JUST GOT WORD THAT IVE BEEN AWARDED A WILDCARD INTO THE PIPE DK EVENT

IM AMPED TO BE SELECTED SO NOW IVE JUST GOT TO STRAP ON THE BALLS AND GET READY FOR ANYTHING, THE PIPE COMP IS A SCARY ONE BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR GOING TO GET, PERFECT 6 FOOT BACKDOOR OR 12 FOOT AND NOTHING BUT BALLS TO THE WALL

I HEAD OVER TO HAWAII ON THE 25TH, SO HOPEFULLY GET SNEEK IN A FEW AT PIPE BEFORE IM THROWN IN THE DEEP END

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This is from the first time i towed in from a ski, its a bombie close to home that has a sick slabbing left on it, also the right has a crazy ramp, on this day we where basically learning from mistakes, at first i was towing in already up, but as soon as id let go of the rope id find myself loosing alot of speed, so i found it was actually better to prone into it and get up just before the peak. This is the only time ive ever done it, its not huge but it shows that this stuff is possible DK and to what size? well i guess that just depends on how big your balls are!

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I’ll blame the drive for getting me in a little to late on this one! this would have been the one aswell….i should have just had a crack anyway

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Here is an old shot from Todd Glaser, its shot in California at Seaside, Seaside being the home of Roach – Raffi and the rest of the DK god fathers so i was amped to get some good waves there and actually check out the place Roach had been destroying for years!! it was after a month down in Mexico and the water was freezing!

Just spent 2 week in and around the streets of Bali, the girl had 2 weeks off so i was dragged into indonesian mayhem! the waves were fun the whole time, these few shots are from when i went over to surf Keramas for the first time, it looked pumping but with 30 surfers all claiming to be the next Dane Reynolds, i opted for this spot just up the beach, super fun wedges with no one around.

Most of the time i got fun sessions like this, other than that it was mostly spent sucking back margaritas emotionally watching the sun go down with my Lady. Happy Wife Happy Life – Lackey

IF YOU LIVE ON THE EAST COAST OF OZ YOU HAVE BEEN BARRELLED OFF YOUR HEAD FOR THE PAST WEEK

ITS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF PUMPING, THESE GRABS ARE FROM SATURDAY, MYSELF AND LUKE BICKLEY HEADED UP THE COAST IN THE HOPES OF SCORING A FEW WAVES FROM THE WEEKEND CROWDS AT SOUTH STRADDIE…ON THE WAY I TEND TO DRIVE PAST THE FAMOUS “SURFERS PARADISE” JUST TO GET AN INDICATION OF SWELL AND WINDS BEFORE I MAKE MY WAY OVER TO STRADDIE

BUT ON THIS DAY THERE WAS NO NEED TO GO ANY FURTHER, ROMPING 4-6 FOOT PITS, WITH NOT ANOTHER PERSON IN THE WATER, AFTER A FEW HOURS IN THE WATER 2 SURFERS PADDLED OUT AND SAT RIGHT ON OUR PEAK? CONFUSED, WELL SO WAS I… EVEN MORE SO WHEN ONE OF THE GUYS BURNT ME!? (PICTURED BELOW) MILES OF EMPTY BARRELS AND YOU STILL MANAGE TO GET BURNT (WELL IT IS THE GOLD COAST)

BUT AFTER THIS SESSION ME AND LUKE COULDN’T BELIEVE WHAT WE STUMBLED ON, EMPTY PERFECTION IN THE HEART OF THE GOLD COAST WITH NO ONE AROUND

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THIS THING SPAT LIKE A CAT ON CRACK

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PERFECT WINTER CONDITIONS

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THE REALITY OFF THE GOLD COAST, NO MATTER HOW UNCROWDED IT IS YOU WILL STILL MANAGE  AT LEAST ONE BURNING (THE GUY NEVER MADE IT OUT OF THE LIP, THEN COPED A FEW SETS ON THE HEAD AND WENT STRAIGHT IN)

