali,

You heard me! Bali!

I've got myself a date with a large Keramas beast!

So stay tuned for Bali Blog Madness!

Crews xoxo

something different..

When a bunch of surfers go on a surf trip with a video camera, they usually intend on creating a movie that shows amazing waves and amazing surfing. But this right here is Something different !
And here at Me Myself and Mark we like different, in fact we LOVE Different...

This Road trip flick put together by Nick Pollet with cast members such as Duncan Mcnicol, Steve Arhens, Josh Bull and Nick himself shows you the fun involved in a typical surf trip. It's good to watch something out of the ordinary.

Roadtripping from nick pollet on Vimeo.

ENJOY .x

Oh Shit, I'm in Forster and shits getting hectic!! Part 2

After that first night it felt like there was no way I was going to be able to surf for this week.
But I got up early the next day and I must have still been a little pissed. But I was so keen I grabbed my board and went to check the waves.



Me not looking the best after G - Fresh got the better of me.
Chippa didn't care about the hangover, he punched on and enjoyed the beautiful surroundings.


Now there was no time to party now, it was time to get to work......
Check these frame grabs from some epic clips we got over the trip.
My good friend and Lensman Riley Blakeway was there to capture the action!


"I want to go right" I say as Chippa eyes off a left.
Tube time for me!
I can't feel my toes.
There is my penis! I've been looking for that.
Yippie!


All around fun trip it was good to get away from the crowd at home.
I kind of got skunked for waves, but it was epic hanging with the Forster boys. For me I'm home now and kicking back for a week before heading to South Oz then Bali for the next leg of Juniors....




I'll be sure to keep you posted




ya boy

you deserve a treat...

So somehow the markblog is almost at 1000 views. I'm content with that.
Here enjoy a short clip of Craig anderson tearing at home put together by Jay Grant.

ily. xo

Oh Shit, I'm in Forster and shits getting hectic!!

Whats up people!

Its me, your boy from the land of regrets.

It's been a while since my last post and all I can say as an excuse is that I have been a little bitch, surfing and doing not fun things.

But I'm back in action and I have found myself in unknown territory.

Its the mid-north coast, and the town, Forster/Tuncurry.

Last time I stepped foot on this beautiful untouched coastline was earlier this year, but then I didn't get to experience much and got to see what the town actually had to offer.

This time was a different story.....

It was 3 a.m on a Saturday morning, the car was packed full of boards and I was highway bound with one destination. I pick up good mate and new partner in crime Chris "Chippa" Wilson, guzzle down two Grande' Cappuccinos and we are on our way.

After hours and hours of sore anoos and staring at black tar we arrive at our destination. I pull into a long driveway that leads up toward a nice house on a large corner block of land.

This is place called by the locals "Scorpion Valley" will be our home for the next week.

We knock on the door and to our surprise the person who greets us is.......

G - FRESH!!

Newcastle born and bred hustla' and now known for spitting rhymes around the world. G - Fresh is now Australia's most promising up and coming Rap/Hip-Hop Artist who is known for his unique voice and lyrics. Big things are happening for this guy who is just warming up to start a performance at his home town in two weeks time.

He welcomes us with open arms and hands us some beers and we are underway.

Here are just a few photos of how the night turned out....

Benny Goodwin and his female friend made an appearence.

From left to right: Lil Mitch, Our Host Benny Souness and Joe Haddon.

Chippa, G - Fresh and I

Chippa, G - Fresh and our crazy friend Deeky.

Myself and the infamous G - Fresh.

Things didn't turn out too good after that, which we went into town and unfortunately....things got crazy, keep and eye out for what happens next!!

Ya boy

xo

WTF IS WRONG WITH HIM ???

Honestly. wtf is going on with Owen Wright ???

How ?

He's 1st on both ASP Pro Junior and WQS Ratings and he's 19....

fuck off..... thats amazing !

check these links to read up on the apparent "one of the best heats" in asp history

http://surfermag.com/features/onlineexclusives/owen_wright_wins_sri_lankan_airlines_pro_in_maldives/

http://www.surfinglife.com.au/news/asl-news/812-owen-wright-goes-mad-in-the-maldives

xo

HOLLY S#%$ !!!!!!

wow ! if you like surfing, or body boarding or skateboarding or snowboarding for that matter ! and if you havn't already seen this, than you must see this now.

http://www.surfline.com/video/webisodes/red-bull-surfing-jordys-perfect-rodeo_27506#

jordy smith is good on a wave dancing machine...

don't you just love it onshore and crowded ?

Monday 8/6/09

Around 10:30 am after Billy finished catching up on his weekend detention, and filmer jimmy skips class we head off for a lowers mid-morning session... Heres a few waves from Billy Hopkins, Brother Andino, Nat young, Levi Gonzales, Luke Davis, Dylan Goodale, Myself and others...

CHICKITY-CHECK-YO-SELF: Billy Hopkins

So im Currently staying in Huntington Beach in California hanging out and having fun, staying with the Hopkins family. So what better way to get to know my new friend billy then to have him talk some shit as the next chickity-check-yo-self victim...

