Around this time came the end of talent and skill in the water, around this time came the legrope....Bob Newlands( the yank) who was Roy Meisel's partner in Bare Nature went into mass production under the label SURFAIDS of these things, he made them at the back of now Maddogs factory and shop, in a tiny little caravan with one employee , usually a good looking gal,here was capitalism taking off in Byron Bay ,when everybody was quite happy to just make a livin. At Bare Nature many a different shaped board went through there from Nat Youngs , Russel hughes, Tony Cerf, Nigel Perrow and ME, but there were many more too it would take a long time to put it all down, , Roy needed money and was more than happy to let us all use his Factory... Big Heart and a wonderful guy ,he just liked surfin ,just like the rest of us..... to be continued
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