tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550827897755380382024-03-14T13:03:44.312+11:00Steve Core SurfA short history of Cronulla Surfboard Makers, Shapers and Surf ShopsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855082789775538038.post-36757925484890373732024-01-19T23:11:00.007+11:002024-01-19T23:24:18.857+11:00Fallen Glory: Old Billabong Flagship Store<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Friday 19th January - 2024<br /><br /> I was over in Manly today and saw this unsettling sight, the old Billabong stores' retail facade on The Corso has just being boarded up in preparation for redevelopment. Soon, all traces will evaporate forever.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />Signalling the end to an era, this once-mighty Billabong flagship mega store was a vibrant & thriving retail surf outlet neatly tucked into Manly's premiere, ritzy, beachside retail strip, The Corso.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgGCDpo4kq8aIsuARuAkDJ9MixlzmOmvO5TVVkDhTohOgnvhpd0Wn25h9h68ln-b8F8ErJdWPvmTqm-q0yI8nZ6v7TUucT64WW7_zYSDWNXcjC3Q8_qRerARL_VjxLwzbdMEVIwZp0Si0Hs-dmhTxqJ7lxV4DdyBXPQEaqSVItraOYN90KsRRl9zmXFo/s4608/20240119_140956%20-%20PS%20V1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="4608" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwgGCDpo4kq8aIsuARuAkDJ9MixlzmOmvO5TVVkDhTohOgnvhpd0Wn25h9h68ln-b8F8ErJdWPvmTqm-q0yI8nZ6v7TUucT64WW7_zYSDWNXcjC3Q8_qRerARL_VjxLwzbdMEVIwZp0Si0Hs-dmhTxqJ7lxV4DdyBXPQEaqSVItraOYN90KsRRl9zmXFo/w640-h360/20240119_140956%20-%20PS%20V1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: verdana;"><i>A plain wooden hoarding now covers the old facade of the former<br />Billabong flagship store on Manly's Corso. Photo: Steve Core</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But some surf brands have tumbled from the Top Ten and fallen as once powerful and dominant market leaders. Billabong is one of them and it will never be the same again. The weighty, halcyon days are long gone.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />I have a soft spot for Billabong because it was founded in 1973 by an old mate, Gordon Merchant, who used to be a shaper at Jackson Surfboards in Caringbah, back in the late '60s and early '70s when I was working at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/peter.clarke.75436?__cft__[0]=AZXHfyuJaRS9lbzfd78LSzoqF2pcFU-Hg4DPG8w1xxrJ2fHi_H7ByQpoVY5HiIl_TzlR_HxDLA9hgxSR6j0jKzeVxudeZNZTSzIQ5Ix-09hwUNJEpjgeHiFLoqrFrP7l_oEXYyW-0AqoBBFlP1yyA8PZ75SBMCP92u6aEVug5aGHLg&__tn__=-]K-R">Peter Clarke</a> Surfboards and G&S Surfboards.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />Later on in the '80s, when I owned a few surf shops, I got be the #2 Billabong account in NSW. So this story does tug at my heartstrings.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />My good old friend, ex Billabong employee, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/steve.savage.5667?__cft__[0]=AZXHfyuJaRS9lbzfd78LSzoqF2pcFU-Hg4DPG8w1xxrJ2fHi_H7ByQpoVY5HiIl_TzlR_HxDLA9hgxSR6j0jKzeVxudeZNZTSzIQ5Ix-09hwUNJEpjgeHiFLoqrFrP7l_oEXYyW-0AqoBBFlP1yyA8PZ75SBMCP92u6aEVug5aGHLg&__tn__=-]K-R">Steve Savage</a> summed it nicely when he said to me "I think Billabong lost its cred with the new generations a long time ago. These days, I see it mainly worn by my age group, non-regular beach goers, or holiday makers. When Billabong dropped <i>"Only A Surfer Knows The Feeling" </i>because they wanted to be relevant to more than just surfers & surfing, they abandoned their core culture ethic.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br />Interesting isn't it? Why the backslide, what have they misjudged? Why has Billabong fallen between the cracks and slipped off that top 3 podium. What are your thoughts? I'd love to hear them. Please feel free to comment below.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855082789775538038.post-16970128156135747112021-09-28T08:41:00.016+10:002021-09-30T06:58:32.991+10:00My two Classic '70s Surf Films for sale...<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Both of my two surf movies are for sale on DVD</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have <b>'In Natural Flow'</b> (1971) - my first film and <b>'Ocean Rhythms'</b> (1975) my </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">second film.<br /><br />Now regarded as 'must have' collector items that define the '70s era of Australian surfing. Before the WSL and captured in pre-legrope times, audiences that enjoyed that era, still can't get enough of the first generation of Australia's pro surfers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For additional details about <i><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Ocean Rhythms</span></b></i> and original reviews from <i>Tracks Magazine</i> - <a href="https://stevecore.blogspot.com/p/team-riders.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">CLICK HERE</span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For additional details about <i><b><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">In Natural Flow</span></b></i> and record breaking screening at the Surf World Museum at Currumbin - <a href="https://stevecore.blogspot.com/p/in-natural-flow-dvd.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">CLICK HERE</span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The DVDs are $35.00 each and that includes pack</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">ing & Australia Post postage anywhere in Australia. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Payment is via PayPal or by direct bank deposit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">To place your interest, order or inquire; </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's easy, please make first contact with me through Facebook Messenger on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stevecoresurf/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Steve Core Surf</span></a> Facebook Page or by SMS to 0493 204 118. Please note: This phone number is not permanently manned for voice calls.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NG2SSNBGfnE/YVJH0blC0JI/AAAAAAABJIc/vayQm0FsBLI3pyXqxbHFWHwT3g_vmKg1ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1158/In%2BNatural%2BFlow%2Binfo%2Bfrom%2Bwebsite%2B-%2BMAY%2B%252721.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="863" data-original-width="1158" height="476" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NG2SSNBGfnE/YVJH0blC0JI/AAAAAAABJIc/vayQm0FsBLI3pyXqxbHFWHwT3g_vmKg1ACNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h476/In%2BNatural%2BFlow%2Binfo%2Bfrom%2Bwebsite%2B-%2BMAY%2B%252721.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Above: the details for 'In Natural Flow'</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>(click to enlarge)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lAoFJyhYU_g/YVJIaM3KexI/AAAAAAABJIk/g6ZFimrpIQMgINn30ORTRA72VS3HZrP1ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1187/Ocean%2BRhythms%2Binfo%2Bfrom%2Bwebsite%2B-%2BMAY%2B%252721.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1187" height="452" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lAoFJyhYU_g/YVJIaM3KexI/AAAAAAABJIk/g6ZFimrpIQMgINn30ORTRA72VS3HZrP1ACNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h452/Ocean%2BRhythms%2Binfo%2Bfrom%2Bwebsite%2B-%2BMAY%2B%252721.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Above: the details for 'Ocean Rhythms'</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>(click to enlarge)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Both movies were digitalized to DVD by master surf movie historian, Warren Delbridge, a true genius at 16mm conversion. Warren has <br />done work for every major surf film-maker in the industry. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Initial contact can be made through my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stevecoresurf/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Steve Core Surf</span></a> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>page </b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>on Facebook </b></span><b style="font-family: verdana;">using Facebook Messenger.