Paul the Aussie: “Noooooooooooooo!!!”
Next thing, out of the blue we get this email from Mark who we met in the water a few weeks back:
From: Mark Pople
Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:28:50 -0000
To: <africansurfer@gmail.com>
Subject: Drop in’s
Hey,
I met you guys out at N’gor,
Was just reading your bit on the poor (fellow)aussie getting a drop-in.
Well, not sure if it’s the same Aussie, but seems I got a similar shot! (albeit on an inferior wave)
Mark
Paul the Aussie: “Noooooooooooooo!!!”
Apparently it happens all the time! So we’re putting out a GENERAL CALL FOR MORE PHOTO’S OF PAUL THE AUSSIE BEING BURNED. Do you have one? If you don’t… just get your mate to drop in on him and take a pic. We’ll give the best one a prize!
Send it on to africansurfer@gmail.com…
In sympathy we decided to have Paul the Aussie over for a couple of beers at the Maison du Mouton, where we asked him about this whole drop-in thing, the village sheep and numerous other things. The interview is here in the second part of our popular series…
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On the terrace at the Maison du Mouton with PAUL THE AUSSIE
We first met Paul and his girlfriend Shiho in the water at Ngor. This man has somehow managed to travel for surfing for the last 24 years of his life (sense the worry strike all of our mums!). He charges in the water and generally is a little crazy… no seriously… a little crazy!
Paul the Aussie… would you drop in on this man?!!
AFRICANSURFER (AS): Howzit Paul, welcome to the Maison du Mouton. What on earth did you do to be sentenced to 3 months in Dakar, Senegal?
PAUL THE AUSSIE (PTA): An incredible intuition from an indecisive thought pattern.
AS: Where were you before this?
PTA: Shiho (my girlfriend) and myself (of course), surfed in Ireland for 8 months.
Paul finally gets one to himself…
AS: You’ve done your fair share of surf travel in your time. What do you make of the ‘AfricanSurfers’ and the Maison du Mouton, these kids for real?
PTA: It never ceases to amaze me how highly intelligent and how incredibly stupid people can be at all at once! It’s inspiring to see a bunch of friends taking the bull by the horns. I’m jealous.
AS: And the local beer, Gazelle?
PTA: Good in the afternoon, switch to Flag at sunset.
Paul tucking into a fish beigny with King: ”no way mate, something this tasty can’t make you sick”
AS: Now you’ve managed to build up a bit of a reputation for being dropped-in on here in Dakar, what’s up with that?!!
PTA: Sh#t! I was only pissed off when I saw the photos! Maybe everyone’s going to drop in on me now ….awesome………I’m dying of anticipation! When you’re a master tuberider you come to expect these things. it’s only after a while do these evil people realise that you are the jedi knight of the pit that they mend their ways.
AS: We live in a village full of sheep – how do they compare to the Aussie sheep?
PTA: Definitely looser but no wool to hold on to. I did however meet some nice sheep the other night….but that’s all they were………..nice. They never put out and I went home alone.
village sheep
AS: Any plans in the next few weeks?
PTA: Well I’m pretty amped for the next swell we are about to receive in the next few days but that music festival out on the sahara has got me excited so hopefully if you guys are keen we could have a great time with that!
AS: Thanks Paul, you rock!
Yo! I do try so hard. Call me Shmackles.
Oops… how did that slip in there?!!
ya know, mack daddy is my fargin hero… know what i’m sayin?!! if this world had more macklins…well…there’d be a lot less beer on this planet. worrrd.
hi paully, you are the man! only you could start a drop in comp. at your expense. hi from all the bombie crew. 1.1.08 surf is getting real big, the pebble is breaing into coogee. stay safe and hi to shihno. regards kim, jon & darnell.vessner says hi, u r f@#$ing mad misses your presence.buy 4 now. C U Next Tuesday. ha ha.@!!!
Paul the Aussie, Shmackles aka ” THE BIG UNIT” .
He also is a member of the circle of trust and has a part time job as body guard for surf stars………
No sheep is safe with Shmacks around.
See you soon bra,,, Ours will be Shmacks
big mac finally gets some his own medicine!! chur from jj and addie mate!! had a few of those burns in moroco lately to bro. JUST REMEMBER ALL THOSE TIMES IN IRELAND BRO
BIG LOVE BRO CHUR.
P.S SURF PUMPS TODAY
Schmax! Cant beleive this … Ireland calling here mate. We miss ya. We miss shiho. Great pictures. I have a few gr8 vid clips of this man getting wired if you want em guys. Is there anywhere he goes adn DONT get pitted? To the African massive – do NOT equip this man with beer. He outshone the Guinness suppin locals here, and then some. Hoping you make it back this way brother …. Great swell here up North of late as well. talk soon. m
Oi!
You lot live in Dakar?
I am down here in The Gambia and am thinking of coming up there for this weekends swell.
I also hope to get a tasty drop in on Paul.
Cheers.
Tunks
his the best bloke to drop in on .you know why ? because his a beer drinking goatrooting smeely spotted cod.get your skinny ass back here befor we call ASIO.reg
a surfer from dakar we surf at club med
‘you can just fucking lean back on them aahhhhhhhhhhh’
(paul 2006 java) just before his chair snapped and he hit his head on the pillar. EPIC
Bloody classic!
Shacklin the Jedi Master of the art gets shacked so far back he’s the invisible man. Can’t blame the guys who crack the unridden wave, I’m sure they get the fright of their lives when the gnarly tube monster emerges from the green room to bust out with his signature move, the ‘vert barrel’ aka the ‘Smacklin Crucifixion’. Lock up your goats and give way to the old school.