Deus Surf Swap

Overview

Surf culture is something Australians feel an affinity with even if they don’t surf. Who hasn’t gone through a phrase where it was only acceptable to wear stuff made by Billabong and Roxy, bought a Hawaiian shirt or maybe just called someone “dude”? It’s more firmly engrained in our culture than sarcasm and irony and, like both of these things, you don’t need to be particularly good at it to appreciate it.

But of course surf culture is more enjoyable when you actually do surf, because then you can make the most of things like the Deus Surf Swap and get your board custom sprayed by Marty Worthington, splash out on one of the latest foam mowers from Bing Surfboards or flog your own sticks for surf art, posters, vintage bric-a-brac and retro surf wear. The organisers are a chill bunch and welcome everyone from pro surfers to those just wanting to deck out their lounge in sweet surf memorabilia, and even boogie boarders can come along if they keep quiet about it. All this is going down at Deus Ex Machina in Camperdown, which is remarkably un-salty but has an excellent collection of custom motorbikes.

Image by mikebaird.