Darkside Media brings you “Tails from the Darkside” a quick clip of one quiet session down by the rocks.

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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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PAUL CASTLE HOOKED ME UP WITH A FEW SHOTS FROM TODAY, THIS IS D’BAH, IT STARTED OUT SLOW BUT AFTER AN EMOTIONAL CAFFEE LATTE AT THE LOCAL WHO’S WHO COFFEE JOINT D’BAH HAD SORTED ITS SHIT AND WAS FULL OF FOUR FOOT WEDGES, AND ONLY REALLY A HANDFUL OF BODYBOARDERS OUT AS MOST SURFERS WERE OUT THE SUPERBANK RUNNING EACH OTHER OVER AND NOSE DIVING INTO DRY SAND

THE FORECAST IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD FOR THE COMING DAYS SO SHOULD BE PLENTY MORE POSTS AS THE SHIT HITS THE FAN

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WAVES HAVE BEEN SMALL BUT FUN FOR THE PAST MONTH, DBAH’S BANKS ARE LOOKING AS GOOD AS THEY GET, LEFT AND RIGHT WEDGY PEAKS ALL UP AND DOWN THE BEACH, JUST LIKE A SKATE PARK

TO BE HONEST, IM SURFED OUT, TIRED AND NEED TO GET TO SLEEP FOR THE SAME SHIT TOMORROW, WELL ACTUALLY BOX COMP RUNS TOMORROW, SO ILL BE PLACING BETS ON BODYBOARDBET.COM INBETWEEN DBAH SESSIONS, I HOPE IS SOLID BOX AND PEOPLE GET HURT!!!

THANKS TO PAUL CASTLE FOR HOLDING DOWN THE TRIGGER TO BRING YOU A FEW SEQUENCES FROM THIS MORN CHECK OUT HIS WEBSITE  www.castlevstheworld.blogspot.com

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DBAH SKATEPARK – LIP BASH

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NOT A PRETTY LANDING

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TAIL THROW

SOMETIMES YOU JUST KNOW A GOOD BOARD BY THE WAY IT FEELS IN YOUR HANDS WHEN YOU FIRST PICK IT UP, WHEN THE GUYS AT NOMAD SENT ME THE NEW MODEL TO TRY OUT I WAS AMPED ON IT AT FIRST SIGHT, WITH AN ALL NEW SHAPE, NEW TAIL AND NEW RAILS THIS THING WAS LOOKING SPOT ON

THE THING THING IVE NOTICED ABOUT THE BOARD IS THE RAILS, THERE 50/50 MAYBE EVEN PUSHING 40/60 WHICH I HAD NEVER TRIED BEFORE, MAKING THE BOARD SUPER LOOSE AND RESPONSIVE  FOR SHARP BOTTOM TURNS AND FAST SNAPS IN THE POCKET

IVE ONLY BEEN RIDING THE BOARD FOR A FEW DAYS NOW, BUT IM LOVING THE THING

IM JUST AMPED TO BE RIDING A STOCK BOARD THAT ANYONE CAN WALK INTO A STORE AND BUY AND KNOW ITS GOOD

THANKS MARK KEANE FOR THE SHOTS

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IM FINDING THE 40/60 RAILS ARE MAKING THE BOARD SUPER RESPONSIVE GOING FROM RAIL TO RAIL WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT

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THIS ONE WAS A FAST CLOSEOUT WITH NOT MUCH TIME TO GET TO THE SECTION BUT AGAIN WITH THE NEW SHAPE AND RAILS I WAS ABLE TO COME STRAIGHT INTO A FLOAT – THE BOARDS ARE FEELING FAST