Who's That? In Byron Bay Today

1. Name, .....AKA

Shane Martin....AKA....ShaneO...Shaney Boy

2. Where were you born?

Brisbane

3. How do you prefer to make your living?

As an Photographer/Artist

4. What do you do for fun when you're not surfing?

Paint, Build skateboards, Bonsai culture.

5. What's your dream car or bike?

'59 Chev Belair Wagon

6. What's your favourite surfing memory?

15 ft Cyclone swell @ Snapper Rocks (pre Superbank)1975. Only 2 of us made it out after a good hour of paddling. Finally got the balls to make the drop, and ended up having the 2 longest and best waves of my life. Stepped off onto the sand on the beach around at Cooly. Still gives me chills.

7. If you could eat whatever you want, without ever getting tubby what you indulge in?

Potato chips....Hmmmm potato chips.

8. Who's the funniest looking politician you're ever seen?

All of 'em!

9. Everyone's got a talent for something, what's yours?

Picking honest people......I'm never wrong.

10. When's the most inappropriate moment that you've burst into laughter?

High School assembly....Got the cane!....Didn't like it!

11. What's your most embarrassing moment, that you're willing to share?

The time I bleached my hair blonde.

12. What do you listen to in the mornings?

Birds singing, and Shirley telling me to get out of bed.

13. What floats your boat, makes you happy and gives you Joy?

My family, good will, & a great late arvo surf with my buds.

14. What gets your goat, gets up your nose, makes your blood boil?

Poverty, Ignorance, Bad manners, & Out of town surfers who try to own your home break!

15. How do feel about the world's obsession with celebrity?

SOOOOOO BORING!

16. What do you think about surfing bigotry, i.e. judging people by what they ride?

See above!

17. If you had the power to change just one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Tolerance

18. If you had the power to change just one thing about the world, what would it be?

End Starvation! No one deserves that.

19. What's the most important thing you want to achieve before you die?

Still searching.

20. Describe yourself in 30 words or less.

I'd like to think I am someone who has been a good husband, a good parent, a good son, a good friend. Loved by many, hated by few.