My back still gives me grief and now and then, the pain comes and goes, some day's I can't surf because of the pain and relapse of muscle spasm but other day's its ok. How has this experience changed your approach to your life, your career, and your art…?īW: A very heavy thing to go through and the rehab was sooo long, it taught me not to take things for granted that's for sure, I had nearly a year where I was just allowed to go walking and I would just walk laps of the beach here and see good waves breaking wondering if I would be able to surf them again. You can see the short film at Back to top Im very sorry to hear about your spine injury, but equally impressed that you've gone onto accomplishing so much in its wake. It came out really good and it works well too. The thing was so beat and I was keen to try shaping so I shaped a new version of that board and painted it and glassed it. Didn't you just shape your first board? A singlefin?īW: The Warlock! I rode an old 60s singlefin in this short film a friend made 'the warlock from age' its the full s-deck egg tripped out shape. I like the singlefin contests that are happening now, they are pretty fun. I did like doing the Quiksilver Airshow events, all you have to think about is going down the line as fast as you can and boosting. For me competing in surfing took the fun out of it and made it stressful so I don't miss it. I was into handrails so the park events were what I was into. The cross over events were much more fun when the snow events were slopestyle in a park, I had a lot if injuries from racing boardercross. Talk to us about your time competing in surfing and snowboarding…īW: First thing that comes to mind is all the travelling and excess baggage, I got to visit some great places and have a lot of good friends from doing the contest thing. I still regularly surf with my dad and borrow the odd singlefin or logger. My dad is a surfer so my parents started taking me to the ocean when I was baby. What were your first experiences of surfing and the ocean?īW: My earliest memory of standing on a surfboard was when I was really young and paddling one of my fathers long pintail single fins inside a beach river-mouth and standing up on its momentum. After travelling I now live at Stanwell Park beach on the edge of the Royal National Park NSW. Tell us about your background, where are you from, where are you now?īW: I grew up around the coastal areas of the mid north coast and south coast of New South Wales. Rich in historical detail and human emotion, this is the story of the uphill struggles endured by the people settling this country and the pride, perseverance, and faith it takes to succeed then or now.Bret, thanks for doing this interview, and thanks also for featuring on COTW…īW: Thanks for having me, its nice to be in the club. The Meadowlark is a sweeping saga of generations of powerful women set against the building of the American West and a modern discovery of deep family roots. Her journey of discovery begins from there. Meanwhile, modern-day character Emma Rose, a notable speaker and business consultant, is trying to make sense of her recently deceased father’s request to be buried in a small Idaho town. With others they meet, they harness the mighty Snake River and turn 100,000 acres of barren earth into the rich farm community it is today. Young Cassie Rapp arrives with her family to farm a country overrun by sagebrush and lacking water. In 1885, southeastern Idaho was the last part of the country to open for homesteading. To have it go live on Saturday, Novemwas a dream, a culmination of blood, sweat, and tears (well, no blood, but significant deep feeling). From there, the journey had tortuous moments, ploddingly slow moments, rejection, and triumph. The first full draft was finished right before the pandemic. Three+ years in the making, The Meadowlark represents the “Idaho” book I always knew was in me. Writing a novel has been both the most fun thing I’ve ever done and also the hardest thing.
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