new beginning

the rivalry is like myspace vs facebook. Blogspot vs tumblr is the new big fight for everyones thoughts. I've gone with the crowd and changed over to tumblr, basically to give it a new start. so to keep up with my blog head over to www.dylanbeach.tumblr.com

Summerset are bigger than ever

Summerset have just re-launched their new winter range as well as a new blog. Check out their blog here and make sure you keep an eye out for their new range.

eye orgasim

a few days of solitude from dylan b on Vimeo.


a lil clip of the waves that were featured in our latest trip. enjoy

dylan beach, getting ya wet this weekend.

Recently I've signed with HB bodyboards, and Tiki wetsuits. I'm pretty amped to be riding for a company that has such big and exciting plans for the future. I believe that HB is a company that is going to be at the forefront of bodyboarding in the future and am stoked to be riding their boards in the coming weeks.
They have just released their 2010-2011 range, and to tell you the truth it makes me a lil wet in the pants. Check them out and make sure you get on a HB in the coming weeks.

Recent shenanigans

The last few days I've travelled around 2000 km's around the coastline of south aus chasing the elusive  wave that demands some attention. We finally found it after a 8 hour drive through the night, with only snakatas and monster energy drinks fuelling us. For three days we surfed uncrowded ( me and lance out) waves that dont come along to often. Full of fun times, amazing waves, thousands of mice and good people.
One of the funniest times of the trip for me came from a direct quote from Lance Hurford in regards to scotch finger biscuits.
" Nah I only eat the scotch, the finger is shit"
Classic times

Breaking News

Its been a big and busy week for myself. Surf has been super fun during the start, so i've clocked up some solid hours in the blue.Plenty of barrels and bowls went down at knights for a few days, which kept the regulars happy.
Also thanks to my sponsors Summerset clothing, i got my second ad in the latest Riptide magazine. Thanks for photog Jake Seabrook we worked some magic and produced a pretty cool little photo that I'm super happy about.

And last but certainly not least, I feel like a receptionist typing a hundred emails a day negotiating a contract with another board company. We've sorted out the final details and am super amped on what we've come up with. I'm looking forward to start riding and representing them for the next year.
Who is it you may ask???
Sit tight and there will be a proper announcement will be announced hopefully sooner rather than later.

Its a Sonny day!

Sonny Harlow is not only a good mate of mine, but just happens to be one of the most amazing photographers ever to grace the streets of Adelaide.
The photo below is properly one of my favourite photos I've ever seen, makes me appreciate what I have and the people I have around me.
Check out the rest of Sonny's work here

2 foot, frog legs and bikini clad women.

Are usually the words you hear when someone talks about brazil and brazilian bodyboarders. I must admit i'm not a fan of their style of surfing, but whilst creeping around the net the other day i came across this video of Jose Otavio. This video erases any thoughts I had of all bodyboarding in Brazil. This dude is a freaking nut case that shreds the bags out of everything in this video.
Check it out and make your own decision.

Coverstar

Well not quite..but I was searching the Sunzapper website this morning, and on the front screen is a big  old photo of me taken by Jack Creevy.
Check out sunzapper's website here and make sure you get slip slop and slap with some of their latest gear.

State Titles

The 3rd and final round of the state titles went down yesterday at knights. Rolling up to the knights carpark the infamous wedge looked dismal. It was about 1 foot and barely wedging. A few discussions were made, and a few claims saying knights will be shit upon high tide and that we should head out to swell magnet waits beach. But Co-ordinator Tim Doman was a man on a mission saying the swell would pulse mid morning and that the comp was at knights.

The first few heats were held in small surf with a few wedges coming through. If you got a wedge in the 25 minute heats you were most properly on a way to victory. But as the day went on the swell began to rise and the wedges began to come through more constantly.
The 3rd round of the Bodyboard club was also held with the biggest turn out yet taking part in the fun little wedges.
After a long day of outrageous commentry conversations between Ned Raggat and myself, some really good heats and properly some of the closest most competitive surfing ever seen at a state titles, I was beaten by Jasper with his last ditch effort, with a tube to overtake me to take out top spot. Myself coming second closely followed by young Carlo and then Jacko.
The day wasn't a complete failure after I took out my second consecutive club comp, just beating karl morgan.

