25th July Local Break.... likes it big!

More Fins by me some old some new,the old marine ply is a twinny and I only had a 4 inch grinder to foil it with.

My Fins, The solid fibreglass is on my chambered Powlonia 9'5, the combo fibreglass and bamboo is a performance single fin

Custom Cocobolo Ukulele....Bootiful

My favourite alltime shot, the pure joy of surfing by Bob McTavish at Point Cartwright in his prime, he was and is a flashy surfer fun to work and surf with.

The one and only HERBIE

D fin 3 stringers and Bills beauitiful glassing

Father and son, Billy and Jimmy Mclean, glassing at Mctavish,a rare shot to have them side by side, this would annoy the crap out of all glassers, but because of circumstances they both adapted and got on with it.

And then the third day!

The next day!

Same swell again but up North

The East coast of NSW australia just copped and east coast Low that dumped a lot of rain but also threw up alovely E NE big Swell that did some damage ,with erosion but gave us some bloody good waves the next day, Wamberal Beach...

Paul made this for a customer in 1976, you couldn't get stringers like that unless you did them yourself, the owner walked in with it a few months ago and sold it to Paul what he paid for it brand new $150, it's in beautiful condition, a testament to how good Paul made his boards and always has, its 6'7"

Paul Joske"s 9 footer Gun for his Son Heath Joske. A liitle flyer pintail,orange tint all over,one inch stringer,all hand made by Paul with the usual exquisite craftsmanship and extensive big wave knowledge

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!

Me at Broken Head 1976 . Pete Greens Photo and its his 9 foot Mctavish that I'm riding, and Hey what about the crowds...Haha

Up near Noosa, Peregian Beach and these were probably the only boards and surfers you would see Early 60s, the middle board caught a few eyes

1976 Broken Head, Roy Meisel his Daughter Desray in the car, and Martin after a surf.

1947 Byron Bay surfclub, and looking north up the main drag across the road from the Northern Hotel,on the far left opposite the hotel is a Saddlery shop and the road is dirt