more visiting the shaper

More of visiting Steve O'Donnell from Bennett surfboards

The downside of travelling into and around Sydney is the traffic and all the crowds of people

But sometimes there's interesting sights (people).

Best of all is arriving at Bennetts and checking out the boards.

Crescent Head

The Crescent Head Classic was back in May. It was great fun but there was a major storm one the first night. The wind blew heaps and during the early hours of the morning the tent was blown over a couple of times. We had

great meals at the country club - hugest lamb shanks! Jodie Barsby MC'd the preso - very cool.

(surf photos by Hope from http://www.crescentheadsurfshots.com/)

Critical Cyclonic Conditions

Noosa this year was great - keen to ride the new Steve O’Donnell shaped Bennett high performance longboard at 2011 Noosa Festival

(photos thanks to Tess at Surf Industries)

Dunked

So not to long ago I got baptised in the Haven as well as my mate Charlie. Although I almost drowned I made it through.

photo by Kelly

central coast open

The central coast open ran over a weekend one day at Avoca and one at Copa. It was fun to be surfing against mostly locals and it was finally an event on my home ground. I ended up coming second with my friend Kai Ellice-Flint coming first. Winner of the opens was Hayden Emery from Umina. I was in the open 8's as well and just missed out on the finals. It was also the first time I had ridden my new Bennett boards in a comp and they worked very well.

Christian Surfers at Treachery

I went up to Treachery with Christian surfers for a teams event against other regions. It was heaps of fun and I'm very keen for next years event.

photo by Kelly

Testing the new Eight Footer

The new 8ft rides really well with it's quad fin set up. Its really noticable the difference a hand shaped board makes.