HONOLULU, Monday (AAP).
Australia's Peter Drouyn, showing magnificent control, won
the 18 th annual Makaha International Surfing Championships
senior division yesterday in
Honolulu. He became the first Australian
to win the covoted title since Midget Farrelly in 1962. Drouyn
previously had been placed second in the Duke Kahanamoku
invitational at Sunset Beach and fourth in the Smirnoff
world championships. Peruvian Felipe Pomar took
second place in yesterday's Makaha event and American Jeff
Hakaman,
winner of the Duke Kahanamoku meet, was third. Mark
Sedlak and Brandt Ackerman, both Americans, were placed
fourth and fifth and Australian Keith Paull was the sixth
finalist. The Makaha surfing championships
had been postponed for two weeks because of glassy seas but
yesterday morning eight to 12ft waves began coming in and
officials not only were able to complete the post poned
Makaha International but also the Makaha open men's
division, which had been postponed from November because of
poor
waves. Clyde Aikau of the Hawaiian
Diamond Head surf club won the Makaha open.
There were no Australians in the top five. Trove 1971 'Makaha
surf title to Australian.', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 5 January, p.
16, viewed 7 March, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110446994 The
Canberra Times
8 January 1971, page 13.
SURFBOARDS.
Cash for used boards in
good condition up to 8ft.
Purple Eve Surfshop, Canberra Ave Fyshwick.
Near John Grant's motor cycles.
Open till 9pm tonight and till midday tomorrow, weekdays till 6pm.
Trove
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
8 January, p. 13. , viewed 08 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110447734 The
Canberra Times
9 January 1971, page 25.
SURFBOARD. Be the first
with the new Chine hull board.
A 5ft 6in McTavish
shaped Kevin Platt board.
498821 after l pm.
SURFBOARD. Gordon Woods,
excel cond. 9ft, $30.
89 Melba Street.
Downer.
Trove
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra Times
(ACT : 1926 - 1995), 9 January, p. 25. , viewed 08 Sep
2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110447930 The Canberra Times
13 January 1971, page 35.
SURFBOARD Spaid 6ft $55 ono. 813825. (Spade Surfboards?) SURF board, good condition 6ft.
$50 ono. Ph 731326 Trove
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 13
January, p. 35. , viewed 08 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110448612
The Canberra Times
16 January 1971, page 26.
SURFBOARDS
The Purple Eye Surf Shop,
Ampol Bld, Canberra Ave,
Fyshwick has now in stock the Chine Hull board by Bob
McTavish, Qld.
Open till noon today, till 6pm week days.
Look for the sign on the surfboard.
SURFBOARD, good condition, one
stringer, 813367. SURFBOARD, good cond, 8 ft suit beg. $40, LPs, Hendrix,
Who, Puckett, Bach on Moog $3-50 each, Ph 815670. SURF Board as new $55 ono. Ph 480610. Trove
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
16 January, p. 26. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110449459
The Canberra Times
20 January 1971, page 38.
BOOK
REVIEW by MICHAEL FOSTER Hanging five from
angles A PICTORIAL HISTORY Of
SURFING, by Frank Morgan and Ben R. Finney, Paul Hamlyn,
$4-95; PP. 319 plus index.
There have been relatively
few attempts to produce definitive books on this fascinating
subject which has otherwise drawn extensive attention from
songwriters and film makers. As one of the 'pictorial history' series, this book
offers an attempt to embrace surfing comprehensively,
whether surf life saving or board-riding, to detail
development and extensively illustrate each. It is a book well worth having but the parallel study
of two widely disparate movements grates at times. On the one hand you have a movement born in mateship
and depending on teamwork and dedication for survival, and
on the other a near-cult, a highly individualistic, fiercely
competitive activity which pits the ego and the man against
the waves and the other egos and individuals. Their only common ground is that both depend on the
seas. The book is lavishly illustrated in terms of quantity,
but the quality, particularly on the board-riding, is
disappointing. When one considers the thousands of breathtaking
pictures one sees of board-riders, one seeks in vain for
consistency in this book. Some are fine examples of particular action but there
are few which are really evocative. There are some peculiar little errors too, such as
referring to the sweep in a surfboat as the stroke, small
things but annoying to the buff at whom the book presumably
is aimed. Who ever told the authors that the surf ski was unknown
outside Australia had never been to New Zealand either. These things said, it must be admitted that the scope
of the book is very wide and the research and theories on
various aspects of the two movements quite fascinating. Many of the pictures, poorer in quality than might be
expected, might well at the same time be the only ones
available to illustrate the relevant points. The reader can form his own opinions on these
questions. I found it better to read the letterpress and study the
pictures separately as they do not complement each other
through the book, but rather tell their own tales with some
fascinating reproductions of old prints and paintings or
drawings covering the origins of surfing in Hawaii. Later, the illustrations deal extensively with first
surf life-saving then board riding. Some are particularly good pictures, as they must be in
a medium which offers classic opportunities for drama and
action, but many are repetitive and peculiarly lacking in
aiy feeling for the surf. However, the better ones are enough to carry the book,
the only pity being that they could not all fill the promise
of the very effective montage on the dust jacket. On Page 200 there is one of the shots one expects of
four men in two waves at Sunset, and three pages earlier the
scene a few seconds later. On 224 there is another expressive shot of a girl with
problems at Makaha and on 244 and 245 two shots illustrating
a wave making machine in a reservoir in the Arizona Desert. You have to believe the camera. In spite of the criticism the book is a good one to
have if you like, or want to understand, the surf and the
cults it has fostered. The plenitude of illustrations and the easy style of
writing make it a book you can plough through all at once,
or one in which you can browse and reflect, just as you
choose. Trove
1971 'BOOK REVIEW Hanging five from all angles', The
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 20 January, p. 38. ,
viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110450036
The Australian
Women's Weekly 20 January 1971, page 6.
The
Fems freedom movement started in the surf
.
And
stay sitting pretty ... even when the waves turn
wild.
S'BOARD, 9ft 6in, Woods, very good condition,
best offers. 813014. SURF board, Farrelly, 6ft 6in, good cond.
489843. SURFBOARD: Farrelly, pintail, seven foot, good order
$30. 33 Gooreen St, Braddon. S/BOARD 'Wallace' 5ft 7in $65. 810267. Trove
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
27 January, p. 33. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110451480
Sawtell Guardian
NSW, 4 February 1971, page 1.
We are greatly indebted to the following, whose donations
made the whole Festival possible:
...
Coopers Surfboard
Store,Coffs
Harbour Jetty; Trove
1971 'AUST. DAY FUN FESTIVAL', Sawtell
Guardian (NSW : 1971 - 1975), 4 February, p. 1. , viewed 09
Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247254083The Beverley Times
WA, 5 February 1971, page 1.
District
youths involved in rescue at Albany
Five visiting teenage boys rescued an elderly swimmer from
the rip at Middleton Beach, Albany. on Saturday, January 23. The boys, two using surf boards, swam out to the man
and brought him safely to the shore. They were Ron Ridgway of Kokeby, Billy Walker &
Myles Hadlow of Quairading, Lester Poultney of Pingelly and
Clive Baxter of East Fremantle. The man rescued, believed to be a visitor from Perth,
got into difficulties after swimming near the rip. He was able to leave the beach unaided. Trove
1971 'District youths involved in rescue at Albany', The
Beverley Times (WA : 1905 - 1977), 5 February, p. 1. ,
viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202738523
The Canberra Times
10 February 1971, page 3.
Surf
ban 'amazing'
SYDNEY, Tuesday. Sutherland Shire Council's decision to ban South
Africa's surf life-saving team has amazed the Australian
life saving chief, Sir Adrian Curlewis. "I "don't accept the ban", said Sir Adrian, who is the
president of the National Council of the Surf Life Saving
Association of Australia. Sutherland Council last night refused North Cronulla
Surf Club permission to hold an Australian-South Africa Test
on March 27. The president, Cr Gietzeit, said today the seven-five
vote was a matter of conscience. "We will stand firm on it", he said. He said South Africa had excluded its best surfer from
the team because he was black. Trove
1971 'Surf ban 'amazing'', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926
- 1995), 10 February, p. 3. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110454299
The Canberra Times 12 February 1971, page 17.
