PONG UNDERGROUND

Local 'Award winning' film-maker, Luke 'Hollywood' Thomas and the Whaley kids are on a mission: to document and perhaps expose the underground world of ping pong, worldwide.
The filming of this documentary has been underway in all eleven corners of the globe for the past 12 months. This is just one of the many 'underground' tournaments which occur regularly in garages everywhere.
In a winner takes all arrangement, enjoy these images from a garage near you.

Meet: Hayden 'Shapesy' Cox

Meet Hayden 'Shapesy' Cox. Hayden is a red wine swilling, exotic parrot collecting, surfboard shaper from Mona Vale. Surfing was his mum's idea, pushing him into it with a leopard print Hot Buttered board when he was just four. He dreams of long barrels in Sumbawa but often has to settle for knocking the froth off a few at the Boonty. Hayden worked hard - as a grom, putting in the long hours in the gravel pit and claims to still be "the best Tonka-truck driver on the beaches". An experienced traveller - on the basketball court, Hayden was drafted off the team to spend more time at what he is good at; shaping shred sleds and bushwalking.

Portrait: Greg Chambers

Meet newly instated pirate, Greg Chambers. Greg is a bodyboarding exhibitionist who spends most of his time regulating the kids in the Mona rip bowl. When the surf goes flat, you can find this bloke kicking soccer balls between coffee cup goals at Cafe 5. Where he is also frequently seen with a guitar slung over his shoulder, belting out Everclear's 'Santa Monica' to the morning caffeine junkies. His advice is to wear sun cream always. As much as he loves his new eye patch, he wears it to cover a scar he just got as a result of a skin cancer, ouch! The only thing that really gets on Greg's nerves is punctuation. He doesn't mind reading it, just hates using it.

Bong Skate

My brother and his crew drove up from Melbs for an invitational skate comp put on by Billabong and Sony.
Here are a few of the shots, good times and incredible skating.

NE swell in winter

Everyone is stoked when a rare North East groundswell hits in the middle of winter!! yew!! goodtimes :) The Northern Beaches lit up.

Meet RadDan

Rad is an insightful young man, who walks the long way around Mona Vale, paying for things with I owe yous'. Rad is a dreamer, with visions of punting big airs to impress girls on the beach. He grows a wild beard to hide his chin and aims for it to meet his chest hair one day. He is 33 parts Rad and 1 part Dan. Not a lot annoys this kid, but if he asks for all three flavours in his Macca's 'Neapolitan' thickshake, you had better give it to him Ronald.

Got to love Winter Light

The past week was epic, best light we have had on the Northern Beaches for ages. Waves arrived too! yew! I went shooting with a few of the young shredders from the area, Dylan Cram, Harry Vann and Dave Vlug - all putting on a great display of surfing!!!