Nice work Oscar

Congratulations to local Vicco shredder and junior team rider, Oscar Lalor for an awesome effort this year making the semi finals at both the Noosa Festival and Malfunction, taking out the Vic junior title, and finishing the season off by winning the junior division with the Surf Coast Longboard club. It's been really rewarding working on  Oscar's boards and watching him progress on every new design. Here's a sneak peak at his new Dave Boyd inspired quad fin performance longboard for summer. 

Watch out for this kid on the competition scene in the years to come!

BLUE surf magazine Japan

Earlier this year I caught up with Japanese surf culture magazine, "Blue" and spent a morning hanging out with the guys in the workshop. Its always great to meet other surfers from different parts of the globe. Heres a little article they put together for their 24th issue.

                                                        

Welcome a board Erin

A big welcome to australian under 18s women's longboard champ Erin Dark who as just jumped on the high tide team. I dropped of her new stick early in october and she has been clocking up some serious hours in the water testing out the new design. Keep your eyes out for this girl she is one talented grommet!

A winter to remember!

Over the last couple of months ive been making the most of the stella winter conditions here in victoria taking plenty of trips back along the great ocean road to haunt some of my old stomping grounds, share some waves with mates and test out a few new sticks. Heres some pics captured by good torquay photographer Scotty Wintle.

Perfect point imposable!

Bells bowl 

The surf coast winter classic

The 2010 winter classic lived up to its name with rain, icy water and fresh westerly winds all weekend. The Bevan boys made their way down from Sydney with Cronulla shaper Sam Tehan to pick up their new sticks and share a few cold water peelers. Both Jake and Oscar put up a good show in the juniors placing second and third and Justin put his new Gary Proper model Hobie into action taking out the old mal .I was stoked to finally take out the open and back it up with a win in the traditional division.

high tide imperial collaboration

the first board ive had shaped for me in a long time but Dave Boyds designs never disappoint

Justin frothing out over his new quad fin egg

Jake laying a rail on his new comp board.

The Arrawarra sessions

After the long weekend surfing the crowded northern beaches of Sydney and a board delivery run up to the Gold Coast I spent a couple of weeks with my sister Yana and her fiancee Mick at their new place in Arrawarra. Over my time in the sleepy little sea side town I spent as much time in the water as physically possible with Mick testing out a couple of new fish designs. I also had the chance to hook up with good mate Brett Caller and score some pictures with local Coffs photographer Tom Woods and catch up with jake at the NSW state titles to watch him style his way to third place in the junior division.

                                      

                                     
                                     
                                     

pics by tom woods/ stsurfimages.com.au

flat day fun. spear fishing at mullaway.

Micks new fish.

the Snowy

By 7.00 Thursday night BJ and I were on the Hume Highway  settling in for the overnight drive to Sydney. With 8 logs, 4 fishes, 2 single fins, 2 quad fins, 2 alaia's and an old mal loaded in to the van we were bound for the Snowy McAlester winter classic in Manly then a delivery run up the coast. The Snowy never ceases to provide beautiful weather, fun little peelers and the perfect opportunity to display some freshly polished boards. I was stoked this year to be asked by the guys at the Manly longboard club to make the competitors give away board and even more pumped to be a part of such a great comp!

pics by Bj

the snowy competitors give away

Victorian state titles

The Vic titles are always hotly contested with many old rivals and a depth of young talent making their way up the ranks. You couldn’t have asked for better conditions to crown this years state champion. Sunshine, offshore winds and a straight 3 to 4ft swell peeling of point impossibles shallow reef. The two days ended up being a blur of nail biting heats and high scores. Most valuable play goes to Oscar Laylor for shredding his way through to the semi finals of the open mens and taking out the junior state title. Cheers to the other boys in the open final (Sandy Ryan, Eli Curry and AJ Lynch) for one of the best finals I've surfed in this year!

pics by Colin Person

Tazzy trip

Over the last couple of seasons I’d been hearing from mates returning home, having scored amazing waves off the east coast of Tasmania. Stories of river stone points with the potential to get as good as Noosa or Crescent Head and grinding beach break barrels that could rival any on the South Coast of Sydney. After a month on the road delivering boards and surfing my way to the Noosa and Malfunction festivals, it wasn’t long before the van was being loaded again but this time bound for a totally different and unique part of Australia. With young Sydney side-stylist Jake Bevan on his way down to Victoria for the school holidays, and house mate and surfing buddy Todd Alsop coming in to sometime off work, it was the perfect opportunity to hook up with Torquay photographer Scott Wintle, test out some new designs and check out what the apple isle has to offer.

pics by Scotty Wintle

Malfunction

Surfing picture perfect waves the week before, everybody was primed, ready and on their way to the malfunction at Kingscliff. Although the swell had dropped, a consistent right-hander out the front of the surf-club provided some fun little runners all week. The Lalor boys put up another strong performance, with Brett making the quarter finals of the over 40s, and Oscar making the semi finals of the hotly contested juniors division. This was my first malfunction and it's definitely one comp I'll be chalking up on the calender next year.

free surfing woodsy down the beach by moon walker

surfing borrowed board in retro devision

by Andrew Carruthers