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>or please send your details by SMS to:</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Australian Mobile: </span><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">0493 204 118</span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">*Overseas orders are also available - but due to the higher 2021 postal <br />Air Mail rates </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">the DVDs are $45.00 Australian</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> dollars each.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h6h_JRCguU4/YVJOtnEASeI/AAAAAAABJIs/5AlA6APe3UQgnTjX4LSEZe_tWlB7OdIvgCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0498%2B-%2BPS%2BV1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="2048" height="484" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-h6h_JRCguU4/YVJOtnEASeI/AAAAAAABJIs/5AlA6APe3UQgnTjX4LSEZe_tWlB7OdIvgCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h484/IMG_0498%2B-%2BPS%2BV1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Living in the palace of the kings. A NSW South Coast reef break.<br /> A charismatic all hollow performance by PT: <br />Hollow wave & a hollow WAVE board. <br /><br />NSW South Coast reef break<br />16mm frame blow-up from 'Ocean Rhythms'</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="color: red;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R9zyyQjUOxI/YVJQHiXU2zI/AAAAAAABJI0/cV1x0yDo4_UxvPdGfuzol2MN32dBmmafACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0479%2B-%2BPS%2BV1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R9zyyQjUOxI/YVJQHiXU2zI/AAAAAAABJI0/cV1x0yDo4_UxvPdGfuzol2MN32dBmmafACNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/IMG_0479%2B-%2BPS%2BV1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Terry Richardson - Richo spent a dizzyingly amount of time locked <br />inside the Green Room at this place but after the spinning vortex perfection tube trim often came a slashing, high-speed </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>roundhouse cutback.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Torpedo Tubes on the NSW South Coast. 16mm frame blow-up from 'Ocean Rhythms'.</i></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mT94W1SKoYg/YVJQ9MmpPAI/AAAAAAABJI8/bvm4AsQSEq0XHet55DDALQubHhxtfo6_gCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_0503%2B-%2BPS%2BV1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1527" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mT94W1SKoYg/YVJQ9MmpPAI/AAAAAAABJI8/bvm4AsQSEq0XHet55DDALQubHhxtfo6_gCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h478/IMG_0503%2B-%2BPS%2BV1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>One of the unforgettable characters of '70s Australian surfing, <br />Michael Peterson - slashing & burning, the rock skimming <br />inner section of Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, Qld.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>16mm frame blow-up from 'Ocean Rhythms'</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855082789775538038.post-52662310399374883272020-12-01T23:51:00.010+11:002020-12-02T00:21:52.853+11:00Farewell Martin Tullemans<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">1st December - 2020</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: verdana; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was deeply saddened today to hear the news of the passing of fabled Queensland surfing photographer, Martin Tullemans.</span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span data-offset-key="3koke-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true">I’ve know Marty Tullemans since 1971. That was the same year I was shooting my first 16mm surf movie <b><i>‘In Natural Flow’</i></b> on the Gold Coast. Earlier in that very same year, I had struck up the beginning a life-long friendship with Peter ‘PT’ Townend.
PT and I had frequently spotted Marty perched on the rocks at either Kirra, Rainbow or Snapper, feverishly snapping away with his slightly under-powered Takumar 500mm telephoto lens. One sunny day, we both walked up and introduced ourselves to Marty – and that was where another long friendship took off like a Space-X rocket.
It was dear Marty who <a href="https://stevecore.blogspot.com/p/team-riders.html" target="_blank">wrote the review</a> for my second movie <b><i>‘Ocean Rhythms’</i></b> for <a href="https://www.tracksmag.com.au/" target="_blank">Tracks Magazine</a> in November 1975. Marty attended a screening at the old Alhambra Theatre in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stones_Corner,_Queensland" target="_blank">Stones Corner</a> in Brisbane, which, back in the day, was the flea house where we screened all the surf movies. Marty was originally a Brisbane boy from Indooroopilly.</span></span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span data-offset-key="3koke-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span data-offset-key="3koke-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-64ggDj6Ha-E/X8Y76w5K93I/AAAAAAABAq8/9pvUz8yt0UodK44KF0fd-Za1e9e86L3jQCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Tracks%2BCover%2B-%2BCombo%2B-%2BPS%2BV1%2B-%2B001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1558" data-original-width="2048" height="486" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-64ggDj6Ha-E/X8Y76w5K93I/AAAAAAABAq8/9pvUz8yt0UodK44KF0fd-Za1e9e86L3jQCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h486/Tracks%2BCover%2B-%2BCombo%2B-%2BPS%2BV1%2B-%2B001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Two of Marty's most exemplary Tracks Magazine covers.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />
Marty was from the era of emulsion, read: 35mm film. Black and White negatives or colour slides. That was his medium - that's what he shot. He never crossed the digital divide to emerge into the deep world of computative photography.
Yes, he was old school, but this also lent his work, at best, to an inordinate richness of purity. A freelancer and self-taught, there was no motif he would draw on, no wave set line-up he could not adapt to, and above all, no fear of failure. Always short of a dollar, it bred in him a case hardened adaptability.
Martin’s photos were admirably received by surf magazine photo editors and readers alike.
To me, two of Marty’s most enduring shots each earned the front covers of <a href="https://www.tracksmag.com.au/" target="_blank">Tracks Magazine</a>. These two cover shots here, firmly affix PT and myself to Marty now for eternity. By a small freak of nature I happened to be in the foreground of one of those shots.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span data-offset-key="3koke-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span data-offset-key="3koke-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N-V4QxCGFVY/X8Y8iOrcAxI/AAAAAAABArE/H2dkf4mD-2gMoiifGg0xhsH5AsIdAgZBgCNcBGAsYHQ/s949/Martin%2BTullemans%2B-%2B001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="949" height="482" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N-V4QxCGFVY/X8Y8iOrcAxI/AAAAAAABArE/H2dkf4mD-2gMoiifGg0xhsH5AsIdAgZBgCNcBGAsYHQ/w640-h482/Martin%2BTullemans%2B-%2B001.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Martin Tullemans</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />
Marty snagged the cover of <a href="https://www.tracksmag.com.au/" target="_blank">Tracks Magazine</a> with his shot of Butch Cooney competing in the ‘74 Australian Titles at Burleigh Heads. With me in the foreground shooting with a 16mm movie perspex housing.
Marty’s second Tracks cover is of </span></span><span class="diy96o5h" data-offset-key="3koke-1-0" end="2171" spellcheck="false" start="2158" style="color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peter Townend</span><span data-offset-key="3koke-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true"> in 1976, soul arching into the Coolangatta Beach shore-break. Taken from the Kirra groyne and capturing PT in a religious moment of ascension.
Martin also captured a staggeringly good representation of Gold Coast surfing during his period of continuous shutter high. Crisp work which brought on none of the catcalls from the Sydney, Northside-based surf media of the time – who would normally decanter such work from outer fringe dwellers like us.
