Eight Foot

Received an Eight foot Steve O'Donnell hand crafted Bennett board for Birthday! Thanks Mum, Dad, Greg, Andrew and Steve!

Seal Rocks

These last holidays I went with my family up the coast to seal rocks.


The surf was small and mostly offshore so I got a good chance to use a Bennett log.

Took the Alaia for some shore break, bit of old skool fun

The Present

The surfing film The Present is a movie that, after two prequel movies Seedling and Sprout has a lot of eager expectations to uphold. Does it uphold these firm expectations? I and almost all other viewers agree that while being very enjoyable, it is also one of the best surfing movies available.
Why is it so entertaining, you may be asking yourself. This film is so good for a number of reasons. Firstly the laid back style instantly makes it appealing to all different ages and types of people. Some parts of The Present are just for pure fun. One of these parts is called The Monkey Novelty event. This part is a dress up muck around comp with characters like; Flower power, Count Dracula, Fecal man, Tweakal, Nordic Jack and a golfer.
Another great thing about The Present is that there is a style in there for every type of surfing. From Alaia riding at Waimea bay to Dane Reynolds shredding the Californian Coast line, Belinda Baggs logging New Zealand and even Dave Rastovich surfing in wild Africa. This is a movie for any surfer riding any equipment. This movie is unique because there are so many different boards ridden with so many different people places and styles.This movie is rare and I strongly recommend all surfers watching it at least once. If you are a fun loving surfer looking at the different styles of surfing, there are no other movies to look at.

Late last year, I went to the premier of the Present and met Rasta.

Board Froth

As a team rider for Bennett I've just recieved a newly shaped, newly sprayed performance longboard. Hand shaped and custom made by Steve O'donnell it rides really good.
Thank's Greg, Andrew and Steve from Bennett surfboards

freshwater

Last weekend I went down to Manly and saw crowds of people hanging around so i went to see what was going on and it was the Manly Freshwater area being announced as a surfing reserve. Amongst is was 1963 world title winner Midget Farrely, womens 1964 world title winner Phyllis O'donnell and my shaper Steve O'donnell.
Photo from surf city

Yellow Eight Footer

Had a go of Steve O'Donnell's Yellow Eight Footer.




Great speed and turning ability!

Can't wait for my new one..

day tripping to visit the shaper

It’s always cool going for a trip to visit Bennett Surfboards. Part of it is the journey and the stuff you see on the way - here’s a new way travelling oldies to describe their lifestyles: “recycled teenages”. But all roads eventually lead to Brookvale and Bennett Surfboards

Talking with Steve O’Donnell you get the chance to see and think about your surfing and the boards you ride in a different way. He knows his boards and can make subtle suggestions that just tweek ideas and shapes so that they might suit the performance to the individual rider and their different styles. He rides in comps and knows all about the range of conditions you face and what can make the perfect board.

I’m currently trying out a log shaped by Steve – really smooth, very stable