THE MUNDAKA MINI

This time Last year we were in the Basque Country in Spain. I don't drink alcohol so i wake up early and go exploring while the rest of the clan sleep it off. This is the Mundaka mini, it's pretty much un-skateable but it was cool to see it anyway.

Sound Systems

I saw this dude rocking out at the Maloof Money Cup "Skateboarding Expose´" up in Kimberley last year. Now that is creative piece of sound system engineering. The thing on top is a small amp, got a nice speaker box, running a 12v battery and an mp3 player for the beats. Good times.
All I can say is that place is hot, and dry, and far far away...don't drive there over night in a busted ass bakkie, overloaded, towing a trailer and expect to make it back in one piece after an over night drive back. And if you slam your finger in the bakkie door the morning that you are supposed to leave, take it as a sign and just say fuck it.
Sorry Dallas', hope your bakkie gets better soon.

Captains Log

The nazi surf trianing regime is going well. I have been in the water a lot over the last few days and the pier waves have been bullshit. Despite erroneous claims that I have photo-shopped any of these pics, used a mirror and baby oil to tan my face, that there is another ginger living in Durban who surfs or that I wear a 'hair net' in the water (?) - I am clocking up hours and will be a wave warrior by the time I get to Indo in May.

PS - it's amazing what 2 pairs of shoes and 6 t-shirts can get you these days.

YANN IN LONDON

Yann currently lives on the MUD Island and when he's not engaging in tomfoolery he does this.

Murth Wishes Gran Nan a Happy 96th Birthday

Saturday belongs to Murth (foot n' MURTH disease)

It was a well spent saturday taking down Trevor's ramp. Quotes of the day included:

"If I wasn't in to construction, I'd definitley get in to demolition" - Tripple D

"The bloody AM has a password but still doesn't know how to Blog. Poor bastard!" - General Consensus

"I don't want to get foot n' mouth desease from this bunny cage" - Bert

"Bossi. I need to make piss" - Laz

"Ou's, you get started and I'm gonna quickly go to my gran's house. It's her 96th birthday and we are having tea. See you just now..." - Goat (Murth Members shake heads)

"No need to be Rambo or John Youngblood" - Bert

"Derek, you can use a drill instead of manually unscrewing with a screw driver" - Tripple D to Disco D

So it's a new chapter for the Murth Head Quarters...and I dunno about you gravel donkeys but I am PSYCHED.

GOAT Villa Pics

If you can't see the video from your cell, here's a couple pics for you.

MURTHlands upgrade

Any of you honkeys out there that would maybe like to ride this Brett Shaw designed beast best be ready to lend a helping hand or at least sponsor some streetwise meals and some stoney for the crew. It might not guarantee you a spot though, if you work like a chop then you'll get booted, just ask the AM...

What lies beneath

So here's a pick of Ice Pick sweeping the deck on Trevor's backyard mini. Trevor never learned to skate, he never even dropped in on the ramp actually...what a loser...

Anyway, the ramp has been there about 2 years now, exposed to the elements, no cover, no love, the surface is useless, but what lies beneath is the long awaited upgrade to the Murth mini. Trevor's dad said I could have the ramp, he just wants it gone so he has somewhere to park his boat. The crew is heading over @ 9am today to start deconstruction and removal. Give us a call if you wanna lend a hand.

THIS DUDE IS INSANE.