The undisputed Dk king Karl Morgan with a stylish floater.

The wave that gave me the low blow in the last few minutes. Jasper with a nice lil tube

Summerset's back

After a few months of laying low, Summerset's  back with a nifty looking winter range. The range should be out real soon so keep your eyes glued to their stockists for it to come out.
Also in celebrations of the new range coming out a new advertising campaign will be printed in the newest riptide to come out soon. I was lucky enough to get the call up for a new ad, so myself and photographer friend Jake Seabrook went out to see what we could produce.
Heres a few shots that we came out with. Make sure you keep an eye out for the latest ad in the new Riptide.

birthday celebrations

Last weekend I turned the big 20. out of the teens and into manhood.I had a birthday celebration at a club in the slimy seedy street of Hindley. A few of the boys came round for a few pre drinks at mine before heading into town. Here's a few shots from us enjoying the celebrations.

*Take note of lance's pose in this shot.  Absolutely timeless.

Thursday 6th of May

Will be marked in my memory where i got two of the best barrels i have ever got out at knights. I properly wont get any others like the two i got today, so im going to keep them in my memory banked away with all the other insignificant memories i have

food for thought

Mitch Rawlins, most of you should know of him( if you dont pull your head out of your ass and look him up) has updated his website with a interesting article on the state of bodyboarding. He backs up the facts that although bodyboarding isn't a booming sport, but has carved the way surfing is at this present day, with new wave discoveries and surf photography. Its defiantly worth a look. check it out here.

SWELL SWELL SWELL

The last 2 weeks has seen the south coast of SA cop four 5 foot plus swells. Although his sounds impressive the south coast doesnt offer to many options with swell this size. Knights washes through and the reefs and other beachy's and wedges never seem to produce the goods.
Ah well can't complain.

More west side action

Heres a tight little clip of us surfing last week.
enjoy

Westcoast Payback from Jack Creevy on Vimeo.

a bit of a gamble

Yesterday me and a few mates did a quick day trip over to yorkes. The charts were looking a bit suss, the wind was perfect but the swell prospects were looking a little small. We were hoping to surf a beachy called westcape and hoping that it would be atleast 3 foot on the sets.
On arrival we did our usual check of the a different wave called ledge. Rocking up to see some sets unload on the little patch of reef quite perfectly. If anyone has even surfed around that part of the coastline,you'll know that its ledge is a fickle lil sucker because the banks have to be perfect after the ledge finishes, so its not a blatant closeout.
We were straight out there alongside a photographer, Pat who we met in the car park who did a solo drive over and was setting up his housing to shoot empties until we rocked up.
A few hours of good waves with only us out.
and heres a few shots that came out of it.
Shots thanks to Pat G photography.

Fuck you phil

I'll capture whatever wave i want. wanker



1 wave, 2 days,2 many good times from dylan b on Vimeo.

recent km's

Over the past week has been pretty crazy..A nice lil period presented itself over the west coast the last week. My self and a few chums went over to get a few perfect desert waves, we got some pretty pumping waves and had some amazing fun times. Apart from one mate who was an unfortunate victim of what the west coast is known for 'surf localism'. At a pretty well known bodyboarding spot that has had more coverage than almost any other wave in Aus in the last few years, a guy by who we know as 'phil' smashed his $6000 lense of the rocks and then proceeded to run away like a little bitch.
Its pretty gutless in my opinion to do something like that, especially when he pretty much assaults a 17 year old who is shooting a spot thats soo well known whilst the bra boys are shooting up a storm with full HD video cameras and big fuck off cameras which is probs gonna be used in the next tracks or surfing life magazine, at a spot that is known most for the anti exposure and hardcore locals.
If their going to be real hardcore locals abuse the guys that will actually expose the place instead of picking on a fucking 17 year old which the photos are just for us having a laugh and the most exposure they will get is showing our mums and dads saying "look at me mum i can get barrelled".

