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Monty Webber (born 1961, Sydney, Australia) is an Australian surfer, artist, writer and filmmaker. His stories and movies address the culture of surfing.
Monty is the third eldest of six boys, all of whom are recognised in the surfing world for their creative and innovative contributions to surf culture and surfboard design.
Monty completed a Diploma of Fine Arts at East Sydney Technical College in 1981. In 1982 he received an apprenticeship grant from the visual arts board to work alongside sculptor Michael Snape. He held his first solo exhibition of sculptures at the Australian Centre for Photography in 1986. He went on to exhibit drawings, paintings, photographs and sculptures throughout the 1980s.
In the 80s and 90s he produced and directed a series of surfing films for surfboard and clothing companies, including Insight and O'Neil. He shot and edited Sarge's Surfing Scrapbook volumes 6,7 & 8. He also worked as a professional cameraman and water-cameraman on surfing movies, documentaries and music videos.
Monty began contributing written articles to Tracks Surfing Magazine in 1988. He has been a freelance contributor to Tracks for over 30 years. He has also written for Waves, Underground Surf and White Horses surfing magazines.
He self-published his first collection of short stories 'Random Rogues and Ratbag Tales' in 2012 and followed up with 'Tripping Yarns' and 'Diagnose This' in 2015. He self-published his first two novellas 'We were on Fire' and 'Highway 101' in 2016.
Monty filmed and directed two short surfing documentaries, 'Journey On' (2013) and 'Tsunami Brothers' (2019).
Monty self published his first novel 'Purple Patch' in 2021. In 2022 he self published 'Purple Patch 2' and also self published his Bondi Memoir 'Bondi Days'.