He shunned mainstream commercialism and that would eventually lead to become the hallmark of his work. He produced a large body of work over his time. His photos were never high-end art, or all that surfing photography can give, but they were never disagreeable either. Marty concentrated on the Gold Coast, strictly on his own terms, and eventually becoming one of its senior social photographic record keepers. <i>(for the time)</i>.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span data-offset-key="3koke-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span data-offset-key="3koke-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3bGVFW--9sM/X8Y8-w1BDQI/AAAAAAABArM/OEZGJQM-njYGrMtoVtxYv1x0XytV_ESpACNcBGAsYHQ/s500/IMG_1203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3bGVFW--9sM/X8Y8-w1BDQI/AAAAAAABArM/OEZGJQM-njYGrMtoVtxYv1x0XytV_ESpACNcBGAsYHQ/w426-h640/IMG_1203.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Marty's awesome Burleigh Heads image of <br />Butch Cooney and me, also made the cover of <br />Albie Thoms Australian book: Surf Movies</i></td></tr></tbody></table>
Slightly nomadic, he grew up with home being everywhere. He once coerced Michael Peterson, a friend and confident, into a series of posed man and board portraits. With stunning results. Guided by Marty taking the photos and MP, two kinda pushy personalities eager to make their mark in surfing. The images had an under current of non commercialism to them. Some say it was some of Marty's best portrait work.
Marty, thank you for your contributions and your devotion to surfing and for being a small part of my humble life. Like the azure sea, and the blond beaches of southern Queensland you and your legacy of majestic images will always surround us, immersed with rich movement and glittering with crystalline light.
May your spirit surf on my old friend.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: verdana;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Steve<br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span data-offset-key="3koke-2-0" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855082789775538038.post-54244712028652760762018-09-14T10:42:00.002+10:002018-09-14T11:25:15.709+10:00The Richo books have arrived...<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
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Job 1] Currently Author Rob Reynolds has Richo working feverishly on unpaid overtime signing copies of books for the big mailout which begins today. Reviewers and the mainstream surf media get their copies too.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Books are $30.00 + shipping and are available direct only at the moment from the </span><b style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.richosurfshop.com.au/product-page/richo-the-terry-richardson-story">Richo Surf Shop</a></b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> link below or from the Road Trip signings. </span><b style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.richosurfshop.com.au/product-page/richo-the-terry-richardson-story">CLICK HERE</a> </b><span style="font-family: inherit;">to purchase.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b>I</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'m proud to announce that we in Cronulla are going to see and hear Terry 'Richo' Richardson talk about his new book after he returns from the WSL World Grand Masters Titles which is set to run September 18-23, 2018 on the Atlantic shores of São Miguel, Azores.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Richo’s career as a competitive surfer and professional shaper spans 50-years. From Michael Peterson to Kelly Slater, from single-fins to computerised shaping, from Aussie Pipe to Banzai, Richo has held his own. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">From the very start of pro surfing in 1976 to this year’s WSL World Masters Professional Surfing championship, Richo has surfed the eye of the cyclone.<br /><br />He charged Hawaiian waves bigger than houses as a 17-year-old, redefined tube-riding at South Coast Pipe, and battled the ravenous pro circuit for 16-years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Richo remains one of an elite band of surfer shapers who have surfed at the highest level and banked a lifetime of shaping experience, while remaining enduringly competitive.<br /><br />On the night, the MC will be the book's author Rob Reynolds. There will be video on the big screen, chats with Richo, Q&As from the audience, book sales & signing and photo ops - so bring along your photographic device of choice.</span><br />
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To promote the up-coming inter-club, annual battle next month between Cronulla Point Boardriders and rival Cronulla Peninsular club, Sandshoes Boardriders - Leader newspaper senior staff photographer & resident, in-house surf guru, John Veage penned this up for the sports page edition of this week's St George & Sutherland Shire Leader.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the early 1960s the World Championship Tour didn't exist, but the Makaha International did. From 1954 onwards, the annual winter event was held on Oahu's west side. That's where world champions were crowned in those early days. The event was steeped in Hawaiian style, with 24-man heats narrowing the field down through the hundreds of entries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The vast majority of competitors were local Hawaiians or Californian transplants. In the broad stream media, surfing's first boom was underway with the Gidget craze in America, and Hawaii was still considered the edge of the surfing universe. </span><br />
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It was in this environment, in late 1962, that a young Midget Farrelly arrived in Hawaii with a few friends from Australia to give the Makaha competition a go. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When he won the Hawaiian event early in 1963, he quickly became Australia's first face of surfing. Midget's success was a pivotal step in importation of the surfing boom Down Under. Thanks to Midget, Australians would host their own elite tour event as early as 1964. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Groms like myself who grew up in Australia in the '60s were all diehard readers of his column in the Sunday paper. And we were rabid fans of the Farrelly Surf Show on ABC. I can still vividly remember huddling around the one TV set in the house to watch his latest adventures, which included safaris around the world. And, naturally, I had his book, <em>The Surfing Life</em>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The first time I crossed paths with Midget I was at my home beach in Greenmount Point in 1970. The Australian Titles were being held and I had made the Queensland team for the first time. I was able to mingle firsthand with all the top surfers, a starry-eyed grommet just soaking it in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Our Queensland local hero Peter Drouyn (now known as Westerly Windina) won over Midget, Nat Young, Ted Spencer and Keith Paull. That same year, after Midget ran second to Rolf Aurness at the Bells Beach World Titles, a picture came out in Witzig's Surf Magazine. The image showed speed, rhythm and style. Back then, style mattered. I was a 16-year-old Coolangatta teen, inspired.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">During the '73 North Shore Winter season, Midget turned up in Hawaii for the first time in years. He invited me to go over to Makaha with him for a surf. It was my first time on the west side. It was a perfect little offshore day, and of course Midget was still treated like royalty around there. He introduced me to Buffalo Keaulana and all the boys for the first time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">After that we went to a luau at the Aikaus (the famous cemetery house). We were able to swap stories with the family, a moment I will always treasure. It was as real as you can get when it comes to Hawaiian family culture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It can be argued that Midget was Australia's best competitive surfer of the 1960s, winning Makaha in '63, the inaugural ISA World Title in '64, runner-up to Hemmings in Puerto Rico in '68 and then finally runner-up to Rolf Aurness at Bells in '70. No one had that kind of consistency in that decade.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He was also a master shaper/designer. He was always pushing the envelope. The quality of Midget Farrelly Surfboards was second to none. It quickly became a staple of the Australian surfboard industry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Despite his accomplishments, his style, and his contribution to design, he was often overlooked by surf historians. When <em>Surfer</em> Magazine's "50 Greatest Surfers of All Time" issue came out in 2009, I was mortified that they'd left him out, and I let the editors know it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He's an Australian surfing icon that can't be forgotten. When it came to speed, rhythm and style, Midget was the best. I wanted to surf just like him.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>WSL Editor's Note: Peter Townend is recognized as the first world champion of pro surfing's modern era. He won the first world tour in 1976, closely followed in '78 by another Australian, Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew. <br /><br /> Australians would continue to dominate for most of the next decade, with Mark Richards, Simon Anderson, and Cheyne Horan all playing pivotal roles. But each one of them will be the first to tell you that the age of Australian dominance all began with Midget Farrelly.