HISTORY

Australias pioneer bodyboarder Chaz McCall was the first rider to gain notoriety for charging at Shark Island. During the early  80′s the notoriously thick lips and shallow reef  of the Island gave it a reputation as one of the heaviest waves in the world. Chaz was responsible for showing what was possible on a bodyboard by dropping into the most twisted and warping caverns. This pic captured by Greg Button saw a bearded Chaz taking the drop and it was similar ground breaking photos that  inspired a homegrown crew to follow in his wake. 

 

 

Pat Caldwell launches off the lip at the infamous Newport Wedge in California for Wave Rebel early  ’90 photo by Russel Hoover.

The 4th installment of Riptide Magazine was the all time epic photo issue. The cover featured Keith Sasaki slotted at I Don’t Knows on Oahu’s Westside taken by Brian Bielmann.