HISTORY

Wonton new how to put on a show especially riding a bodyboard standup. Early 90′s.

 

TJs put himself in total danger at  Waimea Shorey and loved every minute of it January 1993.

Rick Bannister shows off his Hawaiian rental car for his stay on the Northshore. These typical rent-a-wrecks are cheap , full of rust and usually un-roadworthy but if they get you from surf spot to surf spot for a few weeks they are well worth the investment. Photo Stroh mid 90′s.

One of the stars from the ’92 Underground Tapes 2 film  “Waves From Hell” , Dave Ballards riding played a big part in the success of the movie. Photos Stroh

Eppo, Simon Ramsay and Macca chill out on Jason Ellis farm at Ballina on the Northcoast, NSW on a photo trip for Riptide in the early 90′s photo Strohy.

Warren Wazza Finebeer was one of those unique characters that blew away the Bodyboarding world by taking off on the meanest waves mother nature could throw at him.

Jonsey was staying with us in Hawaii this year, no one would have guessed that very morning what was about to go down. In the space of an hour he would make a name for himself worldwide when he paddled out at The Shorey. He took  off on only a handful of waves and in doing so he pushed big wave surfing up a few notches with his gutsy death or glory display.Photo Hoover.

No wetsuits, no fins no slick or leash not to mention splinters from the Paipos.

To be part of the Shark Island Cronulla crew in the early 90′s you had to have a nickname. Names like Ballbag, Wingnut, Teeth, Nugget,Fungi,The Chief, Skull,Finewine, Sweaty, Tooth and Rissole pictured below were just some of the more colourful tags getting around. Photo Stroh