Reece Novella is our hero

Reece is a 20 year old sunshine coast bodyboarder who not only shreds in the ocean but his quick wit is often underrated. Reece is a close friend of Whales Life & we would like to share with you his most recent exploits.............

This email banter occurred following a recent Western Australian surf trip with Reece Novella & Ben Hanson with Ian Stewart filming

From: "Reece Novella-Newey"
To: "Ian Stewart"
Subject: hey

hey stews its reece bens mate i was just wondering if you could send me
that WA footage of my self just all the waves even if they are bad on a
disc so i could maybe use them on my resume. my address is 39
Hazeltine Court Maroochydore South Sunshine Coast Queensland post code
4558. It would be most appreciated if you could do this thanks.

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From: "Ian Stewart"
To: "Reece Novella-Newey"
Subject: Re: hey

Hey Mate,

Wife and two kids, running 3 health food stores, making my new Bodyboard
film , Making a fishing film just finished filming the Island Challenge
and just got back from 30 foot Teahupoo in Tahiti - I have to email 20
mags aroung the world and deal with advertising requirements for the surf
industry.

I get up at 6:30am and get home from work at 6:00pm.

I hardly have time to scratch my arse.

You and Ben are not my priority.

Later

Stews

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From: "Reece Novella-Newey"
To: Ian Stewart
Subject: Re: hey


Yeah thats all well and good on how your lifes going iam glad to see that
the surfing industry is keeping you busy, congratulations on being a
family man and can"t wait for the fishing film to come out im a mad keen
fisherman myself.

Wake up

7:00 hope on my bike ride to maroochydore beach.

9:00 Get home have breakfest.

10:00 hop on the internet and email people for footage.

12:00 ride to corner stor and order $2 of hot chips.

12:05 recieve chips with chicken salt.

12:05 30sec initiate consuming hot chips with chicken salt ( quite good
this time around).

12:10 hop on bycycle, home bound.

01:00 check post box for footage than relise your to busy
because......>Hey Mate,

Wife and two kids, running 3 health food stores, making my new
Bodyboard film , Making a fishing film just finished filming the
Island Challenge and just got back from 30 foot Teahupoo in Tahiti -
I have to email 20 mags aroung the world and deal with advertising
requirements for the surf industry.

I get up at 6:30am and get home from work at 6:00pm.

I hardly have time to scratch my arse.

You and Ben are not my priority.

Later

Stews

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From: "Ian Stewart"
To: "Reece Novella-Newey"
Subject: Re: hey


Whatever

Full Moon Party

Full moon friday

Party liquor...$500,

Cleaning bill... $200 & 2 days work,

Stolen phone $400,

Daggles & Ryan Hardy Shredding the dance floor... priceless!

To celebrate Ben & Maxy's recent performances in the Shark Island

Challenge (Ben 1st, Max 5th), we threw a party on the full moon &

got way more than we bargained for. Wild times indeed!

Thanks to Toby Player & Grant Streater for their DJ sets &

Kapow Cleaning Services. Photographs courtesy of

Puerto Prince, Jose Alkon & Randoms. Enjoy the show... xxx

Pilgrims flock to the Guru

Mike Stewart is in town for the Shark Island Challenge & dropped into BSC on Sunday to meet with his followers.

Herein lies a face of wisdom, knowledge, innovation & extreme influence.

No matter what you ride, he is regarded as one of the most respected watermen in the business.

Mucho Respecto.

;Puerto

Your the French on my toast!

This clip by LeLe is a classic!

;Puerto

The Original Wildman

Freedom

The many different freedoms of a whale's life....

Player Profile

Nouvelle-Calédonie

I recently flew to New Caledonia for business (tough gig) & had the chance to explore a little with the lens... It's a uniquely original place with a population of mainly French & Melanesian. 
J'espere que vous aimez les photos!

PUERTO

Who is? What is? La Familia...?

I guess it's direct meaning is simple, "the family".  La Familia became another name for the whaley crew a few years ago when we realised how much fucking time we spend together. We pretty much live in each others pockets, and it seems a core group emerged; The family, it may sound gay but at the end of the day the whaley boys over the past few years have formed a bond tighter than friendship.

 The above picture was something written on the house blackboard over a year ago, this board gets changed every week in the wej house, a different whaley lej or whaley visitor leaving a message for the coming week for the crew to kinda ponder on. This black board message pretty much sums up the whaley attitude, "if you die i die thats the way it is" kinda deal. La Familia.

some may scoff, and scream LAME. but those who do are just jealous lonely fuckers who have no idea what family or friendship even smells like..

Timmy B. aka Bronx  

MAX IN MAIN EVENT!!!

Shralping his first Shark Island challenge MAX ARENT is looking to destroy everything in his path.

Click on the Shark Island link at www.ibatour.com for all the live action.

Goodluck Mort!

Friday I'm in Love

It's so easy to fall in love on a Friday......the working week is winding down and for the fortunate few who don't work Friday's the weekend has already arrived. Greeted by blue skies the first call of duty is to setup the new ping pong table followed by a swim or some Tiger Woods on PS2.

Brooklyn (Puerto's Black Jeep) drives me & Puerto to the driving range and arrives just as I finish my last mouthful of chicken cashew nut from chilli club (Robertson Rd Newport). Puerto & I talk business whilst rocketting these small yellow balls straight (or hooked) down the fairway.



A late surf & ping pong preceeds a Pamly RSL dinner. We play pool with Manly slowly overcoming the Titans in the background. The victory is slightly sweeter since Cade and Reece are still riding high over QLDs origin win....Fuken cane toads!

Maxy is rarely the first to leave but his maiden shark island challenge takes precedence. Good luck to the kid. The rest of us hang out for a few more games of pool and call it a night.

A complete feeling of relaxation remains after a leisurely Friday in Whale Town. The time is right for all to fall in love.....Ladies please don your Sunday best this weekend because the noblemen from Whale Beach will be wearing their hats, gloves and perhaps cowboy boots, ready to impress.

LDM xx

BANG!

MOVEMENT MAG ISSUE 24 '0

Post Anzac day shralp.... Props to Tristan for his first BANG shot

& for Benny doing his thing,

I think he was the only one in the water not hungover haha...

and thats why he's King!