Peter Brittian

Peter Brittain featured in a centre spread on knee-boarding in Surfing magazine, February 1979.

“Before the body-board revolution, knee-boarders were slotting in at the Island. Peter Brittain was fearless on big days at the Island and on my trips down the South Coast with him; he took on reefs and ledges with precision and strength. Pete shaped a number of my early knee-boards. He was a gifted but humble guy who left us way too early.” – Graeme Cole

Richard Herbert ’78

Herbie scores a dredger at Shark Island in ’78. Shot with a Nikonos II by Chris Stroh

Gary Hughes

After coping a fin to his skull in Hawaii Gary used a (Canadian Ice Hockey) helmet  to cover the “soft spot” where the surgeons had removed a large segment of smashed skull-bone & allowed me to surf and compete, before my cranioplasty (plate insertion)…Photo Getty Images

Col O’leary ’78

1978 Elouera Beach. A long haired Col O’leary and his younger brother Finbar have been regulars of the Cronulla beach scene for decades. Col is Connor O’leary’s uncle. Tim Vanderlaan Photo.

1979 Stewie Mitchell Sandshoes

1979 Stewie Mitchell heading down the mine at Shoes (Oak Park). Tim Vanderlaan Photo.

PETER CLARKE SINGLE FIN

PETER CLARKE SINGLE FIN SURFBOARD.

6’10” x 20″ x 3″ .DOUBLE ARROW ORANGE DECK

Elouera Beach ’79

1979. Elouera beachbreak with Mark McCarthy preparing to duck dive, and a few years before the current block wall was constructed along the beachfront. Tim Vanderlaan Photo

St George Surfing Association 1970

St George Surfing Association surfboard riders club  1970 membership roster. One if not the best club of that era. Images courtesy of Southern Surf Exhibition.

The Power & The Glory

Huge surf at Cronulla Point in 1974. Peter Glasson wrote a piece in the 1974 Surfing World Magazine called The Power & The Glory of the day he and his mates surfed huge waves that battered the Cronulla coast. As a kid I was standing on the rocks in total awe these guys, in one of my first ever surf pictures shot with a Kodak Instamatic camera. I wonder if this image is in fact Peter riding on that day. Tim Vanderlaan Photo.

Ian Fraser.

October 1979. A fast breaking reef break, “Sandshoes” can produce quality waves. Here a young Ian Fraser on the ride of his life. Image captured on a Nikonos III camera by Tim Vanderlaan.