Dan's new stepdeck.

this guy was happy no idea why, a tasty little ten o stepdeck, mr bowery has been keeping himself busy and some people happy

missing you

oh i miss the site of this red truck every second day

paddle-popping

at the pot

Check out thexraymachines.tumblr.com, another local collective frothing on fun and mother nature

free tattoos, bikes, bashing bob and the triangles on fire

first up at the free tattoo tower mr marrs

the triangles letting loose

mr bob, so fucking stoked to have meet this guy, so talented, draw, paint, dye, drum, dj, glassing pretty much anything, was on the drums with everyone this night

a popular place to be, the beautiful miss giles got in line for some permanent art.

some of the friendly faces of bali

just home

from 3 weeks of shaping and surfing and hanging out in canggu,

bali. a lot of time spent

at the deus temple of enthusiasm. mr Tyler

Mars, sushi chef extraordinaire, air ukulele hellman, bermuda triangles tune selector from hell and one rad dude.

mr andy six string, super chill dude, and boy can he seriously rock out when on stage with whoever he gets to accompany him

mr

d hump himself and

the village king

this guy was there hanging out

hook me up monty, couch sleeper genius and the mc to the masses

2011 Winter on the Sunshine Coast,Queensland,Australia

The Olde Don Burford 6'11'' single fin , $35 from Burleigh Heads Pawnshop, still one of my fav boards, yesterday I washed the dust and cob webs off, photos by Phil Pascoe

The deus workshop

ronnie and victor, the men, a whole stack of shaped up logs making there way to the deus shop racks, some to the point signage from mr bob, a bit of taping up and an afternoon board meeting, been a blast mowing out foam over here, a whole lot of good folk poking there head in some super creative types floating about and inspiration a plenty.

Queensland~we love it ~Great Sandy Region

World heritage Great Sandy Region, Fraser Island .

Trailblazer Tours leaving Noosa for the Great Sandy Region twice a week.

There are 2 and 3 day fully guided tours, we check out the lakes, sand blow, animals of the island, rainforest, Maheno shipwreck, ancient coloured sands, float along freshwater creeks we talk about the aborigional heritage and the plants that can be eaten "bush tucker".

neeeexppaa

Long sandy bottomed lefts, aaahhhhhh

some nice midlength surfing from ellis and salsa

been nice bumping in to these two over here and seeing them surfing midlenth how they should be. like the no leash approach too

Front Yards

With winter winds from the west front yards has been producing some translucent sliders,here is how Phil Pascoe watched it unfold.












photo credit Phil Pascoe

nationals in indo

so the the little trip up the coast was rad. We didn't get indo barrels like everyone comes here looking for, but we did score some super fun right hand point-national park impersonation-peelers with just three natural footers on logs, and a couple of super friendly stoked local gromies who were doing as much hooting as us. There were some smiles going down for sure along with the bintangs

Tall Talk Rosella jam

With an abundance of rosella's comming on here's my solution,

Rosella Jam

8 cups rosellas
1 choko
quarter pineapple
3 pink lady apples
3 cinnamon quills
4 star anise
sugar to taste 5 cups, some say equal amounts to fruit to sugar,but i enjoy it a little tart.you will figure this bit out with your own judgement.

Seperate your rosella flesh from the seeds.(fun times)

boil the seeds for 40 minutes with 2 star aniese and a cinnamon quill and water to submerse,this will release the pectin vital for a thick set jam.

Dice choko, pine apple and peeled apples.
submerse and Boil choko in water for 40 minutes or until soft, add apples pine apple rosellas and remaining star anise and cinnamon quills,keep submersed and simmer for a further 20 minutes.
Add the sugar to taste and the pectin and simmer for 30 further minutes ,remember to stir frequently and to not over cook as you will loose the rich red textures of the rosellas.

To get the most enjoyment from your jam call up some one of the older generation i.e (stuthy) and get them to bake some fresh scones!

Other ideas for your jam,

jam donuts
rosella glazed pork belly
impress a girl with your 'jam' skills.