Spike

Richard “Spike” James along with Michael Mackie were the next generation who  took over at The Point from the 70’s crew like Gary Hughes, Banksy, Meluish ,Chook,Popout and the rest. Spike used the same go for it pull no punches approach like those before him. Below Richard snavels a first reef insider on a small day in the 80’s photo Stroh

Rod Baldwin

Another of Cronulla’s strong and dominant goofyfoot crew. Rod Baldwin was a multi winning club champion with E.B.C throughout the 80’s photo Chris Stroh

Scotty Topper

Below Wanda regular Scotty Topper tearing up a Midway wave on his backside mid 80’s photo Chris Stroh.

Mark Malloy Shark Island.

Shot during a classic Island swell in March 1980. Mark “Froggo”Malloy paddled into this Island pit on a 5ft 10” Sky wide stubby single fin. Seconds after this photo was snapped his board which was way to short ran out of steam and he got sucked up and over and pulverised by the lip. It was the worst wipeout of his surfing career but a memorable one. Photo Chris Stroh .

Island Swell 1980.

It was  in March 1980 when the ocean served up a massive easterly swell. It was overcast and rainy which made it look ever scarier than it was.  The Island was maxing out but still ride able in between the closeout sets. Jim Banks was easily the standout amongst only a handful of takers. Banksy rode one of his  Hawaiian guns and wrote a story about the day in Tracks which stirred up a bit of controversy with a few jealous locals. This shot by Peter Simons was from that day.

Classic Occy

This pic of Occy  was taken around ’84 when he was just starting to make an impact on the world of surfing. The day was  classic 1 to 2 metre Blackrock offshore and sunny. Dog, Rob Bain and Sean Charters were out as well making it an all star session. Occy was killing it and showing  the form of a future threat to Tom Currens World title domination. Pic Dave Kelly.

Cronulla Contest Logo ’84

Beaurepaires held at Cronulla comp logo featuring Rabbit ’84.

Banksy and Emerald

Early 80’s, Jim Banks shapes for Emerald just prior to going it out alone.

Ross Marshall and Emerald

Ross Marshall was part of the strong Emerald team run by Steve Griffiths in the early 80’s.

Fancy Dress ’84

During the Beaurapaires one of the big pro comps held at Cronulla,Californian Craig Coman covered himself in seaweed to win a prize and ended up covered in sealice from the  pages of Tracks.