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Redi's oceanic lifestyle has been attributed to surfing from an early age of around eight years old when his Mum used to take him down to Southside and Pt Addi's and he'd paddle out in the big wells halfway and ride the massive white waters in. What a way to learn how to balance.
It wasn't till about 10 that he started hangin' out with the crew "out the back" and within months was tackling bigger stuff. Nowadays Red always likes a challenge and doesn't overly impress some people by his life threat'ning moves into what he sees is just having fun! It's only a matter of time until he gets to surf Tasmania's Ship Stern Bluff, he went down just recently to get in on but the conditions were not right. Something about the remoteness and the challenging steps in the wave that turns him on! He did pretty much discover the place by accident when walkin' around one day. But they (other locals) didn't surf it that day, it was too crazy.
Most of all Redi likes to surf daily if he can and to have fun. If there's not a challenge at hand he'll go to the least uncrowded and the hollowest secret spot.
Moonlight surfing has been Redi's favorite surfing passtime of all and has been since a teenager. The moonlight photography goes hand in hand, while he's surfing a sport, the camera will be on open shutter, capturing the rising path of the moon. After all these years Redi has only missed a couple of moons and doesn't stop at winter, infact the winter months are usually the best. With tempoeratures in the water in Torquay down to 12 degrees and ice cold wind chill factors sending any sane person indoors! Sharks are always on his mind but the beauty of it al usually overrides the paranoia. His motto when it's your time to go; then it's your time to go!!! So don't hold back and go out, Lunar Man !!
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Red has taken his surfing adventures overseas to a few countries now, Tonga, Java, Indo islands, Southern India, NZ, England, Ireland, Scotland and the New Hebrides. All to return again and again he would explore a bit more, if it wasn't for surfing the best country of them ALL; Australia, with his main explorations into numerous trips to King Island southern Vic, Ballina NSW and Tassie. A few trips to other Aussie corners and a local knowledge of his coast that people would pay for. Actually click or press here for credit card entry. All availble @ Red Whyte.com freakin' empre now. Infact, stay tuned to this site for some absolutely seriously amazing shit in the next 40 years, winter 04 opening is only the humble begining.
Ron Leitmanis
Film Director
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2007:
Red is currently trying to surf most days in 2007.......
Red archived: 2004
Red's currently on a "surf challange" to surf every day in 2004. So far so good, with the exception of a 48 hour trip to hospital for the birth of little "Luna" and 2 days back in January when the surf was "dead flat". Redi has even driven miles on the flatish days to get 1/2 to 1 foot surf in for the calendar challenge. A two week surf trip to tassie at Easter seen waves every day (lucky for Tassie) now the challenge will be tested again being stationed @ Lennox Head for the month of July.
The challenge was started up easily because Redi has surfed solidly for the last 30 odd years anyway. A man heavily motivated by a cocktail of adrenalin and good wholesome fun. Health is improving at the moment, earlier nights are helping! He likes the idea of inspiring people to enter the ocean as much as they can, the ocean heals.
After living in the Bell's area now all his life, he knows where to go for secret spots and location of lesser crowds. A handful of closer friends have been gravitating towards Redi lately for some real surf time experiences.
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I feel I have a strong spiritual connection to the ocean these days. Not that it was never there, but lately it's really been intensifying. I guess being on a daily surf challenge doesn't help! It's all good, the passion to emerse myself in the ocean every day is definitely still there.
I believe that the land represents the concious and the ocean represents the sub-concious. And it is good to balance up the two realms. They work for me hand in hand. At some stage of the day my body will need to be stripped of the land's daily magnetic baggage. To spend quality time in the ocean at a favorite location and to let that stuff simply just dissolve and wash off me.
.. and equally to step back onto land can be a great grounding experience, especially if one has been in bigger or dangerous surf. I have in the past experienced last nights' dreams sometimes upon stepping onto land from the ocean. They'll just flash into my head for a few brief seconds, crazy stuff!
Other secrets that I have found along my oceanic paths is that cold water is really good for you. It seems to have revitalizing potential. Although the nuturing warmer waters of up North or the Tropics are healing, the colder waters are secretly sustaining. YOu know that feeling if you jump into a cold creek and then afterwards you feel really GOOD! And the old men I see most mornings in Torquay going for a swim in their speedos and shower cap in mid winter, what the! they're onto something.
Finally, a message to surfers and that is just to get out there as much as you can regardless of what hold's you back like crowds, cold, average surf, look harder, read into the ocean like a book and detect evidence of fun and remember that you were 95% rewarded always for your efforts to step into that ocean.
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