BURLEIGH HEADS, Australia - Phil MacDonald (AUS), former ASP World Top 5 finisher and Slater-beater, is back on the ASP Dream Tour in 2009, and is adding some much needed power surfing to the ASP Top 45. In addition to flexing his muscles on the board, macca doesn’t mind breaking a mental sweat, and the big fella has started a blog. Australia’s Surfing Life is playing proud parent to the bastion of literary gold and this...is their story...

This is my first blog, so please bear with me. I’m not a writer by any means. So be easy on me! I am here to give you a little insight into the world tour this year as it races around the globe. I’ll fill you in on all the funny things happening in the life of a traveling pro and all the heartaches (I don’t think there are any though). Also, want to give you a little insight into my life and try to address any concerns or info that you the readers are looking for.

Where to start? A bit about me. I’ve been surfing since I could walk, been competing not long after that and now at the old age of 30, I am on my seventh year on the Dream Tour. Two years ago I ped off the tour and was exiled on to the WQS for a year, but was able to snatch...

For all of Macca’s words of wisdom, check out ASL’s ’In Macca’s Mind’

For more on Phil MacDonald, check out his ASP WORLD TOUR PROFILE