TBC End Of Year

Sorry Mum

She wanted a signature, but wasnt wearing enough clothing....

Starting Out

Chase Galbraith is the new man behind the lens in Torquay. He put this together for a school project... an amazing edit for a first up crack. Stay tuned for more Galmut videos to come.

starting out from Chase Gabraith on Vimeo.

FUEL TV - TOKEN VICTORIAN

Matt Kleiner, the man behind THE WAY OF THE OCEAN put together this clip of me surfing Winki for FUEL TV. Check it out..

PERFECT Conditions.

Winkipop...

Bells Bowl...

Shame the swell didn't come to the party.

Gamblingdreams.blogspot

I don't know personally know who wrote this. But I do know one of her best friends. Check http://gamblingdreams.blogspot.com/2010/10/promise.html and read the post titled "My Minds Eye". It is EPIC. I honestly doubted a 17 year old chick from the Goldy could produce this sort of shit.

Boardriders Final

Getting the shot for Jim Beam.

Mitch Baker confirmed he is now a TBC man and won. Todd Rosewall second, Johhny Hawken third and myself in fourth.

On an even more sombre note, that board died soon after the shot was taken.

Flogged

Todd Rosewall and myself about to get our arses handed to us by a Bells Bowl clean up set. It is fair to say that we did some underwater adventuring moments after this shot was taken.

Board Violation

My shaper Cory Russel hates the sprays I do on my boards. This one is no exception.

Jeff Rowley - CHARGE FOR CHARITY!

Shit Pub

The pub sucks. I have no recollection of taking this shot, and its the only photo I took this night... I think it sums up the experience perfectly. Word on the street is that the finger belongs to Leigh Masek.... Fun times though...

Unfortunate Moments In Surfing Part 9

*THE MISSING PIECE

Boredom at surfing events has been known to kill many a man. At this one pad JJB found some puzzles and we had a go at nailing one of them. We selected a 750 piece picture of Uluru. Initially spirits were high, several cups of tea were sunk and progress was made.

A coin was tossed and selection was made.

JJB's face tells the story. Excitement. Joy. Satisfaction.

The edges were tough but we soldiered on.

Tommy "Ipsy Wipsy" Allan took a brief look at it. He was overwhelmed when he realised that there were 740 pieces of puzzle more than he was used to.

We ended up giving up. It was fun while it lasted.

Actually, to be honest it was a shit idea to begin with.....

JJB Ripping Switch

The Port Macquarie Aussie Titles competitors shit bag came with a little magazine full of details about the event. Josh Johnson Baxter noticed that he got the shot.... Incentives you ask? Unlikely because the magazine sucked. The main problem however though was that the shot of him had been reversed. Baxter is pretty talented, but he isn't that good.

Lighthouse Band Shot

Getting all boy band up in Lighthouse Beach for the open Aussie titles.
From left to right. Keyboard - Luke Reading. Triangle - Sam Lendrum. Auto tune assisted vocals - Cahill Bell-Warren

Tailgated

The highbeams from a truck destroyed my retinas.

Cowrie Road

Free piss at the cycling world championships... Then Cowrie Road. Murph and Cahilll went mad.

Wn faisant des folies dans la route de cauri, le poussin français est une plate-forme pétrolière woohoo!

Cover & The Dead Dalai

What a day in the life of the Token Victorian. Went to sleep at 4am, woke at 6am to do a run to the a visit a location we haven't surfed in a long time.

Wave two of the session landed the photo above, wave three the photo below. I managed to run straight into the man behind the lens, Ed Sloane, the impact forcing him to let go of his housing. No big deal, his wire reinforced leash will keep his precious camera close by. Ed's leash snapped and his $8000+ set up was nowhere to be seen. We scoured the lineup for over 30 seconds before the Big Grizzly, Zeb Walsh, jumped on it like a footballer. Crisis averted, however the session in front of the his fisheye lens was over.

