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Logan shares with us a frame grab from a lengthy tube at his local.

You may DK, you may not. You may have heard of Mr Bennington, you may not have.

Truth be told DK has slowly almost completly vanished from the bodyboarding

media. All over the world there are underground rippers. The East Coast of

Australia provides a handful of some of the most under rated rippers the sport

has ever seen. Names like Jake Sharpe, Dane Pope and Daniel Bennington. Also

known as ‘Logan’. If you have surfed Straddie chances are you have looked down

the beach and seen him pulling into the widest pits of the day. He surfs amazing

and after recently hurting his knee belting a heavy ramp, he had a bit of spare

time on his hands. Dan was kind enough to share some shots and talk some  booging.

Hey Logan thanks for taking some time out to have a chat. First up tell us what

happened to your knee.

 No worries, I have a lot of time on my hands at the moment. My knee… Did it at

Straddie last Thursday. First wave, been out for about 5 minutes. It was probably

 a solid 5 foot bowl and really heavy. I hit it super clean and flew. Landed way out

 in the flats and my board just bogged. Creased it in three places on that one wave.

 Wasn’t sure how bad it was and tried to ride another wave about 30 minutes later

 and it hurt so much. Getting back to the car park sucked too… Went to the hospital

 the next day and found out i had fractured my knee cap in a few places.

Dan showing Straddie who's boss

Fuck. That’s heavy. You have been surfing Straddie for a long time now.

What is the best and worst thing being a local at one of the best beach

breaks in the world?

The worst is definitely the crowd it attracts. So many wankers. The best thing is

 getting to surf there all the time with my best mates.

 So who do you usually boog with then?

Nick and Evan mostly, Stevie when he’s not hurt and the other usual guys over

 there. All prone riders. I never surf with dropkneers. Its pretty annoying cause

I don’t really have anyone to compete with or push me. 

Deep in the Cook Islands

 As a full time Drop Kneer who do you think is pushing the sport, who do

 you look up to?

Hahaha um after seeing The Lackey Project, Matt’s definitely the best dropkneer

 around. His sections are so sick. Roach is obviously still killing it too. Apart

from that I don’t see much other dropkneeing. No one really gets shot run

apart from Matt. 

 So true. You have a shitload of good photos, and a swagger of amazing

 footage. It doesn’t seem like the Bodyboarding media is too keen to

publish or get a hold of much of it. Does this frustrate you at all?

Thanks for asking this, hahaha. Yeah it use to annoy and frustrate me but now I

don’t give a shit. I don’t know what you have to do to get in a magazine. I’ve had

 lot of good photos and sequences that would’ve definitely been run if I had a

different name. Its all about who you know not how you boog. It means more

that Matt gave me a little section in his video than getting shots run anyway.

He knows good dropknee….. hahahahhahah.

Getting out of the sun and back into the barrel at Cooks

You have steered away from the comp scene and are known as a

 ‘freesurfer’. Have you got any desire at all to compete?

I did Border South years and years ago and that was fun. Feels good winning

 but when you have a shit heat it’s so annoying. I was thinking of entering a few

comps just so I can surf with some dropkneers. 

 Yeah mate it would be epic if you did choose to compete. Your section

 on The Lackey Project is amazing to say the least. Have you got any

 plans to travel this year and collect some more footage?

 Hahaha it’s pretty much 2 days at that reef and 2 days at straddie. I would’ve

liked to actually film for the video with other dropkneers. I was hoping to go

overseas in May but that’s kind of gone out the window. I am very keen for

waves but. 

 You don’t have any sponsors that I’m aware of, yet you surf better

 than most who do. (Myself included). Are you just not interested in

 sponsorship? If someone approached you to ride for them would you

consider it?

 Hahaha yeah I don’t have any. Wish I did but I haven’t handed my resume in

anywhere. It would be great to get boards or at least cheaper boards. I’ve been

 experimenting with my GoPro on my old boards but they are all so soggy. 

Thanks for your time man, is there anything else you’d like to say.

 Any shout outs you would like to give?

 Yeah thanks Steve and BBS for the interview. I’m going nuts at home not being

 able to do anything. I’d definitely like to give a big thank you to Chanel my

 girlfriend. She has been looking after me since I hurt my knee. 

Good lad.

Check out one of the most amazing video’s you will ever see.

Featuring Logan and the Straddie boys by clicking here.

Interview by Stevie Lloyd