King Waka's Korner: June 2020

Queens Birthday Long Weekend

Post Covid Times with the government lifting the lock down and travelling restrictions! Throw in a 4 day long weekend and open the gates for all who have been coupes up at home ,and so like flies to a dog shit we were bombarded with visiting travelers and surfers , all the caravan parks were booked out weeks in advance, restaurants and cafes were swamped with people and the money that the visiting tourist inject into the local economy was welcome with open arms.....and then there is us locals who work , live , pay rates and shop here on a daily basis and we are now expected to share , grin and bear it .... congested roads, shops , cafes , beaches & parks , you know all things that the ' visiting tourist ' with money to burn also like ! I can complain all day about it but its not going to change peoples attitude or habits and I admit that I miss the full lock down ! We were all still working , the shops were open, there was no road noise at night and bugger all traffic during the day!There were minimal road accidents so the local paramedics and rescue crews got a rest for a couple of months , the local fauna ( kangaroos & wombats) were not getting ran over by the road traffic at night!The local surf breaks were not congested with hassling & frothing travelling surfers , their carparks were not full of Wicked vans and Winnebagos bursting at the seams with back packers , it was quiet again and the South Coast had a well earned rest after the previous devastating bushfires we had back in December / January ! oh well .....Let the Good Times Roll !

Friday

We started at the bogey hole but the swell was not getting in ...but what a cracker of a sunrise!

GOOD TIMES ROLL from adam williams on Vimeo.

We ended up back at one of our favorite haunts and Neal ended up joining us for some fun left handers!

Paul's Vision

The track and surrounding bushland was completely burnt out last Xmas , its so good to see the regrowth & regeneration of all the local fauna!

Neals Post Surf Joke

Saturday

It was a super foggy morning and I couldn't see if anyone was out at the Point so was very surprise to see a couple of local mates floating out the back and even more surprise when they decided to paddle away back down the beach leaving me by myself for a a hour or so till a fucking ski and tow surfer appeared and 4 other surfers not far behind them!

HELLO AGAIN from adam williams on Vimeo.

Sunday

I was joined by Paul and we had another early start paddling out in the moonlit ocean! with just us 2 till we had a gaggle of frothing surfers joining us!

Paul's Vision

MOONLIGHTING from adam williams on Vimeo.

The View from Above

Many Thanks to Paul Newman for the images!

Mat Man Reef Sharing with Phil Flying Solo Floating in the Sea

SPOON'S , MAT'S & ASSORTED SURF CRAFT

Neal & Phil checking out one of Neal's carbon spoons

Paul looking over a Chimera , Spoon , Bonza & Edge Board ! A very wide spectrum of shapes all ridden on your knees! Reverse Tail rocker in the Chimera, full flex in the spoon , Ventura channels in the Bonza and full concave in the Edge Board!

Single Fin Bonanza

Full Edge

Ventura Channels

Neal's Chimera
Young Minds trying to work out ' what the fuck ' he is holding !

Sponsored Surfer Neal Cameron displaying his Bartz Optics surfing sun glasses!

Bogie Hole Fun with the SCUMM CREW......flying , even the clubbie girl couldn't out run me when in full Trim!

Thr Boogie Men from adam williams on Vimeo.

The Next Day

COLD & HARSH from adam williams on Vimeo.

#ERICWOULDGO

The Lineup

View from the Cafe

Sunday
View from my Van

ask Neal from adam williams on Vimeo.

Nirvana Found

' For nearly 15 years I wondered the history of the mould Tony Burge found on a garbage cleanup in Marouba! It was obviously one of George Greenough 's mould's but the history was a mystery and I always wondered where the other boards made from this mould might be. There was another colour on the mould edge giving a hint.Last week I met kneeboarder Bob Geraghty who lives just up the road and we chatted about spoons and he said he had a few as well as a Greenough edge spoon in his collection . Guess what? It is out of the same mould !!! I have found the sister board made by George! Bob has had it sprayed to look real cool ( blue rails, red bottom pictured below) and still has the pre resto pic's and the original colour matches the run over on my mould's edge ! All that searching and wondering over the years and the answer has turned up just down the street! '

2 of Georges personal mats.....super lightweight fabric compared to today's!

Camera Board

Its 5 feet long and 21" wide.....with runners! This is my personal spoon that was built by Neal and out of the same mould! In 2015 I took it among st other craft to Sumatra and rode it a couple times, so this is the vision below!

spoon from adam williams on Vimeo.

Surfing here at Gilligans Island below

Aliens from adam williams on Vimeo.

Star Trek ' Chimera ' board below
Full reverse tail rocker and flew rails!

UFO from adam williams on Vimeo.

RGP

Richard Gifford Palmer

Richard called in the other night and brought around a new spoon that he was commissioned to make for Sally Bayliss ! The mould was purchased by Sally and Richard has spent the past few years building a mini paipo and now the full spoon from the original mould!

pictured below in the Board Room....warning ' Board Porn '