There was no tar in the carpark

This photo was in Bill Cilia's Nirvana factory for years and he still has the original and only copy . It was taken at Avoca Beach carpark in 1969 0r70 , and from the left is

yours truly ,"Boobi" Steve Brennan, Nigel Websdale(deceased),Bill Cilia(aka THE FALCON) and Phil (gumboot) Coates.

The Kombi was Nigels and on a good day on the weekend you would be lucky if there were 10 0r 15 cars in the carpark. I was making boards with Nigel under the brand "FAT ANGEL" on his parents poultry farm at West Gosford and it was in these days that many a Bright and colourful, concave bit of foam and plastic, were created and built, some looked good but some were failures,

but most went like rockets.The average length of board then was 5'7" with a gun for a big wave being 6'10", I used to drag out and old log only on very tiny daysas we were so into our shorties. Bill at this time was just starting to make boards on the coast after shaping down in Sydney, Steve was a Nth Avoca lad who surfed at Avoca, and ,Phil, who was the youngest, and to this day one of my closest friends and no,

I did not hate Gringos.Si!