Anyways I'm sure theirs a lot of discussions that can be presented in this argument. My point of view is that localism is SHIT. Fair enough if u have a go at someone who is snaking you or dropping in on someone, but to actually break some of their property and then run away and to continue doing it, its just not on.

anyways in-spite of this incident we actually had a really good time.
hopefully i will have a lil vid to pop up soon to show some recent waves.

Sacrifice

As a bodyboarder, I spend a lot of time travelling and away from home. I miss out on a lot of social events and different aspects of life. My life revolves around bodyboarding, much of the time i forget to realise that there are many different aspects that affect day to day life and everybody that is associated with someone that bodyboards or surfs. I wonder if my life didn't revolve around bodyboarding that I would have a more fulfilled life. I would be going to uni, have more money, probs living out of home with my girlfriend and spending heaps of time with my friends.
I dont have either of them, although I have a girlfriend, many of my surfing adventures have taken a toll on her and isn't sure its all worth it.
But i still continue to bodyboard and live my life around the sport and lifestyle. Is it worth it?? should i give up chasing the waves and freedom we all live for? so i can live a normal life like most people?
Its a question that has filled my mind a number of times throughout my short life span. but none so more than at the moment where i have some good sponsors and good times around sport, but feel as if that i'm letting lots of aspects of life slip away.

Skateboarding prodigy

I was at home as usual watching 'the hills' and eating hot cross buns when i got a message from my hate hugh saying he was gonna skip uni today and come over to my house in the arvo. As the creative kids we are we decided to capture his amazing skating skills on camera and do a quick edit of his rad skills. 

So we spent properly an hour filming and I spent like 45 mins editing this clip..

enjoy

Hugh Purvis skateboarding prodigy from dylan b on Vimeo.

vicco

video

After buying my new mac, making movies from average footage is so much easier.. it allows you to add all these cool effects. change the colours and cut the clips so much easier..
After a few recent west cape trips i took a lil footage and my creative side shined through and i made this little clip.
enjoy

south aus beachy from dylan b on Vimeo.

surprise surpise!!!

Sorry about the lack of updates with my blog.. Over the last week or so my movements have been very minimal.. Wave wise there hasnt been much to talk about. A few trips over to yorkes produced some fun waves at west cape and ledge. Knights has been shit due to the lack of sand in the corner, or even on the beach resembling a reef but without a good wave infront of it..
Although today produced the years first day with a solid south swell and some NW winds.. Checking knights first thing didnt really float my boat. The swell was up and the call was made to go check waits in an all desperate mission..knowing it would be solid we were hoping there would be a bank firing or something along the beach somewhere..Checking the point first we thought it was the usual story.10 dudes out trying to surf a closeout..wooho..But after I heard a beach close by called parsons had a good rip bowl off the point.. I dont usualy check parsons as there is usualy 50 stand ups that think their the fucking best and rule the beach, but we checked it anyways and were surprised to see a left coming off the point with only a few dudes out.. straight down there and got some of the best waves ive had in a long time with hardly any one out..
who knew parsons would ever get good!!

zoolander wannabe

My weekly routine doesnt really exist of that much..I work for 2 or 3 days and if there isnt any surf for the remainder of the week it makes me search for things to do..A lucky thing for me photographer Sonny Harlow is in a similar situation.
We took an afternoon off our busy schedule to head down to the ghetto ridden Pt Adelaide to shoot a few shots.

All photos by Sonny Harlow

                                                                        

lack of stimulation

Since Ive returned from my travels, my life has seemed to go back to the usual routine...the waves have sucked since i've been bac..knights hasnt had any banks and the hasnt been over 2 foot. The other coastlines have had good waves the last week but inbetween the two days i work a week they just happened to fall upon the only 2 days that there were good waves.
This has fuelled my determination to get out of SA and travel and get some waves. 

dream on...

