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B Y R O N B A Y
S U R F F E S T I V A L
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The recent Annual Byron Bay Surf Festival, held for four days over February 22nd – 25th was as usual, a celebration of pure stoke with an eclectic mix of local, national and international surfers and related surf culture.

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Irina Liakh | Surfing Sound Waves | The Handsome Collective | Photo by Olivia Doan

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IRINA LIAKH | SURFING SOUND WAVES
V E N I C E B E A C H

Things to know about
I R I N A L I A K H

LIVES: Venice Beach, California

PASSION: Founder and curator of SURFING SOUND WAVES a platform for online music discovery. And SOULFIRE, a blog of inspiring stories about artists, social entrepreneurs, activists and fundraising for causes I’m passionate about.

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Flora | Canggu's pink sky by Aryo Pamungkas | Citizens of the Slide

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FLORA CHRISTIN
‘THE GIRL WITH THE PINK BOARD’

C I T I Z E N S
O F T H E S L I D E

— Not So Ordinary Citizens Interview —
by Tracee Annetts – photo top: Aryo Pamungkas
above: Jordan Godley

FLORA CHRISTIN is a 26-year-old Indonesian longboard surfer.
With enough grace to the mile, you’d guess she’d been born to it.
Yet it was just last year she took up the sport!
She now has a surfboard sponsorship with Folklore Surf and other brands have followed suit.
Flora will be competing in the Asian Surf Champions Tour in Japan this year, as Indonesia’s first female longboard surfer.

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B E H I N D the H U S T L E
Tracee Annetts | The Handsome Collective

Owners Collective asked me to share my daily habits, how I coffee worship, maintaining a work-life-balance and what do I actually DO?
From my home in Byron Bay, here’s my
Behind the Hustle…
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B O B M C T A V I S H
B Y R O N L I F E

C I T I Z E N S
O F T H E S L I D E
— Not So Ordinary Citizens Interview —

Life in Byron Bay in the 60s & 70s had become a hub for early surf culture; a haven for the musically talented, alternative ‘country soul’ surfing community as portrayed in Alby Falzon’s Morning of the Earth; and also the beginnings of MO [Multiple Occupancy]
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S E A B O N E S | BYRON BAY

At the beach end of Fletcher Street, Byron Bay you’ll discover a salty island-vibe aesthetic in the newly opened Sea Bones women’s coastal concept store.

Sea Bones is a joint venture / collaborative dream child of local renowned Photographer Ming Nomchong and women’s sustainable ocean wear designer Danny Clayton of Salt Gypsy.

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BEHIND THE SHOOT
‘M O O D’
A SHORT SURF FILM
by
F R A N M I L L E R

Fran Miller has recently submitted ‘MOOD’ to be judged in the Action category of The Surfing World Short Film Competition
— REELERS 2017 —
presented by Corona.

It has been received very favourably by the public, at just day one of submission, it has been ranking as the ‘most watched’ in the Action category & continuing to hold the position after entries have closed, thus far.

We’re chatting to Fran about what inspired her film
‘Mood’, her choice of tunes & mermaid muses. Continue Reading →

'Mood' by Fran Miller

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F R A N M I L L E R
‘M O O D’
A SHORT SURF FILM [An entrant in REELERS 2017]

SHOWCASING THREE OF THE WORLDS TALENTED & UP COMING FEMALE LONGBOARDERS ROISIN CAROLAN, IVY THOMAS AND HALLIE ROHR.

Corona presents REELERS 2017, the Surfing World short film competition, a global search for the freshest talent in surf movie making today.

Enter; Fran Miller with her short film ‘Mood’, featuring in the Action category. Continue Reading →

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C R A I G P A R R Y
P H O T O G R A P H E R
A NEW GALLERY OPENING IN BYRON BAY
by Tracee Annetts – photography by Craig Parry

CELEBRATING BYRON’S NATURAL BEAUTY

Byron Bay’s dynamic arts scene is abuzz with the opening of the new gallery in town, by Internationally acclaimed nature photographer and local boy, Craig Parry.

Craig will celebrate the opening of his new Byron Bay Gallery, with a Launch Night
on Friday January 20th | 6 – 9pm
at Gallery Shop 7 / 8 Fletcher Street, Byron Bay.
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LeRoy “GRANNY” Grannis
VINTAGE SURF PHOTOGRAPHER
The New York Times dubbed him “The Godfather of Surf Photography.”

