Oh the skateboarding days,pools ramps[}:)]



Oh the first board,10 bucks second hand,first fin chop at Yamba on this one and
first stitches also



First custom board,Mt Woodgee back when Nick shaped them under that fantastic old farm house with views for miles

Oh yes I was a music fan



An old mate who pushed me into bigger things in the water and the dance floor,man
he picked up every time



Oh the first mac wagon



Oh mac on the beers





I know the photos are shiiit

good photos mac

Had to laugh... some great pics there Mac and reminded me of some of my 5.10 custom boards and tight boardies... (and hotted up LH Torana). Was reminising as I went into the games room to get a burbon and my young blokes in there playing the Xbox 360 and he says to me..

"Dad, I'm playing some old time games"
I say "Oh yeah, what?"
He says "Far Cry 2"
I say "that's not old!"
He says "Not old??! it's 2007!!"

yes - the OLD days indeed!

When I get home tonight I'll try to scan some old pics and join in the self ridicule.

No old board pics but I may find an old girlfriend pic.

Most are at mums place and after 37 years with wife they're all just a distant memory.

Apart from always tending to have smelly fingers, I remember that quite well

Can't find the picture .... remember when Darby had that store on the GC Highway about 10th Avenue in an old wooden shack ..... was a beautiful 5'10 with a big union jack deck spray .....

nah ... the Hot Stuff heavily channeled Single Fins were always out of reach ... the one's with Bugs Bunny emblem

Just to add to the nostalgia

I can date these with trips to Bali

First board Morning Mist 5'9" twinny took to bali in 1981. On the mustard 180B
Second shot Ulu's shack in 1979
Third shot Col Ladams 5'10 circa 1980, my first short single and second Paul King 6'10' that I took to Bali on my first trip in 79. Paul was from Phillip Island and moved to Albany and is still there shaping boards as far as I know

Thanks Mac
The poor old 180b was sold to a wrecker, the roof almost rusted off. I have a lot of old photos, unfortunatly a
lot have gone yellow but will see if I can find some more

62mac said...

Awesome photos twimby,that morning mist looks a real goer[}:)]
My mum drove a 120 Y back then.

I was never interested in Bali in the 80's,travel just never can to
mind,no money no honey I guess.

If you have anymore old photos please post

arkgee said...

Hey Twimby...classic shot of the Ulu shack...brings back memories...some mates and I slept on the site that the balo's had just leveled for those wurungs in 75

Bali was such an adventure. The first trip in 79 I won in a work raffle. I have not been back since 82. When i see my sons shots of how it is now it is hard to believe the difference.

It is NW so killing some time and found a couple more

First shot was Bali 79. This was the first short single we had seen at 6', as all the boards we were on were around 7'. My mate Bob bought it off a guy from over east, one ride and we were hooked. A McCoy

Second another Morning Mist around 5'10". WA used to have a lot of small board companies that you would watch your board get built from shaping to the final polish. Not anymore

Third is Mexico, 1985







Next shot was what we used to call secret spot in Bali. Turns out it is now Bingin. We got the name from the movie Five Summer Stories I think and Peter McCabe was surfing there and that is what they called it. Used to get a boat up with not another person in sight

Next was Bob on the first twinny I put up

Next is the States in 85 just after we kitted ourselves out. Moose Head boards, the first one I bought off a rack. The Kombi was know as Wilhelm Von Door Mobile. Home for seven months

Great photo Thommo

thommos mates in Africa, when we came in from a surf these kids had the fire organized and a heap of crayfish ready to go...gave them some of our clothes in return

Where was that rune? they didnt have anything over here that good back in 78
Ha your still a cool dude

A skate park in Kelmscott. An inland area not known for much of anything. (apologies to anyone from Kelmscott)

rune said...

Forgot to mention, half a dozen old dudes from WA will be in Byron Bay from 16 June to 24 June. We really are a motley crew (sorry boys).

Keep us posted on that one rune,we'll have around in and out of the water,just add another couple to the motley crew any chance of packing a little doggie into your carry on