While You Were Sleeping | Bite Size!

There’s something just so very good about a father-son art show, and especially when they’re as talented as Jeff and Kasper Raglus. Their new show, Hollow Scene, celebrates fam collaboration as well as some equally engaging solo work. Catch them here:

Melbourne Opening – Friday 4th April 2014 from 7pm – RSVP: info@outregallery.com
249 Elizabeth St, Melbourne 3000.
(Melbourne show runs until 25 April)

Sydney Opening - Friday 11th April 2014 from 6pm – RSVP: sydney@outregallery.com
285 Crown St, Surry Hills 2010.
(Sydney show runs until 1st May)

Contact in advance to be on the Preview List to purchase original artworks. All pre-sales are managed by Melbourne HQ. info@outregallery.com

“Bootstraps contacted me to use some of my photographs on the cover of their new album,” says photographer Brian Bielmann. “I listened to the album and loved it. After hearing Sleeping Giant, I knew I had to put a slideshow together for this beautiful song. It was truly a labor of love. I hope you enjoy it.”

With all the chaos that went down in Reunion Island not-so-long-ago, it’s very good to see surfing of such confidence in stained waters. This comes from Jorgann Couzinet, current French champ, putting the foot-marks into a new set of Karv Surfboards.

Clip by Roundhouse Films.

The man just wants to have a good time and how can ya blame him. Some might think he ain’t serious enough, others eat it up. Any which way we love Wilko and despite his round 2 loss in the Quiky pro we still predict big things for the man this year.

Nope, no surfing here, so hopefully you didn’t come hot for it. One thing that is true of any good photographer, and especially those as legendary and talented as Art Brewer, is that their eye, when applied to a different medium, still sees angles that grip you. You know Mr Brewer’s work around the ocean, but he’s taken a step in a different direction; towards motion picture. Above is a brief taste of a film he worked on, Chicken. His crew is now raising funds for another film, called Limbo. And like any good crowd-fund, you get stuff if you drop cash… Go peruse over here.

Oh, our dear readers like Mr Cote. We know, we know, we know you try to ignore him and bag him but your clicks don’t lie! Here’s his latest instalment with Benji Weatherly and Todd Richards.

As you’ve undoubtedly read, ASP employed Lewis Samuels to write them some Power Rankings pre-Snapper. Due to their provocative nature, they were removed from the ASP site within 48 hours. CJ Hobgood wanted to his real bad though, and asked Lewis to write them for him so he could share on social media, which he did:

“The ASP asked Lewis Samuels to write Power Rankings for them, but then removed them when some of the surfers objected. So I asked Lewis to write something for me to post here: “Few venues have been as selectively cruel to a world champ as the Gold Coast has been to CJ Hobgood. Sure, Sunset Beach hates Kelly Slater as much as Kelly hates Sunset. But the tour doesn’t kick off at Sunset. Instead, each season dawns on the sticky sheets of the Snapper, at an event seemingly engineered by a higher power to kick CJ Hobgood squarely in his ageing Southern nuts. Over the last decade, CJ has gotten axed in Round 2 or 3 with Job-like consistency, minus a couple Quarters finishes, in ’05 and ’09, which served primarily as a tease. Some dismiss it as another bowl-splattering case of Regularfoot’s Revenge, but CJ’s routine ejections in the draw’s irritable bowels go beyond anti-goofy bias. Wright, Logie, Buchan and other screwfoots shine at Snapper, while CJ rarely finds rhythm. Some years it looks like equipment problems, other years it looks like he’s forcing turns or missing combos, his Kirra Curse clouding his lines. Hell, maybe the sinner’s feast of bare, young flesh writhing on the beach short-circuits something in his brain. If the tour kicked off in God’s Country – Fiji or Tahiti – CJ wouldn’t start each season from down in the hole. But the tour starts down under, leaving Hobgood ever-grasping towards another unlikely dream: Gold Coast redemption.” @asp #itson”

Wowowowowowowow. How about this?

Kyuss King has mini-Gavin Beschen stylings, which we love, and is getting handy in the barrel. This would’ve been worth watching purely for Dane’s two waves. Kyuss’ youthful enthusiasm is an added bonus.

Colin’s one of the newest members of the Metel Neck crew and he does a fine job of upholding their image. He came in hot off the scene as a grom and the last few years has taken his foot off the pedal a bit. Surfing and studying around Newport is a pretty good gig and it keeps him stoked. Anyone else see some Ford Archbold influence in his surfing? Or maybe it’s a Newport Beach thing, but either way we dig.

Film and edit: Matt Tromberg