Holtzy's Diary

What a hectic month it has been! It all started when I picked up my good friend and HGMtv presenter- Bushy- from the airport then drove 7 hours straight to Kalgoorlie for the last leg of the Revolution Tour. In between commentating the FMX and shooting stories for the show we did some pretty solid partying over a couple of nights and then drove 11 hours from Kalgoorlie to Margaret River on very little sleep at all. It was actually only a nine hour trip but we got lost taking a short cut haha.

Location: The Office, Perth

Well the wheels of HGMtv world domination continue to be oiled. Since I came back from Gnaraloo I’ve been averaging 10 hours a day on the computer and a couple of hours on the phone. Starting from October I have heaps of shoots to do, particularly FMX. Theres one big hush hush special shoot too that’s going to be really cool if we can pull it off.

August 25, 2008 Location: The Office, Perth[b]

Bloody hell who made it so cold since I left?! I’m always a little depressed at this time of year having just left the warmth and special lifestyle of Exmouth for the cold city For one or two reasons I’m probably a little worse than last year but at the same time I’m really excited about the work to come. Theres a lot behind the scenes that goes into making a TV show believe me.

Location: Pommie Nicks place, Exmouth, North West Oz

Well it’s been a bloody long time since I did a diary entry but there has been plenty of good reasons why.

Firstly I have just come off of four months almost non stop work filming whale sharks. I basically spend around 8-10hrs on the boat filming and another 4-6 hours editing the footage pretty much 13 days out of 14. It’s a full on job but one I really love. On any given day you never know what cool stuff you are going to see and I really love working on the ocean.

Diary Entry January 9 2007 Location: The Office, Perth

Well another hectic month on the path to HGM World Domination. I've been working hard on the pilot for the HGMtv show and it should be finished completely within a week or so. It features FMX, Huge Surf, Mountain Biking, Crashes and Chicks so there's plenty there for everyone.

With the help of the boys at punk band 3 Days Later we wrote and recorded a HGMtv theme song. It's one minute of killer punk. I love it. I've always wanted a HGM theme song. For some reason it makes me feel like we've made it haha.

Diary Entry December 11 2007. Location: HGM Post Production
suite, Perth

Well I'm sitting in an office while we put the finishing touches to
the Narrogin Rev Heads DVD and all I can say is thank @#$% it's
nearly all over. A combination of sickness, other work and
personal dramas has ment it has dragged on and on but it's been
worth it as the final product looks really, really good.

In most of my other films I have done the graphics and I think
they have suffered for it as good graphic require lots of training

Diary Entry November 7 2007 Location: The Office, Perth.

Well I've been lazy on the diary entries again. It's been two
months since my last one and plenty has happened. Been
working hard on the pilot for the TV show and it's nearly done
thankfully. Or at least my part in it is. It still needs all the
graphics added but it's looking pretty slick.

About once every fortnight or so I've been slipping down south
for some waves. I camped solo in the bush a week or two ago
and got some good waves as well as some really good fish

Diary Entry September 4 2007. Location: Ningaloo Blue Internet
Cafe, Exmouth

I hadn't written in my diary for a while so I thought I'd better update it. I've been on an almost non stop 6 week surfing binge taking in a fair bit of the best waves in North West Australia. It's the best run I've had for a long time an theres been some really epic sessions in there.

Diary Entry July 1 2007 Location: Ningaloo Blue Internet Cafe
Exmouth, West Australia

Well it's been a while since I did a diary entry so I thought I'd
better check in and let everyone know whats happening. I'm still
in Exmouth filming Whale Sharks and having a ball while saving
money for the next step for HGM. It's almost impossible to make
money out of DVD's and magazine work so I have had to step
aside from the whole HGM deal for a while to save up enough
money to finance the next stage of the Homegrown Maniacs TV
show.

Diary Entry May 8 2007 Location : Exmouth WA

I have been meaning to make a diary entry for a while but never
had I thought I would make one under these circumstances.
Three days ago a friend crashed 10 feet away from me and died.
I have seen a lot of crashes in my time with FMX and knew one
day someone would die but i always thought it would happen
elsewhere and I would hear about it just the way you guys would
have. A situation where you are sad but distance from the event
means the full impact never hits home. To have it happen before
my eyes was devastating.