The Awakening Of Kirra Point

On the 15th and 16th of January kirra point came back to life. There has been some good days there in the last few years but these days were different. Kirra was the closest its been to old Kirra since the Superbank.
People told me that it looked just like old Kirra, having never seen old kirra I would have to take their word for it but all I knew was that the waves were amazing. On the 16th I got there on hight tide and left on low tide and it was still pumping, the higher tide was the best tho. Some people have said that it is the best Kirra in 20 years. I saw a photo from Ben Cahill that blew my mind, it was shot in the water and the wave looked so wide and heavy and perfect. I really hope this is a start of things to come with Kirra.

Hope you like the photos.

Classic Kirra Point line up

Green room perfection

Thick lips

Another perfect empty wave

Silky smooth tubes

Spot X pumping at sunrise

World Body Boarding Champion – Dave Winchester

The Superbank lining up

Perfect?

Sets like this rolled in all day

New generations see Kirra

The line up was full of jet ski’s

2 x World Surfing Champion  Mick Fanning on the wave of the day

Clean as a whistle

Asher Pacey deep inside a bomb

DK style

Clean Slabs

World Body Boarding Champion – Dave Winchester

Asher Pacey getting spat out of a bomb

Green slabs

2 x World Surfing Champion  Mick Fanning on the wave of the day

2 x World Surfing Champion  Mick Fanning

Nice set

Flawless

Packed line up

Slotted at spot X

Some one about to get smashed into the sand

Perfect weather and great waves

Snapper Rocks maxing

Billabong Rider

Big set approaches Snaper

Dean Morrison inside a low tide dredger

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2010 PHOTO ANNUAL

(-THE YEAR THAT WAS  – TWENTY 10 PHOTO ANNUAL-)

This is the biggest post I have done and it is the Second Photo Annual that I have Published, hope you all take the time to look through as there are a lot of images. These are my faviourite shots that I have taken this year. I would love to be able to put all of this into a Photo Annual coffee table book, maybe one day in the future, until then thanks for looking.

Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

(~THE LITTLE THINGS~)

(~THE WATER~)

(~THE 10x WORLD CHAMP~)

(~THE GONE – BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN~)

(~THE EMPTY~)

(~THE BUSH~)

(~THE BEACH~)

(~THE RIDE~)

(~THE ELEMENTS~)

(~THE SKY~)

(~THE BIG SMOKE~)

(~THE SACRED HEART ~)

(~THE LIGHT~)

(~THE NEW~)

(~THE 4 LEGGED~)

(~THE FREE~)

(-THE INSPIRATION-)

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Kelly Slater 10 x World Champ10n

Kelly Slater has always been my favourite surfer. The things he does on waves are incredible. The first event I went and watched was the 2006 Rip Curl Pro at Bells, and he absolutely ripped, my camera gear back then wasn’t very good so I didn’t get any great shots. Since I have lived on the Gold Coast I have been lucky enough to see him surf in some amazing heats in the Quiky Pro and have also seen him free surfing a fair bit. For a guy who is 38 he surfs like a 20 year old, and he actually seems to be getting better. He would have to go down in history as the best Sportsman of all time, he pretty much has every record in surfing and his career has spanned near on 20 years and he has been winning world titles at the start and end. not many athletes in any sport stay up the top for that long let alone get 10 world titles.

Here is a collection of images that I have taken of Kelly.

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Andy Irons Memorial Paddle Out

Saturday, 6th of November.

This morning at 9am there was a Paddle Out at Snapper Rocks for Andy Irons, There was a massive turn out and it was a special morning. The amount of surfers that showed up was no surprise, Andy Irons was a true Champion and was respected all over the world. It is a very sad time for the surfing world and my heart goes out to Andy’s family and friends.

R.I.P  A.I

Special thanks to Carool Holiday Apartments.

2010 Empty Waves Collection

Here is a collection of empty waves that went un ridden on the Gold Coast In 2010, An empty wave always amazes me on the Gold Coast due to the crazy crowds.

Hope you enjoy!

October Rain

Its been awhile since I have done a Blog update on this site so thought I would post some photos that I took yesterday. Im sure you have all seen the news and seen that the Gold Coast has had a massive amount of rain over the last few days. I went out yesterday to check out some spots that I heard had been flooded, there were lakes in parks and it didn’t look like the Gold Coast. I did see a postie bike riding through a flooded road tho, good to see that the mail was still being delivered

Here are the pics.

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Super Saturday – Snapper Rocks

Snapper Rocks has had some amazing days this year but the weekend just gone topped them all, Saturday the 10th was an epic day, perfect sunny weather, offshore winds all day and the most perfect waves that I have ever witnessed. From behind the rock all the wave through to Greenmount was perfect and I’m sure it was pumping all the wave through to Kirra as well. The waves were thick and barreled all the way down the bank, I have never seen as many amazing rides as I did on Saturday,  10 second barrels were the norm and guys were getting long pits and then coming out and then setting up for another long barrel on the same wave. I was there from 9 am till 4 pm and the waves stayed perfect the whole time.

Hope you like the photos.

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The Super Banks of Coolangatta

Over the last few days there has been some incredible waves on the Gold Coast. The Suberbank is lining up the best I have seen it all year and there are good banks at most of the beachies. There are alot of long point breaks in the world but the thing that makes the Superbank so good are the barrels. Endless perfect mechanical barrels peel down the bank, the only down side is that there can be 400 people trying surf these waves, but that’s not all bad some times as Dbah had some amazing waves with only 5 guys out, and Froggies had some heavy slabs if you were willing to wait for the good ones. Parko was out getting amongst it as was Steph Gilmore who was actually shooting photos as well.

Click on the photos to make them bigger, especially the lineup shots.

Hope you Enjoy the photos!

Matt.

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Winter Fest 2010

Winter Fest has just finished for another year and from what I have heard it is the last one but i’m sure something else will take its place. My son loves cars so I went down with my family to show him the cars and take some photos while I was at it, some of the cars are just amazing and you can really see how much these guys love their cars.

Here are some images that I took, hope you like them

Cheers

Matt.

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The Ying & Yang of the Gold Coast

The Gold Coast is an amazing place to live, whether you love the bush or the ocean or even city life, its all here for you. With ancient rain forrests in the Hinterland and World Class surf breaks there is alot to see. Over the last month I have been trekking around a fair bit, from the Hinterlands to the Coast, Hope you enjoy the photos from the past month, Dont forget to click on the images to see them bigger.

Thanks

Matt.

The Ying…

and the Yang…

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