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| Robert 'Bonza'
Conneely
Bondi, Natural foot. As a junvenile started with surfoplanes 1958, first balsa wood Malibu by Gordon Woods Holiday residence at Cudmirra, NSW with direct access to the family named Conneely's Reef. 2nd Juniors, Australian Titles, Bondi 1963 circa 1963-4 Shares house at Sunset Point, Hawaii with Hayden Kenny, Doc Spence and others. circa 1964 Vice-President of the imported Windansea Surf Club 1st Juniors, 1964 Australian Championships, Manly NSW (May) 1st ,1965 Bells Beach Contest, Vic (Easter) This contest was noted for its large surf. 5th, 1966 Australian Titles, Greenmount, Queensland In 1966 Robert Conneely was sponsored to San Diego World Titles by Hayden Surfboards. circa , Robert Conneely’s Surf Shop, 164 Campbell Parade Bondi Beach. Hayden Surfboards .Robert Conneely's Spaceship model, circa 1967 Finalist 1968 Australian Titles, North side, Sydney (May) Hayden Surfboards. Robert Conneely Expression, circa 1968 1970, extended North coast excursion includes George Greenough inspired Hull designs at Wilderness Surfboards, Angourie. See image below. Gordon and Smith Surfboards 1974 Moved to Western Australia, circa 1975? REFERENCES Magazines Interview : Tracks Magazine : The Best of Tracks Vol. I 1974 - a compilation of previously published articles 1970 - 1974.. Jimmy O'Keefe : A
Life in the Sun... The Robert Conneely Story
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Robert Conneely, First Board, Bondi, 1958. Image Above :Conneely Archive Reprinted in Jimmy O'Keefe : A Life in the Sun... The Robert Conneely Story The Australian Surfer's Journal, Volume 3 Number One , Summer 2000. Page 28. |
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