HORSES MOUTH

SUE BROOKS

This week I had the good fortune of chatting with Sue Brooks, Sue is such an amazing creative, gentle soul that loves storytelling and all that goes along with it, She's a Director, Writer, Producer, Photographer, and Gardner -  lover of nature and the coast. She's directed some amazing films such as Japanese Story and Looking for Grace to name but a couple and worked with some of Australia's best Actors, writers, and producers. 
If you'd like to see Sue's and Alison's Film Japanese Story which is screening at the Melbourne Film Festival which starts next week. it's screening on the 6th Aug 4.30 pm below is the link.
https://miff.com.au/program/film/japanese-story
She's a force of nature if you look at the body of work behind her and know the industry it's truly impressive.
I really feel honored know and to have had Sue pop in for a cuppa and chat with me in the Horse's mouth, so thanks Sue, and hope you enjoy our chat.
She's a force of nature if you look at the body of work behind her and know the industry it's truly impressive.
I really feel honored to know and to have had Sue pop in for a cuppa and chat with me in the Horse's mouth, so thanks Sue, and hope you enjoy our chat.

MARK WILLETT

Mark Willett is a dude whos been on one hell of a ride ! literally and figuratively.
Such a great guy is Mark, I met Mark through surfing and chatting at 13th Beach and have kept in touch ever since., He's been a super supportive person to me on my journey with Horse's Mouth which I just love. Helps keep me inspired. 
During this chat Mark tells me about his growing up and how in a way following his heart and finding a life on and around the ocean has given him a life beyond his wildest dreams, He's surfed all over the world and been  / still is a professional sailor who's raced sailboats around the globe, in waters and storms that'd have you wishing you were curled up at the feet of your parent's bed wishing it was just a bad dream! Alas it isn't and you gotta pony up ( my words not his ) 
Mark, Mick Sowry, and Jock Serong have an amazing magazine called Great Ocean it truly is a beautiful publication 
This one will be a blockbuster, showcasing the Great Southern Reef alongside all those regular GOQ morsels of deliciousness: Featured Feathers and Fins, the Church of The Open Sky, Bandini, Mislaid Books and more.
Get your pre order at 
https://www.greatocean.com.au/   

DAVE BUTTERWORTH

Welcome to episode 83 where I had the pleasure of talking with none other than BUTTERS - Dave Butterworth is such a good lad, living a life of creativity, following his heart through school, Modern dance, Uni, Band life, the 90s, RRR radio host, Surfer - Butters is a man after my own heart !!! Seemingly always lived just going with what the heart wants for better or worse. 
It was such an Honour to have Butters in, He really is a rockstar whose thirst for music and creativity is palpable, we meander conversationally through Dave's life and his latest life-changing challenge, he's truly had his back up against it.
To see him yesterday totally up and about knowing what his last few years have been like is truly inspirational - BUTTERS Thanks so much for coming over 
 
*Just for clarity early in the piece, we chat about Joy Clarke's podcast and I couldn't remember the schools that witnessed the biggest  UFO sighting in Australian History  - Westall - !!!
 
*The Double Agents, Best bits so far... Album launch  - The Northcote social club Friday 14th July 8.30 pm  Be there or be square 
 
*The Great Ocean (Quarterly), Get Around the Boys - Mark Willett Mick Sowry, and Jock Serong head to www.greatocean.com.au and get your pre-order today 

DARREN DICKSON

Darren Dickson 'Surfboards' is one of those guys - who is human after all ! the guy for as long as I've known him has a smile on his face and is always stoked and up for a chat! But when I bumped into him late last year he was more than stoked -  it was his first surf back after a pretty heavy procedure in Hospital and it was his first surf back! in 6 months and he was soooo STOKED !
Dicko is one of those people on the coast who the grommet inside never left, He's a wealth of knowledge and a master craftsman of as they say in the industry 'Mowin foam' shaping surfboards. 
He's always on the go, so when the doctors told him to take it easy, I've no doubt it was a tough pill to swallow. 
But he's back and up to his usual self mowin foam and hitting the road in search of uncrowded waves...
I hope you enjoy our chat on the life and times of Darren Dickson

