May/June 2011

Posted on May 14, 2011 by geoffcrow

Redhead Beach left hander May 2010

Redhead Beach Left Hander May 2010

Steel City Malibu Club 1984 – photo provided by Tom Forde.

Steel City Mal Club contest 1984

Ron Rudders Surfboard Collection for Surf Expo 1986. Photo provided by Tom Forde.

Ron Rudders Surf Expo board collection 1986

Belmont 16 Footers race April 2011. A colourful event.

Colourful sails Belmont 16 Footers April 2011

Dog Beach – Newcastle’s Horse Shoe Beach March 2011.

Dog Beach – Newcastle March 2011

My favourite photo subject Redhead Beach.

Redhead Beach February 2011

Cessnock – Wine Country 1985

Vine yard Cessnock 1985

On Surfari 1977. Some where between Sale and Bega.

on Surfari Vic border 1977

Stockton Beach early morning surf club paddlers and rowers Jan 2011

Stockton Beach early morning Jan 2011

A few Longtimers swapping jokes at Stockton August 2010.

Ronnie & Fainey & Ron Stockton 2010

Redhead surfer January 17 2011 big swell and plenty of spray in the air.

Redhead Beach surfer January 2011

May 2011

Posted on May 10, 2011 by geoffcrow

Redhead Little Beach early Sunday morning 8th May 201, a couple of thick ones coming through. Only 1 guy out. I only saw him try for one wave and the bottom fell out of it and he got lunched.

Redhead Little Beach 8th May 2011

The week before on the 1st May 2011 at Blacksmiths it was doing the same thing, the next set after this pic just closed out the beach.

Blacksmiths almost holding up 1st May 2011

Redhead’s Col Smith at Redhead on a Jim Pollard Channel board around 1976. Col was in the tube AND cutting back at the same time.

Redhead's Col Smith tube cutback 1976

Diamond Head lifelike rock formations.

Diamond Head - life like rock formations 1979

Laying out Shark netting off Newcastle Beach around 1977. They pulled in 3 Hammerheads that day.

Laying shark nets off Newcastle around 1977

Classic Redhead Beach landscape February 2011 – Cliff Surf Club and Shark Tower.

Redhead Beach February 2011

A beautiful Easter Friday morning 2011 at Redhead beach, flags had just gone up.

Redhead surfer 22nd of April 2011

Redhead’s Col Smith in his lounge room eye balling his new Jim Pollard Channel boards bound for Hawaii the next day 1976.

Redhead's Col Smith with boards for Hawaii 1976

Storm front coming Redhead 30th March 2011.

Storm front coming Redhead 30th March 2011

Mid April 2011

Posted on April 16, 2011 by geoffcrow

Bryon Bay line up shot 1977. It was good for a week and not too crowded.

Byron Bay Line up 1981

Redhead surfer Mick picked up a classic 1974 Warren Cornish collectors item shaped by Michael Peterson. Michael signed the board and even posed for a photo with it. MP was one of Australia’s best surfers for several years from 1974 but in those days surfers didn’t get paid much to surf, so most good surfers survived making boards. MP worked for many manufacturers and had his own shop making his own unique shapes perfect for surfing barrells.

Michael Peterson and classic board April 2011

A powerful barrell ride, unknown surfer Redhead May 2010.

Crow on a fence – on a foggy winters morning Redhead Beach.

Crow on fence Redhead 1980

Bali farm on the walk in to Ulluwatu 1977.

Bali Farm Ulluwatu 1977

Indicator’s Raglan New Zealand 1978. One of the worlds best spots.

NZ Raglan Indicators 1978

Annual Surf Club Touch Footy competition between Redhead and Swansea-Belmont 1977. Wardy scores the winning try for Redhead.

Wardy touch footy Redhead SLSC 1977

The lack of an official dignitary didn’t deter the Redhead Surf Club at the Touch Footy winner’s presentation 1977. PJ poses as the Lady Mayoress and presents the trophy to Redhead’s Col Murray. Then a few beers were had.

PJ and Col Redhead Surfclub 1977

Redhead Bluff from the northern side around 1978.

