Blake Johnston

Around 2002 a bunch of talented kids began making a name for themselves outside of Cronulla. Blake Johnston was one of them….flying high in the Mentawis photo Christie.

Laurie Vanderlaan

Laurie grew up around Wanda Beach and used to compete against Glenn Pringle in EBC throughout the 80’s. The two then and now images were taken by brother Tim. With board circa 80’s and surfing at Garie in ’98.

 

Scotty Baxter

Elouera Beach diehard and contest behind the scenes man Mr Scotty Baxter dragged himself away from the Dunny Bowl to sample some Island magic around 1990 photo Chris Stroh

Summer of ’74

In summer of 1974 and 75, these guys were some of the most talented young riders on their patch at Elouera. From left: Mark Rohr, Paul Ricketts, Mark McCarthy, Craig Langston and Luke Streater photo Tim Vanderlaan.

 

Mark Mathieson.

American Mark was a familiar face around the local contest scene throughout the 80’s. A school teacher by trade Mark was the announcer and judge on most local pro-ams and amateur comps as well as one of EBC elders always lending a hand in running events. With his typical Californian accent he was hard to miss. This shot Mark surfing in the Senior mens division Circa 80’s. 

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.

Aaron Blue

Aaron Blue lived right on the  beach at Elouera and grew up surfing out front of The Dunny’s. In the late 80’s he was one of the regular finalists in EBC comps and gained a reputation for his powerful turns. This shot taken at The Point around 1990 by Stroh.

Glenn Pringle

EBC clubs most successful surfer over the years Glenn Pringle, was a regular out at The Point whenever the waves turned on some juice. This pic he’s riding his McCoy bigger wave board than his usual Lazor Zap design on a solid day back in the early to mid 80’s photo Chris Stroh

Jughead

Phil “Jughead”Carey rarely ever missed a day surfing at Elouera in the 80’s. Rain , hail or shine and no matter how big or small Jughead was always in the lineup usually scoring the wave of the day.Glenn Pringle names Jughead as one of his earliest surfing heroes growing up. Below Juggy scores a clean Dunny Bowl tunnel. photo Chris Stroh

Glenn Pringle

Around ’83 when this pic was snapped Glenn was just beginning to make a name for himself. Picking up a sponsor with McCoy and on his Lazor Zap he was competing against the likes of Nicky Wood and Luke Egan and regularly beating them. One of the best competitive surfers to come  out of Cronulla. Elouera Beach photo Chris Stroh.