A Dingo's Tale
Tuesday 19 June 2011 Rabbit says Dean Dingo Morrison is a pocket wave magnet who is the most barrelled human in history, and that he grew up in the tube, but his early life was fraught. He came from a broken home in Coolangatta, not far from Kirra Point in Australia. Rabbit became his dad.
A DINGO’s TALE
Australia, Indo, Video, 2011, 46 min
Director: Matt Gye and Shagga
Cast: Dingo, Rabbit, Parko, Fanning, Kelly, Bruce Irons, and others
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Around Dean Morrison, everyone took drugs to cope with life. But Dean “Dingo” Morrison opted to surf. One day, the diminutive 11-year-old rocked up at a Snapper surf club event hosted by Rabbit Bartholomew. He blitzed his older, more fancied opposition. From that day, Rabbit took the child protégé under his wing, raising him as his son, and the rest is history. The pocket wave magnet talent blast across the perfect sand pits of Kirra Point, and his pint-sized frame tackle the gnarliest waves including Pipeline, Teahuoo and the notorious Shipsterns. Tubes. Oh yes. Tubes.