Recent Comments
Diving in Cyprus on Michael Ho and Brewer single f… Doug on Once upon a time there was Pet… pat on Mosaic stairs Gordon’s B… Ned McMahon on Buttons made me remember why I… Mannuelsson on Australian Inventivity, Winged…
Category Archives: Localism
When Witzig turned on his brothers.
In the early 70s some young surfers had found a place to get right away from it all, society the Vietnam draft ,parents, police, a place that had great waves in the middle of no where a young person could … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Culture, Localism, Retro, Surfing Lifestyle
Tagged Cactus surfing, Images from Cactus book by Christo Reid
4 Comments
Fast Eddie welcoming Peter Townend to the Islands
I don’t think I have ever seen this photo published in a surf magazine, but it looks like Eddie Rothman giving PT a bit of Hawaiian hospitality, as Dane and Ian look on. This was taken around the time all … Continue reading
The late Gary Keating collected them and ripped them.
Posted in Beach Culture, Localism, Retro, Surfboards, Surfing, Surfing Lifestyle
Tagged Gary Keating surfer
Leave a comment
Michael Peterson impersonators.
Just like there are Elvis impersonators, here in Australia we have MP impersonators, there is usually one in every second coastal town. Men who felt a kin ship to MP and the style of life he lived while he was … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Culture, Localism, Surfing, Surfing Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Mystic Bay.
Sometimes you have moments when you think you know all there is about a subject and out of the blue a curve ball hits you and you realize you may only be half way home. It happened the other day … Continue reading
Remember when you were young
Flashback to the early 80s, and my friend went to a car show in Sydney and Toyota were doing a promotion, and offering a prize, if you found a hidden key you won the free hire of a Land cruiser … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, Localism, Retro, Surfing, Surfing Lifestyle, Sydney Scene
Tagged Cactus South Australia, surf trips
2 Comments
Break down dead ahead, Wilcannia.
My mate Johnny and myself we thought it was a type of right of passage when we were in our 20s to drive across Australia and sample the waves of the West Coast. I had the Kombi Johnny had a … Continue reading
Kneeboarding in the 70s.
When I started surfing in the 70s kneeboarding was a popular thing especially around the reefs of Sydney there was always a cluster of them that liked to take off late and deep and hunt those hard to get tubes. … Continue reading
Posted in Beach Culture, Kneeboarding, Localism, Surfboards, Surfing
Tagged Kneeboarding in the 70s, Mark Skinner, Peter Crawford, Rex Huffman, Steve Lis
Leave a comment
lyttlestreet 