Len Thick

In 1993 Tracks ran a feature on Len Thick who at 75 years of age was described as Cronulla’s oldest grom. Len was a common site at Cronulla surfing his mal at The Point or up the beach on a daily basis easily recognisable by his white hat. Len began surfing in the 60’s at age 45 and has rarely missed a day when these images were taken. Photos by John Veage.

Vote Dylan Hannah

 

Local Cronulla ripper Dylan Hannah needs your vote in the Jim Beam /The Break video contest. Its his chance to win $50,000 and to go on the WQS. Dylan does flips, reverses and charges hard and the footage is by Craig Stroh. If you vote your in the running to win prizes as well. You can only vote once a day for a week.So help Dylan and Craig win.Vote here.

http://www.jimbeamthebreak.com.au/profiles/dylan-hannah

Board Logos

Heres two logos from the past Peter Clarke Surfboards circa late 60s and early 70s version. And Southern Comfort ’74 style.

Clubbie Boat Wipeout ’78.

Everyone loves a Point wipeout when the waves are pumping. In the old days the headland was packed to the max with every blade of grass covered and the crowd used to hoot the best rides. Even the boaties would try there luck as well in the big swells. On this day in January 1978 the Clubbie boys got hammered as they took off and got smashed. Photo by Rob King

The Point Pipe.

This pic was taken in ’82 of Nat leaving the surf at The Point after a celebrity heat with Wayne Lynch and Peter Drouyn during a pro comp. In the background you can see one of the old drain pipes, from memory I think there was a smaller one as well . During the pre leg rope days your board could get washed up inside the pipe and to get it out was sketchy with the walls covered in barnacles and the surging waves made it very scary these days they are blocked. pic Stroh

Emerald Adv ’83.

Emerald Adv. featuring Jim Banks boards ’83.

Kev Cassidy

Another underground talented goofyfoot who always seemed to manage to be in the right place at the right time especially the Island everytime it broke. This pic of Kevin was snapped at Blackrock mid 80’s. Photo Stroh

Damien Hodge

In the latter half of the 80’s a nuggety little kid called Damien Hodge showed heaps of potential and looked to be heading in the same direction as Occy. Jason and Richard Marsh took him under their coaching wing and he looked set to be the next big thing from Cronulla after he was sponsored by Billabong and Peak. Damien in the coming years may not have reached early expectations but he still was and is a solid surfer who on his day is up there with the best. This pic of Damien is when he was still a very young grommy. Photo Chris Stroh

Ricky Plamena

Every beach has them the underground shredder who comes out of nowhere every time the waves are pumping. Example ,take Ricky Plamena caught steering through an ugly Island washing machine ride from a 5 shot sequence photo Chris Stroh Circa early 90’s.

Greeny and Bad Billy’s

In 1987 it was Gary Green who came up with the idea for Billabongs latest advertising campaign called Bad Billy’s. Bad Billy’s was the skull and cross bones logo that was a extremely successful marketing move that targeted the youthful bad boy type image. Below Greeny around that time styling at the Rockpools photo Chris Stroh