With the Australian Open of Surfing on in Manly I decided to drop by and have a look at it yesterday as I was in the neighbourhood. The wind was onshore and the surf was crap. But the couple of heats I watched of the young fellas blew me away - it was Air this Air that etc Stupid!!

Anyway the main reason I went down was to check out the new skate bowl.....I had seen them making it a few weeks prior and it looked impressive. Yesterday there was no action on the Bowl so it was all shut off and the shots I took of it did not do it justice. Instead I have stolen a few from other sites for you to see it. I am sure Chrispy would love to let rip in it. I must say that I got blood flow just looking at it. Its amazing. Big Tony Hawk hits it later in the week apparently.

One other thing - having had a little walk around the retail areas there yesterday I can assure you that the Reef girls look just as good in real life as they do in the mags.

Thats very progreesive Mark

thanks ted. looks like they have tried to give it more vert lines than the usual bowl with hips and lines. it is a deep bitch that is.

oh&s is all i can think off. my mate will be skating there and bowlarama at bondi do they still have the massive half pipe at kiele park? loved that place when i was a kid. then again growing up sk8n five dock bowl, anything was flash compared to that place

^^^^ted,i tm pretty sure we skated a old 10'ft half pipe there. i know they built a street set up and a smaller ramp. must have torn it down

Nice crisp shots there Ted...so where's the ones with the Reef girls??