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Today who arrives on Liquide, from the other side of the world, is the australian pro bodyboarder Michael Novy, 24. Raised on the waves of Central Coast, New South Wales, Novy is sponsored by NMD bodyboards, Unite Clothing, Agent 18 wetsuits, Stealth Accessories and Eppo's Bodyboard Shop.
A freesurfing lover above all, whose dreams is winning the world tour, the athlete has been riding for over 12 years on a bodyboard. We talked a little about several topics with Michael, and one of them is the sport's situation on his country. "It´s really good, there seems to big a lot of support for bodyboarding at the moment and there lots of young guys starting up it seems! The scene is really good here and you can see when so many guys just stay in and around oz chasing carreers and waves. Personally I find it´s always good to travel and see other countries, but I can´t help but enjoying it when I go home!", says novy.
We went deeper in this subject and asked how is the relation athlete-sponsor, the new generation and the local championships. "It´s really good these days, there are a lot of companies supporting bodyboarding and a lot are companies that have been created by bodyboarders so it´s keeping the money in the sport which is really good! The fact that there were no comps this year was terrible! It was due to some people in the industry not seeing the worth in running international comps, hopefully next year we see a change!", he relates.
Changing to another subject, we asked about his preferences of waves, also from his thinking, what would be the a gnarly wave. "Personally at the moment I really really stoked on doing moves! There is a lot of waves that you just get stuck in the barrel in oz and can get lazy with moves. I´m trying to bring back more moves in my surfing! (...) There’s a lot of waves I would consider gnarly, waves that break on shallow reefs or ledgey rock shelf mostly. Some of the heavier would be Pipeline(Hawaii), Fronton(Canaries), Shark Island and Supers (Australia) just to name a few.", he said.
Novy has starred three flicks - The Road, Roam I & II - with great repercussion in the bodyboarding world, bringing to viewers waves that no one has ever seen before - in conditions that many of us wouldn't even consider getting closer - not mentioning the high performance shown in tow-out sessions and the daily events that happens in a long road trip when chasing unknown waves. Asked how it was like being part of these projects and how they affected his life within the sport, Michael answers "Both were amazing times and I had a lot of fun doing both these projects. Bryce Thurston (filmer of both and owner of agent 18) is an amazing filmer and he´s always a good bloke to travel with. He’s not one to get to bummed and always excited to film no matter what the conditions are like! The Road but was extreme! We almost lost Brendan Newton and Ryan Mattic one night out at see!".
Taking the ride on the road trip subject, we asked him if there was any of them that he would always be remembered and the reason for it. He told us it was his first time at Luna Park... "Yeah the first Time I surfed Luna Park was really rememberable. I drove 20 something hours, slept for 4 hours in a bush, surfed pumping 6 to 8ft waves with good friends all day. Was so exhausted by the end I was delusional. Slept for like 14 hours to re coup then drove 20 something hours home!".
-How do you get phisycally prepared?
-"When I´m at home I do gym sessions 3 days a week, stretch every second day and try and eat as healthly as I can. Its really hard but when on the road and especially when overseas. Big sessions I normally just make sure ive had a good night sleep and a good meal and maybe stretch and warm up before jumping in the water."
We also talked about the sport's current morphing, like tow-ins pushing into bigger and heavier waves, tow-outs lauching people higher than ever, new manouvers, and how does he see all that in a couple of years: "I see people becoming more adventurous with maneuvers and think people will start trying to bust moves like double rolls, rewinds, reverse ars’s and 720s on a regular basis", says.
About new film projects for the next year, Michael told us that were some ideas going on, althought he hasn't started anything yet. He also says that he's heard rumors about a new flick with Mitch Rawlins in which we should probably see about four brand new manouvers from Mitch'ss repertoire.
We ended our exclusive interview asking Novy to say a word for the brazilian bodyboarders. "Keep up the good work! You guys are some of the hungriest competitors out there and I´m always amazed when I see Tamega, Uri, Eder and Lucas surf! Hopefully I´ll make it over to Brazil one day soon! Thanks!".