Ed had driven down with the Dali Lama, aka Shyama Buttonshaw. The Dalai had consumed several alcoholic beverages the previous evening and was more than feeling the effects. Rendered unable to surf by his alcohol induced sickness, the Dali curled up in the shade and proceeded to spread his remaining stomach contents throughout the car park.

Watch the video below, it has some highlights from the drive home. It is proper hilarious.

The Day The Dalai Died from THE TOKEN VICTORIAN on Vimeo.

Thanks to

http://trosewall.blogspot.com

http://sloanephotos.blogspot.com

Coastalwatch Caption

Don't believe everything you read on the internet, including this caption on coastalwatch.com. Yes Bells was very big on friday morning, it wasn't too wobbly as they described it, and I definitely wasn't towing with Ross Clarke Jones. It was just myself and Todd Rosewall trading waves, with nothing more than our arms to get us around the lineup.

The Token Victorian - VB

Highest scoring wave of the day wins a slab of VB.

I didn't make a heat, but ended up with multiple slabs of the golden ale.

"I can't drink this shit, you are from Victoria, you have it".

There are times where it pays to be The Token Victorian.

Unfortunate Moments In Surfing Part 8

*THE SUBARU HOTEL

I personally see this as a great moment in my life, however the general consensus is that this is an unfortunate thing. Waking up hungover, with a 16 hour drive ahead of me I made a decision to break up the trip with an overnight stay in the Subaru Hotel. Located wherever it is needed, the Subaru Hotel is better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. This overnight stay happened around 400 k's from Melbourne. It was cold and I didn't have enough room to lay on my back because the old girl was loaded full of shit. There was ice on the windows when I woke up and it is fair to say I didn't actually sleep much at all. But hey, as the saying goes. Stop. Revive. Survive...

Brilliance In Words

"The problem with familiarity is that it breeds invisibility "

Have a good think about it. Go deep and let it play with your mind.

Twitpic Memories

Todd Rosewall dropping a classic South Australian memory on twitter. Fun times.

Unfortunate Moments In Surfing Part 7

*THE DEPARTING HOUSEMATES.

A bit of teamwork never goes astray, however when someone looses a contest and decides to get out of town early, a rubbish clean out is not on top of their mind. Hence I am drawn to this unfortunate moment in surfing. Check this rubbish pile I was left with at a recent event. What should take 5 minutes when everyone chips in, turns into a half hour solo mission. Thanks boys for hooking me with a clean kitchen...

Kustom Airstrike Winner

Flynn Novak takes the 50k for a backflip he named the Flynnstone Flip. I personally think Chippa Wilson and his Bigspin was stiff, as Flynn's could be called an inverted air reverse...

Check this clip video from Kustom, it's the official winners clip with a sick song and mental editing.

Untitled from Kustom Airstrike on Vimeo.

A Day To Remember.

Thursday the 16th of September... A day to remember.

After having a hell time out the infamous Bells Beach Bowl in the morning, Todd Rosewall and myself got together a crew of frothing groms and decided to swing them into the biggest conditions the Surfcoast has seen in a while. The team was myself, Todd Rosewall, Mitch Baker, Boris Cole, Hazza Mann and Shyama Buttonshaw. Harry "So tall if he fell over he would land in Lorne" Lee took shit shot on departure.

The Cape Sorell Buoy, located off Tasmania, recorded its biggest ever real wave reading at 11am on this fateful day, the one wave was over 18metres high.... The general rule is that it takes 6 hours for the swell hitting Cape Sorell to get to our hometown, so at 5pm we hit it.

2 Tow Teams at Winki. Absolutely no one at Bells.

Upon return to the Fisho's boatramp, the tow boys declared "No one was game enough to paddle..."

Oh how wrong they were.

We parked at Bells, got changed and piled into AJ Lynch's van cheat our way around to Southside for the only ocean access point available.

We had to do the full on paddle from Jarosite Reef around to Bells, much to the excitement of the 10000000 carpark surfers lining the cliffs.

We all got some huge ones and managed to make it in safely just before dark.

Holy shit, it is fair to say that we all love life right now.....