“if you’re good at it and you
have a smile on your face you
tend to get waves”
““
and sneak the ones that other people aren’t
looking at, adjust your surfing that way. That’s
what longboarding can really do, you can
pick waves that no one else really wants and
still have a bit of fun on them. Obviously the
beach breaks from sort of The Spit, all the
way down to Miami or even the beach breaks
at Burleigh, you can often find something to
yourself - that’s always a quick way to get
away from the crowds.”
There’s a lot of talent coming through the
ranks again which is good to see. Who do
you rate in longboarding right now?
“I think the stand-out at the moment is
probably Harley (Ingleby) - he’s really stuck
with it and had some big successes, and
as for some of the younger guys ... I went
up to Noosa recently and saw a bunch of, I
can’t even remember those kids’ names, but
there were a few little micro groms that could
noseride so well. It was very impressive, in
tiny waves, obviously I’m 90kg so I’m not
going that well in the real ankle biters, but it