Occy on Fire 80’s

When Occy hooked up with Rusty his surfing was phenomenal. Almost overnight he became the hottest surfer in the world. Below still a young pup Occy unleashes photo Chris Stroh

Force 9

Early Force 9 advertisement December 81 Tracks.

Engadine Hills Skate ’75.

This pic was taken around ’75 when Engadine was still mostly bush,before they subdivided the land they made some epic roads to skate. Here’s Mark ‘Froggy’ Malloy on the downhill death ride on his state of the art Bahne Superflex skatey. Pic Chrs Stroh

K.P. ’73.

This article about K.P. was the first ever published on the semi secret spot. It featured Emerald owner and head shaper Steve Griffiths and was penned and photographed by Steve Core.

Comp T’shirts 80’s

Heres two retro comp T’s left over from the 80’s. The Cronulla Hungerbusters Classic and The Mambo Showdown sponsored by Guru Adrian.

Chicka /Wing Wetsuits

Leigh “Chicka ” Jackson features in a Wing Wetsuit adv in ’94

Troy Nugget Dennehy

Nugget in control falls from a Suckrock  lip, framie by Craig Stroh Circa 90’s.

Greeny Piping Hot.

Gary Green plugging Piping Hot wetties in 86.

Blake Johnston

Young Hell grommet on his Darcy surfboard. Circa ’90s image Craig Stroh

S.W. Cover ’73

Steve Core snapped this Surfing World cover shot of Colin Eagle at Sandshoes in 1973. Back then water photography was basically using a primitive Nikonos camera now well and truly outdated but it still got the job done.