Paul “The Bear” Burridge,

A bit of Kneeboard Greenroom handbrake action out Cronulla Point in the 70s

John Hags Hagley

John Hags Hagley one of Cronulla’s big wave chargers who pioneered Shark Island and Pikers Hole in the late 60s and 70s.

1976 The Wanda Sand Hills

1976  The once majestic Wanda Sand hills. The sand was simultaneously extracted by a water dredge from below, and by truck and grader from above. The curved line below the grader is significant. The sand below the line was Georges River “river” sand, and above the line,  Wanda beach sand. Tim Vanderlaan Photo

1973 Cronulla Surfing Championships

Finalists from the 1973 Cronulla Surfing Championships from left to right Deny Childs, Andrew Britton, Peter Glasson, Wayne Roach and Reno Gillespie. Photo courtesy of Wayne Roach

The Hooker Sand Factory ’78

1978. The Hooker sand factory at Wanda. During the late 70’s and 80’s the speed of sand extraction really accelerated by the use of dredging which creating the huge lagoons. Five hundred homes are now built on this land. Tim Vanderlaan Photo

 

1978. The Party at Parkos

1978. The party at Parkos. The “Jackson” social club were a bunch of surfers who loved to surf, drink beer and ride “Jackson surfboards”.
This shot shows Firey “the glasser”, Rob McLaggan -with the six pack, Jimmy “skinny” Parkinson -“the shaper” and Suddsie on the ground. Tim Vanderlaan Photo1978. 

 

Terry Fitzgerald ’76

May 1976. Terry Fitzgerald at Cronulla Point. Terry had “the style” in and out of the water. Tim Vanderlaan photo

Mr Moonbeam

Mr Moonbeam model shaped by Bob Liddell model Circa 70s

Jackos Board Factory

The glassing bays of the Jackson surfboard factory 1979. Tim Vanderlaan Photo. Insert: Brian Jackson and a stack of blanks ready to glass. (early 70’s).

Skateboarding 1975

1975 Skateboarding on the new asphalt streets of the recently completed subdivision at Yarrawarrah. Eddie Frericks gives Brian Holman a tow back up the hill. Tim Vanderlaan Photo