Nickname: Hot chips, Cochise

DOB: July 18th

Birthplace: Melbourne

Started surfing: 1972 on a Wayne Lynch 7' single fin at Torquay Surf Beach

Home break: Bells Beach

Favorite surf spot: Bingin at Bali or Sumbawa Scar Reef

Surfing achievements: Shaping quality boards for my team and clientele

Surfing goals or ambitions: To surf as much as possible and enjoy myself

Favorite food: Japanese & Indonesian

Favorite drink: Water, imported beers and vodka lime & soda

Favorite music: AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, KISS, Elvis, Stray Cats, anything except death metal music

Favorite surfers: CJ Nelson, Kelly Slater, Rob Bain, Tom Curren, Tyler Hatzikian

Favorite nightspot: Any lounge bar that has a good vibe I hate night clubs

Surfing heros when growing up as a grommet: Larry Bertleman when I was a grom and Tom Curren as I got older

Favorite people to hang with and surf with: my girlfriend Angela

Interests outside surfing: Mountain biking, Aussie rules football, classic Cadillacs, breeding British Bulldogs

Likes: Perfect barrelling waves

Dislikes: Fake people, small onshore gutless waves, bull shit artists

Places travelled from surfing: Bali 6 times, Sumatra, Maldives, Samoa, Japan 6 times, Ireland, England

Other sponsors: Rash wetsuits

Favorite board dimensions: 6' 6" x 22" x 3" swallow tail shortboard

Quiver: Retro Slide, Quad fish, 10' Signature model, Pro model, Momentum, 10' Stand up paddle board

Biggest wave surfed: Triple overhead Bells

Worst wipe-out: 8' Winki on a 6'2" Fish, got held down for 4 set waves in a row then dragged down the reef through the valley. Wrong choice of board.

3' Sparrows board flicked back in the wind and broke my nose in 5 places and spilt my nose in two I needed 10 stiches and spent the night in hospital