WHEN I HEAR WHISPERS OF A FAMHUNGRY TRIP I START GETTING EXCITED ABOUT ALL THE GOOD TIMES AHEAD AND THE INSANITY I'LL WITNESS AND I WONT LIE I'M NEVER DISAPPOINTED. THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPHS WHERE SHOT OVER SUCH A WEEKEND IN TOOWOMBA, A FAIRLY LARGE COUNTRY TOWN WEST OF BRISBANE WITH A POPULATION OF ROUGHLY 100,000 PEOPLE.
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THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. |
WE HAD A FOUR DAY WEEKEND COMING UP AND YOU DON'T HAVE A BETTER EXCUSE THAN THAT TO PACK THE CAR UP AND HIT THE ROAD SEEKING GOOD TIMES, SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DID. DAN, KRISTO AND MYSELF WHERE MEETING GUY IN TOOWOMBA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WE HAD A BBQ FOR DINNER ACCOMPANIED BY SOME BEERS, AFTER GETTING REAL PUMPED UP ON SOME SNOWBOARD MOVIES WE HIT THE HAY READY FOR THE EARLY START.
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BACK SEAT CHILLING ON THE HOUR DRIVE OUT TO THE BAH
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THE WORST PART ABOUT ROLLING WITH DOOSHY DUDE'S IS THE FLATS.
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AFTER MEETING UP WITH GUY AT CHALK DRIVE SKATEPARK AT ABOUT 7AM WE HAD A WARM UP THEN ROLLED OUT TO SPOTS. THE FIRST BEING THIS OUT LEDGE, BIT OF A WARM UP SPOT BUT I'M PRETTY SURE GUY GOT A CLIP AND I'M FUCKN POSITIVE KRISTO GOT A FLAT.
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GUY PERRETT WARM UP FEEBLE. |
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DAN CAME A GUTSA ON THIS RAIL AND IN THE PROCESS UNKNOWINLY SNAPPED HIS AXLE WHICH WE DIDN'T FIND OUT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING DAY.
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HERE HE IS COMING AWAY WITH THE LAND.
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AFTER SUSSING ANOTHER FIVE OR SO SCHOOLS AND COMING AWAY WITH A COUPLE MORE CLIPS BETWEEN US WE CALLED IT A DAY AND HEADED OUT TO GUYS MUM'S PLACE IN OAKY A 15 MIN DRIVE FROM TOOWOMBA. WE HAVE A FEW SIPS AND RIPS WE RETIRED FOR THE EVENING.
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WE WERE UP EARLY AGAIN BECAUSE WE DONT LIKE TO WASTE DAYLIGHT ON THESE TRIPS. |
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THE VIEW FROM GUYS MUM'S HOUSE IN OAKY, QLD |
DAY TWO OF THE TRIP AND IT HAD IT'S UP'S AND DOWNS, WE STARTED OFF THE DAY WITH A WARM UP SESH A SOME RANDOM PARK FOLLOWED BY A MORNING SEARCHING MORE SCHOOLS AND HITTING UP ALL THE HANDRAIL GOODNESS TOOWOMBA HAS TO OFFER. DAN FINALLY REALISED HIS AXLE WAS BUSTED AND KRISTO SLAMMED AND HURT HIS BACK SO THEY WERE OUT FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. IT TURNED MORE INTO A SEARCH THAN A DESTROY DAY UNTIL GUY STUMBLED ACROSS A BEAST OF A RAIL.
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AFTER TAKING A FEW HEAVY SLAMS ON THE FLAT BOTTOM AND RATTLING HIS BRAIN ONCE OR TWICE, GUY WALKED AWAY VICTORIOUS. |
WE ENDED UP THE DAY AT A LONG 15 FLAT 10 KINKER AND GUY ROLLED HIS ANKLE SO WE CALLED IT. WE HAD THE HOUSE TO OUR SELF'S TONIGHT AND WHEN WE DO ANYTHING WE DO IT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES SO THE PARTY WAS ON. BEERS WERE BOUGHT, WE TRIED TO KEEP IT MELLOW UNTIL REECE GOT THERE AS HE WAS GOING TO BE AN HOUR OR SO BUT THAT DIDN'T LAST BY THE TIME HE GOT THERE WE WERE ALL ON OUR WAY I'LL TELL YA THAT MUCH.
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BEERS AND BRO'S |
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KRISTOPHER TILLEY MIDWAY THROUGH THE SECOND NIGHT |
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