Australia Day Six - Our Day Off
Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2007 by Rob Meronek
Australia Day Six - Our Day Off
We all split up and did various things all day Sunday since the contest was over and we all had no plans. I ended up with Chad Bartie on a surfing mission at the beach near his apartment. That mullet probably acts as a nice rudder in the water |
That's Bartie's OG New Deal graphic on that board Schaefer used. Yep, they have topless sunbathing everywhere here. Schaefer, turn around |
Here's the close up |
After all day at the beach, Bartie took us to a couple skate parks around his neighborhood. That's Schaefer on a back tail on one of the sketchy quarters |
Mike Burnett, Thrasher photographer, has a beaming front rock for you on this weird escalator thing |
A steep little pyramid at one of the course |
After skating, we went to a BBQ at P-Stone and Rhino's place where Matt Mumford cooked up some lamb chops, chicken, and all kinds of vegetables |
Later that night, we rolled through the lame tourist district again. Security everywhere sucks - they're all assholes, every single one. This guy here was telling us we have to sit down to have a drink. No standing while you drink outside. The lame bouncer stories are endless there. Rhino's got a thumbs down in the pants for this meathead |
Foot fetish with some random Australian skaters I met at some tourist trap club |
This is D'Andrea and Troy, siblings I met at some random club. Check out here accent and what she's got to say on this video |
I met one of Gareth Stehr's old friends at some random bar who ratted him out as a former rollerblader. You can also hear some of D'Andrea's nice Australian accent in this short clip. Note: there are bad words in this video so don't click it if you don't want to broaden your vocabulary |
I'm going to have to give all the food I had in Australia a thumbs down, but that's just because I'm a real picky eater. I probably went to all the wrong places though. That's Schaefer and Dyet enjoying a very late night snack |
On the way back, the flight left Australia at 1pm on Monday and arrived at 7am on Monday in Los Angeles 14 hours later. That's a wierd time travel deal there. Greg Lutzka has the best seat on the plane right here by the emergency exit |
The rest of these are some of Schaefer's chill cam pics. This is at the Varsity double set. That's Schaefer, Sierra Fellers, P-Stone, Alex Chalmers, Rhino, Kyle Berard, and Jason Rothmeyer in the back. Terell Robinson, Chris Haslam, and Rob Meronek doing the self-reach around move are in the front. Or maybe that's Jason Rothmeyer doing the reach around on Meronek |
Globe owner/founder Gary Valentine got $1,000 from Appleyard and Mumford for jumping the double set on rollerblades |
At the Contest After-Party on Sunday, Dyet used $1,500 of his winnings to buy everyone at the party drinks. He's a very generous person wether he's broke or rich |
Brian Schaefer and P-Stone, the Thrasher filmer and best travel companion ever |
Mark Appleyard. So if money is the devil, how come organized religion is always begging for it? I've never seen the devil pass around a collection plate. See you in hell |