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #e06666;">To read the WSL's latest news and info</span> <a href="http://www.worldsurfleague.com/" style="color: #b6d7a8;">click here</a></i><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Related: Below a tribute clip of Midget Farrelly - hang-gliding from Steve Core's 1975 surf film <b><i>'Ocean Rhythms'</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Current Tasmanian Greens Senator and surfer, Peter Whish-Wilson called into the <b><i><a href="http://scamandersurf.com/">Scamander Beach Surf Shop</a></i></b> today to pick up his personally signed DVD copy of my '71 surf movie: 'In Natural Flow'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Photo opportunities were grasped - not battling the news hungry media scrum on the front steps of Parliament House in Canberra, but on the serene front deck of Dale Matheson's <b><i><a href="http://scamandersurf.com/">Scamander Beach Surf Shop</a></i></b> on Lagoon Esplanade, in sleepy, but idyllic Scamander Beach, Tasmania. No better a location!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Peter is no stranger to these parts and not just a politician on a coastal run lending an ear to the local resident's concerns.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">With a long and colourful history of being closely connected to the ocean, Peter is a past president of the North Branch of the Tasmanian Surfrider's Association. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Over the years he's also been a regular in the water at the many classy surf breaks that surround the wholesome area.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My thanks go to Dale Matheson of the <i><b><a href="http://scamandersurf.com/">Scamander Beach Surf Shop</a></b> </i>for the great photo.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Being one of 76 Senators; I don't know how many Senators have pictures of pristine Australian surf breaks proudly hanging on their office walls in their offices inside the Parliament House building - but check the untarnished shot of Scamander Beach [below] that PWW has displayed in his Canberra office.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Being a Greens Senator - I guess that a fantastic ocean inspired nature shot is highly apropos. The windswept photo was taken by Dale Matheson on 2006.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Scamander Beach is located on Tasmania's North-East Coast - just 15-minutes south of the East Coast's biggest town, St Helens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you're heading on a surf trip down Tasmania's East Coast and you need to pick up any surf related items or just want to talk to a highly experienced local surf native about the best spots to check out for the prevailing conditions - then make sure you call into the </span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><i><a href="http://scamandersurf.com/">Scamander Beach Surf Shop</a></i></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> or it's sister shop; the </span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><i>Bay Surf Shop</i></b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> in St Helens.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For all Dale's local contact details please <a href="http://scamandersurf.com/"><i>click here</i></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Check on the Tasmanian Greens by <i><a href="http://greens.org.au/tas">clicking here</a></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Purchase <b><i>'In Natural Flow'</i></b> by <i><a href="http://stevecorestore.myshopify.com/">clicking here</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">1978 WSL World Surfing Champion; 'Rabbit' Bartholomew brings his unique Gold Coast tube-riding style to the hollow right-handers of Summercloud Bay on the NSW South Coast. Film sequence lifted from Steve Core's 1975 released, 16mm film <b><i>Ocean Rhythms</i></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Ocean Rhythms</i></b> multi-system DVDs are available for world-wide sale on-line at <a href="https://stevecorestore.myshopify.com/">stevecorestore</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Also view at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stevecoresurf/">#stevecoresurf</a> on <b>Instagram - </b><i><a href="https://www.instagram.com/stevecoresurf/">click here</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Produced by <a href="http://vlvtsea.tv/">Velvet Sea</a> - this is a great 5-minute look at iconic Australian Surfboard maker - Bennett Surfboards of Brookvale on Sydney's northern beaches.</span><br />
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YEvHLzeWk7U/V34NKsRVFOI/AAAAAAAAcBA/NjD2f21lnTop7Y6OZ3_3iBus4-VJNJ6TwCLcB/s1600/Barry%2BBennett%2Blogo%2B-%2B001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YEvHLzeWk7U/V34NKsRVFOI/AAAAAAAAcBA/NjD2f21lnTop7Y6OZ3_3iBus4-VJNJ6TwCLcB/s320/Barry%2BBennett%2Blogo%2B-%2B001.jpg" width="190" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A family based business, Bennett Surfboards have been in business since 1956 - that's longer </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">than another other surfboard manufacturer in Australia. 60 years.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Barry's son Greg runs the day-to-day business now.<br /><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the late 1950s surfing exploded in America when Hollywood movies like '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gidget_(film)">Gidget</a>' where released. In the early '60s boards where being made out of foam and founder, Barry Bennett was on the forefront of the revolution being among the first to blow foam surfboard blanks in </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Australia.</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><br />Born in 1931, Barry started building plywood and balsa surfboards and skis in the 1956 at Waverly in the eastern suburbs of Sydney which quickly became a full-time job. He formed Bennett Surfboards in 1960 and opened a factory dedicated to the manufacture of surfboards and blanks in Brookvale.<br /><br />During this time a steady stream of surfers who were to become some of Australia’s best surfboard craftsmen were also cutting their teeth in the Bennett factory in Brookvale. Bob McTavish, Geoff McCoy, Nat Young and Midget Farrelly were among many who spent time in the factory honing their skills.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Bennett Surfboards have surv</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ived i</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">n Brookvale after fellow industry pioneers, Gordon Woods Surfboards, Bill Wallace Surfboards, Dale Surfboards have become history.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Fellow industry icon, Bill Wallace, retired from shaping surfboards in 2012 at the age of 86.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Tonight, I was pleased to host in the </span><b style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><i>Watergrill Restaurant</i></b><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> for dinner, t</span><span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wo iconic Cronulla 1st generation absolute living surf legends.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I could not pass up the fantastic and rare photo opportunity and here I am [yes!, finally] pictured with two of my surf heroes; Garry Birdsall [middle] and Nigel Dwyer [right].</span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">These two men were powerful cultural idols of their time. Both of these guys were featured in the leading surfing magazines of the '60s and were recognised to be among the best surfers in Australia. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the early to mid '60s, Cronulla, along with the rest of coastal Australia - beach resorts and towns were in full economic surf boom. This surf image, helped build the very props on which Australia's broader self-image has been raised on.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Both Garry and Nigel worked for leading and innovative Taren Point-based Surfboard builder - <b><u><i>Norm Casey Surfboards</i></u></b> in the '60s.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In a career highlight moment [for any surfer, of any era] Garry was memorably photographed and featured on the cover of Australian surf-rock band, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantics">The Atlantics</a>, 1963 surf music album <b style="font-style: italic;">Bombora - </b>taking an incredible backside drop on massive wall at Cronulla Point. Iconic images like this were spikes on a surf fever popularity chart.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Garry, who once designed surfwear for Golden Breed has developed into one of Australia's leading surf artists - you've seen & know
his work I'm sure... check it out on his website: <a href="http://www.surfart.com.au/" target="_blank">http://www.surfart.com.au/</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Nigel departed the shores of Cronulla for New Plymouth New Zealand where, 50 years ago, he
established his surf business. There's no better example of how Nigel went on to build one of New Zealand's most
iconic surf brands & shops. <a href="http://www.taranakihardcore.co.nz/" target="_blank">http://www.taranakihardcore.co.nz/</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I was so stoked to see these two guys I used to look up to and
