HISTORY

French bodyboard star Stephane Sisco was a major player on the European contest scene during the early 90′s. Here Sisco gets launched in Reunion Island.

Here’s Hauoli banging one off the lip at Off The Wall in ’88. Reeves brought a whole new meaning to lip launching back then with his crazy air antics.

Here’s the official comp T’shirt for the first Shark Island Challenge in 1997. Gnarly barrel Photo by Chris Stroh.

Maroubra bodyboarder Ross Hawke one of the sports first Pro riders would take a hike up the coast a few miles to Tamarama when conditions were right and usually score quality waves. This lip blast on his Manta model was taken around 1990 by Chris Stroh.

Before bodyboards there were Surf-O-Planes at every city beach in Aus. When the surfmat then Boogie appeared they disappeared. Heres a pic of some early 60′s kids having fun.

K Bay is  sacred ground for Steve “Bullet” Mackenzie and many of the Eastern Suburbs early pioneers of Aussie bodyboarding. The natural wedging waves are ideal for getting barreled and launching from. This pic of young Bullet was taken around 1990 carving a chunk out of a K Bay face, photo Stroh

Wonton made the very difficult standing up on a boogie look easy. This Rheopaipo Circa ’93 advertisement is proof. Photo Libby

South Coast NSW legend Karl Fjelsted from Kiama pulling an el rollo at Blackrock, 1987  seq by Chris Stroh.

Its 1989 when Hauoli was riding for Scott Bodyboards and busting huge of lips. Photo Beilmann.

Dave Ballard made the transition from standup to bodyboarder better than most. In 1990 when this shot was taken Bal aged around 15 was well on his way to becoming the hottest DK rider in Australia. Photo by Chris Stroh at The Wall Cronulla.