With Perth experiencing its coldest winter for at least two decades in 2016, the wild men of Western Australia based brand Severne knew it was time to round up the horses and head to sunnier climes for some warm water wave rides and R&R / R&D in the Indian Ocean waters of Mauritius. Along for the ride with the posse, was our very own ‘gun for hire’, John ‘Shooter’ Carter and his trusty Canons, primed to capture the Cowboys on tour. Long serving Severne rider Scotty McKercher tells the tale of their adventure and shares his memories of an epic trip.!
THE CALL
This is the second time this has happened to me. Whatever I was doing at the time was abruptly halted by Ben Severne lobbing the Mauritius card at me! ‘Whatcha doing? Wanna go to Mauritius? Carter and ‘Hoops’ are coming!’ (Hoops aka James Hooper, Severne board shaper) and Carter who needs no introduction! A real crew of Cowboys!
It was a tough one to pass up, no matter how busy I was at the time (I was stacked with work!); but once the seed was planted, the thought was imbedded in my mind there was only one answer. “Sure. When we going.”
Gun for hire Carter, or otherwise known as ‘The great Carzini’, is the perpetual travelling workhorse and also never says no to a trip. And if I was honest, the fact he was going was one of the reasons I couldn’t say no. Along with the fact that I hadn’t been wave sailing for way too long.
THE WORD SPREAD
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