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Surfing in the 70’s at Redhead

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While waiting to get my photos restored after this Web Site crashed, I thought I would put some of my old favourites up.

Redhead’s Col Smith well tubed at Redhead 1976

Col Smith Redhead tubed 1975

Bells Beach Finals 1977 possibly Bruce Raymond

Bells Beach Finals 1977

Mark Richards at Leggy Point 1977

Mark Richards surfing at Leggy Point 1977

Martin Littlewood surfing Redhaed 1976

Martin Littlewood surfing Redhead 1975

Peter Kuba surfing Redhead 1976

Peter Kuba surfing Redhead 1976

Peter Kuba surfing Redhead 1976

 

Martin Littlewood from Delta Designs WA and  Roy Lee from Newcastle’s Pacific Dreams making their own brands of surfboards in an old Chicken Shed Redhead 1975.

Marty & Roy Making Boards 1975

Midnight Oil Mawson Hotel 1977

Midnight Oil Mawson Hotel 1977

March 2011

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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.

Super Full Moon 20-03-11

 

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.

Wally Berwick with Vintage Gun Redhead 1986

 

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

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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