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's taken me 50 years to get my mug in a photo with these
two living Cronulla surf legends. Stoked.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To have a better look at Garry Birdsall's amazing surf artworks, you can visit his on-line store by <a href="http://www.surfart.com.au/">clicking here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To read more about the history of '60s surf rock band <b><i>The Atlantics</i></b> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantics">click here</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>Rydges Hotel, Cronulla</b><br /><br />February 7, 2014 marks the centenary of surfing at Cronulla, and Cronulla Chamber of Commerce will kick off the official <a href="http://www.surfretrospect.com.au/">Surf Retrospect</a> celebrations with a formal dinner and fund-raiser at <a href="http://www.rydges.com/accommodation/sydney-nsw/cronulla/welcome/?gclid=CjwKEAiArqKmBRCOj_qfmuqinnYSJAAkAYwGX1aVSceh9sl8fu-7CNPbuwz7itHwKMdmQQO6EhdBxhoCcEDw_wcB">Rydges Hotel, Cronulla</a>.<br /><br />February 7, 2015 actually marks 100 years since Hawaiian, Duke Kahanamoku first introduced modern surfboard riding to Cronulla by demonstrating the art with a performance at Cronulla Beach.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Chamber is inviting sponsors to support this event through donation of prizes which will be auctioned or raffled on the night to raise money for two local, non-proft charities – Cronulla Neighbour Aid and the Dandelion Support Network – and to set up a Surfing Cronulla trust for the development of local junior surfers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cost of the tickets is $100.00 per person, which includes a three-course meal and drinks. Tables of 10 are available. Click <a href="http://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/100-years-of-surfing-tickets-15028307071">here</a> to book and pay for a ticket on line. Or contact Mark Aprilovic at: cronsurf@cronullasurf.com.au<br /><br />Check out - <a href="http://www.surfretrospect.com.au/surf-retrospect-events/2015/2/7/opening-black-tie-dinner">http://www.surfretrospect.com.au/surf-</a></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855082789775538038.post-29112450932286893932015-01-17T09:21:00.000+11:002015-01-17T09:47:28.498+11:00Dick Hoole drops into Cronulla<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cronulla had a touch of surf media celebrity status this week with a visit from retired surf film-maker Dick Hoole and a budding Japanese surf film-maker.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Dick Hoole and Jack McCoy teamed up in the early ’70s and made their first film in 1976, <i><b>In Search of Tubular Swells. </b></i>The following year they released <b><i>Jeffrey’s Bay Dream</i></b> and <b><i>Stubbies.</i></b> The dynamic duo also produced another all time classic, <b><i>Storm Riders </i></b>in 1982.<br /><br />Barry “Dick” Hoole grew up in Sydney – near the famous Bondi Beach. In Dick’s words “Barry was a real person whose mother loved him, Dick was my fantasy character who only cared about surfing”.<br /><br />In 1967, shortly after he left school for good in search for surf, Dick began working at San Juan Surfboards in Byron Bay – a hangout for surfing greats like eccentric George Greenough, Bob McTavish and travelling pros like Californian surfer Mike Doyle and Hawaiian Randy Rarick. Within a couple of years Dick was off to Hawaii where Randy Rarick hooked him up with a job at the Dewey Weber Surfboard factory, where he met Jack McCoy.<br /><br />Shortly after Jack McCoy moved to Australia, he and Dick Hoole teamed up taking surf photos and began selling their pictures under the name Propeller Promotions. Their work was turning up everywhere – and surfers liked what they saw. It was around this time that they started thinking about making a 16mm surf movie.<br /><br />So together they made their first film in 1976,<b><i> In Search of Tubular Swells.</i></b> The following year they released <b><i>Jeffrey’s Bay Dream</i></b> and <b><i>Stubbies</i></b>. The dynamic duo next teamed up to produce<b><i> Storm Riders</i></b> in 1982.<br /><br />These days Dick is semi-retired and lives in Byron Bay. He has never been far from his first love of surfing and works daily at running the Classic Surf Company, which sells surfing DVD’s, surf collectables and surfing images.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cfe2f3;">Dick will be back in Cronulla for February to sell his wide range of surfing nostalgia products at our month-long Celebration of Surfing Festival: <a href="http://www.surfretrospect.com.au/">Surf Retrospect</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">02 JAN 2015</span><br /><br /><span style="color: #e69138;"> This review of the <b><i>In Natural Flow</i></b> screening night was posted on Surf World's website: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">What a night for Surf World GC!!! For the first time since our opening Surf World GC had to close its doors (for safety reasons) for an event. Our event area was filled to capacity and we apologise to those who were refused entry and to those who had restricted viewing of the movie.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Those that were able to gain entry were treated to a smorgasbord of surfing by the best surfers of the era with some of the first ever footage of Michael Peterson and Peter Townend. So many of the stars of the era were in attendance that the event became a gathering of the tribe and the autograph hunters had a field day.</span><br />
<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />All in all a great night was had by all and our thanks go to Tim Baker, Warren Delbridge, Steve Core, Peter Townend and Rabbit Bartholomew (who celebrated his 60th birthday). Thanks to Andy Mac for the extensive media coverage and to those who promoted the movie on their web sites and Facebook.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">To visit the </span><b><i><span style="color: #e69138;">Surf World Gold Coast </span></i></b><span style="color: #f9cb9c;">website </span><span style="color: yellow;"><a href="http://surfworldgoldcoast.com/">click here</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To purchase </span><b style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-style: italic;">In Natural Flow </b><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">DVD or an</span><i style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> Ocean Rhythms </i><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">DVD from our on-line store </span><a href="http://stevecorestore.myshopify.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Click here</a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;"><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="color: #f9cb9c;"> *</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855082789775538038.post-1981675109585345802015-01-14T21:12:00.001+11:002015-01-15T11:04:06.351+11:00<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/116622250">"In Natural Flow" - 1970's Surf Movie Promo Trailer</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user13317888">Warren Delbridge</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Promotional trailer for Steve Core's "lost" 1972 surf classic <b><i>In Natural Flow</i></b>, capturing vintage Kirra Point in all its '70s glory; a natural wonder that a younger generation of Gold Coast surfers have never experienced first-hand. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The tube-riding of Michael Peterson and Peter Townend in particular, set a new benchmark in performance surfing that helped catapult Gold Coast surfers onto the world stage. With sensational cameos from Peter Drouyn, Keith Paull, Andrew McKinnon, Richard Harvey and many other greats of the era, <b>In Natural Flow</b> illuminates a pivotal era in Australian and Gold Coast surfing. Trailer musical backing track by kind courtesy of the NZ band:</span> <a href="http://www.theblackseeds.com/">'The Black Seeds'</a> <br />
<span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br />To purchase <b style="font-style: italic;">In Natural Flow </b>DVD or an<i style="font-weight: bold;"> Ocean Rhythms </i>DVD from our on-line store <a href="http://stevecorestore.myshopify.com/">Click here</a></span><br />
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*Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855082789775538038.post-69168720079009751282015-01-13T08:01:00.003+11:002015-01-14T21:30:06.710+11:00The lost classic surfing film: In Natural Flow<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday Jan 2nd, 2015 was a sellout night at Surf World on the Gold Coast when <i><b>In Natural Flow </b></i>was screened to the public for the first time in over 30 years. In Natural Flow was my first 16mm surfing film that was shot in 1971.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b>In Natural Flow </b></i>features the surfing of the new rising brigade of surfers who were emerging on the Gold Coast in the early '70s and went on to form part of a new generation of World Surfing champions. The film features Queenslanders Peter Townend and the legendary Michael Peterson surfing the classic uncrowded famous Qld point breaks of Kirra Point, Rainbow Bay and Snapper Rocks.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cfe2f3; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In 2015 - <b><i>In Natural Flow</i></b> is available on DVD for the first time in 44 years. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #b4a7d6; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To see a preview clip of <b><i>In Natural Flow </i></b>click here</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #b4a7d6;">To purchase <i><b>In Natural Flow</b></i> or <i><b>Ocean Rhythms</b></i></span> <a href="http://stevecorestore.myshopify.com/">go to our on-line store</a></span>
