Christmas At Woodman Point.

Christmas At Woodman Point.

Christmas at Woodman Point(Woodies) is the place to be if Your a traveller a long way from home, kiteboarders away from family for the festive season gather there to enjoy each other’s company, have a laugh and a drink or 2 and of course a Christmas kite, fortunatley the wind...
Christmas Eve at Woodies

Christmas Eve at Woodies

Twas the night before Christmas when all threw the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse BUT! there was Luke Whiteside and Alberto Rondina stirring up the butter smooth water at Woodies with some awesome mobes, mobes with grabs and more! It’s a pleasure to watch two...
Another Sunset Sesh.

Another Sunset Sesh.

Some regularity finally with the wind, 3 days in a row we have had a seabreeze and it’s looking good right up until Christmas. I caught up with some regulars and some friends of Luke Whiteside, Tommy and Jake couple Scottish lads that I need a translator for! I arrived...
Alberto Rondina At Woodies.

Alberto Rondina At Woodies.

Alberto Rondina is in town but only until the 6th of January then it’s off to Maui for testing. This is his second visit to Western Australia, he flew down from New Caladonia after the Pkra. We asked if We like to venture down to Augusta in mid January for...
Woodies Sunset Sesh

Woodies Sunset Sesh

Finally it looks as though the Fremantle Doctor is making an appearance this summer, there has been a few but with no substance and usually a big kite. After a some birthday pizza for dinner I decided a walk along the beach would be a good way to digest  it....
KB4 Girls Safety Bay Western Australia

KB4 Girls Safety Bay Western Australia

Kristen Boese was in town for the weekend to conduct her kite boarding/surfing for girls. I first met Kristen at the Nationals that were held at Alva in Queensland in April and when she asked if I could help out Rick and I jumped at the chance. Money that is...
WestOz Round 4

WestOz Round 4

WestOz round 4 kicked off yesterday with some of the heats being run early morning and was all finished by 5pm. Not as many competitors this time but there was a special guest who turned up there yesterday as well, Santa dropped in to hand out some gifts.
Cooby Skate Comp

Cooby Skate Comp

Coolbellup was the place to be Friday night. The coolbellup skate park was awash with scooters, bmx bikes and skateboards all there to compete and have some fun. It’s good to see the council supporting programs to get kids up and mobile exercising away from their computer screens.
Cory Peach Invitational

Cory Peach Invitational

Scotty Kell was in town last week for some coaching clinic’s. The Cory Peach Invitational was held on Thursday afternoon which Scotty attended to watch some of WA’s best carve up Bonney’s Ski Park. A noticeable absenteeism was Arron Gordon who broke an ankle trying a Moby Dick I believe.  I’m...
WestOz Wake Round 3

WestOz Wake Round 3

WestOz Wake round 3 kicked off on Saturday with 50 odd rider’s again. Slightly overcast with a strong seabreeze blowing made it hard for rider’s but some great action still took place on the water.
Season Opener Part 2

Season Opener Part 2

The Season Starts

The Season Starts

The kiting season kicked off well and truly on the weekend, both Saturday and Sunday had south west winds up to 30 knots. If You were out early then You got the best conditions as later in the afternoon it became too strong for unhooked tricks as did Saturday. Woodman...
It's Here!

It’s Here!

It looks like WA is finally slipping into a summer weather pattern. A strong sea breeze yesterday was a appreciated by all the kite boarder’s down at Safety Bays The Pond. It was a little to strong infact not much unhooked stuff happening except for the good old favorite the...
Cott Sesh

Cott Sesh

                                  Drifted up to Cottesloe to check out what was happening, the graphs showed a nice little swell of 3.2m. A few reasonable waves were coming threw and I noticed Dan Paton with a...
Wind At Woodies

Wind At Woodies

By this time last year there had been at least 20 good days of wind, the season this year  so far hasn’t really kicked in as yet and looks like being a late start to the kiting season here in WA.  This week is looking a little more positive with...
Long Boarding

Long Boarding

Went for a drive to Cottesloe beach to check out any action, wasn’t really expecting much as the graphs showed no swell but  finally blue sky’s and and a expected temperature of 25c  got me motivated to get out of the house. There was one dude, Mark who was the...
WestOz Wake Round 2.

WestOz Wake Round 2.

What a difference 12 hour’s makes, round 2 of the WestOz wake comp kicked off on Sunday in warm sunny conditions with the odd cloud here and there. A record number of competitors, 52 in all turned up to shred the butter smooth water that is Bonneys. The down side...
Woodies

Woodies

Well it’s nice to see the Fremantle doctor making a house call today at Woodman Point. Very surprised that there was only 6 kites there also, a nice sunny day and a temp of 26c made conditions near perfect.  I hope there’s more to come.     air time.
West Oz Wake Boarding Comp(Round 1)

West Oz Wake Boarding Comp(Round 1)

Round one of the West Oz wake boarding competition  exploded onto the water on Saturday. Every one was super keen and pumped for a big day. You could feel the upbeat vibe with music being played threw the PA system and well hosted by master of ceremony’s John Wickliffe. President of...
Spring Has Sprung.

Spring Has Sprung.