SURF board 6' 6 as new $45. 8 Becke PI,
Garran. 810020. SURFBOARDS. five twin finners from $75, nine single
finners from $45 Surfgear T-shirts, wax, board shorts, etc. Purple Eye Surf Shop, Ampol Bld, Canberra Ave,
Fyshwick. Open today 9am till 12 noon SURFBOARDS, surf-gear, Long cords $8, short cords
$4-55, board shorts $5, twin finners $75, single finners
$45, Purple Eve Surf Shop, Ampol Bld, Canberra
Ave,Fyshwick. Open today 9am to 5.30pm. Tonight 7pm till 9pm. Trove
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
12 February, p. 17. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110454810
The Canberra Times
13 March 1971, page 17.
WAVES OF CHANGE COLOR SURFING FILM
Starring
Nat Young, David Nuuhiwa and others ALBERT HALL Wednesday and Thursday,
March 17 and 18 Special short Ski the
Outer Limits Screening from 8 p.m.
Trove
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
13 March, p. 17. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110342811
The
Canberra Times
13 March 1971, page 32.
Surf film in Canberra
A surfing film which has been nominated for an academy award
as a documentary and which ran for 15 nights in Sydney to a
general audience will run for two nights in Canberra next
week. The film, the first of this kind to run in Canberra for
several months, is 'Waves of Change' and features foolage on
surfing in Santa Cruz, Hawaii, Portugal, France and Puerto
Rico. The film was made by Greg MacGillivray and Jim Freeman. It features champion surfers Mark Martinson, Nat Young
and David Nuuhiwa and will be shown at the Albert Hall next
Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Trove
1971 'Surf film in Canberra', The Canberra Times (ACT :
1926 - 1995), 13 March, p. 32. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110342738
The
Canberra Times
19 March 1971, page 18.
QUACKING
A WAVE
Donald the cluck shows Phillippa Canncy, 16, the
motionless, deadpan style that has made him famous
among the surfers at Moana beach, near Adelaide. When he is not on
a board, Donald likes to watch television.
Inspiring films of skiing and surfing By MICHAEL FOSTER
On Wednesday night I saw two of the most technically
inspiring and evocative movies I have seen.
They were 'Skiing the Outer Limits' and 'Waves of Change',
one on the snow sport and the other on surfing.
They were shown at the Albert Hall and repealed last night.
It is hard to describe with mere words the absolute beauty
of these portrayals of men in motion in their chosen
recreational environment, accentuated as it is by camera
work of amazing empathy and technical ability.
One shows how skiers forever push toward new limits of
performance, the other how surfers react to the sea and draw
their enjoyment
at its ultimate from total identification and understanding.
Emotion
in photography
In both the photography catches each emotion individually
and successively, from pure enjoyment to stimulating fear,
and also the excitement of flying snow and turbulent water. Each has a message, that man may identify with his
environment for his enjoyment, and must identify to survive. It is a message made easier to understand, and
therefore more urgent, in this context. Trove
1971 'Inspiring films of skiing and surfing', The Canberra
Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 19 March, p. 16. , viewed 14 Sep
2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110343791
The Canberra Times
19 March 1971, page 7.
Charges denied by surfer Photograph:Mr Young
LISMORE, Thursday. The former world surfboard - riding champion Mr Nat
Young, pleaded not guilty today to five charges in Byron Bay
Petty Sessions. Mr Young, 23, was charged under the name of Robert
Harold Young, professional surfer, of Bangalow Road, Byron
Bay. He pleaded not guilty to resisting arrest, assaulting
Constable John Woodlands of Byron Bay police, using unseemly
words, behaving in an offensive manner and failing to
produce a driving licence.
Smooth
tyre
Mr Young pleaded guilty to
a further charge of having driven a vehicle with a smooth
tyre. Mr A. H. Carless, SM, remanded Mr Young to August 19
and allowed him bail of $100. Police alleged the offences occurred at Captain Cook
Lookout, Byron Bay, on February 24. Trove
1971 'Charges denied by surfer', The Canberra Times (ACT :
1926 - 1995), 19 March, p. 7. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110343925
The
Australian Women's Weekly 24 March 1971, page 19.
20 good
ideas for HAPPY CAMPING
By Mare Carter
...
19. CHOOSING THE RIGHT
PLACE TO GO is IMPORTANT:
Do some research at
the planning stage.
There is a wealth of information available in pamphlets
from the Government departments (Tourist Bureau, Parks and
Wildlife Department, the Museum), maps, too. Some recently published books contain stimuli for years
of holidaying. Among these are two books on Australia's national
parks, one by Vincent Serventy, the other by Michael
Morcombe. Another is "Surf Beaches of Australia's East Coast," by
Jeff Carter, which I recommend to beach campers without
prejudice because it lists every camping area between Noosa
Heads, Queensland, and Bell's Beach near Lorne in Victoria.
Trove
1971 '20 good ideas for HAPPY CAMPING', The Australian
Women's Weekly (1933 - 1982), 24 March, p. 19. , viewed
14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article52260266
The Canberra
Times 2 April 1971, page 12.
the innermost Limits of Pure fun
A SURFING EXPERIENCE!
-a George
Greenough-film...
These arc sights you never expect to see on film
The Sun
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.
The Australian Surfing Championships being held at Bells
Beach, near Geelong, were called off today due to
unfavourablesurf. A judge from NSW, Mr Geoff Lutton, said later the
championships were at a crucial stage with many topsurfers
grouped together and in today's conditions it would
be impossible to separate them. Trove
1971 'Surf titles called off', The Canberra Times (ACT :
1926 - 1995), 14 April, p. 30. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110348467
The
Canberra Times 30 April 1971, page 18.
LIFESAVERS
FOR TAIWAN
SYDNEY, Thursday. A team of 15 Australian lifesavers has been invited to
teach surf lifesaving techniques in Taiwan. The team will carry out un intensive training program
in Taiwan for two weeks in July. In this time it hopes to train at least 90 young
Chinese youths to bronze medallion standard. The team will also spend some time in Japan, Indonesia
and Hong Kong. This will be the first Asian tour of its kind made by
Australian surf lifesavers.
UP TO MAY 1971 The
Canberra Times 29 May 1971, page 27. SURF b, good cond, suit begnr. Phone 479893. SURFBOARD, Wood's, new, suit beginner. 498487. SURF board, radical spade twin fin, clear deck, purple
bleed bottom $60. Apply 52 Tyson Street, Ainslie Saturday or Sunday
morning. Trove
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
29 May, p. 27. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131809415
The
Canberra Times 7 June 1971, page 19.
TV Guide: Tuesday
8 June 1971
...
9.25 (ABC) Getting Back To Nothing
A film on the 1970
World Championships at Bell's Beach, Victoria,
exploring the lives and attitudes of some of
the world's top surfers. Trove
1971 'MONDAY', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 -
1995), 7 June, p. 19. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131810899
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra
Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 11 June, p. 15. ,
viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131811728 The
Canberra Times 22 June 1971, page 24.
SUCCESSFUL COMEBACK
NEWCASTLE,
Monday.
Father John
Cootes, Western Suburbs Rugby League Club's
international star, was unmoved by his
sensational return to football at Harker
Memorial Oval yesterday.
Father
Cootes, who was playing for the first time
since breaking his retirement, which he had
announced last November, scored five tries,
two in the reserve grade match and three in
the first grade.
He came on
to the wing in the first grade game after half
time and scored two quick tries which steered
West to a 41-20 win over Central Charlestown.
Commenting
on his successful re-entry to the league
spotlight Father Cootes said, "It was just
another day's football.
I find just as much enjoyment in
surfing.
"I certainly
do not intend to give surfing
away because of football".
Trove
1971 'SUCCESSFUL COMEBACK', The Canberra Times (ACT
: 1926 - 1995), 22 June, p. 24. , viewed 14 Sep
2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131813456 The Canberra Times 30 June 1971, page 29.
SURFING
EQUIPMENT Surf Shop Closing Sale 2 new speed boards, save $20;
4 used boards best offers; wet suits, save $10; T shirts,
roof racks, etc, etc. Big savings. All stock must go
this Friday night, July 2. 6pm to 9pm. 289 Canberra Avenue, Fyshwick.
Trove
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 -
1995), 30 June, p. 29. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131814776
The
Canberra Times
27 July 1971, page 21.
Surf
team
HONG KONG, Monday
(AAP-Reuter).