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I first hit Cronulla in '72 with Steve Core around Rip Curl Bells time of that year, I had a perfect sandbank day at North Wanda.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of Steve's mates; Graham Sorrenson, a first generation Cronulla surfer from the '60s, snapped this shot of me in a crisp little green room tube.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This same shot would later become the title Masthead shot of my weekly newspaper column called "In the Tube" with Peter Townend in the Tweed/Coolangatta Daily News! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><i>Note:</i></b> PT will be making personal appearances in Cronulla in Feburary 2015 at the Duke Kahanamoku Cronulla celebrations. When Cronulla will come alive with surf related events to celebrate 100 years since Hawaiian Duke Kahanamoku gave his first demonstration of surf board riding on Cronulla's beaches. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For further information about the 100 years of Surfing in Cronulla events & celebrations: Check the <i><b>Surfretrospect </b></i>website by</span></span><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.surfretrospect.com.au/">clicking here</a></span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855082789775538038.post-37641789607087062902014-12-16T07:55:00.001+11:002014-12-19T01:36:23.044+11:00An Australian surfing classic returns: In Natural Flow <span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #e69138; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A Gathering of Eagles:</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am pleased to announce that the first 16mm surfing film I made, <b><i>In Natural Flow</i></b>, shot mostly in 1971, will make a Premiere re-release to the public for the first time in over 30+ years, at a special star-studded screening evening at the <a href="http://surfworldgoldcoast.com/">Surf World Museum</a> on the Gold Coast on Friday January 2nd, 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There will be an all-star line-up on hand on the night to celebrate the <b><i>In Natural Flow</i></b> screening. After the screening there will be a talk fest with the stars. The moderator will be noted surf journalist, Tim Baker.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the talent line-up photo below, we have the Gold Coast residents who made up part of the 1972 Australian team to head off the World Titles in San Diego, California. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From left to right: Judge; Terry Baker, Surfers: Peter Townend [1976 ASP World Champ], the late Michael Peterson, Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew [1978 ASP World Champ], and Paul Neilson ['71 Australian Champion].</span><br />
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>Four of the five above will be present on the night of January 2nd, 2015 at the Surf World Museum for the<b> In Natural Flow </b> screening. The late Michael Peterson will be represented in loving spirit by the attendance his mother, Joan.</i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The version of <b><i>'In Natural Flow' </i></b>that will be screened on the night has been recently loving restored to a crisp digital format by Australian surfing film historian and archivist, Warren Delbridge. Avid Australian surf movie collectors will be pleased to hear that <b><i>In Natural Flow </i></b>will also be available now on DVD.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To view the classic '70s Kirra Point <b style="font-style: italic;">In Natural Flow </b>2-minute trailer: <a href="https://vimeo.com/114835494">Click Here</a> Music sound-track for the trailer comes courtesy of the Wellington, NZ based band <a href="http://www.theblackseeds.com/">The Black Seeds</a>. To learn & hear more about The Black Seeds - <a href="http://www.theblackseeds.com/">click here</a> to visit their website. A big thank you to <a href="http://www.theblackseeds.com/">The Black Seeds</a> boys for allowing us to use their hot track 'Slingshot' as it suits the tubular, sand-churning Kirra Point barrels to perfection.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To read the <i>Media Release</i> about <b><i>In Natural Flow</i></b> from surfing journalist Tim Baker [who is on the board of Surf World] and see the exclusive trailer <a href="http://surfworldgoldcoast.com/in-natural-flow-the-lost-classic-makes-a-comeback/">click here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Friday January 2nd, 2015 will be a one-off opportunity to rub shoulders with the surfers from this era all gathering together in one spot to celebrate the night. So come along and bring your camera for the classic photo op with your favourite '70s surfing super stars. Or just bring your smart phone and grab a selfie.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even better - on the screening night at Surf World - I will be selling DVD copies of both <b><i>'In Natural Flow' </i></b>and <b><i>'Ocean Rhythms'</i></b>. A perfect opportunity to grab a personally signed copy by any veteran surf talent there on the night.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Where: </b>Surf World - 1st Floor, Honeyworld, 35 Tomewin Street, Currumbin, Qld</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>When:</b> Doors swing open at 6:00pm - on Friday January 2nd - 2015</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>How much to get in:</b> $10.00</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Available on the night for all:</b> Chargeable drinks and BarBQ items</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To visit <b>Surf World - Gold Coast</b> website:</span><span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://surfworldgoldcoast.com/">click here</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A few people have contacted me to ask "did I shape the board?" I am riding in the previous post [directly below].</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">No I didn't - it's actually one Peter Townend's ['76 ASP 1st World Champion] personal Bonzer surfboards. I worked closely with PT on the Australian development of the Bonzer at Gordon & Smith Surfboards in Taren Point.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In 1973 - PT got all the Bonzer technical specs and intel from his good friend Mike Eaton, who at the time, was shaping the first production Bonzer surfboards for Bing Surfboards under licence at G&S in San Diego, California.</span><br />
<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On his first trip to Hawaii for the Winter of '72, PT had met Mike Eaton in Hawaii where Mike was a resident North Shaper, shaping and making surfboards for all the leading Australian ASP world-touring surfers at the time.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For the full story on the Bonzer development at G&S in Caringbah please <a href="http://www.stevecoresurf.com/p/bonzer-development-at-g.html">click here</a> to see our own coverage.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855082789775538038.post-11480895415964129112014-11-10T01:06:00.000+11:002014-12-18T22:58:47.893+11:00Core Subject<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A friend just sent me a link to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CronullaSurfMuseum"><b>Cronulla Surf Museum's</b></a> Facebook page. It's a very popular and wholesome site that attracts a lot of viewers from Cronulla surfers of all eras.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CronullaSurfMuseum"><b>Cronulla Surf Museum</b></a> was founded and is run by an old mate of mine; Cronulla Surf photographer; Chris Stroh. Back in the '80s Chris worked alongside me on some of the World Pro ASP Tour 5-star rated events that were held in Cronulla like the Beaurepaires Open & the Straight Talk Tyres Open.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Under the guidance and direction of former ASP CEO, Cronulla resident, Graham 'Syd' Cassidy, Chris worked on the contest's beach admin - while I used to do the live beach commentary with former pro-surfer Mark Warren filling the role as my co-commentator. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The photo of me [above] surfing on a Peter Townend shaped Gordon & Smith board - was taken by another old friend and ex-Cronulla surfer & photographer, Peter Simons - who moved from the city to the peace of the bush surf country over 20 years ago. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Peter lives and surfs in the small NSW South Coastal township at Milton [Ulladulla].</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Many of Peter's great historic surf related photos of Cronulla regularly turn up on the <b><a href="http://cronullasurfmuseum.com.au/">Cronulla Surf Museum</a> </b>blog.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I like the <b><a href="http://cronullasurfmuseum.com.au/">Cronulla Surf Museum</a></b> Blog and Facebook sites because they are free from political messages, that is to say they have no persuasive content and hold no ideology. They have a straightforwardness that is honest. Chris's peculiar mix of surf voyeurism and tracing Cronulla history through a melting pot of thematically related images are its hook.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">To check the continually unfolding Cronulla surfing history on the excepti</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">onal</span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> Cronulla Surf Museum Facebook page </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CronullaSurfMuseum" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">click here</a><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855082789775538038.post-13207990613098761562014-10-15T22:26:00.001+11:002014-12-18T23:05:03.312+11:00Keith Paull and Psychedelic surfboard<br />