We thank you, Novy. Hope to see you soon.
All images were given by Novy. He also recommends the video below for us folks.
A freesurfing lover above all, whose dreams is winning the world tour, the athlete has been riding for over 12 years on a bodyboard. We talked a little about several topics with Michael, and one of them is the sport's situation on his country. "It´s really good, there seems to big a lot of support for bodyboarding at the moment and there lots of young guys starting up it seems! The scene is really good here and you can see when so many guys just stay in and around oz chasing carreers and waves. Personally I find it´s always good to travel and see other countries, but I can´t help but enjoying it when I go home!", says novy.
We went deeper in this subject and asked how is the relation athlete-sponsor, the new generation and the local championships. "It´s really good these days, there are a lot of companies supporting bodyboarding and a lot are companies that have been created by bodyboarders so it´s keeping the money in the sport which is really good! The fact that there were no comps this year was terrible! It was due to some people in the industry not seeing the worth in running international comps, hopefully next year we see a change!", he relates.
Changing to another subject, we asked about his preferences of waves, also from his thinking, what would be the a gnarly wave. "Personally at the moment I really really stoked on doing moves! There is a lot of waves that you just get stuck in the barrel in oz and can get lazy with moves. I´m trying to bring back more moves in my surfing! (...) There’s a lot of waves I would consider gnarly, waves that break on shallow reefs or ledgey rock shelf mostly. Some of the heavier would be Pipeline(Hawaii), Fronton(Canaries), Shark Island and Supers (Australia) just to name a few.", he said.
Novy has starred three flicks - The Road, Roam I & II - with great repercussion in the bodyboarding world, bringing to viewers waves that no one has ever seen before - in conditions that many of us wouldn't even consider getting closer - not mentioning the high performance shown in tow-out sessions and the daily events that happens in a long road trip when chasing unknown waves. Asked how it was like being part of these projects and how they affected his life within the sport, Michael answers "Both were amazing times and I had a lot of fun doing both these projects. Bryce Thurston (filmer of both and owner of agent 18) is an amazing filmer and he´s always a good bloke to travel with. He’s not one to get to bummed and always excited to film no matter what the conditions are like! The Road but was extreme! We almost lost Brendan Newton and Ryan Mattic one night out at see!".
Taking the ride on the road trip subject, we asked him if there was any of them that he would always be remembered and the reason for it. He told us it was his first time at Luna Park... "Yeah the first Time I surfed Luna Park was really rememberable. I drove 20 something hours, slept for 4 hours in a bush, surfed pumping 6 to 8ft waves with good friends all day. Was so exhausted by the end I was delusional. Slept for like 14 hours to re coup then drove 20 something hours home!".
-How do you get phisycally prepared?
-"When I´m at home I do gym sessions 3 days a week, stretch every second day and try and eat as healthly as I can. Its really hard but when on the road and especially when overseas. Big sessions I normally just make sure ive had a good night sleep and a good meal and maybe stretch and warm up before jumping in the water."
We also talked about the sport's current morphing, like tow-ins pushing into bigger and heavier waves, tow-outs lauching people higher than ever, new manouvers, and how does he see all that in a couple of years: "I see people becoming more adventurous with maneuvers and think people will start trying to bust moves like double rolls, rewinds, reverse ars’s and 720s on a regular basis", says.
About new film projects for the next year, Michael told us that were some ideas going on, althought he hasn't started anything yet. He also says that he's heard rumors about a new flick with Mitch Rawlins in which we should probably see about four brand new manouvers from Mitch'ss repertoire.
We ended our exclusive interview asking Novy to say a word for the brazilian bodyboarders. "Keep up the good work! You guys are some of the hungriest competitors out there and I´m always amazed when I see Tamega, Uri, Eder and Lucas surf! Hopefully I´ll make it over to Brazil one day soon! Thanks!".
We thank you, Novy. Hope to see you soon.
All images were given by Novy. He also recommends the video below for us folks.
BOOM Hawaii Ep 3.08 Unite - Michael Novy from Waldron Bros Production on Vimeo.
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