A 15 man Australian surf life saving team has arrived
in Hong Kong to train with local swimmers and help
form a club. The team will stay there for four days before
leaving for Japan and Taipei on Wednesday. Trove
1971 'Surf team', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 -
1995), 27 July, p. 21. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110669597
The Canberra Times
20 November 1971, page 29.
Zippy surf boards half price, all ex condition. 21Sprent Street, Narrabundah. SURF board, 5ft 10in Shane. 497005 SURFBOARD, Clark 9'3",suitable
beginner, $25 ono. Phone 957063. SURFBOARD, Wilderness 6' 8". 129 Irvine Street,Watson, Sat. SURF board, 7ft 5, good cond. Phone 881293. SURFBOARDS custom built by top Sydney and Qld surfer-
Shapers, 1-2 week, free delivery, PO Box 16Ainslie (2602). Ph 486820. SURFBOARD good condition suit beginner. 7'7". 957951. SURFBOARD, 7*11", Barry Bennett, $40. Phone after 12noon, 863272. SURFBOARD, 7'10". good , cond, $45. Suit beginner. Ph 485179. Trove
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
20 November, p. 29. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110689015
The Canberra Times
4 December 1971, page 33.
EXPRESSION
SURF BOARDS $65 Plus free T-shirt and wax Brand new Latest shapes ★ Made
locally ★ Blanks from
$21 ★ Resins ★ Board
shorts ★ Hire
service available ★Fibreglass ★ Fins ★ Custom orders $90 JOHN PURNELL SPORTS STORE Manuka: 951191
Trove
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
4 December, p. 33. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110692347
The Canberra Times
4 December 1971, page 12.
Jeff Carter SURF BEACHES OF AUSTRALIA'SEAST
COAST Reduced to $1.95 DALTONSBOOKSHOP
Trove
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 4
December, p. 12. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110692482
The
Canberra Times 4 December 1971, page 27.
SURFBOARDS custom built by top Sydney and Qld surfer
- Shapers, 1-2 week free delivery, PO Box 16 Ainslie (2602). Ph 486820 SURF board fibreglass v/j cond. $20. 489208. SURFBOARD, 1971 Shane, 5ft 6in, used once. Idea! Gift. 8 Banner St, O'Connor. SURFBOARD 7'10" as new $45. Phone 956383. SURF Board 5ft 10", good condition $40. 479751. SURFBOARD, Gordon Smith, 8'5", suit 11 stone beginner,
$40. Phone 957020. SURFBOARD, 7ft 5in. Best offer. Phone 881293. Trove
1971 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
4 December, p. 27. , viewed 14 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110692318
The
Canberra Times 11 December 191, page 37.
Surfing
HONOLULU, Friday
(AAP).
Australia's Terry
Fitzgerald was placed sixth in a field of eight in
the wildest championship in the history of the Duke
Kahanamoku surfing classic at Sunset
Beach.
Winds of more than
25 knots and surf up to 12ft high battered the
finalists as they competed for the SUS2.675 ($2,400)
in prize money.
The winner
was Jeff Hakman of Hawaii.
Trove
1971 'Surfing', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 -
1995), 11 December, p. 37. , viewed 09 Sep 2018,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110694035
The Canberra Times
22 December 1971, page 9.
SYDNEY, Tuesday. A Towradgi man who saved two people from drowning off
Wollongong's south beach was awarded today a bronze medal
for bravery by the Royal Humane Society of NSW. Mr Keith William Humphries, 22, made two unsuccessful
attempts to rescue a man off south beach just after midnighton January 23. When police car headlights picked up the struggling man
again, Mr Humphries braved rough surf and a rip to take a
surf board out to him. On the return journey he rescued a
second person who had got into difficulties tryingto
assist him. Trove
1971 'Awards for West Gate gallantry', The Canberra Times
(ACT : 1926 - 1995), 22 December, p. 9. , viewed 14 Sep
2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110696140
The Canberra Times 22
November 1983, page 18
Sailboarding
MERIMBULA INTERNATIONAL WAVE CLASSIC
Open men: Craig Yestor (Hawaii) 1, Richard Whyte (Hawaii) 2,
Malta Simmer (Hawaii) 3, Mark Paul (Aust) 4, Midget Farrelly (Aust) 5.
Expression session: Randy Naish (Hawaii) 1,
Scott O'Connor (Aust) 2, Craig
O'Connor (Aust).
Women: Claire Seeger (UK) 1, Katrina Bull (Aust) 2, Priscilla
Farrelly (Aust) 3.
Trove 1983 'SPORTS RESULTS, DETAIL.', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 22 November,
p. 18, viewed 7 March, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116396881 The
Canberra Times 8 January 1972, page 25.
SURFBoard 18 months old,
good performer, no dings $45.
Phone 882916 or call, 22 Wollum Crcs, Rivett.
SURFBOARD 9' $30.
Phone 988176.
SEVEN ft Gordon Woods surfboard,
good condition.
Phone 958121.
SURFBoard. S. Dillon 7' 6" $45.
47 Nemarang Cres, Waramanga.
WOODS surfboard,
6'6". best offer.
63 Lowanna
Street, Braddon.
Trove
1972 'Advertising', The Canberra
Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 8 January, p. 25. ,
viewed 28 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101751930 The
Canberra Times 15 January 1972, page 22.
SURFBOARD, as new
condition, avail for inspect between 9 and 12 Sat., 43
Goulburn St... Macquarie.
Price by negotiation.
SURFERS
Ripcurl wet suits and surfmals
complete range reduced prices. Ph 951204.
SURFBOARDS
8 new custom Ripcurl Larkins [?] to
clear $75. Ph 951204.
SURFboard,
9ft 6in $22. Ph 957188.
SURF Board, 8ft 6in,
$35, exe cond. Ph 512791.
Trove
1972 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 -
1995), 15 January, p. 22. , viewed 28 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101752752
The
Canberra Times 22 January 1972, page 29.
SURFBOARD Skipp 5' 3". 821056.
SURFBOARD
7ft Hohensee Pintail, good condition, S70. Ph 821 173.
Trove
1972 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 -
1995), 22 January, p. 29. , viewed 28 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101753904 The Canberra Times 5 February 1972, page 25.
SURFBOARD, 7ft, Wallace, good condition, $40.
Phone 491892.
SURFBOARD, Graham King, 5' 10", good
condition. Ph 498260 after 6pm Saturday,
SURFBOARDS. New, from $75. Blanks
shaped to .order, $40 _ (including blank).
Repairs.
Alan BIyth Surfboards. 116 St
Vincent St, Ulladulla.
SURFERS
Ripcurl boards from $70 and
wetsuits.
Phone
951204 discounts.
SURFBOARDS,
wedge 6' 6", new summer shapes. Also used board.
477117.
Trove
1972 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT
: 1926 - 1995), 5 February, p. 25. ,
viewed 28 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101755849
The Canberra Times
3 March 1972, page 3.
Boards stolen
Three
members of the Queensland surf
team from Surfers Paradise had
two surfboards, a Neilsen and
a Kenn, stolen from the car park
of a Canberra hotel on Wednesday
night.
Trove
1972 'Boards stolen', The Canberra
Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), 3 March,
p. 3. , viewed 09 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102200209
Tharunka
Kensington, NSW, 11 April 1972, page 13.
MORNING OF THE EARTH
"Earth you were magnificent through
the pain of being born .... It was
the morning of the earth".
G.
Wayne Thomas
Billed
variously as a "positive ecological
statement" and as the "total
rock-surf trip", that all-Australian
film by Albert Falzon is strictly
speaking neither.
Rather
"Morning of the Earth" is a creation
- a creation of a planet of
beautiful dimensions and forms; a
creation of an animal at one with
this dawning planet, at one with the
colours and shapes of a world of
nature and water; a world being
extruded from molten rocks and
swirling clouds of gas.
Out
of a foaming wave streaks an object,
hair flying, body twisting; a Venus
emerging half-naked - the surfie.
He is the animal who has established
a rapport with the essence of a
young, not yet pubescent world.
You
can take or leave this suggestion
that the surfie is the height of all
creation but you definitely cannot
leave unseen the film which, despite
photographic imperfections in
places, is a tremendous statement of
Australian youth searching, through
film and music, for a young world
when "one ocean once covered the
world".
"We
are the measure of all things.
And the beauty of our creation, of
our art, is proportional to the
beauty of ourselves, of our souls."
Jonas Mekas.
Scott Robertson Trove
1972 'MORNING OF THE EARTH', Tharunka
(Kensington, NSW : 1953 - 2010), 11
April, p. 13. , viewed 09 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article228114076
The Canberra Times 9 May 1972, page 25.
NSW riders take
surfing heat
SYDNEY, Monday.
Young NSW surf board riders Simon
Anderson and Mark Richards outclassed
a strong field to take first and
second placings in the opening round
of the Australian junior championships
at North Narrabeen today.
Queensland's
Wayne Bartholomew finished third
with Bruce Raymond of NSW fourth.
