Crazy Stuff Stories

by Holtzy

The big Queensland launch of Homegrown Maniacs 4: "The Curves Of Mother Nature" went off in a haze of alcohol induced laughter and mayhem at Club 299 in Fortitude Valley. A couple of hundred keen FMX fans turned up to the coolest punk club in Brisbane to get a first look at the long awaited film release. Many called it the best movie they had ever seen.

By Holtzy Photos by Rock Princess Demelza

140 amped FMX riders and fans were lucky enough to get a big
screen sneak preview of the long awaited FMX film Homegrown
4: The Curves Of Mother Nature at Mojo's in Fremantle. While still
a few weeks away from being in stores the happy crowd got a big
preview of what all the fuss is about and no one went away
disappointed. Everyone had a ball and the non stop hooting
throughout the whole movie showed that the movie had lived up
to expectations.

With a "Rock Stars and Rock Chicks" dress up theme perfect for

Story and Photos by Holtzy

Well the Whale Shark season finished a bit earlier than everyone expected but thats the problem with working with wild animals-
They set their own agenda. The whole idea to give up the FMX
and leave this website relatively untouched was to save enough
money to do a USA and Brazil FMX trip before my next movie
Homegrown 4: The Curves Of Mother Nature came out. To that
end I was successful although I could definatly have done with
those bloody fish hanging around a bit longer so I could fleece a

Story and Photos by Holtzy

For four months in 2005 I was lucky enough to swim with the
worlds biggest fish almost every day at a town called Exmouth on
the Ningaloo Reef, 1200kms north of Perth, West Australia The
Whale Shark has been recorded to a length of 20m (66ft). The
biggest I swum with was around 10m (33ft) which I can tell you
still looks bloody impressive and more than a little daunting
when it's swimming towards you with it's mouth open. Of course
the whale shark eats plankton and krill not humans so I was

Story By Holtzy

In a thrilling display of bravado and masculinity Homegrown
Maniac "Bushwacka" rode this enormous pig in front of a packed
crowd of five bewildered mates. Bushwacka, a favorite among
Homegrown Maniacs worldwide, then proceeded to pull out his
trusty carving knife to the shouts of "Bacon all round!" and fixed
everyone a fine meal of roast pork.

When asked about the secret of his daring display Bushwacka
replied.

"Ya gotta know your pig. Ya know what I'm sayin'. It's gotta be
just the rights size. Too small and your not gunna get a good

Long Rambling Fishing Story by Bushy, Pic Above: Bushy with his Yellowfin

How good it is when you wake up on a Monday morning and know that you have got the whole day off, kick back, relax and basically do fark all.

Story by Holtzy, Photos by Brett "No Worries" Burkett

The conversation went something like this:

Brett: No worries Holtzy the sand is rock hard just back her into the water, I'll hitch the boat up and you drive straight out.