HISTORY

Carol first started b/b around  ’89 at the age of 18. She soon gravitated to the Northshore when her family moved to Hawaii. Before long she was one of the first girl bodyboarders to start charging at big Pipe and one of the sports first female stars. Carol was joined in the lineup by other female b/b like Jen Mar,  Robin Cardoza, Guin Allen, Daina Pang and  Gloria, and Harima  making  the women bodyboarders hard to miss.  Carol was becoming well known for her role behind the scenes running and organising comps as well as some gutsy performances.It was one wave in particular that comes to mind, the  rag doll wipeout as it became known. Carol takes up the story.”I was straightening out on the wave, because it was closing out. It was one of those days when you couldn’t get a lot of waves, and you want a wave. I don’t know what happened. The lip like hit me, and blasted me in the air. And then it somehow sucked me back over the falls, and then tossed me out again. And, I was in the air most of the time so I didn’t get hurt, I didn’t hit the bottom or anything”. Below is a clip of Carol doing her thing on the Northshore.

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This photo was taken of the Morey World Title Competitors getting ready for the Annual Pipeline Competition. Some of those in the gathering are Tom Boyle,Hauoli Reeves,Brett Young,Claudia Ferrari,Eppo,Jay Reale, Buckwheat,Keith Sasaki, Matt Riley,Alex De Pontes, Fabio, Mark Fordham, Chris Burkhart, Tim Jones, Dave Appelby, Carol Phillips to name just a few. Photo courtessy of Claudia Ferrari.

 Check out 3 of Eppos bodyboards that he has in his collection. Morey Boogie 137,138,139. These are just some of the vintage boards he has accumulated over the years.

JP Patterson began bodyboarding in 1975 and soon rose to the top of the early competitors list by winning in 82 the first Scott sponsored Comp ever held at Pipeline. In Jan 1985 JP entered the history books when he survived a 50ft closeout wave at Waimea Bay. JP on his boogie and surfer James Jones paddled out at 3pm. Waimea was the only wave ride-able at 20ft plus. JP caught a few waves on the shoulder.Surfers Alec Cooke and Mark Foo were next to paddle out.  Around 4.30pm a monster set approached. The first wave estimated to be 50ft broke left and closed out The Bay. JP dove deep and his leash snapped on impact.He almost drowned before he was rescued by helicopter.Eye witnesses at the time said it was the biggest wave that anyone had been faced with and survived.Pic below from a Tracks article in ’88 describing the day.

Ross “Hellman” Hawke got his knick name from Kavan Okamura after the young skinny Hawkey paddled out at huge Waimea in the mid 80′s on his first trip to Hawaii. The name has stuck ever since.This Morey Boogie adv. came out mid 80s featuring the young looking Maroubra  Hellman and the new Mach 7-7. Tom Boyle took the pic.

Its November ’82 when Evan Penglis and Julie Rowbotham blitzed their divisions to win the first official Australian titles and a ticket to Hawaii. Julie described in the article as a attractive Kiwi beat a determined Christine O’Keefe from Victoria in messy 1.5 metre conditions at Dee Why while Evan beat standup surfing champion Mark Warren for top honors and a place in the first World Title Championships at Pipe.The article was written by Mark Sutton.

This advertisement was doing the rounds in mags around ’82 when Scott Bodyboards were Morey Boogies main rival. JP Patterson one of the main stars of the time and Scotts main man who was known for his unique riding approach with his reverse hand placement style. He was often refered to as the Wounded Duck. This adv. Rider unknown.

Alistair Taylor from Durban South Africa honed his big wave repertoire at the heavy ledging barrel called Cave Rock. He dominated the local South African contest scene and went Pro in the early 90′s. Stories of Alistairs hard times on the Northsore were legendary. His church back home raised the money for his ticket due to a lack of sponsorship support and of surviving on bags of potatoes for weeks at a time. AT soon gained a rep as a big wave go for it who was out charging on all the biggest days at Pipe. In the 97 Pipe Comp in the final he was drilled by a monster set  during the final. In 2001 he took the worst wipeout award at The Shark Island Challenge and went to hospital. Throughout his career he has notched up 9 South African Titles. Today he is married to fellow bodyboarder and World Womens Champ Carla Costa and together they have a baby girl. photo below Alistair rolling off the death section at Pipe Circa 90′s, pic by Stroh.

Featured below is the first No Friends T’shirt with the same pic that was used on the cover of the first No Friends Video. The image was of clay models of each of the 5 team riders and film guy Stoker. It was the start of a clothing revolution in the late 90′s that hammered home that Bodyboarders should support bodyboard brands only.

Winter on the Rock was Tom Boyles second video installment. Featuring all Hawaiian action and riders it captured the state of the art riding and characters of winter 88/89. Jack The Ripper is at his best, There’s How To, Pro Tips, Soul surfing and lots of Northshore ripping by the likes of Seamus Mercado, Keith Sasaki, Mike Stewart ,Ben Severson and the rest of the crew and includes Toms distinctive soundtrack.