A surfer from an early age, it wasn’t until his late thirties that Grannis took up photography as a hobby, and for a decade or so became one of the most iconic lens man of the times – giving him a nod into the International Surfing Hall of Fame in 1966…
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T H E O T H E R
S I D E
O F S H A R K S

— Not So Ordinary Citizens Interview —

S E A N S A M E R
≫≫ SHARK CONSERVATIONIST ≫≫

Great White photography by Matt Draper / by Tracee Annetts

NORTHERN NSW SHARK CONTROVERSY

The current escalation of recent shark attacks on surfers and swimmers, resulting in injury and death in the past few years in Northern NSW has the public in fear of utilizing our glorious coastline.
This controversial and passionate topic, has people on both sides of the argument in heated debate as to whether shark nets will be a solution or instead a human laid death trap to marine life.

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T H E O R I G I N A L
B O H E M I A N S
Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg Family Album.

Their images are bound to seduce you with feelings of nostalgia for the 70’s. Fill you with curiosity and intrigue to know more about the glamour couple, their love-child and children from prior relationships.

Epitomising the perfect family captured in the soft glow of 35mm Kodachrome. Yet as dysfunctional as most famous families of the free-love era.
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IVY THOMAS | GOLDEN SLIDER | by Miriam Sunde | Handsome Citizens

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C I T I Z E N S
O F T H E S L I D E
— Not So Ordinary Citizens Interview —

I V Y
T H O M A S
≫≫ GOLDEN SLIDER ≫≫
by Tracee Annetts – photography by Fran Miller

“The best surfer out there is the one having the most fun.”
So they say.
When Ivy Thomas and her Gold Coast posse including mate and fellow surfer/Photographer Fran Miller hit the waves together, it’s guaranteed to be non-stop smiles.
We’ve seen a lot of awe-inspiring ocean images of Ivy taken by the legendary Fran Miller and other talented photographers in the area and wanted to find out what’s keeping Gold Coast-based Ivy stoked in and out of the water.

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UNITED BY
T H E S E A
≫≫ HANDSOME COLLECTIVE
BALI TO BYRON BAY ≫≫
Interview with SEEA by Rhea Cortado – photography by Carly Brown

The paradox of photos living in the Internet clouds is that they are simultaneously disposable and immortal. We rediscovered these images of Tracee Annetts aka Handsome Collective photographed by Carly Brown two years ago in Bali, and the dreamy mood felt no less refreshing.
Fascinated by social media’s ability to connect people across oceans and time, we caught up with Tracee to talk more about how Instagram was a lifeline to the outside world while living in Bali, and sparked face-to-face encounters with new friends.

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C I T I Z E N S
O F T H E S L I D E
— Not So Ordinary Citizens Interview —

K A R I N A
R O Z U N K O
≫≫ SACRED THINGS ≫≫

Karina on Van Life: “It’s a sense of freedom, to get up and leave wherever & whenever you please. You learn to travel light, bring what you need, not things that are precious, but sacred.”
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Fran Miller by Elyse Lu | Interview on Handsome Citizens

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C I T I Z E N S
O F T H E S L I D E
— Not So Ordinary Citizens Interview —

F R A N
M I L L E R
≫≫ PRIMA DONNA ≫≫
by Tracee Annetts – photography by Fran Miller

Fran on why she loves capturing the Ocean —
“The scope and power of the ocean leaves nothing but the truth to be visible, as it overwhelms all trivialities.”
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Log Cabin in the Byron Hinterland.. Easy like a Sunday Morning with Gabi Mulder | Handsome Citizens

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… T h e E A S E o f a
S U N D A Y M O R N I N G …
by Tracee Annetts – photography by Gabi Mulder

With those long lazy days of Summer, but a dream behind us, we’re taking a moment to reflect upon a languid Sunday morning with our face to the sun as we relax on the back porch.
Central to capturing this mood, is the ultimate chilled playlist helping you ease into a complete sense of idleness, with no inclination for anything other than falling into a dreamy blissful state.

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Craig Parry Photographer and a very large whale!

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C R A I G P A R R Y
&
M I G A L O O
by Tracee Annetts – photography by Craig Parry

CRAIG is an international, multi award winning nature
photographer based in Byron Bay, Australia.
Recently Craig captured everyones attention with images of MIGALOO the rare albino humpback whale on his annual migration up the East Coast of Australia, past Byron Bay.
Craig shares details with us of the awe-inspiring moments with Migaloo.

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— T U E S D A Y T U N E S —
t h e d o o r s
Waiting For The Sun

“At first flash of Eden
We race down to the sea
Standing there on freedom’s shore…..”

The song is believed to be about the unattainable quest for the American Dream.
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To date we have had the pleasure of a talented bunch
of female Sea Gypsies who’ve featured in our
Citizens Of The Slide Interviews.
And until now no Sea Pirates to add some testosterone
to the mix. Enter Wisp aka
— CHRISTIAN BARKER —
all burly and bearded. Something we noticed
from his recent McTavish
“Dedicated to the Craft” film is that he has soul, and is passionate about his surfing..

— C I T I Z E N S
O F T H E S L I D E
NOT SO ORDINARY CITIZENS INTERVIEW —

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