Emerald Adv.

Emerald advertisement featuring Craig Naylor, Ross Marshall and Chis O’Callahan from the early 80’s.

Tom Curren

In the 80’s Tom Curren was a familiar sight at Cronulla when the comps rolled into town. When this pic was taken around ’84 Occy and Tom were fierce rivals and always their heats were electric as they were the two most exciting surfers around this era. This free surfing shot of Curren at Midway by Chris Stroh

Waterforce Adv ’85

Sean Charters flying the Waterforce Surfboard flag in ’85.Waterforce at the time was owned by Rolf Myers a well known Point heavy in his younger days.Pic was by Sarge.

Rod Baldwin

Baldy giving it a nudge in the mid 80’s photo Chris Stroh.

Greeny Force 9

Gary Green on tour mid 80’s.

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.

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.

Paul Walshe

Young Paul was a member of the Christian Surfers when this shot was taken in the early 80’s charging The Point. Paul was riding for Jim Banks surfboards back then and for a kid he showed heaps of guts and raw talent. Photo Stroh

Banksy Going Off

This pic of Jim Banks was from a mid 80’s article in Surfing World taken during a trip to West Oz with Occy called the “In Search of Quokka” issue.