April 1st, 2008 - AUSTRALIA HELLFIRE TOUR
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March 11th, 2008: MAX
NORTH SHORE DIARY - SERIES #2 - ENTRY #3 Cheers....Max.
Max Arent closes the season with some pop!!! Invert at Off-the-Wall. - Photo: Alex Ormerod
Dave Hubbard, late season Off-the-Wall invert. God...how dirty is that water in Hawaii??? Gross!!! - Photo: Danny Black March 10, 2008: SAVOJI'S MOVEMENT BANG
This is Anthony Savoji's backyard. What a dick!!! Big air reverse sha-bang at his beloved Wedge. (Issue 22 - Movement Magazine) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 27th, 2008: MAX NORTH SHORE DIARY: SERIES #2 - ENTRY #2 Fuck
O A T H cunts, today was dead set pumping! From about 10am through to
the afternoon, Pipe was pulsing at around 8-10ft. Really peaky, wedgey
Pipe too - perfect for the boog! Killer cool too because no one is here
anymore, like at one stage I counted 10 people in the water. It's these
kinda days that make that trip worthwhile... and then some.
Former World Champ Paulo Barcellos took home $3,000 and his first Pipeline trophy. Congrats brother!!! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 20, 2008: MAX NORTH SHORE DIARY: SERIES #2 - ENTRY #1 More
waves, more girls, more gnarly crazy good cooler times! Alright cunts,
I know I've been slack on the updates but here you go.
Max, early round pipe nugget. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 15th, 2008: CHARLIE HOLT & SAM STRACHAN JOIN PLASTIC PEOPLE GROM PILE Plastic People is proud to announce the addition of the Grom Pile, the creme de la creme of today's hottest young amateurs. Enter 14-year old Charlie Holt from Port Macquarie and Cronulla's 13-year old micro-grom Sam Strachan. Plastic People Co-Owner Mike Murphy returned from a recent trip to Tahiti saying, "Thorto (Simon Thornton) is raving about this kid Charlie back home, we gotta hook him up". Words like that from two of the industry's most underground chargers were not to be taken lightly. "As if our team wasn't already stacked with the industry's choice talent and favorite personalities, we just had to make room for these two kids" quoted Plastic People Founder and Creative Director Chuck Guarino. The two will for sure be turning heads into the future. "Their natural talent is obvious, and besides being extremely stylish in and out of the water they both have great personality. Both Charlie and Sam epitomize Plastic People's image." Guarino added. Look for Charlie and Sam cruising with the rest of the pile at select store promos during the first-ever Plastic People Australia Tour in April.
Port Macquarie's future pride and joy, Charlie Holt.
Cronulla's next bodyboarding prodigy, Sam Strachan.
Boom!!! Grom Power!!! Charlie, textbook el rollo at Breakwall.
Sam, 13, and already rushing it at Shark Island.
Charlie looking reminiscent of a young Damian King.
Sam extending an invert over Surge at The Island.
Charlie gives himself and Sam two thumbs up. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 13th, 2008: CATCHING UP WITH ADAM "CRASHY" BENWELL CG: Hey Crash, what the hell you been up to? Crashy:
Hey buddy. I’ve been good, just cruising at home lapping up some
quality time with friends and family, spent my first Christmas at home
in eight years, and I’m gorging on the fruits of Summer. Travelling
hardly ever, I’ve developed a fear of flying now. Too many places
are dropping out of the sky and crashing. Haha, nah I did a quick solo
stint to Bali, London, and Eastern Europe a few months ago. Drove a scooter
through Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Montenegro for a week. The best non-surf
trip I’ve ever done. That place is where God would live. Dude we
have to go there one day you would lose it!!! Crashy:
I’m still on the Goldy, but migrating down to Sin City (Sydney)
in a few weeks for the year for something different.
Crashy
doing what he does best. Air Reverse at Dbah. CG: Who you been hanging with? Crashy:
Just
hanging out with Hog (Sam Gray), Tommy, Liam and a bunch of other suspects
you probably wouldn’t want to know. Hez and Bryce come up to get
beaver and lose all there money at the casino occasionally. Oh and my
wife. I’m married these days. Pretty much. Crashy:
Just keep loving the home life. It’s funny when you’ve traveled
so much and been nearly everywhere
Crashy at one of our favorite dives in New York, The Johnson's. CG: Can’t wait to chill with you man. Murph, Keith Loud, and I will be there in six weeks. Crashy: Sounds sick, see you then Chucky.
Crashy sends his love. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 1st, 2008: DAVE HUBBARD WINS BIG IN PUERTO RICO Dave Hubbard left the dismal waves and weather on the North Shore of Oahu and jetted over for the Puerto Rico contest at Margara where he smoked all competitors winning both Open Pro and Dropknee divisions, along with the Best Barrel award. Organizers of the event also awarded him with the MVP trophy. Dave heads back to Kauai with $4,400 in his pocket, not too shabby for a couple days work. Don't be surprised if he gives Ben, Amaury, his brother Jeff and the rest of the boys on the World Tour a run for the title this year. Congrats Dave!!!
