Dead Kennedys @ The Workers

It was 1983 when Cronulla Beach saw its first riot after a Dead Kennedys concert at the Workers Club. The notorious punk band with the offensive name were popular with many Surfers. The DKS were renown for their radical political stance and wild concerts worked the crowd into a frenzy. After the show the party continued onto the street where the Police were called and things got out of hand. There was fighting, a few windows were smashed and several Police cars were damaged as the crowd went crazy with a few of the more drunken revellers carted off and arrested.

Occy@Blackrock

This session appeared in Surfing World Issue 207, it caught Occy in his prime. It was one of those epic days when the waves are on, the riders are on and the cameramen got it all on film.All the boys were out including Alby Ross, Mick Mackie and Dog. However, it was Occy slotted in a awesome keg that summed up a perfect day. pic was by Bruce Channon.

Surfabout ’78 Cronulla Point.

Surfabout was the big event back in the late 70’s. When contest director Graham Cassidy moved the semi finals Southside the local groms were frothing to see there surf heroes in the flesh surfing The Point. This clip features PT, Banksy, Simon Anderson, Cheynne Horan and others.

Bobby Brown Exhibition

 The Bobby Brown Exhibition will be coming to Cronulla in 2011. On exhibition will be Bobby’s original surfboards, timeless photos, classic 16mm and 8mm movies, personal trophies and memorabilia tracking his short but highly successful surfing career. Check out the official website at http://bobbybrownsurfinglegend.com/     for a short clip of Bobby surfing and photos etc.

Ross Marshall and Emerald

Ross from the pages of Surfing World Annual 5 early ’80s. photo by Peter Simmons

Steve Hare

          Steve Hare is a charger who spends most of his life chasing good waves. If he’s not at Cloud 9 in the Phillipines he’s spending the winter at home sweating on those solid south swells to deliver some real reef grunt. Known to take a few good beat downs is all part of it and for his age he’s an underground legend showing there is no age limit to pulling in and giving it a nudge.   pic Harey Shark Island by Craig Stroh

Fanga

Barry “Fanga” Tyte is a talented goofyfooter who is treated with plenty of respect down at The Alley. Fanga has been a dominant part of the Cronulla Boardriders Club since the earliest days. He was Open Club Champion in ’81  and over the next few years he was regularily involved in a 3 way tussle with Craig Naylor and Ross Marshall for top honors. Fanga was renown for disappearing to a  secret left reef long before word spread about its hollow barrels and got crowded. Fanga had it to himself for years. This pic of Fanga was from an article on Cronulla Boardriders Club in Tracks in ’83 taken by Peter Simmons.

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Waterforce Surfboards ’84

This Waterforce advertisement appeared in March Tracks 1984.The pic is of Sean Charters.

Jim Banks Quits Tour ’83.

Feb 1983 Tracks reports that after a good performance at Pipeline where he hooked into this deep pit below, Jims quiting the tour sick of living out of a suitcase and will concentrate just on Surfing. Sequence of Banksy charging hard by Brouilett.

Dog Tales

      I spent a lot of time shooting pics of Richard Marsh in the early ’80s when he was just a young rising star on the amateur scene fresh out of school. It was on such a trip down south that the pic below was taken. I soon learnt that Richard was extremely determined and super competitive . On one trip south Rod Baldwin asked the Kurnel kid what he was going to do for a job. “Pro Surfer” Dog responded mega confident like it was his destiny. As for his must win at any cost competitiveness I had great pleasure in beating Dog in a surf contest well kinda of it was Californian Games on Commodore 64. Little did he know that id been practicing secretely for weeks on the new surfing game. So when Dog came around it was on.I was averaging 9.5 rides and the bastard was so pissed off. Im sure he went straight out and bought a game just to trounce me next time and get revenge. A rematch never happened so I still have the claim to fame of beating Dog. Pic Chris Stroh