Pete Smith ’77

Smithy in his pre-shaping days tearing up a bank at Wanda Beach in ’77 photo Steve Boris

Steve Core

During the early half of the  70’s local surf photographer Steve Core got his hands on a 16mm camera and produced two surfing movies. First was In Natural Flow ’72  followed by Ocean Rythms ’75. This pic below captured Steve in action at Burleigh Heads focusing his large water housing  rig on surfer Butch Cooney photo by Martin Tullemans.

Frank Latta ’74

Frame grabs of Frank Latta from the movie a Winters  Tale 1974

Martin Flynn

Photo of Marty knocking the top off this lip while the sand dunes look huge in the background early 70’s.

Eddie Conlon

Frame grabs of Cronulla goofyfoot Ed Conlon shot in the early 70’s at Greenmount which appeared in the Super 8 movie Dogs Run Free.

  

Frank Latta ’70

Photo by Jack Eden as it appeared in the Australian History of Surfing book.

The BONZA

G&S were at the forefront of the twin keel BONZA design in the 70’s.

 

Richard Herbert 75

Herbie heading to South Aus. for the Australian titles. Thats Herb front row second on the right holding the shirt.

Brett -Livingstone Strong

Australian born  Brett Livingstone Strong today is a world renown artist and sculptor whose work is in high demand in the upper end of the art world, He was Michael Jackson’s artist and his work is displayed in the Whitehouse. In ’79 he carved a John Wayne portrait into a large fallen boulder in the US that sold for a million dollars. Prior to his fame in the early 70’s Livingstone Smith worked at  Jackson Surfboards doing spray jobs on boards.  Gordon Merchant of Billabong fame  also shaped surfboards at Jackos  .

Clearline Shapes by Magu

Greg Melhuish shaped under the Cleanline label in the 70’s ,many boards were memorable for there rainbow colourful sprays. Below Magu ripping on his own shapes.