The
onshore winds subsided by lunch
and the first round of the women's
championships have been postponed
until tomorrow.
Former champion Ted
Harvey won the first round of
the Australian senior
championships.
He just got home
ahead of title- holder, Brian
Austin of Queensland, with NSW
champion Bob Pike third.
Fourth place went
to Russell King, NSW, followed
by Victorian Jim Howard with Ken
Hall of NSW sixth.
The star-studded
field had to compete with
changing conditions.
First the riders
battled 6-8ft waves but in the
hour-long final session, they
had to move up and down the
beach seeking good surf.
Trove
1972 'NSW riders take surfing heat', The
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
9 May, p. 25. , viewed 09 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102020266 The
Canberra Times
13 May 1972, page 32.
Surf Titles
SYDNEY. Friday.
NSW
champion Grant Oliver scored a
narrow win in the first semi-final
of round three in the Australian
Men's Open Surfboard championships
at North Narrabeen today.
A
strong southerly wind forced
officials to call off the
afternoon events, which will now
be held early tomorrow.
A man
who brought Indian hemp back from a
surfing trip to South Africa,
Mr John Peter Ritchie, 22, painter, of
Cowes, was jailed for 15 months by Judge
Shillito in the Melbourne County Court
on Friday.
Trove
1972 'IN BRIEF Anti-bomb slogan at French
Embassy', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 -
1995), 12 June, p. 3. , viewed 09 Sep
2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102025899
Woroni
Canberra, ACT, 28 June 1972, page 13.
Virginal...
We are
proud to announce that eight ANU surfers
performed in their virginal intervarsity
in Sydney, and finished fourth, which is
very commendable.
No doubt
they will do even better when they
are more experienced. Trove
1972 'SPORT SHORTS', Woroni (Canberra,
ACT : 1950 - 2007), 28 June, p. 13. ,
viewed 09 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140092413 Sawtell
Guardian
NSW, 3 August 1972, page 1.
CANOE FOR
SAWTELL S.L.S. CLUB
In the hope that the possibility
of a thrill or two might attract
more new members the Sawtell Surf
Life Saving Club has purchased a
New Zealand surf canoe.
This
is believed to be the first of its
kind to be used in this fashion in
Australia.
The
Club bought the canoe from a surf
club at Waimari in New Zealand for
a cost of $100.
It's
been named "The Lion", measures 19
feet and has three water tight
bulkheads.
The
craft can be used for rescue work,
competitions or just plain fun.
Even
though it's winter time and there
are not many visitors in town, the
boys had a crowd of about fifty
people to watch the launching last
Sunday.
The Abel Tasman transported the
canoe free of charge for the club
and already they have received
donations towards its cost from:
Vince Penn of Sawtell Hardware $5,
Hugh Betts of Betts Distributors
$5 and Bill and Nancye Sanders of
Sanders Real Elstate $10.
Any
other donations can be sent
to Mr. Phil Standen, First
Avenue, Sawtell. Trove
1972 'CANOE FOR SAWTELL S.L.S.
CLUB', Sawtell Guardian (NSW :
1971 - 1975), 3 August, p. 1.
, viewed 09 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247257322
The
Canberra Times 19 October 1972, page 34.
Film
about surfing
A film about surfing
in Australia, Hawaii and
Bali will be shown at the
Canberra Theatre, on
November 2, 3 and 4.
The film,
'Morning of the Earth',
was made by Albert Falzon
Productions about 12
months ago.
Trove
1972 'Film about surfing', The
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
19 October, p. 34. , viewed 09 Sep
2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102009569
The
Canberra Times 28 December 1972, page
7.
Warning to surf
riders
NEWCASTLE, Wednesday (AUP).-
Police today warned
surfers against tying surfboards to their ankles.
The warning
followed the deaths
recently of two
surfboard riders
who tied boards to
their ankles.
The officer in
charge of the North
Eastern Police District, Supt
F. Bradstreet, said, "I am
very disturbed and concerned
about riders who are tying
the boards to their
ankles.
"They do this
so they will not have
to swim back into shore
and pickup their boards
if they lose them while
riding a wave".
A 17-year-old Sydney youth was dead
on arrival at Gosford
hospital on Saturday after
he was apparently struck
by his surfboard, which
was tied to his' ankles.
Police believe
another
surfboard rider was
killed in the same way
at Surfers Paradise
yesterday.
Australians
are the best surfboard
riders in |the world.
That
is the proud boast of Ian Cairns
following his surprise victory in the
$US10,000 Smirnoff Invitational in
Hawaii.
The
contest, equivalent to a world
championship,has now been won by
Australian riders in two successive
years.
Last
year Queensland's Paul Neilson
clinched the $US5,000 first prize.
On
top of this, Australians have won more
world titles and associated
championships than any other nation in
the history of surfing.
Ian
Cairns' win yesterday in an 8ft surf
at Laniakea, capped the performance.
For
Cairns it was his first triumph in
major competition after only three
years in the championship scene.
Cairns,
21, of Perth, was never given a chance
of finishing high up in the meet,
though he has always beenregarded
as one of the best performed outsiders
of Australian surfing. Trove
1973 'Surfing title to Ian Cairns', The
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
24 November, p. 38. , viewed 15 Sep
2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131694148
The Advocate
Coffs Harbor,
Wednesday, 5 September 1973,
page 1.
New Board
Much Faster
Three year
old Caitlin Cooper doesn't
know much about riding
surfboards,
but you can bet your life
she won't be too much
older before she does. Caitlin is lying on one
of the revolutionary
boards being built by her
father.
A Coffs Harbor man
has started production of a
revolutionary surfboard reputed
to be 20 percent faster than any
other board in Australia.
Basis of the board's radical
styling in the Venturi principle
of water being induced into the
area under the board, compressed
and expelled.
Main feature of the board is its
three fins.
Angled fins are placed on either
side of the normal fin to
channel water under the board at
high pressure.
The
board is being manufactured in
Coffs Harbor by Mr. Bob Cooper,
who started making surfboards in
America about 20 years ago.
He came to Australia 10 years
ago and has been making boards
in Coffs Harbor for the past
five years.
"The board was invented by two
men in California," he said
yesterday.
"It was ... 20 percent faster
than any other board and
possessed extremely good turning
and performing characteristics.
Rights Sold
"The inventors sold the right to
a Californian company and so far
very few people in Australia
know anything about the board.
"the board is designed to the
finest tolerances and is made of
fibreglass covered foam.
"Two years work went into the
design which is a significant
breakthrough in surfboards."
Mr. Cooper said he believed he
and a Sydney company were the
only ones manufacturing the
board in Australia.
He said he only received the
design on Friday and had already
received six orders for
distribution in the Coffs Harbor
district.
He said that despite the
American origins the design had
been given an Australian name,
Bonza.
He said that the board
retailed for $125 as
opposed to $100 for an ordinary
board.
"Comparing this to an ordinary
board is like comparing a
family car to a luxury model, Mr
Cooper said.
"The design is so new that it
has not yet been covered by the
American surfing media.
"For a local firm to be chosen
to manufacture the board is a
feather in Coffs Harbor's hat" The Canberra
Times 8 December 1973, page 3.
Surfer on
charge over drug
DARWIN, Friday.
A surfing champion was charged
in a Darwin court today with
having imported marihuana worth
about $1,200 in a surfboard.
Mr George Raymond
Simpson, 23, pleaded guilty in
the Darwin Magistrate's court to
having imported two kilograms of
the drug on October 4.
Later, in the
Northern Territory Supreme
Court, he was released on bail
to appear again on December 17.
The Crown
Prosecutor, Mr Pat Loftus, said
MrSimpson had arrived at Darwin
airport from Balion October 4 with two
surfboards,
one of which had a loose panel.
A narcotics agent
said a front section had fallen
off, revealing the marihuana,
which he said was worth about
$1,200.
1973 'Surfboard materials to put price
up', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 -
1995), 21 December, p. 3. , viewed
15 Sep 2018,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131699702 The
Canberra Times 30 May 1974, page 12.
Surfers
SYDNEY,
Wednesday:
An inquiry by the
Standards Association of
Australia into
surfboard design has
come out in favour of
board riders.
At a meeting in
Brisbane the association
decided not to act on a
proposal by the Surf Life Saving
Association to standardise
board shapes throughout the
country.
Instead it resolved
to educate surfers in the
best methods of "safety in
the surf."
[Photograph]Surfing,
an attractive, glamorous
sport which, for the
champions, helps to
provide a living.
How profitable
is it to be the No 1 surfer
in the
world?