MICHAEL JUDD

Michael Judd is one of those guys, just one of those guys, now I hate to use the pun or the phrase or even manifest such an ordeal BUT Juddy is just one of those guys you'd like to have in the trenches with you if it ever came to that, he's a scrapper, hard worker, noble, honest caring and knows the fragility of life,,, he's a hard at it kinda guys which you will soon realise listening to our chat. He works hard for his family and the community we call home, he's the founder of a group here called Diig Wellbeing, its to help blokes out on many levels, including nutrition, knowledge on many levels of growth and conversation based on the pillars of life, with guest speakers from far and wide or just somewhere to go and have a yak on a Sunday night, this movement has been sporn out of tragedy for the Judd family and its Juddys mission to help his fellow man after losing his daughter Estella.
I hope you enjoy our chat as much as I enjoyed having it 
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OLIE GEORGIOU

This Horses Mouth I had the pleasure of speaking with non-other than the creator of Mind head Magazine Olie Georgiou, Olie is truly living his dream, He has spawn an amazing magazine that focuses on art and Culture, it's a non-commercial look at what's real and great between the cracks of an ever marching corporate sensitive and at all cost please the sponsors kind of world, Olie doesn't subscribe to such horse shit, and if you don't either go to www.mindhead.bigcartel.com and grab yourself a quality publication or some merch you won't regret it. 
Olie is such a vibrant dude always a pleasure to bump into in the surf or out and about, he's always out there milking the day.
I hope you enjoy our chat 
 

DOUG ’CLAW’ WARBRICK

Doug 'Claw' Warbrick 
Recently turned 80 - hard to believe! he still has a cheeky and energetic demeanor who still cares about the ocean and the future of surfing today as much as he did probably 65 years ago.
Claw is an enigmatic soul whose vision and dedication have helped further / Shift and pioneer professional surfing where it is today.
He co-founded Ripcurl in 1969 with Brian ‘Sing Ding’ Singer and they truly never looked back.
Claw's vision is apparent from a young age and through hard work and dedication the stars seriously aligned or maybe it was just written in the stars! It seems he was hell-bent on an ocean way of life long before there was an industry or a pot to piss in. 
I still remember Claw coming into the shop ( Ripcurl ) when I worked there in the late 90s just to ask how everything is going and showing interest in all levels of the business and I remember thinking through red eyes how impressive that was.
I hope you enjoy our chat 

OLLIE HENRY

In this Horses mouth I had the pleasure of chatting to Western Australian charger Ollie Henry, He's a professional surfer sponsored to chase waves and do his thing by Rusty - Ollie is one of those guys who gets the job done. Example we were chatting cars after our chat out on the street - I asked him if he had a duel battery as I know he spends a lot of time on the road camping and chasing slabs, he said no,,, would like one but its bucks at the moment I don't wanna spend - you can still go bush and camp and do all the things you need without one ----- I love this attitude as I thought ahhh I cant go long range without one --- get the job done with what you have at hand !!! you don't need all the bells and whistles you just need a sense of adventure and a set of gonads If you're chasing the sort of slabs Ollie is after !!! Not to be sexist but the guy is next fucken level and it's a saying more than anything re Gonad Man... bla bla bla 
Ollie is good fucken people and I thoroughly enjoyed hanging out and chatting - I hope you enjoy our yak !
 

TIM STEVENSON

Tim Stevenson is a real-life dude who walks the walk, he's understated as fuck - keeps his cards close to his chest from time to time, but in this chat we delve under the hood to see what makes Timmy tick.
The guy is a waterman, really that is enough said! but he truly is...I think I live my life by the winds tides and swell.... BUT Tim takes it to another level, he's constructed his life so he can chase waves all over the globe at the drop of a hat or the sniff of a red blob on a swell map.
He's the winner of the last 50-year storm international big wave contest in honor of Sean brooks here at Bells beach, also one of the founding members of the Jan Juc Boardriders and ex-president.
So all this said the man has and is living A LIFE !!!!! full of tails and experience 
I hope you enjoy our chat 
 

Alan ’ROUSA’ Rowsell

Rousa is the real deal and one of the respected elders of our tribe, and I feel grateful and fortunate to have had him over for a cuppa and a chat about life, what it means to walk the earth in a "Modern world', his journey and addiction to salt water and the octane that comes with it.
Rousa is part of the historical fabric of surfing in Torquay, his influence and friendships are wide and deep which is a reflection of his being, I had many requests to get Rousa on the horse's mouth and we were chatting last year about it - But he had a to sneak into Hospital for heart bypass surgery!!!!.....He is back and what a force of nature he is 
Thanks for popping in Rousa and I hope ya'll enjoy our chat