Imagine walking over a dune and seeing this...

mac attack

After returning home from Samoa last week i had some hard earn cash still saved away in my bank account that i didnt expect to have..My shitty toshiba laptop just didnt really hold up for the time i had it so i decided to join the bandwagon and splerge out and buy myself a macbook. properly  one of the best decisions i've made

Jack Creevy

He's a talented young man.i'm pretty sure hes not even legal yet but already has established himself as one of SA's best photographers and has already made a mark taking sharp photos along other coastlines. whilst doing my daily search on vimeo i saw this clip and thought it might look alright. to my surprise it was made by none other but the young man himself. not only is he a good photog hes actualy not that bad at editing little clips on windows movie maker.
check it out


The Southern States from Jack Creevy on Vimeo.

summerset ad

Thanks to photographer Sonny Harlow and my sponsor Summerset clothing i got my first ad run in the most recent Riptide.

you can order your new summerset threads at http://www.summersetclothing.bigcartel.com/

pacific wonderland

I just returned from a trip over to the south pacific nation known as Samoa.  I experienced an amazing culture and met some amazing people and of course sampled the nations amazing waves.

 

 

outta here

The next 4 weeks should be an exciting one for me.. a long 14 hour drive will kick things off as we drive over to the south coast of nsw for the following 4 days. the weather looks dismal and the waves look even worse but we need to arrive at our destination in Sydney for Sunday where ill be jetting off to spend 3 weeks in the luscious landscape that Samoa has to offer. The waves have been poo around home so im pretty glad to go and get some tropical tubes under the belt. I hope we can score some good waves and have plenty of fun times.
i hope i can update you with the waves, adventures, and good times whilst im over there... if not wait 4 week and there will be photos and stories to share all around.

introducing mr jack creevy

He's a man of the fine arts, taking photos for a past time, he enjoys the finer things in life. A class act that no one can ever live up too, always surprises you with his elegance and sophistication . I enjoy jack's company as so many other people do. I introduce to everyone Jack.

boredom killer

Its sunny,warm,no wind,not a cloud in the sky but yet im still inside sitting on my bed with my laptop on my lap being bored. I should be out swimming running or just plain old enjoying life. But instead i've uploaded a few photos of life in the recent weeks. enjoy

Heatwave

Last week Adelaide experienced 3 days of 40 + weather. with no waves on the metro or south coast we thought we would try to escape the heat and do a drive somewhere hoping for some waves. Photog Jack Creevy, Matt Henwood and a stand up named Will made the trek over to try to escape the heat. This is what we came across. of course i wont put the best photos up here but heres a few to get your lips wet

all photos by Jack Creevy check him out at http://www.flickr.com/photos/creevy

an empty goes through

under water perspective

another one goes through with no one but me and jack watching it

mind surf it...

a blury tube

henwood flying high..the sequence of this waves is amazing..barrel to air reverse and rides away clean as a whistle

amazing

you think you surf good?? watch this and then think again because these guys surf so much better than you do

LINKtv V0.2 CANARY ISLANDS from LINKtv on Vimeo.

video killed the radio star

Time to Go in the SEA! from allan wilson on Vimeo.


this is a sick edit by allan willson. such cool editing and amazing colours. enjoy

Into the wild

A must watch movie. amazing true story about a man who choses lives his life with only base essentials travelling america with no worries in the world. Inspirational to anyone

Heatwave

After the first day of whats gonna be a week of 40+ degree weather Lance Rochelle and myself headed down for a swim at the beach and we were lucky enough to witness an amazing sunset and swim amongst the pristine water. perfect way to finish off a day

as good as it gets

lance trying to impress rochelle with his bodyboarding skills

the rolla'

rochelle and lance

selfy

2:30

Waking up that early can only mean one thing. a day trip to yorkes.With  the conditions looking favourable myself matt and justin made the drive over hopeful to get some waves other than knights under our belt.

The banks at cape didnt quite live up to their expectations but they did offer a few fun barrels and bowls to throw out to us for the morning.

doing the drive early

justin enjoying the walk

looking from the car park..we were quite excited by the sight of this

there was a few

Motivation

is the real defining factor that makes or breaks goals and aspirations. Without motivation there is really no reason to have goals in your life. This is why my new years goal is to become more motivated, so that i can achieve much more this year and hopefuly kick start my future into another gear. Im going to become more motivated to achieve more in bodyboarding, travel and see the world whilst im still young, keep fighting fit and of course to be happy like every one should be.
Happy new year all.