tide and time

If it wasn't for tides, things would be a lot different, and it would definitely be for the worse, but they sure can test your patience when they move up to 6metres in six hours. Specially when you want your inconsistent little slab of rock to be exactly 3 feet under the water. Much lower, it makes torture devices in Saw IV look tame and much higher you might as well be riding a boat.

A few hours before these photos were taken on various days, i find myself frostily rushing through work, driving like a man possessed - getting cranky with anyone driving anywhere near a sensible speed, parking where getting a ticket is highly likely, running out of breath up a mile of steep coast path and sliding dangerously down the other side.... all so i can find myself two hours to early staring a dry slab of rock with friends that have just done the same. Yet no matter how much i consult the tide table I'm sure it will go exactly the same next time

the Littles

Brother and sister Steff and Sam Little, stylin' at Connies reef last weekend

S.A. in S.H.

Saffa Corey Venter tearing the South Hams to pieces...

Ronery

Not mocking Atreyu's new song cuz i think its amazing and a welcome return to sounding like some of there old stuff, but... i can't help but think vocalists Alex Varkatzas and Brandon Saller sound a helleva lot like Kim Jong-il during the chorus?

Poser

the pooch is getting better in front of a camera

Love for KP

one of snowboardings favourite snowboarders is on the mend, Kevin Pearce is well on his way to an incredible recovery from a near fatal accident last year...Ride For Kevin

issue 81

plymouth go hiking
kirstin throws tail

got a coupla shots in the new ThreeSixty credited to someone else but no big deal, if the rad cover was mine i'd be pissed about the mix up but sadly its not

ken

N.Z. to SW

On the 4th of June featured riders John Rattray and Rick McCrank will be at the es demo at prime skatepark in Plymouth along with Mike Anderson, Justin Eldridge, Danny Garcia, Kellen James, Rodrigo TX, Bobby Worrest and special guests... should be the best skateboarding Plymouth has seen since _________.

Riding The Long White Cloud - Trailer from friendlyfire on Vimeo.

Single find

you never fully appreciate things till there gone... i just had five evenings in a row, same spot, same board... knowing last night would be the end of it, i stayed in ever increasing sized swell in ever decreasing visibility, trading super fun walls with a friend, the place reels pretty perfectly and i didn't once consider a leash. That was until due to thick fog, low light and predominately my lack of ability i went down, came up with about 5 foot of visibility and no board in sight. During the long swim in expecting never see it again (being in a river mouth on a dropping spring tide) i started thinking about the little single fin that had been going so well this past week, and why it had sat in my garage unridden for most of the winter replaced by another board. By now i'm already worrying how quickly i can get a new one shaped or if i can even remember the dimensions. 20 minutes of crap bodysurfing attempts later i was so elated to see something in amongst the rocks knocking from side to side. i'm now way more appreciative of the little single fin and promised not to leave it in the garage for so long again

Music Go Music "Just Me" from Music Go Music on Vimeo.

Haute Savoie

groomed
shady
traces
Timbers boosting
digging deep
warm
erie
on point
buttery

A couple more random pics from the last few weeks of the season

Billys Stash Win

http://whitelines.mpora.com/news/billy-morgan-wins-avoriaz-stash-contest.html

A little article i contributed photos for on the whitelines site

the air up there

finding rare quiet times in a busy age

cavern 24/7 contest

The Cavern Bar in Morzine hosted 3rd annual short film competition, always a good/messy night and the standard this year was higher than ever. these were my favourites and also my buddies so guess i'm pretty biased....

SWILL POSSE - PAPER PLANES from stewart monk on Vimeo.

Im On A Slope - Lonely Mountain from will nangle on Vimeo.

back for spring

missed my ferry by two and half minutes, meaning a cold night in Dover a early rise for the next one
lots of coffee and road miles
a confused looking sat nav called Tom Tom
tunnels into the Alps
just in time to build a kicker while it was still soft

VHS

Eddie Walls teamed up with filmer Pierre Wikberg to create a new life bio video blog thing...Video Hyper Shred bringing forward a kinda fly on the wall documentation of his snowboarding year. In his words 'more than just 25 polished tricks at the end of the season'. Worth checking it out...

Video Hyper Shred Teaser - March 2010 from Video Hyper Shred on Vimeo.

Strung Out

Strung Out returned to Plymouth for the second time, and for the second time they didn't disappoint. They banged out an insane set at the White Rabbit.
I got into these guys back when i heard them in school on Fat Wreck Chord compilation Cd's. 15 years on there still belting out amazing albums and live performances

22.03.2010