Griffin Colapinto: Buddy

Think Griffin Colapinto is ready for the Surf Ranch WSL event? Watch and marvel as Griff flies around Trestles with the kind of zip and vim we all wish we had.

The O’Riginals – Part 3 – Dan Johnson

When Dan Johnson’s mum moved to Crescent Head from Sydney, a place they visited often on family holidays, he couldn’t believe his good fortune. The classic point was now, his front yard and the with no holiday crowds he had the place to himself. Perfect!

But what he didn’t know was that in the down season, when the surf went flat and the holiday crew went home, there was not that much to keep his vibrant, tireless mind occupied. So, he did the only thing that seemed logical. He built a shaping bay under his Mum’s house and started hacking away at chunks of foam.

That was four years ago, and since then Dan has become the good time pilot of the point, out there on any given days riding all manner of designs on his self-shaped Snarly Surfboards (They’re sick, they’re gnarly, they’re snarly!) He studies design at Uni and doesn’t care about being the best guy in the water, just the bloke with the biggest smile.

“Dan Johnson represents the O’riginal mind of the next generation,” explains Blakey. “Kids who surf for the pure stoke of it, who want different sensations, and who don’t understand why you’d restrict anything as fun as surfing. I’ve never seen him not having a ball in the water and it gets everyone else in the line-up so stoked.”

Tyler Newton vs Nias…

Tyler Newton made the right call when one of the swells of the decade hit Indo recently. The dark holes of Nias was the place to be … as evidenced here.

Rob’s Corner…

Rob Machado, Evan Geiselman and Mikala Jones on a boat in Indo on the hunt for sick waves. What’s not to like? Dive in for a welcome slice of adventure. Simple fact is we’ll never get bored of watching  the style maestro draw his lines.

The O’Riginals – Part 2 – Lachlan Rombouts

Lachie Rombouts grew up a two-hour bus ride from the beach and never flinched about grabbing his board and making the journey at every opportunity. As soon as he was old enough he moved closer, but along with the increase in surf time came the trappings of being a young man fresh out of school, living the party life. Lachie struggled to balance the so-called good times on land with the actual good times in the water and eventually his mental health nosedived. Until, one day his home break lit up with the swell of a lifetime.
“In the end, it was finding a connection with giant surfboards and even bigger waves that re-invigorated Lachie’s love for the sea and helped him identify what sort of man he wanted to be,”