While You Were Sleeping | Bite Size!

Today in “Things from Australia that want to kill you”: Here’s a tagged Great White shark that totally just came to chill and do nothing else at all in the water off Albany yesterday after a whale beached itself. The water had to be cleared right quick ’cause the fish pictured, which we’ve fondly dubbed Tyrannosaurus Doom, simply ain’t to be fucked with. To help you deal with the size of it, here’s five quotes from Jaws:

“You’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
“Come on Chief, this isn’t no boy scout picnic.”
“It’s a Carcaradon Carcharias. It’s a Great White.”
“This shark, swallow you whole.”
“Come on into the water!”

Via Pedestrian.

Mr Chris Cote is back with his cube, and this time it features perennial legend Kalani Robb. Kalani’s a Catch Surf guru and is having more fun than anyone right now, so it only makes sense that he rolled in to have Cote fire some silly and awesome questions at him.

There is a surf heaven, and it is aboard the Catch Surf Dream Boat.

PS. Kalani Robb is the man.

Dion Agius sent us a group email with a Vimeo link to a new short by Riley Blakeway, and said things like, “how rad is this!” and “Fuck riley is so goddamn good.! and Warren, he is also a genius.” Who are we to argue, really? It’s called From the Same, featuring Warren Smith and his slice of wisom.

If we’re honest, any water footage captured through the lens of Tom Jennings is gonna be engaging on some level. This clip from Jerome Forrest surfing in WA not only features aforementioned footage, but also Jerome’s v good surfing too. Barrels, airs, and all that nice stuff.

We’re not in the business of divulging spots that needn’t bee divulged. If you know, you know and that’s fine or whatevs. So, this is a reef that doesn’t like too much east in the swell, being surfed during a swell that had too much east in it, but Joel Parkinson, Josh Kerr, Asher Pacey and more, thanks to Clash Films.

Young and punk is how we like em, and Jonah Carter fits this criteria to a tee.  Some flair and a wild sense of music for someone from Gen X makes for a deadly edit.

After a difficult year-long struggle, Simon Nicholson’s wife, Jess, sadly passed away from brain cancer. Friends Of Jess is a fund to help support the Nicholson family – an initiative that earned the attention of Dane Reynolds and Mick Fanning, who have both donated signed boards for auction. With only a couple of days remaining on each auction, this is a chance to scoop an ex-Dane or Mick board, signed, and also help a good cause. You can bid on the boards here, and donate to the Friends Of Jess here.

Shipsterns Bluff, Tasmania’s fave treasure, came to life on Friday. It was most a day mostly ruled by locals (Russell Bierke and Mark Mathews were also in the mix) and this wave here is one of the better you’ll have seen ridden out there. Sure, it’s a tow but the nerve of Benn Richardson to hold his line as steps rained from the sky is real impressive.

Footage by Tim Bonython/Swell Chasers.