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About UsMyself and surfingSometimes I ask myself - why after almost 35 years of involvement in this activity am I still addicted? Why can I not pass by a magazine stand unaffected - why do small perfectly formed ripples still have the power to move my imagination - why are weather maps always scrutinized leaving me filled with anticipation or disappointment. I guess the only answer to this is simply because I am a Surfer. But that's a little too superficial for my liking. I am one of those, I believe, lucky souls whom has found completeness in an experience that most can only wonder about - the total joy and elation felt when moving/dancing across and through a liquid medium - a medium with a life force all of its own - the Ocean - with its power to humble, humiliate and even take life, conversly offers up to those initiated, skilled and aware enough the gifts of excitement, good health, wonder, often bliss, and to the fortunate, transcendent experiences that remain indelibly etched for a lifetime - this, I believe, is the reason why I am still committed.Now "Aloha Piha"Whilst I enjoy writing about the surfing experience I feel more at home expressing my ideas using pencil, paint, paper and canvas - my chosen mediums - through which I hope to communicate to others my impressions of the surfing life in New Zealand as well as the wider fascination I have with the 'sport', history and culture of surfing.The name "Aloha Piha" began as the title for a screenprint I released in 2006. I wanted to combine the "Aloha Spirit" with the location in New Zealand where surfing originally began - Piha - on the West Coast of the North Island. I like the sound of the two words together and believe they encapsulate the local and universal aspect of the sport/lifestyle. Tony Ogle Artist - Director Aloha Piha More about Tony Ogle More about Elena Ogle |