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Surf Volume 1 Number 4 June-July 1977 Cover: Reno Abellira riding twin fin fish at Burleigh Heads. Cathedral Rock EFCO Stubbies Surfing Classic, with MP, Ian Cairns , Shaun Tomson , Paul Neilson , Mark Richards and stringer, Bruce Raymond, and "young Sydney hotshot," Tom Carroll. Centre fold: Michael Peterson 1977 Rip Curl & Mordy Bells Beach Easter Open, Simon Anderson 1st, with Hawaiians Bobby Owens and Rory Russell, Wayne Lynch as advisor to Cheyne Horan, Michael Peterson with Aragorn single fin, Mark Warren, Brian Cregan, Shaun Tomson, Try Fitzgerald, Col Smith, Chris Byrne. Alan Oke Memorial Contest at Express Point Phillip Island Advertising Midget Farrelly Surfboards with superb gloss colours and resin pin lines. Salt Water Surfboards, with Gary Hughes surfing Hawaii. |
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Chris Brock and Triplane Hull, 1977. Sky Surfboards, Byron Bay. Photograph : Don Blach. Surfer Magazine, June 1978. Volume 19 Number 2 page 60. |
Michael Cundith Slotted Twin Fin , 1977. Sky Surfboards, Byron Bay. Photograph : Don Blach. Surfer Magazine, June 1978. Volume 19 Number 2 page 64. |
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Surf
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September 1977 Volume 1 Number 5 Grapevine, page 8 Probably the first Australian to dig in on the North Shore for this winter was none other than the wounded gull himself, Mark Richards. Apart from the obvious reason of wanting to settle in early and adjust his surfing and thinking to the tune of things on the North Shore, the Gull wants to pick up where he left off last season with shaping lessons from the one and only Dick Brewer. Mark said that after shaping about 10 boards with Brewer he really felt he had improved substantially. Brewer, he says, taught his mind to keep pace with his hands, so that now he is shaping a board in about four to five hours, whereas, before, it was taking anything up to 10 hours to shape a board. Mark felt that he was pretty fortunate in getting to meet Brewer as he only expressed a desire to have him shape a board, when a friend said he'd take him and introduce him to Brewer. After some design rapping, Brewer asked Mark if he was interested in learning to shape, the Gull of course seized the opportunity. You might ask, what's in a name. Well, for a Dick Brewer hand shaped custom blank only, you pay $US100, and for a gun (nine longer) you could pay up to $200. |
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Left: Brewer and Richards, trading theories, 1977. Surf [Aust] September 1977 Volume 1 Number 5 page 8. Right: Steve Butterworth and Channel bottom, 1977. Surf
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September 1977 Volume 1 Number 5
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Aquanetics Surf and Dive
Shop 1374 Thousand Oaks Blvd. Thousand Oaks, California. Shapes by Michael Sagus (Australia) and Dennis McDonald (California). The 1977 advertisement also features Hand Woven Macrame Surf Leashes. |
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Surf [Aust], November 1977 Vol.1 No 6. | ![]() |
Random
thoughts by Bob McTavish and others
Photos by Peter Green When we put the small board together we had a principle in mind — to combine the speed area in the turning area. This meant you could keep the power through your turn, resulting in today's arcing power surfing. OK. That's fine when there's enough room to carve - size wise head high or over, surface smooth. But what about the all-too-common small days, sloppy days, just plain junk days? And those perfect peeling point mini-days? Re-enter the big board. With its many square-feet of soft planing area it glides over dead spots, connects the power pockets and develops phenomenal speed from small weak waves. That's the starting point. "No matter what people say about the short board being faster, I'll never believe it, because with the longer board, you just end up further down the beach." - Phil Edwards, all-time master surfer. |
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Shaun Tomson, Off The Wall, 1977. Photograph : Dan Merkel Surfing Magazine February 1980. Volume 16 Number 2, page 75. |
1978
MR resizes Twin fin design down to 6ft after several 6 ft 4'' models. -"The green and blue board" . Mark Richards and 6 ft
Twin fin, 1978. |
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1980 Lazer Zap further development of the No Nose concept by Geoff McCoy based upon his work for Cheyne Horan. Later models incorporated
Ben Lexan Keel/Star fin. |
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Guide to Surfriding in New Zealand Second Edition
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Photographs by McCausland, Bill: Nat Young’s Book of Surfing
A.H. & A.W. Reed Pty. Ltd. 53
Myroora Rd, Terry Hills, Sydney.
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McGregor, Craig : The History 0f Surfing
Palm Beach Press,40 Palm Beach Road,
Palm Beach NSW 2108
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