Dave, crushing it. Photo:Jondy
Dave loving life scoring Puerto Rico perfection, the East Coast Atlantic's version of the North Shore. Photo: Jondy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - January 15th, 2008: MAX ARENT NORTH DIARY ENTRY #3 Hawaii's back!! YEEEEE HAAAAA!!! For the first time on this trip it really feels like I'm on the North Shore again! This past week has had a bunch of days, ranging from fun Off The Wall/Backdoor in the 4-6ft range right through to 15ft pumping Pipe! The Da Hui Backdoor Shootout got the best of it dominating the Sunset stretch with 3 days of big, clean competition. But of course, this didn't stop rad cunts like Toby, Stewart, Leif Emberg and Hubb still shredding those first and last hours of daylight outside the comp. In the end Jamie O'Brien took home the $50k win. The dude was jamming rodeo clowns, switch foot tube rides and a whole bunch of other cool shit leaving the competion for dead! Congrats. The next few days look wild with 30ft plus waves predicted. Probably too big for everywhere. This place is crazy! Photos courtesy of Alex Ormerod
Ben Player doesn't ride for Plastic People but we love him anyway. Two-time World Champ air reverse sha-bang!
Pipe showing it's pretty face
And the infamous Banzai Pipeline has finally popped it's cherry this season. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
January 4th, 2008: MAX ARENT NORTH SHORE DIARY ENTRY #2 The
last week on the North Shore has had its ups and downs. Ups with the banzai
outta nowhere absolutely blazing boxing day morning and downs with the
treatment this islands population brains took on after the boozing new
years night. Nothing short of a total blast though in the ocean and on
the town. Enclosed are a couple photos taken by Alex Ormerod of the rising
swell and our keiki pad ablaze New Year's night! Alex has been on fire
behind the lens this season capturing insane images of all your Plastic
favourites. Scope out the future mags for some sure publishment...Waves
are still small and crappy since Xmas but with mid-week forecasts looking
up the season is sure to take on a consistent turn.
Time to get barreled...
Still quite a bit of sand at Pipeline, but how fun does this look?
Hardy, Toby and crew boogie down. (All Photos courtesy of Alex Ormerod) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - December 24th, 2007: MAX ARENT NORTH SHORE DIARY ENTRY #1 I
have been on this island for three weeks now and all I can report is utter
rubbish. Bar a couple of freak days out at Log Cabins this season has
just bluntly been, bullshit bad! Rumours are circling the North Shore
that peak season has either been permanently pushed back a month, the
classic island trade winds have swung permanent onshore, and/or even that
the North Shore is bottom line broken... forever! But fingers crossed
these on par Christmas boom swells will pull through and break the drought,
as well as putting the peoples minds at ease. In other news the majority
of hotrod stand-ups have fled home to make way for the big name boogers
to arrive. In particular straight from the last tour event in Gran Canaria,
our new 2x World Champion Mr. Ben Player has landed. A huge congrats goes
out to the man as he not only taken home another worldie but double barreled
it honing this years Riptide Peer Poll #1 position as well!! Quite the
compliment seeing as combining these two feats together has only ever
been done by the sports godfather himself, Mike Stewart!
Max keeping his cool on the North Shore. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - December 17th, 2007: DAVE HUBBARD SCORES NEW JERSEY WINTER SWELL After spending the last week in New York roaming the streets and throwing snow balls at cars and innocent people, Dubb ventured down to New Jersey with Chuck Guarino to score a last minute frigid winter swell. The few die-hard groms that were out were super stoked on Dubb's presence. Photos: Keith Loud
How classic is Dubb's face here? Much to his surprise, he actually had a lot of fun suiting up in a 5 mil for this.
The cold water never restricted Dave from boosting. Staying loose for the upcoming Maui comp with an air reverse out of the end bowl.
Chuck driving through a dirty gutter. Photo: Andrew Dennis
A rare site. Dave Hubbard DK'ing in a 5 mil. Even more rare, he ditched his beloved Bluntcuts for a size larger pair of Churchills. Crazytown.
Chuck, Air Forward pop!
Ramps everywhere. Dubb landed this, connected with the wave behind it, and got pitted again. Where is the rest of the sequence? Loud only knows. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - December 14th, 2007: MAX ARENT-HIGHFIELD SUN ZAPPER CLIP Click here for a sweet little edit of Max tearing Oz apart. By Chad Waldron
One from our archives. A sun roasted Max pre-Sun Zapper sponsorship. Plastic People Hawaii House 2006. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - December 13th, 2007: MURPH SIGNS WITH EMPIRE!!! East Coaster Mike Murphy has just inked a deal with Empire Bodyboards. Murph stopped off in California on his way back from Hawaii and Tahiti to meet up with Empire owner Eddie Solomon. "The boards are working really well and I'm stoked to be part of Eddie's new company" noted the thrilled New Jersey native. He joins Plastic People riders, Leif Emberg and Anthony Savoji on the talented Empire squad. The Murph signature model is due out in Spring 2008!!!
Murph....late afternoon keg in New Jersey. Photo: Cresitello - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - December 12th, 2007: TWO WILD CATS!!! Australia's Leif Emberg was recently staying with Anthony Savoji in Newport Beach, California, Leif's first stop on his world tour. The boys were riding pretty dirty, partying, surfing the Wedge, taking pictures, destroying hotel rooms, in the land of plastic women. Leif and Savoji are now riding for Eddie Solomon's new company Empire Bodyboards with Savoji's board model out in time for XMAS!!! And Leif's not too long after that!!!
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Dave will be crashing at the Plastic People studio here in New York for the next week before heading back home to Hawaii for another North Shore season. 2008 looks bright for the 25-year old freak from Hawaii with the IBA World Tour commencing at the infamous Pipeline. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - December 1st, 2007: COVERS!!! Congrats to our riders Sean Virtue, Max Arent, and Simon Ormerod for owning the newstands the past three months.
Simon Ormerod hooks up with Chris Bryan for the board-cam angle. Riptide # 160.
Max Arent-Highfield hooked up this New South Wales slab with Brit photog Mickey Smith. Riptide # 159.
Sean Virtue in one of the biggest Australian barrels ever. . . captured by Phil Gallagher. Riptide # 158 |
