FRIDAY THE 2ND OF OCTOBER
George Humphreys and I jumped on the TransWA bound for Margaret River. The bus stopped shortly in Dunsborough and we quickly said hello my good friend Theo Ross. About 40 minutes later the bus pulled into Margs town and we were greeted by Tom Purvis - who kindly let myself George and Lewy Finnegan stay at his pad. Tom was on his break when he got us from the bus stop so he had to get back to making sandwiches, but then his brother James escorted us back to the house. We then went for a fun little surf at a reforming left bank next to Gas known as Little Left. When we got home we showed the boys George's new resume (which will be up on Vimeo soon) and then hit the sack waiting for the next day to arrive.
SATURDAY THE 3RD OF OCTOBER
Today was my sisters birthday, the lucky bitch got a dope little TV. Today we headed to Little Left again due to onshore winds, but it was a lot better than the previous day. About 500 Reverse spins and one big flip later the boys got out of the water and we headed into town on our skateboards. We headed up to the Op Shop and raided the shit out of it. After purchasing some good op shop finds we rolled back into town to hang out with more friends Sam Molloy, Duke & Tom Hewitt, Zack Lithgow, Cam Hutchins and Hugh Forward. We got some food and chilled for a bit and then headed out for a late arvo sewers surf - it was terrible. Everyone went out except for me, I chilled (literally) on the rocks with DK Declan. After a nice dinner (thanks Al) we waited for Mr Lewy Finnegan to arrive at the Purvis's place. 3 hours later the little freak shows up and after the re union he presents us with his newest resume, it is hectic how good it is!
George Flip
SUNDAY THE 4TH OF OCTOBER
This morning we woke up early and checked a few spots, Gas being the final selection. The swell was a bit funny today which didn't make the best conditions but there was still some okay ones coming through. The light was terrible so I pretty much didn't bother shooting - even though Lewy was ripping (as usual). We left the beach pretty early and once again headed to town on planks of wood. We payed a second visit to the Op Shop as Lewy was super syked to get in on the craze haha. About 50 bargains later we skated to the Margaret River skatepark and had a fun little roll around on the wave quarter. You know those sorts of people that are just good at everything? Well Lewy Finnegan and George Humphreys are those sorts of people. We ran into a friend from Mandurah at the skatepark, Mark Claydon. Not long after greeting him George was on Marks bike showing his skills! Skating heats you up pretty easy, and where better to cool off in Margs than Riverdog! We scored a super fun right at Rivermouth which we surfed until dark. Tonight was Pizza night - all I have to say is SO GOOD.
Finnegan
River dawgggggggg
Finnegan
River dawgggggggg
MONDAY THE 5TH OF OCTOBER
As we were pulling into the Gas carpark this morning there was a rude head sticking out. This head belonged to the one and only Thom Borris, who was accompanied by another friend I hadn't seen properly in years, Mat Kennedy. We didn't even bother to check it as we were already told by Hugh Gas, Geachies and Boodj were all cracking. We ran down the track to see good shaped 3-4 foot waves at Gas, with only a few crew out. Everyone hurried into the water, the first stand out wave was Mat Kennedy. He took off on a thick surging right and got absolutely smoked. There was nicely executed moves going down on the left, right and in Duke Hewitts case, center. As per usual we headed into town after the surf, got food and chilled. We headed out to Box in the arvo for Georges first ever session there. Phil Windsor and James Walsh were already out getting some ramps and barrels. Lewy was too keen and took off on a close out set and cut up his head (looks like someone stabbed him with a pen) and back, but nothing serious. Burnt out from the Box surf we headed back to make some BIG hamburgers at the Purvis's place - Lewy and Tom should go on Ready Steady Cook I swear! All the lads came over after tea to chill around the ('long lasting') bonfire. We also saved Mat and Tom from sleeping in the Rivermouth carpark and gave them the luxury of sleeping in Mat's car in the Purvis's driveway!
Gas Empty
James Walsh Mid Arvo Box
Mat Kennedy - Gas
Lewy Gas vert
James Walsh Mid Arvo Box
Mat Kennedy - Gas
Lewy Gas vert
Lewy again
I don't need to explain
Mat's heavy one
Gas Left - James Purvis
Ready steady look!
Bonfire!
I don't need to explain
Mat's heavy one
Gas Left - James Purvis
Ready steady look!
Bonfire!
TUESDAY THE 6TH OF OCTOBER
This morning Tom Morris, Mat Kennedy, Lewy Finnegan, Tom Purvis, George Humphreys and I squished into Mat's car and drove to check Box. It looked pretty fun/good with only James Walsh out there. We were watching it for a bit waiting for James to get a wave, when all of a sudden he bus drove one in and was paddling as fast as he could to come back in. We didn't think much of this at first, but we waited for him to come in so we could find out why he paddled in. It turns out that he saw a shark at least 2 and a half metres long, which is way to hectic if you are kinda far out to sea by yourself! So we barred Box and made the drive down to Cobbles in hope of waves, big mistake. It was too big for it and the low tide wasn't making it any better. We got in the car to head back to Margaret River and what do you know? Mat's car won't start. So half an hour of fiddling later we are on our way to Boodji on the basis that it apparently has a good bank. On the way down the track I spoke to Nic Barclay and Mitch Woodland who said it was pretty fun but small, which was enough to get me amped as I hadn't been to Boodji in ages. I shot a bank past the creek which had some pretty fun 2-3 foot peaks. Unfortunately for Tom Purvis some dickhead standup can't duckdive and put a deep gash in Tom's slick!
A trek and a half later we were at the Gas carpark and keen for Chooks! We then headed back to the house and chilled and watched some surf flicks and feasted on spag bog and fell asleep like pensioners!
Boodji empty
Thomas air rev.
WEDNESDAY THE 7TH OF OCTOBER
Today was my last day, and I was hoping it was going to be the best day as we were planning to score Mufflers. Tom's step dad lead us down the track until Mat's Camry wagon couldn't go any further, and then we somehow managed to squeeze ten people and 8 boards into one 4 wheel drive for the remainder of the track. When we rocked up at Mufflers the tide was just to low, and the wind was a bit to South, devo. We ventured back up Injidup way and surfed a little heavy right hander known as Shcabbits which is a peak somewhere in between Mitchells and Inji Carpark. This wave was made for fisheye photos, just so happens I don't have a housing! Still got some cool shots. After getting a few beatings Tom Morris, Mat Kennedy said our thank yous and goodbyes to everyone and headed up the track to make our way back to Mandurah/Perth but with one more stop along the way. We checked Smiths Reef and it looked pretty fun with only 2 guys out so we paddled out and the 2 sticks that were out there practically left the water when we paddled out so we were super stoked. We got about 2 hours of fun barrels and ramps to ourselves, which changed Mat's mood from The Hulk to Little Miss Sunshine. We stopped in Busselton for some (expensive) KFC and headed home on the new highway, which really doesn't save any time!
Tommy P - made this
James Purvis - pre flip flight
T Morry
James Purvis - pre flip flight
T Morry
THE END.
Will probably post more photos soon!
but until then, peace .