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The Big Wave Project: A Band Of Brothers

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The Big Wave Project: A Band Of Brothers

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Stu Nettle
Friday 12/05   1

From 20 foot Waimea to 80 foot Jaws, Tim Bonython tells the tale of modern big wave surfing.

'As Worlds Divide' - review

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'As Worlds Divide' - review

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Stu Nettle
Friday 24/03   5

Filmed over nine years, 'As Worlds Divide' confronts the impact commercialisation, forced displacement, and assimilation have had on the Mentawai people.

Sharks Never Sleep by Brendan McAloon

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Sharks Never Sleep by Brendan McAloon

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Stu Nettle
Monday 07/11   10

Sometimes unsettling but never gratuitous, Sharks Never Sleep describes first-hand accounts of shark attacks from around the world.

I like your new stuff better than your old stuff: Peter Garrett at the Settlers Taven

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I like your new stuff better than your old stuff: Peter Garrett at the Settlers Taven

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Anthony Pancia
Monday 01/08   59

Peter Garrett drops the politics and enviro schtick for a solo national tour. Anthony Pancia catches him at the Settlers Tavern in Margaret River.

'Single: Studies of Movement' By Andrew Kidman

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'Single: Studies of Movement' By Andrew Kidman

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Stu Nettle
Wednesday 22/06   33

Who cares about a book that's been out for four years?

Fortunately Andrew Kidman's 'Single' remains a timeless read.

The Banana By Slater Designs - A Review Of Sorts

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The Banana By Slater Designs - A Review Of Sorts

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Stu Nettle
Monday 16/05   35

An average punter takes a first drive on the modern Banana. It's the closest thing in the quiver to a Ferrari.

The Return of Gonad Man by Mark Sutherland

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The Return of Gonad Man by Mark Sutherland

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Stu Nettle
Thursday 04/02   5

After a twenty year hiatus Gonad Man returns to save surfing from a soulless, commodified, wavepool-ridden future.

Lookout Smelly Skater!

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan

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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan

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Laurie McGinness
Wednesday 02/09   12

"A substantial work that easily eclipses anything comparable and instantly achieves classic status. Anyone seeking to understand surfing across the last 50 years will turn here first."

Blindboy reviews the highly anticipated surfing memoir of William Finnegan.

'Tripping Yarns' by Monty Webber

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'Tripping Yarns' by Monty Webber

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Stu Nettle
Thursday 16/07   8

A book about chasing drugs, girls, and waves, all topics that lend themselves to a high degree of license. Monty Webber is, in polite terms, a storyteller, but we'll satisfy ourselves by calling him a Bondi bullshitter.

Chris Garrett asymmetrical

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Chris Garrett asymmetrical

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Stu Nettle
Wednesday 24/06   58

“Free your mind and your ass will follow.” 

Chris Garrett shapes a board that matches the peculiarities of the human body to those of the breaking wave.

Review: Becoming Westerly by Jamie Brisick

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Review: Becoming Westerly by Jamie Brisick

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Stu Nettle
Wednesday 28/01   11

A film inside a book about a woman inside a man.

'Found At Sea' by Ray Collins

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'Found At Sea' by Ray Collins

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Stu Nettle
Tuesday 09/12   8

For the most part surfers are absent in Found At Sea. Where a surfer is in frame they're either a reference point for scale or they're subsumed within the scene. In Ray's world the surfer must share equal billing with the wave, the sky, the light...

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