BIRTHRIGHT from Sean Mullens on Vimeo.
One man's struggle to transcend.
Via Grant "The Liveliest" Cornett

Explore Dot Org has a lot of interesting content and is a great foray into creating real, engaging material that can give the wayward soul a little extra perspective.  Check it out, there is a lot to see, a lot to read, a lot to hear.

Some things are iffy. Other things are not. 


Well, that's not true, everything is pretty much iffy.
But Grant sent through the link to another nice surf blog I hadn't happened upon yet. 
Something about a Wormtown, or a worm hole or something or other.  But it's got some neat content and some more good links.  I especially like the link to Zoe World.

The charming Benita Hussein dropped us a pleasant line of gratitude all the way from her winter wonderland in Costa Rica.  Click on the photo below to be transported into Hussainity, in later days you'll also find her musings with the Historians to the right...

We've been missing out a lot here in Endless Bummer world. We've had our noses firmly to the grindstone.  But what has been happening is a whole lot of nada surf.  Which is to say, other things.

A quick trip down memory lane:

Not seeing a lot of surfing there?  Yeah, uh, neither are we.  In fact, my surgically repaired 6-5 wettie is still at the shop waiting for me to pick it up.  And the surf is big out there, growling along the Northeaster Seaboard, our own noses rooted firmly to the grindstone still...

Rhombus Surf Shop

Coming soon to a Northside Melbourne suburb, near you!, apart from all you crew in the U.S, but Rhombus will sell online aswell.

stay tuned for the stock list!

Gus.

In our line of work, these things can sometimes pop up.
Special thanks to the great Junior Brown.

There comes a time every year when surf chatter grinds to a minimum. I don't know if "grinds" is the right word. More like the showerhead, once a gushing torrent has lost its pressure and now there is only a faint drip. The hearty and committed rightfully scoff at this notion. They look to those "warm weather surfers" and see all that is wrong with the world. I understand this. In fact, not a couple days go by where we don't talk about surfing. Even now. Antonio says "any waves?" And I say "it's red and flat." And he says "that's not even green and flat." And I say "no it is not." And Mollusk Chris has this very tidy habit of asking, whenever I see him, which is often, "Hey, got any free morning? Wanna go out on Tuesday? There will be some waves!" To which I reply "I've been ambushed at work again. There is no let up." And he just grimaces a knowing grimace and nods his head. Surfing in New York is difficult. But it isn't difficult because New York is a difficult place to surf. It isn't difficult because it's New York, that is. As if simply living here were excuse enough. There are waves, breaks, countless breaks, beaches, surfboards, nice warm wetsuits. It's difficult because, frankly, we make it difficult. We make it difficult with expectations, time tables and engagements. We make it difficult because we believe that everything we are doing will set us up for some future super surf future. Yes, it's cold. Yes, the drive out to wherever is a pain in the ass. The drive back, worse. The subway even worse. But it's there. And sadly, we are not. Right now. It is the lament, however, that keeps us hoping and wondering and edging closer and closer to death.

More Keith in Fitzroy w/ radiant baby!

Stoked to find that Melbourne has its own Radiant Baby which was one of Harings signature
drawings...U can't really see it that well but it's in the very right hand corner of the photo on the right!

Flying Boards in Byron Bay collide with heads sometimes!

Flynns Reef, Phillip Island, Victoria, Aust

Date: Wed 3rd of Feb 2010

Air Temp: Min 17 degrees C, Max 35

Water Temp: 20 degrees C

Wind: ESE

Swell: 8-10 ft on Open Beaches

Flynns: 6ft on sets

This was the best day i've ever seen at this spot!
The pic doesn't really do it justice! The lines were stacked to the horizon when the groundswell peaked at around 10:30 am! Yew!

Gustav.