I think it is an Australian list so her goes

Midget Farrelly
Nat Young
MP
MR
Rabbit
Simon Anderson
Kong
Layne
TC
Jack McCoy

10 is to short
Cheyne Horan
Mick Fanning
Occy
Taj
Parko
Rasta
Mctavish
Peter Townsend
Steph Gilmour
Snowy Macallister
Peter Droun

They needed to make it 20 and even then it will be hard

She was indeed Chrispy..

And done and dusted, this is all I could find so far

THERE is an Animal and a Midget, a Rabbit and a Raging Bull. There are dark horses and household names, and the odd bolt from the blue. A list of Australia's 10 most influential surfers (1963 to 2013), unveiled on Wednesday night at a special Surfing Australia awards ceremony, has provided a snapshot of and tribute to the country's surfing heritage.
''It's the first time we've done this,'' Surfing Australia CEO Andrew Stark said. ''It's the 50th anniversary of Surfing Australia this year, and so we thought it was important that we recognise the sport's legends and historic figures.''
Compiled via a public poll and votes provided by the 34 Australian Surfing Hall of Fame inductees, the list features some familiar names, including, in fifth spot, Bernard ''Midget'' Farrelly, who was Australia's first surfing world champion, and, in No. 1 spot, Mark Richards.
''MR is an obvious one,'' says Stark, ''not only because of his four world titles and his work with the twin fin but for the way he carried himself as a surfing ambassador and became a household name.''
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In second place is Simon Anderson, the soft-spoken design guru whose invention of the Thruster (or three-finned surfboard) in 1980 proved a game-changer for modern surfing. ''Ninety per cent of the world's 10 million surfers ride Thrusters today,'' Stark says.
Then there's Robert ''Nat'' Young, aka ''The Animal'' (in third spot), a lanky, outspoken figure feted as much for his pioneering aggression as for his five books on surfing and surf culture.
Some names will be more familiar than others: Mark ''Raging Bull'' Occhilupo, for instance, who comes in at ninth. Seven-time women's world champion Layne Beachely also makes an appearance (at seven), as does Wayne ''Rabbit'' Bartholomew in eighth spot.


Read more: www.smh.com.au/sport/surfs-up-as-australian-greats-are-honoured-20130220-2erm1.html

I was close but had Kong and Jack McCoy

Kong for the generation of power surfing he inspired and McCoy for decades of unbelievable images

Occy and Bob McT got the nod over these two

I guess technically it was surfers not film makers but I played Bunyip Dreaming and Green Iguana until the tape wore out.

You can get so much surfing content from internet that I am not that motivated to watch the old surf DVD.

Also am showing my age but the ones I watch get a bit repetitive pump down the line then some big spin over and over.

cant believe Peter Drouyn didn't get a jumper, but hey these things are always a good old debate fest.

chrispychru said...

weiry said...
cant believe Peter Drouyn didn't get a jumper, but hey these things are always a good old debate fest.

yep westerly was flown down to accept the award. i feel bad for her. was it just to look and laugh? i know it took a lot off balls for her to go to the awards.
yeh layne is good,but pam changed womens surfing.
as for peter drouyn missing out to the likes of occy well fmd. it seems like another boys club. farking occy getting in there

does she still get out on the board mate nowadays best I give congrats to them all & those who missed the official gongs but still pretty influential or integral to the caper

The tittle didn't say "Australian" but i'm guessing it must be as there are many names missed if its international.

First and fore most for me if we are talking "Inspirational" Than Bethany Hamilton has to be a stand up winner..

Indodreaming said...
Also the list does ignore the past 15 years

I am sure the groms today would put Taj Parko and Mick in the list as most influentual on them.

If you were to work on numbers influenced then due to exponential growth in sport these three must have had a bigger impact on more surfers than most on the list.

Sorry she doesn't count..

What about

Martin Potter
Kenny Bradshaw?
The ho brothers and also for me Chayne Horan?

All good points mate...I just think Occy influenced Australian surfing by surfing awesome...simple as that...his lay back cutty stalls under the lip to slot into the barrel were epic. I've seen him do it on 10 foot face waves over the surgeons table not once, but 3 times in the same session & that was just when I was paddling back out after a wave. And I've seen him do it on 2 foot waves at Triggs point back when the poor buggers had to surf it as part of the tour in the mid 80's...I don't know, maybe Peter Drouyn is far more famous over in Queensland than here. We're about the same age mate & I never heard much about the guy until recently.

asea said...
62 Mac the one and only x 10

Unless he is in a heat with........................

asea said...

doggie said...

asea said...
62 Mac the one and only x 10

Unless he is in a heat with........................

Doggie you can be so viscious sometimes

Only sometimes

MickPC said...

chrispychru said...

weiry said...
cant believe Peter Drouyn didn't get a jumper, but hey these things are always a good old debate fest.

yep westerly was flown down to accept the award. i feel bad for her. was it just to look and laugh? i know it took a lot off balls for her to go to the awards.
yeh layne is good,but pam changed womens surfing.
as for peter drouyn missing out to the likes of occy well fmd. it seems like another boys club. farking occy getting in there

I've been an Occy fan for over 20 years & met him down South a few times. Awesome bloke in & out of the water...he made a huge come back to win the title when he was like 33 & it motivated me to get my shiit together after a kidney operation. I would of been very surprised if Occy didn't make the list & I'm very happy he did. He's the first name I'd write down for one

mick pc, if you surf around d bar coolie etc you'll know why there are a lot that don't like him that much.

the media and especially the local media build him up to be this top bloke legend.

legend - certainly, top bloke - only if you don't really run into him or your one of his pro mates.

gold coast is full of ratbag surfers thou', shouldn't just pick on occy


hang on, maybe we should because he abuses his status

laceys lane said...
[mick pc, if you surf around d bar coolie etc you'll know why there are a lot that don't like him that much.

the media and especially the local media build him up to be this top bloke legend.

legend - certainly, top bloke - only if you don't really run into him or your one of his pro mates.

gold coast is full of ratbag surfers thou', shouldn't just pick on occy

hang on, maybe we should because he abuses his status

You don't go into any detail to explain why Gold Coasters may not like him so much, so I could only guess. But I won't...other than imagine things are different over there due to the person to wave ratio...going by my own experiences of when he's been in the line-up & other places I won't go into...at the end of the day, my opinion is mainly based upon judging him by his surfing. Since we're talking about "surfing". Not humanitarian volunteer work, not administration of the sport/hobby/lifestyle, taste in art, physical looks or surf movie background soundtrack...I like the way the guy surfed, big powerful cutties, off the tops & the way he put it all together. Without getting too controversial, I can appreciate the amazing stuff guys are doing today & I can think of many others with great styles. But Occy certainly did influence my life & I stand by what I said..wrote...cheers

Crikey

chrispychru said...
i knew occy from his grom days. ****ing prick.
mick i understand where you are coming from....i once loved anthony mundine

I did some **** I'm not proud of when I was young 2

But well done number 1 MR, a more humble, nicer bloke you could hope to meet. Great representative for surfing, the worst thing you can say about him is he owned a Porsche