The Parkinson Bros.

 Retro pic of Jim Parkinson (Shaper at Jackson since 1974 and still today) and his brother Al Parkinson in California in 1973 at a place called Frogs. As you can see no legropes those days, Jim broke his fin while Al broke his nose. Photo courtesy of Christiana Parkinson/Jackson Surfboards.

Mick Mackie Express

This shot of Mick was snapped at Cronulla Point in the late 80’s. Mick was shaping boards at Express down at Heathcote and he’s seen here putting one of his shapes through the wringer. Photo Chris Stroh.

Banksy’s Big Wave Guns

In the 80’s Jim Banks gained a reputation as one of the first big wave soul surfers. Travelling the globe to Indo, The Desert and anywhere the waves were big,hollow and  with long winding walls. At the same time he had built a solid reputation for shaping boards that could handle the types of waves he craved.

Cronulla Article Tracks ’71

This is the first article based on Cronulla to appear in Tracks. Written by Rusty Miller its about a day he spent south. It was titled “Equal rights for the Southside guys”.Thats Jacko in the picture.

Windensea Surf Shop

The Windensea Surf Shop on Elouera rd was originally owned by Big Gary and started up in the late 70’s. The original shop appeared in Puberty Blues. Gary hired all the local groms like Dog and Alby Ross to work out the back making leg ropes. It was Dogs first paying job. A few years down the line Dog bought the shop from Gazza and changed the name to Triple Bull. After a while he closed the doors and moved the shop up to the main Cronulla shops were it remains today but with different ownership.

Northies Pub.

The old Northies pub was a Cronulla Institution.Friday and Saturday nights it was fight night out on the street at closing time. The Animal bar down stairs where the bikers once hanged and Saturday arvos was a chickifest on the balcony. Tim Bonython used to show his 8mm surf movies on the projector and being slightly drunk didn’t mean instant ejection. Those were the days. Pic Stroh

Aaron Blue

Elouera surfer Aaron Blue was a standout contest performer throughtout the latter half of the 80’s. Riding for EBC he won his fair share of comps. This pic shows another side to Aaron having a dig on his powerful backside on a solid Point day. Photo Chris Stroh.

G&S ’71

Terepai @ Island Lefts

When Terepai Richmond is not banging away on his drums supporting some of Australias top musicians he’s usually found getting deeply shacked on one of Cronulla’s more heavier reef waves. Well known for his Island right tube adventures when the swell goes northeast he doen’t mind a bit of left action as well. This pic taken early morning by Craig Stroh in the 90’s.

Gary Hughes @ SI

 Gary ruled the Shark Island lineup and had that wave wired during the 70’s. Along with Popout, Banksy and Soulman he was one of the first to really take it on. This pic he’s balls deep in a clean Island gem. Photo Stroh