Huzza Wuzza Twinny

Richard Herbert was the shaper behind Huzza Wuzza designs. Herb shaped this twinny at G&S around 1980

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Michael Jackson Force 9

Heres a Michael Jackson Force 9 shaped twin fin. Michael was a red hot surfer who was a member of the original Cronulla Junior Club run by Jim and Richard James. Twinny Circa 80’s

 

 

Rob Schaeffer

Rob was another of the talented Goofyfoots that sprung up around Cronulla in the mid 80’s. Photo taken on one of  the Nullas lesser spoken about  reefs by Chris Stroh

Craig Naylor

Franky during his shaping days at Force 9 Circa mid 80’s photo Chris Stroh

 

 

Grant Coulter

Every 5 to 10 years a new crew of underground chargers seem to surface and rise to the challenge. In the mid to late 80’s it was Grub Coulter, Chris Iredale, Richard James, Mark Ryan,Kev Cassidy,Michael Mackie and several others who took on Shark Island with a fearless one foot in the grave approach. At the time The Island was still regarded as the heaviest barrel in Australia. This day Grub was notching up some hell pits. Photo Chris Stroh.

Stuart Gooch

In the late 80’s and 90’s red hot ripper Stuart Gooch was one of the most underrated surfers in Australia but suffered the same Southside curse like many other talented riders. While the locals of Cronulla knew he had the talent and moves, just like Murf and Nugget before him he never received the necessary sponsor backing or exposure to take it to the next level. A classy surfer all the same. This lip destroyer taken at Elouera around ’89. Seq Chris Stroh.

 

1980 Mark Warren @ The Point

The 1980 Southside Open bought the worlds best surfers to Cronulla. Saturday Day 2 was held at The Point in 2 metre swells and stars like Mark Warren shined for the large spectator gallery gathered on the headland photo Bruce Channon.

Night Surfing ’84

A few images from the water during the first and only pro Night surfing comp at Elouera Beach. Top MR in flight, Hawaiian Bird Mahelona and Tommy Curren. Photos courtesy Waves.

 

 

Ashley Gee

When this adv. shot was taken of Ash he was a rising star usually found battling out with his main rivals like Glenn Pringle,  Alby Ross and Richard “Dog”Marsh in the local amateur division. Ash was a gifted natural surfer and once he tired of the comp routine he had developed into one of the areas top reef chargers. Still going strong today. Photo mid 80’s taken at one of Cronulla’s lesser named reef  spots.Photo Chris Stroh

 

The Board

Jackson Surfboards logo from the 80’s