Bob Colligan / Southern Comfort

This pic of Bob Coligan was snapped at Sandshoes by Steve Core. It appeared in Surfing World aaround ’75. Bob was the driving force at Southern Comfort Surfboards during this time.The new brand attracted plenty of Cronullas hottest rising stars to its factory like Ross Marshall, Craig Naylor and Pete Smith making it the new cool brand. Things went a little crazy when out the backdoor there was some sleazy buisness going on and things got heavy. Danny Childs took over ran the buisness.

Phil Bryant

In the mid 70’s the hottest surfers on the Southside seemed to all congregate at Cronulla Point. Names like Jim Banks, Gary Hughes, Popout, Soulman, Glasso, Greg Melhuish all stood out and made names for themselves by charging the notorious 2nd reef waves. While the surfers charged the cameramen like Dave Shaw, Greg Button, Steve Core and Peter Solness captured all the action. Local standouts like Phil Bryant pictured below were so amped on the wave they practically disowned the beachies and refused to lower themselves by surfing anywhere else but at The Point.

 

Nigel Dwyer

One of Cronulla’s orininal crew in the early 60’s. Nigel first started working in the surfboard industry in 1958-59 at Cronulla, . He worked in  with Brian Jackson and Norm Casey, and became a skilled glasser. Terry Tumeth’s reports of good surf and cheap icecream in NZ were enough to convince Nigel it was worthy of a visit. Nigel began to produce boards in an old house in New Plymouth which marked the beginning of Del Surfboards.

 

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Luke Mulhall

One of The Points main men in the 70’s. Luke was apart of the heavie hitters who didnt take kindly to blowins and dropins. The Point crew back then would snake there own grandma to steal a wave it was that cut throat.  This shot taken  in the 1980’s by Chris Stroh

Steve Griffiths

Griffo single fin gun from his days shaping at G&S in the 70’s.

John Gittins ’62

Cronulla Point was the ideal place to test your skill and nerves in the 60’s. It was the ultimate big wave testing ground on the Southside. Here John Gittins tries his luck on a solid day in ’62.

 

 

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Rod Baldwin

Baldy was the main driving  force in EBC competitions during his time with the club in the early to mid 80’s . Three time club champion used his stylish moves to help take the club to many Surf League Team Challenges and some of the best team results that EBC has ever notched up. Surfing Elouera around ’85 by Chris Stroh.

Clarke Surfboards

Mid 70’s Peter Clarke Surfboards introduced two young shapers in Geoff Solness and Greg Melhuish. Both local surfers went on to make names for themselves in Cronulla for charging those big south swells as well as for their shaping skills.