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Holding On - Landscape

In the late 80&rsquo;s early 90&rsquo;s, three friends Dave Ballard, Matt Percy and Nathan &lsquo;Nugget&rsquo; Purcell started riding the notoriously dangerous waves of Cronulla on a new invention called the bodyboard. With their rebellious attitudes, tough family lives and lack of financial support, they were labelled by the media as the Skid Kids, a label that would also eventually be applied to Adam &lsquo;Wingnut&rsquo; Smith, Mark Fordham and Christian &lsquo;Rissole&rsquo; Rigucinni.

In the late 80&rsquo;s early 90&rsquo;s, three friends Dave Ballard, Matt Percy and Nathan &lsquo;Nugget&rsquo; Purcell started riding the notoriously dangerous waves of Cronulla on a new invention called the bodyboard. With their rebellious attitudes, tough family lives and lack of financial support, they were labelled by the media as the Skid Kids, a label that would also eventually be applied to Adam &lsquo;Wingnut&rsquo; Smith, Mark Fordham and Christian &lsquo;Rissole&rsquo; Rigucinni.

Simon Bruncke

Adam "Wingnut" Smith

Nathan "Nugget" Purcell 

Christian "Rissole" Rigucinni 

Mark Fordham

Dave Ballard

Matt Percy

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Holding On - Portrait

Six young men, the Skid Kids, from Cronulla are united in the '80s by the sport of bodyboarding.

Six young men, the Skid Kids, from Cronulla are united in the '80s by the sport of bodyboarding.

Holding On

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jono

The Film series that started created a cult in Australian Bodyboarding.
Staring Novy, Jono Bruce, Hardy, Rawlins, Thom Rob, and so many more from the peek era of boog style lords

The Film series that started created a cult in Australian Bodyboarding.
Staring Novy, Jono Bruce, Hardy, Rawlins, Thom Rob, and so many more from the peek era of boog style lords

Jono Bruce

Ryan Hardy 

Thomas Robinson

Michael Novy

Mitch Rawlins

Heaps More

The Film series that started created a cult in Australian Bodyboarding

The Film series that started created a cult in Australian Bodyboarding

Visions

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gracias---landscape

The craziest bodyboarding film ever made.
Jason 'Ace' Finlay, Thomas Robinson, James Cakes, Chris James, Romina Aranzola, Elliot Morales Santana, James 'The Viking' Cayley as you have never seen them before; In bodyboarding's very first spaghetti western.
The six compadres get lost in a vortex of wild Canarian crests and barrenly beautiful landscapes: all served with a side of green screen, bad acting and one hell of a wayward plot.
Music by Shining Bird, realfruit.blogspot.com Filmed, edited and directed by Dave Fox Ryan Mattick James Kates

The craziest bodyboarding film ever made.
Jason 'Ace' Finlay, Thomas Robinson, James Cakes, Chris James, Romina Aranzola, Elliot Morales Santana, James 'The Viking' Cayley as you have never seen them before; In bodyboarding's very first spaghetti western.
The six compadres get lost in a vortex of wild Canarian crests and barrenly beautiful landscapes: all served with a side of green screen, bad acting and one hell of a wayward plot.
Music by Shining Bird, realfruit.blogspot.com Filmed, edited and directed by Dave Fox Ryan Mattick James Kates

Dave Fox

Ryan Mattick

James Kates

Jason 'Ace' Finlay

Thomas Robinson,

James Cakes

Chris James

Romina Aranzola

Elliot Morales Santana

James 'The Viking' Cayley

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gracias---portrait

Bodyboarding's very first spaghetti western.

Bodyboarding's very first spaghetti western.

Gracias El Gato

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Feverdream---Landscape

Produced by Ryan Mattick and presented by Zion Wetsuits, Fever Dream is a visual masterpiece. Featuring the Zion Team shredding some of Australia's most iconic waves. Expect massive pits, beasting barrels, sick wedges, pumping surf, spins and inverts aplenty.

Produced by Ryan Mattick and presented by Zion Wetsuits, Fever Dream is a visual masterpiece. Featuring the Zion Team shredding some of Australia's most iconic waves. Expect massive pits, beasting barrels, sick wedges, pumping surf, spins and inverts aplenty.

Jonno Bruce

Sam Bennett

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Feverdream---Portrait

Expect massive pits, beasting barrels, sick wedges, pumping surf, spins &amp; inverts aplenty.

Expect massive pits, beasting barrels, sick wedges, pumping surf, spins &amp; inverts aplenty.

