Waterbird • Bali

The new Waterbird 5.10 model version 1 liked the waves in Bali and the cows in Bali like the new Waterbird. Swell was up between 4-8ft whilst I was over there, and I even scored a 10ft day at Uluwatu outside corner and the Bombie. Best waves I had on the WB V1 were at Canguu 4-6ft. She went really fast and also loved playing in and around the bowl especially the day I surfed with Joel Fitzgerald and his wife Crystal at Echo Beach. We all had so much fun. Yeah surfriding roolz!!

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Waterbird • James McMillan • Darcy Surfboards

I've been riding Stuart Darcy's Surfboards for 7 years. Last year he gave me the opportunity to create my own model based on the boards he'd been shaping me and that I'd been riding and testing for a period of around 3 years. The board below is a result of working with him on this design that I wanted a particular feeling and performance from. Darcy understood what I wanted and so together we came up with this design and my new model, the Waterbird, which I also created the logo for. Testing it in Bali now...

 

Razzy!!

This is a picture of Raz Bin Sam of Blaze Fire Music!! He's a musician from Byron Bay. Raz is holding his two new framed prints, 'Hometree' and 'Spiritus'. Just after i took this photo Raz put on his headphones and did some musical work and then took his new art home and hung it on a wall. Stoked to have my art in your home Raz. Thankyou :)

Byron Bay Surf Festival 2013

Here's the new logo art that I painted and designed with my friend Craig from Local Images @ Cronulla Beach in Sydney

surprise from Jo

This was pretty funny...After I posted the image of my SOLD painting 'creation', below, I received the following correspondence, via my website, from Jo, the lady that bought it. Hahahaa. Thx Jo :)

Hi James,

I just read the post on your blog about your piece "Creation".  I couldn't post a comment on your blog so I thought I'd so here. I'm the lady that bought this painting, and I often find myself looking at it and just smiling.  It's also become quite the conversation starter amongst my visitors.  I'm sorry I took away this piece of inspiration from you, but not THAT sorry :)

Jo

'creation' inspiration

I had this painting of mine hanging in my bedroom for 18 months and I'd gotten used to seeing it every morning. I'd climb out of bed and as I walked past it I'd read the word 'creation'. Reading that word every day was so inspiring as it would really ground me into my day and remind me of this creation in which we all live and how awesome the most simple things in my life are the best. I hope the lady that bought this gets as much from it as what I did. Thankyou new owner :) www.jamesmcmillan.com.au