Introducing Hilly Bopkins

Age: 17

Hometown: Huntington Beach, California

Sponsors: Quiksilver, Katin Surf Shop

Wavedancing Spot: Barra De La Cruz, Mexico

Music: Rap, Sca, Reggae

Billy is Huntingtons local shredder and all round hell man just surfing and having a good time. Freshly graduated from HB high school and ready to light it up on the North American junior series and beyond.

Check out this Regaton loving ragamuffin at www.myspace.com/hillybopkins

ALL DAY ANTICS ! Arnette pro junior 09

The Arnette pro junior at Newport beach California wrapped up this weekend...

I was on the scene the whole weekend waiting for a spot to open for me to put a rashy on and attempt to win some heats... Turns out i was an Alternate and i didn't get to surf at all...

Naturally devo'd i took 2 pooey photos and went and got drunk with friends saturday night. (see party section for details)

I'll be brief with comp details here.

Nat Young won...

A hawaiin kid named keanu Asing placed 2nd....

Corey Arambide placed 3rd

Cody Thompson came in 4th

My honest opinion, the judging was out of wack alot of the time, Common in most junior contests but this was weird. It Could just be a bias opinion comming from a competitor from another country with a different criteria or something. But they through out some huge scores for some average surfing.

But ohwell, thats expected in shitty waves...

Check Mat Meolas perfect 10 -the only one of the event.

http://www.arnetteprojunior.com/photo/matt-meolas-perfect-10/

Was that 1 manouver wave a 10 ? you be the judge...

Apparently this was pumping Newport , It was 1-2ft and closing out a bit... This photo is a decepticon, makes it look alot better then it actually was...

My opinion... Nat was the best surfer of the event and that keanu kid tears.

and quinn Mccrystal got ripped off in a heat...

Check the highlights at http://www.arnetteprojunior.com/

Other then that, great event, Pyched for the Nike 6.0 pier pressure at the end of the month.

stay tuned for that... x

TRESTLES RULE 1:Don't surf lowers the day before a contests

LOWERS

Tyler Newton, Ryan Norie of DS surfboards and myself trek to lower trestles

So Today we decide to hit lowers around midday to try and "dodge the morning crowd"

I was naturally excited about my very first trip to lowers and was pyched to get out there...

As we walk down the last bit of the track we see perfect 4 ft lines rolling in... PYCHEDDD !!!





We get to the bottom and there's gotta be at least 50-60 people sitting on one peak...
And not just any people, not just kooks... The Hobgoods, Taylor Knox, Where's Wardo and not to mention the entire North American junior series contingent !!!

I've honestly never seen anything like it in my entire life...


Worse then pipe on a packed day.

Worse then D'bah or the super bank ever gets..

Worst ever...



Although i do apologise for the photo's or lack there of...


The surf in the end was proper pumping so no one would take photos, everyone was out there, Everyone was having too much fun... take a look (.) (.) !!!

Next Lowers session i garauntee there will be photographic evidence of fun wave dancing i promise.....................




Seriously i promise...




does this face look serious to you ?

Chill Pro Junior Trigg Point - Western Australia

Boring Sheeeeet First!

the standings in the contest...

1st Owen Wright (Again) $6000
2nd Noah Lane

3rd Garrett Parkes
3rd Chriss Friend

Gals

1st Felicity Palmateer
2nd Angela Keighran

3rd Laura Enever
3rd Laura Macaulay

*Special mention goes out to Duncan Mc Nicoll for doing a huge superman to late passion pop off a backwash in his heat earning himself a 6.87 or watevs...if anyone has footage of this please show the world cause it's awesome... and congrats on your qaurter finals appearance dunc ! yewww

Almost anyone who was in Perth this week (exceptions may be Owen Wright, Noah Lane, etc) will tell you that Perth is rooted ! i mean don't get me wrong it's a pretty cool place for your average old matey, but for a keen surf dog old matey it's the pits. Not quiet sure if trigg or scarborough or anywhere in perth gets over 1-2ft of swell but regardless it isn't the best spot for waves, especially if your a tourist... So my point is there was jack shit to do, so therefor there is jack shit to blog. Although there is boring sheeet like who won and what not... Other then that i have here some perrrttty pictures of Western Australias infamous Sunset over the water, and one short clip of our good friend mitchel crews warming up for a heat haha.


Shall we see the waves ???

check it......

some nice backwash thrown in the mix

pretttttyyyyyy !

Purple

un-crowded and big !

Mitch "The Man Behind The Music" Crews and his Warm up Routine : )



follow Crewsy and his antics at

www.twitter.com/mitchcrews

Check Out the official report of the Event at www.chillprojunior.com

Secret session with ryannix.com.au

Craig Ando, Duncan Mc Nicoll, Jman and Mr Nix search through caves for waves.
Wave dancing and fun times, getting naked and eating grapefruit. Good Timesssss.

Check out Ryans worksof art at www.ryannix.com.au