Fever Dream

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experiment-7---landscape

"It's back." With those words on page 13 of Riptide <a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" spellcheck="false" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/194">#194</a> a concept synonymous with world-class bodyboarding begins in earnest. It's been a long time between drinks for the Experiment issue (six years) -- the word alone conjures visions of perfect waves and the open road -- and we're ecstatic to be bringing it back for those who grew up with the iconic issues, and to expose the younger generations to the Experiment. 
Not only is it an opportunity to reward the highest-voted riders in the world for their efforts during the past year (2012 Bodyboarder of the Year rankings), it's a chance to throw them in a situation completely foreign to anything else that exists in the world bodyboarding media. 
Who are these riders you ask? The Experiment Seven team consists of: 
<ul>
<li>2012 Riptide Bodyboarder of the Year Dave Winchester </li>
<li>2011 World Champion Pierre Louis Costes</li>
<li>2 x World Champion Ben Player </li>
<li>2 x Women's World Champion Isabela Sousa&nbsp;</li>
<li> 2012 Dropknee World Champion Sacha Specker </li>
<li>South African superstar Jared Houston </li>
<li>Freesurfing extraordinaire Jase Finlay </li>
<li>2012 Riptide Grom of the Year Lewy Finnegan </li>
</ul>
Welcome to Experiment Seven -- mutiny, comradeship and redemption in the Mentawai Islands. Shot and Edited by Michael Jennings

"It's back." With those words on page 13 of Riptide #194 a concept synonymous with world-class bodyboarding begins in earnest. It's been a long time between drinks for the Experiment issue (six years) -- the word alone conjures visions of perfect waves and the open road -- and we're ecstatic to be bringing it back for those who grew up with the iconic issues, and to expose the younger generations to the Experiment. 
Not only is it an opportunity to reward the highest-voted riders in the world for their efforts during the past year (2012 Bodyboarder of the Year rankings), it's a chance to throw them in a situation completely foreign to anything else that exists in the world bodyboarding media. 
Who are these riders you ask? The Experiment Seven team consists of: 

2012 Riptide Bodyboarder of the Year Dave Winchester 
2011 World Champion Pierre Louis Costes
2 x World Champion Ben Player 
2 x Women's World Champion Isabela Sousa&nbsp;
 2012 Dropknee World Champion Sacha Specker 
South African superstar Jared Houston 
Freesurfing extraordinaire Jase Finlay 
2012 Riptide Grom of the Year Lewy Finnegan 

Welcome to Experiment Seven -- mutiny, comradeship and redemption in the Mentawai Islands. Shot and Edited by Michael Jennings

Michael Jennings

Dave Winchester

Pierre Louis Costes

Ben Player

Isabela Sousa 

Sacha Specker

Jared Houston

Jase Finlay

Lewy Finnegan

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experiment-7---portrait

Welcome to Experiment Seven -- mutiny, comradeship and redemption in the Mentawai Islands.

Welcome to Experiment Seven -- mutiny, comradeship and redemption in the Mentawai Islands.

Experiment 7

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Desert-Storm---Landscape

James Strickland

Clash Studio

Andrew Hoff

Joshua Tabone

George Humphreys

Davis Blackwell

Chase O'Leary

Sam Thomas

Noa Deane

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Desert-Storm---Portrait

East coast meets West coast in the middle.

East coast meets West coast in the middle.

Riptide Originals Desert Storm

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No Friends 1 

The opening chapter to one of the greatest bodyboarding dynasties every created.&nbsp;

The opening chapter to one of the greatest bodyboarding dynasties every created.&nbsp;

Ross McBride

No Friends 1

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nofriends_decade_cover

All The No friends Crew

No Friends Decade

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Exploring the Island - Directed by Nic Barclay, this documentary style short-film follows three of the best young bodyboarders on the planet - Pierre Louis Costes, Jared Houston and Thomas Rigby - as they encounter some of the heaviest waves of their lives in one of the most remote locations in Indonesia.
Directed: Nic Barclay Produced: Nic Barclay Videography: Nic Barclay Editing: Nic Barclay Photography: Jeremy Creswell

Exploring the Island - Directed by Nic Barclay, this documentary style short-film follows three of the best young bodyboarders on the planet - Pierre Louis Costes, Jared Houston and Thomas Rigby - as they encounter some of the heaviest waves of their lives in one of the most remote locations in Indonesia.
Directed: Nic BarclayProduced: Nic BarclayVideography: Nic BarclayEditing: Nic BarclayPhotography: Jeremy Creswell

Nic Barclay

Jem Creswell

Tom Rigby

Jared Houston 

Riggaz Jerry and PLC ripping and tearing through indo

Riggaz Jerry and PLC ripping and tearing through indo

Explorning The Island

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EMSC---land

A bodyboarding film by Caleb Graham. For fans of talking shit with your mates in carparks. Shot on location around the North Coast of NSW, with trips to the South Australian desert, the NSW South Coast, and an assortment of other wave rich locations that help compliment the cinematic style of the film. Also included on the DVD is the previously unreleased 'Children of the Foam', which showcases the Gold Coasts finest riders such as Nick Gornal, Corey Mclean, Rob Laurie and Tom Smith, schooling viewers in technical surfing.

A bodyboarding film by Caleb Graham. For fans of talking shit with your mates in carparks. Shot on location around the North Coast of NSW, with trips to the South Australian desert, the NSW South Coast, and an assortment of other wave rich locations that help compliment the cinematic style of the film. Also included on the DVD is the previously unreleased 'Children of the Foam', which showcases the Gold Coasts finest riders such as Nick Gornal, Corey Mclean, Rob Laurie and Tom Smith, schooling viewers in technical surfing.

