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.

Keith Harings Universe includes Melburn Town

I never knew who Keith Haring was up until recently when my girlfriend gave me a book called Kings Way, which is a retrospective of Melbourne graffitti art from the last three decades.
The book features a section on Haring who came out to Australia in 1984 & was commissioned to paint afew permanent pieces. The only one that has stood the test of time is his "Worm with computer brain head"(ONE OF THE LARGEST KH MURALS LEFT IN THE WORLD) at Collingwood Secondary College in Johnston st Collingwood. I'd only seen a tiny photo of it in Kings Way, but on Australia Day (Jan 26th) this week we had a bbq & afew friends came over. Over some drunken banter, my friend Phoebe Parisia mentioned Keith Haring & his mural in Collingwood( that is in danger of being torn down by developers). Alarm bells rung in my head & I had to vizzy the painting, so we walked down & had a peep. I was stoked to see it! Afterwards I did some research into Haring & was shocked to hear of his young death at 31. I had to know more, so I rented the recent documentary "The Universe of Keith Haring" by director Christina Clausen & was blown away by what I saw. What an amazing, talented person, his art has a fantastic flowing, simplistic application but is so mezmerizing.
I am happy to have been transported through Keith Harings universe & am upset that I didn't know who he was when I was living in New York...Rock on KH....Save The Keith Haring Mural at Collingwood Secondary College! Don't Tear it down!

Peace,

Gustav.

Nor Cal Bureau, January Twenty Third, 2010
"Dead Man's. I'm afraid to surf it."
Sounds about right.

If You haven't, You Should

Either try to contribute and/or look at contributions. #4 is presented. Click on the Johnny Knapp photo.

All The World is a great book by Liz Garton Scanlon & Marla Frazee. The only discernible problem with it is that it creates uncontrollable longing for the California coast. Otherwise, it is required Endless Bummer bed time (and pre-breakfast time, apparently, as shown above) reading.

The Internet: Everywhere You Want To Be

Via Grant Cornett. Via Erik Barnes. Via the guy with the dotcom on the photos.