Thursday produced some really fun waves on the Gold Coast. Straddie in particular.

BBS Young Gun Beau Kearsley was dominating, surfing above his years and was a pleasure to watch.

Jarrod Nichols was shooting photos and was kind enough to share this amazing photo of Beau getting barreled like the surfers  wish they could.

Nice Work Boys!

Remember! Just by shopping at BBS you could win a trip to Hawaii to stay in the Turbo House as well as a stack of other cool  prizes! Click here to find out more!

You can find him at Straddie, catching fish or on the South Coast.

In previous years BBS has offered trips to Indo with Ryan Hardy, $1000 Gift Vouchers for travel and so much more.

As a small family store in the business for the right reasons, giving back to the sport and making dreams come true is what we are all about.

This year the support has grown, and the prizes are better than ever.

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Entries close New Years Eve 2011

A winner will be drawn on New Years Day at 1pm in The Old Burleigh Theatre Arcade.

Best of luck to all!

This weekend ONLY – 30th April – 2nd May

We are over stocked with clothes, boards and fins in just the right

sizes for ‘groms’.

We have a huge range of t shirts and hoodies from GF and Unite,

Starting at $25!

Boards are limited, but there is still a few dozen great buys to be had,

 with up to 50 percent off in all of your favourite brands like Turbo,

4Play, Manta, Empire, Science and more.

This is your last chance to pick up a bargain before all the new stock

comes out. Free sticker with all board purchases! Don’t miss out!

Logan shares with us a frame grab from a lengthy tube at his local.

You may DK, you may not. You may have heard of Mr Bennington, you may not have.

Truth be told DK has slowly almost completly vanished from the bodyboarding

media. All over the world there are underground rippers. The East Coast of

Australia provides a handful of some of the most under rated rippers the sport

has ever seen. Names like Jake Sharpe, Dane Pope and Daniel Bennington. Also

known as ‘Logan’. If you have surfed Straddie chances are you have looked down

the beach and seen him pulling into the widest pits of the day. He surfs amazing

and after recently hurting his knee belting a heavy ramp, he had a bit of spare

time on his hands. Dan was kind enough to share some shots and talk some  booging.

Hey Logan thanks for taking some time out to have a chat. First up tell us what

happened to your knee.

 No worries, I have a lot of time on my hands at the moment. My knee… Did it at

Straddie last Thursday. First wave, been out for about 5 minutes. It was probably

 a solid 5 foot bowl and really heavy. I hit it super clean and flew. Landed way out

 in the flats and my board just bogged. Creased it in three places on that one wave.

 Wasn’t sure how bad it was and tried to ride another wave about 30 minutes later

 and it hurt so much. Getting back to the car park sucked too… Went to the hospital

 the next day and found out i had fractured my knee cap in a few places.

Dan showing Straddie who's boss

Fuck. That’s heavy. You have been surfing Straddie for a long time now.

What is the best and worst thing being a local at one of the best beach

breaks in the world?

The worst is definitely the crowd it attracts. So many wankers. The best thing is

 getting to surf there all the time with my best mates.

 So who do you usually boog with then?

Nick and Evan mostly, Stevie when he’s not hurt and the other usual guys over

 there. All prone riders. I never surf with dropkneers. Its pretty annoying cause

I don’t really have anyone to compete with or push me. 

Deep in the Cook Islands

 As a full time Drop Kneer who do you think is pushing the sport, who do

 you look up to?

Hahaha um after seeing The Lackey Project, Matt’s definitely the best dropkneer

 around. His sections are so sick. Roach is obviously still killing it too. Apart

from that I don’t see much other dropkneeing. No one really gets shot run

apart from Matt. 

 So true. You have a shitload of good photos, and a swagger of amazing

 footage. It doesn’t seem like the Bodyboarding media is too keen to

publish or get a hold of much of it. Does this frustrate you at all?

Thanks for asking this, hahaha. Yeah it use to annoy and frustrate me but now I

don’t give a shit. I don’t know what you have to do to get in a magazine. I’ve had

 lot of good photos and sequences that would’ve definitely been run if I had a

different name. Its all about who you know not how you boog. It means more

that Matt gave me a little section in his video than getting shots run anyway.

He knows good dropknee….. hahahahhahah.

Getting out of the sun and back into the barrel at Cooks

You have steered away from the comp scene and are known as a

 ‘freesurfer’. Have you got any desire at all to compete?

I did Border South years and years ago and that was fun. Feels good winning

 but when you have a shit heat it’s so annoying. I was thinking of entering a few

comps just so I can surf with some dropkneers. 

 Yeah mate it would be epic if you did choose to compete. Your section

 on The Lackey Project is amazing to say the least. Have you got any

 plans to travel this year and collect some more footage?

 Hahaha it’s pretty much 2 days at that reef and 2 days at straddie. I would’ve

liked to actually film for the video with other dropkneers. I was hoping to go

overseas in May but that’s kind of gone out the window. I am very keen for

waves but. 

 You don’t have any sponsors that I’m aware of, yet you surf better

 than most who do. (Myself included). Are you just not interested in

 sponsorship? If someone approached you to ride for them would you

consider it?

 Hahaha yeah I don’t have any. Wish I did but I haven’t handed my resume in

anywhere. It would be great to get boards or at least cheaper boards. I’ve been

 experimenting with my GoPro on my old boards but they are all so soggy. 

Thanks for your time man, is there anything else you’d like to say.

 Any shout outs you would like to give?

 Yeah thanks Steve and BBS for the interview. I’m going nuts at home not being

 able to do anything. I’d definitely like to give a big thank you to Chanel my

 girlfriend. She has been looking after me since I hurt my knee. 

Good lad.

Check out one of the most amazing video’s you will ever see.

Featuring Logan and the Straddie boys by clicking here.

Interview by Stevie Lloyd

BBS Team Rider is a contest freak, we all know the results. National Champion

more than once and wins pretty much everything else too.

This video is actually quite old now, but with nearly 10,000 hits on YouTube

it’s easy to see why. Dane just rips, plain and simple.

The perfect mix of smooth lines, powerful turns, solid style and consistancy.

Ladies and Gentleman, Dane Pope.

It’s quite an exciting time of year for our sport. With the Pipeline Event running, more and more

companies getting behind Bodyboarding and of course Bali Sessions!

Ashley Smith is a 21 year old Bodyboarder from Brisbane, and he has scored the trip of a lifetime.

Ash gets to take one of his mates to Indo with him to surf with Hardy for a week. The lucky punter

was his good mate James.

A massive congratulations boys, thanks for shopping with BBS and enjoy your time in Indo

with Ryan! Or is that Shakira?

Come into BBS today and pick your self up a bargain!

There are shirts starting at $20. With the new Unite and GF range only $25!

There are fins starting at $45

There are jeans from $45

There are Flannos from $35, hoodies from $37

ALL THE NEW BOARDS ARE REDUCED BY 30%

Free leash and plug deal is still available!

There are bargains galore don’t miss out!