Caleb Graham

Nick Gornall

Corey Mclean

Rob Laurie

Tom Smith

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EMSC---portrait

A film showcasing Gold Coast bodyboarding at its finest

A film showcasing Gold Coast bodyboarding at its finest

Early Morning Social Club

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the joker 1 

Follow kingy on this emotional roller coaster ride as he goes from stoked grommet to only the second Australian From his humble beginnings in Port Macquarle, to winning three of the heaviest contests in bodyboarding history.

Follow kingy on this emotional roller coaster ride as he goes from stoked grommet to only the second Australian From his humble beginnings in Port Macquarle, to winning three of the heaviestcontests in bodyboarding history.

Damien King

Liquid Gold Pictures.

The Joker is a movie that has had such an impact. With some crazy groundbreaking sessions and comical fun to break it up, Damian King's original Joker
&nbsp;

The Joker is a movie that has had such an impact. With some crazy groundbreaking sessions and comical fun to break it up, Damian King's original Joker
&nbsp;

The Joker

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Stalk-1---Landscape

Supported by EBB, Funkshen bodyboards and Unite 'Stalk' is 50 minutes of extreme bodyboarding action. Based mainly around some of the heaviest waves Western Australia has to offer. This film will have you on the edge of your seat itching to get out amongst the waves.

Supported by EBB, Funkshen bodyboards and Unite 'Stalk' is 50 minutes of extreme bodyboarding action. Based mainly around some of the heaviest waves Western Australia has to offer. This film will have you on the edge of your seat itching to get out amongst the waves.

Callum Macaulay

Mitchell Rawlins

Ryan Hardy

Brad Hughes

Chad Jackson 

Nick Omerod

Simon Omerod 

Ben Player 

Dave Winchester 

Josh Bowwen

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Stalk-1---Portrait

Funkshen bodyboards and Unite 'Stalk' is 50 minutes of extreme bodyboarding action.

Funkshen bodyboards and Unite 'Stalk' is 50 minutes of extreme bodyboarding action.

Stalk

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61F73AB8-20C3-4249-B77E-4EFE1D00B44F

If you're into nostalgia then #goodbyefilm is for you.&nbsp;
It'll leave you feeling warm and fuzzy inside, followed by a david goggins based mind set, to get you out there boogen again.

If you're into nostalgia then #goodbyefilm is for you.&nbsp;
It'll leave you feeling warm and fuzzy inside, followed by a david goggins based mind set, to get you out there boogen again.

Jack Dobo aka The Lab

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Screen Shot 2023-05-02 at 3.05.39 pm

If you're into nostalgia then #goodbyefilm is for you.&nbsp;

If you're into nostalgia then #goodbyefilm is for you.&nbsp;

#Goodbyefilm

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SIC2011---Landscape

Shark Island has been putting fear into the minds all kinds of Bodyboarders from around the world for many years; it also puts a feeling of obsession and dedication into others. Getting invited to the SIC is one of the sports top honors. Next to Pipeline in Hawaii the Island comp is regarded by Bodyboarders as the ultimate event with a long waiting period and waves that can produce epic conditions.&nbsp;

Shark Island has been putting fear into the minds all kinds of Bodyboarders from around the world for many years; it also puts a feeling of obsession and dedication into others. Getting invited to the SIC is one of the sports top honors. Next to Pipeline in Hawaii the Island comp is regarded by Bodyboarders as the ultimate event with a long waiting period and waves that can produce epic conditions.&nbsp;

IBA World Tour

Shaun Pyne

Nick Ormerod

Joe Clarke

Mike Stewart

Christian Riguccini 

Andrew Lester

John Showell

Jeff Hubbard

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SIC2011---Portrait

Shark Island has been putting fear into the minds all kinds of Bodyboarders from around the world for many years. The 2011 Shark Island Challenge was one to remember!

Shark Island has been putting fear into the minds all kinds of Bodyboarders from around the world for many years. The 2011 Shark Island Challenge was one to remember!

SIC 2011

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Chout-the-World---landscape

All the best spots, all the best riders. Huge pits and huge airs, captured by the talented, Richard Lornie.&nbsp;
Chout the World takes you to Oahu, Maui, Mexico, Australia and the Canary Islands, without a dull moment!

All the best spots, all the best riders. Huge pits and huge airs, captured by the talented, Richard Lornie.&nbsp;
Chout the World takes you to Oahu, Maui, Mexico, Australia and the Canary Islands, without a dull moment!

Richard Lornie

Jacob Romero

Amaury Lavernhe

Damian King

Mark McCarthy

Keahi Parker

Kona Kuailani

Kingsley Uaiwa

Alex Leon

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Chout-the-world---Portrait

Chout the World takes you to Oahu, Maui, Mexico, Australia and the Canary Islands!

Chout the World takes you to Oahu, Maui, Mexico, Australia and the Canary Islands!

Riptide

issue #1

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