Redhead Bluff from back 1978

April 2011

Posted on April 4, 2011 by geoffcrow

Another favourite photo of mine – Col Smith the night before heading for Hawaii with a bunch of Radical Pollard Channel Boards, and he ripped placing in 3 main events.

Newcastle Col Smith – Channel Boards for Hawaii 1976

Redhead surfer 23/3/2011. A NE swell jumped up and provided some good surfers with some testing waves, along with a few bombs.

Redhead unknown surfer 23rd March 2011

Redhead’s Col Smith in his shaping bay with some new clinker channel boards 1977.

Col Smith shaping channel boards 1977

Nobbys Lighthouse opened up to the public for 2 weekends in March and proved to be very popular. The 360 degree views from up there were great.

Kitesurfers at Nobbys 13th March 2011

Newcastle from Nobbys Lighthouse

Newcastle from Nobbys 13th March 2011

Redhead Beach surfer 17th January in big surf

Redhead Surfers 17th January 2011

Redhead Beach 24th March, they were mostly closing out but the odd set looked impressive.

Redhead Beach 24th March 2011

March 2011

Posted on March 22, 2011 by geoffcrow

Surfest Sunday 20/03/11 around 11:30 Semi Finals, unsure who the riders were, could’nt catch the commentary.

Newcastle Surfest Semi 20-03-11

Newcastle Surfest Semi 20-3-11

Newcastle Surfest Semi 20-03-11

Newcastle Surfest 2011 – Body Painting Tent.

Newcastle Surfest Body Painting 20-3-11

Super Moon – very full moon Sunday 20/3/2011 The clouds opened up a hole and the moon shone through the black.

Redhead’s long serving and legendary Beach Inspector Wally Berwick picks a befitting board out of the Surfest collection assembled at Redhead Beach in 1986. Another picture courtesy of Tom Fordes collection.

Redhead Beach January 17th 2011 unknown surfer on a big swell pushed down from Queensland.

Redhead Beach unknown surfer 17-01-2011

Redhead Beach unknown surfer 17-01-11

Looking over Lake Macquarie from Belmont 16 Footers Balcony on a very calm late March Sunday afternoon, and enjoying a cold beer too.

Belmont Lake Macquarie 11-03-2011

February 2011

Posted on February 16, 2011 by geoffcrow

Redhead copped some big swell on January 17th 2011, a follow on from the storms and flooding in Queensland.

Unknown Surfer Redhead 17th January 2011

Redhead Little Beach unknown surfer early Sunday morning 30/1/2011.

Surfing at Redhead Little Beach 30th Jan 2011

Long time Leggy and Redhead surfer Tom Forde is now living in Thailand. He saw Crows Garage on the Web and sent me the following vintage stuff to use. Thanks Tom.

Redhead Beach in 1958. The beach was a lot more rocky and the Surf Club and Change rooms were tiny.

Redhead Beach in 1958

Newcastle Nat Young Book Launch in 1984. Probably was a rowdy affair compared to most book launches by the look of it. Some of Newcastle’s surfing dignitary’s were there to support Nat – and to throw a few coldies down of course.

Nat Young's book launch in Newcastle 1984

Crow and Grommets Redhead Beach 1986 Newcastle Surf Expo Board Shoot. A collection of Newcastle’s vintage boards were put on display for Surf Fest. I am holding my 1972 Space Gypsy Keel Fin.

Crow and grommets Redhead 1986

Original Redhead Surfers Association Club Badge from 1966. As most of us were Surf Club members we got the run of the Redhead surf club for our meetings and presentation nights, of which I remember Danny H hanging off the rafters after a few too many beers. The Club came 2nd to Merewether in the Newcastle Teams contest.

Original Redhead board club sticker 1967

After 2 years the Redhead Surfers Association disbanded, but reformed a short time later as Little Beach Beach Board Club. Again the club came second to Merewether in the Newcastle Teams contest which got us into the 1970 NSW State Teams contest in the B division, held at Crescent Heads in which Redhead came Third.

1968 Redhead's Little Beach Board Club members book

Crow's Garage

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