ISSUE: NO. 595

Matt Chojnacki, Ned Hart, Indo’s Wild West, Israel for Real, Maui – Before and After the Fires, Pam Burridge, Christa Funk and more…

INSIDE THE ISSUE

CLASSICAL LEANINGS; HOW MATT CHOJNACKI ARRIVES AT THE PAST IN STYLE

From a young age Matt Chojnacki became enchanted with the surfing history of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, where he grew up. Matt’s classical leanings saw him embrace the ‘Ride Everything’ philosophy and thrive as a competitive longboarder and freesurfer. Known affectionately as ‘The Waxhead’ Matt funds his salt-crusted life by restoring classic cars. It’s the kind of complimentary double-life many of us would love to lead.

WRITTEN BY LUKE KENNEDY

YOUNG BRAVE HEART

Teenage, West Australian Ned Hart has already won the ‘Young Gun’ prize in the New Big Wave Challenge Awards, where he also received a nomination for the prestigious ‘Ride of The Year’. Embracing a surname that readily lends itself to Hollywood wordplay, young Ned is living up to his moniker and already nudging his way into the ranks of the elite, big-wave fraternity.

WRITTEN BY ANTHONY PANCIA

THE INDO MOTORCYCLE DIARIES: THE WILD WEST

Tom De Souza’s beatnik bike tour of Indonesia continues. In this chapter he heads to Sumbawa, where surfing pilgrims plunder Supersuck’s funnelling lines. Meanwhile, Ozi expats seek a more removed existence and workers from around Indonesia arrive to make their living in the local gold mines. Once again, an insightful picture of the different forces at work in the Indo archipelago.

WRITTEN BY TOM DE SOUZA

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PAM BURRIDGE: AN IMMORTAL OF AUSTRALIAN SURFING

Phil Jarratt’s excellent new book ‘Immortals of Australian Surfing’ features 12 surfers. We chose to sample the chapter on Pam Burridge because her story has so many intriguing facets – posing as a boy in her early surfing days, the adored prodigy, fronting a rock band, a battle with anorexia and of course a decade long fight to become World Champion. In Pam’s dynamic journey through life and surfing there seems to be something we can all relate to.

WRITTEN BY PHIL JARRATT

CHRISTA FUNK: LET THE LIGHT IN

After pursuing competitive swimming as a teenager and then doing a sting in the military, Christa Funk decided she wanted to focus her energy on being in the water at Pipeline with a camera in hand. Plucky, courageous and f*&^ing funny, Christa has honed her craft to become a world-class surf photographer.

WRITTEN BY LAUREN L.HILL

LOVE VS LIKE: KOA SMITH AND ‘THE SOURCE’

Whether it’s on the North Shore of Oahu or Namibia’s Skeleton Bay, Koa Smith has a knack for snuffing out the looniest tubes and capturing them from every angle. Instead of trying to make it on tour, the Hawaiian-raised surfer has invested a heap of energy in the social media matrix. Koa watched his Instragram ‘likes’ and You Tube views soar, but at the end of it all was left wondering if he’d lost the ability to enjoy surfing minus the obsessive documentation.

WRITTEN BY LUKE KENNEDY

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