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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Big Daddy Ed Roths, Surf Nazi Helmets, before surfing took itself seriously.
In the mid early to mid 60s surfing was just coming off its first major boom period which is generally contributed to the Gidget phenomena, and then all the kitsch movies and basically any product that may attract the … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, Hotrods, Retro, Surfing, Surfing Lifestyle
Tagged Big Daddy Ed Roth, Surf nazi helmets, Trikes
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The great Peter Crawford, talks about his kneeboard.
Posted in Kneeboarding, Retro
Tagged 70s kneeboarding, Crozier surfboards, Peter Crawford surfer, slab kneeboards
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Surfin hearse, and South Coast weird.
Found this Hearse on Ebay a number of years back, for some odd reason I always had a soft spot for hearses, after seeing movies like “Harold and Maud” and seeing pictures of the one Ed Roth used to travel … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Culture, Cars, Surfing Lifestyle
Tagged South coast N.S.W., surfing hearse, V8 Chrysler, VH valiant, Werri Beach
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The ultimate in beach side cool.
These shots taken from the movie, “The Thomas Crown Affair” Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, zooming around the sand dunes in his custom made dune buggy. As they say one arm around the babe the other on the steering wheel … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Culture, Cars, Chicks, Hotrods, Retro
Tagged beach buggy, Beach cool, Dune buggy, Steve McQueen, The Thomas Crown Affair
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Enjoying some of Bali’s mellower waves.
I was recently in Bali and took a longboard over with me for the first time in a number of years and wanted to ride a few waves I had not ridden for a long time. The last time I … Continue reading
Dazi finding some room to move on this 8 ft gun in Bali.
Posted in Surfboards, Surfing
Tagged Bali righthanders, East coast Bali, McCoy surfboards., Surfing Bali
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Reno riding the board that inspired M.R.
This is a photo of Reno Abellira riding a small 5′ 7″ fish in the 1977 Coke contest at North Narrabeen. The event was held in tiny waves and Reno was making the most of it on this twin fin, … Continue reading
Posted in Retro, Surfboards, Surfing
Tagged Coke surf contest, Mark Richards surfer, Reno Abellira surfer, Twin fin development
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