Well,
you are not going to see Johnny Miller turn
in his
golf clubs for a surfboard.
But
Jan Cairns, a 22-year old Australian who has
won more
money in professional surfing
contests in the past year than any of his
peers, is
not
complaining.
Lucrative
"Our
sport is going to become more lucrative in
the
future, I'm certain about that", said Cairns, last
year's winner at the Smirnoff
world
Pro-Am surfing
championship in Hawaii.
"It's
a beautiful and fantastic thing to watch.
It's
potential
is unlimited as far as television goes.
Right
now
you're not going to get rich in it but some day it's
going to be a different
situation".
The
blond-haired Cairns was a virtual unknown
when
he won the 1973 championship for a $A3,800 first
prize but he has won $A4,569 in
competition
since then.
He
will defend his world title at Hawaii next
waek.
"A
lot of surfers
will be there", he said.
"But I'm surfing
well enough to win it.
I
like my chances".
Unlike
Johnny Miller, professional golfs first
US$350,000
- A$266,000 single-season winner,
the
commercial endorsements are few for Cairns.
To supplement his income, he shapes surfboards in his
home town of Perth.
His
wife of three years, Pat, is a school
teacher.
"We're
separated for quite a few months", Cairns
said, "But she knows surfing
is a
big part of my life and she wants me to do what I
enjoy.
Runner
"My
parents didn't want me to get into this.
They wanted me to continue my education after high
school,
but I wanted a break.
They've
changed their minds now, though. After I won in Hawaii, they told me I
have their
blessing".
When
Cairns was growing up, liis dad also wanted
him
to become a long-distance runner.
Father
and a brother were outstanding runners.
"I
tried it and didn't like it", Ian Cairns said.
Surfing
may be more demanding than even
long-distance running he said.
"The
best way to stay in shape for surfing
is surfing and more surfing",
he said.
"I've
never found a way to duplicate the muscles you
use
doing it.
You
use your legs, your neck your shoulders
...everything".
Cairns
thinks America's surfers
may be losing their competitive spirit.
The problem, he says, is too many surfers
in the US.
"Take
California for example", he said.
"Say you want to go surfing
at Malibu over the weekend.
Well,
you
might have 300 guys out there on one day.
You
have to
fight to avoid running into other people.
There's
just too many people out in the water.
"Surfing
isn't supposed to be a hassle.
It's become that in California.
As a consequence, your surfers
don't
want to compete.
They
just
want to go off somewhere quiet and surf
by themselves.
"The
American surfer
has
been going steadily downward for the last several
years
and I don't see the situation improving either".
- United Press International,through AAP.
Trove
1974 ''LUCRATIVE FUTURE FOR
SURFING'', The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 -
1995), 16 November, p. 32. , viewed 28 Sep
2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110788332 The
Canberra Times 16 November 1974, page 30.
SURFboards by M.
Peterson- Pintails, swallows and flyers. Phone
956728. Trove
1974 'Advertising', The Canberra Times (ACT
: 1926 - 1995), 16 November, p. 30. ,
viewed 28 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110788300
Victor
Harbour Times South Australia, 8 January
1975, page 12.
Surf Patrols
Sir.
I would like to share an experience with your readers.
Recently the jet powered surf rescue boat of the Port Elliot Surf
Life Saving Club, 'Ray Evans', patrolled the South
Coast
beaches trom Granite Island to Goolwa Beach and I was proud to be invited as one of the patrol crew.
As
we left the shore at Victor Harbour contact was made with club president, Bob Bruce, at
Cut
Hill, by two-way radio and at Goolwa Beach the same means of contact was made with
the
Grange S.L.S.C. patrol were allocated this week-end at Goolwa Beach.
Each
club with the exception of Whyalla who will man the patrols at Goolwa Beach throughout the season.
There
must have been at least 300 surfboards in the water between these two points and Boomer Beach, Horseshoe Bay and Goolwa Beach were crowded with swimmers as well.
In
our four-hour patrol I was amazed at the way the boat handled especially going straight
into the
beach at Surfers
and
coming out through the waves which, although
not
really high, were up to 8 ft. and the 'Ray Evans' cut through them like a knife.
I
was permitted under instruction to handle the
boat
myself and found it like an obedient, sleek
greyhound.
To
those who have contributed to the appeal already I assure you your donation is well placed and to any others who may have had doubts I commend the appeal to you.
I
would
also highly commend the care and assurance which the certified operators show in their management, patrol check listing and aftercare of the boat when the patrol is concluded.
KEITH
DODD,
Appeals
Chairman,
P.E.S.L.S.C.
Trove
1975 'Surf Patrols', Victor Harbour Times
(SA : 1932 - 1986), 8 January, p. 12. ,
viewed 28 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187065925
The
Canberra Times 18 January 1975, page 29.
SURFBOARD
6ft 8in, Dings repaired. Strong construction.
good floatation. $30.
886815.
SURF
board 6ft 6, reas cond. $30. 546947.
SURFboards.
Designs by McTavish, locally made
boards, new and used.
Phone 491163. Trove
1975 'Advertising', The Canberra Times
(ACT : 1926 - 1995), 18 January, p.
29. , viewed 28 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110633406
The
Canberra Times
11 March 1975, page 15.
An
informative craft show
A SENSE OF TOUCH:
An exhibition of
Australian craft, at the
National Library.
SENSE of Touch is a well-informed
exhibition devised by various bodies
using material researched and brought
together by the Australian Government
Inquiry into the Crafts in Australia.
...
Overall
it is an excellent exhibition, with
large explanatory panels, photographs
of crafts people engaged and busy, and
an extraordinarily diverse lot of
objects, from immense macrame hangings
to fibreglass surfboards.
...
Geoff
Solness's- swallow-tailed surfboard
is beautifully shaped and very
sculptural.
Trove
1975 'An informative craft show', The
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
11 March, p. 15. , viewed 15 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116337479
The
Canberra Times
17 May 1975, page 1.
Surfing
ADELAIDE,
Friday.
Terry
Fitzgerald continued his winning
way by winning the first heat in
the second round of the Australian
open men's surfing championships
at Middleton, 85 kilometres south
of Adelaide, today.
Fitzgerald,
a Sydney surfboard manufacturer,
won yesterday's first round final
and is the favourite to win the
title.
Trove
1975 'IN BRIEF', The Canberra Times
(ACT : 1926 - 1995), 17 May, p. 1.
(SPORTING SECTION), viewed 15 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110638270
NATURE'S own
custom surf
: boards. Ph 543972.
SURFBOARD
- 7'2" long.
Swallow tail. Gd.cond
$55
. ono. Ph 957045.'
1975 'Advertising', The Canberra Times
(ACT : 1926 - 1995), 2 August, p. 33.
, viewed 28 Sep 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110650595
SURFboard
6ft 8ins Flyer
Swallow, immac cond,
$75
ono. Ph 480797 or call
at
II Booroondara St.
Reid
4pm and 7pm.
1975 'Advertising', The Canberra Times
(ACT : 1926 - 1995), 25 September, p.
21. , viewed 28 Sep 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110659839
SURFBoards
at Kevin Barr's
Surf Centre,
current (Aust
and Queensland Knee
Board champion)
upstairs
City Arcade,
Queanbcyan,
boards by
Farrelly, Skipp
Mike Davis, Morning
Star,
Gordon and Smiih, Cool
Curl cruiser skate boards,
and spares, open
nightly,
5.30pm to 8.30pm Sat
9am
to 12pm.
1975 'Advertising', The Canberra Times
(ACT : 1926 - 1995), 23 October, p.
24. , viewed 28 Sep 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110664067
SURFBOARD,
one wave
creation surfboard,
cxc
cond, $85. Phone
583719, 4
Ryle Place, Flynn.
SURFBOARDS
new' andl
used, Custom made. All
surfboard
materials. Ph
. 491799.
SURFboards
for sale
1 Woody swallow tail
7ft $40:
1 Zigler round pin
tail 7 ft 4
$60. Apply 1 Oleria
St.,
Qbn Sal. or Sun.
SURFBOARD,
9'6", good
cond. 883132.
SKATEBOARDS, fibrcplass
dccks, Chicago
trucks, me
taslex wheels,
$36 each.
SURFBOARD
fKneeboard)
5' 4',
used once, Al. Ph
485240
SURFboard,
$35.
489318.
SURFBOARD
Gordon
Wood. $60.
Phone R6I437.
SURFBOARD,
6ft 2in, near
new. $65.
Ph 489479.