You Never Know

Seventeen days after protests began in Egypt's Tahrir
Square, after more than 300 fatalities, and with
hundreds of protesters thought to have been secretly
detained by the military, President Hosni Mubarak gave a
seventeen-minute speech in which he talked in great
detail about the changes he planned to make to Egypt's
constitution, causing thousands of protesters to wave
their shoes in the air and shout "Get out!" and "We're
not happy!" He stepped down the following evening. "I
have friends on anti-depressants who, over the last 20
days, forgot to take their pills and have now thrown
them away," said Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif. "Such
is the effect of the Egyptian Revolution." Mubarak,
whose assets in Switzerland were frozen by the Swiss
government, escaped to his villa in Sharm el-Sheikh;
Egypt's military announced that it would dissolve
parliament and suspend the constitution; bank,
transport, and tourism workers staged their own
"mini-revolutions" to call for higher pay; and several
protesters carried placards reading "Sorry for the
disturbance." Yemeni police armed with sticks and
daggers clashed with protesters calling for the
resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Algerian
police beat back 2,000 demonstrators in central Algiers,
and Iranian activists planned to go ahead with a rally
in Tehran despite warnings from the regime, which
arrested dozens of activists and journalists as a
preemptive move. Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad
resigned, announcing the dissolution of Palestine's
24-member cabinet, and the Taliban warned that the
U.S.-backed Afghan government would be next in line to
be toppled by its people, urging Egyptians to "foil the
plots of the foreign enemies." Asked whether she
expected to become Queen of England, Camilla Parker
Bowles answered, "You never know."

Source: Harpers

Tomas Milian is also a friend of MURTH

We Love Tomas. He's the man if you're ever in Rome look him up. I got the poster which is on it's way to be block mounted. it will be hung where everyone worth their salt can gaze upon it.

Murth Heart Yimmys Yayo

Yimmys Yayo - a friend of MURTH

Hey I heard the AM got access to the blog! Shit. Here's a cool pic i took of him with my lomo camera in Jbay. It's a gnar dog rail which the AM destroyed. He got away unscathed other than when he tore his bum cheeks apart on his third front lip attempt. A small price to pay.

Will someone please tell Keith that he can buy this pic from me for R350 if he wants to use it for the next Vans ad. Or a pair of TNT's will do...

KALVYN has been handed the key to our castle.

It's been a bit of a mission because im in sweden at the moment but it's official.Kalvyn has been handed the Key to MURTH since birth so it should get pretty interesting from here on out. Peace

Surf with Murth (we hate Jack Johnson)

I'm going to Indonesia in May on a surf trip with a bunch of rubbishes. We're on a boat for 10 days crusing the reefs looking for surf. Yes...believe or not...just when you thought Murth was totally cool - you find out we surf as well! I know. Unfknblvble!



I'm psyched for my trip so I'm spending loads of time in the water. I try surf ever day - early in the morning and then again at lunch time. I think my girlfreind is going to dump my ass, and my boss might even fire me (in case you were wondering...no...the Morck cant fire me). We hate Jack Johnson and dig the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and freaks like Dane Reynolds. Surf with Murth mothers.

Every gang needs at least one surfer. It's like having at least one milk stout in th fridge at all times. You feel safe and assured, but too many in your fridge is dangerous. Goat dont kickflip. But he can ride the tube.

Stay Real and suck my Chinese Balls AM!

BEFORE THE AM GETS ACCESS

The AM (aka Nun Panda/Billy Elliot/Tink/MacFuck) called me in a panic yesterday. Says he cant get access on to the MURTH blog as a contributor. ICE PICK is overseas so he won't get a password until ICE PICK is back from his Alpine Skiing trip.

So AM - nows the time for me to burn your arse!!

* Cos I know you are gonna be militant once you get a blog password.

I know you posted your MURTHUMENTARY vimeo links on all your friends, your girlfriends and your Dad's friends facebook walls. I was leading the ratings (I think based on my popularity and devastating good looks) - but I see you're out in front. And you should be, because your part is mental. Or maybe it's because you look like Jereme Rogers??? Either way, you are still the AM and I don't know how your super hot girlfriend is still dating your ugly mugg?! Yes - you are the AM - never forget that. You aren't old enough to go to the casino - you still hit the teddy bear slot machines outside the Pie Shop. Maybe it's your tats? Maybe it's cos you actually can skate. I dunno. All I know that you are stilll the AM. It's always good to remind myself...

So AM...start your stretches - TRIPPLE D and I are gonna have you working like a pack mule this weekend. And then we gonna take you skating and teach you some more tricks.

PEAS