Smorgasboarder_16_March-2013
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On the beach, surrounded<br />
by so many friends...<br />
EDDIE WEARNE was born in Forster<br />
Tuncurry, NSW, and spent his childhood<br />
between Byron and Nimbin, and the Southeastern<br />
suburbs of Melbourne.<br />
“We moved to the Mornington Peninsula when I hit<br />
high school”, he says. “Once that was over, I dropped<br />
out of Uni while living in Torquay. I have lived on the<br />
Goldy and spent a lot of time drifting, chasing waves<br />
and good times. I’ve spent most of the last decade<br />
between Rye and Indo, but I’d like to think I’ll never<br />
really grow up.”<br />
Eddie started riding skimboards and bodyboards<br />
at Wilsons Promontory at age twelve, and once<br />
he got a taste, was hooked and surfed between<br />
Pt Leo and Portsea during his teens - the small<br />
wind chop in Port Phillip bay around Mornington<br />
was a regular haunt for a kid with no wheels.<br />
This diversity of surfing conditions and early<br />
taste for a wide variety of boards just seemed to<br />
spiral to ridiculousness as Eddie (didn’t) grow<br />
up. As the epitome of a smorgasboarder, there’s<br />
not much Eddie won’t ride. He runs us through<br />
his quiver...<br />
SO MANY BOARDS<br />
“Skateboards, including Smoothstars, streetboards, longboards and<br />
electric boards... Snowboards, skimboards, different kinds of bodyboards<br />
for prone, dropknee, and standup stances... Fish, mini-Simmons,<br />
shortboards, kneeboards, mals... SUPs, alaia’s, handplanes and more -<br />
pretty much whatever I can get my hands on...<br />
“I’m pretty lucky to be able to ride the different boards at work because<br />
of the ShedNine shop. My quiver is constantly growing, improving<br />
and evolving. All the different boards complement each other, and<br />
understanding how they all work and relate to each other, and how<br />
subtle differences affect the changes in the ride, is a major part of my<br />
fascination.”<br />
“Why focus on one instrument when you can learn to play a few different<br />
ones? To me it’s all about being able to have fun in any conditions. I’m<br />
stoked to paddle out on any size waves from half-foot slop to as solid as I<br />
can handle, as long as I’m riding the right board - the board that makes it<br />
the most enjoyable for those particular conditions. To quote from my latest<br />
Captain Frothalot surf comedy fi lm: ‘A wise man once said he who rides<br />
many boards will never be bored.’<br />
“It’s rewarding to fully understand and recommend the right craft to<br />
a customer. Surfi ng different craft is invigorating and refreshing and<br />
travelling to good waves with a heap of different boards, for me, is the<br />
ultimate.”<br />
Music to our ears… To give you an idea of the true versatility of<br />
Mr Frothalot ShedNine Wearne, we touch on a few areas he’s<br />
been involved in, starting off with a stint as a professional booger.<br />
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SMORGASBOARDER | MAR/APR <strong>2013</strong>
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