Another perfect spring day here in Perth WA and once again I ventured down the freeway to Baldivis to were? You guest it! Bonny’s. I promised to go down and photograph the girls to try and encourage more women into the sport. Unfortunatley for Symmone the rec lake had five...
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Cory Peach Open.

Cory Peach Open.

   The Cory Peach Open attracted some of WA’s best wake boarders down to Bonney’s ski park on Saturday for some fun and also to remember a Young man who was tragically taken from the wake boarding community in 2006. It was a real shame that the weather was overcast and drizzly, So I spent...
More from Cottesloe.

More from Cottesloe.

  Just a few more shots from Friday’s little shoot at Cottesloe Beach just south of the groin.
Sunday Surf Session.

Sunday Surf Session.

35c was expected in Perth today with strong gusty north eastly winds, still a bit of surf about. It was already 25c at 8am so I decided to check the beach out once again. A large group of surfer’s were just south of the groin at Cottesloe. I grabbed the 7d and attached the 100-400....
Friday Sesh At Cott

Friday Sesh At Cott

A reasonable size swell was expected today but unfortunately an on shore breeze  had just enough puff to wash it out. I ventured to Cottesloe not that confident that anyone would be out especially after another suspected shark attack that happened only about 300 meters from were I was planning to be. To my surprise...
Lazy Sunday at the Park

Lazy Sunday at the Park

I woke to the sound of rain, quite heavy rain! It was 7:30am I flicked the telly on to watch the start of Bathurst( Go Ford!) and hoped that the grey clouds would clear so that I could get out and try the new lenses out. Thankfully my prays were answered with the weather clearing...

Sequence Shots B/W

Here are 2 stitched photo’s of Kuri Wickliffe, easy but time consuming. I converted them to black and white, one has a tint to it.

Picture Perfect Day

Well spring is here and some fine warm weather for the weekend. No wind to speak which made it an ideal day to get out on the water and fire a few snaps of the Guys wake boarding. Ventured down to Bonnys again on Saturday. Callen Starr, Kuri Wickliffe, Benny Robinson and Christian Robinson were...
A Suprise Seabreeze.

A Suprise Seabreeze.

Good sign’s today that summer and the kite boarding season is almost upon Us. I stuck my head outside at about 4:15 and thought that Woodman Point just might be worth a look. Caught up with some regulars down there, Sci, Nic, Tim and Tom were all there to dust off the winter cobwebs and...
Wake Board Sequence Shots.

Wake Board Sequence Shots.

    Just a few sequence’s of the Christian and Kuri, problem is with the 7D is I’m getting lots of frames in the sequence on average about 8 to 10 frames, this one of Christian has taken around 2 and half hours to complete.
Wake Boarding At Bonnys

Wake Boarding At Bonnys

Just had to get out and try the new camera out and hopefully figure a few things out along the way. More over cast conditions here in Perth WA which can be of an advantage sometimes with some colours tending to pop out a little more. Ventured down to the ski park again and caught...
North West Wind.

North West Wind.

Thank heavens were into spring! North Wester’s again here in Perth and can’t wait for the Fremantle doctor to visit very soon. There was a few guy’s and gals out mostly learners and beginners. One Young lady was very lucky to not injure herself when she body dragged to the groin on beach 2, she...

Kuri Wickliffe

Kuri Wickliffe one of WA top Wake boarders sit’s down and answer’s some questions for Us.

Stormy Weather

Some dark clouds rolled in along with some wind. Headed for Woodies to catch up with Jerome and Sci for a quick sesh, the clouds were dark which made it hard to get the shutter speed I wanted, I was already using 800 iso and wasn’t that keen on going any higher. A good sesh...

North West Winds

The wind continued on today, 30 to 35 knots from the North West, Damo, Jerome, Sci and Simon are always keen for some strong winds to loop it up.

Drama at Woodies

Secret Location, or is it?

Luke Whiteside Sequence.

Bunker Bay South West, Western Australia.

Rising Starr

I asked Callan Starr if He would like a bit of of rider’s profile on the web and sent him a few questions to answer,

Waking Family

Went to Bonney’s for some fresh shots of Callen Starr for a profile write up, Callan’s folks and sister are all starting to learn the art of wakeboarding. Grabbed a few shots of them having some fun!

A Few More from Bonney’s

I stitched this together, 3 hour’s later and I’m done, coverted it to black n white and added a splash of colour, look’s cool?

Adventure kiting in PNG

One of the many pristine kiting spots called Castaways

Kite Surfin Cott

Benny Robinson Profile.

I put some questions to Benny Robinson. ABS: Age?      Benny 19  

Christian Robinson Profile.

I asked Christian the same set of questions as Benny and Callan, here’s the answer’s and some shots from Saturday from Bonnys.                                                                  ...

A Bonny Saturday.

Sequence Wake Shots.

Out smarted myself yesterday and got to cute shooting sequence yesterday, thought I’d get in a little tighter on the lens and haven’t left enough room to work with, Out smarted myself this time. I’ll  know not to be smart next time, did manage a few though, hope You like them.

A Real Auzzie.

Another profile of a Young and upcoming wakeboard rider, Auzzie Jones answered some questions. Check out his cracker of a shot also!