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| The Canberra Times 2 May 1970, page 33. US West Coast surfing champion Rolf Arness, 18, is one of a number of overseas champions who will compete in the World Surfboard Championships which begin at Torquay and Bells Beach, Victoria, today. Arness, the
son of TV Western star James Arness, has been
in Australia
for about a month preparing for the titles
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He is pictured heading for the water at Bells Beach, which is renowned for producing some of the most even and consistent surf in the world. Trove 1970 'Junior hockey', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 2 May, p. 33. , viewed 05 Sep 2018 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110319246 Note: The surfer looks more like Victoria's Wayne Lynch rather than Rolf Aurness from California. |
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The Canberra Times
4 May 1970, page 14. Poor surf mars World titles
MELBOURNE, Sunday. — The World surf riding championships at Bells Beach were postponed today because of poor surfing conditions. They were planned to begin on Saturday morning, but international officials considered small poor quality surf over the Weekend was below standard. About 10,000 people lined the cliff
tops and beach at Bells
today and saw the world champions take part in
paddling relays and trick-riding.
When they were not in the water the gaily dressed competitors huddled in groups or sat in their cars to escape the chill. Bogged
cars
The only people who missed out on the boardriding were army men who spent most of the day towing bogged cars out of the mud. Surfing
officials hope
the
titles will
begin tomorrow.
Top
American
competitor
Corky Carroll,
suspended
from the titles
on Friday,
will take part.
Carroll
was suspended
for allegedly
using insulting
and indecent
language
to a Torquay
hotel proprietor
and his wife.
A
meeting
of
international
officialsconsidered
a written apology
by Carroll
early on
Saturday
morning and
lifted
the
suspension.
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 Hawaiian surfers Anella Sunn, left, and her sister, Martha, are well prepared for the cold as they head for the surf at Bell's Beach, Victoria. The girls used the
postponement of the titles yesterday as a
chance to
practise on the small surf which was running on the beach. |
| The Canberra Times 5 May 1970, page 24. US,
Australia lead surfing
MELBOURNE, Monday. — Australian and American surfers dominated the heats of the first round of the world surfing championships at Bells Beach today. The two teams won 10 of the 13 events. Australian surfers, at home in the cold water, gained five first placings, four seconds and two thirds. This means that 11 of the 12 male members of the team have qualified for the quarter finals, scheduled to begin tomorrow morning. Australia's former world champions, Robert Young and Midget Farrelly, both won their heats from top international surfers. |
 at Bells Beach yesterday during heats of the surfing championships. |
 The controversial American,
Corky Carroll, pictured on Tuesday catching a
big wave at
Bells Beach, Victoria, where the fifth world surfing championships are at present being held. He was temporarily suspended
after an incident at the hotel in which the
American team is staying.
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 on a 3 2ft wave on Monday in the quarter-final in which he came equal first with Peter Drouyn, also of Australia. |
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One of the many spectators, left, caught plenty of attention himself with his colourful caftan, coupled with beard and flowing locks. His bright red velvet outfit was merely one of the many such attires to be seen among the international competitors. These spectators, some of
whom had pitched tents on the beach
and who intended to camp out for the
duration of the championships, had two
obvious factors in common as they sat
in the bleak conditions at Bells Beach
on Monday.
Besides their unquestioned devotion to the art of surfing, they appeared also to have plenty of hair among them. |
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| The
Canberra Times 15 May 1970, page 26. Arness
wins surfing title
Rolf Arness, 18, of the United States, shows the unusual style which won him the world surfboard championship at Johanna in Victoria on Wednesday. The winner was announced yesterday. MELBOURNE, Thursday. — Rolf Arness, 18, of North Hollywood, California, is the 1970 world surfboard champion. The final was held at Johanna 30 miles west of Apollo Bay on Wednesday but the results were not announced until today. Arness is the first "goofy foot" surfer to win a world title. As a "goofyfoot" he surfs with his back to the wave. Most surfers ride side-on to the wave so they can watch how it is breaking. He was winner on the cards of all seven judges. |
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| Papua New Guinea Post-Courier 19 May 1970, page 22. A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK.