SURFBOARDS,
kneehoards.
skateboards,
guys and giris
beach
wear, surf
mats Kevin
Barrs
Surf
Centre, upstairs
City
Arcade, now* open
11am
to 8pm, Mon-Fri, 9am
to
12 Sat.
1975 'Advertising',
The Canberra
Times (ACT : 1926
- 1995), 6
December, p. 24. ,
viewed 28 Sep 2016,
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102190172
The
Canberra Times 19 December 1975, page 3.
Surfboard
design topic of Study
'-The
most stable surfboards have
concave hull shapes and long
"pintails", according to work done in
ajus'
Australian National
University
physics honours
course.
t>*Ur
(■"The
finding was made by
Peter
Killen, of Mac
lUvilIe,
and is reported in
t)ie
current edition of the
ANU
Reporter.
i'Mr
Killen built what he
tji*!ieves
was th« world's first
working
laboratory model
of
'& plunging surfing wave.
During
observations of
his"
waves he found that
surfing waves had
surfacc
water
which travelled over
and
forward with the cur!
and
water below which
passed
through the back of
the
wave.
His
laboratory model of a
surfing wave was
created by
using
the flume, or artificial
Channel,
at the university's
Department
of Geology.
).
By trial and error, he
created
a plasticine beach
like
obstacle, needed to
form
his copies of "tubey
and
hollow" two-metre
high
surfing
waves, break
ing
at an angle of 45
clegrccs.
His
experiments on the
waves
involved nine perspex
surfboards, each
one-twelfth
the
size of normal boards
with
lead weights for riders.
"
The designs were of three
different
shapes: pintail,
v-tail
and narrow round
tail;
with three bottom
shapes:
v-shaped, flat and
concave.
Fins were identi
cal.
Hull
shape
complex
,
Using, the results of his
experiments,
Mr. Killen de
cided
to build a full-size
board.
The
hull shape he finally
lised
was complex.
"The
board
should be
fast,
so I used the cross-sec
tion
providing the most lift
for
the portion of the hull
which
would be wet the
most,
so from the middle
back
to the tail the hull is
concave
in cross-section",
he
said.
Turning
to his always
perfect
model wave," Mr
Killcn
said, "I would have
been
very happy to ride one
like
it out in the surf.
"Unfortunately, the surf
wasn't
the best when I tried
out,
the board.
"I
had only one session in
one-
to two-metre waves on
the
day before I had to re
turn
Of, university, but the
board performed
well. It
was
easy to ride, very ma
noeuvrable,
but still stable
enough
to handle comfort
ally.
Trove 1975
'Surfboard design topic of study', The
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
19 December, p. 3. , viewed 28 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102192802
The Canberra Times 20 December 1975, page
28.
Surfboard.
Shane 6ft, standard. $75. Guitar,
Suzuki 6 string and case. $50. All exc
cond. Phone 544300. SURFBOARD
5'6" suit beginner $45: dragster
bike
3 grs $45, both gd cond,
Apply Flat 8, 6
Heard St, Mawson, Sat and
Sun morn.
SKATE Board,
stringer oak board
very gd trucks and wheels, Amer
made $25. 813338.
SURFBOARD
6'11" gd cond, $50.
Ph 487208.
SURFBOARD
Gordon Woods, v.g. cond, 8'
$60.
Ph 475215.
SURFBoards,
7ft and 6' 10' phone
479994
SURFBoard
7ft Flyer,' 1 mth old,
$75 ono. 480734.
SURFBOARD
9ft 6. $40 or offer.
303264.
SURFBOARD,
good cond., 6' $60 ono.
Ph 303282.
Trove
1975 'Advertising', The
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 -
1995), 20 December, p. 28. ,
viewed 28 Sep 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102193179
Filmnews
Sydney, 1 November 1976,
page 4.
OBITUARY
BOB
EVANS
October: The founder of Australia's
surf movie industry.Bob Evans, died
in Florida after a long illness
which he refused to let him
stop working.
Evo was on a U S.
exhibition tour with his last movie,
DROUYN (1974).
Always a
surfer, Evo worked as a P ft man till
he met the U. S.Olympic Games
surf team in 1975 and heard about
Bud Browne's surf movies.
He invited
Browne to Australia,
exhibiting his films in Surf Clubs,
thus beginning the local surf
movie industry.
Evo then started
making his own movies,
producing a feature a year between
1960-70.
His first, SURF TREK TO
HAWAII (1960) introduced the
future world champion MidgetFarrelly.
This was followed by MIDGET
GOES HAWAIIAN (1961)
and a succession of films shot
throughout Australia as well
as in Africa, Asia, North and
South America and Europe.
RIDE A WILD
HORSE (1967), a
compilation film of key sequences from
earlier movies, was blown up
to 35mm and exhibited in major
cinemas around Australia.
The last film,
DROUYN, was financed
by the AFDC.
During his
twenty-year career at the forefront of
what became a multi-million dollar
surfing industry,
Evo also
published the magazine SURFING WORLD,
broadcast daily radio
surf reports and introduced surf
music to Australia via Sydney DJ Bob
Rogers.
Surfers like Farrelly,
Nat Young and Col Smith owe much
of their success to Evo's
encouragement, and film-makers
Paul Witzig, Albert
Falzon and
David Elfick followed in his
pioneering path.
Long bitter about the
foreign control of Australia's
exhibition and distribution
resources, Bob Evans will long be
remembered as one of the first
Australian independent film-makers
who had the courage to go it alone.
Trove
1976 'SHORT ENDS', Filmnews
(Sydney, NSW : 1975 - 1995),
1 November, p. 4. , viewed 27 Dec
2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213734169 The Canberra Times
13 April 1977, page 32.
SURFING
Anderson
champion
MELBOURNE:
NSW surfer Simon
Anderson clinched the
$14,400 Ripcurl Mordy
Bells surfboard
riding title at Bell's
Beach yesterday.
Anderson,
22, from Brookvale, took
out the Quicksilver
Trials and was equal
third in round one of
the major championship
and second in round two
to be overall winner.
Hawaiian
Margot Oberg, 23, won
$1,000 when she won the
$2,000 Velcro women's
international
championship.
Windsurfing
in Canberra is
an obscure
sport but the
enthusiasm of
the
small
band of people
who windsurf may
bring
the sport
ultimate
popularity.
Demonstrations
of the sport
will be given during
the Canberra
Boat Show today
and tomorrow
by members of
the Canberra
Windsurfing
Club.
There
is a fleet of
six "boats"
surfboards
with a sail
attached in
Canberra at
present,
the first board
being brought
to Canberra
last
year by Ian
Batty.
Many
people tried
the board
out on Lake Burley
Griffin while
the water was
warm, but
the
enthusiasts
continued
using the boards
until late
June.
More
boards
will be
brought this
year and it is
expected that
many more
people will
join the
club and buy
their own
windsurfer
this summer.
(Left:)
Ralph
Buckley
windsurfing on
Lake
Burley Griffin
yesterday.
Papua
New Guinea
Post-Courier
Port Moresby, 9
March 1978, page 12.
BODY
SURFING RABAUL
STYLE
Being
too young for school
can mean a carefree
life for some on the
Gazelle Peninsula-
like this youngster
above with his
version of "body
surfing". He and his
mates used a modern
plank to create
their boards for
zooming into the
beach on the modest
little waves at
Volavolo, near
Rabaul, but kids in
other areas use all
kinds of
village-type
surfboards,
even the stems of
sago trees.
GRAFTON: A
charge alleging that a
former world surfing
champion, Mr Nat Young,
allowed his North Coast
property to be used for
growing drugs was
adjourned in Grafton court
yesterday.
He was remanded on bail.
The 31-year-old surfer who
appeared under his full
name, Robert Harold Young,
has been charged with
having allowed his
property at Nymboida, near
Grafton, to be used for
growing indian hemp.
Trove 1979 'Drug
allegation', The Canberra
Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
26 June, p. 8. , viewed 02
Sep 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110953945
The Canberra
Times
19 December 1979, page 31.
A surfing
phrase
By ANDREW
FRASER
THOUGH it
is a full-on, year-round
life, more people surf in
summer.
They take off backside on a
right, bottom turn, bounce
off the lip, cutback,
re-enter, tube-ride and
flick off.
Some of them, though, go
over the falls and get
chundered.
Here is an explanation of
some common surfing terms:
TAKE OFF: After paddling,
the surfer "takes off' when
he gets to his desired
riding position, feet or
knees, on a wave.
Sometimes he takes off
without reaching his riding
position.
Not a real take-off and not
great for the health.
