Thanks for posting this Gem of a documentary . With how popular surfing is becoming not many really know how the equipment and approach to surfing evolved. You've done a great job putting up essential and important videos to surf culture. I greatly appreciate it!🤙
In 2016 got a TinklerTail 7'6 Singlefin from the late 60's From a Garage in Imperial Beach San Diego in near pristine condition. I surfed the board at Sunset Cliffs and the flexible tail would twist to my power side creating a big plane on the wave face as i bottom turned into the pocket. One of the funnest surf sessions ever and i quickly put the board away in my storage :) i have a feeling this boards a piece of surf history probably shouldnt have ridden it but i had to try it!
@@RealSurfStories i assume it was shaped by him in San Diego in the late 60's it says CreamMachine glassed into one of the rails. It doesnt have a signature on it.
Loved George's description of why he had to "stay in the position of power always and ride his kneeboards at full throttle" only because he would bog out and sink if it started slowing down since they had almost zero flotation. Long boards could make it through almost any section of the wave since they had so much surface area. Great video and thank you for the up-load ! George Greenough GOAT ! Liked / Subscribed
Yes George was an Icon at The Wedge too. He had a space capsule-looking thing parked in the Santa Barbara harbor in the 70's. Never saw him ride it but he may have stayed dry?? Thank you for showing me how cutting edge we were as Val's. Bruce Alexander brought home all the latest designs from Overhead and Stanley's. It was unusual for us to arrive late for school at Grant High having commuted to Van Nuys from Ventura County. I remember a surf shop Ole's greeting us at the mouth of Laguna Beach in about 1964. That place must have birthed some radical designs DUDE!❤
Great doc. I have been on a McTavish 7' 7 for the last 15 years and love it. Its great in the big stuff and still rides a 3 footer like a dream. Best board ever for any kind of wave. PURA VIDA 🤙😎
outstanding - -stevie richards aka sticky built a 5' fish in his garage in ocean city nj - summer of 71'- what a blast - cold duck and mex -- to much fun - also the short from the master himself the Cat - meet him years back at a surf expo - corky was there too - to much fun - thanks boys - you changed the surfing world and culture -
Bob I visited some Aussie friends in Sydney in 1979. They had a Holden Ute. Your pop overhauled the auto for us and we hauled a caravan up the coast staying in various beachside caravan parks. It was off season being June through August. The weather was pristine, the parks were clean, uncrowded and cheap back then. Best surf I got was at Scott's Head. It was a good 4' for several days. On our way up to Surfer's Paradise for the day from Byron we passed under your place at Lennox Head. I Byron we stayed at the Suffolk Caravan Park. There was a river running out every day that formed a sand plume. I rode a loaned 9' Michael Cundith board out there everyday and had a blast. I'm 74 now and can remember that trip like it was yesterday but I can't remember what I did yesterday. Good health. BTW. I'm from San Diego but didn't watch much of the contest as the surf everywhere was much less crowded due to the competition.
I work at a restaurant on the wharf, and I love telling the story about the Hawaiian princesses, surfing the river mouth as we have a spectacular view of the surf break.
Bob McTavish was at rincon in 1969 with greenough and ventura surfshops Bill blinky Hubina and came down to Ventura shaping boards with blinky who was experimenting with shorter boards.he still uses a McTavish v in his boards
John Eichert of the IKE label started developing the "v-slot" fin in 1961. There was also the Dewey Weber hatchet fin, and perhaps other fins that enabled better turning, before this 1966 contest. To say that Americans only had boards with big skegs and "had no idea what was going on" is probably a response to seeing only noserider/contest surfers (to say nothing of the fact that Greenough was also American).
They definitely saw more than noseriders and knew damn well Americans were at the forefront before 1966, especially being that George brought that technology to Oz.
There is in truth no greater story in Australian surfing than the fairy Godfather of Australian surfing than Chris Brock of South Bondi. Thats my true flag forever set.
History lesson: Britain colonised Australia. These comments reflecting on the late 60's - surfing, no less - have nothing to do with colonists or the British mindset from 1788. What point are you trying to make?
Thanks for posting this Gem of a documentary . With how popular surfing is becoming not many really know how the equipment and approach to surfing evolved. You've done a great job putting up essential and important videos to surf culture. I greatly appreciate it!🤙
Met Bob an got a custom 7’-9 v bottom 1968
Best fun ever. I was 14
In 2016 got a TinklerTail 7'6 Singlefin from the late 60's From a Garage in Imperial Beach San Diego in near pristine condition. I surfed the board at Sunset Cliffs and the flexible tail would twist to my power side creating a big plane on the wave face as i bottom turned into the pocket. One of the funnest surf sessions ever and i quickly put the board away in my storage :) i have a feeling this boards a piece of surf history probably shouldnt have ridden it but i had to try it!
