7/8/10

Two Hours at the Goo

» A short edit from the other morning at Canggu. There's a few foul one's in there but i thought it make for a cool clip on the website. It was also the first surf i had on the board Fish had shaped me up for Europe later this month, if your reading Fish, goes great mate thanks. The swell has disappeared again which is giving me plenty of time to barter the locals down on imitation products and work on my recumbent tan pose. Hope y'all enjoy, Dall.

5/8/10

This Morning's Effort

» I've been in Bali for a week now (which will explain the lack of post lately). This morning I managed to surf Canggu with a swell for the first time, somewhere I've wanted to surf good for ages. Although the swell was fresh and still a little messy there was still room for a couple of big dirty punts, I'll throw a short edit up on the site in the next couple of days of this morning's session. Selamat Jelan, Dall.

26/7/10

Move Over Oz Tour

» Port Stephens Bodyboard Club ran it's fifth round last weekend in some classic 2-3ft Boxy conditions. Highlights of the day was Alan Chegwidden's effort in the final which landed him and I in a count back situation for first and second (Unfortunatly falling just short of the win, hehe), Nick Shaw's big step up to the double A division and Tahnee's bare foot kickflip in the carpark.

26/7/10

Bravo Sir

19/7/10

Doin' Flips And Makin' Clips

» School holidays is epic because the groms at box are always keen to man the lens on average days. Two weeks ago saw 2-3ft of swell spill through boxy with some ok conditions in between horrible rain and gusty SE'ters. Two surfs later and this clip happened.

5/7/10

Le Boogs, Issue 4

» New LeBoogie is available this week online and in bodyboard stores across the nation. Personally it’s awesome this see this mag in it’s 4th edition and now officially one year old. I was lucky enough to be apart of a trip for issue one and at the time LeBoogie was just a concept with a lot of support, now it’s continued to grow into one the premier bodyboarding rags in the world. The photo above is from that same trip a little over a year ago, a shot I froth out on occasionally. Get your mits on number 4 here, and see what everyone’s been talking about.

5/7/10

A Highway Of My Own

» Driving back down the coast from Byron Bay yesterday I couldn’t ignore one of the most amazing sunsets I’ve seen out of my car window. A short refreshing stop in one of those little highway towns was a perfect opportunity to capture this colourful image of a perfect east coast sunset.

30/6/10

My Way Or The Highway

» Have a click through the new site from Thom & Kates. Thom mentioned to me a few times that he’d love a site to filter out thoughts and images, so it will come at no surprise that this blog will have plenty of interesting banter to fill that void in your day between getting dressed and leaving for work or waking up late and checking the surf.

21/6/10

That Folder Named Photos, Part 1

» Every bodyboarder has one. A little time capsule of sessions past, Jpegs that remind you why you’re riding a rectangular piece of packing foam. My folder has built up nicely over the past few years so I thought I might share a few with you. The first of which is a shot taken by Ryan Keats, A guy I didn’t get to shoot with that much, but when we did manage somehow we always got something worth a second look. A boxy day probably 2 years ago now, 4-5 foot not quite good enough for print but well worth a spot in the archive folder.

16/6/10

Farrrking Hell.

» Well the Teams Challenge was run and won again in Port Macquarie over the weekend with the honours going to a well-rounded Port Mac side that looked hard to beat from the very beginning. Our young Port Stephens team ran in 6th place (or third last, which ever way you want to look at it), too many good times and 4th places got in the road of PSBC glory. Next year we hope to turns things around and win the cheque so that we can offer end of year prizes to our poor bunch of orphan competitors. Wade Masters was one competitor who didn’t exactly peak in his heats during the contest but man did he do a good job with this 4ft Boxy ramp last month. Incredible stuff. Enjoy, Dall.

10/6/10

Picture These

» A few images that are avalible for download on the ol' Flickr page people.

3/6/10

There’s No Snare In My Headphones

» Two of the most unsuspecting hustlers your likely to come across.

28/5/10

Book of Eli

» If you ever seen the film, then you’ll already have a general idea of what to expect from the Peruvian landscape, well at least this part of it anyway. Chilca beach is a place a little north of frequent UFO sightings and a touch south of the biggest cocaine hub in the world; fondly enough bodyboarding is a big deal in these parts, which is why IBA is running the third regionally sanctioned event here. Chilca is a prick of a wave, unpredictable, cold and frustrating as hell. Although at the same time the world’s best have been, again, tearing the place to bits. This contest will be a lot different to the last, but I doubt it will lack any of excitement the previous round produced. Check it out on the net, or ask your mate who won next week, Dall.

18/5/10

Arica Two Thousand Ten

» I’m going to be really lazy and send you over to the Riptide site where I’ve been helping out as an unofficial reporter while I’m over here in South America for the IBA tour events. I will keep things flowing here after I get past my sero contest game face stage. So stay tuned there will be plenty more photos from my picture box straight to your computer screen in the coming days. Buenos dias seniors’, Dall.

5/5/10

Little Fun One

» A fun little right reels past a young PSBC competitor. Seems as though some of the local bay talent is making a stir with a couple of classy clips floating around the net lately. Tarnee & Allan are two names that I hope you’ll be hearing more of in the coming years, I’ve watched them grow from twerps to tearers over the past couple of years and they dont seem to be slowing any. You can see what they can do here and what they cant do here.

