Late afternoon session at Duranbah , Kirra Teams Challenge 2009

Late afternoon session at Duranbah , Kirra Teams Challenge 2009

Posted in Gold Coast, News

Surfing Photography is really a lot like surfing. It takes a lot for the conditions to come together , but when they do it can be very rewarding. For the last few days Ive been covering the  Rip Curl Kirra Teams Challenge. Yesterday the conditions were less than desirable all day, but as everyone was packing up . I noticed the sun had come out and was lighting up the surf with a nice warm light. I spotted young local Jack Freestone smashing a few lips so I grabbed my gear...

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Dale Richards and the Quiksilver Pro

Posted in Gold Coast, News

Young indigenous Coolangatta local, Dale Richards rocked the surfing world when he won the Quiksilver Pro Trials in 2007.  In doing so , he became the first ever aboriginal surfer to compete in a WCT event.. Below is an interview / story I wrote for Gold Coast Surf magazine not long after his victory. I recieved quite a lot of positive remarks and comments about this story . So I thought I would revive it and post it here…. *** It’s a late autumn afternoon in the year...

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Photos from Snapper Rocks, Greenmount, Kirra February 3rd 2009

Photos from Snapper Rocks, Greenmount, Kirra February 3rd 2009

Posted in Gold Coast, News

I finally managed to get in the water at Snapper on Tuesday…of course I missed it!.. The day before on Monday it was absolutely pumping through the beach at Coolangatta, kegging right down past big groyne at Kirra. There wasn’t much current so I swam / drifted all the way from Snapper Rocks down past Kirra… I got a few pics of the surfers on the way through Rainbow, but got down to Coolangatta beach pretty quickly. It was pretty spooky and sharky down there as I...

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