HISTORY

The word “Boogie Board” originated from Tom Morey’s love of Jazz’. Tom was an accomplished drummer who would like to play Jazz  Boogie with other musicians.

Tim Jones a former pro bodyboarder switched to shooting water photos after his career as a bodyboarder began to wane in the late 90′s. Jonsey was not afraid to get deeply involved with his subjects as he was used to putting himself into the heaviest parts of the impact zone. In the space of 1 year he was right up there with the best waterman and his photos became in demand. On this day Nugget lined up with Jonsey to get a deep fish eye angle at Shark Island. At the time it was pretty ground breaking and a gutsy effort to see a photographer getting so deep at the notoriously heavy reef . Photo CSP

During the late 80′s Ross Hawke was Australias best known rider  worldwide mainly due his free surfing and comp results at Pipe which at the time he was the highest placed Aussie to date. His growing profile saw him release the first signature board model locally with Manta called The Pro Hawke.Photo Stroh ’89.

From Avalon Beach, Tully was one of Australia’s red hot young guns in the mid 90′s. His debut in Hawaii had people raving about his style and gutsy performances at Pipe. Photo Stroh ’96.

Cronulla’s Andy Lester was one of Australias most successful competitors on the Aussie domestic tour. After winning the Aussie title numerous times he had a short stab on the world tour resulting in him winning Pipe one of his most memorable victories. Below reaping the rewards Andrew during his reign. Photo Stroh

 

 

When Dre turned up in Hawaii with a mouth full of braces around ’98  he instantly took to the powerful swells like he grew up here. From the start he was a standout and within no time at all he was the youngest world champion  2 years running. Dre’s big wave lust also took him to The Shorey photo below of Dre rushing it  by Stroh

 

Andrew grew up in one of the toughest areas to be a bodyboarder at Cronulla in the late 90′s. It wasnt the local surfers you had to worry about it was the Shark Island bodyboard crew who were a tough bunch to mix with as a grommet in the lineup. The older guys took great joyment sending the younger groms on closeouts to toughen them up. Andrew took his lumps and in a few short years was welcomed into the Island brotherhood. It was those early years of grounding that helped turn him into one of the best Island riders to date…Photo Chris Stroh .

Sasaki was streets ahead of the DK oposition throughout the 80′s. He broke away from standard turns and was the first to successfully begin pulling high performancre skate/surfboard inspired manouvres on his bodyboard. This floater photo taken around ’89/90 during a tour of OZ photo Chris Stroh

 

When this shot of Brazillian female bodyboarder Neymara Carvalho was taken at Pipe around 2000 she was on top of the world ratings. At the time Neymara was right up there in performance with many of the men competitors and her fearless approach at Pipeline helped her dominate the sport for many years to come….photo Chris Stroh

 

One of Jays ambitions as a bodyboarder was to surf New Zealand and in particular Raglan Bay. In early 2000′s he got his wish. This shot was taken during that trip on one of the many beachbreaks on the West Coast of the North Island photo Chris Stroh