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HUGE THANKS TO LUKE BICKLEY WHO HAS BEEN NAILING ALL THIS AMAZING WATER FOOTAGE

MICHAEL JENNINGS SHOT THIS CLIP, SHOOTING FISHEYE YOU WANT TO WORK REALLY CLOSE WITH THE PHOTOG, YOU PUT ALOT OF TRUST IN THERE HAND THAT THERE NOT GOING TO KNOCK YOU OUT WITH THE HOUSING THATS FULL OF BOLTS AND FIBREGLASS

OUR AIM WAS TO GET SOME COOL UNDER THE RAIL STUFF, ALTHOUGH THIS ONE CAME A LITTLE TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT, WE DIDNT HIT, BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN ONLY MILLIMETRES BETWEEN THE LENS AND MY BOARD

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YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THERE HAS BEEN A HUGE NUMBER OF DK CLIPS HITTING THE INTERNET, GUYS LIKE KIM FEAST, DAN BENNINGTON AND A BUNCH OF OTHERS HAVE ALL BEEN GETTING IN FRONT OF THE LENS AND WORKING ON PODCASTS…I HOPE IN SOME WAY THE LACKEY PROJECT HAS SPARKED ALL THIS, A MAIN GOAL FOR ME WAS TO GET PEOPLE AMPED TO CREATE CLIPS, PUSH EACH OTHER AND PUSH DK AND I THINK THAT THE EXACT DIRECTION WE ARE HEADING

RIGHT NOW THE MEDIA IS GETTING FLOATED WITH QUALITY DK CLIPS, SO KEEP IT UP GUYS

BELOW ARE A FEW FRAME GRABS FROM THE LAST FEW DAYS AS IM FILMING FOR THE NEXT “TAILS FROM THE DARKSIDE”  CLIP COMING SOON

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WELL THE WAVES KEEP COMING HERE AT HOME, ONE WEEK THE SWELL COMES IN FROM THE EAST NEXT WEEK FROM THE SOUTH, PLUS DBAH HAS BEEN GETTING FINE TUNED WITH SAND PLACEMENT FOR THE PAST WEEK, RELOCATABLE SAND PIPES AND BULLDOZERS HAVE BEEN NONE STOP SO WE SHOULD BE  SEEING RESULTS OF ALL THE SAND IN A FEW DAYS

LUKE BICKLEY HAS BEEN ON THE JOB ONCE AGAIN AND HOOKED US UP WITH A FEW FRAME GRABS FROM YESTERDAY

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MORE SAND – NEW BANKS – WE’LL TAKE IT!!

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ROB LAURIE WITH SOME INSIDE SUPPORT

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THE NEW BOARDS ARE SPOT ON

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WAS ALMOST A DIRECT HIT ON THIS KID ON THE INSIDE

WHY THE HELL AM I THANKING JOEL PARKINSON? WELL YOU WOULD TOO IF YOU HAD ALOT OF MONEY RIDING ON THE GUY TO WIN THE BELLS BEACH EVENT, IM NO GAMBLER (AFTER LOOSING 2 GRAND IN ONE NIGHT AT THE CASINO) BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE FUN TO PUT A QUICK $50 INTO SPORTSBET AND HAVE A LITTLE DABBLE ON THE SURFING EVENT AT BELLS…THAT $50 SOON TURNED INTO $180….THEN TOO $300..THEN IT CAME DOWN TO JOEL PARKINSON WINNING THE FINAL AT BELLS….BINGO!!! $900 WALK AWAY

SECONDS AFTER PARKOS WIN I HAD ORDERED MY NEW FISHEYE LENS ID BEEN WANTING FOR MONTHS….AND TODAY WE GOT TO TEST IT OUT AT DBAH, WITH ANGLE MAN LUKE BICKLEY BEHIND THE LENS WE MANAGED TO NAIL A FEW NICE CLIPS.

SO THANK PARKO AND BICKLEY FOR THE NEW ANGLES

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SCREAMING EAGLE

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HARD TO FIND A GOOD LEFT ON THE GOLD COAST

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