That's all time! Did Mc T shape it?
@@RealSurfStories i assume it was shaped by him in San Diego in the late 60's it says CreamMachine glassed into one of the rails. It doesnt have a signature on it.
Loved George's description of why he had to "stay in the position of power always and ride his kneeboards at full throttle" only
because he would bog out and sink if it started slowing down since they had almost zero flotation.
Long boards could make it through almost any section of the wave since they had so much surface area.
Great video and thank you for the up-load ! George Greenough GOAT !
Liked / Subscribed
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Yes George was an Icon at The Wedge too. He had a space capsule-looking thing parked in the Santa Barbara harbor in the 70's. Never saw him ride it but he may have stayed dry??
Thank you for showing me how cutting edge we were as Val's. Bruce Alexander brought home all the latest designs from Overhead and Stanley's. It was unusual for us to arrive late for school at Grant High having commuted to Van Nuys from Ventura County.
I remember a surf shop Ole's greeting us at the mouth of Laguna Beach in about 1964. That place must have birthed some radical designs DUDE!❤
Great doc. I have been on a McTavish 7' 7 for the last 15 years and love it. Its great in the big stuff and still rides a 3 footer like a dream. Best board ever for any kind of wave. PURA VIDA 🤙😎
Dream Board!!
outstanding - -stevie richards aka sticky built a 5' fish in his garage in ocean city nj - summer of 71'- what a blast - cold duck and mex -- to much fun - also the short from the master himself the Cat - meet him years back at a surf expo - corky was there too - to much fun - thanks boys - you changed the surfing world and culture -
Stoked! Thanks.
Bob I visited some Aussie friends in Sydney in 1979. They had a Holden Ute. Your pop overhauled the auto for us and we hauled a caravan up the coast staying in various beachside caravan parks. It was off season being June through August. The weather was pristine, the parks were clean, uncrowded and cheap back then. Best surf I got was at Scott's Head. It was a good 4' for several days. On our way up to Surfer's Paradise for the day from Byron we passed under your place at Lennox Head. I Byron we stayed at the Suffolk Caravan Park. There was a river running out every day that formed a sand plume. I rode a loaned 9' Michael Cundith board out there everyday and had a blast. I'm 74 now and can remember that trip like it was yesterday but I can't remember what I did yesterday. Good health. BTW. I'm from San Diego but didn't watch much of the contest as the surf everywhere was much less crowded due to the competition.
That was Bob's father in law who built automatics in Sydney. His father never left Qld
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I work at a restaurant on the wharf, and I love telling the story about the Hawaiian princesses, surfing the river mouth as we have a spectacular view of the surf break.
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Bob McTavish was at rincon in 1969 with greenough and ventura surfshops Bill blinky Hubina and came down to Ventura shaping boards with blinky who was experimenting with shorter boards.he still uses a McTavish v in his boards
Hey Grace, and glide is back!
It sure is!!
Would you have the Surfers Journal on GG ? I think was 1993 . I love that episode.
Thanks for this upload too
Nat's that , and that's That..
In context I would addd Bob Simmons as Greenough"s lead and Dewey Weber at Malibu as the first true hot dogger with aggressive slashing turns.
Dick Brewer, Reno Abellira, Miget Farrelly, Russel Hughes, Jim Foley and way more are on that list but this video focuses on these three.
John Eichert of the IKE label started developing the "v-slot" fin in 1961. There was also the Dewey Weber hatchet fin, and perhaps other fins that enabled better turning, before this 1966 contest. To say that Americans only had boards with big skegs and "had no idea what was going on" is probably a response to seeing only noserider/contest surfers (to say nothing of the fact that Greenough was also American).
They definitely saw more than noseriders and knew damn well Americans were at the forefront before 1966, especially being that George brought that technology to Oz.
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Thank You 🙏
Angourie..1974
There is in truth no greater story in Australian surfing than the fairy Godfather of Australian surfing than Chris Brock of South Bondi. Thats my true flag forever set.
Fairy?
Aussies wanted to "EXTRACT a lot more from the wave," sounding like true colonists, perhaps inadvertently 😫
History lesson: Britain colonised Australia. These comments reflecting on the late 60's - surfing, no less - have nothing to do with colonists or the British mindset from 1788. What point are you trying to make?