4/5/10

White Is The New Black.

» Above is an artist impression of what my first 4play signature leash will look like when it hits the shelves in coming months. It features tight coils so that your leash doesn’t get in the way during bottom turning, a super smooth swivel that saves you hours of stress unravelling annoying knots, a 4play logo so that you friends at the beach can tell you know what’s up and a custom white colour way carefully selected by yours truly to match any of today’s fresh board colour combos. At a price that I don't yet know, It's bound to be a steal!

3/5/10

Reflections

» I’d just like to thank you guys, the readers, for deciding to make this little boogie Blog a success. Since the beginning I’ve had my team at Google Analytics tracking your every hit and page view, and today dallassinger.com cracked the 10 thousand unique viewer mark. In a way it makes me realise how big the bodyboarding community is in this world, and that my years blowing off social events and important engagements for waves have today payed off, because now I write stuff that people actually want to read (even though I do make the occasional spelling error). Thanks again, Dall.com.

30/4/10

Spin In, Flip Out

» Been fluffin’ around WA during the past week. Seen as the reports showed anything but rideable waves in the East I decided to head over and score some frosty morning sessions with some of the Margie Boys. I discovered two things during my stay in the not so Deep South. Firstly paddling into The Right is now apparently ‘Mellow’ and secondly, schools of sharks feeding in the Box line up are also considered ‘Mellow’. Had some sweet times and got some great waves, looking forward to getting back there again soon. Pictured is an almost there North Point at 6:05am.

21/4/10

"When Doesn't Mike Ever Have A Killer Day?"

» The guy’s responsible for all the bodyboarding blogs, magazines, bio flicks and the rest. Mike showed everyone that they too could ride a bodyboard and how it should be done. An innovator and a perfectionist, but most of all- the world’s most dedicated bodyboarder. Queensland April, 2010.

21/4/10

The Pacific

» Tropical oasis, surfing was meant for warm water.

20/4/10

Calamari Board Art

» New board logo for my 2010 model rides. I posted a sketch of the logo a few months back and you could probably tell that the end result is a built up design that uses that initial idea. What truly inspired the octopus was a film I saw around the time I was thinking up concepts for the logo, ‘Mega Shark VS Giant Octopus’. A completely ridiculous story about two massive beast of the sea who are fighting for top dog supremacy, just so happens the US army are roped into the battle after Mega Shark decides to start launching itself at over head commercial aeroplanes and eating the wreckage. I don’t want to ruin the ending for you guys but things do get ugly and America does win in the end. 2010/11 4Play board range hitting retail floors soon. Dall..

16/4/10

Mad Carpark Hangs

» Photo op with the new ride.

16/4/10

PSBC, Round Two Turning On For Easter

» Round 2 of the 'best dam bodyboard club in the world' was held in perfect wedgey conditions at Box Beach last week. The standouts were undoubtedly the two new power-houses out of the Bay, Allan Chegwidden and Tarnee Sams. Both placing 2nd and 3rd respectively at the end of competition, sorry boys you’ve still yet to take down the old dude. Enjoy the 'cute/sketchy' highlight reel, dall.

15/4/10

Getz, Awarded Number One Car For Teenage Girls

» Spent some hours on the road this past week. Heading north on the highway has always been such a cool trip to do, the water gets that little bit warmer, the air seems a little cleaner and there’s always plenty time spent in the water. The first round of the Aus tour was run and won, watching a Japanese tourist school the majority of the world’s best in 2ft waves was hard to explain to friends who weren’t there to see for themselves. Novy and I spent $45 each way for petrol as the new Hyundai Getz proves it’s paying for it self already, above a shot of a dreary eyed Cyclone behind the wheel somewhere between Crowdy Head and Old Bar.

8/4/10

Inverted Podcast Now Streamed

» For all those guys that have dail-up and couldn't get their fix off ITunes. Enjoy!

31/3/10

This Week's Glossies

» Le Phil will be dropping the third issue of Le Boogie Magazine this time next week. This little promo clip had my cursor hovering over the buy now link on the Le boogie website in no time at all. Looks as though bodyboarders in Aus are going to be served an Easter treat with what looks to be 3 fresh magazines releasing in the exact same week. Love a good read, dall.

29/3/10

Gravestone NYC

Reflecting in Brooklyn

» A lecturer once said to me, ”A photograph can never be made perfect in post, it must happen the moment your finger presses the trigger.”

Those words rang true to me after thinking the computer was the answer to all my problems when the image I wanted looked far from perfect. The truth is computers aren’t the answer, but a tool, to push out everything that photo has to offer. This one of my most popular/best looking subject. Anit no waves either, dall.

24/3/10

Inverted Podcast, Free For All

» I woke up today to find that the good people at Inverted have been busy piecing together footage from my Hawaii season. It was great cause I hadn’t actually seen any of the footage that PJ had used within the 3minute section, until I conveniently downloaded the clip after subscribing to the Inverted Podcast on this link. Check it out hombre. Dall.

23/3/10

Not Quite What Was Expected

» The ol' local didn't switch on as predicted but there was still something there for the little bodyboard club that could, PSBC. Well done to Tarnee and Alan for taking charge in the AAA division, showing the old farts hows it's done.