FLICK OFF: At the end of the ride, a quick
movement which takes the
board over the back of the
wave.
Best if the surfer stays
with his board.
BOTTOM TURN: After taking
off, the surfer picks his
direction and, after getting
down the wave, turns.
A basic move but, in big
surfs, is a whole lot harder
than it looks.
CUTBACK: Riding the wave, a
surfer may have enough speed
to take him well in front of
the break.
From this spot he can turn
down the face and head back
to the curl: a cutback.
A "snapback" is a more
radical version of the
cutback, a severe, harsh
turn, made famous by the
Australian surfer Ian
Cairns.
RE-ENTRY: After a cutback a
surfer has to get back into
the curl.
He re-enters by turning the
board round again,
controlling it through the
soup, the broken part of the
wave, and beginning again on
the
TUBE RIDE: When breaking,
waves sometimes have a
tunnel of air between the
face and the curl which
powers over as the wave
moves along the beach.
To get inside this tunnel,
the tube, even remaining
hidden for seconds, and
getting out again, is
considered by many surfers
to be the ultimate.
Gerry Lopez is one of the
greatest tube-riders in the
world, riding coolly,
standing straight up, in a
heaving wave at the Pipeline
in Hawaii.
OFF THE LIP: Just as the
wave begins to break there
is a lot of power in its
top.
A surfer "comes off the lip"
when he gets his board up on
the top and shoots along for
a distance.
Insane angles and hoots are
common results.
TRIM: Before the tube became
the move to make to ride in
the most powerful section of
the wave, whether inside or
outside the curl, was known as
riding in trim.
HANG TEN: Getting ten toes
over the nose of the board.
Not done so much now.
RIGHT: A wave breaking from
right to left when looking
from the beach.
LEFT: Wave breaking the
other way.
GOOFY-FOOT: Surfer who has
right foot forward.
BACKSIDE: Riding with back
to the wave.
LINE-UP: Two meanings for
this one.
A set of waves making its
way to the beach or reef or
point or surfers waiting for
waves.
In recent years the line-ups
at some beaches have become
crowded, leading to
activities such as the
following: DROPPING IN:
Taking off on a wave on
which someone is already
riding.
Not a nice thing to do
unless you like eating the
other surfer's board which,
in this situation, has a
tendency to increase its
speed in the direction of
your nose, shins, jock
strap. (Depends on other
surfer's mood.)
HOT: Good (surfer, surfing
or waves).
WIPE OUT: To fall off, or in
some other way part company
with the board.
CHUNDER: Bad wipe-out. DOG COLLAR: A
leg-rope that keeps a
surfer's board close to him
after a wipe out.
Not liked by some surfers,
who feel that if they get
wiped out they should have
to swim to retrieve their
boards.
Top South Coast surfer Terry
Richardson said that it's
"too much like cheating".
If you want to stay around
for your allotted three
score and ten don't wear
dog-collar in big surfs.
RAILS: The sides of the surf
board.
Variations in width and
shape make boards do
different things in
different waves.
OVER THE FALLS: Going off
the lip without your board.
Can be done backwards by not
paddling hard enough to get
over a wave on your way to
the line-up.
Not a popular manoeuvre,
preferred by sand-eaters.
DOWN THE MINE: Similar to
over the falls.
Don't do it six times in a
row.
Down there are the Noah's
Arks, the men in grey suits.
Trove 1979
'A surfing phrase', The
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 -
1995), 19 December, p. 31. ,
viewed 02 Sep 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110974462
Filmnews
Sydney,1 January
1980, page 5.
Fall-line
Nat Young's Fall-line,
a 48 minute
documentary dealing
with the common
principles of
surfing, skiing and
hang-gliding, will
be the featured
support for the
Australian release
of Albie Thoms' Palm
Beach.
A
former world surfing
champion.
Nat Young plays a
leading role in Palm
Beach and also
features in his own
film introducing the
various segments and
talking-to the other
sports champions who
demonstrate their
skills in Fall-line
- surfer WayneLynch,
skiers Randy and
Kate Wieman and
hang-glider Glen
Woodward.
Nat is
no stranger to film,
having appeared
constantly in
surfing features
since his debut as a
teenager in Bob
Evans' The Young
Wave Hunters.
Nat
went on to win all
the possible
Australian surfing
championships,
culminating in a
victory at the World
Surfing Championship
in San Diego in
1966.
His
appearance, with WayneLynch,
in Paul Witzig's Evolution
(1967)
revolutionised
surfing styles, for
Nat pioneered an
aggressive 'animal'
surfing approach
utilizing narrow
lightweight boards
that became the norm
for future surfing.
At the
end of the 1960s Nat
retired from
competitive surfing
to live on a farm on
the NSW North Coast
and his attitudes to
surfing at that time
were re-
corded
in two films, Tim
Burstall's Getting
Back to Nothing
and Albert Falzon's
Morning of the
Earth.
He also made an
appearance in
Australia's most
successful surfing
film to date, David
Effick's Crystal
Voyager.
A
staunch campaigner
for the Labor Party
in the early 1970s,
Nat also became
involved in
community service,
running water safety
and surfing skills classes
for children on
Sydney beaches
during school
holidays.
It was
from these classes
that the idea for Fall-line
grew.
Nat felt that none
of his many film
appearances had
articulated his
attitude to surfing,
so he decided to
direct his own film.
Collecting
some of the best
material from some
of the older movies,
and commissioning
photographers such
as George Greenough,
David Lourie and Tom
Cowan to shoot
additional scenes,
Nat has put together
a film that explains
many of the
techniques and
philosophies of
surfing as well as
the related
sports
skiing and
hang-gliding.
Nat found his
surfing skills
applied equally well
to these other
sports, and the film
features him skiing
in the conventional
manner as well as on
the innovatory
single ski 'winter
stick'.
His first
hang-gliding effort
is also in the film.
Fall-line
was completed with
assistance from the
Creative Development
Branch of the
Australian Film
Commission, which
enabled Nat to
employ John Scott to
edit the film and
Bill Motzig to
compose an original
score.
Additional
music is provided by
Taj Mahal and Bert
Deling was associate
producer on the
project.
A
magnificent
session at
Jeffreys Bay,
South Africa,
a WayneLynch
Terry
Fitzgerald
"boogie" at
Trousersnake
Point and the
magic of
George
Greenough on
spoon and mat
were
highlights of
the excellent
movie
'Fantasea' at
the Playhouse
recently.
Produced
by Greg Huglin and
filmed by Huglin,
Greenough and Peter
Crawford, 'Fantasea'
had a different
approach, just like
the poster said.
It
was not just
another surf
movie.
Standing
on the inside,
looking out
... a shot from
the film
'Fantasea'.
About
20 of the world's
top surfers talked
about what riding
waves meant to them
and then went out
and ripped.
Mark
Warren, Simon
Anderson, Tony White
and Chris "Critter"
Byrne hired a Kombi
to get to Jeffreys
Bay with Anderson
navigating the crew
got lost and decided
to drive through the
night to reach the
surf.
Arriving
at dawn they were
greeted by swell
banked to the
horizon and wasted
little time in
sampling the long,
clean power.
Fitzgerald was also
there and one of his
fast, slicing rides
lasted for over a
minute.
To get
to Trousersnake
Point, Fitzgerald
and Lynch
tookv an old fishing
boat which dropped
them nice and close
and then it was
Fitzgerald slashing
forehand
and Lynch
carving well to the
wall.
The
Filming was
outstanding with the
crowd seeing the
surfers' expressions
as they watched the
lip, came out and
whipped off some
precise moves.
There's
not much to say
about the phenomenal
Greenough.
Go and
see the man find
drive in a wave
where others would
have stopped and
watch him make it
out from some insane
tubes.
Add to
these three sections
the clever cartoon
beginning and a
tasteful wipe-out
session broken up
with Mark Richards
and Shaun Tomson and
others gliding as
the music told us
"only a few
survive".
A great
movie, catch it. Trove
1980 ''Fantasea': one of the
best', The Canberra Times
(ACT : 1926 - 1995), 2
January, p. 22. , viewed 27
Dec 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137006000
The
Canberra Times
9 April, 1980, page
21.
Choosing
the right board is
important
Having a
board that is right
for you and for the
wave is crucial to
improving your
surfing.
Yet many people do not
take much time selecting
a surfboard but pick
one for unsound but
understandable reasons
such as the brand,
price ("it must be
good, it cost a lot")
and colour.
This is the first in a
series of articles by
shapers who have
surfed the South Coast
regularly and have a
comprehensive
knowledge of its
breaks.
