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| Tom
Blake Blake (Wisconsin, USA) g.- Waterman, Father of surfboard restoration 1927, inventor/promoter of the hollow board 1930, first fin use 1934, early book on surfing 1935, first sailboard, member of the Outrigger Canoe Club, Books
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| Isobel
Letham (Freshwater) - first surfer in Australia (tandem) 1915, Claude West, Isobel Lathem, Duke Kahanamoku and Lionel McDonald (Freshwater S.L.S.C. President) Freshwater Beach 1956. |
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| Lou
Morath (Balmoral/Manly) - team member to Pacific games, Honolulu 1939 |
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| Bob
Simmons Simmons (USA) - Father of the Modern Surfboard See #101 Image, right Bob Simmons, Malibu Point, Summer 1947 Photograph : John Ewell Collection Kampion : The Way of the Surfer, 2003 Page 72 |
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Obscure
Comment
There has been
long reported connection between the naming of Surge
(spelling?) Rock at Fairy Bower and Bob Evan's nick-name -
"Serge" (again, spelling?).
The connection,
apart from the spelling inconsistency and working out which
came first, is further complicated by the fact that Surge Rock
does actually "surge"
| Bob
Cooper Coop- US surfer, visited first 1963, major influence on local manufacturing and performance, immigrated 1968?, Cooper Surfboards Coffs Harbour 1970 -1980 Noosa, circa 1963 Photp/Cooper |
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| David
Nuuhiwa (Hawaii - USA) Look closely at David Nuuhiwa's speed crouch, then look under- neath. That's right, he is in perfect trim with his surfboard upside down. Fin up, no wax, reverse rocker: Silly? Definitely. Dangerous? Could be. Easy? No way. Attention thrillseekers: Nuuhiwa is a trained, professional surfer: Please don't attempt this at your home break. Photo: LeRoy Grannis. SURFER magazine Volume 30 Number 10 page 34. |
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| Bobby
Brown (Cronulla) - style plus, died in 1967 Sandon Point, circa 1967 Photo / Eden |
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| George
Greenough Greenough (Santa Barbara, California) - surfer/designer/photographer/filmmaker extrodinaire Photograph
by Tanya Binning |
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| Russell
Hughes - classic lines from Queensland Broken Head, circa 1965 Photo/ |
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| Wayne Lynch
The Fish Lorne Victoria g.- Pollard,
Jack (ed.) : |
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| Pa
(and Ma) Bendall Well known late-starter surfing couple, they toured the coast 1965 - 1973. Pa surfed Hawaii 1967-1968. Their enthusiasm and Pa's black -eye patch were lengendary (see Rabbit Batholomew, pages 45 - 46) Pa Bendall died circa 1972-3. Pa Bendall Memorial Contest early 1973, Caloundra, Queensland. Won by Richard Harvey. (see Rabbit Batholomew, pages 88 - 89) Pa Bendall Memorial Contest early 1975, Caloundra, Queensland. Won by MP? Noted for the extreme behaviour of Keith Paull. (see Rabbit Batholomew, pages 126 - 127) Rob, January 2004, emailed a postcard (caption details edited above, image left) noted..In a surf chat forum recently I asked if anyone knew what happened to Pa Bendall. I remember seeing him in Newcastle in the 70's at the Mattara Surf Contest, forerunner to the Mark Richards Pro held here each year. The image stuck in my mind throughout the years with his eye patch & Commer Van with board racks down the driverside of the van.A bit of a legend at the time I couldn't find anything on the net about him, except a mention of the annual contest held in his honour at surfing Australia http://www.surfingaustralia.com/events.asp?eid=12449 Thanks to Rob. |
 Woosley Surfboard December 1967 Photo courtesy of Ma Bendall Reproduced by Waterman Enterprises, Noosa. |
| Cheyne
Horan (Bondi) - Film : Scream in Blue 1982 Cheyne
and McCoy Lazor Zap, circa 1981 |
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| Mark
Richards MR (Newcastle) Photograph
by Peter Booskovic, |
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| Simon
Anderson Simon (North Narrabeen) - last of the surfer/shapers, designer of the Thruster three fin 1979 - 1980 Image
cropped from Ad The Original 3 Fin Thruster,
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