Well 2009 sucked a fat one… But 2010 is shapin up nicely.

And it just got better thanks to James Cheal and Taylor Eaton from Chilli surfboards… Here’s why

Thats what I said… Ken Oath

If you’re chasin a new board click the Chilli logo on your right… They’ll get you sorted…

Big thanks… Big

Been a sad few weeks…

But crew like Laurie get me back my smile… I wasn’t gonna touch this page ’til the time was right, but these pages have been gettin me down today, I miss the Watchdog too much to dwell on it anymore… So it’s time to bring back the happy days… These photos come from Laurie’s last few weeks both at home and in Hawaii… Some have it tough, some have it like Laurie…

Blue yonder

Eat that Rex… You too E.T

Few beers and you can do anything you put your mind too…

See…

Nothin worse than your girl or your best mate showin’ ya up… Lucky for Laurie

Cockhead

Laurie always knew there was something special about this one…

‘Daddy’?

‘Goodall played guitar, jamming good with wierd and gilly, and the spiders from Mars… He played it left hand but made it too far. Became the special man, then we were Ziggy’s band‘… OS

Busta’s

For those who didn’t catch it the first time, here is our poor attempt at RV’s first Cast your own Shadow video series… Piss poor effort, but at least we’re consistent huh?

A tribute from us to you Ryza…

Half the town got onboard to make this thing come together… Its kinda sad that it takes something like death to get everyone in one place together again… It was a great farewell to a great bloke, I’ve been saying since my first beer at your wake… ‘Its the best party you ever threw’… There was tear covered smiles everywhere, you would of thought the Pirates lost the Grand final… If only that was all it was…

I hope you got fast internet up there because the fuckin’ thing goes for almost 40 minutes…

NB: Give this thing time to load up before watching it through (press play then pause it while it loads) If you are having troubles viewing it you may need to update or download the latest flash player then grab some tissues, its rough.

Big thanks to Hoops, Dwayne, Callum and Katya who drove around town chasing up as many faces as they could for these video farewells… (Apologies to those close to Ryza we never got to, it was a hectic few days)… We cant forget Dougy from Douglas Signs, Brett from Mode Screenprinting, Tully and Stu from Shotgun Surfboards, the Grey brothers from Rhythm, Spillsy at Volcom, Vards and Campbell for their rafflin skills, Clouty for the banners we never got time to put up, Chris at Pirate park for the cheapest beers since cyclone Betsy and everyone and anyone else who stepped up for Ryza…

R.I.P MATE