Keith Paull<br />
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When I was working at Peter Clarke Surfboards in Brookvale during 'The Summer of Love' in 1968, we did the artwork on this board for ’68 Australian Surfing Champion, the late Keith Paull.<br />
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It was totally Keith's concept and to achieve this end in strong, vibrant colours we purchased ordinary colour markers from the nearby news-agency and set to work.<br />
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As a collaborative artwork - it was a disjointed affair. Keith himself took pen in hand to draw and colour some of the smaller fill-in flowers in the design.<br />
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The words you can see: 'Clarke' [under Keith's hand], 'Surrealistic Clarke', 'Psychedelic' and the big 'Love' where all my hand drawn craftwork.<br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: small;"><i>ad from US Surfer magazine</i></span><br />
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Remember there is no absolute authentic originality in art, all art builds on other art. My ideas were spurred by music album covers & rock concert posters of the time [late '60s] that we all embraced. The board's bottom is embellished with all the peaceful ornaments of Hippiedom. It had no real manifesto.<br />
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It encountered no public indifference.<br />
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It was a first full-scale artwork on a surfboard of its kind, its clarity of form, its high spirits and legibility - were almost of mural scale. <br />
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It was delivered in the pre-air brush era and clearly signaled a time where surfers began to awake from an artistic subconscious. As themes diverged, top surfers began decorating their boards with individual visions to define themselves.<br />
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Along with World Champion Mark Richard's Superman logo and World Champion Peter Townend's pink theme, followed a short time later by the Sultan of Swing; Terry Fitzgerald’s Hot Buttered fertile air brush designs that elaborately revealed the dreaming surfers mind in paint.<br />
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Much like we did here with Keith’s board in the Age of Aquarius in 1968.<br />
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Ironically; Roger Daltrey, the lead singer of 'The Who' had a very famous line of lyric from their '65 No.1 song 'My Generation' - that said; "I hope I die before I get old". Sadly, we lost our good friend Keith in 2004.<br />
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For more Keith Paull information visit these links ...<br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Read a Keith Paull Bio: on Matt Warshaw's</span> <a href="http://encyclopediaofsurfing.com/entries/paull-keith">Encyclopedia of Surfing</a> <span style="color: #b6d7a8;">blog site</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Read a Keith Paull Obituary from</span> <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/03/1078295446182.html">Fairfax Media</a><br />
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<span style="color: #bf9000;">Keith Paull's surfing can be seen in Steve Core's 1971, 16mm classic surfing film 'In Natural Flow' - for a look at the 'In Natural Flow' trailer</span><span style="color: #ffd966;"> <a href="https://vimeo.com/114835494">Click Here</a></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855082789775538038.post-51820512243643128542014-09-05T09:44:00.002+10:002014-09-05T11:03:50.406+10:00Jackson Surfboards tribute to a master, Wayne "Zombie" Johnston<br />
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<span style="color: #f9cb9c; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>In a thoughtful and passionate tribute to a Cronulla surfing legend, a master shaper brings some old magic back to life. The Leader's John Veage wraps up the feeling nicely.... </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Photo taken in Jackson Surfboards showroom in Taren Point. </i></span><i style="color: #cccccc; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo John Veage</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #ea9999;">Story & Photos by John Veage</span></b><br /><br /><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">There are times when a surfboard is not just for surfing. A surfboard, like many objects and experiences, can be an emotional attachment to the past.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">Cronulla's five Johnston boys — Adam, Ben, Blake, Dane and Sam — took this on as a tribute to their late father, Wayne, when they commissioned legendary surfboard craftsman Laurie "Froggy" Byrne to recreate a quiver of the late-1960s retro, single-fin traditional Jackson "Frogman Shaker" model surfboards, in memory of their father.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Wayne "Zombie" Johnston surfed for — and worked at — <a href="http://www.jacksonsurfboards.com.au/">Jackson Surfboards</a> in the late 1960s and early 1970s with Froggy, Brian Jackson, Denny Childs, Frank Latta, Billabong creator Gordon Merchant and others.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a seminal period for surfboard development and the shortboard generation was in full swing.<br /><br />Current <a href="http://www.jacksonsurfboards.com.au/">Jackson Surfboards</a> owners Jim Parkinson and Dave Matterson who started at Jackson in the mid-'70s handcrafted the five identical blue-tinted boards to the specifications of the day, even down to the tinted, fixed, wooden fins and unconventional resins.<br /><br />Wayne rode Laurie's boards as a sponsored schoolboy at Jackson Surfboards, and later Laurie was the best man at Wayne's wedding.<br /><br />It was a fitting tribute that almost 12 months to the day since Wayne died, the five cobalt blue boards (Wayne's favourite colour) were handed over at the Jackson surfboard factory to be hung in pride of place on the five boys' walls as a constant reminder of their late father's presence.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was Ben and Laurie's idea that the boards would be built for "display only" - but brother Blake, the current NSW head surf coach, thought it would be a terrific board to surf at Voodoo Reef on a good day.<br /><br />"Zombie" would have agreed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Read <a href="http://www.theleader.com.au/story/2533173/surf-report-with-john-veage/">John Veage's Surf Column</a> in the <a href="http://www.theleader.com.au/">Leader</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Visit <a href="http://www.jacksonsurfboards.com.au/">Jackson Surfboards</a> website or visit their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jackson-Surfboards/118591274836238">Facebook page</a>.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855082789775538038.post-53714266306996856452012-03-16T16:15:00.018+11:002013-03-01T00:41:27.444+11:00Jim Davidson: from Cronulla to Mooball<span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><strong><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: xx-small;">*</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><strong><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">J</span></strong></span><span style="color: #d9d2e9;"><strong><span style="color: #8e7cc3; font-size: large;">im Davidson, entering his fifth decade of surf art</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">North Coast surf artist Jim Davidson is purely ex-Cronulla, simply another offspring child and a true descendant of The Shire's surfboard industry.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">For well over the last forty years, Jim’s inimitable style would be instantly recognizable to many surfers, and if they were around in the '70s, '80s, '90s or even ‘00s there’s a good chance they would have either ridden a surfboard featuring one of Jim's surf inspired artistic creations, played a surf DVD that carried his cover design, worn a surf t-shirt bearing a logo that he designed or owned a surf poster featuring his artwork.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">Over a lifetime dedicated to the surfing industry and art in general, Jim has specialized in comic-character style surf inspired art for screen printing, spray painting on surfboards, decal designs for surfboard manufacturers and airbrushed posters for surf movies.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">Getting his start in 1974 spraying surfboards at <strong><a href="http://www.jacksonsurfboards.com.au/">Jackson Surfboards</a></strong> in Cronulla, Jim soon became Gordon & Smith surfboards’ full time spray-artist, when they were producing up to 100 surfboards a week. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">This gave Jim a lot of time to experiment and refine his skills, and soon his work was in hot demand and adorning surfboards shaped by labels including Emerald, Southern Comfort, Force 9, Carabine, Byrne Brorthers, Skipp, Christie, Bennett, Aloha, Channel Islands, Friar Tuck, Island-A-Classic, Natural Flight, and Midget Farrelly, and boards generated by pro-surfers, shapers and surfing identities like Terry Richardson, The Bronzed Aussies, Peter Townend, Cheyen Horan, Mark Occhilupo, Jim Banks, Critter Byrne, Mark Richards and even Michael Peterson among many others.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">Even though work was flowing, it was Jim’s dream to move to the North coast - he’d watched the classic surf film; Morning of the Earth and the seed to a country life was sown. So in 1981 Jim and his wife moved to the Northern NSW cow town called Mooball, smack in between the Gold Coast and Byron Bay.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">On the Gold Coat, original Kirra Surf founder, Peter Turner introduced Jim to the crew at his Local Knowledge surfboard factory and plenty of work soon followed. Then additional work for Fingal Surf Co, Gordon and Black, Blitz, Pipedream and Nev were just some of the local Gold Coast surf companies sending work his way. Before long Jim was branching out into the clothing industry, designing the logo for top surf brand; Mango and print designs for Billabong and banners for Cheetah Swimwear. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">Then came the chance to airbrush the surf movie poster for Storm Riders for Jack McCoy, Dick Hoole and David Lourie, a major milestone in Jim’s career.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">In the 1980s Jim created logos and surfboard sprays for Maddog. The iconic dog logo had arrived and ruled over Byron Bay - one version on a billboard greeting people into town was 14 meters tall. Meanwhile surf movie-maker, the late Chris Bystrom had seen the Storm Riders poster and wanted some of the same. Jim became Chris’s artist and good friend, producing 20 or more surf movie posters over the next 15 years.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">During this era Jim also dabbled in making surfboard wax with his iconic Green Stuff Board Wax label, designed t-shirts for Sportsart and Roo Shirts, co-founded a screen printing business called Mental Giants and hand drew surf maps of iconic breaks around the world. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em>Part of Jim's collection on exhibition at <a href="http://surfworldgoldcoast.com/">Surf World</a> </em><em>on the Gold Coast</em><br />
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<em></em><span style="color: #d9d2e9;">Before long Jim’s growing sons were coming of age and following in their father’s brush strokes. Jim and his son Shannon set up a surfboard spraying factory and companies like Mambo, Coca Cola, Dick Brewer and Gordon & Smith all had designs from the father and sons. By now, Jim’s second son Joel was painting some fantastic and wild designs, and the third son Jerrod was hot on the artistic trail too. The boys couldn't have avoided the artistic lifestyle - there was a drawing board and pens in every room of the house.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">Back at Mooball the local service station needed a face lift, so Jim suggested a cow theme and created a facade for the entire building and surroundings, adorning the town with black and white cow print and propelling Mooball into the spotlight on Rove TV and featuring in the Lonely Planet guide.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #d9d2e9;">These days Jim runs the nearby Burringbar General Store, a job neither connected to surfing nor art, but it allows him plenty of time to surf and plot his next assault on the surf art world. His contributions to the surf art have been wide and varied, and something tells us there’s plenty more to come.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Iain "Ratso" Buchanan, the former Cronulla pro surfer who turned his hand to judging and rose through the ranks to become head judge of the world professional (ASP) tour in Europe, returned to Cronulla on the weekend to celebrate with old surfing mates winning the 2011 World ASP Masters Surfing title in Brazil.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Photo: Prodigal son: Cronulla mates such as (from left, rear) Richard Maurer, Cameron Johnston, Barry Tyte and Mark Henderson gathered on Saturday when Iain "Ratso" Buchanan (front) got life membership after winning the World Masters surfing title. Picture: John Veage</td></tr>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The New Zealand-born Buchanan, 50, recently managed to topple Australia's former world open surf champion, Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew, to win the World Masters title. Rendering himself the first Kiwi to ever take the title.</span></div><br />
<span style="color: #b6d7a8; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While he was crowned at an end of the 2011 year ASP Tour Banquet last week in Queensland, his old Cronulla friends got together and decided to also toast his success at Cronulla's <a href="http://www.amoduscafe.com.au/">Amodus Cafe</a> on Saturday — and make him a life member of the <strong><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Cronulla Boardriders Club.</span></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">Want to read more? For the full story see:</span> <a href="http://www.theleader.com.au/news/local/sport/surfing/ratso-made-life-member/2478954.aspx">St George & Sutherland Shire Leader</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: #b6d7a8;">In case you missed it; for our story on Ratso's Masters win last year </span><a href="http://www.stevecoresurf.com/search/label/Ex-Cronulla%20Surfers">Click here</a></span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855082789775538038.post-11373396753881792612011-11-11T13:49:00.016+11:002011-11-11T15:04:43.402+11:00New Book: Australia's Hottest 100 Surfing Legends<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Noosa Heads, Queensland based, surf journalist and author, Phil Jarratt will launch is latest book, <strong><em><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Australia's Hottest 100 Surfing Legends</span></em></strong> at the Museum of Sydney on Sunday afternoon, November 13th.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Four times world champion <a href="http://www.markrichardssurfboards.com/">Mark Richards</a> will be on hand to officially launch the book.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MR, whose brilliant Backdoor Pipe bottom turn features on the cover of the book, will be joined by a stellar cast of champions, including Tom Carroll, Terry Fitzgerald, Simon Anderson, Mark Warren, Bruce Raymond, Rob Bain and Captain Goodvibes. Industry legend Shane Stedman [Luke Stedman's father] will co-host proceedings in a chat show format that is sure to produce a lot of laughs. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The launch, to be held in the Museum theatrette, is slated to run from 2:30pm to 4:30pm and is open to the public and free. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Everyone who visits for the launch is invited to view the Museum's current Surf City exhibition, presenting the history of surfing in Sydney from the 1950s, at the concession price of $5. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana;"><strong><span style="color: #e69138;">May we suggest:</span></strong> If you are looking for that extra stocking stuffer for that loved one who surfs - what a perfect opportunity to grab the book, get it signed on the spot and in addition; you'll get to rub shoulders with some of the book's iconic surf legends to boot!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">Author Phil Jarratt [right] with 1978 ASP World Champion</span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #9fc5e8;">and fellow Queenslander; Wayne 'Rabbit' Bartholomew</span></em></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A cash bar will operate at the lower level and guests are invited to bring the family, enjoy the show, and meet the legends of surfing over a leisurely beer or a coffee.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Author Phil Jarratt will be signing books before and after the show. The veteran surf journalist and author has written 27 books, including Mr Sunset, The Mountain & The Wave, Kelly Slater For The Love, and last year's Salts & Suits, which won him his third Australian Surf Culture Award and was short-listed for the Blake Dawson Prize. He is currently writing the official history </span><span style="color: #cccccc;">of Surfing Australia.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #e69138;">When:</span></strong> <span style="color: #93c47d;">Sunday Nov 13, 2:30pm until 4:30pm</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #e69138;">Where:</span></strong> <span style="color: #93c47d;">Museum of Sydney, Bridge St & Phillip St, Sydney</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="color: #e69138;">Cost:</span></strong> <span style="color: #93c47d;">Book Launch is free, with cash bar, Bonus: Surf City exhibition for a reduced entry of $5 for book launch attendees.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #93c47d; font-family: Verdana;"><em><span style="color: #cccccc;">Website for:</span></em> <a href="http://www.hht.net.au/museums/mos">Museum of Sydney</a></span><br />
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