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FEATURE 1st PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 2008

TS: Brendon, thanks for your time. What’s been happening lately?

BB: Not a lot has been happening of late. To much time to watch the Olympics and generally being slack due to an ankle injury.

TS: Doesn’t sound too good, what exactly happened?

BB: I have torn the main tendons in my ankle and the ligaments through the top of my foot. It happened surfing 2 foot Scarborough on a 1ft wave.

TS: With all the time out of the water of late we bet your itching to get back in the water. We understand you recently acquired a Jet Ski. Is tow outs something you are interested in or are you looking at the investment as more of a big wave aid?

BB: I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to actually get back in the water and have fun. I like doing tow outs and it’s always so much fun but ideally the purchase was made to tow into waves more and just using for exploring and having fun. It’s something that I’m really excited to hopefully start doing a lot more of, that and catching fish.

TS: You have worked closely with Reon Fisher over at Manta HQ to perfect your board model due in stores soon. Was big wave riding something you had in mind when making your refinements or have you opted to focus on all around rideability given you are known most for your smooth style of riding.

BB: My boards have been the same for around a year now and when having to sort everything out with Reon at Manta for my board model none of the dimensions changed. I’d say the boards I have been riding this past 12 months were based on all round rideability though and what will be in stores is exactly what I am riding as when I ask to get new boards now they are stock boards.

TS: You spent your early years in Geraldton alongside the likes of Sean Virtue and Kris Nelson whose riding was primarily aerial based. What influence did these riders have on the way you perceive a wave should be ridden?

BB: At that stage I had only just begun to bodyboard and to have guys like Sean, Kris and Ben Sukinik down the local beach to look up to was a huge influence. Probably not so much on how I rode my bodyboard as I was only beginning but definitely on wanting to bodyboard as I looked up to those guys like gods when I was younger. Particularly Ben, even now the way he rode a bodyboard is still the way I wish I could ride mine.

TS: From Geraldton you moved over to the Sunshine Coast where you knocked up some impressive competition results. However since moving back to your home state you have been a noticeable absentee from the competition scene. Was this a personal choice or did you find the lack of local events in the south west region a major factor in your decision to focus more on free riding?

BB: I’m not really to sure how it initially happened. My first year back in WA I did all the competitions and I was lucky enough to go ok in them too. I think a major part of it was the waves I get to surf at home on such a regular basis are perfect for bodyboarding and I enjoy it. I have so much fun doing it but the waves the comps are held in are always so terrible and I never enjoy myself where as when I was living on the Sunshine Coast the waves were much the same be it in competition or when I’d just go to have fun. Ideally though next year I would like to actually start following the comps at least a little bit closer then what I have been the last few years.

TS: Tell us a bit about the local scene in WA. There’s obviously some guys your surf with more than others. Who has been impressing you the most?

BB: The main riders that are doing the most impressive things are obviously Brad (Hughes) and Mitch (Rawlins), those two guys are by far my two favorite bodyboarders. Aside from the main guys Adam (Luehman) and Tom (O’Brian) are who I usually surf with. Adam probably doesn’t realise it but he is a huge influence on my bodyboarding and is always impressing me with his skills.

TS: It seems Adam and yourself are always categorized together when talking about Western Australia’s arial young guns. Is there any competition between yourselves?

BB: I’m not sure how Adam feels about it but I wouldn’t say there is any really strong competition / rivalry as we both approach bodyboarding pretty differently. We do strive to out do each other and I know I get that damn jealous when he does something amazing wave after wave but I’m always that amped for him and really like watching him more so then almost anyone else.

TS: Working for fellow bodyboarder Tom O’Brien must be fairly interesting. What’s the situation like when the surfs pumping?

BB: Working for Tom is by far the best / funniest / funnest thing ever! I’ve never laughed more in my life then in the past 6 months working for him. He has taught me a lot though and is a huge influence on me as he is so successful and so young and one of the coolest guys ever! When the waves are good there is definitely no dramas with getting to go surfing as Toms the boss and it is only him and I working and he’s always so keen to surf so I never miss out on waves and getting extra money in the bank balance.

TS: Brendon, thanks for your time, are there any shout outs you would like to give?

BB: Thanks to Reon at Manta for always helping me out. Todd and Dav at IAMNONE for keeping me covered with clothing and to all the grubs that put up with me and are my good friends!

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