Books & Blokes Breakfast with Darren Longbottom and Tim Rushby-Smith.
How a freak accident turned an Australian surfer’s dream into a nightmare.
Beyond the Break is a compelling story of mateship, resilience, and coming to terms with the life-changing consequences of riding a single wave.
When: THURSDAY 16 August 2018
Time: 7:30am
Where: Resources Centre
RSVP https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BooksNBlokesLongbottom
We would like to invite you to attend our Term 3 Books & Blokes Breakfast, to listen to the incredible life story of pro surfer Darren Longbottom and his biographer Tim Rushby-Smith.
Darren ‘Daz’ Longbottom’s love of surfing was instilled in him from day one. As the son of surfing pioneer and board-maker Rossco and older brother to legendary big-wave specialist Dylan, Daz grew up in Cronulla and paddled out with the world champions of the era from a young age.
Fast-forward to Daz’s adult life, and the remote Mentawai Islands was pretty much the last spot in Indonesia he hadn’t surfed. After Daz’s daughter turned one, he knew it was his time to take on the West Sumatran waves. Never could he have imagined, as he kissed his wife and child goodbye, how difficult the road back to them would be, or how his life would be so irreversibly and profoundly changed.
We would love to see you at this event.
Regards,
Linda Roden | Head of Library
St Joseph’s College | Mark Street, Hunters Hill, NSW 2110 | Locked Bag 5009, Gladesville, NSW 1675
T +61 2 9816 0854 | F +61 2 9817 1208 | E lroden@joeys.org| W www.joeys.org
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