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Spotlight: Treasure Island Stylee

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Pro-phile: Kyle Applefield

Kevin Wilson: Up Close

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Quit that Lollygagging: Lollapolluza 2008

Gender Roles and Surfing

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Photo-phile: Tom Carey

Travel: Bora Bora Anyone?

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Last year,

I was there for him during any anguish or despair he may have been going through. His kindness inspired something in me I never knew. Now he has reciprocated the gesture of support and kindness back to me. I love you so much man! You dont know! So yes, Kyle won his 8th world title in record form. He won and perser vered even in despite the chaos that was the bombarding him ever yday. I know how he did it. He basically got real fucking pissed off and dissected ever y wave and opponent to smithereens. Getting pissed off, if not used wisely and productively, will only aid ones demise. It is quite apparent that Kyle was able to transform this emotion into yet another world title. Amazing, right? Come on now. Geez god,

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I am on the plane and about to land in Australia within an hour. I am a writer on the storm and gr8 expectations are upon us for this once in a lifetime trip. Lets get it on, bitches. I mean fo rillllz. The eagle has landed. Feeling stoked to be onto the territor y of the Queensland, where the sun shines for 15 hours a day. It seems as soon as the plane lands all the

The legendary Suncoast Surf shop. Upstairs, they boast over 600 surfboards. 1. Lei flowers arent just found in Hawaii, they are native to the St. Pete area. 2. Canopy walkways are your pathway to paradise on the sugar sand beaches of Treasure Island. 3. The Floridian is famous for their Floribeean cuisine (thats Floridian and Carribbean).

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Left: The most amazing things about Sunset Beach is the Sea Oat

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Replenishment Project, from The Chateau down to Johns Pass.

passengers simultanously turn their phones on and stand up to grab their carr y ons. Ok, moving right along. Caught a taxi from the Coolangatta airport before our apartment in Queensland because Kyle was doing a press conference for the Quiksilver Pro. Kirra had some perfect waves en route to our place in front of Snapper Rock. Kirra is so different now compared to the last centur y. Literally, all the sand has been getting pumped down from Duranbah has turned that place into a atoll. What a shame. There is a coalition to save Kirra. Trust me, that place is preser ved forever in about two million sqaure feet of sand. Nonetheless, the waves were about 2-3 feet and the water was a sparkling blue. He and his girlfriend April and their little Pug Ruby are amazing and I am ver y grateful for be around them. Bit of a late start this morning but luke and I headed down to Snapper where they were running the Roxy Pro in ver y mediocre surf. The women really get shortchanged for their events. Its like, okay, the waves are shitty, lets send the women out. It was about two feet and fairly conestable but the tide wasnt quite right and the swell was kind of dying. A couple of big names bowed out the ver y first day like Rochelle Ballard and Sofia Molanovich. Not good news for a company like Roxy. Total disaster for these girls and the fans

that came out to see them. Later in the day the ASP used a new format for the mens Quiksilver event concieved by none other than Kelley Slater himself. This was just a trial basis format for the There were so many competitors in the water: There are four surfers in the water at all times and two of them have priority in each separate heat. I will not take time to explain this but I was pleased to see the reeling head-high destroyable rights. If one of the competitiors needs a 9.0 ride with twenty minutes left, more times he or she isnt going to wait for that perfect wave. Meanwhile, there are a bunch of great little ones coming in with nobody on them! Down at the competition site it could easily be mistaken for the Quiksilver town. It was crazy! I got to catch up with some old friends and make some new ones. Free mugs of Fosters for us, so we werent complaining. I had one or six throughout the day. I cant remember. People say dont drink beer through times of personal growth and stuff. Sleeping pill, water and Fugazi. It is the morning of the final. Joking, it is the morning of round two. I am hanging a little bit to say the least. I believe that Ernest Hemmingway enjoyed some good wine during his time of writing. I am defintely on my hemming way.

Right: A beacon in the dark --- Suncoast Surf Shop is open 365 days a year since way back in 1969. Thats dedication.

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ot only is he the greatest surfer to live, he has been the greatest friend to me over the last few months during my

time of personal growth and understandment. Last year I was there for him during any anguish or despair he may have been going through. His kindness inspired something in me I never knew. Now he has reciprocated the gesture of support and kindness back to me. So yes, Kyle won his 8th world title in record form. He won and perservered even in despite the chaos that was the bombarding him everyday. I know how he did it. He basically got real fucking pissed and dissected every wave and opponent to smithereens. Getting pissed off, if not used wisely and productively, will only aid ones demise. It is quite apparent that Kyle was able to transform this emotion into yet another world title. Geez god, I am on the plane and about to land in Australia within an hour. I am a writer on the storm and gr8 expectations are upon us for this once in a lifetime trip. Lets get it on, bitches. I mean fo rillllz.

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Woke up at Lukes this morning after a night of Mexican food and margaritas. Luke has done quite well for himself. He just qualified for the World Championships in February and has an overall great outlook on life. He and his girlfriend April and their little Pug Ruby are amazing and I am very grateful for be around them. Bit of a late start this morning but luke and I headed down to Snapper where they were running the Roxy Pro in very mediocre surf. The women really get shortchanged for their events. Its like, okay, the waves are shitty, lets send the women out. It was about two feet and fairly conestable but the tide wasnt quite right and the swell was kind of dying.

DAY4
Down at the competition site it could easily be mistaken for the Quiksilver town. It was crazy! I got to catch up with some old friends and make some new ones. Free mugs of Fosters for us, so we werent complaining. I had one or six throughout the day. I cant remember. People say dont drink beer through times of personal growth and bad times. I say drink and party it up.

DAY5
It is the morning of the final. Joking, it is the morning of round two. I am hanging a little bit to say the least. I believe that Ernest Hemmingway

DAY 3
A couple of big names bowed out the very first day like Rochelle Ballard and Sofia Molanovich. Not good news for a company like Roxy. Total disaster for these girls and the fans that came out to see them. Later in the day the ASP used a new format for the mens Quiksilver event concieved by none other than Kelley Slater himself. This was just a trial basis format for the competitors in the water: There are four surfers in the water at all times and tow of them have priority in each separate heat. I will not take time to explain this but I was pleased to see the reeling head-high destroyable rights. If one of the competitiors needs a 9.0 ride with twenty minutes left, more times he or she isnt going to wait for that perfect wave. Meanwhile, there are a bunch of great little ones coming in with nobody on them!

enjoyed some good wine during his time of writing. I am defintely on m hemming way. Every evening I remind Kelly to visualize surfing before he goes to sleep. As I mentioned before, some of these big hitters never showed up mentally or physically and that defintely helped Kelley out a whole bunch. The swell was also starting to fill in, that would help everyone out quite a bit.

DAY6
I woke to see that the ladies were being sent out because the waves were fair to average. What the hell man. I dont get it. Kelley got almost a perfect score of 19.83/20.00. He amazes me. Goody Goody! I actaully didnt do to terribly bad. This morning, Taj Burrow and Kyle did a few tow-ins at Snapper. Kyle said it was like surfing Backdoor but with a sand bottom. Luke and I surfed the cranking Duranbah where I ran into the incredible Nikki Wood. Yes, Nikki Wood, the prodigy and winner of a Bells Trophy. That was a pretty incrdible moment. The waves themselves were incredible too. This would be my last day with Kyle.

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Right: Kyle tearin it up in Tahiti. He lives there almost half the year with his family and in the US for the other half of the year.

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