The search for the perfect wave on sacred breaks is the lifeblood of Australian surf culture. Now rude young people have the opportunity to get paid for doing so.
Australian surf magazine Tracks is offering Generation Z a part-time job to appear on a reality TV show and surf the best waves in the country for $50,000 a year.
Three Australians aged between 18 and 25 will appear on the show and travel around the country living in a converted bus to promote Australia as a “tourist surf mecca”.
Successful candidates will join the Wanderlust team and have all their expenses paid while filming for just two weeks each month.
The show is part of Tracks’ expansion into video production, which began as a magazine in 1970 and helped shape Australia’s rich surf culture.
The show will share the same countercultural dream that the magazine has perpetuated for decades.
A new reality TV show is offering young Australians the chance to travel across the country to surf the country’s best waves for $50,000. Pictured are candidates Bronte Gooch and Ethan Eshuys.
“We’ll foot the bill for pretty much everything while you travel the coast attending major surf events and music festivals, eat and drink at the best pubs and great local restaurants, and capture everything else,” according to the Tracks editor. Chief Luke Kennedy.
Generation Z is questioning its place in society and looking for a way out of the typical 9-to-5 job, according to editor Peter Strain.
“Questioning social norms is as relevant today for young Gen Zers as it was for surfers living on the fringes of society in October 1970, when Tracks first hit newsstands,” said Mr. Strain. .
‘That is the DNA of our magazine.
‘The Vietnam War polarized society and the abandonment of society and surfing were seen as the last ‘F You’ for mainstream Australia.
“Today, kids don’t want to listen to boomer bosses telling them how to live their lives; they want to navigate, and our new moving image platform and content filmed on the Tracks Wanderlust Bus will show exactly that.”
Tracks is the most prolifically published surf magazine in the world and the second longest running magazine in Australia, behind Australian Women’s Weekly.
Australian surfing icon and Tracks ambassador Wayne ‘Rabbit’ Bartholomew said the opportunity was akin to appearing on the cover of the illustrious magazine.
“Getting a cover of Tracks was every professional surfer’s biggest dream, so I’m excited that three young grommets will have the opportunity to experience that same feeling with the magazine’s revitalization,” he said.
The show, run by Australian surf magazine Tracks, will spend two weeks each month filming on the Wanderlust Bus (pictured) to promote Australia as a “surfing mecca”.
Two 21-year-olds from Bondi, where Tracks is based, have already thrown their hats in the ring for the chance to join the show.
Bronte Gooch, who teaches amateur surfing at Bondi Beach, said she would love the opportunity to make a living doing what she loves.
“This incredible opportunity to travel around Australia, surf the best waves and share my journey on social media and on a reality TV show would be crazy,” Ms Gooch said.
‘Not only will I be able to explore hidden gems and surf spots, but I also hope to inspire more people to fall in love with surfing.
“The opportunity to live freely, document it all and promote Australia’s incredible surf culture would be great.”
Musician Ethan Eshuys was also elated to have a fighting chance at work to possibly combine his “two biggest passions.”
“Surfing by day and playing local pubs by night is an amazing combination,” he said.
‘This job would allow me to connect with other surfers, enjoy the best waves and advance my musical career by visiting new places.
“Plus, promoting Australia as a top surfing destination on a reality TV show is an incredible bonus.”
The magazine is looking for Australians between 18 and 25 years old who are not afraid in front of the camera and who master social networks. It is open to surfers of any level.
However, the pair will face stiff competition for the gig, with a swarm of Gen Zers already putting their hands up to start filming in September.
The tracks will judge how good a candidate is in front of a camera and their mastery of social media, but are open to all levels of surfers, even amateurs.
The reality show is set to spark a revolution for Tracks in its pursuit of video production.
Perpetual Entertainment’s award-winning producer and CEO Greg Quail has joined forces with the magazine to create an in-house production studio.
The studio will help generate content for Tracks to complete a dedicated 24/7 streaming channel.
It will be available on all devices and will offer “non-stop surfing, skateboarding, music and lifestyle… all for free,” Quail said.
The company will also give fans the opportunity to become investors in Tracks Media ‘for as little as $250’ through a crowdfunding fundraiser to help fund the brand’s expansion.
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Avid surfers Ethan Eshuys (left) and Brontë Gooch (right) are already set for the once-in-a-lifetime role.