Their ideas vary and
one should read each
man's thoughts to get
a complete picture.
Tony Pollard has been
surfing for about 11
years and shaping
Odysea boards for six
or seven.
He has surfed from
South Australia to
Queensland and is
presently studying at
the University of
Newcastle in two
degrees, Bachelor of
Civil Engineering and
Bachelor of Science
(majoring in geology).
He is in his third
year of study at
Newcastle; before that
he lived in the ACT.
Here are his thoughts
on design:
Waves on the South
Coast of NSW are with
the exception of a few
breaks, essentially
short and peaky with a
generous amount of
power.
It is for this variety
of wave that a
reasonably short and
intensely curved board
is an advantage.
One wants to make the
most of the available
length of wave by
using short arcs and
covering as much
distance on the face
as possible.
The main factor
influencing the
performance of a board
is the relationship
between the bottom
curve and the plan
shape.
Both are more intense
at the nose and tail,
with a reasonable
amount through the
mid-section.
It is these two curves
from which pivoting
and turning originate.
Both must be
continuous: not flat
spots for "so called"
driving and
acceleration are
needed if these curves
are co-ordinated
properly.
Bottom shape, rail
line and fin foil are
obvious factors which
also influence the
balance of the
finished surfboard.
Add length, width and
thickness and you have
a huge variety in surf
board design.
Tony's personal choice
is a convex bottom
flowing into a vee
approximately 45cm
from the tail, as this
provides a further
pivotal point to
combine with the plan
shape and bottom
curve.
The rail section is
full and rounded, yet
low, for control,
taking the straightest
line between nose
and tail.
They are blended from
hard in the nose
through soft so hard
in the tail to provide
deep rail incision on
hard turning without
digging in.
The fin is thin, with
minimal base area, to
allow for straight
line movement without
drag, that is, the
less surface area on
the fin the less
friction and
turbulence are
introduced.
These few, general
points on surfboard
design are based on
surfing good-quality
waves.
Mod ifications such as
straightening of basic
curves are necessary
for surface-skimming
on smaller, less
powerful waves.
Andrew Fraser.
Trove 1980 'Choosing the
right board is
important', The Canberra
Times (ACT : 1926 -
1995), 9 April, p. 21. ,
viewed 02 Sep 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110589056
The
Canberra Times 16 April 1980,
page
23.
THERE
is no such thing as a
perfect surfboard for
all conditions",
according to a well
known South Coast
shaper, Hilary Ziegler,
whose thoughts on
surfboard design have
come from about seven
years of shaping and
nine of surfing. Hilary has surfed
numerous breaks from
Queensland to Western
Australia and lives on
theSouth
Coast, surfing from
Ulladulla to Narooma. "We've got the most
consistent surf, he
said. He has recently
opened a photographic
shop in Batemans Bay,
and people are welcome
to come inand
discuss surfing and
board design with him. Design contains
many variables such as
wave conditions, a
person's riding style
("twin fin doesn't suit
down the line cruisers")
and the shaper's
interpretation of the
customer's requirement. Hilary's boards
vary from a 196cm twin
fin through four
"assimetrical" single
fins of increasinglengths and varying
widths to a 254cm Malibu "designed by Bob
Cooper for riding junk
waves withno
power". "On our coast waves
vary a great deal,
however,* nowhere are
they the same shape as
Queensland. Our waves are
generally more powerful
but shorter in ride and
have shorter walls. Take offs are
generally moredifficult,
that is, critically
steep and uneven". His boards allow
easy entry on a wave and
give greater strength by
being thicker and
slightly heavierthan others.
Trove
1980 'SURFNG A South Coast
designer', The Canberra
Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995),
16 April, p. 23. , viewed
04 Oct 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110590790
The Canberra
Times 23 April
1980, page 19.
Sticking
to the basics of
design
SURFING
Surfboards
designed on just the
basic principles are
best for most surfers,
who do not have the
money to spend on
sophisticated boards
that may or may not
work, the manager
of the Ulladulla
Surfboard Company, BruceHeggie, said. Bruce has a basic
board that is a
round-tail or area-pin
with no straightsections in plan
shape or bottom curve. He has vee in front
of the fin and lift
behind it. Rails are up to the
individual. He has been shaping
channel-bottoms for the
past few years to ride
the short reef and beach
breaks of the South
Coast, which have steep
takeoffs, powerful tubes
and short walls. "These boards have
curved channels that
release off the bottom
and not off the rails. This combined with
lots of bottom curve
gives tight-arc, round
turns and not rail
flicks. As well as being
good in late take-offs
and tubes they turn
easily on any part of
the wave whether it is
steep or fat. The boards are
extremely stable and
loose, which gives them
a very safe, positive
feeling compared to
flat-bottomboards. "Buying a twin-fin
is a decision that
should only be made once
you have made up your
mind to change your
approach to surfing and
not surf yourtwin
the same as your old
board". Bruce's own choice
is a 185cm round-tail
twin-fin channel-bottom
that "goes great in
anything from two feetto solid eight-feet
tubes. "It turns well on
any part of the wave and
feels like it's
accelerating after every
turn from the channelspulling up the
face. "The round-tail
gives the advantage of
being able to be surfed
with a single-fin
approach to waves and
havingtwin-fin
looseness to play with". This is the third
in a series onsurfboard
design.
Trove
1980 'Sticking to the
basics of design', The
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926
- 1995), 23 April, p. 19.
, viewed 02 Sep 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110592503
The
Canberra Times
25 April 1980, page
13.
SURFABOUT
Quarter-Final
one : C. Byrne (Aust)
151.5 b M. Richards
(Aust) 146. Two: T. Richardson
(Aust) 156 b D. Hynd
(Aust) 139.5. Three: S. Tomson
(S. Africa) 10? b W.
Bartholomew (Aust) 159. Four: B. Kerbox
(Hawaii) 150.5b
J. Banks (Aust) 150. Semi-final one: C.
Byrne (Aust) 151 b T.
Richardson (Aust) 141,5. Two: B. Kerbox
(Hawaii) 160.5 b S. Tomson
(S. Africa) 152. Final: B. Kerbox
(Hawaii) b C. Byrne(Aust) 6-1, 7-0.
Trove
1980 'Surfing', The
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926
- 1995), 25 April, p. 13.
, viewed 02 Sep 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110592831
The
Canberra Times 25 November 1986, p.
14.
Government
handouts 'to be
reviewed'
Federal grants
to fringe
community groups
and union bodies
are to be
reviewed
following
suggestions that
some of them are
a waste of
taxpayers'
dollars.
The
Prime Minister,
Mr Hawke, told
John Laws on
radio station
2GB yesterday
that he had
asked ministers
at a meeting of
the full
Ministry on
Sunday to look
very closely at
individual
grants to see if
they were
justified.
Mr
Laws has been
running a
campaign for the
past week
against grants
to such bodies
as the National
Network of Young
Lesbian and
Homosexual Men,
Gay Publications
Cooperative, and
Wild Women Surfboards.
In
a further attack
on the handouts
in an article in
the Sunday
Telegraph, Mr
Laws accused the
Government of
ignoring worthy
causes while
"mollycodling
the parasites
and fringe
dwellers of
society".
...
Trove
1986 'Government handouts
'to be reviewed'', The
Canberra Times (ACT :
1926 - 1995), 25
November, p. 14. , viewed
15 Sep 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130630486
The
Canberra Times 6 July 1987, page
12.
THE
ELECTION: 5 days to
go A
night of euphoria with
the Eden-Monaro
headkickers By
IAN WARDEN
"He's been called a
headkicker!"
Eden-Monaro's National
Party candidate Peter
Cochran observed of his
party's guest of honour,
Ian Sinclair, at a party
dinner in Queenbeyan on
Thursday night. "But" (gesturing to
a room full of party
faithful) "we're all
head kickers! The whole
lot of us! We're the.grass roots!'' ... The word "bludger"
hovered between the
lines as Mr Sinclair
commended Senator Fred
Chaney's work for the
dole scheme and as he
spoke of a Hawke
Government, which, he
said, had created a
society in which people
were happy "to have
children by whichever
parent" and in which
government money was
spent on all sorts of
trendy things such as
"surf boards for lesbian
lovers". His attentive
audience groaned over
this famous example of
the Government's
profligate
discrimination in favour
ofdeviates. Trove
1987 'THE ELECTION: 5 days
to go July 11.', The
Canberra Times (ACT : 1926
- 1995), 6 July, p. 12. ,
viewed 04 Oct 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118142176
