HISTORY

6 Bodyboarders where the faces of  the sport in the early to mid 80′s. Ben Severson, JP Patterson, Keith Sasaki, Mike Stewart, Jack Lindholm and Pat Caldwell.

Dave Ballard grew up surfing The Alley at North Cronulla a regular left handed rip bowl its where he honed his powerful Dropknee style. This shot Garie Beach 90′s photo Stroh

Andre Botha on fire in the late 90′s, Hawaii photo Stroh

Winter ’92/93 saw Hawaii’s domination of the World Title at Pipe finally come to an end. Eppo from Australia won but it was Tamega who really pushed the limits and showed the potential of a future threat.

Stewart drawing a clean direct line into a solid Backdoor beast, the anticipation of what comes next must be playing  heavy on his mind photo Stroh Circa 90s

Matt should have grown up in the early 70′s, his approach to Dropknee/ Bodyboarding was like the Animal surfers of that era. They lived to ride waves and indulge in a no frills  carefree lifestyle. Matt’s a survivor, when he would camp out on The Northshore for weeks even with only small change in his pocket he always has a smile on his face. Photo Stroh early 2000′s at OTW.

Ross “Hellman” Hawke along with Adam”Wingnut”Smith toured Tasmania in the early 90′s for Manta it was the first time Pro Riders had headed to the Apple Isle. Below Hellman carves in icy the waters at Rebounds photo Stroh

Pat Caldwell below practicing what he preached, inventor of the El Rollo mid rotation from the pages of Bodyboarding Magazine late 80′s.

Cronulla Bodyboarder Doug Robson was one of the pioneers of big airs. His punts at Suckrock in the late 80′s inspired Eppo to go even bigger in the coming years Photo Stroh

When Mike Stewart unleashed this move at Pipeline in the late 80′s the whole Bodyboard World sat up and took notice. It sealed his fate as the sports best rider at the time and helped create the legend.