HISTORY

Early 80′s standout and one of the sports first pro’s, JP even had the honour by winning the first ever bodyboard comp held at Pipe. This pic by Hank for Challenger by Easyrider.

Adam “Muzza”Murray was a part of the strong Port MacQuarie crew around the start of the ’90s. Along with his brother Ash the pair were winning  amateur junior titles and at State level. Muzza was as competent and skilled prone as he was dropknee. Muzza was soon to drop out of competing to soul surf back home. Today he is a skilled artist.Muzza below around 1990 by Stroh

 

Hawaiian born Kavan was one of the first innovators to push away from the basic moves and start adding tweaks and twists to standard turns and advanced the sport with his lip launches and first aerials. This pic by Tom Boyle was part of the ’89 Board Test in Bodyboarding mag.

Kalani was one of Hawaiia’s most consistent performers throughout the 80′s placing highly in the Pipeline events and even travelled to parts of the globe including Australia to compete on the World stage. These days Kalani has built a name for himself in the standup surfing world. Photo Balzer. 

Sasaki was the first  dropknee rider to fully push the limits with manoeuvres and edge control. He copied the surf moves and transferred them over to to bodyboarding. Keith used his arm leash to help whip his turns like the Morey Adv featured below that got kids amped on the Jack Stance.

 

Jason was part of the Kauai Classic team  in the late 80′s who tore up the competition and beach breaks along with Kyle Maligro and Harry Antipala. Coming from the Garden Island of Hawaii, Jason was content to cruise his local waves and spread the gospel rather than chase the pro dream. A truely funny and wild character but a dedicated man all the same. Photo Sato.

At 17 years of age San Diego North County bodyboarder Kevin Cerv made an impact on the US circuit. Kev had a unique style all of his own with plenty of energy and lightening fast manoeuvres that saw him a regular finalist. Mike Stewart said of Cerv, “He was difficult to ride against especially in small waves”.

One of Hawaiia’s underground riders who challenged Mike Stewart and bodyboardings elite competitors in the late 80′s. Troy had the ability to go places but with bodyboarding dollars drying up at the time he didnt get the suppotrt to move up the ladder. This pic was part of the ’89 Board Test in Bodyboarding Mag shot at Ehukai by Bielmann