Rolf Arness, 18, surfs like his father James Arness — alias Marshall Dillon in the TV. series Gunsmoke —draws a gun. But despite
his unusual
'goofy-footing" style, Rolf of North Hollywood,
California, was announced as winner of the world surfing
championship.
The finals
were held at Johanna Beach, southern Victoria.
Trove 1970 '‘Marshall’s’ son takes title', Papua New Guinea Post-Courier (Port Moresby : 1969 - 1981), 19 May, p. 22. , viewed 07 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250189790 |
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| 1970 Australian Womens' Weekly : James and Rolf Arness, Bells Beach. Australian Women's Weekly 20 May 1970, pages 8 and 9. Article by Maureen Bang, photographs by Les Gorrie.  |
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| The
Canberra Times 23 May 1970, page 19. WHAT would make the world women's surfing champion of 10 days come to Canberra, renowned for its lousy curlers on the one watery surface in the town? Sharron
Weber, 22, of Honolulu, Hawaii, was "just passing through" yesterday on her way from a series of Victorian beaches where the championships were held two weeks ago.
From
Canberra she was off to Sydney for a few days, then Queensland, where she will try out still more Australian waves.
After all
that she will whip off to California for a dose of American sun, then pop over to London to tell her parents about her recent win.
They still have not been informed.
"I was
going to send them a telegram, but sort of haven't got around to it", she said.
Sharron
started surfing six years ago.
This
was her third attempt at the
world
women's record.
She
was runner-up
at the last surfboard riding championships in Puerto Rico two years ago and had had a
go
at the prize at San Diego before that.
Now she's finally won, she
really
doesn't feel all that much different, she says.
"I've
no particular ambitions now", she said,
"But
I'll have another go at the next
championships, which will be held in
our country in 1972".
Sharron regarded Johanna, and
Bell's Beach, both Victorian
beaches, as Australia's best,
but qualified that with,
"but we've got the best surf
back, in Hawaii.
Our waves are better quality
than yours.
Ours 'tube' over". |
The
Canberra Times 23 May 1970, page 33.  Sharron
Weber, world woman surfboard-riding
champion,
takes a hint from the secretary of the Australian Surfriders Association, David Harrison, of Melbourne. 1970 'In the ACT courts', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 23 May, p. 33. , viewed 05 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110322860 |
| Tribune Sydney, 2 September 1970, page 7. Surfie
Communes
By Denis Freney
THERE are
hundreds of young surfies
living in "communes" in towns along the
Queensland South Coast and the north coast
of NSW, and
elsewhere.
The "surfies"
are a growing phenomenon among youth in NSW and
Queensland.
The surfies
form, with the "hippies" and other groupings,
the beginnings in Australia of a phenomenon
which is sweeping the USA — that of the youth
"counter culture".
1970 'The Surfie Communes', Tribune (Sydney, NSW : 1939 - 1976), 2 September, p. 7. , viewed 06 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237504572 Residents
of a surfie commune at Bells
Bay, Victoria , give the V-sign.
(Photo:
John Wizig?)
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| The Australian
Women's Weekly 25 November 1970, page 66. The
Fems freedom movement started in the surf
.
 And
stay sitting pretty ... even when the waves turn
wild.
Trove 1970 'Advertising', The Australian Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), 25 November, p. 66. , viewed 08 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46241798 |
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The Canberra Times
10 December, p. 26 Young's Christmas Shopper
Stoppers
... MEN'S SURF BOARD SHORTS Popular
longer-leg board shorts in a choice of
wild patterns and mod colours.
$2-95 Trove 1970 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 10 December, p. 26. , viewed 08 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110443143 |
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