Crescent head 1973 no legropes!...photo Pete Greens

Roy Meisel"s Bare Nature Byron Bay and the Holden Kingswood was a pretty modern car around town then...ah! them days!

In Australia after 40 plus years of shaping and making surfboards , the final product is a board that not only looks good but is that magic carpet beneath your feet ,that is,it goes. One of these old bugga's is Billy Tolhurst, his surfing spoke of his shapes and the curves and foils are a wonder to look at. This is an 8 footer T band triple stringer, passion and patience and years of hard earned skill, which isn't learn't off a computer Bloody Beautiful Billy

On May 13th,2016, Hawaii lost The Last Of The Waikiki Beach Boys, "Rabbit " Kekai aged 96, I met,surfed and talked with Rabbit,on my first trip of many to Hawaii, he was ...ALOHA,as the Duke and Rell Sunn before him,and there will be more as that is what Hawaii does to the spirit,it gives you ALOHA,and to all out there Pass it on, in everything that you do.

The Doll house surf shack1972 and the surf in front of it, Bob Franjose from Torrence beach California at the front door.

Just got back from Byron and caught up with Pete green whose many photos of the 70's appear here, he has so many photos of this time and many I haven't seen, even the ones of myself ....Lennox Head July 76 , 6 to 8 feet and pumpin!